Identifier: twoenglishqueens00hume (find matches)
Title: Two English queens and Philip
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp, 1847- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 Mary I, queen of England, 1516-1558. (from old catalog) Elizabeth I, queen of England, 1533-1603
Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's sons (etc., etc.)
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she hadheard the Archduke was considered wise. Besides,if Philip was voluptuous in his ideas, she had no desirefor anything of the sort at her age. All these objections were, no doubt, only a displayof becoming maiden modesty, but they somewhat dis-turbed Renard. He painted to her in lurid coloursthe enmities by which she was surrounded, and thedangers that threatened her—the intrigues of theFrench with Courtenay and Elizabeth, the menacingattitude of the Protestant party in the provinces—andMary answered as best she might, asking Renardat last to put in writing the arguments he urged inJavour of her marriage with Philip. Four days laterhe saw her again, and this time her hesitation took amore personal form. With tears in her eyes sheseized the ambassadors hands and conjured him totell her truly whether Philip was so moderate, settled,and well-behaved as he said. On his life and honourthe ambassador protested that he was, but still theperplexed Queen was unconvinced. Jf she could
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PHILIP II AT THE AGE OF 2i FROM THE PAINTING BY TITIAN IN THE PRADO MUSEUM MARY ACCEPTS PHILIP 39 only have seen the Prince first, she said, she wouldbe better able to judge. That, the ambassador gently-told her, was not possible ; but a good portrait of himcould be sent to her, and with this she was obliged to_be content.^ It was only after long hesitation and prayerfulsearching of heart that Mary finally decided to carrythrough her marriage, in the face of the almostuniversal opposition of her people. She undoubtedlyyearned for the support of a husband in her difficultposition, and naturally hoped for a son who shouldcarry on her tradition of a Catholic England. Shewas of affectionate disposition, and for all her modestassurance to Renard that she had never felt thepromptings of the flesh, there is nothing unbecomingin believing that the sight of her cousins portrait hadlit up the feeling of love in her heart where naturalaffection had been suppressed for so long. But,withal, her prtwoenglishqueens00hume

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