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ENGLAND UNDER MARY
THE Duke of Northumberland was very anxious to keep the young King's death a secret, in order that he might get the two Princesses into his power. But, the Princess Mary, being informed of that event as she was on her way to London to see her sick brother, turned her horse's head, and rode away into Norfolk. The Earl of Arundel was her friend, and it was he who sent her warning of what had happened.
As the secret could not be kept, the Duke of Northumberland and the council sent for the Lord Mayor of London and some of the aldermen, and made a merit of telling it to them. Then, they made it known to the people, and set off to inform Lady Jane Grey that she was to be Queen.
She was a pretty girl of only sixteen, and was amiable1, learned, and clever. When the lords who came to her, fell on their knees before her, and told her what tidings they brought, she was so astonished that she fainted. On recovering, she expressed her sorrow for the young King's death, and said that she knew she was unfit to govern the kingdom; but that if she must be Queen, she prayed God to direct her. She was then at Sion House, near Brentford; and the lords took her down the river in state to the Tower, that she might remain there (as the custom was) until she was crowned. But the people were not at all favourable2 to Lady Jane, considering that the right to be Queen was Mary's, and greatly disliking the Duke of Northumberland. They were not put into a better humour by the Duke's causing a vintner's servant, one Gabriel Pot, to be taken up for expressing his dissatisfaction among the crowd, and to have his ears nailed to the pillory4, and cut off. Some powerful men among the nobility declared on Mary's side. They raised troops to support her cause, had her proclaimed Queen at Norwich, and gathered around her at the castle of Framlingham, which belonged to the Duke of Norfolk. For, she was not considered so safe as yet, but that it was best to keep her in a castle on the sea-coast, from whence she might be sent abroad, if necessary.
The Council would have despatched Lady Jane's father, the Duke of Suffolk, as the general of the army against this force; but, as Lady Jane implored6 that her father might remain with her, and as he was known to be but a weak man, they told the Duke of Northumberland that he must take the command himself. He was not very ready to do so, as he mistrusted the Council much; but there was no help for it, and he set

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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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n./v.(dispatch)派遣;发送;n.急件;新闻报道 | |
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reign
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chancellor
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confession
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dagger
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adj.有名的,声誉卓著的 | |
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clergy
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n.[总称]牧师,神职人员 | |
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violation
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n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯 | |
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brutal
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鄙视( disdain的过去式和过去分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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Christian
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axe
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vile
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retired
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sullen
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heresy
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n.异端邪说;异教 | |
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benevolent
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mere
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revival
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vt.谋取(支持等),赢得;征募;vi.入伍 | |
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expressive
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象 | |
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inhuman
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bind
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fixed
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complacently
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beheld
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Oxford
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可耻地; 丢脸地; 不体面地; 羞耻地 | |
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persuasively
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