tions, that to many the day was a day of sorrow rather than a day of rejoicing.

When the queen left Westminster Abbey it was in a robe of purple velvet, an open surcoat of the same material, with miniver and powdered ermine, a mantle-lace of silk and gold, a riband of gold, and a crown upon her head. The banquet followed, and among the entertainments of the occasion were dramatic and comic representations. The comedian, Heywood, presented himself at court, from banishment. The queen asked him:

"What wind has blown you hither?"

"Two special ones," said Heywood, "one of them to see your majesty."

"We thank you for that," replied Mary, "but I pray for what purpose was the other?"

"That your majesty might see me!" replied the comedian.

His wit was successful, and the queen often saw him, and amused herself with his comic representations.

During all this pageantry Lady Jane Grey remained in her prison, separated from her husband and all her friends; yet she was happy,

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for she had the peace "which passeth all un

derstanding."

In a few days Mary's first parliament was opened. Its first act was to repeal all former acts of Henry VIII.'s reign in reference to Katharine of Arragon and her daughter, Queen Mary. Its next was to pass a bill of attainder upon Lady Jane Grey and her husband.

CHAPTER XI.

TRIAL OF LADY JANE GREY AND LORD GUILDFORD AT GUILDHALL.THEIR CONDUCT.-SENTENCED TO DEATH.-SYMPATHY FOR LADY JANE.-RELIGIOUS MATTERS.-DR. SANDYS.-PROJECT OF MARY'S MARRIAGE WITH PHILIP.-OPPOSITION OF PEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT. INSURRECTION OF SUFFOLK, CAREW, AND WYATT.-WYATT

IN LONDON.-HIS DOWNFALL.

THE trial of Lady Jane Grey and her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, on a charge of high treason, took place at the Guildhall on the 13th of November. Archbishop Cranmer, Lord Ambrose and Sir Henry Dudley, were at this time also charged with treason. The time of Lady Jane's trial was in the saddest month of the English year—a month usually crowded full of sombre skies and melancholy fogs. On the morning of the memorable 13th of November, a morning, probably, like almost all November days in London, overcast with the solemnest clouds of autumn, Lady Jane and Lord Guildford were led from the Tower, in which so long

they had been incarcerated, to Guildhall, to take their trial. They were surrounded by a guard of four hundred halberdiers, and great noise and confusion were attendant upon the procession to the place of trial, yet Lady Jane bore herself with courage and calmness. From the day on which she was imprisoned to this day she had not seen her husband, but this morning they met. We can easily imagine what a sad meeting it must have been, and how eagerly each scanned the face of the other to discover with what patience and Christian meekness the imprisonment had been borne. When the unfortunate pair entered the court-room, there was present a great crowd of witnesses, and the ceremonies which characterized the trial were exceedingly impressive. But Lady Jane was, throughout the whole scene, perfectly calm and seemingly happy. Her judges were men well calculated to intimidate a young and tender woman, but she was not agitated in the least. Her cheeks were blooming all the while, and her voice trembled not, nor in any manner did she show fear or agitation. To the charge against her Lady Jane pleaded guilty, though she was most innocently so, and guiltless of any

intention to rob another of her rights.

The

sentence was pronounced by Lord Chief Justice Morgan, and a most terrible one it was. She was sentenced to be burnt alive on Tower Hill or beheaded, at the queen's pleasure. When this dreadful sentence was pronounced, a groan burst forth from almost every person present, and when Lady Jane set out on her return to the Tower, great crowds of people followed her, crying aloud, and bewailing her fate. The sympathy for her was exceedingly great, and she was obliged to offer consolation to those who followed her. Turning to them she said, with angelic sweetness,

"Oh! faithful companions of my sorrows, why do you thus afflict me with your plaints? Are we not born into life to suffer adversity, and even disgrace, if it be necessary? When has the time been that the innocent were not exposed to violence and oppression?"

We must remember that all this sympathy was shown for Lady Jane when a universal opinion obtained that she was to be pardoned by Queen Mary. How much more powerful it in view of her death, we can The queen, notwithstanding

would have been readily imagine.