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762 in his own presence. The son of this unfortunate prince was likewise privately dispatched, and no rival left to dispute the Ottoman throne with the sons of Roxalana.

is said, that she neither used oil nor water colours, but only worked on the rough side of the pannel with a preparation of silk floss, disposed in different boxes, according to the different degrees of light and dark tints, out of which she applied whatever colour was requisite for her work, and blended, softened, and united the tints with such art and judgment, that she imitated the warmth of flesh as well as could be done with oil. The pictures were exquisitely beautiful, and curious, some being historical subjects, others landscapes, and some portraits. She died 1682. equally happy with her two sisters in having the advantages of a learned and polite education, and in the progress she made in the languages.

She was married first to Sir Thomas Hobby, who was sent by queen Elizabeth, ambassador into France, where she accompanied him. He dying at Paris 1566, she brought home his corpse, which she deposited in the church of Bisham, in Berkshire, together with the remains of Sir Philip, his brother, in the same tomb, which she adorned with large inscriptions in Latin and English verse of her own composing. She had by Sir Thomas