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 As soon as the Duke of Suffolk, who now resided with his (daughter in the Tower, was informed, that Queen Mary had been proclaimed in Cheapside, he went to his daughter's apartment, and in the softest terms he could, acquainted her that matters were so situated that, laying aside the state and dignity of a Queen, she must again return to the condition of a private person. To which, with a composed and serene countenance, she made the following answer: "Sir, I better brook this message, than my former advancement to royalty: Out of obedience to you and my mother, I have grievously sinned, and offered violence to myself.  Now I do willingly, and as obeying the motions of my soul, relinquish the Crown and endeavour to salve those faults committed by others, if at least so great a fault can be salved by a willing relinquishment and ingenious acknowledgement of them." L J was now confined prisoner in the Tower; and her misfortunes were increased by seeing the father of her husband, with all his family and