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 assayed, in taking the Crown upon me, I seemed to consent, and therein grievously offended the Queen and her laws; yet do I assuredly trust, that this my offence towards GOD, is so much the less, in that being in so royal an estate as I was, mine enforced honour never mixed with my innocent heart. And thus, good father; I have opened my state to you, whose death at hand, although to you perhaps it may seem right woful, to me there is nothing that can be more welcome, than, from this vale of misery to aspire to that heavenly throne of all joy and pleasure with C our Saviour. In whose stedfast faith, if it may be law- full for the daughter so to write to her father, the L, that hitherto hath strengthened you, so continue you, that at last we may meet in heaven, with the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. — Amen.'”

T day finally appointed for her execution and her husband, Lord Guilford Dudley was Feb 14th 1554. It had been intended to execution to either on the ; but the Cedreil, dreading the effects of people's