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 CHAPTER XIII.

FROM THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH, TO QUEEN ELIZABETH.—1461 TO 1558.

LADY JANE GREY REFUSING THE CROWN.

1. Henry the Seventh was not an amiable man, but he had many qualities that were good and useful in a sovereign, and the country prospered greatly under his government.

2. One of the conditions on which he succeeded to the throne, was that he should marry the princess Elizabeth, daughter of Edward the