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 The promising Edward the 6th died before his Beard developed; his sister Mary's husband had one of the true Spanish cut.

In the time of "good Queen Bess." when

""The grave Lord Chancellor led the dance. And seal and mace tripped down before him,""

she, who was no prude, and had a right royal sympathy with every thing manly and becoming, surrounded herself with men, who to the most punctilious courtesy, joined the most adventurous spirit; and the Beard, as might have been expected, grew and flourished mightily. Hence we are not surprised at the wonderful efforts made by her