by Katharine, he once contemplated legitimating and making
his heir. This, however, he was prevented doing by the dc
cease of the young man, previous to the repudiation of the
queen«

On the 18th of February, 1516, the queen, who had already
been the mother of at least two princes, neither of whom long
survived his birth, was again brought to bed, this time of a
daughter, who was named Mary, after her beautiful aunt, the
queen of France; who, after her husband's decease, had re-
turned to her native land, and married the object of her first
youthful fancy, Charles Brandon, the gay and gallant duke of
Sufiblk. With this lady is associated the first mention of the
queen's future rival and successor, Anne Boleyn, who accom
panied her, as one of her train, then quite a girl, to France, on
her wedding with Louis XII. ; and who, almost alone of her
English ladies, was permitted to remain in her suite, when the
rest of her attendants were dismissed. After the death of
Louis, and the return of Mary to England, Anne was transferred
to the service of the good Queen Claude of France^ and is said,
though, it is probable, without any real foundation, to have
been a &vorite of that merry monarch, Francis I., previous
to attracting the regards of Henry. At this time, the court
of Katharine was graced by the presence of two queens dow-
agei^ both of them sisters of her lord, Mary of France, and
Margaret of Scotland, beside an unhappy princess, the daugh-
ter of the uniS>rtunate Clarence, and sister to that young, un-
happy Warwick, who died to secure her own accession to the
crown. To this royal lady her unvarying kindness and ccm-
stant friendship, is a beautiful trait of her gentle and loving na-
ture, ever anxious to compensate the cruelties of her husband
ta the survivors of his victims ; as was her successful interces-



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sion, in behalf of the London {^prentices, condemned to death
for their fierce riot, on what is known as " 111 May-day," against
the Spanish residents, her own countrymen and loving subjects,
a proof of her foi^iving disposition and true attachment to her
English people.
