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required the assistance of their counsel, and the consolation of their company--Edward expired before their arrival, but Northumberland in order to make the Princess fall into the snare, kept the Kings death still secret--Happily the Earl of Arundel sent the Lady Mary private intelligence both of her Brothers death and of the conspiracy formed against her, in consequence Mary wrote letters to the Nobility and most considerable gentry in every County in England commanding them to assist her in defence of her Crown and person-- Northumberland finding further dessimulation fruitless approached Lady Jane with respect due to a Soverign. Jane was-- ignorant of these transactions and it was with equal grief and surprise that she received intelligence of them. She was a most amiable person engaging disposition and accomplished mind her heart full of tenderness towards her Husband had no room for ambition--She even refused to accept the Crown, and only yeilded to the entreaties of her Father and Husband While Jane was proclaimed in London the
