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[[underline]] Elizabeth 1558 [[/underline]] Elizabeth succeeded her Sister Mary in 1558. The prudence of her conduct during her Sisters reign rendered her accession the subject of general job--with a magnanimity truly laudable she buried all offences in oblivion--In notifying her accession to Philip she expressed her gratitude for the protection he had afforded her, that monarch who hoped by her means to obtain the dominion over England immediately made proposals of marriage to her, and through Elizabeth determined to decline the offer, she gave him such an answer that he still retained hopes of success--The first object of the Queen was to restore the protestant religion, which her education had led her to favour but she proceded by gradual and secure steps--she ordered the Litany the Lords prayer the Creed and the
