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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 joy--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 dominions over England, immediately made proposals of marriage to her, and through Elizabeth determined to decline
