No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode- The bosom of his Father and his God. 125 Gray. me-mo'-ri-al, tombstone. rus'-tic, belonging to the country. pre'-cincts, surroundings. swain, peasant; countryman. fan-tas'-tic, curiously twisted. ness. dis-close', uncover. EXERCISES.-1. The affixes -cle, -cule, -et, -kin, -let, -ling, -ock, -ow, -ule, denote little; as part, particle; animal, animalcule; flower, floweret ; lamb, lambkin; stream, streamlet; duck, duckling; hill, hillock; shade, shadow; globe, globule. 2. Analyse and parse lines 101-104. 3. Make sentences of your own, and use in each one or more of the following words: Epitaph, disclose, precincts, particle. DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. [This is an extract from the History of England, by David Hume, the celebrated historian. Queen Elizabeth died 24th March 1603.] 1. The Earl of Essex, after his return from the fortunate expedition against Cadiz, observing the increase of the queen's fond attachment toward him, took occasion to regret that the necessity of her service required him often to be absent from her person, and exposed him to all those ill offices which his enemies, more assiduous in their attendance, could employ against him. 2. She was moved with this tender jealousy, and, making him the present of a ring, desired him to keep that pledge of her affection, and assured him that, into whatever disgrace he should fall, yet, if he sent her that ring, she would immediately upon the sight of it recall her former tenderness, would afford him a patient hearing, and would lend a favourable ear to his apology. 3. Essex, notwithstanding all his misfortunes, reserved this precious gift to the last extremity; but after his trial and condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and he committed the ring to the Countess of Nottingham, whom he desired to deliver it to the queen. The countess was prevailed on by her husband, the mortal enemy of Essex, not to execute the commission; and Elizabeth, who still expected that her favourite would make this last appeal to her tenderness, and who ascribed the neglect of it to his invincible obstinacy, was, after much delay and many internal combats, pushed by resentment and policy to sign the warrant for his execution. 4. The Countess of Nottingham, falling into sickness and affected with the near approach of death, was seized with remorse for her conduct; and, having obtained a visit from the queen, she craved her pardon and revealed to her the fatal secret. The queen, astonished at this incident, burst into a furious. passion; she shook the dying countess in her bed; and, crying to her that God might pardon her, but she never could, she broke from her, and thenceforth resigned herself over to the deepest and most incurable melancholy. 5. She rejected all consolation; she even refused food; and, throwing herself on the floor, she remained sullen and immovable, feeding her thoughts on her afflictions, and declaring life an insufferable burden. to her. Few words she uttered-and they were all expressive of some inward grief which she cared not to reveal-but sighs and groans were the chief vent which she gave to her despondency, and which, though they discovered her sorrows, were never able to ease them. 6. Ten days and nights she lay upon the carpet, leaning upon cushions which her maids brought her; and her physicians could not persuade her to allow herself to be put to bed, much less to make trial of any of their remedies. Her anxious mind at last had so long preyed on her frail body that her end was visibly approaching; and the council, being assembled, sent the keeper, admiral, and secretary to know her will in regard to her successor. She answered, with a faint voice, that, as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor. 7. Cecil requesting her to explain herself more particularly, she added that she would have a king to succeed her; and who should that be but her nearest kinsman, the King of Scots? Being then advised by the Archbishop of Canterbury to fix her thoughts upon God, she replied that she did so, nor did her mind in the least wander from Him. Her voice soon after left her; her senses failed; she fell into a slumber, which continued some hours; and she expired gently, without further struggle (March 24), in the seventieth year of her age, and forty-fifth of her reign. EXERCISES.-1. The affixes -ate, -en, -fy, -ise (ize), -ish, denote to make; as captive, captivate; weak, weaken; pure, purify; equal, equalise; public, publish. 2. Analyse and parse the following: 'She answered, with a faint voice, that, as she had held a royal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor.' 3. Make sentences of your own, and use in each one or more of the following words: Remorse, commit, captivate, publish. JOURNEY OF JAMES I. INTO ENGLAND [This extract is from the History of Scotland, by Patrick Fraser Tytler, the historian and biographer.] 1. On the 5th of April 1603, the king, surrounded by a large and brilliant cavalcade, composed not only of Scottish, but of English noblemen and gentlemen, who had hurried to his court to offer their homage, took his departure from Edinburgh amid the lamentations of the citizens. His progress through England, which occupied a month, was one long and brilliant pageant. 2. Triumphs, speeches, huntings, revels, gifts—all that wealth could command, and flattery and fancy devise, awaited him at the different cities and castles which he visited. On the 6th of May 1603, he con entered London, accompanied by a numerous course of his nobility and councillors, guarded and ushered by the lord mayor and five hundred citizens on horseback, and welcomed by the deafening shouts of an immense multitude of his new subjects. 3. It seemed as if the English people had in this brief period utterly forgotten the mighty princess, whose reign had been so glorious, and over whose bier they had so lately sorrowed. Not a murmur was heard, not one dissenting voice was raised, to break the harmony of his welcome; and thus, after so many centuries of war and disaster, the proud sceptre of the Tudors was transferred to the house of Stuart, with a tranquillity and contentment, which, even considering the justice of the title, was remarkable and unexpected. 4. In this memorable event, it was certainly not unnatural that the lesser kingdom, which now gave a monarch to the greater, should feel some emotions of national pride: for Scotland had defended her liberty against innumerable assaults; had been reduced, in the long struggle, to the very verge of despair; had been betrayed by more than one of her kings, and by multitudes of her nobles; but had never been overcome, because never deserted by a brave, though rude and simple people. 5. Looking back to her still remoter annals, men could say, with perfect historical truth, that this small kingdom had successfully resisted the Roman arms, and the terrible invasions of the Danish seakings; had maintained her freedom within her mountains during the ages of the Saxon Heptarchy, and stemmed the tide of Norman conquest; had shaken off the chains attempted to be fixed upon her by the |