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In Prison

           Heresumedthethreadofhisgossip

           "SirHughgoethtothecoronationandwithgrandhopes.Heconfidentlylookethtocomebackapeer,forheishighinfavourwiththeLordProtector."

           "WhatLordProtector?"askedhisMajesty.

           "HisGracetheDukeofSomerset."

           "WhatDukeofSomerset?"

           "Marry,thereisbutoneSeymour,EarlofHertford."

           TheKingaskedsharply

           "Sincewhenisheaduke,andLordProtector?"

           "SincethelastdayofJanuary."

           "Andpritheewhomadehimso?"

           "HimselfandtheGreatCouncilwithhelpoftheKing."

           HisMajestystartedviolently."TheKing!"hecried."Whatking,goodsir?"

           

           "Whatking,indeed!(God-a-mercy,whataileththeboy?)Sithwehavebutone,‘tisnotdifficulttoanswerhismostsacredMajestyKingEdwardtheSixthwhomGodpreserve!Yea,andadearandgraciouslittleurchinishe,too;andwhetherhebemadornoandtheysayhemendethdailyhispraisesareonallmen’slips;andallblesshim,likewise,andofferprayersthathemaybesparedtoreignlonginEngland;forhebeganhumanelywithsavingtheoldDukeofNorfolk’slife,andnowishebentondestroyingthecruellestofthelawsthatharryandoppressthepeople."

           ThisnewsstruckhisMajestydumbwithamazement,andplungedhimintosodeepanddismalareveriethatheheardnomoreoftheoldman’sgossip.Hewonderedifthe‘littleurchin’wasthebeggar-boywhomheleftdressedinhisowngarmentsinthepalace.

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