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wife contrived to survive him, but with diffi--culty effected it. He was succeeded by hisonly son Edward.

Edward the 6th

As this prince was only nineyears old at the time of his Father's death, he was considered by manypeople as too young to govern1, & the tlate2 King happening to be of the same opinion,his mother's Brother the Duke of Somerset was chosen Protector of the realm during

Footnotes

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'g' (or possibly 'y') reinscribed as 'g'. Back to context...
2.
'l' written over erased 't'. Back to context...
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