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Mary

This woman had the good luck of being advanced to the throne of England, inspiteof the superior pretensions, Merit, & Beautyof her Cousins Mary Queen of Scotland & JaneGrey. Nor can I pity the Kingdom for the misfortunes they experienced duringher Reign, since they fully deserved them,for having allowed her to succeed her Brotherwhich was a double peice of folly, since they might have foreseen that as she died without Children, she would be succeeded by that

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