A.D. 1537. This prince was baptized at midnight, and both his sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, took part in the ceremony, which was succeeded by such a blowing of trumpets as must have been very trying, indeed, to the nerves of a young infant.

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The next day Jane Seymour died. Her body was embalmed and laid on a car of state covered with a rich velvet.


CHAPTER XXV. ANNE OF CLEVES, FOURTH QUEEN OF HENRY VIII.

(A.D. 1516-1577.)