Chapter 38 No.38

Ay, sir-our ancient crown, in these wild times,

Oft stood upon a cast-the gamester's ducat,

So often staked, and lost, and then regain'd,

Scarce knew so many hazards.

THE SPANISH FATHER.

It is not our object to enter into the historical part of the reign of the ill-fated Mary, or to recount how, during the week which succeeded her fl