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CONTENTS


    PREFACE                           v
    Chapter I                         1
    Chapter II                       24
    Chapter III                      53
    Chapter IV                       88
    Chapter V                       114
    Chapter VI                      152
    Chapter VII                     172
    Chapter VIII                    182
    Chapter IX                      199
    Chapter X                       220
    Chapter XI                      237
    Chapter XII                     255
    Chapter XIII                    283
    Chapter XIV                     302
    Chapter XV                      316
    INDEX                           335




_THE COURTSHIPS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH_

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[Illustration:

    W.L. Colls. Ph. Sc.

    QUEEN ELIZABETH,
    FROM THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT BY ZUCCHERO,
    IN HAMPTON COURT PALACE.
]




    THE COURTSHIPS OF
    QUEEN ELIZABETH

    A HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS
    NEGOTIATIONS FOR HER MARRIAGE
    BY MARTIN A. S.