"I read that in the seventh King Henrie's reigne, Fair Katharine, daughter to the Castile king, Came into England with a pompous traine Of Spanish ladies which shee thence did bring. She to the eighth King Henry married was, And afterwards divorc'd, where virtuously (Although a Queene), yet she her days did pass In working with the _needle_ curiously, As in the Tower, and places more beside, Her excellent memorials may be seen; Whereby the _needle's_ prayse is dignifide By her faire ladies, and herselfe, a Queene. Thus far her paines, here her reward is just, Her works proclaim her prayse, though she be dust." The same pen also celebrated her daughter's skill in this feminine occupation. Mary was skilled in all sorts of embroidery; and when her mother's divorce consigned her to a private life, she beguiled the intervals of those severer studies in which she peaceably and laudably occupied her time in various branches of needlework. It is not unlikely the Psalter we have alluded to elsewhere was embroidered by herself; and a reference to the fashionable occupations of the day will bring to our minds various trifling articles, the embroidery of which beguiled her time, though they have long since passed away. "Her daughter Mary here the sceptre swaid, And though she were a Queene of mighty power, Her memory will never be decaid, Which by her works are likewise in the Tower, In Windsor Castle, and in Hampton Court, In that most pompous roome called Paradise; Who ever pleaseth thither to resort, May see some workes of hers, of wondrous price. Her greatness held it no disreputation To take the needle in her royal hand; Which was a good example to our nation To banish idleness from out her land: And thus this Queene, in wisdom thought it fit, The needle's worke pleas'd her, and she grac'd it." We extract the following notice of the gentle and excellent Lady Jane Grey, from the 'Court Magazine.' "Ten days' royalty! Alas, how deeply fraught with tragic interest is the historic page recording the events of that brief period! and how immeasurable the results proceeding therefrom. Love, beauty, religious constancy, genius, and learning, were seen in early womanhood intermingling their glorious halo with the dark shadowings of despotism, imprisonment, and violent death upon the scaffold!