This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. SUMMARY. Increased importance of Mary"s position in regard to the throne of England--Selfish po. icy of her father-in-law, Henry II.--Mary and Francis ratify the peace of Cambray--Mary"s affectionate conduct to her husband--Forced by Henry II. to assume the arms of England at the tournament of the Tournelles--Present at the fatal accident to Henry II.--Her consort becomes King of France, as Francis II.--Leaves the Tournelles with him--Yielded precedence by Catherine de Medicis--Mary and Francis II. at St. Germain--She receives the jewels of the Queen-consort of France--Influences her husband in favor of her uncles--Her anxieties as Queen of Scots--Her failing health--At Villers-Cflterets--Gives audience there to Throckmorton--Progress of Mary and Francis II. to Rheims--Their entry--She witnesses his coronation--Her progress with Elizabeth of France, dec.--Dangerous accident when hunting--Portraits as Queen of France--Her troubles respecting her own kingdom--Plots of her uncles, and conspiracies against them--Mary with Francis H. at Amboise--Horrors around tkem--Their illness--They retire to Chenonceanx--Death of her mother--Progress to Orleans--Entry with her husband--Her interview there with Throckmorton--Illness of Francis II.--Mary sits for her picture for Queen Elizabeth--Fatal relapse of the King, her husband--Mary"s affectionate attention to him--His extreme tenderness for her--She receives his last sigh. The death of Mary I., Ciueen of England, November 17, 1558, appeared to open a more brilliant destiny for Mary Stuart, by placing her the next in succession to that realm.1 Not contented with that contingency for his youthful daughter-in-law (who was more than nine years the junior of the new Queen of England, Elizabeth), Henry II. dete...