will often be
technical doubts about a portion of the votes, and cases will sometimes
occur where the result will depend upon this doubtful portion. Thus
there will be disputes under any system, and ambitious men will seize
such occasions to struggle for power.

In order that our readers may clearly understand the nature of the plan
which Northumberland adopted, we present, on the following page, a sort
of genealogical table of the royal family of England in the days of
Elizabeth.

TABLE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF ENGLAND IN THE TIME OF ELIZABETH.
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= 2. KING HENRY VIII.
_Catharine of Aragon._ = 4. QUEEN MARY.
_Anne Boleyn._ = 5. QUEEN ELIZABETH.
_Jane Seymour._ = 3. KING EDWARD VI.
_Anne of Cleves._
_Catharine Howard._
_Catharine Parr._

= Margaret
_James IV. of Scotland_ = James V. of Scotland
= Mary Queen of Scots
1. KING HENRY VII. = 6. KING JAMES VI. OF
SCOTLAND AND I.
OF ENGLAND.
_Earl Of Angus_ = Margaret Douglas
= Earl of Lenox
= Lord Darnley

= Mary.
_Charles Brandon, duke = Frances, marchioness
of Suffolk_ of Dorset
= Lady Jane Grey.
= Eleanor.
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EXPLANATION.

This table gives the immediate descendants of Henry VII., a
descent being denoted by the sign =. The names of the persons
whom they respectively married are in italics. Those who
became sovereigns of England are in small capitals, and the
order in which they reigned is denoted by the figures
prefixed to their names.

By examination of this table it will be seen that King Henry VII. left a
son and two daughters. The