rd V.

LINE OF TUDOR,

In which were united the Houses of York and Lancaster, by the
marriage of Henry VII, son of the Countess of Richmond, of the
House of Lancaster, to Elizabeth daughter of Edward IV.

Henry VII 1485 23 Earl of Richmond
Henry VIII 1509 37 Son to Henry VII
Edward VI 1547 6 Son to Henry VIII
Mary 1553 5 Sister to Edward VI
Elizabeth 1558 44 Sister to Mary.

LINE OF STUART.

James I 1603 22 Son to Mary queen of Scots,
who was descended from
Henry VII
Charles I 1625 23 Son to James I. (Charles was
beheaded in 1649.)

COMMON-WEALTH AND PROTECTORATE OF CROMWELL.

Charles II 1660 24 Son to Charles I
James II 1685 4 Brother to Charles II.
(James II abdicated
the throne in 1689.)

LINE OF ORANGE.

{William III 1689 13 Nephew and Son-in-law to
{& James II
{Mary II Stuart Daughter to James II
Anne 1702 12 Daughter to James II.

LINE OF BRUNSWICK.

George I 1714 12 Son to the Princess Sophia,
Electress of Hanover, and
grandaughter of James I
George II 1728 33 Son to George I
George III 1760 Grandson to George II.

I will not, my dear, enter into the history of any of these sovereigns,
as there are many English histories extant, which will give you better
information upon this subject, than you could receive from any
description of mine: indeed, the little I have now been telling you of
history in general, is only intended to awaken in your mind a desire for
the attainment of this useful knowledge. Modern History we shall defer
for several years, but I will to-morrow give you Rollin's Ancient
History, a work, I think, particularly well calculated for young people;
when you have read this, you shall proce