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Excerpt from The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, Vol. 2 of 6 The Year of our Lord, 1537, was a Prince born to King Henry the 8th, by Jane Seimour, then Queen, who within few days after the Birth of her Son, died, and was buried at the Castle of Windsor. This Child was christned by the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Suffolk, and the Arch -bishop of Canterbury. Afterwards was brought up till he came to six Years old among the Women. At the sixth Year of his Age he was broughtg up in Learning by Master Doctor Cox, who was after his Almoner, and John Cheeke, Master of Arts, two well learned Men, who sought to bring him up in learning of Tongues, of the Scripture, gof Philosophy, and all Liberalg Sciences. Also John Bellmaine, Frenchman, did teach him the French Language. The tenth year not yet ended, it was appointed he should be created Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Count Palatine of Chester at which time, being the Year of our Lord 1547, the said King died of a Drop sie as it was thought. After whose death incontinent came Edward Earl of Hartford, and Sir Anthony Brown, Master of the Horse, to convoy this Prince to Enfield, where the Earl of Hartford declaredy to him, and his younger Sister Elizabeth, the Death of their Father. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.