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queen mother |
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queen mother the widow of a former king who is also the mother of the reigning sovereign How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Pena, that the Queen Mother, who was given to curious arts, caused the King her husband's nativity to be calculated, under a false name; and the astrologer gave a judgment, that he should be killed in a duel; at which the Queen laughed, thinking her husband to be above challenges and duels: but he was slain upon a course at tilt, the splinters of the staff of Montgomery going in at his beaver. Isn't it wrong to imprison a queen mother and her ten children? ``Think not of such foolishness, Sir Knight,'' answered Rebecca, ``but hasten to the Regent, the Queen Mother, and to Prince John---they cannot, in honour to the English crown, allow of the proceedings of your Grand Master. |
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