Tudor Queenship: The Reigns Of Mary And Elizabeth - Plot & Excerpts
Protestants, therefore, picked out similarities in the early lives of both monarchs to demonstrate how both had been selected and protected by God. David’s accession to the throne had been against all expectations and solely of the Lord’s doing: “no lesse merveilous (if we consider it),” declared Isaac Colfe, “was the advancement of Queen Elizabeth to the Crowne of this Realme...if we consider the multitude and mightinesse of her enemies.”27 To reinforce this point, preachers listed striking—if, at times, somewhat labored—parallels between David’s early life and Elizabeth’s personal history. David, they explained, was the “last and least of his father’s house,” and so was Elizabeth. David faced the derision of his siblings, Elizabeth of a sister. Saul, a king, egged on by Doeg, persecuted David; Mary, a queen, encouraged by Gardiner, “was wroth with Elizabeth.” David was exiled in the “holds” of Ein Gedi; Elizabeth in the “holds” of Woodstock. David was pitied by the king of Gath, enemy to his religion; Elizabeth was pitied by Philip of Spain.28 Protestant preachers similarly found parallels in the later political careers of the two monarchs.
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