HIS ANCESTORS.
The Mayor of Lover was considerably astray recently when he addressed the Prince of Wales with a eulogy of "your illustrious ancestors, Queen Elizabeth and Mary." However, bis worship may console himself with tho reflootion that the Queen herself once spoke to Macuulay at Windsor of '• my poor ancestor, James II.," whereupon the historian, regardless of etiquette, ecclaimed, "Not yonr Majesty's ancestor — your Majesty's predecessor,"
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9840, 28 October 1893, Page 1 (Supplement)
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67HIS ANCESTORS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9840, 28 October 1893, Page 1 (Supplement)
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