"THE GREATEST WIDOWER."
This is tLe title of a genuine essay of a boy in a Cardiff board school .—" King Henry VIII. was the greatest widow that ever lived. He was born at anno domino in the year 1066. He had 510 wives besides children. The Ist was beheaded and executed. The 2nd was revoked. She never smiled again. But she said the word " Calais ' would be found on her heart after her death. The greati st man in this reigu was Lord Sir (Jarrtt Wolsey. He was sir uamed the Boy Bachelor. He was born at the age of fifteen unmarried. . . . Henry 8 was succeeded on the throne by his great grandmother, the beautiful and accomplished Mary Queen of Scots, sometimes known as the Lady of the Lake, or the Lay of the Last Minstrel.
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Western Star, Issue 2154, 6 November 1897, Page 6
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136"THE GREATEST WIDOWER." Western Star, Issue 2154, 6 November 1897, Page 6
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