AFTER the death of Suffolk the queen was plunged into a sea ofanxious troubles, which continued to disturb the kingdom and to agitare her mind, until at length, in 1453, eight or nine years after hermarriage, she gave birth to a son. This event, strange as it may seem,aggravated the difficulties of her situation in a tenfold degree.<br> The reason why the birth of her child increased her troubles wasthis. It has already been said that the Duke of York claimed to be therightful sovereign of England on account of being descended from anolder branch of the royal family; but that, since Henry was establishedupon the throne, he was inclined to make no attempt to assert hisclaims so long as it was understood that he was to receive the king-dom at Henry's death. In order to keep him contented in this position,it had been Margaret's policy to treat him with great consideration,and to give him high honors, but, at the same time, to watch him veryclosely, and to avoid conferring upon him any such substantial powerwithin the realm of England as would enable him to attempt to seizethe throne. She accordingly gave him the regency of France, and af-terward, when she recalled him from that country in order to send Somerset there, she sent him to Ireland.<br> After the death of Suffolk, Somerset came home from France. In- deed, he was on his way home at the very time that Suffolk was killed, the English possessions there having been almost entirely lost. As soon as he returned, the queen received him into high favor at court, and soon made him the chief minister of the crown. The people of the country were displeased at this, and soon showed marks of great discontent.<br> ……
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