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Show ffllGHTY RULERS OF EARTH Elizabeth of England and Theodore of Abyitlnla Had Many Traits In Common. Elizabeth, queen of England, Imd many claims to great distinction. Her Tory name was Tudor, a contraction It seems, of Theodore, "the gift of God," an epithet of happy omen nsao-cloted nsao-cloted with the mighty rulers of the earth, among whom may be mentioned mention-ed tho African king, Theodore of Abyssinia. Ab-yssinia. Tills monarch Ib described In tho Encyclopaedia Drltannlca as & "man of education and Intelligence, suporlor to those among whom he lived, with natural talents for rov crning nnd gninlng the wstecm of oUiers. Ho had n. noble bearing, and a frame capable of enduring any amount of fatigue, and ho was the best shot nnd tho best horseman In Abyssinia, Ho was generous to excess ex-cess nnd free from cupidity, but subject sub-ject to violent bursts of anger." Elizabeth also possessed many of theso royal traits of character, although al-though Coko said her namo was not really Tudor but rather Owen or Meredith, though "God would not suffer suf-fer her to have a Blr namo because by his graco nnd goodness Bho should deserve for her Imperial virtues to be called Ellzaboth tho great." "She was," said Coke, "tho phoenix of hor ex; she wan Angllac Amor," familiar with French, Italian and Spanish and learned In Latin nnd Greok; and "as the roHo is the quoen of flowers . . she wuu tho queen of queens. Yon .cannot question what roso I mean; for take tho red or tho white, Bho wai not only by royal descent nnd Inher ent birthright, but by roscal benuty also, heir .to both." Whether or not Elizabeth deserved this pralso, and oven if she had no right to bear tho royal name of Theodore, Theo-dore, she was fortunate enough to lend her own to tho moat glorious porlod of hor country's history. Yale Review. |