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this young lord died at BrulTels, it is pro- 

 bable that De Heere drew his pi6ture there, 

 and that very acquaintance might have been 

 a recommendation of Lucas to England. 



3. The third is a pi6lure in my pofieflion, 

 well known by the print Vertue made from 

 it. It contains the portraits of Frances 

 duchefs of Suffolk , mother of lady Jane 

 Grey> and her fecond hufband Adrian 

 Stoke. Their ages> and De Heere's mark IE 

 are on the picture, which is in perfedl pre- 

 fervation, the colouring of the heads clear,, 

 and with great nature, and the draperies 

 which are black with furs and jewels, high- 

 ly finifhed and round, though the manner 

 of the whole is a little ftifF. This piclure 

 was in the colle6tion of lord Oxford. There 

 is a tradition that when this great lady made 

 this fecond match with a young fellow wha 

 was only mafter of her horfe, queen Eliza- 

 beth faid, " What ! has fhe married her 

 horfe-keeper ? Yes, madam, replied my lord 

 Burleigh, and fhe fays your majcfty would 

 like to do fo too." — Leiceller was mailer 

 of the horfe. The date on this pi6lure is 



4. Lord Darnley, hufband of Mary queen 



of 



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