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HENRY VII.-continued.

HISTORY.

2. Perkin Warbeck.-Perkin was a Fleming, and pretended to be Richard, Duke of York, son of Edward IV., who, it was believed, was murdered by Richard III. The Duchess of Burgundy gave him great encouragement, and James IV. of Scotland gave him his relative, Lady Catherine Gordon, for his wife. Henry, however, made friends with King James, and Warbeck was obliged to leave Scotland. He went to Ireland, but shortly afterwards set sail for England, and, landing on the coast of Cornwall with 3,000 men, marched on Exeter, but failed to take it. On nearing Taunton, he deserted his army, was taken prisoner, and ended his days on the gallows.

3. Discoveries. In Henry's reign several important discoveries were made.

(a.) Christopher Columbus, a native of Genoa, discovered the West Indies, and the continent of America.

(b.) Sebastian Cabot, a Bristol merchant, discovered Newfoundland, and sailed down the coast of America.

(c.) Vasco de Gama, a Portuguese, sailed round the Cape of Good Hope, and opened up a way to India.

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SEAS, GULFS, &c.

The principal Seas, Gulfs, &c., of Asia are

GEOGRAPHY.

On the North, the Sea of Kara, and the Gulf of Obi.

On the East, the Sea of Kamtschatka, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the China Sea, and the Gulfs of Tonquin and Siam.

On the South, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea.

On the West, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Caspian Sea.

The principal Straits are, the Straits of Bab-el-mandeb at the entrance of the Red Sea; the Straits of Ormuz, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf; Palk's Straits, between India and Ceylon; the Straits of Malacca, between Malaya and the island of Sumatra; and Behring's Straits, between Asia and America.

Name six of the principal towns in Lancashire, and say for what each is noted.

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Words derived from Latin roots :-Nomen, a name. nom'-in-al, in name only, not | ig'-no-min-y, the loss of a good real. name, disgrace. nom'-in-ate, to name, to appoint. | noun, the name of a thing.

Norma, a rule.

nor'-mal, according to rule, e-nor'-mous, out of rule, very regular.

great.

Nosco, notus, I know.

no'-ta-ble, worthy of being rec'-og-nize, to know again.

known.

no'-tice, being known, attention,

no'-ti-fy, to make known.

warning.

Novus, new.

in'-no-vate, to bring in some- ren'-o-vate, to make new, to

thing new.

restore.

Wednesday. Analyze the following sentences, thus—

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GRAMMAR.

Object.

Abel.

Solomon built

Samson flew the Philistines.

The stream is muddy.

repented.

The Sun rules the day. Stars twinkle.
Ananias told a lie. Judas carried the bag.

The trees bear fruit.

Parse the third, fourth, and fifth of the above sentences.

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Henry was the son of Henry VII. He was married six times, and had several children, among whom were Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth.

The principal events of his reign were—

1. Wars with France:

First War.--This began in 1512, with the object of driving the French out of Italy. To weaken the French, an army of 10,000 men was sent to enter France from the South, but Ferdinand, King of Spain, Henry's father-in-law, used it for his own purposes, and the English General, therefore, brought his troops back to England.

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In 1513, Henry went to France with 25,000 men, and won the "Battle of Spurs." In his absence, James IV. of Scotland invaded England, but was defeated and slain at Flodden. In 1514, Henry and the French King agreed to a treaty.

Second War.-In 1522, war again broke out between Henry, the Emperor Charles, and the French King, and lasted till 1526. The French were entirely defeated at Pavia (1525).

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CAPES AND ISLANDS.
The principal Capes of Asia are

GEOGRAPHY.

Cape Severo, the most northerly point; East Cape, the most easterly point; Cape Lopatka, in Kamtschatka; Cape Romania, south of Malacca, the most southerly point; Cape Comorin, south of India; Cape Ras-al-Had, in Arabia; and Cape Baba, the most westerly point, in Asia Minor.

The principal Islands are

Cyprus and Rhodes, in the Mediterranean; Ceylon, south of
India;
Hainan and Formosa, east of China; the Japan Islands,
Saghalien, Kurile Islands, and the Aleutian Islands, in the
Pacific.

The large islands Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Celebes, to the south of Asia, properly belong to Oceania.

What were the "Wars of the Roses," and name the principal battles, with dates?

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Words derived from Latin roots: Numerus, a number. nu'-mer-al, consisting of num- | nu'-mer-ous, of great number. ber. nu'-mer-ate, number, to read num'-ber-less, without number. figures.

Nuncio, I tell.

an-nounce', to tell to, to publish. | e-nun'-ci-ate, to tell distinctly. de-nounce', to tell, to inform pro-nun'-ci-a-tion, mode of tell

against.

ing, utterance.

Nutrio, I nourish.

nu-tri'-tious, nourishing.
nu'-tri-ment, that which

nurse, one who nourishes.

nour'-ish, to suckle, to bring up.

nourishes.

Wednesday. LEARN AND WRITE—

THE SUBJECT.

GRAMMAR.

The Subject of a sentence is always the Nominative Case to the verb, and may be―

(1.) A Noun; as, Shakespeare wrote plays.

(2.) A Pronoun; as, He fell dead.

(3.) An Adjective; as, The truthful are respected.

(4.) A Participle; as, Writing makes a correct man.

(5.) The Infinitive Mood; as, To write is profitable.

(6.) A Participial Phrase; as, Writing the Grammar lesson is useful.

(7.) An Infinitive Phrase; as, To learn our home lessons is our

duty.

COMPOSITION.

Make two sentences with Adjectives for subjects; two with Participles; one with the Infinitive Mood; one with a Participial Phrase; and one with an Infinitive Phrase.

Thursday. WORK THESE SUMS

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HENRY VIII.-(continued).

2.-Domestic troubles.-Henry's first wife was Catherine of Arragon, his brother Arthur's widow, and the mother of Queen Mary. They lived together for eighteen years, when Henry took a dislike to her, and wished to put her away. The Pope, fearing to offend the Emperor of Germany, Catherine's nephew, would not sanction the divorce, but Henry, under the guidance of Thomas Cranmer, who was made Archbishop of Canterbury, divorced himself.

Henry's second wife was Anne Boleyn, one of Queen Catherine's ladies. She was the mother of Queen Elizabeth. At the end of three years she was tried for some offence of which her enemies accused her, and beheaded. The day after Henry married his third wife

Jane Seymour.-She was the mother of Edward VI.

Henry's fourth wife was Anne of Cleves, a Dutch princess. Her looks did not please Henry, and he would not live with her.

His fifth was Catherine Howard. Like Anne Boleyn, she was beheaded.

Catherine Parr was his sixth and last wife.

Henry was not kinder to his ministers than to his wives. Cardinal Wolsey died of a broken heart, and Thomas Cromwell, Sir Thomas More, and the Earl of Surrey were beheaded.

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Monday.

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MOUNTAINS, &c.

GEOGRAPHY.

The Central part of Asia is covered by an immense Table land, which is bounded by some of the highest mountain ranges in the world.

To the South of it are the Himalaya mountains, 29,000 feet high; to the North, the Altai mountains; to the East, the YunLing; and to the West, the Belur Tagh; and, crossing the Table land from east to west, are the Thian-Shan mountains.

To the West of Asia are the mountains of Armenia, with Ararat, 17,000 feet high; Taurus, Caucasus, and Elbourz, and the chain of Hindoo Koosh.

Besides these mountains, there are the East and West Ghauts, in India; the Yablonnoi mountains, in the North-east of Asia; and the Oural mountains, between Europe and Asia.

Write a list of the countries of Europe, with their chief towns.

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FIFTH WEEK.

There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting spring abides,
And never-withering flowers;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heavenly land from ours.
Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dressed in living green;
So, to the Jews, old Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.

O, could we make our doubts remove,
These gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love

With unbeclouded eyes.

Could we but climb where Moses stood,

And view the landscape o'er,

Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.

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