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FRANCIS LANCELOTT, ESQ. Queens of England. Vol.1.
page 371
struction at the period of the suppression of the monasteries ; and in memory of her piety, learning, righteousness, and undying love, endowed and established it as the see of Peterborough. Thus, although the precise spot where her remains repose, can no longer be pointed to with accuracy, the whole of that magnificent structure, the cathedral of Peterborough, may be viewed as the monument of Katherine of Arragon ; a Queen adored by her friends, respected by her foes, and whose moral worth and high endowments Shakespeare has portrayed with scrupulous truth and inimitable skill.
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