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else. She .promised what the
duke asked, but she hoped
that her earnest prayers and
her good example would turn
the hearts of her daughters to
their mother's God.
 In the midst of these trou-
bles Calvin wrote to her. He
told her to do right and fear
not. He said that God was
able to bring good out of evil,
and that she must learn to
bear these hard things meekly