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A03193	Englands Elizabeth her life and troubles, during her minoritie, from the cradle to the crowne. Historically laid open and interwouen with such eminent passages of state, as happened vnder the reigne of Henry the Eight, Edvvard the Sixt, Q. Mary; all of them aptly introducing to the present relation. By Tho: Heywood.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.; Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601, engraver.; I. S., fl. 1631-1638, artist.	1631 (1631)	STC 13313; ESTC S104056	51,982	256

February being Thursday An. 1558. and lyes buried in a chappell in Saint Peters Westminster without any monument or remembrance at all Queene Mary was well inclined of her selfe had not the blind zeale of her Religion and authority of the clergy ouerswayd her the flames of their consuming fire had not mounted so high as heauen there to solicite for vengeance it is obserued that her raigne was the shortest of all Kings since the conquest Richard the third only excepted and that more christian blood was spilt in her short time then had beene in case of Religion in any Kings raign whatsoeuer since K. Lucius the first establisher of Christianity in England and God grant the like may neuer be seene againe Amen The Cloud thus set that wished Sunne appeared in our horizon like a fresh spring after a stormy winter The Parliament then sitting at Westminst newes was brought that the Queen was deceased the soddainnesse of the news struck the house into amazment Some look'd backward to the dead Queene others looked forward to the suruiuing Princesse but at last they pitch'd vpon the proclamation of the L. Elizabeth which was accordingly performed the same day in the 24th yeere 2. month and 10 day of her age at what time she remooued from Hatfield to the Charterhouse from thence she was royally attended to the Tower of London and the 24 of the same month passed with great state through the City to Westminster On the foure twentieth of Nouember Queen Elizab. set forward from the Tower to passe thorow the City to Westminster but considering that after so long restraint she was now exalted from misery to Maiesty from a Prisoner to a Princesse before shee would suffer herself to bemoūted in her Chariot shee very deuoutely lifted vp Her Handes and Eyes to Heauen v●●ering these words O Lord Almighty and euer-liuing God I giue thee most humble and hearty thankes that thou hast beene so mercifull vnto mee as to spare mee to see this ioyfull blessed Day and I acknowlede that thou hast dealt as graciously and wonderfully with me as thou didst with thy true and faithfull Seruant Daniel thy Prophet whom thou deliuered'st out of the Lyons Denne from the crueltie of the greedy and raging Lyons euen so was I ouer-whelmed and by thee deliuered to thee therefore onely bee thankes and honour and prayse for euermore Amen Hauing made an end of her thankes-giuing to God shee put onwards through the City where diuers magnificent Pageants presented themselues to her view the throng of people was extraordinary their acclamations loud as thunder many were the expressions of loue tendred vnto her and by her as gratefully entertained as they were louingly presented To make a particular relation of the seuerall occurrences in that one dayes entertainment would require aboue a dayes expression I will onely but point at some more remarkeable passages wherein shee shewed her selfe extraordinarily affected to her People She would many times cause her Charriot to stand that the people might haue their full sight of her amongst the seuerall speeches that were addressed vnto her from the Pageants if at any time any word did reflect vpon her a change of countenance was obserued in her but a settled constancie to heare it out then her loue and courtesie in giuing the people thankes In Cornehill a Pageant presented it selfe called the Scate of worthy Gouernement intimating their dutifull allegiance to her with the generall conceiued hopes of her Princely Gouernement the Speech was no sooner deliuered but shee immediately answered I haue taken notice of your good meaning toward mee and will endeauour to Answere your seuerall expectations Passing forward another Pageant appeared representing the eight Beatitudes euery one applyed to her in particular by the Speaker the multitude crying out Amen Amen But being come to the litle Conduit in Cheape shee perceiued an offer of Loue and demanded what it might signifie one told her Grace that there was placed Time Time said shee and Time I praise my God hath brought me hither but what is that other with the Booke shee was resolued that it was Truth the Daughter of Time presenting the Bible in English whereunto she answered I thanke the Citie for this guift aboue all the rest it is a Booke which I will often and often read ouer then she commanded Sir Iohn Perrot one of the Knights that held vp the Canopie to goe and receiue the Bible but being informed that it was to bee let downe vnto her by a silken string shee commanded him to stay in the Interim a Purse of gold was presented by the Recorder in the behalfe of the City which shee receiued with her owne hands and afterward gaue attention to a speech deliuered making reply in the conclusion I thanke my Lord Mayor his brethren the Aldermen and all of you and whereas your request is that I should continue your good Lady and Queene be you assured that I will be as good vnto you as euer Queene was yet vnto her people no will in me is wanting neither doe I hope can there want any power As for the priuiledges and Charters of your City I will in discharge of my oath and affection see them safely and exactly maintained and perswade your selues that for the safety and quietnes of you all I will not spare if need bee to spend my blood in your behalfe God blesse you all good people As shee went along in Fleete-streete at St. Dunstans Church the children of Christ's Hospitall sate there with the gouernours shee tooke great delight in the obiect and calling to minde that it was her brothers foundation shee expressed her selfe very thankefull for the presentation of such a charitable sight saying Wee are Orphans all let me enioy your Prayers and you shall be sure of my assistance As shee went through Temple-Barre the Ordinance and Chambers of the Tower went off the report whereof gaue much content thus passed Shee along to Westminster royally attended with the Nobility of the Kingdom and was there Crowned to the ioy of all true-hearted Christians Est et quod Regnat causa fuisse piam FINIS Prince Arthur marrieth Infant Katharine of Spaine Prince Henry marrieth his Brothers wife The ●●tiues perswading a Diuorce Prince He●ry borne The Diuouorce disputed of Cardinall Campeius sent from Rome The Lady Anne Bullein daughter to the Earle of Wil●shi●re Ormond created Marchionesse of Pembrooke Henry the eight married to the Lady Anne Bullein Queene Anne crowned The birth of the Lady Elizabeth Not kept a fortnight or a month in state as it is now vsuall with ordinary people Lady Elizabeth borne on the Eue of the virgins Natiuity and died on the Eue of the Virgins Annuntiation 1603 Euen that she is now in heauen with all these blessed virgins that had oyle in their lampes Lady Elizabeths godfather are godmothers An oath taken to the successors of Q.

Admirall the younger Brother married the Queene Dowager whose hap it was of all the rest to suruiue her husband she contested with her Sister in Law for precedence and pri●ority of place both were priuately encouraged both swell'd alike with spleene neither would giue way to other the one claim'd it as she had beene once Queene the other challeng'd it as she was the present wife of the Protector the two Dukes were as suell to ●his fire new kindled be●●●wixt the women Dud●ey incenseth the one pri●tely Gray encourageth the other secretly The wiues set their husbands at odds by taking their parts the Gordian knot of brotherly loue is therevpon dissolued Northumberland and Suffolke take hold of this aduantagious occasion insomuch that within a short time after the Admirall was questioned for Treason by consent of his brother condemned in Parliament and his head struck off at the Tower-hill March 20. 1549 his Brother the Protector with his owne hand signing the warrant for his death The one being thus remoued there was now lesse difficulty to supplant the other in the same month of Febr. in which his brother lost his head was the Protector cōmitted to the Tower by the Lords of the Councell many Articles especially touching the gouernment of the State were commenced against him but the yeare after upon his submission to the Lords and intercession made for him by the King hee was released this proued but a Lightning before death his great and potent Aduersaries still prosecute their malice against him insomuch that not long after calling him to a second accompt when he had acquit himselfe of all such Articles of Treason as could bee inferred against him hee was in a tryall at Guild-hall conuicted of Felony and on the 22. of Ianuary was beheaded on the Tower-Hill These two next Kinsmen to the King the proppes and stayes on which the safety of his minoritie leaned the hinges on which the whole State turned being thus cut off it was a common feare and generall presage through the whole Kingdome that the two Vnc●es being dead the Nephew would not suruiue long after and so accordingly it happened for now all such Gentle-men and Officers as the Protector had preferred for the Kings attendance were suddenly remoued and all such as were the Fauourites of the two Dukes onely suffered to come neere his person In the Interim was the Match concluded betwixt the Lord Guilford Dudley Son to the Duke of Northumberland the Lady Iane Gray daughter to the Duke of Suffolke Not long after the King fell sicke and dyed the 6. of Iuly in the 7th yeare of his Pri●cely gouernment and o● the tenth of the same month was proclaymed Queene the Lady Iane It is to this day a question both how he dyed and where hee was buryed yet others say hee lyes buried at Westminster he was a Prince of that hope that it would seeme improper thus to leaue his honour in the dust vncharacterized Hee was studious for the propagation of the Gospell the refining and establishing of true Religion the foundation whereof his Father had proiected Images hee caused to be demolished and as Idolatrous to be taken out of all Churches within his Domininions the learned men of his time hee encouraged and commanded them to open and expound the Scriptures caused the Lords Supper to bee administred in both kinds vn●o his people In the third yeare of his Reigne by Parliamentall Decree hee abolished the Masse commanded the Liturgie to be made and our Common prayer and Seruice to be read in the English tongue hee was acute in witt graue in censure mature in Iudgement all which concurring in such tender yeeres were beyond admiration In the liberall Arts so frequent that he appeared rather innate and borne with them then either acquired by teaching or study All the Port-Townes and Hauens in England Scotland and France hee had ad● vnguem not the least punctilio of any State affaires past beyond his obseruation nor did hee commit such obseruations to memory but had a chest euery yeare for the reseruation of such Acts as past the councell board himself keeping the key hee would appoynt certain hours to sit with the Master of Requests only to ●ispatch the cause of the Poore hee was the Inchoation and Instauration of a glorious Church and Common-weale hee was perfect in the Latine Greeke Italian French and Spanish tongues and as Cardanus reports was well seene in Logicke and the Principles of naturall Philosophy no stranger to Musicke singing at first sight in Melancthon's common-places hee was c●●uersant and all Cicero's workes with a great part of Titus Liuius two of Isocrates Orations hee translated out of the Originall into Latine hee was facetious and witty as may appeare in the fourth yeare of his reign thirteenth of his age being at Greenewich on S. Georges day comming from the Sermon with all the Nobility in State correspondent for the day said My Lords I pray you what Saint is S. George that w●e so much honour him heere this day The Lord Treasurer made answere If it please your Maiesty I did neuer in any History read of S. George but onely in Legenda aurea where it is thus set downe that S. George out with his sword ran the Dragon through with his speare The King hauing something vented himselfe with laughing replyed I pray you my Lord and what did hee with his sword the while That I cannot tell your Maiesty said hee To conclude hee was so well qualified that hee was not onely the forwardest Prince of all his Auncestors but the sole Phoenix of his time Dic mihi musa virum shew me such another As hee began and continued hopefully so hee ended Religiously being fallen sicke of a Plurisie some say consūption of the lungs hau●ng made his peace with God and the world he lifted vp his eyes and hands to heauen prayed to himselfe thinking none to haue heard him after this manner Lord deliuer mee out of this miserable life and take me among thy chosen howbeit not my will but thy will be done Lord I commit my Spirit to thee O Lord thou knowest how happie it were for me to be with thee yet for thy chosens sake send me life and health that I may truly serue thee Oh my Lord God blesse thy people and saue thine inheritance Oh Lord God saue thy chosen people of England defend this Land from Papistry and maintaine thy true Religion that I and thy People may praise thy holy name for thy Sonne Iesus Christ's sake to which hee added Oh I faint haue mercy on me O Lord and receiue my Spirit With which eiaculation his life ended not without suspition of poyson deliuered him in a Nose-gay but the diuilish Treason not being enquired after neuer came to light The Lady Mary being at the time of the Kings death at Hunsdon in Hertfordshire was much