Behind him the ladie Marie of Norffolke, bear|ing the créesome which was verie rich of pearle and stone, the old dutches of Norffolke bare the child in a mantell of purple veluet, with a long traine furred with ermine. The duke of Norffolke with his mar|shall rod went on the right hand of the said dutches, and the duke of Suffolke on the left hand, and before them went the officers of armes. The countesse of Kent bare the long traine of the childs mantell, and betwéene the countesse of Kent and the child went the earle of Wilshire on the right hand, and the earle of Darbie on the left hand, supporting the said traine: in the middest ouer the said child was borne a cano|pie, by the lord Rochford, the lord Husée, the lord Wil|liam Howard,A canopie borne ouer the yoong princesse. and by the lord Thomas Howard the elder, after the child followed manie ladies and gen|tlewomen. When the child was come to the church doore, the bishop of London met it with diuerse bi|shops and abbats mitred.
When the ceremonies and christening were en|ded, Garter cheefe king of armes cried alowd, God of his infinite goodnesse send prosperous life & long to the high and mightie princesse of England Eliza|beth: & then the trumpets blew. Then the archbishop of Canturburie gaue to the princesse a standing cup of gold:Rich gifts giuen to the princesse. the dutches of Norffolke gaue to hir a standing cup of gold, fretted with pearle: the mar|chionesse of Dorset gaue thrée gilt bolles, pounced with a couer: and the marchionesse of Excester gaue thrée standing bolles grauen, all gilt with a couer. EEBO page image 935 Then was brought in wafers, comfets, & ipocrasse in such plentie, that euerie man had as much as he would desire. Then they set forwards, the trumpets going before in the same order towards the kings palace, as they did when they came thitherwards, sauing that the gifts that the godfather and the godmothers gaue, were borne before the child by foure persons, Who bare the gi [...]ts presen|ted to the princesse. that is to saie. First sir Iohn Dudleie bare the gift of the ladie of Excester, the [...]ord Thomas Ho|ward the yoonger bare the gift of the ladie of Dorset; the lord Fitzwater bare the gift of the ladie of Norf|folke, and the earle of Worcester bare the gift of the archbishop of Canturburie, & all the oneside as they went was full of staffe torches to the number of fiue hundred, borne by the gard and other of the kings seruants, and about the child were borne manie o|ther proper torches by gentlemen.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this order they brought the princesse to the Q. chamber, & tarried there a while with the maior & his brethren the aldermen, and at the last the dukes of Norffolke & Suffolke came out frõ the K. thanking them hartilie, who commanded them to giue thanks in his name: which being doone with other courtesies they departed, & so went to their barges. From that time forward (God himselfe vndertaking the tuition of this yoong princesse, hauing predestinated hir to the accomplishment of his diuine purpose) she pro|spered vnder the Lords hand, as a chosen plant of his watering, & after the reuolution of certeine yeares with great felicitie and ioy of all English hearts at|teined to the crowne of this realme, and now reig|neth ouer the same: whose heart the Lord direct in his waies, and long preserue hir in life, to his godlie will and pleasure, and the comfort of all true and faithfull subiects. Of the blessed natiuitie of this most grati|ous virgine quéene, Angl. pra [...]l. as also of hir baptisme and con|firmation in the christian faith, with all the solemni|ties and ceremonies recorded in our English an|nales, hir education, hir knowledge in diuerse lan|guages, hir peaceable gouernement, and manie o|ther trim discourses C. O. in his Ei [...]enarchia, or Elisabetha hath made honorable mention, saieng:
Septembris (Deus hoc voluit) quae septima luxestSeptimo Septem|bris, videlices die Dominico nasci|tur Elisabetha.Consecrata venit Domino voluentibus aennis,Parturijt coniux Henrici principis Anna,Vi dolor increuit, praescripto sedula nutrixPerstat in offici [...], matronáque nobilis instatAuxilium latura suum, cùm pondus in aurasMaturum genitrix enixa puerpera languet,Certa tamen verae salutis signa dabantur.Postquam pulchellae faciei prodijt infansCompositis membris, speciosam vt caera liquescensFingitur in formam, populo mirante, peritiArtificis manibus: tensis adsidera palmisFoemina conclamat senior, Benedicite ChristoPraesentes Domino, ô vos benedicite Christo,Virgo beat matrem, virgo modo nata patrémque,Britannos omnes posthâc haec virg [...] beabit,Haec sola est nostrae spes & solatia gentis.Rex pater inuisit celeri sua gaudia passisMatrem & filiolam, verbis solatus [...]micisLanguidam adhuc illã, partús doloribus aegram, &c.]