Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The second was the receiuing of the bible at the lit|tle conduit in Cheape. For when hir grace had lear|ned that the bible in English should there be offered: she thanked the citie therefore, promised the reading thereof most diligentlie, and incontinent comman|ded that it should be brought. At the receipt where|of, how reuerendlie did she with both hir hands take it,As religious [...] princesse is queene Elisa|beth as euer she was. kisse it, and laie it vpon hir brest, to the great comfort of the lookers on? God will vndoubtedlie preserue so woorthie a prince, which at his honor so reuerendlie taketh hir beginning. For this saieng is true, and written in the booke of truth; He that first séeketh the kingdome of God, shall haue all o|ther things cast vnto him. Now therefore all Eng|lish hearts, and hir naturall people must néeds praise Gods mercie, which hath sent them so woorthie a prince, and praie for hir graces long continuance amongst vs.Hir coronati|on at West|minster. On sundaie the fiue and twentith of Ianuarie, hir maiestie was with great solemni|tie crowned at Westminster in the abbeie church there, by doctor Oglethorpe bishop of Carleill. She dined in Westminster hall, which was richlie hoong, and euerie thing ordered in such roiall maner, as to such a regall and most solemne feast apperteined.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane time, whilest hir grace sat at dinner, sir Edward Dimmocke knight,Sir Edward Dimmocke knight hir champion by office. hir champion by of|fice, came riding into the hall in faire complet ar|mor, mounted vpon a beautifull courser, richlie trap|ped in cloth of gold, entred the hall, and in the midst thereof cast downe his gantlet: with offer to fight with him in hir quarell, that should denie hir to be the righteous and lawfull quéene of this realme. The quéene taking a cup of gold full of wine, dranke to him thereof, and sent it to him for his fée togither with the couer.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Now after this, at the seruing vp of the wafers the lord maior of London went to the cupboord,The lord maior of Lon|don serueth the quéene of ipocrasse. and filling a cup of gold with ipocrasse, bare it to the quéene: and knéeling before hir tooke the assaie, and she receiuing it of him, and drinking of it, gaue the cup with the couer vnto the said lord maior for his fée, which cup and couer weied sixtéene ounces Troie weight. Finallie, this feast being celebrated with all roiall ceremonies, and high solemnities, due and in like cases accustomed, tooke end with great ioy and contentation to all the beholders. On wed|nesdaie the fiue and twentith of Ianuarie the parle|ment began,A parlement. the queenes maiestie riding in hir par|lement robes, from hir palace of Whitehall, vnto the abbeie church of Westminster, with the lords spi|rituall and temporall, attending hir likewise in their parlement robes. Doctor Cox sometime schoole|maister to king Edward the sixt, and now latelie returned from the parties of beyond the seas, where during the daies of quéene Marie he had liued as a banished man, Iohn Stow. preached now before the estates there assembled in the beginning of the said parlement. In this parlement,The first fruits and tenths resto|red to the crowne. the first fruits and tenths were restored to the crowne, & also the supreame gouern|ment ouer the state ecclesiasticall, which queene Ma|rie had giuen to the pope. Likewise the booke of common praier and administration of the sacra|ments in our mother toong was restored.