That doone, she passed by the great conduit in chéepe,The conduit in Cheape runneth wine white and cla|ret. which was newlie painted with armes of de|uises: out of the which conduit by a goodlie founteine set at the one end ran continuallie wine both white and claret all that afternoone, and so she rode to the Standard which was richlie painted with images of kings and quéenes, and hanged with banners of armes, and in the top was maruellous swéet harmo|nie both of song and instrument. Then she went for|ward to the crosse, which was newlie guilt, till she came where the aldermen stood, and then master Ba|ker the recorder came to hir with low reuerence,The recorder presenteth a 1000 marks in gold to the quéene for a gratuitie in y^e cities behalfe. ma|king a proper and briefe proposition, and gaue to hir in the name of the citie a thousand marks in a purse of gold, which she thankefullie accepted with manie goodlie words, and so rode to the little conduit, where was a rich pageant full of melodie and song.

In this pageant was Pallas, Iuno and Uenus, and before them stood Mercurie, which in the name of the thrée goddesses gaue to hir a ball of gold diui|ded in thrée, signifieng thrée gifts which the thrée god|desses gaue to hir, that is to saie, wisedome, riches, and felicitie. As she entered into Paules gate there was a pretie pageant, in which sat thrée ladies richlie clothed, and in a circle on their head was written Regina Anna prosperè procede & regna. T [...]e ladie in the middes had a tablet, in the which was written Venia|mica coronaberis, and vnder the tablet sat an angell with a close crowne, and the ladie sitting on the right hand had a tablet of siluer in which was written, Do|miné dirige gressius meos, & the third ladie had a tablet of gold with letters azure written, Confido in Domi|no, & vnder their féet was written in legible letters:

Regina Anna nouum regis de sanguine natum

Cùm paries, populis aurea seclatuis.

And these ladies cast downe wafers, on the which the two verses were written. From thence she pas|sed to the east end of Paules churchyard against the schoole, where stood on a scaffold two hundred chil|dren well apparelled,Two hundred children vpon a scaffold gra|ting the Q. with verses. which said to hir diuerse goodlie verses of poets translated into English, to the ho|nour of the king and hir, which she highlie commen|ded. And when she came to Ludgate, the gate was newlie garnished with gold & bise. And on the leads of saint Martins church stood a goodlie queere of sing|ing men and children, which soong new balads made in praise of hir. After that she was passed Ludgate, she procéeded toward Fléetstréet, where the conduit was newlie painted, and all the armes and angels refreshed, & the chime melodiouslie sounding. Upon the conduit was made a towre with foure turrets,Goodlie me|lodie. and in euerie turret stood one of the cardinall ver|tues with their tokens and properties, which had se|uerall spéeches, promising the queene neuer to leaue hir, but to be aiding and comforting hir: and in the middest of the towre closelie was such seuerall so|lemne instruments, that it séemed to be an heauen|lie noise, and was much regarded and praised: and beside this the said conduit ran wine claret and red all the afternoone.