[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 luxest

Septimo Septem|bris, videlices die Dominico nasci|tur Elisabetha.Consecrata venit Domino voluentibus aennis,

Parturijt coniux Henrici principis Anna,

Vi dolor increuit, praescripto sedula nutrix

Perstat in offici [...], matronáque nobilis instat

Auxilium latura suum, cùm pondus in auras

Maturum genitrix enixa puerpera languet,

Certa tamen verae salutis signa dabantur.

Postquam pulchellae faciei prodijt infans

Compositis membris, speciosam vt caera liquescens

Fingitur in formam, populo mirante, periti

Artificis manibus: tensis adsidera palmis

Foemina conclamat senior, Benedicite Christo

Praesentes 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 passis

Matrem & filiolam, verbis solatus [...]micis

Languidam adhuc illã, partús doloribus aegram, &c.]

¶This yéere also,

Edw. Hal. Ccxvii [...].

Pauier a con|temner of the gospell, & his shamefull end.

one Pauier the towne clerke of the citie of London hanged himselfe, which suerly was a man that in no wise could abide to heare the gospell should be in English. And I my selfe heard him once saie to me and other that were by, swearing a great oth, that if he thought the kings highnesse would set foorth the scripture in English, and let it be read of the people by his authoritie, rather than he would so long liue, he would cut his owne throat, but he brake promise, for (as you haue heard) he hanged himselfe: but of what mind and intent he so did, maie be soone gathered. For God had (no doubt) appointed him to that iudgement, no lesse heauie than his offense was heino [...]s; namelie the contempt of Gods word, the knowle [...]ge where of Dau [...]d [...]esired, preferring it before gold [...] siluer, yea before pearles & pretious stones in richnesse and before honie and the honie|combe in [...] as the paraphrase noteth saieng:

[...] sapi [...] incùnda palato! Eob. Hess. in psal. 119.

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