But of this matter enough and too much. Now let vs returne where we left before, which was at the death of queene Marie. After whose deceasse suc|céeded hir foresaid sister ladie Elisabeth into the right of the crowne of England: who after so long restreinement,Ladie Elisa|beth procla|med quéene the same daie that quéene Marie died. so great dangers escaped, such blu|sterous stormes ouerblowne, so manie iniuries di|gested and wrongs susteined by the mightie protecti|on of our mercifull God, to our no small comfort and commoditie, hath béene exalted and erected out of thrall to libertie, out of danger to peace and quiet|nesse, from dread to dignitie, from miserie to maie|stie, from mourning to ruling; brieflie, of a prison|ner made a princesse, and placed in hir throne roiall, proclamed now quéene, with as manie glad hearts of hir subiects, as euer was anie king or queene in this realme before hir,The Lord make Eng|land thanke|full to him for his great be|nefits. or euer shall be (I dare saie) hereafter. Touching whose florishing state, hir prince|lie reigne and peaceable gouernement, with other things diuerse and sundrie incident to the same, and especiallie touching the great stirres and alterations which haue happened in other forren nations, and al|so partlie among our selues here at home, forsomuch as the tractation hereof requireth an huge volume by it selfe, I shall therefore deferre the reader to the next booke or section insuing:He meaneth his owne worke; not this volume or anie part thereof. wherein (if the Lord so please to susteine me with leaue and life) I maie haue to discourse of all and singular such matters doone and atchiued in these our latter daies and memorie, more at large.