Thus they rode foorth till they came to Fanchurch, where was made a pageant all with children,Sundrie pa|geants with the descripti|ons of their deuises. appa|relled like merchants, which welcommed hir to the citie, with two proper propositions both in French and English. And from thence she rode to Grati|ous church corner, where was a costlie and a mar|uelous cunning pageant made by the merchants of the Stilliard, for there was the mount Parnassus with the founteine of Helicon, which was of white marble, and foure streames without pipe did rise an ell high, and met togither in a little cup aboue the founteine, which founteine ran abundantlie racked Rhenish wine till night. On the mounteine sat Apol|lo, and at his feet sat Calliope, and on euerie side of the mounteine sat foure muses plaieng on seue|rall sweet instruments, and at their féet epigrams and poeses were written in golden letters, in the which euerie muse according to hir propertie praised the quéene.

The quéene from thence passed to Leaden hall, where was a goodlie pageant with a type and a hea|uenlie roofe, and vnder the type was a roote of gold set on a little mounteine inuironed with red roses and white: out of the type came downe a falcon all white & sat vpon the roote, and incontinent came downe an angell with great melodie, and set a close crowne of gold on the falcons head. And in the same pageant sat saint Anne with all hir issue beneath hir and vnder Marie Cleoph sat hir foure children, of the which children one made a goodlie oration to the queene of the fruitfulnes of saint Anne and of hir generation,An oration made to the quéene by one of the children in the page|geant. trusting that like fruit should come of hir. Then she passed to the conduit in Cornhill, where were thrée graces set in a throne, afore whom was the spring of grace continuallie running wine. Afore the founteine sat a poet declaring the properties of euerie grace: and that doone euerie ladie by hir selfe, according to hir propertie, gaue to the quéene a seuerall gift of grace.

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.