A LETTER: Whearin, part of the entertainment unto the Queenz Majesty, at Kill worth Castl, in warwik Sheer, in this soomerz Progress▪ 1575. iz signified: from a friend officer attendant in Coourt, unto hiz friend a Citizen, and Merchant of London.  
DE REGINA NOSTRA ILLUSTRISSIMA.  
Dum lamita ruant vicina ab Regina tumultu:  
Laeta suos inter genialibus ILLA diebus,  
(Gratia Dijs) fruitur: Rumpantur et ilia Codro.   

Unto my good friend, Master Humphrey Martin Mercer.  
AFter my hearty commendacionz, I commend me heartily too you. Understand you, that sins throogh God and good friends, I am placed at Coourt here (as you wots) in a worshipful room: whereby, I am not only acquainted with the most, and well knoen too the best, and every officer glad of my company: but also have poour, a dayz (while the Council sits not) to go and too see things sight worthy, and too be prezent at any show or spectacls, ●ny where this Progress reprezented unto her highness: And of part of which sportez▪ ●auing takin sum notez and obseruationz (for I can not be idl at any hand in the world) azwel too put fro me suspicion of sluggardy, as too pluck from you doout of any my forgetfulness of friendship: I have thought it meet to impart them unto you, as frankly, as friendly▪ and as fully as I can. Well wots you the black Prins waz never stained with disloyaltée of ingratitude toward any, I dare be his warrant, he will not begin with you, that hath at hiz hand so deeply dezerued.  
But herein, the better for conceiving of my mind and instruction of yoors, you must give my leave a littl, as well to preface unto my matter, as too discoors somewhat of Killing worth Castl. A Territory of the right honourable, my singular good Lord, my Lord the Earl of leicester: of whooincomparabl cheering, and entertainment there unto her Majesty noow, I will sheaw you a part here, that cooled not see all, nor had I seen all cooled well report the half. Where things, for the parsons, for 〈◊〉 place, time, cost, deuis●z, strangeness, and aboundauns, of all that ever I saw (and yet have I been, what under my Master Bumsted, and what on my oun▪ affairs, while I occupied Merchaundyze, both in Frauns' and Flaunders (long and many a day) I see none any where so memorabl, I tell you plain.  
The Castl-hath name of Killing worth, 
Kyllingwoorth Castl.  but of truth groounded upon faithful story Kenelwoorth: It stonds in Warwykshyre a lxxiiii. mile northwest from London, and as it wear in the Navel of England, four mile sum what South from Coventry a proper city, and a like distauns from Warwyk, a fair Shire Tooun on the North: In air sweet and hollsum, rayzed on an eazy moounted hill, iz set eeuenly coasted with the froont strait into the East, hath the tenants & Tooun about it, that pleazauntly shifts from dale too hill sundry where with sweet springs bursting forth: and iz so plentifully well sorted on every side into arabl, meado, pasture, wood, water, & good ayrz az it appeerz to have need of nothing that may perteyn too living or pleasure. Too advantage hath it, hard on the West, still noorisht with many lively springs, a goodly Pool of rare beauty, breadth, length, depth, and store of all kind freshwaterfish, delicate, great & fat, and also of wyldfooul beside. By a rare situation and natural amity séemz this Pool conjoined to the Castlz that on the West layz the head as it wear upon the Castls' boozom, embraceth it on either side Soouth and North with both the armz, settlz itself as in a reach a flightshoot broad, stretching forth body & legs, amile or too Westward: between a fair Park on the one side, which by the Brayz is linked too the Castl on the South, sprinkled at the entrauns with a few Coonyez, that for coolur and smallness of number, seem too be suffered more for pleasure then commoditée: And on the other side North and West, a goodly Chase: waist, wide, large, and full of read Deer & other stately gamez for hunting: beautified with many delectabl, fresh & umbragioous Boowerz, arberz, seatz, & wallks, that with great art, cost, & diligens wear very pleazauntly appointed: which also the natural grace by the tall and fresh fragrant tréez & soil did so farfoorth commend, as Diana herself might have deyned there well enough too range for her pastime. The left arm of this Pool Northward, had my Lord adoourned with a beautiful bracelet of a fair tymberd bridge, that iz of a xiiii foot wide, and a six hundred foot long: railed all on both sidez, strongly planked for passage, reaching from the Chase too the Castl: that thus in the midst hath clear prospect over théez pleazurze on y● bakpart: and forward, over all the Tooun & mooch of the Cuntrée beside. Héertoo, a special commodity at hand of sundry quarreiz of large building stone, the goodness whearof may the eazlyer be judged, in the building and anciently of the Castl, that (as by the name & by storiez, well may be gathered) waz first reared by Kenulph and hiz young sun and successor Kenelm: born both indeed within the Ream here, 
Florileg. fol. 221. &. 225.  but yet of the race of Saxons: and reigned kings of Marchlond from the year of oour Lord .798▪ too. 23▪ yéerz together, above. 770, year ago. Although the Castl hath one ancient strong and large Keep that iz called Cezarz Toour, rather (as I have good cauz too think) for that it iz square and by foormed after the manner of Cezarz Fortz then that ever he bylt it. 
Guil. Mal● mesb. li. 1.   
Nay noow I am a littl in, Master Martin i'll tell you all.  
This Marchlond that Storyerz call Mercia, iz numbered in their books, the foourth of the seven Kingdoms that the Saxons had whilom here divided among them in the Ream. Begun in Ann. Domi. 616: 139. year after Horsus and Engist, continued in the race of a 17 kings, a 249. year together: and eended in Ann. 875. Reized from the rest (sayz the book) at first by Pendaz prezumption: overthroun at last by Buthreds Hascardy, and so fallen too the kyngdoom of the West Saxons.  
And Marchlond had in it, 
●rcia.  London, Mildelsex, herein a Bishoprik. Had more of Shyrez: Gloceter, Woorceter, and Warwik, and herein a Bishoprik. Chester (that noow we call Cheshire) Derby and Stafford, whereunto one Bishop that had also part of Warwyk & Shreusbery and hiz See at Coventry, that waz then aforetime at Lychfeeld. Heertoo: Hereford, wherein a rhetoric that had more too jurisdiction, half Shreusbury, part of Warwyk and also of Gloceter, and the See at Hereford. Also had Oxford, Buckingham, Hertford, Huntyngdon, and ●alf of Bed●ord, and too theez, Norhampton, part of Lecyter and also Lincoln, where unto a Bishop: whooz See at Lincoln city that sometime before waz at Dorchester. Heertoo, the rest of leicester & in Nottingham that of olld had a special Bishop, whooz See waz at leicester, but after, put too the charge of the Archbishop of York.  
Noow touching the name, that of olld Records I understand, and of ancient writerz I find, iz called Kenelwoorth. Sins most of the Worths in England stand nigh unto like lakezes, and are either small Ilandz, such one as the seat of this Castl hath been & eazly may be, or is londground by pool or river whearon willoz, allderz or such like do grow: 
Upon Taci● fol. 142. The Germans call werck that we work werlt: woorld. wermut: woormwood. So viel wert: So mooch worth.  which Althamerus writez precyzly that the Germans call werd: joining theez too together with the nyghness also of the words & sybred of the tongues, I am the boolder too pronoouns, that as oour English Worth, with the rest of oour ancient language, waz lest us from the Germayns: even so, that their Werd & our Worth iz all one thing in signifiauns, common to us both e'en at this day. I take the case so clear that I say not az mooch as I moought. Thus proface you with the preface. And now to the matter.  
ON Saturday the nyenth of july, at long Ichingham, a Tooun & Lordship of my lords, within a three mile of Killing-woorth, hiz honour made her Majesty great cheer at dinner, and pleazaunt pastime in hunting by the weigh after, that it was eight a clock in the éevening ear her highness came too Killing worth. Where, in the Park, aboout a flight shot from the Brayz & first gate of the Castl, 
Sibyl.  one of the ten Sibills, that (we read) wear all Fatidicae & Theobulae (az partyez and privy too the Gods gracious good willz) cumly clad in a pall of white silk, pronoounced a proper poezi in English rhyme & metre: of effect, hoow great gladness her gracious prezenz brought into every steed where it pleazed her too cum, and specially now into that place that had so long longed after the same: éended with prophecy certain, of mooch & long prosperity health and felicity: this her Majesty beningly accepting, passed forth unto the next gate of the Brayz, which (for the length, largnes and use (as well it may so serve) they call noow the Tyltyard, 
The Porter.  where a Porter, tall of parson, big of limb & stern of coountinauns, wrapped also all in silk, with club & keyz of quantity according: had a roough speech full of passions in meter aptly made too the purpose: whea●by (as her highness was come within his ward) he burst out in a great pang of impaciens too see such uncooth trudging too & fro, such riding in & oout, with such din & noyz of talk within the charge of his offis: whearof he never see the like nor had any warning afore, ne yet cooled make too himself any cauz of the matter, at last upon better vie● & advisement as he priest too cum neerar: confessing anon that he foound himself pierced at the prezens of a parsonage so evidently expressing an heroical sovereignty over all the hole estates, & high degreez there beside: callmd hiz stormz, proclayms open gates & free passage too all, yields up hiz club, hiz heyz, hiz office and all, and on hiz kneez humbly praiz pardon of hiz ignorauns & impaciens: which her highness graciously granting, 
The Trumpetoours.  he cauzd hiz Trumpetoourz that stood that stood upon the brickwall of the gate there, too soound up a tune of wellcum: which, beside the noble noyz, waz so mooch the more pleezaunt too beholld, becauz theez Trumpetoour; being six in number, wear every one an eight foot high, in due proportion of parson beside, all in long garmen of silk sutabl, each with hiz silvery Trumpet of a five foot long, foormed taperwyze, and strait from the upper part unto the neither eend: where the diameter waz a 16. inchez over and yet so tempered by art, that being very eazy too the blast, they cast forth no greater noyz nor a more unpleazaunt soound for time & tune, than any other common Trumpet be it never so artificially foormed. These armonioous blasterz, from the foreside of the gate at her highness entrauns where they began: walking upon the wallz, unto the inner: had this muzik maintained from them very delectably while her highness all along this Tiltyard road unto the inner gate next the baze coourt of the Castl: where the Lady of the Lake (famous in king Arthurz book) with too Nymphs waiting upon her, 
Lady of the Lake.  arrayed all in sylks attending her highness coming: from the midst of the Pool, where, upon a moovabl Island, bright blazing with torches, she floating too land, met her Majesty with a well penned metre and matter after this sort: First of the auncientée of the Castl, who had been ownerz of the same, e'en till this day, most allweyz in the hands of the Earls of Leyceyter, hoow she had kept this Lake syns' king Arthurz dayz, and noow understanding of her highness hither coming, thought it both offis & duty in humbls wyze too discover her and her estate: offering up the same, her Lake & poour thearin, with promise of repair unto the Coourt. It pleazed her highness too thank this lady & too add withal, we had thought indeed the Lake had been oours, and do you call it yourz noow? Well we will herein common more with you hereafter.  
This pageant waz clozd up with a delectabl harmony of Hautboiz, Shalmz, Cornets, and such other looud Muzik, that held on while her Majesty, pleazauntly so passed from thence tooward the Castl gate: whearuntoo, from the baze Coort over a dry valley, 
The bridge.  cast into a good form, waz there framed a fair Bridge of a twenty foot wide, and a scutcheon foot long, gravelled for treading, railed on either part with seven posts on a side, that stood a twelve foot a sunder, 
Seven pair of Posts.  thikned between with well proportioned Pillars turned.  
Upon the first payr of Posts wear set, too cumly square wire Cage●, each a three foot long, too foot wide & high: in them, live Bitterz, ●urleuz, Shoovelarz, Hearnsheawz, Godwytz, 
Sylvanus prezents. 1.  and such like dainty Birds of the prezents of Sylvanus the God of fooul.  
On the second payr, too great silvered Bollz, featly apted too the purpose, filled with Applz, Pearz, Cherryz, Fylberdz, Walnuts fresh upon their braunchez, and with Oringez, Pooungarnets', Lemmanz, and Pypinz, 
Pomona. 2.  all for the gifts of Pomona, Gods of fruiez.  
The third pair of Posts, in too such silvered Bollz, had (all in earz, green & olld) Wheat, Barley, Otez, Beanz & Peaz, as the gifts of Ceres.  
The fourth Post on the left hand, 
Ceres. 3.  in a like silvered bowl, had Grapes in Clusters, white and read, gracified with their vine leavez: the match Post against it, had a pair of great white silver livery Pots for Wine: and before them, too glassez of good capacity filled full: the ton with white Wine, the toother with claret: so fresh of colour, and of look so lovely smiling to the eyz of many, that by my faith me thought by their leering, they could have foound in their hearts (as the éevening waz hot) too have kyst them sweetly & thought it no sin: and théez for the potential prezents of Bacchus the God of wine.  
The fifth payr had, 
〈◊〉. 4.  each a fair large trey sireawd a littl with fresh grass, and in them, Coonger, Burt, Mullet, fresh Herring, Oysters, S●mon, Crevice, and such like from Neptunus, God of the Sea. 
Neptuaus 5   
On the sixth payr of Posts wear 〈◊〉 too ragged 〈◊〉 of silver, as my Lord givez them in armz, beautifully gli●tering of armoour thereupon depending, Bowz, Arroz, Spearz, shield, Head pées, Gorget, Corpse lets, Swords, Targets, and such like for Mars gifts the God of war. 
Mars. 6.  And the aptlyer (me thought) waz it that thooz ragged staves supported théez Martial prezents, as well bicauz théez staves by their tines seem naturally meet for the bearing of armoour, as also that they chiefly in this place might take upon them principal protection of her highness Parson, that so benignly pleazed her to take herboour.  
On the seventh Posts, the last & next too the Castl, wear there pight, too fair Bay braunchez of a fourfoot high, adoourned on all sides with Lutes, Uiollz, Shallmz, Cornets, Flutes, Recorders & Harps, as the prezents of Phoebus the God of Muzik, 
Phoebus.  for rejoicing the mind, and also of Phizik for health to the body.  
Over the Castl gate was there fastened a Tabl beautifully garnished above with her highness' arms, and featly with ivy wreathz boordred about: of a ten foot square: the ground black, whearupon in large white Capital Roman fair written: a Poem mencioning théez Gods & their gifts thus prezented unto her highness: which, becauz it remained unremooved, at leisure & pleasure I too it oout, as folloeth.  

AD MAYEST ATUM REGIAM.  
jupiter huc certos cernens TE tendere gressus,  
Coelicolas PRINCEPS actutum convocat omn●●  
Obs●quium praestare jubet TIBI qnenque benignu●,  
unde suas Sylvanus aves, Pomonaque fructus,  
Alma Ceres fruges, hilarantia vina Lyaus,  
Neptumus pisces, tela et tutantia Mavors,  
Suave melos Phoebus, solidam longamque salutem,  
Dij TIBI REGINA hac (cum SIS DIGNISSIMA) prebend:  
Haec TIBI cum Domino dedit se et werda Kenelm●.   
All the Letterz that mention her Majesty, which here I put capital, for reverens & honour wear there made in golld.  
But the night well spent, for that théez versez by torchlyght, cooled not eazly be read, by a Poet therefore in a long ceruleoous garment, with a side & wide fléevez Uenecian wise, drawn up to his elboz, his dooblet sleeves under that, crimzen, nothing but silk: a bay garland on hiz head, and a skro in hiz hand, making first an humble obeyzaunz at her highness coming, and pointing unto every prezent as he spoke: the same wear pronoounced. Pleazauntly thus viewing the gifts as she passed, & hoow the posts might agree with the speech of the Poet, at the eend of the bridge & entrée of the gate, waz her highness received with a fresh delicate armony of Flutez, in perfoormauns of Phoebus' prezents.  
So passing into the inner Coourt, her Majesty (that never rydez but alone) there set dooun from her Pallfrey, waz conveyed up too chamber: when after, did folo so great a peal of gunz, and such lightning by fire work a long space together: as jupiter would sheaw himself too be no further behind with hiz wellcoom, than the rest of hiz Gods: and that would he have all the Cuntrée to kn●: for indeed the noyz & flame wear hard & seen a twenty mile of. Thus mooch Master Martin (that I remember me) for the first dayz Bien venu. Be you not weary, for I am scant in the midst of my matter.  
On sunday: 
Sunday. ●  the fornoon occupied (as for the Sabot day) in quiet & vocation from work, and in divine servis & preaching at the parish church: The afternoon in excellent Music, of sundry sweet instruments, and in dancing of Lords & Ladyez, and other worshipful degréez, uttered with such lively agilitée & commendabl grace: az whither it moought be more strange too the eye, or pleazaunt too the mind, for my part indeed I cooled not discern: but exceedingly well waz it (me thought) in both.  
At night late, as though jupiter the last night, had forgot for biziness, or forborn for curtezy & quiet, part of hiz wellcoom unto her highness appointed: noow entering at first into hiz purpoze moderately (az mortallz do) with a warning pées or too, proceeding on with encreas, at last the Altitonant displayz me hiz main poour: with blaz of burning darts, flying too & fro, leamz of starz coruscant, streamz and hail of fiery sparks, lyghtenings of wyldefier a water & land, flight & shot of thunderbollts: all with such continuanuns. terror & vehemency: that the heavens thundered, the waters soourged, the earth shaken: in such sort surely, as had we not been assured the fulminant deitée waz all but in amitée, and cooled not other wiz witness hiz wellcooming unto her highness: it would have made me for my part, as hardy as I am, very vengeably afeard. This a do lasted while high midnight waz past, that well waz me soon after when I waz cooucht in my cabayn. And thiz for the second day.  
Monday waz hot, 
Monday. 3  and therefore her highness kept in till a five a clock in the éevening: what time it pleazed her too ride forth into the Chase too hunt the Hart of for'rs: which foound anon, and after sore chased, and chafed by the hot pursuit of the ●oounds, waz fain of fine for'rs, 
The hunting of the Hart of force.  at last too take soil. There to beholld the swift fleeting of the Dear afore with the stately carriage of hiz head in hiz swimming, spread (for the quantity) like the sail of a ship: the hoounds harroing after, as had they been a number of skyphs too the spoil of a carvel: the to● no l●ss eager in purchas of hiz pray, then was the toother earnest in safeguard of hiz life: so as the earning of the hoounds in continuauns of their cry, the swiftness of the Dear, the running of footmen, the galloping of horsez, the blasting of horns, the hallowing & hewing of the huntsmen, with the excellent Echoz between whilez from the woods and waters in valleyz resoounding, moved pastime delectabl in so high a degree, as for any parson to take pleasuze by most sensez at onez, in mine opinion there can be none any weigh comparabl too this: And specially in this place that of nature iz ●oormed so feet for the purpose. In faith Master Martin if you cooled with a wish I would you had béer at it: Well the heart waz killed, a goodly Dear, but so ceased not the game yet.  
For aboout nine a clock at the hither part of the Chase, where torchlight attended: rout of the woods in her Maiestiez return, rooughly came there forth Hombre Saluagio, 
The savage man.  with an Oaken plant plutt up by the roots in hiz hand, himself forgrone all in moss & ivy: who, for parsonage, gesture, & uttrauns beside, coountenaunst the ma●ter too very good liking, and had speech to effect: That continuing so long in ●heez wild wastes, whearin often had he fared both far & near, yet happed he never to see so glorioous an assemble afore: and noow cast into great grief of mind, for that neither by himself cooled he guess, nor known where else to be taught, what they should be or who bore estate. Reports sum had he hard of many strange things, but brooyled thereby so mooch the more in desire of knowledge. Thus in great pangz bethought he & called he upon all his familiarz & companionz: the Fawnz, the Satyrez, the Nymphs, the Dryardes, & the Hamadryads, but none making answer, whereby hiz care the more increasing, in utter grief & extréem refuge called he aloowd at last after hiz olld friend Echo Echo that be witted would hide nothing from him, but tell him all if she wear here. Here (que Echo.) Here Echo, 
Echo.  and art thou there? (sayz he) Ah bow mooch haste thoow relieved my careful spiritez with thy curtezy onward. A my good Echo here iz a marueloouz prezens of dignity, what are they I pray thee, who iz sooverain, tell me I beseek the or else how moought I know? I know (que she). Knoste thoow sayz he? marry that iz exceedingly well: why then, I dezyer the heartily sho me what Majesty (for no mean degree iz i●) have we here: a King or a Queen? A Queen (que Echo.) A Queen sayz he? pauzing & wisely viewing a while, noow full certainly seemz it thy tale to be true. And proceeding by this manner of dialog withan earnest behollding her highness a while, recounts he first hoow justly that foormer reports agreed with hiz prezent sight: toouching the beautiful lineaments of coountenauns, the comely proportion of body, the prinsly grace of prezens, the gracious gifts of nature with the rare & singular qualitees of both body & mind in her Majesty conjoined, and so apparent at eye. Then shortly rehearsing Saterdaiz acts: of Sibyls salutation, of the Porter's propozition, of hiz Trumpetoourz music, of the Lake ladyez oration, of the seven Gods seven prezents: he reporteth the incredible joy that all estatez in the land have allweyz of her highness where so ever it comes: eendeth with presage & praer of perpetual felicity, and with umbl subjection of him & hizzen & all that they may do. After this sort the matter went with littl differens I guess, saving only in this point: that the thing which here I report in unpoolisht proze, waz there pronoounced in good mitre & matter very well endighted in rhyme. Echo finely framed most aptly by aunswerz thus too utter all. But shall I tell you master Martin by the mass of a mad adventure? as this Sa●age for the more submission broke his tree a sunder, kest the top from him, it had almost light upon her highness ●ors head: whereat he startld & the gentleman mooch dismayed▪ See the benignity of the Prins, as the foot men looked well too the horse, and he of generozitee soon callmd of himself, no hurt no hurt qd her highness. Which words I promis you we wear all glad too heéer, and too them too be the best part of the play.  
Tuisday, 
Tuisday. 4.  pleazaunt passing of the time with muzik & dancing: saving that toward night it liked her Majesty too walk a foot into the Chase over the Bridge: where it pleased her to stand, while upon the Pool oout of a Barge fine appointed for the purpose, too here sundry kinds of very delectabl Muzik. Thus recreated and after sum wallk her highness returned.  
Wednsday, 
Wed●s. 5.  her Majesty road into the Chase a hunting again of the hart of forhis. The Deer after hiz property for refuge too the soil: but so mastered by hot pursuit on all parts that he waz taken quik in the pool: the watermen held him up hard by the ●ed, while at her highness commandment he lost hiz earz for a raundsum and so had 
The Ha●● pardoned.  pardon of life.  
Thursday, 
Thursday. 6  the foourteenth of this july and the sixth day of her Maiestyez coming: a great sort of bandogs where there tied in the utter Coourt, and thyrteen bearz in the inner. 
A queast of Bearz.  Who so ever made the panel, there wear inoow for a Queast & one for challenge & need wear. A wight of great wizdoom and gravity seemed their foreman too be, had it come too a jury: But it fallen oout that they wear cauzd too appear there upon no such matter, but only too answer too an ancient quarrel between them & the bandogs, in a cause of controversy that hath long depended, been obstinately full often debated with sharp and biting arguments aboth sides, and cooled never be decided: grown noow too so maruayloous a malice, that with spiteful obrayds and uncharitabl chaffyngs allweyz they fret, as far as any where the ton can here, see, or smell the toother: and indeed at utter deadly fohod. Many a ma●md member, (God wots) bloody face & a torn cote hath the quarrel cost between them, so far likely the less yet noow too be appeazd, as there wants not partakerz too back them aboth sidez.  
Well sir, the Bearz wear brought forth into the Coourt, the Dogs set too them, too argu the points even face too face, they had learned counsel also aboth parts: what may they be coounted partial that are retained but a to side? I ween no▪ Very fears both ton & toother & eager in argument: if the dog in pleading would pluck the bear by the throot, the bear with travers would claw him again by the skallp, confess & a list, but a void a cooled not that waz bond too the bar: and hiz coounsell told him that it cooled be too him no policy in pleading.  
Therefore thus with fending & proving, with plucking & tugging, skratting and biting, by plain tooth & nail a to side & toother such exspens of blood & leather waz there between them, as a moonths licking I ween will not recoover: and yet remain as far oout as ever they wear.  
It waz a sport very pleazaunt of theez beastz: to see the bear with hiz pinks nyez leering after hiz enmyez approach, the nimblness & wait of the dog too take hiz advantage, and the for'rs & experiens of the bear again to avoid the assauts: if he wear bitten in no place, hoow he would pynch in an other too get free: that if be wear taken o●ez, than what shift with biting with clawing, with roaring tossing & tumbling he would work too wind himself from them: and when he waz loose, to shake hiz earz twice or thrice with the blood & the slaver aboout hiz fiznamy, waz a matter of a goodly relief.  
Az thiz sport waz had a day time in the Castl, 
gun-shot & firework.  so waz there abroad at night very strange & sundry kindez of ●yer works, compelled by cunning too fly too & fro and too mount very high into the air upward, and also too burn unquenshabl in the water beneath: contrary you wots, too fyerz kind. This intermengld with a great peal of guns: which all gave, both too the ear & to the ●y the greater grace & delight, for that with such order and art they wear tempered coouching time & continuauns, that waz about too oours' space.  
Noow within also in the mean time waz there sheawed before her highness, 
Tumbling of the Italian.  by an Italian, such ●eats of agilitee, in doings, turnings, tumbling, castings, hops, jumps, leaps, skips, springs, gamba●ds, soomersauts, caprettyez & flyghts: forward, backward, sydewyze, doownward, upward, and with such wyndyngs gyring & circumflexions: all so lightly and wy●h such eazyness, as by me in few words it iz not expressibl by pen or speech I tell you plain. I blessed me by my faith to behold him, and began to doout whither a waz a man or a spirit: and I ween had doouted me till this time: had it not been that anon I bethough me of men that can reason & tallk with too tongues, and with too parsons at onez, sing like burds, curteiz of behavoour, of body strong and in joints so nymbl withal, that their bonez seem az lythy & pliant as sy●euz. They devil in a happy Island (as the book termz it) foour moonths' sailing Soouthward beyond Ethiop.  
Nay master Martin I tell you no jest: 
Diodor. Sicul. De anti. Egyptiorun gestia. li. 3  for both Diodorus Siculus an ancient Greek historiagrapher in his third book of the acts of the olld Egipcians: and also from him, Conrad Gesnerus a great learned man, and a very diligent writer in all good arguments of oour time (but deceased) in the first Chapter of hiz Mithridates 
Mithrid. Ges●eri.  reporteth the same. Az for this fellow I cannot tell what too make of him, save that I may guess hiz back be metall● like a lamprey that has no bone but a line like a lute string.  
Well sir let him pass & hiz feats, and this dayz pastime withal, for here iz as mooch as I can remember me for Thursdayz entertainment.  
Friday 
Friday. 7  & Saturday wear there no open sheawz abroad, 
Saturday. 8  becauz the weather inclined too sum moister & wind: that very seazonably tempered the droought & the heat, cauzed by the continuauns of fair weather & sunshyne afore, all the while sins her Maiesti●z thither coming.  
A Sunday opportunely the weather broke up again, 
Sunday. 9  and after divine servis in the parish church for the Sabot day, and a fruitful sermon there in the forenoon: at after noon in worship of this Kenelwoorth Castl, and of God & saint Kenelm, whooz day forsooth by the calendar, this waz: 
A Bridal.  a solemn brydeale of a proper coopl waz appointed: set in order in the tylt●ard, too cum & make there show before the Castl in the great coourt, where az waz pight a comely quintine for featz at armz: which when they had done, too march oout at the Northgate of the Cast●●om●ward again into the tooun.  
And thus wear they Marshalled, first, all the lusty lads & bolld bachelarz of the parish, suitably every wight with hiz blu buckram brydelace upon a branch of green broom (cauz rozemary iz scant there) tied on hiz left arm (for a that side lyez the heart) and hiz allder poll for a spear in hiz right hand, in martial order ranged on afore, too & too in a rank: sum with a hat, sum in a cap, sum a cote sum a jerkin, sum for lightness in hiz dooblet & hiz hoze, clean trust with a point afore: sum boots & no spurz, he spurz & no boots, and he neither nother: one a saddle, anoother a pad or a panel fastened with a cord, for girds wear geazon: and theez too the number of a sixteen wight riding men & well beseen: but the Bridegroom foremost, in hiz fatherz ●awny worsted jacket, (for his friends wear fain that he should be a bride groom before the Queen) a fair strawn hat with a capital crown steepl wise on hiz head: a payr of harvest glou●z on hiz hands, as a sign of good husbanory: a pen & inkorn at his bakfor he would be known to be bookish: lame of a leg that in his yooth was broken at football: wellbelooved yet of hiz mother that lent him a n● mufflar for a napkin that was tied too hiz gyrdl for lozing: It was no small sport too mark this minion in hiz full appointment, that throogh good schoolation became as formal in his action as had he been a bridegroom indeed: with this special grace by the weigh, that ever as he would have framed him the better coountenauns, with the woors face he looked.  
Well sir, after theez horsemen, a lively morrisdauns, according too the ancient manner, sir daunserz, Mawdmarion, & the fool. Then, three pretty puzels as bright as a breast of bacon, of a thirty year olld a pees, that carried three special spisecakes of a bushel of wheat, (they had it by measure oout of my Lords back hoous), before the Bride: syzely with set coountenanns, and lips so demurely simpering, as it had been a mare cropping of a thistl. After theez a lovely loober woorts, freklfaced, read headed, clean trust in hiz dooblet & hiz hoze: taken up noowe in deed by commission, for that he was so loath to come forward, for reverens belike of his nu cut canvas dooblet: and would by his good will have been but a gazer, but foound too be a meet actor for hiz office: that waz too bear the bridecup, foormed of a sweet sucket barrel, a fair turned foot set too it, all seemly be silvered & parcel guilt, adoourned with a beautiful branch of broom, gaily begylded for rozemary: from which, too broad brydela●ez of read & yelloo buckram begylded, and galauntly streaming by such wind as there waz (for he carried it aloft:) This gentlcupbearer yet had hiz freckled fiznamy somewhat unhappily infested az he went by the byzy flyez, that floct aboout the bridecup for the sweetness of the sucket that it savord on: but he like a tall fellow, withstood their mallis stooutly (see what manhood may do) bet them away, kylld them by skorez, stood too his charge & marched on in good order.  
Then folloed the worshipful Bride, led (after the cuntrée manner) between too ancient parishonerz, honest toounsmen. But a stolen stallion & a well spreed, (hot az the weather waz) God wots & an ill smelling waz she: a xxxv. year old, of cooler brounbay, not very beautiful indeed but ugly fooul ill favoured: yet marueloo●s fain of the offis, bycauz she hard say she should dauns before the Queen, in which feat she thought she would foot it as finely as the best: Well, after this bride came there by too & too, a dozen damsels for bridemaid: that for tavoor, attire, for fashion & cleanlyness: wear as meet for such a bride. as a tréen ladl for a porridge pot: more, but for fear of carrying all clean had been appointed: but theez few wear inoow.  
Az the company in this order wear cum into the coourt, marvelous wear the martial acts that wear done there that day.  
The Brydegreme for preeminens had the first coors at the first quintine, 
Running at Quintine.  broke hiz spear treshardiment: but his mare in hiz manage did a littl so titubate, that mooch a do had hiz manhood too sit in his sadl, & too scape the foil of a fall: with the help of his band yet he recooverd himself, and lost not hiz styrops (for he had none too his saddl): had no hurt as it ●apt, but only that hiz girt burst, and lost hiz pen & inkorn that he waz ready to weep for. But hiz handkerchief, as good hap waz, found he safe at his gyrdl: that cheered him somewhat, & had good regard it should not be field. For though heat & coolness upon sundry occazi●ns made him sumtime too sweat, and sumtime re●matik: yet dared he be bollder too hiz noze & wipe hiz face with the flapet of his fatherz jacket, then with hiz mother's mufflar. Tiz a goodly matter, when yooth iz mannerly brought up in fatherly love & motherly awe.  
Noow sir, after the Brydegroom had made hiz coors, ran the rest of the band, a while in sum order, but soon after, tag & rag, cut & long tail: where the specialty of the sport waz, to see: how sum for hiz slakness had a good bob with the bag, and sum for his haste too toppl dooun right, & cum tumbling to the post: sum striving so mooch at the first setting oout, that it seemed a question between the man & the beast, whither the coors should be made a horseback or a foot: and put forth with the spurz, then would run hiz race bias among the thickest of the throng, that dooun came they together hand over head: anoother, while he directed hiz coors to the quintyne, hiz iument would carry him too a mare amoong the pepl: so hiz horse as amoroous, as himself adventuroous. Anoother, too run & miss the quintyne with hiz staff, and hit the board with his head.  
Many such gay gamez wear there among theez ryderz: who by & by after, upon a greater courage left there quintining, and ran one at a noother. There to see the stern coountenauns, the grim looks, the cooragioous attempts, the desperate adventurez, the daungeroous coorsez, the fears encoounterz, whereby the buff at the man, and the coounterbuff at the horse, that both sumtime came topling too the groound By my troth Master Martin twaz a ly●ely pastime, I believe it would have moved sum man too a right merry mood, thoogh had it be toold him hiz wife lay a dying.  
And heertoo folloed as good a sport (me thooght) prezented in an historical ku, 
Hok Tuisday by the coventry men.  by certain good hearted men of Coventrée, my lords neighboorz there: who understanding amoong them the thing that cooled not be hidden from any: hoow careful & studidous hiz honour be. that by all pleazaunt recreasions her highness might best find herself welcome, and he made gladsum & merry (the grooundwoork indeed & fooundation of hiz Lordship's mirth & gladness of us all) made petition that they moought renu noow their olld storiall show: Of argument how the Danez whilom here in a trooubloous season wear for quietness born withal & suffeard in peace, that anon by ●outrage & importabl insolency, 
Floril●g. li. 1. fo. 3000.  abuzing both Ethelred the king then & all estatez every where byiyde: at the grevoous complaint & coounsell of Huna the king's cheeftain in warz, on a Saint Bricez night. Ann. Dom. 1012. (Az the book sayz) that falls yearly on the thyrteenth of November) wear all dispatched & the ream rid. And for bicauz the matter mentioneth how valiantly oour english wéee men for love of their cuntrée behaved themseluez: expressed in actionz & rymez after their manner, they thought it moought move sum mirth too her Majesty the rather.  
The thing said they iz groounded on story, and for pastime wont too be played in oour city yearly: withoout ill exampl of mannerz, papistry or any superstition: and else did so occupy the heads of a number, that likely inoough would have had woors meditationz: had an ancient beginning & a long continuans: till noow of late laid dooun, they knu no cauz why: onless it wear by the zeal of certain their preacherz: men very commendabl for behavioour & learning, and sweet in their sermons, but somewhat too soour in preaching away their pastime: wished therefore, that as they should continu their good doctrine in pulpit, so, for matters of policy & goovernauns of the city, they would permit them too the Mayr & Magistratez: and gainsaid by my faith, Master Martin, they would make their humble petition unto her highness, that they might have their playz up again.  
But ware, keep back, make room noow, 
Captain Cox.  here they come. And first captin Cox, an odd man I promiz you: by profession a Mason, and that right skilful: very cunning in fens, and hardy as Gavin, for hiz tonsword hangs at his tablz éend: great oversight hath he in matters of story: For as for king Arthurz book, Huon of Burdeaus, The foour suns of Aymon, Beavys of hampton, The squire of lo degree, The knight of curteyzy, & the Lady Faguell, Frederik of Gone, Sir Eglamoour, Sir Tryamoour. Sir Lamwell, Sir Isenoras', Sir Gavin, Oliver of the Castl, Lucres & Euryalus, Uirgyls' life, The castl of Ladyez, The wydo Edith, The king & the tanner, Friar Rous, Howleglas, Gargantua, Robin bood, Adambell Clym of the clough & William a cl●●udsley, The churl & the Bird, The seven wise Masters, The wife leapt in a Morrels skin. The sak full of nuez, The sargeaunt that became a Friar, Sko●an colyn cloout. The Friar & the boy, Elynor Running, and the Nutbrooun maid, with many more than I rehearz here: I believe he have them all at hiz fingers ends.  
Then in Philosophy both moral & natural, I think he be as naturally overseen: beside poetry & Astronomy, and other hide sciencez, as I may guess by the omberty of hiz books: whearof part as I remember, The shepherds Calendar. The ship of foolz, Daniels Dreamz, The book of Fortune, Stans puer ad mensam, The high weigh too the Spittel hoous, julian of Brainfords' testament, The Castle of love, The booget of dema●nds, The hundred merry talez, The book of Riddles, The seven sororz of women, The proved wives pater noster, The chapman of a peniwoorth of Wit: Beside hiz ancient playz. Yooth & charity, Hike scorner, Nugize, Impatient poverty, and herewith doctor Boards breviary of health. What should I rehearse here, what a b●nch of ballets & songs all ancient: Az Bro●m broom on hill. So woe iz me begun, troly lo. Over a whinny Meg. hay ding a ding. Bony lass upon a green. My bony on gave me a bek. By a bank as I lay: and a hundred more, he hath fair wrapped up in Parchment and boound with a whipcord.  
And as for Allmanaks of antiquity, (a point for Ephemerides) I ween he can sheaw from jasper Laet of Antwerp, unto Nostradam of Frauns', and thence unto oour john Securis of Salisbury.  
To stay you no longer herein I dare say he hath as fair a library for theez Sciencez, and as many goodly Monuments both in proze & poetry, and at afternoouz can tallk as mooch without book, as any Inhollder betwixt Brainford and Bagshot, what degree so ever he be.  
Biside this in the field a good marshal at musterz: of very great credit & trust in the tooun here, for he has been chozen Alecunner many a year, when hiz betterz have stand by: and ever quited himself with such estimation, as yettoo for taste of a cup of Nippitate, hiz judgement will be taken above the best in the parish, be hiz noze near so read.  
Captain Cox came marching on valiantly before clean trust & garterd above the knee, all fresh in a velluet cap (master Golldingam lent it him) flourishing with hiz tonswoord, and anoother fensmaster with him: thus in the forward making room for the rest. And after them prooudly pricked on foremost, the danish launsknights on horseback, and then the English: each with their allder poll martially in their hand. even at the first enfree the meeting waxed sum what warm: 
The coventry play.  that by & by kindled with courage abothsidez, gru from a hot skirmish unto a blazing battle: first by spear & shield, ooutragioous in their racez as ramz at their rut, with furious encoounterz that together they tumbl too the dust, sumtime horse & man: and after fall too it with sword & target, good bangz a both sidez: the fight so ceasing, but the battle not so ended, folloed the footmen, both the hostez ton after toother: first marching in ranks: then warlike turning, then from ranks into squadrons, then in too trianglz from that into rings, and so wynding oout again: A valiant captain of great proowes as fires as a fox assauting a gooz, was so hardy too give the first stroke: then get they grizzly together, that great waz the activitée that day too be seen there a both sidez: ton very eager for purchas of pray, toother utterly stoout for redemption of liberty: thus, quarrel inflamed fury aboth sidez. Twice the Danes had the better, but at the last conflict, beaten doown, overcome and many led captive for triumph by our English women.  
This waz the effect of this show, that as it waz handled, made moth matter of good pastime: brought all indeed into the great coourt, e'en under her highness windo too have been seen: but (as unhappy it waz for the bride) that came thither too soon, (& yet waz it a four a clock). For ●er highness behollding in the chamber delectabl dancing indeed: and herewith the great throng & unruliness of the peopl, waz cauz that this solemnitée of Brydeale & dancing had not the full muster waz hoped for: and but a littl of the Coventrée plea her highness also see: commanded therefore on the Tuisday following too have it full oout: as accordingly az waz prezented, whearat her Majesty laughed well: they wear the iocunder, and so mooch the more becauz her highness had given them too bucks & five mark in money too make merry together. They prayed for her Majesty, long happily too reign and off too come thither that they might see her: and what, rejoicing upon their ampl rewardand what, triumphing upon the good acceptauns: they vaunted their play waz never so dignified, nor ever any players afore so beatified.  
Thus though the day too an ●end, yet slipped not the night all sleeping away: for as neither offis nor obsequy ceased at any time too the full, to perfoorm the plot hiz honour had appointed: So, after supper waz there a play prezented of a very good theme, but so set forth by the Actoourz well handling, that pleasure & mirth made it seem very short, though it lasted too good oourz & more. But stay master Martin all iz not done yet.  
After the play oout of hand, folloed a most delicioouz and (if I may so term it) an Ambrosial Banquet: whearof, whither I might more muse at the deintyness, shapez & the cost: or else at the varietée and number of the disshez (that wear a three hundred) for my part I cooled littl tell them, and noow less, I assure you. Her majesty eat smally or nothing: which understood, the coorsez wear not so orderly served & sizely set dooun, but wear by and by as disorderly wasted and coorsly consumed, more courtly me thought then courteously: But that waz no part of the matter, moought it pleaz & be like & do that it came for, then waz all well inoough.  
unto this banquet there waz appointed a mask: for riches of arry, of an incredible cost: but the time so far spent and very late in the night noow●, waz cauz that it came not forth too the show. And thus for Sondayz season having stayed you the longer (according too the matter) hee● make I an eend: you may breathe yea while.  
Monday the eighteenth of this july, 
Monday. 10  the weather being hot, her highness kept the Castl for coolness, till aboout five a clock her Majesty in the Chase, hunted the hart (az afore) of for'rs: that whither wear it by the cunning of the hunsmen, 
Psal. 24.  or by the natural desire of the Deer, or else by both: anon he got him too soil again, which reyzed the accstumed delight: a pastime indeed so entirely pleazaunt, as whearof at times who may have the full and free fruition, can found no more sacietée (I wéen) for a recreation, then of their good viaundes at timezes for their sustentation.  
Well, the game waz got, and her highness returning: came there upon aswymming Mermaid (that from top too tail waz an eyghteen foot long) Triton, 
Triton.  Neptune's blaster: who, with hiz trumpet foormed of a wrinkld weald, as her Majesty waz in sight, gave soound very shrill & sonoroous, in sign he had an embassy too pronoouns: anon her highness waz cummen upon the bridge, whearunto he made hiz fish to swim the swifter, and by then declared: how the supreme salsipotent Monarch Neptune, the great God of the swelling Seize, Prins of profunditees, and Sooverain signor of all Lakez, freshwaterz, Riverz, creeks, and Goolphs: understanding hoow a cruel knight, one Sir Brose sauns pitée, a mortal enemy unto ladiez of estate, had long lyen about the banks of this pool in wait with hiz bands here: too distress the lady of the lake, whereby she hath been restrained not only from having any use of her ancient liberty & territoriez in theez parts: but also of making repair & giving attendauns unto you noble Queen (qd he) as she would, she promised, and also should: doth therefore signify: and héerto, of you as of his good league and dear friend make this request, that you will deyn but too sheaw your parson toward this pool, whereby your only prezens shallbe matter sufficient of abandoning this uncurtess knight, and putting all his bands too flight, and also of deliverances of the lady oout of this thraldom. Moving here with from the bridge & fleeting more into the pool, charges he in Neptune's name: both Aeolus with all his windez, the waters with hiz springs, hiz fish and fooul, and all hiz clients in the same, that they ne be so hardy in any forhis too stur, but keep them callm & quiet while this Queen be prezent. At which petition her highness staying▪ it appeerd strait how sir Bruse become unseen, hiz bands scaled, and the lady by and by, with her too Nymphs, floating upon her moovabl islands (Triton on hiz Mermaid skimming by) approached toward her highness on the bridge: as well too declare that her Maiestiez prezens bath so graciously thus wrought her deliverances, as also to excuse her not coming to coourt as she pomist, and cha●ly too prezent her Majesty (as a token of her duty & good heart) for her highness recreation with ●hiz gift, which was Arion that excellent & famouz Muzition, in tire & appointment strange well seeming too hiz parson, riding aloft upon hiz olld friend the Dolphin, (that from head too tail waz a foour & twenty foot long) & swymd hard by theez islands: herewith Arion for théez great benefitez, after a few well coouched words unto her Majesty of thanks giving, in supplement of the same: began a delectabl ditty of a song well apted too a melodioous noiz, compoounded of six several instruments all covert, casting soound from y● Dolphin's belly within, Arion the seventh sitting thus singing (as I say) withoout.  
Noow sir, the ditty in mitre so aptly endighted too the matter, and after by voice so delicioously delivered: the song by a skilful artist into hiz parts so sweetly sorted: each part in hiz instrument so clean & sharply ●oouched, every instrument again in hiz kind so excellently tunabl: and this in the éeving of the day, resoounding from the callm waters: where prezens of her Majesty & longing too listen had utterly damped all noyz & din▪ the hole armony conveyed in time, t●ne, & temper thus incomparably melodioous: with what pleasure (Master Martin) with what sharpness of conceit, with what lively delight this moought pears into the heerers hearts: I pray you imagine your self as you may, for so God judge me, by all the wit & cunning I have, I cannot express, I promis ye●, Mai●i●● bien vieu cela Monseur, que forte grand est la pawoyr qu' avoit la tresnoble Science de Music sur les esprites humains. perceive you me? I have told you a great matter noow. As for me surely I waz lulled in such liking & so loath too leave of, y● mooch a do a good while after, had I, to find me where I be. And take you this by the way, that for the small skill in muzik, that God hath sent me (you know it iz somewhat) i'll set the more by myself while my name iz Lanham, and grace a God. A, muzik iz a noble Art.  
A, stay a while, see a short wit: by my frooth I had almost forgot. This day waz a day of grace beside, whearin wear advanced five Gentlemen of worship unto the degree of knighthood. Sir Thomas cecyl, 
Knights made.  sun & heir unto the right honourable the Lord Treazorer, Sir Henry Cobham broother unto the Lord Cobham, Sir Thomas Stan●op, Sir Arthur Basset, and Sir Thomas Tresham; and also by her highness accustomed mercy & charity, nine cured of the painful and daungeroous diseaz, called the king's evil, for that Kings & Queenz of this Ream, without other medsin (save only by handling & prayerz) only do cure it. Bear with me, though perchauns I place not theez Gentlemen in my recital here, after their estatez: for I am neither good heraud of armez, nor yet know how they are set in the Subsydy bookez. Men of great worship I understand they are all.  
Tuisday, 
Tuisday. 〈◊〉  according too commandment. came oour Coventrée men: what their matter waz, of her highness mirth and good acceptauns, and reward unto them, and of their rejoicing thereat, I sheawd you afore, and so say the less noow.  
Wednesday, 
Wedns. 〈◊〉  in the forenoon, preparation was in hand for her Majesty too have supped in Wedgenall, a three mile west from the Castl. A goodly park of the right honourable, my very good Lord the Earl of warwick: for that cauz, a fair pa●ilion, & other provision accordingly thither sent & prepared: but by meanz of weather not to clearly dispozed, the matter waz countermanded again. That had her highness happened this day too have cummen abroad: there was made ready a devise of Goddessez & Nymphs: which as well for the ingenioous argument, as for the well handling of it in rhyme & endighting would undooutedly have gained great liking & moved no less delight. Of the particulariteezes, whearof I cease to entreat: lest like the boongling carpentar, by missorting the peecez, I mar a good frame in the bad setting up, or by my fond tempering afore hand embleamish the beauty, when it should be reared up in deed.  
A this day also waz there such earnest tallk & appointment of removing that I gave over my noting, and hearkened after my horse.  
Marry sir I must tell you: Az all endevoour waz too move mirth & pastime (as I told you): even so a ridiculoous devise of an ancient minstrel, & hiz song waz prepared to have been proffered, if meet time & place had been foound for it. Onhis in a worshipful company, where full appointed, he recoounted his matter in sort as it shoould have been uttered, I chanced too be: what I noted, here thus I tell you: A parson very meet seemed he for the purpose, of a. xlv. years olld, appareled partly as he would himself. Hiz cap of: hiz head seemly roounded tonster wyze: fair kem●, the with a spoonge deintly dipped in a littl capons greaz, waz finely smoothed too make it shine like a 〈…〉. Hiz beard smugly shaven: and yet hiz shirt after the nu trink, with rufs fair starched, fléeked & glistering like a payr of nu shooz: marshalled in good order: with a setting stik, & stroout that every ruf stood up like a wafer: a side gooun of kendal green, after the freshness of the year noow, gathered at the nek with a naro gorget, fastened afore with a white clasp ●a keeper close up too the chin: but eazly for heat too undo when he list: Seelily begirt in a read caddis gyrdl: from y● a 〈…〉 Sheffeld knivez hanging a to side: Oout of hiz boozom drawn forth a lappet of his napkin, edged with a blu la●e, and marked with a truloove, a heart & a D, for Damian: for he waz but a bachelor yet.  
Hiz gooun had side sléevez dooun too leg▪ plyt from the shooulder too the hand & lined with white cotton. His dooblet sléevez of black woorsted, upon them a payr of poynets of tawny chamlet laced a long the wrest with blu threeden points, a wealth toward the ●and of fustian anapes: a payr of read neatherstoks: a payr of pumps on hiz feet with a cross cut at the toze for cornz: not nu in deed, yet cleanly blakt with soot, & shining as a hooing horn.  
about his nek a read rebon● sutabl too hiz girdle hiz harp in good grace dependaunt before him, his wrist tied too a green lace & hanging high: under the gorget of hiz gooun a fair ●●agon chain (peawter, for) silver▪ as a squire minstrel of Middilsex, that travailed the cuntrée thiz summer season, unto fayrs & worshipful menz hoousez: from hiz cheyn hung a Schoochion, with metal & cooler resplendaunt upon his breast of the auncie●t armez of Islington: upon a question whearof, he, as one that waz well schooled, & cooled his lesson par●●t without book too answer at full, i● question wear asked him, declared: hoow the worshipful village of Islington in Middelsex, well knooens too be one of the most ancient & best toouns in England next London at this day: for the faithful friendship of long time sheawd, azwell at Cook's feast in Alldersgatestreet yearly upon holy rood day, as also at all solemn bridealez in the eitée of London all the year after, in well serving them of furmenty for porridge, not oversod till it be too weak of milk for their flawnz, not yet pylld nor challked: of cream for they custards, not frothed nor thykned with floour, and of butter for their pastiez, and pyepast, not made of well curds, nor gathered of whey in summer, nor mingled in winter with salt butter watered or washed: did obtain long a go theez worshipful armez in cooler & foorin as you see: which are the armz A field argent, as the field & groound in deed whearin the Milk wivez of this worthy tooun, & every man else in hiz faculty doth trade for hiz living: on a Fess Tenny between three milk tankards proper. The three milk tankards, as the proper vessel whearin the substauns, & matter of their trade is too & fro transported. The Fess Tenny, which is a cooler betokening doout & suspicion: so as suspicion & good heed taking, azwell to their markets & servants, as too their customerz that they trust not too far, may bring unto them platez, that iz coined silver: three, that iz sufficient & plenty, for so that number in Armoury may well signify.  
For Crest, upon a wad of oat straw for a wreath, a bowl of furmenty: what (az you khoo) iz the most precious gift of Ceres: 
The hornspoonz.  and in the midst of it, stycking a dozen horn spoonz in a bunch, as the instruments meetest too eat furmenty porridge with all: a dozen, as a number of plenty complete for full cheer or a banquet. and of horn, as of a substauns more estamabl than iz made for a great deel: being neither so churlish in weight as iz metal: nor so froward & brytll too manure, as stone: nor yet so soilly in use, nor roough too the lips as wood iz: but light, pliant & smooth, that with a littl licking wool alweyz be kept as clean as a die. With your paciens Gentlemen (qd the minstrel) be it said, wear it not in deed that horns be so plenty, hornware I believe would be more set by than it iz: and yet are there in oour parts that will not styk to avoow, that many an ●onest man both in city & cuntree hath had hiz hoous by horning well uphollden, and a daily friend also at need. And this with yoour favour may I further affyrm: a very idgenioous parson was he, that for dignity of the stuff, cooled thus by spooning devise, to advauns the horn so near to the ●ed.  
With great congruens also wear theez hornspoonz puttoo the wheat, 
Guid. Met. li. 9  as a token & portion of Cornucopia, the horn of Achelous, which the Naiads did fill with all good frutez, corn, & grain, and after did consecrated unto abooundauns and plenty.  
This skoochion with beasts very aptly agreeing both too the armz & too the trade of the bearerz, glorioously supported: Between a grey Mare (a beast meetest for carrying of mylktankards) her panel on her back, as alwayz ready for servis at every feast & brydeale at n●ed, her tail splayed at most eaz, and her silly fool, fall● & a flaxen mane after the sire.  
In the skro undergraven (qd he) iz there a proper word, 
Salern. ca 9  an hemistichis, well squaring withal the rest●, taken out of Salerns' chapter, of things that most nourish man's body: Lac, Caseus infans. That is good milk & young chéez. And thus mooch Gintlmen, and pleaz you (qd he) for the armz of oour worshipful tooun. And there withal made a mannerly leg, and so held his peace.  
Az the company pawzed & the minstrel seemed to gape after a prayz for hiz Beau parler: and bicauz he had rendered hiz lesson so well. Saiz a good fellow of the company▪ I am sorry to see how mooch the poor minstrel mistakez the matter: for in deed the armz are thus.  
Three milk tankards proper in a field of cloouted cream: three green chéesez upon a shealf of cakebread. The fyrmenty bool & hornspoonz, cauz there profit cumz all by horned beasts. Supported by a mare with a galld back, & therefore still covered with a panel, frisking with her tail for flyez, and her fylly fool neying after the dam for suk. This word Lac, Caseus infans. That is, a fresh cheezes & cream, & the common cry that théez milk wivez make in London streets yearly, betwixt Easter & Whitsuntide: and this iz the very matter I know it well inoough, and so éended hiz ●ale, and sat him dooun again.  
Héerat every man laughed a good, save the minstrel: that thoogh the fool wear made privy, all waz but for sport, yet too see himself thus crossed with a contrary ku that he looked not for, would strait have geen over all, waxed very wayward, eager & soour: how be it last by sum entreaty & many fair words, with sak & sugar, we sweetened him again, and after became as merry as a pie. Appéerz then a fresh, in hiz full formalitée with a lovely look, after three loly cooursiez, cléerd hiz vo●s with a hem & a reach, and spat oout withal, wiped hiz lips with the hollo of hiz hand, for fyling hiz napkin, tempered a string or too with hiz wrest: and after a littl warbling on hiz harp for a prelude, came forth with a solemn song, 
King Arthur's book.  warranted for story oout of king Arthurz acts, the first book and 26. Chapter, whearof I got a copy, and that iz thiz.  

SO it be●ell upon a Penticost day,  
When king Arthur at Camelot kept Coourt rial,  
With hiz comely Queen dame Gaynoour the gay,  
And many bolld Barons sitting in hall,  
Ladies apparaild in purpl & pall,  
When herauds in hukes herryed full high  
largesse largesse chevaliers treshardy.   

¶ A douty dwarf too the uppermost deas  
Right partly 'gan prick and kneeling on knee,  
With steeven full stoout amids all the preas,  
Said hail sir king, God thee save and see:  
King Ryens of Northgalez greeteth well thee,  
And bids that thy beard anon thou him sand,  
Or else from thy iawezes he will it of rend.   

¶ For hiz rob of state, a rich scarlet mantel,  
With a leaven kings beards bordered about,  
He hath made late, and yet in a cantle  
Iz left a place the twelfth to make 〈◊〉:  
Where thin must stand, be thou never so stoout▪  
This must be done I tell the no fabl,  
maugre the poour of all thy round tabl.   

When this mortal message from hiz moouth waz pa●●  
Great waz the brute in hall & in boour:  
The king fumed, the queen shrieked, ladiz wear aghast,  
Princes puffed, Barns blustrd, Lords began too loour,  
Knights stamped, squires startl daz stéeds in a stoour  
Yeemen & Pagez yield oout in the hall,  
Thearwith came in sir Kay the Seneschal.   

¶ Silence my suffrainz quoth the curtize Knight,  
And in that stoound the chearme became still,  
The dwarf's dinner full dearly waz dight,  
For wine & wastl he had hiz will,  
And when he had e●ten & fed hiz fill,  
One hundred pieces of coined golld,  
Wear given the dwarf for hiz message bolld.   

¶ Say too sir Ryens thou dwarf quoth the king,  
That for hiz proved message I him defy,  
And shortly with basinz & panz will him ring  
Oout of Northgalez where as he and I  
With swords & no rayzerz shall utterly ●ry  
Which of us both iz the best barber▪  
And therewith he shaken hiz sword Excalaber.   
At this, the minstrel made a pa●z & a ●urtezy, for Primus passus. Moore of the song iz there, but I got it not. Az for the matter had it come to the show, I think the fellow would have handled it well inoough.  
Her highness tarried at Killing worth till the wednesday after, being the .27. of this july, and the nienteenth (inclusive) of her Maiestiez coming thither.  
For which seven daiz, perceiving my notez so slenderly answering: I too it less blame, too cease & thereof too writ you nothing at all, them in such matterz too writ nothing likely. And so mooch the rather (as I have well bethoought me) that if I did but ruminate the dayz I have spoken of, I shall bring oout yet somewhat more, meet for your appetite, (thoogh a dainty tooth have you) which I believe your tender stomach will brook well inoogh.  
Whearof part iz: first hoow according to her highness name ELIZABETH▪ 
The seavenz.  which I here say oout of the Hebru signifieth, (amoong other) the seventh of my God: diverz things here, did so justly in number square with the same. Az first, her highness hither coming in this seventh moonth: then, prezented with the seven prezents of the seven Gods: and after, with the melody of the seven sorted Muzik in the dollphin, the Lakeladyez gift.  
Then too consider, hoow fully the Gods (az it seemed) had conspired most magnificently in aboundauns too bestow their influen●ez & gifts upon her coourt there, too make her Majesty merry.  
Sage Saturn 
Saturn & Pallas.  himself in parson (that bicauz of hiz lame leg cooled not so well s●ur) in chair therefore too take order with the grave officerz of hoousholld, helped indeed with the good advise of hiz prudent Nees Pallas: That no unruly body or disquiet, disturb the noble assembly, or else be on's so bolld too enter within the Castl gatez. Away with all rascallz, capti●ez, melancholic, wayward, froward, coniurerz, and uzurers, and too have labourers & underwoorkmen for the beautifying of any place, alway at hand as they should be commanded.  
jupiter. 
jupiter.  Scent parsenagez of high honour & dignity: Barons, Lords, Ladiez, jugez, Bishops, Lawyerz, Doctors: with them, virtue, noblness, equity, liberality & compason: due seazon, & fair weather: Saving that at the petition of hiz dear sister Ceres, 〈◊〉 granted a day or too of sum sweet shoourz for ripening of her corn that waz so well set, & too set forward harvest: Heerwith. bestoed he such plenty of pleazaunt thunder, lightning, & thund●rbollts: by hiz halting sun & fyermaster, Vulcan, 
Vulcan.  still fresh & fresh framed: alweyz so frequent, so intellabl, & of such continuauns in the spending (az I partly told you) consumed: that surely he séemz too be as of poour inestimabl: so, in store of munition, unwastabl: For all Ovid's censure that saiz.  Si, quoties peccant homines sua fulmina mittat jupiter: exigu● tempore inermis erit. 
If jove should shoot hiz thunderbollts as often as men offend,  
Assure you hiz artillery would soon be at an end.  
What a number of estatez & of nobility had jupiter assembled there, guess you by this: that of the sort worshipful there wear in the coourt daily above forty, whearof the meynest, of a thoouzand mark yearly revenu, and many of mooch more. This great gift beside, did hiz deitée cast upon her highness, too have fair & seazonabl weather at her ooun appointment: According whearunto, her Majesty so had. For her gracious prezens therefore with this great gift endued, Lichfeeld, Worceter, and Middelton, with many placez mother, made humble suit unto her highness too cum: too such whearof as her majesty cooled, it came: and they season acceptable.  
Phoebus, 
Phoebus.  Biside hiz continual & most delicious muzik (as I have told you) appointed he Princes too adoourn her highnez coourt, Coounselerz, Herauds, and sanguine yooth, pleazaunt & merry, costly garments, learned Phizicianz, & no need of them.  
juno. 
juno.  Golld cheynez, Ouchez, jewels of great price & rich attire, woorn in mooch grace & good beséeming without pride, or emulation of any.  
Mars. 
〈◊〉  Captainz of good conduct, Men skilful in feats of armz, pollitik in stratagemz, Good courage in good quarelz, valiant, & wizehardy: Abandoning pikquarrels & ruffianz: appointing also pursynaunts, currarz & posts still feeding her highness with nuze & intelligencez from all parts.  
Venus. 
Ven●s.  unto the Ladyez & Gentlwemen: beauty, good favoor, cumliness, gallant attire, dancing with comely grace, sweet vois in song & pleasant tallk: with express commandment & charge unto her sun on her blessing, that he shoot not a shaft in the Coourt all the while her highness remained at Kill worth.  
Mercuri. 
Mercuri.  Learned men in Sciencez, Poets, merchants, Painterz, Karuerz, Playerz, Engynerz, Deviserz & dexterity in handling of all pleazaunt attempts.  
Luna. 
Luna.  Callm nights for quiet rest, and silver moonshine, that nightly in deed shone for most of her Maiestyez being there.  
Blind Plutus. 
Plutus.  Bags of moony, Custumerz, Exchaungerz, Bankers, Store of riches in plate & in coin.  
Bacchus. 
Bacch●●  Full Cups every where, every oour, of all kinds of wine.  
There waz no deintee that the Sea cooled yield, but Neptune 
Neptune.  (thoough hiz reign at the neerestly well nigh a hundred mile of) did daily sand in great plenty, sweet and freash. As for freash water fish, the store of all sorts waz abundant.  
And how bountiful Ceres 
C●res.  in provision waz, guess you by this: that in lyttl more than a three dayz space .72. tunn of Ale & Beer waz pyept up quite: what that might whilst with it of bread beside meat, I report me too you. And yet master Controller, Master Co●erar and divers officerz of the Coourt, sum honourable, and sundry right worshipful: placed at Warwik for more rooum in the Castl. But here waz no ho Master Martin in devoout drinking always: that brought a l●k unlooked for: which being knoens too the worshipful, my Lords good neyghboourz, came there in a too dayz ●pace, from sundry freendz: a relief of a xl tunn, till a nu supply waz got again: and then too oour drinking a fresh, as fast as ever we did.  
Flora. 
Flora.  Abroad & within the hoous ministered of flourz so great a quantity: of such sweet savour, so beautifully hued, so large and fair of proportion, and of so strange kindez & shapez, that it waz great pleasure too see. and so mooch the moor, as there waz great store yet coounterfet & foormed of featherz by art, like glorioous too the show as wear the natural.  
Protheus. 
Protheus.  Hiz Tumbler that cooled by nymblness cast himself into so many foorms & facionz.  
Pan. 
Pan.  Hiz merry morris dauns with their pipe & taber.  
Bellona. 
Bellona.  Her quintine knights & proper bickerings of the coventry men.  
Polyphemus. 
Polyphemus.  Neptunez sun & heir (let him I pray & it be but for hiz fatherz sake, and for his good will, be allowed for a God, with hiz bearz hiz bear whealps and bandogs.  
Aeolus. 
Aeolus.  Hollding up hiz wyndez, while ●er highness at any time too pleasure on the water, and staying of tempests during abode here.  
Sylvanus. 
Sylvanus.  Beside hiz plentiful provision of fooul for dainty viaunds, hiz pleazaunt & sweet singing birds: whearof I will sheaw you more anon.  
Echo. 
Echo.  Her well endighted dial●g.  
Faunus. 
Faunus.  Hiz jolly Savage.  
Genius loci. 
Genius.  Hiz tempering of all things within & without, with apt time & place too pleasure & delight.  
Then the three Charites: Aglaia, 
Charites.  with her lyghtsum gladness. Thalia her flourishing freshness. Euphrosyne, her cheerfulness of spirit, and with theez three in one assent Concordia: with her amitée & good agreement. Tha● too hoow great effects their poourz wear pooured oout here among us, let it be judged by this: that by a multitude thus met of a three or foour thoouzand every day: and diverz dayz more, of so sundry degrees, professions, agez, appetytz, dispozitions & affections: such a drift of time was there passed, with such amitée▪ love, pastime, agreement, and obediens where it should: and without quarrel, jarring, grudging, or (that I cooled beer) of ill word between any. A thing master Martin very rare & strange, and yet no more strange than true.  
The Parcae 
Par●ae.  (as erst I should have said) the first night of her Maiestiez coming: they héering & seeing so precioous ado here, at a place unlooked for, in an uplondish Cuntrée, 〈◊〉 far within the Ream: pressing into every steed where her highness went, whereby soduddld with such variety of delyghts, did set a side their huswifry, cooled not for their hearts tend their work a whit. But after they ●ad seen her Majesty a bed, got them a prying into every place: olld hags, as fond of nuellries, as young girls that had never seen Coourt afore: but neither full, with gazing nor weary with gadding, left of yet for that time, and at high midnight, gate them giggling, (but not alooud) into the prezens Chamber: minding in deed with their prezent diligens, too recompens their former slackness.  
So, setting themseluez thus dooun too their work: alas sayz Atropos I have lost my sheerz: Lachesis laughed apace and would not draw a thread: And think you damez that i'll hoold the distaff while both you sit idle? why no by my mootherz soll qd Clotho. Thearwith fair leapt in a fine lawn the spindle & rock, that waz dyzend with pure purpl silk, 〈◊〉 they safely up together: that of her Maiestyez distaff for an eighteen dayz, there waz not a thread spoon I assure you.  
The too sisters after that, (I hard say) began their work again: the long may they continu, but Atropos heard no tidings of her shears, and not a man that mone● her loss She iz not beloved surely, for this can I tell you: that whither it be for hate too the hag, or love too her highness, or else for both: every man prayz God she may never found them for that work, and so pray I daily & duly with the 〈◊〉  
Thus partly you perceive noow, hoow greatly the Gods can do for mortals, and hoow mooch allwey they love where they like: that what a gentl jove waz this, thus curteoously too contrive here such a treyn of Gods? Nay then rather, master Martin (too come oout of oour poeticalitéez, & too talk no more serioous terms) what a magnificent lord may we iusty accoount him, that cooled so highli cast order for such a jupiter & all hiz Gods beside: that none, with hiz influens, good property or prezent wear wanting: but all alweis ready at hand in such order & abooundans for the honouring & delight of so high a Prins, oour most gracioous Queen & Sovereign. A Prins (I say) so singular in preeminens & worthiness above all other Princez & digniteezes of oour time: thoogh I make no comparison too yeerz past. Too him that in this point, either of ignorauns (if any such can be) or else of malevolens would make any doout: Sit liber judex (as they say) let him look on the matter. and answer himself, he has not far too travel.  
Az for the amplitude of hiz Lordship's mind: all be it that I poor sooll can i● conceit no more attain unto, then judge of a gem whearof I have no skill: you, thoogh daily worn & resplendaunt in mine eye: Yet sum of the vertuze & propertiez thereof, in quantity or qualitée so apparent az cannot be hidden but seen of all men, moought I be the boolder too reaport her unto you: but as for the valu, your jewellers by their carrots let them cast & they can.  
And first: who that considerz, unto the stately seat of Kenelwoorth Castl, the rare beauty of building that hiz honour hath advanced: all of the hard quarry stone: every room so spacioous, so well belighted, and so by roofed within. So seemly too sight by du proportion withoout: a day time on every side so glyttering by glass: a nights, by continual brightness of candle fire & torchlight transparent throogh the lyghtsom wyndz, as it wear the Egyptian Pharos relucent unto all the Alexandrian coast: or else (too tallk merrily with my merry friend) thus radiaunt, as thoogh Phoebus for hiz eaz would rest him in the Castl, and not every night so too travel dooun unto the Antipodes. Heertoo so fully furnished of rich apparel & utensilez apted in all points to the best.  
unto thiz, 
The Garden.  hiz honorz exquisite appointment of a beautiful Garden, an acre or more of quantity that lieth on the north there. Whearin hard all along the Castl brickwall iz reared a pleazaunt Terres of a ten foot high & a twelve broad: even under foot & fresh of fine grass: as iz also the side thereof toward the garden, in which by sundry equal distauncez: with obelisks, sphearz, and white bearz all of stone upon their curioouz basez, by goodly show wear set: too theez, too fine arberz redolent by sweet trees & floourz, at each end one. The garden plot under that, with fair alleyz green by grass, even voided from the borderz a both sydez, and sum (for change) with sand, not light or to soft, or soilly by dust, but smooth & fyrm, pleasant too walk on, as a sea shore when the water iz availd: then, mooch gracified by du proportion of foour even quarterz: in the midst of each, upon a base a too foot square & high, seemly bordered of itself, a square pilaster rising pyramidally of a fyfteen foot high: Simmetrically péerced throogh from a foot beneath, until a too foot of the top: whearupon, for a ccapitol, an Orb of a ten inches thick: every of théez (with hiz base) from the groound too the top of one hole pées, hewn oout of hard Porphiry, and with great art & heed (thinks me) thither conveyed & there erected.  
Where further also by great cast & cost the sweetness of savour on all sidez, made so respiraunt from the redolent plants & fragrant earbs & floourz, in form, cooler & quantity so delicioously vigilant: & fruit Trees bedecked with their Applz, Pears & ripe Cherryez.  
And unto theez in the midst, against the Terres: a square Cage, 
The Cage.  sumptuoous & beautiful, joined hard too the Northwall (that a that side guards the garden, as the garden the Castl) of a rare form & excellency waz reyzed: in height a twenty foot, thirty long, and a foourteen broad.  
From the ground strong & close, reared breast high, whearat a Soil of a fair moolding waz coouched all about: From that upward, foour great wyndoz a froont, and too at each éend, every one a five foot wide, as many more even above them: divided on all parts by a Transum & Architrave so lykewize ranging aboout the Cage. Each wyndo arched in the top & parted from other, in even distauns by ●●at fair bolteld Columns, all in form & beauty like, that supported a comely Cornish ●oouched all along upon the hole square. Which, with a wire net, finely knit, of mashez six square, an inch wide (az it wear for a flat roof) and likewise the space of every wyndo: with great cunning & cumlynes, even & tied waz all over strained. Under the Cornish again, every part beautified with great Diamonds, Emerauds, Rubies and sapphires: pointed, tabled, rok & roound: garnished with their golld, by skyllfull head & hand, and by toil & pensyl, so lively expressed, as it moought be great marvel, and pleasure too consider how near excellensy of art cooled approach unto perfection of nature.  
Bear with me good cuntréeman, thoogh things be not sheawd here as well as I would, or as well as they should. For in deed I can better imagine & conceive that I see, then well utter or duly declare it. Holez wear there also & caverns in orderly distauns & fashion, voided into the brickwall: as well for heat, for coolnez, for roost a nightz & refuge in weather, as also for breeding when time iz. Moore, fair even & fresh holly treez for perching & proyning set within, tooward each éend one. Héerto, their diversitée of meats, their fine seaverall vessels for their water, and sundry grainz. And a man skyllfull & diligent too look too them & tend them.  
But (shall I tell you) the silver soounded Lute, withoout the sweet toouch of hand: the glorioous goollden Cup, withoout the fresh fragrant wine: or the rich ring with gem, withoout the fair feawterd finger: iz nothing in deed in hiz proper grace & use: even so hiz honour accounted of thiz mansion, till he had placed there tenants according. Had it therefore replenished with lively burds, English, French, Spanish, Canarian, and (I am deceived if I see not sum) African. whereby, whither it became more delightsum in chaung● of tunez & armony too the ear: or else in differens of coollerz, kyndz, & propertyez too the eye, I'll tell you if I can when I have better bethought me.  
One day (Master Martin) as the Gardin door waz open, 
The Gardener.  & her highness a hunting, by licens of my good friend Adrian, I came in at a bek, but would scant oout with a thrust: for sure I waz loath so soon too departed.  
Well may this (Master Martin) be somewhat too magnitude of mind, but more thereof as you shall know, more cauz you shall have so too think: here oout what I tell you, and tell me when we meet.  
In the centre (az it wear) of this goodly Garden, 
The Fountain.  was their placed, a very fair Foountain, cast into an eight square, reared a four foot high: from the midst whearof a Colum up set in shape of too Athlants joined together a backhallf, the toon looking East, toother west: with their hands, uphollding a fair foormed bowl of a three foot over: from wheans sundry fine pipez, did lively distill continual streamz into the receipt of the Foountayn: maintained still too foot deep by the same fresh falling water: whearin pleazauntly playing too & fro & roound about: Carp, Tench, Bream, and for variety, Perch & Eel, fish fayrlyking all & large, In the top, the ragged Staff. which, with the bowl, the pillar, and eight sydez beneath, wear all hewn oout of rich & hard white Marbls. A one side, Neptune with hiz Tridental Fuskin triumphing in hiz Throne, trailed into the deep by hiz marine horsez.  
On an other, Thetis in her chartot drawn by her dollphins. Then Triton by hiz fyshez. Here Protheus hearding hiz sea bulz. There Doris and her dooughterz solacing a sea & sandz. The waves soourging with froth & foam, entermengled in place, with whales, whirpoolz, Sturgeonz, Tunneyz, Conches & wealks: all engraven by exquisite devise & skill, so as I may think this not mooch inferioour unto Phoebus gatez, 
Metam. ●  which (Ovid sayz) & peradnentur a pattern to this) that Vulcan himself did cut: whearof such waz the excellency of art, that the work in valu surmoounted the stuff, and yet wear the gatez all of clean massy silver.  
Here wear things you see, moought inflame any mind too long after looking: but who so waz foound so hot in desire, with the wrest of a cock waz sure of a coolar: water spurting upward with such vehemency, as they should by & by be moistened from top too to. The héez to sum laughing, but the shéez to more sport.  
This sumtime waz occupied too very good pastime.  
A Garden then so appointed, as whearin a fit upon sweet shadoed wallk of Terres, in heat of summer, to feel the pleazaunt whysking wind above, or delectabl coolness of the foountain spring beneath: Too taste of delicioous strawberiez, cherryez & other frutez even from their stalks: To smell such fragrancy of sweet odoourz: breathing from the plants earbs & floourz: Too here such natural meloodioous muzik & tunez of burds: Too have in eye, for mirth sometime theez underspringing streamz: then, the woods, the waterz (for both pool & chase wear hard at hand in sight) the deer, the peepl (that oout of the East arbour, in the base coourt. also at hand in view) the fruit trees, the plants, the earbs, the floourz, the change in coollerz, the Burds flittering, the Fountain streaming, the Fish swymming: all in such delectabl varietee, order and dignity: whereby at one moment, in one place, at hand without travel too have so full fruition of so many God's blessings, 
Paradisus. Graec. Horrus amoeniss. Aurelia Hebrai●. Pardes id est. Hortus.  by entire delight unto all sensez (if all can take) at onez: for Etymon of the word worthy too he called Paradis: and though not so goodly as Paradis for want of the fair ryverz, yet better a great deel by the lak of so unhappy a tree. Argument most certain of a right noble mind, that in this ●ort cooled have thus all contrived.  
But Master Martin, yet one wyndless must I featch, too make you one more fair coors and I can. And cauz I speak of one: let me tell you a littl of the dignity of onehod: 
The number. 1  whearin allweyz, all by deity, all Sooveraintée, Préeminens, Principalitée and Concord without possibilitee of disagreement iz contained. Az one God, one saviour, one faith, one Prins▪ one sun, one Phoenix, and as one of great wizdom sayz: One heart, one weigh. Where onehod remz: there quiet bearz rule, & discort fliez a pa●e. Three again, may signify, company, 
3  a meeting, a multitude, pluralitée: so as all talez and numbrings from too unto three, & so upward may well be coounted numberz, till they moount unto infinitée, or else too confusion: which thing, the sum of Too can never admit: 
●  nor itself can well be coounted a number, but rather a freendle conjunction of too onez: that keeping in a sinceritee of accord, may purport unto us, charity each too other, mutual love, agreement & integritée of friendship without dissimulation. Az iz in theez. The too Testaments. The too Tabls of the Law. The too great lights: Duo lumina●ia magna: The Sun and Moon. And but mark a lyttl I pray, and see hoow of all things in the woorld, oour tongues in tallk do allweyz so readily trip upon tooz, payrz & cooplz: sumtymez az of things in equality, sumtime of differens, sometime of contraryez, or for comparizon: but chiefly for the most part, of things that between them seluez do well agreed & are fast linked in amity: Az first for pastymez: hoounds & hawks: deer, read & fall●, hare & fox, partridge & fezaunt, fish & fooul, carp and tench. For warz, spear & shield, horse & harneys, sword & buckler: for sustenauns, wheat & barley, peaz & beanz, meat & drink, bread & meat, beer & ale, appls & pearz.  
But lest by such dualiteezes I draw you too far: let us here stay, and come nearer home. See what a sort of friendly biniteezes we oour seluez do consist & stand upon. First oour to feet, too legs, too kneez, so upward: and above, too shoolderz, too armz & too hands. But chiefly oour principal Too, that iz, body & soll: then in the head where all oour sensez meet, and almost all in Tooz: too nozethrills, too earz & too eyz. So are we of friendly Tooz, from ●op too to. Well, to this number of biniteezes, take you one more for an upshot, & here an eend. Too dyallz 
The too diallz.  nigh unto the batilments are set aloft upon too of the sydez of Cezars' toour: one East, thoother Soouth: for so stand they best to sheaw the oourz too the t●oun & cuntrée: both, fair, large ● rich▪ by byse for groound & golld for letterz: whereby they glitter conspicuoous a great weigh of. The clokbell that iz good & shrill, waz commanded too silens at first, and in deed sang not a note all the while her highness waz there, the clock stood also still withal. But mark noow: whither wear it by chauns, by constellation of starz, or by fatal appointment (if fatez & starz do deal with dyallz). 
The diallz at ii a clock  Thus waz it in deed: The hands of both the tablz stood fyrm & fast allweyz pooynting to just too a clock, still at too a clock. Which thing behollding by hap at first: but after, serioously marking in deed: imprinted unto me a deep sign & argument certain. That this thing amoong the rest waz for full signifiauns of hiz Lordships honourable, frank, friendly & noble heart toward all estatez. Which, whither come they too stay & take cheer, or strait too return: too see or too be seen: cum they for duty too her Majesty or love too hiz Lordship, or for both: Come they early or late: For hiz Lordship's part, they come allweyz all at too a clock, een jump at too a clock: That iz too say, in good heart, good acceptauns, in amity, and friendly wellcoom. Who see else that I see, in right must say as I say. For so many things beside, Master Humphrey, wear herein so consonant unto my construction, that thiz pointing of the clock, (too myself) I too in amitée as an Oracl certain. And here iz my wyndless, like your coors az pleaz you.  
But noow sir too cum to éend. For receiving of her highness, & entertainment of all thoother estatez: Syns of delicatz that any weigh moought serve or delight: as of wine, spice, dainty viaunds, plate▪ muzik, ornaments of hoous, rich arras & silk, (too say nothing of the meaner things) the mass by provision waz heaped so hoouge, which the boounty in spending did after bewray. The conceit so deep in casting the plat at first. Such a wizdome and cunning in acquiring things so rich, so rare, and in such aboundauns: by so immense & profuse a charge of expens. Which by so honourable servis & exquisite order, curteizy of officerz and humanity of all, wear after so boountifully bestoed & spent: what may this express, what may this set oout unto us, but only a magnifyk mind, a singular wizdoom, a prinsly purse, and an heroical heart? If it wear my theme Master Martin, too speak of his Lordship's great honour & magnificens, though it be not in me to say sufficiently, as bad a penclark as I am, yet cooled I say a great deel more.  
But being here noow in magnificens & matters of greatness: it fallz well too mind. The greatness of hiz honorz Tent, 
The great Tent.  that for her Maiestiez dining waz pight at long Ichington, the day her highness came to Kyllingwoorth Castl. A Tabernacl indeed for number & shift of large & goodly roomz, for fair & eazy officez: both inward, & ooutward all so likesun in order & eyesight: that justly for dignity may be comparabl with a beautiful palace, & for greatness & quantity with a proper Tooun, or rather a Citadel. But too be short, lest I keep you too long from the Ryall exchange noow, and too cauz you conceive mooch matter in feawest words: The Iron bedstéed of Og the king of Basan, 
Deut. 3  (you wots) waz foour yards & a half long, and too yards wide, whereby you consider a Giant of a great proportion waz he. This Tent had seven cart load of pynz pertaining too it: noow for the greatness, guess as you can.  
And great as it waz (too marshal oour matters of greatness together) not forgetting a Wether at Grafton, brought too the coourt, that for body & wool waz exceeding great: the measure I took not. Let me sheaw you with what great marvel a great Child of leicester shire, at this long Ichington, by the parents waz prezented: great (I say) of limz & proportion, of a foour foot & foour inches high: and else lanuginoous as a Lad of eyghtéen yéerz, being in deed a voowd too be but six year olld: nothing more bewraying hiz age than hiz wit: that waz, as for thooz yeerz, simple and childish.  
Az for unto hiz Lordship, having with such greatness of honourable modesty & benignitée so passed forth, as: Laudem sine invidia et amicos pararit. 
Terent.  By greatness of well doing, won with all sorts too be in such reverens, as: De quo mentiri fama veretur. In synceritée of friendship so great, 
〈◊〉  as no man more devooutly worships. Illud amicitiae sanctum et venerabile nomen. So great in liberalitée, 
ovid.  az hath no weigh too heap up the mass of hiz treazure, but only by liberal giving & boounteoous bestoing hiz treazure, following (az it séemez) the law of martial that saith.  Extra fortunam est, quicquid donatur amicis: Q●●s dederis, solas semper habehis opes. 
Oout of all hazerd dost thou set that too thy freend● thou givest:  
A surer treazure canst thou not have ever while thou livest.  
What may theez greatnesses bode, but only as great honour, fame, & renooum for theez parts héerawey, as ever waz unto thoz too noble Greatz: the Macedonian Alexander in Emathia or Grées, or too Roman Charlez in Germany, or Italy? which, wear it in me any weigh too set oout, no man of all men by God (Master Martin) had ever more cauz: and y●●eerby consider you. It pleazed hiz honour too bear me goodwill at first, & so to continu. To have given me apparel even from hiz back, to get me allowauns in the stabl, too advauns me unto thiz worshipful office so near the most honourable Coouncell, too help me in my licens of Beanz (though indeed I do not so much uze it, for I thank God I need not) too permit my good Father to serve the stabl.  
whereby I go noow in my sylks, y● else might ruffl in my cut canvas: I ride noow a horse back, that else many timez might manage it a foot: am knoen too their honorz & taken forth with the best, that else might be ●idden to stand back myself: My good Father a good relief, that he farez mooch the better by: and none of théez for my dezert, either at first or sins, God he kneez. What say you my good friend Humphrey, should I not for ever honour, extol him all the we●z I can? Yes by your leave while God lends me poour to utter my mind. And (having as good cauz of hiz honour, as Virgill ●ad of Augustus Cezar) will I poet it a littl with Virgil, 
Eglog. 1.  & say.  
Namque erit ille mihi semper Deus, illius aran:  
Saepe tener nostris ab ovilibus imbuet ag●us.  
For he shallbe a God to me, till death my life co●sumez:  
Hiz auterz will I sacrifice with incens & perfumezes.  
A singular Patron of humanitée may he be well unto us tooward all degreez: of honour, toward high Estates: and chief, whereby we may learn in what dignity, worship & reverens her highness iz to be esteemed, honoured, & received. That waz never indeed more condignly done than here: so as neither by the bylderz at first, nor by the Edict of pacification after, 
1266. An. 50 Hear. 3.  waz ever Kenelwoorth more nobl●d than by thiz, hiz lordships receiving her highness here noow.  
But jesus jesus whither am I draw●n noow. But tallk I of my Lord onz, een thus it farez with me: I forget all, my friends, & myself too. And yet you, being a Mercer, a Merchant, as I am: my cuntrée man born, & my good friend withal, whereby I know you are compassiond with me: Me thought it my part somewhat to impart unto you, hoow it iz here with me, and hoow I lead my life, which in deed iz this.  
A mornings I rise ordinarily at seven a clock: Then ready, I go into the Chapel: soon after eight, I get me commonly into my Lord's Chamber, or into my Lords prezidents. There at the cupboard after I have eaten the manchet, served over night for livery (for I dare be as bolld, I promise you, as any of my friends the servants there: and indeed cooled I have fresh if I would tarry, but I am of wont jolly & dry a mornings) I drink me up a good bol of Ale: when in a sweet pot it iz defecated by all nights standing, the drink iz the better take that of me: & a morsel in a morning with a soound draft iz very hollsom & good for the eyesight. Then I am as fresh all the fornoon after, as had I eaten a hole peep of beef. Noow sir, if the Council sit, I am at hand, wait at an inch I warrant you. If any make babbling, peas (say I) wilt you where you are? If I take a lystenar, or a priar in at the chinks, or at the lokhole, I am by & by in the bonez of him: but noow they keep good order, they know me well enough: If a be a friend, or such one as I like: I make him sit down by me on a form, or a chest, Let the rest wallk a God's name.  
And here doth my Langagez noow & than stand me in good steed, my French, my Spanish, my Duchess & my Latin: sumtime amoong Ambassadors men, if their Master be within with the Council: sumtime with the Ambassador himself, if he bid call hiz lackey, or ask me what's a clock. And I warrant you I answer him rooundly, that they marvel to see such a fellow there: them laugh I and say nothing. Dinner & supper I have twenty placez too go too, & heartily prayed too: And sumtime get I too Master Pinner, by my faith a worshipful Gentleman, and as careful for hiz charge as any her highness hath: there found I alway good store of very good viaunds: we eat & be merry, than● God & the Queen. Himself in feeding very temperate & moderate as you shall see ony● and yet by your leave of a dish, as a colld Pigeon or so, that hath cum to him at meat more than he looked for, I have seen him e'en so by & by surfyt, as he hath plucked of hiz napkin, wyept hiz knife, & eat not a morsel more: like inoough too stik in hiz stomach a too dayz after: (Sum hard message from the higher officerz, perceive you me?) Upon search, hiz faithful dealing & diligens hath foound him faultless. In afternoons & a nights, sumtime am I with the right worshipful Sir George Howard, as good a Gentleman as any lyvez: And sumtime at my good Lady Sydney's chamber, a Noblwooman, that I am az mooch boound unto, as any poor man may be unto so gracioous a Lady: And sometime in sum other place: But allweyz amoong the Gentlwemen by my good will (O, you know that cumz allweyz of a gentle spirit) & when I see company according, than can I be as lively too: sumtime I foot it with dancing: noow with my Gyttern, & else with my Cyttern, then at the Uirginallz: You know nothing comes amiss to me: then carol I up a song withal, that by & by they come flocking aboout me like béez to honey: and ever they cry, anoother good Langham anoother. Shall I tell you? when I see Misterz— (A, see a mad knave, I had almost told all) that she gyvez onz but an eye or an ear: why then, man, am I best: my grace, my courage, my cunning iz doobled: She sayz sumtime she likez it, & then I like it mooch the better, it doth me good to here hoow well I can to. And too say truth: what, with mine eyz, as I can amoroously gloit it, with my spanish sospires, my french heighes, mine Italian dulcets, my dutch hovez my doobl release, 
up sin hove.  my high reachez, my fine feigning, my deep diapason, my wanton warblz, my running, my tyming, my tuning & my twynkling, I can gracify the matter as well as the proudest of them, and waz yet never stained I thank God. By my troth cuntreman it iz sumtime by midnight ear I can get from them. And thus have I told you most of my trade, all the live-long day: what will you more, God save the Queen, & my Lord, I am well I thank you.  
herewith meant I fully to bid you farewell, had not this doout cum to my mind, that here remainz a doout in you, which I aught (me thought) in any wise to clear. Which iz, you marvel perchauns to see me so bookish, Let me tell you in few words: I went too school forsooth both at Pollz, & also at saint Antoniez: in the fifth form, past Aesop fabls twys, read Terens. Vos islaec introauferte, & began with my Virgil Tityrus tu patulae. I cooled my rulez, cooled construe & pars with the best of them. Syns that, as partly you know, have I traded the feat of merchandise in sundry Cuntreyz, & so got me Langagez: which do so littl hinder my Latin, as (I thank God) have mooch increased it. I have leazure sometime, when I tend not upon the Council: whereby noow look I on one book, noow on an other. Storyez I delight in, the more ancient & rare, the more lykesum unto me: If I told you. I liked William a Malmesbery so well bicauz of hiz diligens & antiquity. Perchauns you would construe it bicauz I love Malmzey so well, but I faith it iz not so: for sipped I no more Sak & sugar (& yet never but with company) than I do Malmzey, I should not blush so mooch a dayz as I do, you know my mind. Well noow thus far you heartily well. I faith, if with wishing it cooled have been, you had had a buk or too this summer: but we shall come nearer shortly, & then shall we merely meet & grace a God. In the mean time commend me I beseek you: unto my good friends, almost most of them your neighboours, Master Allderman Pullison, aspeciall friend of mine: and in any wise too my good olld friend Master smith Custumer, by that same token: Set my horse up to the rak & then let's have a cup of Sak. He knoez the token well enough, & will laugh, I holld you a groat. Too Master thorogood: And too my merry companion (a Mercer you wots as we be) Master Denman, Mio fratello in Christo: he iz wont too summon me by the name of Ro. La. of the coounty of Nosingham Gentlmam A good companion I faith. Well onez again far you heartily well. From the Coourt. At the city of Worceter, the xx. of August. 1575.  
Your countréeman, companion, & friend assuredly: Mercer, Merchauntaventurer; and Clerk of the Council chamber door, and also kepar of the same: El prencipe negro. Parme. R. L. Gent. Mercer.  

DE MAYEST ATE REGIA. Benigno.  
Cedant armatogae, concedat laurea lingu●●,  
jactanter Cicero, aciustius illud habe:  
Cedant arma togae, vigil et togacedit honori,  
Omnia concedant Imperioque suo,   
DEO OPT. MAX. GRATIAE.