1589.  Est natura hominum novitatis avida. 
THE SCOTTISH Queen's Burial at Peterborough, upon Tuesday being Lammas day. 1587.  
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The Scottish Queen's Burial at Peterborough, upon Tuesday, being Lammas day. 1587.  
HEr body was brought in a Couch (about 100 attending thereon from Fotheringham castle upon Sunday at night, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Dean, the Prebends, & the rest meeting the same at the Bridge, being not far from the town, and so conveyed it to the Bishop's Palace, and from thence upon Tuesday being Lammas day, was carried to the Church where she was buried on the south side of the hearse by torch light.  
The Hearse was made field-bed wise, the vallance of black velvet with a gold fringe, the top of the imperial covered wit bay: About it was set 10 Posies, In my defence God me defend, with 10 Scutcheons great and little, and at the top a double one with a Crown imperial thereupon. The supporters, Unicorns with 100 Pendons or little Flags: It was impaled with bay, and in it 14 stools with black velvet cushions: upon the pillars sustaining the imperial of the Hearse, the which were all covered with vel: vet, were fixed Scutcheons, bearing either red Lion alone, or else parted with the Arms of France, or with the Arms of the Lord Lineaux. The Church and Chancel were hanged with bay, and Scutcheons as at other Funerals. The Mourners came out of the Bishop's palace, being set in order in the by the Heralds thus. First 100 Releevants poor old women, for the most part widows in black cloth gowns, with an ell of white Holland over their heads, which they had for their labour, and 9 shillings apiece in money: These divided themselves in the body of the Church, and stood half on the one side, and half on the other, and there stood during the whole solemnity. At the Church door the singing men and Choristers met the Mourners with a psalm, and led them the way into the Chancel, continuing singing with the Organs until the sermon began. Then followed two yeomen, viz. the Sheriffs bailiff, and the bailiff of Peterborough, with black staves, & after them mourning coats. Then Sir Nicholas Savell in a mourning gown caring the great Standard, viz. Turrian Cross in a Field Azure: the Streamer, an Unicorn Argent in a field of Guiles, a poesy written. In my defence God me defend. Then followed mourning cloaks by two and two, a great number, whereof the first were late the Queen's officers, and after them mourning gowns: Among these officers of her house, was a French jesuit her Confessor, with a golden Crucifix about his neck, which he did wear openly, and being told that the people murmured and disliked at it, he said he would do it, though he died for it. Thus we may see how obdurate their hearts are in malice, and how obstinate they show themselves in the vain toys and superstitious trifles of their own imaginations.  
Then the Dean, next the two Bishops of Peterborough and Lincoln, the L. Willoughby of Parhan, the L. Mordant, the L. Compton, Sir Thomas Cicel all four in gowns with white staves, representing the Steward, Chamberlain, Treasurer, & Comtroller: after these 16 Scots and Frenchmen which had been officers in her house: then Sir Andrew Nowell alone, carrying the banner of Scotland: then Portcullis the Herald bearing the Crown and Crest, thereon a red Lion rampant crowned, holding a sword the point upward, the Helmet overmanteled Guiles pondered ermyne: then the Target by Rogue's Dragon: the Sword by York: the coat of Arms by Somerset. Then Clarenceaux with a Gentleman at Arms. Then followed the Coffin covered with a paul of velvet, six Scutcheons fixed thereon, upon the head whereof stood a Crown of gold, 6 Gentlemen bearing the Corpse under a velvet canopy born by these 4 Knights: viz. Sir Thomas Manners, Sir john Hastings, Sir james Harrington and Sir john Knightly: eight other banorets borne by 8 Squires, 4 on either side of the Coffin. After the corpse came the head Mourner, the Countess of Bedford, assisted by the two Earls of Rutland & Lincoln. The Lady Saint-Iohn's of Basing bearing her train. Then followed by two and two other Ladies: the L. Talbot the L. Mordant, the L. Savell, the L. Manners, the L. Cecil, the L. Mountegew, the Lady Nowell. The other Gentlemen. The ten Scottish & French women of the Queens with black attire on their heads, of taffate before, and behind white Lawn, hanging down like French-hoodes. They with the Scottish and French men did all go out before the Sermon (except M. Meluin who stayed) and the rest came in when it was ended: the head Mourner, & the Ladies, with the two Earls assistants were placed within the Hearse: the two Knights with their banners were set at the east end of the Hearse without the pale, and the eight Squires with their bannorets, 4 of a side in like manner without the pale. All the rest of the Mourners were carried up by an Herald above the Hearse, and placed of each side, the women next the altar. The Bishop & the Deane standing at the Altar with two gilded basins, all which being placed and set, and the Church quiet, the Bishop of Lincoln began his Sermon, and in his prayer used these words, Let us bless God for the happy dissolution of Marie, late the Scottish Queen and Dowager of France: of whose life and departure, whatsoever shall be expected, I have nothing to say, for that I was unacquainted with the one, and not present at the other, of her M. faith and end I am not to judge: It is a charitable saying of the Father Luther: Many one liveth a Papist, and dieth a Protestant: Only this I have been informed, that she took her death patiently, and recommended herself wholly to jesus Christ.  
The Sermon ended, a long piece of velvet and a cushion was carried and laid for the Countess to go and kneel upon, hard before the Bishop's feet, then by the King of Harralds were carried the four officers with their white staves, and placed two at the top of the stairs under the Bishop & two beneath them Then the two principal Harralds fetched up the Countess, the two Earls leading her, & the Lady Saint-Iohn's bearing up her train: there she kneeled a while, and then all returned to their places, this was the first offering (not that Brakenburie went this time before her) The two Earls placed without the pale before the Countess, one of the Kings of Harralds fetched from the Hearse the coat armour brought it down to the other King of Harralds, & he delivered it to the two Earls, they carried it (obeisance being done to the Countess) to the Bishop, and kissed it in delivering of it. A third Herald took it of the Bishop and laid it down on the Altar, the Sword, the Target, the Helmet, Crown, and Crest in like sort was all done by the two Earls, kissing their hands before them: then were the two banners carried up one after another severally by those that brought them, and so set upon the Altar, leaning to the wall, the other 8 Bannorets were put into the Hearse as they stood. Then went the Countess, M. john Manners holding up her train the second time, and offered alone to the Bishop.  
Then the Ladies and Gentlewomen by two and two went up and offered, than the officers with white staves offered: and last of all came there a Herald to the pulpit, and fetched the Bishop of Lincoln, and then the most part of the Mourners departed in the same order they came in, & toward the door of the Chancel stood the Scottish women, parted on both sides, and as the English Ladies passed by, they kissed them all.  
Then over the Vault where the body lay, the Deane read the ordinary words of burial, an this being done, the four officers broke their white staves over their heads, and threw them into the Vault.  
FINIS.