The progresses and public processions of Queen Elizabeth: Among which are interspersed other solemnities, public expenditures, and remarkable events during the reign of that illustrious princessCollected from original manuscripts, scarce pamphlets, corporation records, parochial registers, &c., &cIllustrated, with historical notes . of before he further swell. But far more fitt that flesh shold be reformd, And savd from harm, that ells corrupt wold gooe: The ytching hand of force must needs be wormd,Least skyn wax rough, and pymples ryse, ye knoe:If knyfe pare well a corn upon the toe, The foo
The progresses and public processions of Queen Elizabeth: Among which are interspersed other solemnities, public expenditures, and remarkable events during the reign of that illustrious princessCollected from original manuscripts, scarce pamphlets, corporation records, parochial registers, &c., &cIllustrated, with historical notes . of before he further swell. But far more fitt that flesh shold be reformd, And savd from harm, that ells corrupt wold gooe: The ytching hand of force must needs be wormd,Least skyn wax rough, and pymples ryse, ye knoe:If knyfe pare well a corn upon the toe, The foot is easd, and man shall march upright: Take slyme from eyes, the blynd receyve his sight: -\ So clensing clean each part and member well, The state of man in safety long shall dwell. So all things ment that heer doth pas the pen, Wounds to be heald, and serched as they ought .< All to be don, for health and wealth of men ; And naught amys, in word, in deed, nor thought; Yea, when my vers so great a work hath wrought,To lynk in love good subjects all in one;(To stand as fyrm as rock, or marble stone)Then shall my mouth, my mynd, my pen, and all,Be prest to serve at each good subjects call. %* In 1593 John Wolf printed a quarto volume called, Churchyards Chal-lenge: containing 21 pieces1. 1 Herberts Ames, vol. II. p. 613 ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER. The life and actions of this powerful Nobleman are so intimately blended withthe subject-matter of these Volumes, that the following traits of his character,derived from various sources *, may be acceptable to the Reader, though some fewof them are already introduced in detached pages of this Work 2. His family is a remarkable instance of the fickleness of fortune. His grand-father, Sir Edmund Dudley, was beheaded in 1510, as a sacrifice to the importu-nate clamours of the people. His father, John, was soon after restored in bloodby King Henry VIII. and raised successively to be Viscount Lisle, Earl ofWarwick, and Duke
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