m she gaue great
thankes bothe with herte and mynde. And so her grace passed a lytell
further and at the lesser condyt was a costly and a ryche pagent where as
was goodly armonye of musyke and other mynstrels with syngyng: And within
that pagent was fyue costly seates wherin was set these fyue personages
that is to wete Juno Pallas Mercury and Venus and Parys hauyng a ball of
golde presentyng it to her grace with certayne verses of great honour and
chyldren syngyng a balade to her grace and prayse to all her ladyes and so
passed forth to Poules gate where was a proper and a sumptuous pagent y{t}
is to wete ther sat. iij. fayre ladyes virgyns costly arayde with a fayre
rounde trone ouer their heedes where aboute was written this. Regina Anna
prospere procede et regna that is in englysshe Quene Anne prospere procede
and reygne. The lady that sate in the myddes hauynge a table of golde in
her hande wrytten with letters of asure. Ueni amica coronaberis. Come my
loue thou shallbe crowned. And two aungels hauyng a close crowne of golde
bytwene their handes. And the lady on y{e} ryght hande had a table of
syluer wherein was writte. Domine dirige gressos meos. Lorde god dyrecte
my wayes. The other on the lyfte hande had in another table of syluer
written thus. Confide in domino. Trust in god. And vnder theyr fete was a
longe rol wherin was written this. Regina Anna nouum regis de sanguine
natum cum paries populis aurea secla tuis. Quene Anne whan y{u} shalte
beare a newe sone of y{e} kynges bloode there shalbe a golden worlde vnto
thy people. And so y{e} ladyes caste ouer her heede a multytude of wafers
with rose leaues and about y{e} wafers were written with letters of gold
this posay.[37] And so her grace passed forth into Poules chyrchyarde and
at the eest ende of y{e} chyrch agaynst y{e} schole was a great scaffolde
whereon stode y{e} nombre of two hundred chyldren well befene who receyued
w{h} poetes verses to her noble honour whan they had fynisshed she sayd
Amen w{h} ioyful smylyng countenaunce and so passed forth thrugh the longe
chyrchyarde and so to Ludgate whiche was costly and sumptuously garnysshed
with golde colours and asure with swete armony of ballades to her greate
prayse and honour w{h} dyuerse swete instrumentes. And thus her grace came
thorowe the cyte with great honour and royaltye and passed thorowe Flete
strete tyll she came to y{e} Standarde and condyth where was made a fayre
toure with foure tourrettes wi