d in a riding-dress
of purple velvet, and a scarf tied over her shoulder. All London Wall
was hung with tapestry; and beside her rode Lord Robert Dudley, who had
been made Master of the Horse.

"Lack-a-daisy!" said Dr Thorpe, "must we be ridden with Dudleys yet
again? Is the quotidian ague throughout England all this autumn not
plague enough, that my Lord Robin Dudley must needs bear the bell? A
fig for all the Dudleys--nor are they worth that!"

On the 4th of December the Queen went through the City to Somerset
House. Some trouble was feared concerning her coronation. The
Archbishop of York and all the Popish Bishops refused to crown her; nor
would they consecrate any not of their way of thinking. Thirteen
Bishops had died of the pestilence; but not Dr Bonner, to whom (alone of
all of them) Elizabeth refused her hand to kiss when they met her in
progress. How differently this year had closed from the last! The
Gospellers looked back, indeed, with trembling, yet with great
thankfulness; and there was no need to look forward (but for one thing)
save with hope. They must know soon now the fate of the missing one.
At least the waiting and fearing would be over. The knowledge might
leave their hearts sick; yet, even at the worst, it would be no longer
with hope deferred.

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Note 1. An interesting notice of George Shipside, husband of Alice
Ridley, with an account of his Bible annotated by himself, will be found
in the _Sunday at Home_, 1871, page 789 _et seq_.

Note 2. Spanish Sovereigns sign in a manner peculiar to themselves, not
by the Christian name, but "I the King," or "I the Queen."

Note 3. With the exception of a few minor details, chiefly relating to
others than herself, this account of Queen Juana's gradual martyrdom is
strictly true.

Note 4. He died February 15, 1557, at "Sir Harry Sydney's house, Chanon
Roo, Westminster" (Harl. Ms. 897, folio 79).

Note 5. This old English word for _party_ we have so utterly lost, that
we fancy it a new one recently introduced from America.

Note 6. It might have been expected that the banished or escaped
Protestants would wait to see the line which Elizabeth's policy would
take before venturing to return: but no such misgivings troubled their
minds. So perfect was their confidence in her, that they flocked home
like doves to their windows.

CHAPTER TWELVE.

POST TENEBRAS