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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01506	The ioyfull receyuing of the Queenes most excellent Maiestie into hir Highnesse citie of Norvvich the things done in the time of hir abode there: and the dolor of the citie at hir departure. Wherein are set downe diuers orations in Latine, pronounced to hir Highnesse by Sir Robert Wood Knight, now Maior of the same citie, and others: and certaine also deliuered to hir Maiestie in vvriting: euery of the[m] turned into English.	B. G. (Bernard Garter); Wood, Robert, Sir, fl. 1578.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594, attributed name.	1578 (1578)	STC 11627; ESTC S105704	30,924	55

shall wee extoll with what magnificent wordes shall wee expresse that notable mercie of your highnesse most renowmed Queene vncredible readinesse to releeue the neede of poore men then the which of many vertues none can be more acceptable vnto God as Homer writeth neither any vertue in a mightie Prince more wondered at amongest men This hospitall of poore men is moste famous whiche will be a monument of princely vertue and beneficence amongest all posteritie instituted by the moste mightie King Henry your highnesse father confirmed with the great seale by the moste noble King Edward your brother but by your maiestie whiche deserueth no lesse praise of late notably encreased and amplified by the landes possessions of Cringleforde that you may not nowe worthily reioyce so much in others ornamentes as your owne vertues For you are saide for your singular wisedome and learning to haue studied that diuine lawe of the moste wise Plato which he left written in the eleuenth booke of lawes Such your great bountie therefore so exceeding and incredible mercie O most vertuous Prince in what books shall wee comprehende with what dueties or with what voice shall wee testifie the good will of a thankfull minde For when wee diligently seeke all the moste exquisite and curious meanes of thankesgiuing wee cannot so much as attaine vnto the greatnesse of this one benefite by the which we acknowledge our selues bounde streightly holden to your moste royall maiestie We shal be ouercome euen with this one and singular benefite so muche the lesse hope haue wee then in any point to counteruaile the huge Sea of the rest of thy benefites which ouerfloweth on euery side aswell publikely and generally ouer all thy Subiectes as properly and particularly vppon this Citie We certeinly nowe inhabite and lead our liues in those most happie Ilands of the which Hesiodus maketh mention which not only abounde with all manner of graine woll cattell and other aydes of mans life but much more with the moste precious treasure of true religion and the worde of God in the which onely the mindes of men haue rest and peace There be that call Englande another worlde which I thinke may bee moste true in this our age For whereas all landes on euery side of vs are afflicted with most greuous warres tossed with the floudes of dissention we onely your highnesse gouerning our sterne do saile in a moste peaceable hauen and seuered from the worlde of mischiefes do seeme after a sorte to bee taken vp into a heauen of happinesse We therefore according to our bounden duetie first giue thankes vnto God Almightie vnto whose goodnesse only with thankes wee referre all this our happinesse howe great soeuer it be and pray that he woulde vouchesafe to make the same proper and perpetuall vnto vs And afterwards vnto your highnesse O most gratious Queene by whose studie care and diligence wee confesse this blessednes to be gotten so many yeares preserued vnto vs. We are glad in this beholding you and we reioyce with desire more than may be beleeued which as I speake of mine owne thought so also all these subiectes of Norwich desire me to say the same in their behalfe And I would to God you coulde pearce these our breasts with your eyes and throughly viewe the hidden and couered creekes of our mindes then vndoubtedly shoulde you beholde an infinite heape of good will closely shutt vpp within which cannot breake out of so narrowe straights All the faith studie and obedience which are due to so greate a Prince as hitherto we haue most willingly imployed so will we alwayes most diligently perfourme the same and if at any time anie chaunce shall happen which fortune God turne from vs that the state of thy blessed maiestie or of this florishing realme shoulde come in daunger or the worthinesse thereof be in hazarde we doe not onely protest the effusion of all our goods and substaunce but also the putting foorth and brunt of our strengthes and bodies therein Finally we desire and beseech thy excellencie most renowmed Queene well to accepte of this our duetie howe soeuer it be proceeding from a singular good will and a moste thankfull minde and so to think of vs Citizens of Norwich that perhaps you haue many times com to people more wealthie but to more ioyfull neuer Immediatly after the beginning of the Oration hir Maiesty called to hir the Frenche Embassadors wherof there were iij. and diuers English Lords willed them to harken and she hirselfe was very attentiue euen vntill the end therof And the Oration ended after she had giuen great thanks therfore to Maister Lymbert she saide to him It is the best that euer I heard you shal haue my hande and pulled off hir gloue and gaue him hir hand to kisse which before knéeling on his knée he arose and kissed then she departed to the Court without any other shew that night but that she sente backe to know his name The nexte night being Thursdaye there was an excellent Princely Maske brought before hir after Supper by Maister Goldingham in the Priuie Chāber it was of Gods Goddesses both strangely and richly apparelled The first that entred was MERCVRIE Then entred two Torch-bearers in Purple Taffata Mandilions laid with siluer lace as all other the Torchberers wer Then entred a consort of Musicke viz sixe Musitions all in long vestures of white Sarcenet gyrded aboute them and garlands on their heades playing very cunningly Then two Torch-bearers more The IVPITER and IVNO Then two Torch bearers more Then MARS and VENVS Then two Torch bearers more Then APOLLO and PALLAS Then two Torch-bearers Then NEPTVNE DIANA And last cōmeth CVPIDO concludeth y matter Thus whē they had once marched about the chamber MERCVRIE dischargeth his message in these words to the Quéene The good meaning Maior and al his brethren with the reste haue not rested from praying vnto the Gods to prosper thy comming hither and the Gods themselues moued by their vnfained prayers are ready in person to bid thee worthily welcome and I MERCVRIE the God of Merchantes and Merchandize and therefore a fauourer of these Citizens being thoughte meetest and chosen fittest to signifie the same Gods there be also which cannot come being tyed by the tyme of the yeare as CERES in Haruest BACCHVS in Wines POMENA in Orchardes Onely HIMINEVS denyeth his good wil eyther in presence or in person notwithstanding DIANA hath so countrechecked him therefore as he shall euer hereafter be at your commaundement For my part as I am a reioycer at your comming so am I a furtherer of your welcome hither and for this tyme I bid you farewell Then marched they aboute agayne and that done Iupiter spake to the Quéene in this sorte and then gaue her a ryding Wande of Whales ●n curiously wrought FEare not oh Queene thou arte beloued so As Subiectes true will truely thee defende Feare not my power to ouerthrow thy wo I am