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A letter whearin part of the entertainment vntoo the Queenz Maiesty at Killingwoorth Castl in Warwik sheer in this soomerz progress 1575 is signified / from a freend officer attendant in coourt vntoo hiz freend a citizen and merchaunt of London.
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Laneham, Robert, 16th cent.
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1575
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STC 15190.5; ESTC S2762
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long in â—heez wylde wasts whearin oft had he fared both far neer yet hapt he neuer to sée so glorioous an assemble afore and noow cast intoo great gréef of mynde for that neither by himself coold he gess nor knew whear els to be taught what they shoold be or whoo bare estate Reports sum had he hard of many straunge things but brooyled thearby so mooch the more in desyre of knoledge Thus in great pangz bethought he calld he vpon all his familiarz coÌ„panionz the Fawnz the Satyrez the Nymphs the Dryardes the Hamadriades but none making aunswer whearby hiz care the more encreasyng in vtter greef extréem refuge calld he aloowd at last after hiz olld fréend Echo Echo that be wist woold hide nothing from him but tell him all if she wear heer Heer que Echo Heer Echo and art thou thear sayz he Ah boow mooch hast thoow reléeued my careful spiritez with thy curtezy onward A my good Echo heer iz a marueloouz prezens of dignitee what ar they I pray thee whoo iz soouerain tel me I beseek the or els hoow moought I kno I kno que she Knoste thoow sayz he mary that iz exceedingly well why then I dezyer the hartely sho me what Maiesty for no mean degree iz iâ— haue we heer a King or a Queen A Queen que Echo A Queen sayz he pauzing wysly viewyng a whyle noow full certeynly seemz it thy tale to be tru And proceding by this maner of dialog withan earnest behollding her highnes a whyle recouÌ„ts he fyrst hoow iustly that foormer reports agree with hiz prezent sight toouching the beautifull liniaments of coouÌ„tenauns the cumly proporcion of body the prinsly grace of prezeÌ„s the gracious gifts of nature with the rare singular qualitees of both body minde in her Maiesty conioynd and so apparaunt at ey Then shortly rehersing Saterdaiz acts of Sibils salutation of the Porters propozition of hiz Trumpetoourz musik of the Lake ladyez oration of the seauen Gods seauen prezents he reporteth the incredibl ioy that all estatez in the land haue allweyz of her highnes whear so euer it cums eendeth with presage praer of perpetual felicitee and with vmbl subiection of him hizzen all that they may doo After this sort the matter weÌ„t with littl differens I gess sauing only in this point y the thing which heer I report in vnpoolisht proze waz thear pronoounced in good miter mater very well endighted in ryme Echo fynely framed most aptly by aunswerz thus too vtter all But shall I tell yoo maister Martyn by the mass of a mad auenture az this Saâ—age for the more submissioÌ„ brake his tree a sunder kest the top from him it had allmost light vpon her highnes â—ors hed whereat he startld the gentlman mooch dismayd â–ª See the benignitee of the Prins az the foot men lookt well too the hors and he of generozitee soon callmd of him self no hurt no hurt ê™ her highnes Which woords I promis yoo we wear all glad too heéer and took them too be the best part of the play Tuisday pleazaunt passing of the time with muzik daunsyng sauing that toward night it liked her Maiesty too walk a foot intoo the Chase ouer the Bridge whear it pleased her to stand while vpon the Pool oout of a Barge fine appoynted for the purpoze too heer sundry kindes of very delectabl Muzik Thus recreated and after sum wallk her highnes returned Wednsday her Maiesty rode intoo the Chase a hunting again of the hart of fo rs The Deer after hiz property for refuge took the soyl but so masterd by hot pursuit on all parts that he waz taken quik in the pool the watermeÌ„ held him vp hard by the â—ed while at her highnes commaundemeÌ„t he lost hiz earz for a raundsum and so had pardon of lyfe Thursday the foourteenth of this Iuly and the syxth day of her Maiestyez cumming a great sort of bandogs whear thear tyed in the vtter Coourt and thyrteen bearz in the inner Whoo so euer made the pannell thear wear inoow for a Queast one for challenge need wear A wight of great wizdoom and grauitee seemed theyr forman too be had it cum too a Iury But it fell oout that they wear cauzd too appeer thear vpon no such matter but onely too aunswer too an auncient quarrell between theÌ„ the bandogs in a cause of controuersy that hath long depended been obstinatly full often debated with sharp and byting arguments aboth sydes and coold neuer be decyded grown noow too so maruayloous a mallys that with spitefull obrayds and vncharitabl chaffyngs allweyz they freat az far az any whear the ton can heer see or smell the toother and indeed at vtter deadly fohod Many a maâ—md member God wot blody face a torn cote hath the quarell cost between them so far likely the less yet noow too be appeazd az thear wants not partakerz too bak them aboth sidez Well syr the Bearz wear brought foorth intoo the Coourt the Dogs set too them too argu the poynts eeuen face too face they had learnd coounsell allso aboth parts what may they be coounted parciall that are retaynd but a to syde I ween no â–ª Uery feers both ton toother eager in argument if the dog in pleadyng woould pluk the bear by the throot the bear with trauers woould claw him again by the skallp confess a list but a voyd a coold not that waz bound too the bar and hiz coounsell tolld him that it coold be too him no pollecy in pleading Thearfore thus with fending proouing with pluckyng tugging skratting and byting by plain tooth nayl a to side toother such exspeÌ„s of blood leather waz thear between them az a moonths licking I ween wyl not recoouer and yet remayn az far oout az euer they wear It waz a sport very pleazaunt of theez beastz to see the bear with hiz pink nyez léering after hiz enmyez approch the nimblness wayt of the dog too take hiz auauntage and the fo rs experiens of the bear agayn to auoyd the assauts if he wear bitten in no place hoow he woold pynch in an oother too get frée that if be wear taken oâ—ez then what shyft with byting with clawyng with roring tossing tumbling he woold woork too wynde hym self from them and when he waz lose to shake hiz earz twyse or thryse with the blud the slauer aboout hiz fiznamy waz a matter of a goodly reléef Az thiz sport waz had a day time in the Castl so waz thear abrode at night very straunge sundry kindez of â—yer woorks compeld by cunnyng too fly too fro and too mount very hy intoo the ayr vpward and allso too burn vnquenshabl in the water beneath contrary ye wot too fyerz kinde This intermengld with a great peal