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The ioyfvll receyuing of the Queens most excellent Maiestie

into hir Highnesse Citie of Norvvich: The thing 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 [by Bernard Garter]

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[Leaue of to muse most gracious Prince of English soile]
 
The first Pageante was in Saint Stephens Parish in this manner.
 
The second Pageant.
 
Then spake Debora.
 
Then spake Judeth.
 
Then Hester spake.
 
Then spake Martia.
 
[From slumber softe I fell a sleepe]
 
[Feare not oh Queene, thou arte beloued so]
 
[Terrestriall Ioyes are tied with sclender file]
 
[VVhat vayleth life, where sorrowe soakes the harte?]
 
To the Sunne couered with cloudes, vpon Monday, being the .18. of August. 1578.
 
By the same.

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Hir kingdome all by prouidence, Queene Iuno doth vphold:
And of Minerua Lady learnd, is learned lore extold:
And Venus fayre of countenance, hath beautie vncontrold.
These sundry giftes of Goddesses three, Elizabeth possesseth:
By prouidence hir peoples peace, and comfort she increaseth:
Hir learning, learning amplifies: hir beautie neuer ceasseth.
I did but ieast, of Goddesses to giue them three the name:
This Lady mayst thou Goddesse call, for she deserues the same:
Although she will not vndertake, a title of such fame.
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