The
Parents
,
Birth
,
Infancy
,
&
Espousalls
of
Elizabeth
.
CHAP.
I.
HVNGARY
,
the
vtmost
Thuly
of
the
Turkish
Empire
,
or
impetuous
inundation
of
the
Ottom●…
race
,
which
now
long
●…ince
tirannized
vpon
Asia
the
greater
●…nd
the
lesse
,
and
of
this
side
found
its
barr
at
least
in
the
Danuby
;
hath
had
Geyza
,
the
first
Christian
King
of
that
Monarchy
;
who
being
once
baptized
,
gaue
seriously
himself
to
propagate
the
Christian
faith
through
his
kingdome
,
therein
assisted
by
the
Almans
.
Stephen
his
sonne
,
who
is
enrooled
in
the
number
and
Catalogue
of
the
Saints
,
was
King
after
him
,
in
the
yeare
of
Grace
997.
He
espoused
the
Sister
of
the
Emperour
S.
Henry
,
called
Gizele
,
&
by
her
amongst
other
Children
,
had
S.
Emerick
,
who
dyed
yong
before
his
Father
.
Peter
his
Nephew
of
his
Sisters
side
,
succeeded
him
,
who
liuing
luxuriously
and
viciously
,
was
by
the
Hungars
thrust
out
of
the
kingdome
,
and
Aba
S.
Stephens
brother
in
law
put
into
his
place
.
Who
liuing
worse
then
Peter
▪
was
hated
for
his
pride
,
&
slaine
in
the
Warrs
,
in
the
third
yeare
of
his
raigne
;
and
Peter
recalled
againe
;
who
gouerning
more
like
a
Tirant
then
a
King
,
exercising
great
cruelty
vpon
Preists
,
and
prophaning
,
and
pillaging
the
Church
,
had
his
eyes
at
last
ph●…kt
out
of
his
head
,
on
the
second
yeare
,
after
his
recall
:
And
Andrew
Cozin
of
S.
Stephen
aduanced
to
the
Throne
after
him
,
who
reestablished
the
Christian
Religion
in
Hungary
,
and
reedifyed
the
Temples
which
had
been
demolished
.
After
which
,
Andrew
,
by
the
interposition
of
thirteene
kings
succeeding
one
an
other
in
the
same
Monarchy
,
a
second
Andrew
entred
into
the
Throne
,
not
a
whit
inferiour
to
the
former
;
but
in
valour
and
fortitude
exceeding
him
farre
,
according
to
the
Etymology
of
his
name
in
Greeke
,
which
signifyes
Man-hood
,
Fortitude
,
and
Valour
.
This
happy
King
,
and
Monarch
of
that
ample
state
,
as
he
was
renowned
for
his
prouesse
,
and
absolute
authority
,
thereby
gayned
and
purchased
vpon
that
Realme
;
so
was
he
most
conspicuous
in
the
eyes
of
men
;
for
gouerning
that
kingdome
with
such
equity
,
iustice
,
and
religion
;
as
though
his
life
,
otherwise
,
were
full
of
many
noble
archieuments
in
warrs
,
yet
his
wisdome
and
prudence
,
in
gouernement
,
being
the
essentiall
part
of
his
royall
dignity
,
immortalized
him
more
,
then
his
martiall
exploits
,
which
for
personall
performance
he
recommended
to
his
Captaynes
,
Commanders
,
and
Generalls
in
the
field
,
willing
rather
to
put
his
victorious
sword
,
into
their
hands
;
who
knew
how
to
brandish
it
abroad
,
then
to
bee
wanting
to
his
scepter
at
home
,
which
none
could
wield
or
manadge
like
himself
.
But
that
which
made
him
more
happy
then
the
rest
,
was
the
worthy
Choyce
he
made
of
a
deare
Consort
and
indiuiduall
companion
,
of
either
fortunes
,
such
as
that
noble
Princesse
was
,
the
Lady
Gertrude
daughter
of
the
Duke
of
Carinthia
,
who
being
admired
for
her
rare
beauty
,
and
Princely
parentage
,
was
yet
more
amiable
to
the
world
for
her
sage
prudence
and
fayre
demeanures
,
for
which
she
was
more
esteemed
:
then
for
the
Lyllyes
and
Roses
of
her
Cheeks
,
and
greater
iustre
of
her
family
.
As
wel
appeared
,
as
often
as
occasion
serued
,
when
her
deare
Lord
,
was
forced
to
absent
himself
from
his
royall
seate
,
&
she
fayne
to
supply
his
roome
,
which
she
did
full
loath
,
and
most
vnwillingly
,
and
yet
so
wisely
that
one
could
hardly
tell
,
which
most
excelled
,
a
princely
Modesty
,
or
Prudence
in
her
.
So
discreete
and
practicall
she
was
in
gouernement
,
as
if
made
for
Scepters
,
while
she
sate
vpon
the
Throne
;
and
yet
so
ignorant
againe
of
such
matters
,
sitting
in
her
Chamber
with
her
Ladyes
,
while
her
Husband
swayd
the
scepter
in
his
person
;
as
she
seemed
to
know
no
more
,
then
her
needle
,
and
how
to
sett
forth
her
works
in
silkes
,
which
she
did
most
curiously
indeede
.
In
fine
,
they
were
both
most
happy
,
hee
in
her
,
and
she
in
him
,
and
it
were
hard
to
say
,
which
the
more
,
since
the
world
afforded
not
a
better
pay
—
.
Yea
happy
Hungary
the
while
,
where
raigned
such
a
Sunne
and
Moone
by
turnes
,
in
the
Hemispheare
of
that
florishing
region
.
But
yet
more
happy
farr
,
and
more
illustrious
they
shine
in
the
Ecclesiastical
Hierarchy
;
for
bringing
forth
into
the
world
such
a
Starr
,
as
S.
Elizabeth
was
.
Thus
far
hath
shee
been
borrowing
Light
,
&
lustre
from
them
;
but
now
like
a
Hesperus
,
shee
begins
to
arise
,
and
appeare
her self
in
this
firmament
of
ours
,
to
glad
both
the
heauens
&
earth
with
her
presence
,
with
such
faire
preparations
as
these
,
making
her
royall
entry
into
the
world
.
And
that
with
reason
,
since
in
triumphes
,
the
wayes
where
Princes
are
to
passe
in
their
first
entrances
are
strewen
with
flowers
,
&
adorned
with
tapestryes
:
&
what
better
flowers
,
can
we
strew
before
our
S.
then
the
vertues
of
her
Stem
,
whence
shee
is
deriued
:
what
fayrer
Tapestries
then
the
noble
portraits
of
her
most
renowned
Parents
,
to
precede
,
as
it
were
,
the
procession
of
her
life
.
When
Gertrude
Queene
of
Hungary
,
was
found
to
be
with
child
,
you
may
imagine
,
what
ioy
and
iubily
there
was
;
Who
ioyes
not
,
at
the
chaunting
of
the
Cock
,
as
being
the
signe
,
albeit
remote
,
of
the
gladsome
day
at
hand
;
but
when
as
day
begins
to
breake
;
and
the
Aurora
appeares
;
Men
do
begin
to
open
their
eyes
,
to
entertayne
the
wished
starre
of
the
day
,
&
by
the
Aurora
,
wil
the
wiser
of
them
ghesse
,
at
the
future
day
.
The
Aurora
now
was
come
,
while
Gertrude
,
in
the
howers
of
expectation
,
approached
to
her
child-birth
.
When
Elinsor
,
a
famous
Astrologer
of
those
dayes
,
deuoted
to
the
princely
Couple
desirous
eyther
to
satisfy
his
owne
curiosity
,
or
to
comply
with
that
of
others
;
gazing
on
the
starres
,
and
obseruing
their
constellations
,
did
calculate
the
Natiuity
of
the
new
borne
childe
.
And
found
after
he
had
turned
ouer
the
whole
Ephemerides
;
that
a
Damsell
was
then
to
be
borne
,
of
that
royall
lynage
,
whose
name
should
be
Elizabeth
,
foretelling
her
good
inclinations
,
vertues
,
and
miracles
,
how
shee
was
to
be
maried
,
and
what
the
name
of
her
Spouse
should
bee
;
that
al
should
hold
her
,
for
the
ioy
and
delight
of
the
Church
,
and
shee
proue
very
singular
in
graces
and
spiritual
endowments
through
the
course
of
her
whole
life
.
These
were
the
sage
,
prognosticates
of
that
Astrologer
,
by
the
helpe
of
his
Art
:
If
art
may
be
sayd
to
go
so
farr
as
to
deriue
,
vpon
the
operations
of
the
mind
;
which
I
list
not
here
to
examine
.
It
sufficeth
his
coniecture
at
least
,
was
not
amisse
,
and
his
creditt
with
men
&
authority
so
great
,
as
to
breede
an
extraordinary
expectation
in
them
of
some
rare
creature
to
be
shorly
borne
and
come
into
the
world
.
And
now
behold
the
tyme
was
come
,
and
Gertrude
happily
deliuered
,
of
a
daughter
,
and
such
a
one
,
as
bredd
an
vniuersall
ioy
in
Court
,
and
Citty
,
no
place
that
was
not
filled
with
signes
of
triumph
,
especially
at
her
entrance
into
the
Church
,
by
the
lauer
of
Baptisme
,
when
she
put
on
,
the
candid
robe
of
innocency
,
washed
with
the
blood
of
the
immaculate
Lamb
whereof
she
was
neuer
dispoyled
,
to
her
dying
day
.
A
great
confusion
doubtlesse
to
vs
Mortalls
,
who
not
contented
to
breake
our
first
faith
,
in
stayning
this
robe
,
but
after
so
many
wholsome
baths
of
Penance
returne
to
contaminate
,
the
same
againe
and
againe
,
and
I
would
to
God
,
no
more
againe
.
Elizabeth
,
for
soe
now
she
is
enrolled
in
the
booke
of
life
,
to
be
cancelled
neuer
,
as
yet
hanging
on
her
Mothers
breast
;
(
for
she
committs
not
that
treasure
,
to
the
trust
of
any
)
that
she
might
truly
bee
a
Mother
wholely
,
and
not
to
halues
.
Herman
Lantgraue
of
Thuringia
,
hauing
at
that
time
likewise
a
Sonne
newly
borne
,
called
Lewes
,
and
hearing
of
the
vniuersall
acclamation
made
,
at
the
double
Birth
of
this
rare
a
Phoenix
,
partly
through
the
good
Omen
,
he
conceiued
thereof
,
and
partly
to
match
in
soe
royall
a
Family
;
dispatches
Embassadours
,
with
good
expedition
to
Andrew
King
of
Hungary
,
to
demaund
Elizabeth
,
for
Spouse
for
his
said
Lewes
.
Such
it
seemes
was
the
tenour
of
those
dayes
,
and
is
yet
in
practize
now
and
then
,
among
greatest
Princes
,
for
reason
of
State
,
to
vnite
their
kingdomes
stronger
to
each
other
,
still
leauing
the
parties
,
to
their
full
choyce
,
when
they
come
to
the
yeares
of
Election
.
No
maruell
then
,
if
Andrew
,
with
his
dearest
Gertrude
,
after
the
matter
had
been
throughly
debated
by
his
prudent
Councel
,
gaue
so
free
&
easy
consent
thereto
:
for
he
sent
away
the
Embassadors
wel
satisfyed
with
his
royall
promise
.
But
the
Lantgraue
,
now
at
last
,
the
Infants
being
growen
to
be
three
or
foure
yeares
of
age
,
desirous
to
haue
such
a
iewel
in
his
house
,
sent
his
Embassadors
a
new
to
fetch
that
precious
treasure
into
his
State
,
seeing
no
reason
that
since
shee
was
to
be
inserted
into
the
house
of
Thuringia
,
and
was
to
flourish
in
that
garden
;
but
shee
should
take
her
greener
sap
from
that
soyle
,
and
beginne
so
yong
to
frame
herself
,
to
the
customes
of
that
Land
,
hauing
other
reasons
for
the
same
besides
:
&
so
likewise
had
Andrew
&
Gertrude
on
their
parts
important
motiues
,
to
hold
her
stil
with
them
,
&
not
so
soone
to
enrich
Thuringia
,
with
the
impouerishing
of
Hungary
,
but
least
Nature
,
being
but
the
one
,
might
be
thought
to
bee
the
whole
impediment
,
being
prudent
as
they
were
,
and
not
willing
to
take
so
weake
an
imputation
on
themselues
,
they
gaue
order
,
for
her
sending
to
Thuringia
.
The
Queene
,
sent
with
her
a
rich
furniture
for
her
Chamber
,
with
a
Cupbord
of
plate
,
of
gold
&
siluer
,
&
many
precious
iewels
of
inestimable
valew
,
also
diuers
cabinets
of
pretti
toyes
to
enterteyne
her
infancy
withall
;
and
sundry
cheynes
bracelets
,
earings
,
carkanets
,
Chests
of
the
finest
lynnens
,
with
other
things
besids
wel
befitting
such
a
Princesse
.
The
King
for
his
part
,
sent
his
royall
word
,
to
allow
her
so
much
by
the
yeare
,
as
should
mainteyne
her
a
conuenient
Court
,
fit
for
such
a
Princesse
,
vntil
such
tyme
,
as
the
Espousalls
were
solemnized
,
when
,
he
would
send
her
portion
agreed
vpon
,
at
one
entire
payment
;
and
for
the
present
sent
her
so
attended
,
as
became
his
Daughter
.
In
this
equipage
,
after
a
million
of
kisses
of
the
Child
,
by
the
tender
Parents
,
at
its
departure
from
the
Court
of
Hungary
,
went
the
Embassadors
,
of
each
part
,
with
the
treasure
of
heauen
,
very
charily
and
tenderly
carrying
the
same
with
easy
iourneys
,
till
they
came
to
the
Metropolis
,
where
the
Lantgraue
held
his
Court
:
Where
being
arriued
(
performing
their
Embassage
to
the
Princely
Father
and
the
Dutchesse
)
,
they
presented
the
Spouse
to
the
yong
Prince
,
who
with
a
gracious
&
smiling
countenance
receiued
her
,
to
the
great
satisfaction
and
ioy
of
all
.
I
will
not
stand
here
,
to
number
the
shewes
&
triumphes
made
in
that
Citty
,
to
welcome
this
great
little
Ghost
,
what
fireworks
were
made
,
what
triumphall
Arks
set
vpp
,
in
fine
,
what
not
,
that
might
any
wayes
seeme
to
giue
forth
pomp
&
magnificence
in
a
high
measure
.
But
that
which
passed
all
,
was
,
the
chearefulnes
,
read
in
the
countenances
of
al
,
but
especially
in
the
Lantgraue
,
&
his
Dutchesse
themselues
,
who
as
then
presages
in
this
happy
arriual
,
an
vnspeakable
blessing
to
themselues
,
their
family
,
&
whole
estate
.
But
ô
disastre
,
after
a
three
yeares
space
,
the
newes
is
brought
to
Court
,
how
that
faire
Gertrude
mirrour
of
Queenes
,
the
goodly
Cinthia
of
the
Hungarian
skyes
in
the
plenitude
and
fullnes
of
her
temporall
felicity
,
not
without
some
probable
signes
of
her
predestination
,
through
a
constant
course
at
least
,
and
perseuerance
in
a
vertuous
life
,
by
some
coniectures
was
cruelly
thought
to
be
murthered
by
the
treachery
of
the
Nobles
of
that
Land
;
to
the
great
lamentation
of
all
the
vertuous
and
good
,
as
for
the
losse
of
a
great
stay
and
Pillar
of
that
State
,
the
little
Elizabeth
now
being
seauen
yeares
of
age
.
THE
PRETY
SPORTS
AND
Entertaynements
of
Elizabeth
in
her
Childhood
:
the
Death
of
the
Prince
her
Father
in
Law
,
and
the
deuotion
she
vsed
.
CHAP.
II.
HEre
now
imagin
Death
to
haue
been
a
sleepe
,
the
while
this
glorious
Queene
Gertrude
enioyed
the
Sunshine
of
her
Life
;
and
that
he
now
began
to
awake
and
rouze
himself
to
gather
Roses
,
in
their
cheifest
prime
and
fullest
growth
.
Nor
doth
hee
allwayes
attend
so
long
,
but
often
takes
them
in
the
bud
:
Howbeit
this
Rose
was
taken
off
by
cruell
Death
,
in
her
cheifest
flourishing
of
all
.
God
blesse
the
bud
the
while
,
the
yssue
of
this
Rose
,
that
now
begins
to
peere
indeede
in
the
garden
of
the
world
,
&
giue
forth
shewes
ere
she
be
aware
of
her
future
sanctity
.
For
loe
by
this
tyme
,
knowing
rather
by
instinct
,
and
the
vnction
of
the
Holy
Ghost
▪
then
any
reading
,
or
help
of
any
other
exteriour
Maister
,
besides
her
Paranimph
,
or
Angel
Guardian
;
of
what
importance
was
,
the
singular
and
special
deuotion
to
the
Saints
of
God
,
being
of
his
proper
family
,
and
dearest
to
him
,
&
such
as
continually
assist
in
his
presence
,
&
neuer
take
off
their
eyes
from
beholding
him
face
to
face
:
And
knowing
yet
besides
,
that
howbeyt
,
they
are
euer
prest
&
ready
to
attend
to
their
deuotes
at
al
tymes
,
&
places
,
where
&
whensoeuer
with
true
Deuotion
they
are
called
vpon
;
Yet
more
particularly
in
places
,
where
Temples
,
Chapells
,
Aultars
,
&
Oratoryes
are
peculiarly
dedicated
to
their
honour
,
being
properly
the
House
of
God
,
where
he
is
pleased
best
to
giue
audience
,
&
receiue
the
Memorials
,
suits
,
&
petitions
of
men
.
She
therefore
often
resortes
thither
,
&
there
,
before
euery
Aultar
would
sometymes
kneele
,
&
sometymes
bow
downe
her
body
reuerently
,
in
others
presence
doing
what
suited
best
with
her
dignity
:
but
alone
she
would
prostrate
her self
on
the
floore
,
&
steale
some
amourous
kisses
from
the
ground
,
&
most
comōnly
lift
vp
her
hands
to
her
breast
;
and
likely
alwayes
,
cast
vp
her
eyes
to
heauen
except
sometymes
when
shee
closed
them
to
look
into
her self
.
O
rare
Bud
of
Sanctity
and
most
angelical
Infant
,
not
more
of
Hungary
or
of
Thuringia
,
then
of
Paradice
it self
!
If
in
the
Pallace
shee
had
found
the
Chappel
doores
to
be
shut
;
shee
would
not
wholy
loose
her
labour
,
but
reuerently
kneele
at
the
threshold
,
and
kisse
them
deuoutly
;
nor
came
shee
euer
without
some
suit
or
petition
in
her
mouth
,
or
in
her
hart
at
least
.
How
many
tymes
,
being
in
the
heat
of
her
sports
,
with
the
rest
of
her
companions
,
and
equalls
in
yeares
,
though
in
vertue
and
dignity
,
not
like
to
her
,
shee
would
lay
wagers
,
who
in
running
should
first
arriue
at
the
Chappell
doore
,
to
haue
occasion
thereby
to
make
frequent
Visitts
of
the
venerable
and
most
blessed
Sacrament
:
Soe
burning
was
the
ardour
of
her
Loue
to
her
heauenly
Spouse
,
whom
she
knew
to
sit
within
the
Veyle
or
curtaine
of
those
Species
there
.
In
the
midst
of
her
childish
sports
,
she
often
tooke
occasion
to
performe
some
act
of
humiliation
or
other
;
and
that
so
pretily
,
as
seemed
not
to
be
industriously
donne
but
meerely
vnawares
,
when
as
in
truth
,
she
would
doe
it
of
set
purpose
.
Sometymes
moreouer
when
she
playd
at
cards
with
her
Ladyes
,
and
happily
had
won
any
money
of
them
she
distributed
the
same
among
her
Mayds
of
the
poorer
sort
,
obliging
them
of
duty
,
at
least
to
say
a
Pater
and
Aue
for
her
.
She
was
now
passing
into
the
Ninth
yeare
of
her
age
,
when
suddenly
beyond
all
expectation
,
the
Lantgraue
,
Father
to
her
Spouse
Lewes
,
departed
this
life
,
to
the
great
astonishment
&
dismay
noe
doubt
of
the
whole
state
,
finding
it self
soe
vntymely
depriued
,
of
its
head
,
and
the
weight
of
so
flourishing
a
Dukedome
,
as
Thuringia
,
now
like
to
presse
,
if
not
oppresse
the
infant
shoulders
of
the
new
Prince
.
But
necessity
hath
no
Law
,
and
Death
as
lawlesse
as
necessity
makes
but
a
sport
of
Chests
,
of
the
life
of
Man
,
and
as
soone
giues
a
check
to
a
King
or
Queene
,
as
to
a
Pawne
,
and
the
State
the
while
must
be
content
,
to
take
their
chaunce
or
fortune
as
it
is
;
and
make
their
best
of
their
fickle
and
transitory
game
.
by
speedy
substitution
of
some
Protectour
of
that
Gouernement
and
Prince
,
which
heere
wee
intermedle
not
with
,
as
hasting
rather
to
the
tender
Princesse
her self
,
the
Argument
in
hand
.
Who
,
as
the
dawning
of
the
Day
hitherto
,
now
begins
to
appeare
more
cleare
,
then
euer
in
the
Litle
World
or
Hemispheare
of
the
Dutchy
of
Thuringia
to
a
perfect
Day
.
For
looke
as
her
yeares
encreased
,
so
the
sparks
of
her
childish
and
innocent
deuotions
,
and
vertues
began
more
seriously
to
enkindle
,
and
take
fire
in
her
hart
,
which
the
more
intensly
burned
and
flamed
within
her
as
shee
wisely
went
about
to
conceale
them
in
her
breast
.
One
of
the
things
,
which
Saints
&
spiritual
men
do
much
recommend
,
is
the
frequent
memory
of
God
.
For
besides
the
worke
in
it self
,
most
grateful
and
pleasing
to
him
,
it
includes
an
act
of
Religion
and
of
Prayer
,
fulfilling
Wee
must
alwayes
pray
and
neuer
giue
ouer
;
and
also
other
acts
besides
,
as
Faith
,
Hope
,
and
Charity
,
and
the
rest
,
and
is
most
profitable
for
al
,
to
keepe
them
from
falling
into
Sinne
or
defects
.
So
liue
thou
with
men
as
if
God
had
his
Eyes
stil
cast
vpon
thee
:
Sayd
Seneca
the
Heathen
.
This
ground
now
of
spiritual
building
,
wheresoeuer
the
Infant
had
it
;
shee
infallibly
layd
;
while
shee
tooke
the
resolution
shee
made
,
to
haue
alwayes
God
before
her
eyes
,
euen
in
these
tender
yeares
in
al
her
actions
whatsoeuer
.
Vpon
which
foundation
shee
built
this
Heroicall
purpose
,
for
his
sake
to
abandon
all
the
delights
and
pleasures
of
the
world
,
al
brauery
in
apparrel
with
their
variety
of
fashions
,
in
affection
at
least
.
And
moreouer
to
leaue
the
pampering
&
delicacyes
of
the
flesh
,
yea
more
,
al
the
vanityes
of
the
world
,
not
contented
to
refuse
them
only
,
but
euen
with
a
holy
Tiranny
from
that
tyme
forwards
to
trample
them
vnder
foote
.
And
forasmuch
as
in
her
constant
resolution
,
it
was
needful
to
begge
diuine
assistance
,
more
then
ordinary
,
shee
tooke
vp
certaine
deuotions
,
which
shee
likely
omitted
not
vpon
any
occasion
;
so
as
if
she
chaunced
at
any
tyme
to
forget
them
by
day
,
shee
faithfully
supplied
them
in
the
night
:
applying
her self
most
deuoutly
to
the
Mother
of
God
,
the
incomparable
Virgin
,
to
vouchsafe
to
patronize
&
second
her
pious
intentions
,
&
to
mediate
her
cause
with
her
Sonne
,
whom
shee
presumed
could
deny
her
nothing
:
then
to
her
Angell
Guardian
,
whom
shee
coniured
to
looke
vnto
his
charge
,
&
not
to
suffer
her
to
breake
her
new
made
purposes
.
Shee
euen
passed
through
the
whole
Hierarchy
of
Angels
&
SS.
of
heauen
from
the
highest
Seraphin
,
to
the
Theefe
on
the
crosse
,
to
make
intercession
for
her
.
But
aboue
al
,
shee
addicted
her self
to
the
glorious
Apostle
and
Euangelist
S.
Iohn
,
calling
him
by
all
the
amourous
words
she
could
deuise
,
as
to
whom
she
had
perticular
deuotion
,
&
whom
freely
and
affectuously
she
had
chosen
aboue
the
rest
.
According
it
should
seeme
to
the
laudable
practize
now
a
dayes
to
make
choyce
of
some
singular
Patron
,
to
recurr
to
in
all
necessityes
,
and
to
serue
with
infatigable
constancy
to
the
end
.
Him
she
coniured
with
a
thousand
titles
,
as
well
generall
as
proper
to
him
:
as
Trumpe●…t
of
Israell
,
Organ
of
the
Liuing
God
,
Notary
of
Heauen
,
Secretary
of
the
Estate
of
the
Church
,
high
flying
Eagle
,
especiall
Fauourite
of
the
Spouse
,
the
dearely
beloued
of
IESVS
:
that
he
would
help
to
establish
and
ratify
her
pious
purpose
of
seruing
God
his
Master
and
hers
,
in
a
more
eminent
manner
,
then
hitherto
she
had
don
.
To
which
intent
to
engage
him
the
more
;
though
she
had
already
so
especially
and
singularly
chosen
him
before
;
she
obteyned
of
God
,
in
the
comon
suffrages
or
Election
of
Saints
,
which
according
to
custome
was
vsed
there
,
that
she
might
●…raw
him
and
no
other
,
which
to
her
vnspeakable
ioy
and
comfort
she
did
,
for
thrice
togeather
.
And
therfore
in●…eed
so
highly
shee
honoured
this
select
Patron
of
hers
,
the
glorious
Apostle
and
most
illumined
Euangelist
S.
Iohn
,
so
leaning
,
as
it
were
,
on
his
Lords
breast
,
as
well
now
in
heauen
,
as
once
he
did
,
at
the
last
Supper
,
the
figure
of
that
diuine
Paschall
.
And
further
euer
after
from
that
tyme
forwards
,
she
so
highly
reuerenced
&
honoured
this
Saint
&
Patron
of
hers
,
as
shee
verily
thought
she
was
not
to
deny
anie
thing
to
any
who
begged
or
craued
in
his
name
.
The
Holy
dayes
she
obserued
most
punctually
and
religiously
indeed
,
according
to
her
yeares
&
capacity
:
When
she
would
lay
aside
some
part
of
her
dressings
&
attires
;
esteeming
on
those
dayes
,
quite
contrary
to
the
vse
of
her
Peeres
,
&
the
practize
of
those
tymes
;
the
best
decking
&
ornament
of
all
,
to
●…e
the
Beauty
of
the
Soule
within
,
holding
it
to
be
a
gratefull
to
be
deuout
&
reuerent
in
his
presence
,
without
the
glittering
of
these
pearles
and
pretious
Stones
,
then
to
prancke
her self
with
al
those
toyes
,
whereby
the
hart
becomes
ful
of
vanity
and
distraction
;
and
therefore
ordinarily
shee
left
off
her
gloues
,
at
least
so
long
as
the
Seruice
or
Masse
lasted
,
being
desirous
by
degrees
to
breake
her
wil
,
though
in
smaller
things
,
that
shee
might
hereafter
arise
to
more
noble
reflections
,
and
gayne
more
noble
conquests
on
her self
.
Imagining
,
though
the
thing
was
but
little
in
yt
self
,
yet
being
donne
in
respect
&
memory
of
the
Passion
,
represented
there
in
the
dreadfull
Mysterie
of
the
present
Sacrifice
,
it
would
doubtles
be
gratefull
and
acceptable
to
God
.
Many
times
shee
would
say
to
her
Ladyes
about
her
.
Sisters
,
for
the
Loue
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
let
vs
weare
no
gloues
,
nor
put
on
any
silk
,
gold
,
or
Iewels
to
day
,
nor
eate
but
of
one
dish
only
,
or
abstayne
from
such
a
dish
,
and
forbeare
at
least
to
daunce
this
day
,
or
to
play
at
cards
,
or
the
like
.
And
with
these
beginnings
,
abstayning
meerely
for
the
Loue
of
God
,
by
little
and
little
shee
gathered
,
and
they
by
her
example
,
the
celestiall
fruits
of
Vertue
.
When
shee
playd
at
any
tyme
and
wonne
,
so
as
fortune
seemed
to
smile
vpon
her
;
shee
would
say
it
was
now
tyme
to
giue
ouer
;
because
shee
was
flattered
with
prosperity
:
reflecting
the
while
,
if
men
so
reioyced
with
a
little
breath
of
prosperity
or
encouragement
of
so
light
a
gayne
,
what
would
they
do
when
occasion
serued
,
that
the
Holy
Ghost
were
pleased
to
breath
vpon
them
,
and
they
to
obtayne
the
Margarits
and
Pearles
of
the
ioyes
of
Heauen
?
In
danceing
likewise
which
shee
could
not
eschew
to
satisfy
the
Nobles
,
shee
was
content
with
one
graue
and
solemne
measure
only
,
saying
;
it
was
sufficient
with
one
stryene
,
to
giue
satisfaction
to
the
world
and
to
please
the
Louers
thereof
,
and
the
rest
shee
would
omit
,
and
fairely
interrupt
for
Christ's
sake
.
And
thus
with
th●…se
exercizes
of
denying
&
barring
her self
voluntarily
from
the
pleasures
of
the
flesh
or
vanityes
of
the
world
;
she
marched
forwards
to
a
higher
degree
of
more
eminent
vertue
and
perfection
.
HOW
ELIZABETH
WAS
contemned
by
Sophia
,
and
Agnes
her
Mother
,
and
Sister
in
Law
;
with
the
rest
of
the
Court
.
CHAP.
III.
BEhold
our
noble
Princesse
now
begins
to
mount
the
mysticall
Ladder
of
Iacob
:
that
is
,
to
enter
into
the
true
Exercize
of
Piety
,
consisting
of
ten
seuerall
Stepps
,
still
ascending
higher
.
The
first
;
a
recesse
from
the
Earth
or
affect
of
Secular
or
terrene
things
,
with
a
firme
decree
of
the
mind
to
follow
Christ
.
This
stepp
shee
hath
climed
already
,
so
as
with
the
Apostles
in
affect
at
least
shee
might
well
vsurp
that
saying
of
theirs
.
Behold
wee
haue
left
all
things
.
The
second
;
an
Obliuion
of
worldly
things
:
Whereto
the
amourous
celestial
Louer
exhorts
his
Spouse
.
O
harken
Daughter
,
forget
thy
people
.
The
third
,
an
hatred
and
contempt
thereof
,
as
appeares
in
her
,
who
esteemes
the
same
as
dung
to
purchasse
Christ
.
The
fourth
,
a
dispoyling
and
Euangelical
hatred
of
al
superfluous
and
profane
Loue
of
Friends
,
citizens
,
and
Parents
.
The
fift
,
a
hatred
of
her self
for
Christ
,
which
she
truly
did
,
as
shal
appeare
.
The
sixt
,
an
abnegation
of
her self
,
and
proper
Loue
.
The
seauenth
,
a
daylie
carrying
of
the
Crosse
,
or
mortification
of
inordinat
concupiscences
.
The
eight
the
Imitation
or
Following
of
Christ
,
inconstantly
pursuing
his
vertues
,
and
especially
these
,
Meeknes
,
and
Humility
.
The
Ninth
,
a
loue
of
the
Neigbour
,
yea
of
the
Enemies
themselues
,
through
his
example
on
the
Crosse
,
when
he
prayed
for
his
Persecutours
.
The
tenth
&
last
.
An
intimous
vnion
with
God
,
that
the
mind
do
wholely
adhere
to
God
,
and
as
it
were
bee
made
one
spirit
with
him
,
and
may
truely
say
,
as
she
might
wel
,
that
same
of
S.
Paul
:
I
liue
,
not
I
now
,
but
rather
Christ
in
mee
.
For
loe
,
a
faire
occasion
now
begins
to
present
it self
to
her
,
of
arising
vnto
higher
degrees
of
this
exercise
of
Piety
,
or
Patience
I
may
say
.
Since
hauing
such
a
Mother
in
law
as
Sophia
,
&
such
a
Sister
as
her
daughter
Agnes
,
by
the
death
of
her
tender
and
deare
father
in
law
,
now
growne
in
great
authority
in
Court
,
her
Spouse
as
yet
but
yong
.
What
can
wee
looke
for
,
but
stormes
and
tragedyes
at
their
hands
?
Sophia
indeed
was
a
Woman
,
faire
enough
,
and
gracious
to
behold
,
but
of
a
violent
and
impetuous
nature
;
and
as
she
was
her self
,
so
bred
she
vp
her
child
,
as
likly
they
are
Birds
of
a
feather
.
The
Mother
though
she
were
not
yong
,
yet
was
not
ancient
,
and
if
those
yeares
she
had
could
haue
borne
her
out
,
her
mind
would
haue
ranked
her
with
the
youthfullest
of
her
Dames
;
&
what
became
not
her self
to
do
,
she
would
be
doing
in
others
by
setting
them
on
,
in
fashions
,
attires
,
in
dancing
,
gaming
,
and
the
like
.
She
would
be
known
to
be
Dutchesse
of
Thuringia
,
&
haue
her
dues
in
points
of
honour
,
punctually
obserued
;
obsequiously
attended
at
Table
,
and
abroad
,
by
her
Pages
,
and
neuer
without
a
Beuy
of
Courtly
Ladyes
about
her
.
Her
apparel
not
so
rich
as
fashionable
,
relying
more
on
the
splendour
of
her
iewells
to
make
her
appeare
who
she
was
,
then
the
Gorgeousnes
of
attyres
otherwayes
:
therein
giuing
scope
to
her
Ladyes
and
Maids
of
honour
,
to
vye
with
one
an
other
,
wherein
taking
a
complacence
,
she
seemed
to
exceede
in
them
,
so
being
guilty
her self
of
their
excesse
.
And
yet
whatsoeuer
her
deuotion
was
inwardly
,
she
would
hold
stil
a
faire
Decorum
in
her
Chappel
in
the
Pomp
thereof
;
retayning
stil
a
stately
Maiesty
in
the
exteriour
ceremonyes
;
With
this
satisfying
her self
,
that
she
complyed
sufficiently
with
her
obligations
and
her
secular
state
,
being
the
absolute
Princesse
and
Dowager
of
that
land
.
Her
daughter
Agnes
seemed
to
be
according
to
her
hart
,
faire
and
bewtyful
indeed
and
as
made
for
Courts
;
of
a
nature
good
enough
and
free
of
disposition
;
and
might
no
doubt
haue
beene
more
Religious
and
retyred
,
had
the
Mother
with
studious
education
trayned
her
in
it
,
as
she
left
her
too
much
to
her
owne
inclinations
;
a
fault
too
frequent
euery
where
,
in
the
breeding
vp
of
Damselles
;
though
here
no
further
hurt
ensued
,
then
certeine
antipathyes
in
her
,
with
our
Princely
Virgin
,
to
exercise
her
vertues
with
.
These
two
then
,
being
equalls
euery
way
in
that
Court
for
yeares
and
respects
,
by
the
ordinance
of
the
Mother
were
suted
both
alike
,
adorned
alike
with
glittering
coronets
of
gold
and
pretious
iewels
on
their
heads
,
with
bracelets
,
eare-rings
,
and
carkanets
the
same
:
in
a
word
,
exteriourly
in
the
habit
,
no
difference
to
be
seene
,
saue
only
in
the
inward
habit
of
the
mind
,
in
the
sight
of
God
,
and
Angels
.
For
they
going
once
into
the
Temple
on
a
solemne
festiual
day
,
(
as
their
custome
was
,
)
so
crowned
and
richly
attired
,
and
passing
immediatly
before
Sophia
the
lady
Mother
:
Elizabeth
presently
at
her
entering
into
the
church
,
layd
off
her
Coronet
of
gold
,
nor
would
she
put
it
on
againe
til
the
Sacrifice
was
ended
;
and
al
that
tyme
most
humbly
and
deuoutly
demeaned
her self
,
as
she
truly
tooke
it
in
the
presence
of
her
Sauiour
,
vntil
at
last
she
was
admonished
to
go
home
.
This
fact
of
hers
,
now
much
displeased
Sophia
,
as
an
act
at
least
of
indiscretion
,
or
at
the
best
vnaduisedly
donne
.
Whereupon
in
tyme
and
place
conuenient
she
tooke
her
aside
,
and
peaceably
and
fairly
demaunded
of
her
,
why
she
did
so
,
saying
.
Daughter
,
what
meant
you
the
other
day
entering
into
the
church
to
lay
aside
the
Coronet
you
ware
,
was
it
a
handsome
sight
trow
you
,
in
such
a
presence
of
the
Estates
,
Counts
,
and
Barons
of
our
land
to
vndresse
you
in
that
manner
in
the
view
of
al
the
people
?
To
whom
Elizabeth
humbly
made
answeare
.
Madam
,
God
forbid
,
I
should
be
so
irrreligious
,
if
not
impious
,
being
such
a
wretch
as
I
am
,
to
haue
my
head
adorned
with
the
splendour
of
a
Crowne
,
and
to
appeare
in
so
proud
and
haughty
an
equipage
,
euen
in
the
tyme
and
place
,
where
my
Sauiours
head
is
so
cruelly
tormented
and
crowned
with
thornes
.
At
which
words
was
Sophias
mouth
immediatly
stopt
,
what
with
the
goodly
reason
she
saw
she
had
to
checke
her
so
;
but
happily
carryed
it
in
mind
,
til
an
other
tyme
.
By
which
appeared
what
impression
,
euen
in
her
tender
yeares
,
the
Thornes
of
her
Sauiours
crowne
did
make
in
her
hart
,
deepely
wounding
her
mayden
breast
,
through
meditation
of
his
Passion
represented
in
the
Sacrifice
of
the
Masse
.
This
compassion
is
an
affect
of
the
Soule
which
she
had
,
wherwith
shee
ioyntly
suffered
with
him
,
who
suffered
so
,
and
transferred
his
dolours
to
her self
;
and
to
this
end
shee
helped
her self
with
these
two
things
:
first
considering
the
quality
of
the
person
who
endured
:
and
secondly
the
greeuousnes
of
the
paynes
endured
:
which
shee
did
,
pondering
how
Christ
our
Lord
suffered
them
,
without
any
succour
of
the
Eternal
Father
,
or
his
Disciples
,
considering
also
the
delicacy
of
the
complexion
of
his
body
;
and
how
the
interiour
paynes
of
his
soule
were
yet
more
greeuous
then
those
of
his
sacred
body
▪
and
these
were
the
thoughts
that
tooke
vp
her
mind
,
during
the
Sacrifice
of
the
Masse
:
while
Sophia
perhapps
through
disdayne
was
biting
the
lipp
,
and
other
Courteours
whispering
with
themselues
,
as
censuring
hardly
thereof
,
and
murmuring
against
her
.
For
that
indeed
,
as
Enuy
is
the
handmayd
of
vertue
,
and
wayting
at
her
heeles
,
with
meagre
lookes
:
So
was
the
innocent
and
douelike
demeanure
of
this
Virgin
,
and
her
holy
simplicity
in
contempt
with
the
Courteours
attending
on
her
;
who
began
with
bitter
words
,
and
secret
taunts
,
yea
most
iniurious
and
contumelious
speaches
now
and
then
,
and
that
to
her
face
also
,
to
play
vpon
her
with
cauills
,
nods
,
fond
laughters
,
scoffs
,
and
gibes
,
at
her
hyppocritical
sanctity
,
as
they
would
terme
it
.
And
that
the
rather
in
beholding
Sophia
her self
with
her
il
trayned
daughter
,
to
concurr
with
them
,
and
openly
as
it
were
,
to
applaud
them
for
it
,
being
so
opposit
as
they
were
to
her
in
their
conditions
.
For
Elizabeth
being
now
in
contempt
with
her self
,
esteemed
the
vanity
of
the
world
as
filth
and
dung
;
togeather
with
these
excellencies
and
preeminences
of
honour
,
and
the
pompes
and
gorgeousnes
of
attires
:
but
they
on
the
contrary
,
loued
,
reuerenced
▪
&
esteemed
nothing
lesse
,
then
what
Elizabeth
did
loue
,
reuerence
,
&
esteeme
.
She
desired
to
please
God
only
;
but
they
,
so
they
pleased
the
world
,
esteemed
little
to
offend
God
.
Thus
the
diuersity
in
their
harts
,
caused
a
great
dissimilitude
,
&
Antipathy
in
their
manners
:
so
as
hardly
now
,
could
they
looke
vpon
her
,
with
an
equal
eye
,
as
commonly
is
wont
in
such
occasions
;
laying
open
a
large
and
spacious
field
to
the
Virgin
to
exercise
al
vertues
in
,
&
no
smal
rock
of
scandal
to
the
other
of
their
spiritual
ruine
;
if
the
Sacraments
repaired
not
the
secret
wracks
of
their
soule
which
the
Stillicids
of
enuy
had
wrought
,
while
her
humility
in
her
ordinary
conuersation
encreased
the
same
.
For
loe
Elizabeth
,
leauing
the
company
of
the
Nobles
,
&
such
as
rufled
in
their
silks
,
and
sauoured
of
their
ciuets
,
and
amber-gris
,
who
were
clad
in
purple
,
kissing
the
hand
at
euerie
word
,
&
ful
of
their
courtly
cōplemēts
withal
;
affected
rather
the
familiarity
of
the
simple
,
and
delighted
more
with
the
conuersation
of
poore
women
,
&
the
more
sober
Damoselles
of
her
age
,
discoursing
with
them
of
spiritual
and
pious
things
;
then
to
tattle
of
this
or
that
fashion
,
or
to
vse
those
courtly
exercises
which
her
Sister
Agnes
&
her
like
applied
themselues
vnto
.
And
hence
it
was
that
Sophia
would
often
say
to
her
ladyes
,
that
Elizabeth
should
be
placed
among
the
Nunnes
,
since
her
manner
of
life
,
euen
wholely
resembled
theirs
,
doing
nothing
worthy
the
greatnes
of
her
House
.
Nay
there
were
some
of
the
Nobles
,
whose
impudent
boldnes
wee
mentioned
aboue
,
who
stuck
not
to
auouch
,
that
Elizabeth
,
in
respect
the
portion
shee
brought
,
was
not
answerable
to
the
Estate
and
dignity
of
their
Prince
;
should
eyther
be
sent
back
to
Hangary
againe
,
or
be
giuen
in
Mariage
to
some
other
of
the
Nobility
there
.
Which
words
were
so
confidently
and
freely
deliuered
here
and
there
,
&
vttered
euery
where
,
as
they
could
not
choose
but
come
to
the
eares
of
the
innocent
Lady
.
Now
what
should
the
Virgin
do
admidst
those
venemous
&
serpentine
tongues
,
but
as
a
Rose
prickt
with
the
thornes
,
wherewith
it
is
beset
,
vent
forth
a
sweeter
odour
of
meekenes
,
by
the
wounds
shee
receiued
from
them
,
which
without
such
occasions
had
layne
as
hid
before
;
yet
could
shee
not
choose
but
weep
of
tendernes
,
seeing
her self
so
iniuriously
contenned
,
especially
by
such
,
of
whom
in
duety
shee
ought
to
bee
honoured
.
And
so
much
the
rather
as
shee
feared
her
constant
purpose
of
Humility
,
through
their
enuious
●…raynes
&
wicked
practises
might
come
to
suffer
detriment
.
Til
considering
with
her self
,
how
by
these
contempts
,
affronts
,
and
humiliations
,
shee
should
the
better
resemble
her
Lord
IESVS
Christ
,
and
his
Apostles
&
Saints
,
&
how
they
had
passed
them
al
,
and
greater
to
;
in
respect
whereof
,
these
here
were
to
bee
esteemed
as
nothing
.
And
weighing
also
how
great
a
fauour
&
mercy
it
was
to
her
from
God
,
to
be
so
cloathed
with
his
liuery
:
and
that
the
indignityes
offered
her
,
were
but
as
money
or
marchandise
,
wherewith
heauen
was
to
be
purchased
by
her
;
that
after
the
measure
of
them
,
her
glory
should
be
rated
,
and
that
shee
ought
to
hold
any
payne
or
mortification
soeuer
,
as
a
pearle
or
pretious
ruby
of
no
lesse
value
and
estimation
,
then
heauen
it self
.
And
finally
,
that
the
traueils
of
this
world
,
haue
no
comparison
with
the
weight
of
glory
,
which
is
giuen
for
them
,
as
S.
Paul
saith
.
She
resolued
at
last
,
and
purposed
with
the
diuine
grace
,
to
suffer
not
only
with
patience
,
al
manner
of
disgraces
and
affronts
soeuer
,
but
euen
with
cheerefulnes
and
alacrity
;
it
being
the
holy
wil
of
God
,
yea
more
to
desire
&
seeke
them
by
al
meanes
possible
without
offence
of
hers
;
thereby
to
conforme
her self
the
more
to
his
diuine
Maiesty
:
and
so
dryed
vp
her
eyes
,
commending
her
case
entirely
to
the
diuine
prouidence
,
resigning
her self
wholely
to
his
wil
,
in
these
words
.
O
soueraigne
Spouse
of
my
hart
.
O
suffer
mee
not
to
affect
any
thing
inordinatly
without
thee
;
that
is
not
wholy
in
order
vnto
thee
;
yea
,
that
al
things
els
whatsoeuer
without
thee
,
may
bee
vngrateful
and
bitter
to
mee
,
and
thou
only
sweet
.
That
thy
wil
bee
mine
,
and
this
my
desire
withall
;
that
as
in
heauen
thy
wil
is
punctually
performed
;
so
may
it
bee
don
likewise
here
on
earth
,
and
most
particularly
in
mee
.
And
since
Loue
requires
an
vnion
,
and
a
most
entire
resignation
of
al
things
into
the
hands
of
the
beloued
;
I
giue
thee
my
whole
self
without
reseruing
ought
to
my self
.
And
as
before
,
so
now
do
I
offer
thee
a
new
;
a
ful
affect
of
pouerty
;
renouncing
in
hart
al
riches
and
pomps
of
the
world
;
and
if
I
had
many
worlds
,
I
would
leaue
them
al
for
thee
and
become
poore
,
as
thou
wast
poore
for
mee
.
O
Spouse
of
my
hart
,
so
great
is
the
loue
I
beare
thee
,
and
pouertie
,
for
thy
sake
;
that
if
it
were
possible
,
I
would
leaue
to
be
what
I
am
,
to
be
transformed
into
thee
.
My
enemyes
seeke
my
ouerthrow
,
and
to
entrap
mee
,
and
with
their
guiles
to
draw
mee
from
thy
seruice
.
O
let
them
not
preuaile
vpon
my
weaknes
?
but
be
thou
a
Rampart
to
mee
against
the
assaults
and
batteries
they
lay
against
mee
,
to
pul
mee
off
from
my
setled
purpose
to
follow
thee
as
neerely
as
my
state
and
condition
wil
permit
.
I
trust
thou
wilt
perfect
what
thou
hast
begun
,
and
I
shal
remayne
victorious
ouer
al
my
Aduersaryes
:
This
I
beseech
thee
for
thy
Beloued
Seruants
sake
,
S.
Iohn
my
venerable
Patron
;
for
the
loue
of
thy
dearest
Mother
;
and
aboue
al
,
for
thy
most
pretious
Bloud
,
wherein
I
put
my
cheifest
trust
.
Nor
was
she
any
whit
receiued
,
as
shal
appeare
hereafter
.
HOW
THE
YOVNG
PRINCE
,
Lewes
declared
his
affiction
to
Elizabeth
,
not
withstanding
the
malignity
of
her
Aduersaryes
.
CHAP.
IIII.
BY
this
tyme
,
Lewes
the
Prince
like
a
rising
sunne
began
to
draw
the
eyes
of
al
vpon
him
,
euery
one
admiring
some
excellence
or
other
in
him
,
as
each
apprehended
excellence
to
bee
.
Some
would
note
his
goodly
personage
,
some
obserue
the
whole
symetry
or
due
proportion
of
his
body
in
the
parts
thereof
;
others
his
complexion
strong
and
robustious
,
his
actiuity
others
,
and
dexterity
in
the
manage
of
his
horse
.
When
hee
was
practising
(
though
young
)
with
the
rest
of
his
Nobles
and
pages
of
his
Court
,
a
man
would
haue
thought
him
,
as
only
made
for
martial
exploits
,
and
feats
of
Chiualry
.
But
then
in
court
to
haue
seen
his
faire
behauiour
,
his
sweete
disposition
and
affability
to
al
,
you
would
say
that
Mars
had
no
part
in
him
;
but
that
hee
had
beene
made
for
carpetts
only
,
to
comply
with
Ladyes
;
so
ingenious
and
gratious
he
was
in
his
discourse
.
But
after
that
againe
to
haue
seen
him
in
the
C
appel
,
had
been
able
to
moue
deuotion
in
the
beholders
,
so
deuout
he
would
be
at
the
solemne
offices
;
so
as
then
they
would
iudge
him
truly
in
his
Element
.
And
as
hee
was
so
pious
and
vertuous
in
himself
,
hee
was
highly
beloued
of
al
good
and
vertuous
men
,
and
a
bridle
to
the
vicious
,
to
restrayne
their
exorbitances
,
through
his
rare
example
of
modesty
,
Temperance
,
Meeknes
Courtesy
,
Sobriety
;
&
hence
it
was
,
he
was
so
taken
&
enamoured
with
his
chast
Spouse
his
incomparable
Elizabeth
.
Whom
hee
noted
to
be
so
eminently
vertuous
,
as
hee
could
not
choose
but
effect
&
highly
regard
her
;
though
he
were
otherwise
so
temperat
&
discrete
in
his
cariage
towards
her
,
as
not
a
person
in
the
world
,
nor
yet
the
Spouse
her self
,
could
ghesse
so
much
.
Which
was
the
cause
such
diuers
censures
ran
vpon
the
nullity
of
the
Espousalls
made
betweene
them
in
their
Infancyes
.
For
seeing
such
temperance
in
the
youthful
Prince
,
so
actiue
otherwise
,
and
ful
of
life
,
they
iudged
he
had
no
liking
to
her
,
and
that
therefore
hee
would
sure
refuse
her
,
when
he
came
to
mature
age
.
Especially
since
Elizabeth
his
Espouse
,
was
so
aliened
her self
from
that
estate
,
as
the
company
and
society
of
men
,
seemed
to
be
irkesome
to
her
;
much
lesse
that
she
would
euer
admit
the
maryed
state
;
so
as
now
in
a
manner
she
was
held
a
Religious
woman
.
And
these
discourses
euery
where
,
made
the
pious
&
discret
Prince
,
the
sooner
to
declare
and
expresse
himself
to
the
vertuous
Elizabeth
,
as
wel
to
giue
satisfaction
to
the
world
in
that
point
;
and
stopp
the
diuers
rumours
and
iudgments
of
men
,
as
to
satify
his
owne
affection
towards
her
,
and
to
be
secured
of
hers
to
him
,
which
could
not
be
without
some
manner
of
expression
;
and
which
now
at
last
he
did
discreetly
,
chastly
,
opportunely
to
the
great
contentment
and
ful
satisfaction
of
each
other
.
For
lo
this
match
of
theirs
,
so
made
no
doubt
in
heauen
,
receiued
no
lesse
the
fulnes
of
benediction
from
thence
.
So
,
as
though
she
seemed
otherwise
in
her
life
and
example
to
haue
beene
vowed
already
to
an
other
Spouse
in
heauen
;
yet
was
it
so
,
as
not
in
compatible
with
an
earthly
Spouse
,
whose
wil
some
way
or
other
,
was
knowne
to
her
,
to
be
,
it
should
be
so
;
and
that
he
was
content
with
conditions
happyly
agreed
betweene
them
,
to
haue
a
Riual
for
a
tyme
.
How
oft
,
alas
,
had
the
chast
Elizabeth
,
in
the
closet
of
her
hart
put
forth
that
Theame
to
be
disputed
of
,
how
oft
had
she
concluded
,
now
for
the
one
side
,
and
then
agayne
for
the
other
;
now
it
must
be
thus
,
now
thus
,
now
this
,
now
that
.
Til
at
last
knowing
euidently
as
it
were
,
the
wil
of
God
,
which
was
the
mayne
argument
of
her
assent
to
that
estate
;
after
she
had
resolued
with
her self
,
to
harken
to
the
Prince
,
she
would
further
satisfy
her self
with
these
morral
reasons
of
inducements
.
First
,
that
Mariage
was
honorable
as
auncient
as
the
world
itself
,
raigned
in
the
Law
of
Nature
,
the
written
Law
,
and
now
a
holie
Sacrament
in
the
Law
of
grace
,
and
a
great
mysterie
betweene
Christ
and
his
Church
.
Secondly
,
that
this
Sacrament
,
is
the
roote
of
the
faithful
people
,
the
Nursery
of
Christianity
,
the
soyle
that
brings
forth
Creatures
,
able
to
repayre
the
empty
seate
of
the
preuaricating
Angels
:
The
series
of
the
lyuing
stones
wherewith
the
walls
of
Ierusalem
are
〈◊〉
.
The
very
trunck
whence
yssued
forth
al
the
braunches
,
flowers
,
and
fruits
of
the
heauenly
Paradice
.
The
Spring
whence
al
the
brooks
do
flow
,
that
water
the
Hierarchy
of
the
Church
.
Then
what
an
honour
it
was
for
Parents
to
bee
cooperatours
with
God
,
in
the
most
excellent
workmanshipp
of
the
world
,
and
cheife
Maister-peece
of
the
Vniuerse
;
which
is
mans
body
,
the
perfect
and
best
organized
of
al
bodyes
;
whereinto
being
once
formed
,
God
infuseth
the
soule
as
a
Margarit
into
the
Mother
pearle
,
which
hee
creates
,
and
sends
thereinto
,
a
soule
immortal
,
spiritual
,
and
capable
to
know
him
,
loue
,
and
adore
him
.
Then
for
the
place
of
the
Institution
of
Marriage
,
she
found
it
to
haue
a
singular
prerogatiue
,
when
she
considered
the
same
to
haue
beene
established
in
the
terrestrial
Paradise
,
the
most
delicious
place
of
the
world
,
a
place
most
happy
and
regarded
with
the
most
fauourable
influences
of
heauen
,
which
,
in
the
estate
of
Innocency
was
a
happy
and
angelical
state
,
if
our
first
Parents
had
constantly
perseuered
therein
,
and
not
lent
their
eares
to
the
suggestions
of
Sathan
.
And
though
commonly
it
bee
sayd
,
that
Chastity
replenisheth
heauen
,
and
Marriage
the
earth
.
Which
she
easily
graunted
,
since
she
held
for
certaine
that
without
a
chast
and
pure
soule
none
can
see
the
face
of
God
,
yet
she
knew
wel
,
euen
in
those
tender
yeares
of
hers
,
to
distinguish
rightly
of
the
triple
chastity
:
Virginal
,
Coniugal
and
vidual
.
She
knew
it
to
be
most
true
,
that
chast
continence
replenisheth
not
the
earth
,
but
heauen
;
but
yet
withal
considered
,
how
the
Coniugal
,
by
the
earth
,
replenisheth
heauen
;
and
with
yts
fruits
,
replenisheth
and
furnisheth
both
heauen
and
earth
.
For
it
furnisheth
the
terrestrial
Ierusalem
with
soldiours
,
and
the
celestial
with
most
noble
and
victorious
Triumphers
.
Now
in
regard
these
passages
between
the
yong
Prince
and
Princesse
Elizabeth
,
as
yet
appeared
not
to
the
world
by
any
outward
signe
,
the
Nobles
and
Courteours
taking
encouragment
from
the
cariages
and
deportmens
of
Sophia
and
Agnes
,
who
neuer
left
flerting
and
prouoking
the
innocent
Damosel
,
with
taunts
and
quips
to
her
face
,
but
especially
with
bitter
nips
behind
her
back
among
themselues
,
the
matter
grew
now
to
be
common
in
mens
mouths
,
that
the
Lady
Elizabeth
should
be
sent
into
her
Countrey
againe
&
the
yong
Prince
was
now
to
thinke
of
an
other
Spouse
,
more
competent
for
him
,
and
deseruing
his
Princely
Highnes
.
In
regard
her
Portion
(
as
they
said
)
was
too
smal
,
●…nd
the
Virgin
her self
affected
him
not
.
That
doubtles
she
was
not
for
the
world
,
&
that
the
Prince
would
sure●…y
neuer
match
with
such
an
one
,
as
●…ad
no
application
to
the
world
,
much
●…sse
to
the
person
of
the
Prince
.
Thus
●…uerie
one
passed
his
censure
on
the
●…atter
,
as
it
seemel
most
likley
to
him
,
●…nd
indeed
according
to
his
perticular
●…ffection
.
Whereas
besides
there
was
●…o
want
of
those
,
who
framed
farr
●…igher
conceipts
of
the
ancient
Espou●…lls
,
solemly
made
in
the
face
of
●…e
world
in
their
tender
infancyes
,
●…ith
so
general
applause
of
either
●…eople
,
at
the
intreaty
of
the
old
Lant●…raue
Herman
deceased
,
and
not
●…ithout
the
great
contentment
and
●…atisfaction
of
Sophia
her self
,
how●…euer
now
through
dissimilitude
of
●…anners
she
fauoured
not
the
allyance
,
●…s
before
.
But
that
which
made
the
●…reatest
impression
with
the
grauest
of
●…hem
,
was
the
sage
prediction
and
prognosticat
which
Elinsor
(
whose
credit
&
authority
in
those
Northern
parts
was
much
respected
)
had
made
of
her
,
and
that
contract
I
may
say
,
euen
before
her
Natiuity
it self
,
as
we
haue
mentioned
aboue
,
which
was
no
doubt
a
great
motiue
to
the
old
Lantgra●…e
of
that
so
early
a
Match
,
made
in
their
tender
infancy
and
nonage
.
Among
these
,
there
was
one
Gualter
a
great
Peere
of
the
State
,
who
much
misliked
such
rumours
should
bee
bruited
euery
where
to
the
preiudice
as
he
tooke
it
of
the
innocent
Virgin
,
and
no
smal
disparagement
to
the
young
Prince
;
that
so
excellent
a
peece
of
grace
and
Nature
as
the
Lady
Elizabeth
was
,
should
so
lightly
bee
prized
now
,
which
heeretofore
was
hopefully
admitted
into
their
land
as
a
faire
benediction
and
future
happynes
vnto
it
.
Wherefore
being
directed
(
as
it
should
seeme
)
by
the
fingar
of
God
,
in
behalf
of
the
innocent
,
and
for
the
singular
loue
he
bare
vnto
his
Prince
;
taking
a
faire
occasion
and
fit
opportunity
,
said
thus
vnto
him
.
My
Liege
,
I
trust
the
auncient
seruices
I
haue
done
to
your
deceased
Father
the
renowned
Lantgraue
of
happy
memory
;
and
the
Princely
fauours
I
haue
re●…eiued
from
his
hands
in
liew
thereof
;
wil
preoccupat
for
'
mee
and
preuent
●…ny
sinister
suspition
of
my
Loyalty
●…owards
the
person
of
your self
,
in
whom
I
behold
the
true
and
liuely
●…igure
,
&
pourtraict
of
the
great
Her●…an
himself
;
and
that
as
I
loued
&
honoured
him
aliue
,
I
must
●…eeds
likwise
honour
him
in
your
per●…onage
,
in
whom
so
perfectly
he
liues
.
Which
layd
as
a
good
foundation
,
I
●…ust
my
boldnes
with
your
Highnes
wil
come
off
the
better
,
when
I
shal
●…resse
the
same
,
with
a
matter
of
im●…ortance
,
not
knowing
yet
how
gra●…eful
my
officiousnes
may
proue
vnto
our
Highnes
.
Laying
then
ambages
side
,
I
come
to
the
point
,
which
in
con●…dence
is
to
vnderstand
your
pleasure
&
princely
disposition
,
touching
your
●…pouse
in
Court
.
I
say
,
to
know
what
●…our
inclination
is
towards
her
;
to
wit
,
whether
in
your
election
,
you
wil
ratify
yonr
Fathers
choyce
of
her
for
a
Spouse
,
and
second
the
general
applause
thereof
through
the
world
,
or
proceed
to
a
new
election
of
an
other
,
more
worthy
in
your
eyes
.
And
this
the
rather
I
vrge
your
Highnes
with
,
for
that
it
is
generally
voyced
abroad
,
(
vpon
what
ground
I
know
not
)
your
Highnes
meanes
to
retract
from
the
auncient
Espousalls
,
and
to
seeke
a
new
.
To
which
the
Prince
with
colour
in
his
cheekes
of
a
mayden
blush
,
sweetely
made
answere
,
but
breifely
,
as
became
him
.
My
Lord
,
I
thanke
you
for
your
loving
care
of
our
honour
and
cheifest
good
in
this
life
,
and
for
a
ful
satisfaction
to
your
demaund
,
take
this
from
mee
:
You
see
yon
Mountayne
there
:
I
tel
you
truly
,
were
it
al
of
gold
,
and
al
the
stones
most
pretious
Rubyes
and
carbuncles
;
yet
I
prize
and
set
by
more
,
those
auncient
Spousalls
made
betweene
vs
,
then
such
an
one
;
and
that
he
would
shortly
giue
to
vnderstand
what
litle
reckoning
he
made
of
such
fond
bablings
of
the
enuious
and
maleuolent
;
and
would
make
his
affection
to
the
Virgin
yet
more
manifest
to
the
world
.
May
it
please
your
Highnes
answered
Gualter
,
that
I
signify
so
much
to
the
Lady
Elizabeth
her self
.
To
which
the
Prince
condiscended
,
and
to
giue
his
words
more
credit
with
her
,
went
to
his
Closet
and
fetched
out
a
iewel
of
no
smal
worth
;
and
sent
it
by
him
to
his
deare
Elizabeth
,
as
a
token
and
pledge
of
his
affection
to
her
.
It
was
a
mirrour
or
glasse
,
garnished
with
stones
of
inestimable
value
as
in
a
tablet
,
with
two
Christals
opening
of
each
side
;
One
simple
to
looke
into
and
behold
one self
in
;
and
a
Christ
crucified
most
curiously
&
artificiously
wrought
on
the
other
.
This
token
the
Baron
tooke
ioyfully
in
his
hands
,
&
making
his
Obeissance
to
him
,
thought
it
long
til
he
had
deliuered
his
Embassage
,
for
he
was
one
that
truly
honoured
the
happy
couple
.
At
last
,
he
comes
vnto
her
presence
,
and
in
a
gratious
sort
deliuered
the
whole
discourse
vnto
her
,
in
manner
as
it
passed
betweene
the
Prince
and
him
;
and
withall
,
presented
her
the
foresaid
Iewell
;
which
shee
tooke
into
her
Virgin
hands
,
as
sent
from
heauen
;
not
without
a
crimson
blush
;
so
to
haue
discouered
her
conceiued
ioy
in
a
matter
of
that
nature
;
giuing
the
Noble
man
many
thanks
for
his
louing
care
of
her
honour
,
and
his
traueills
taken
on
her
behalf
,
protesting
shee
would
remember
him
if
shee
were
able
,
at
least
with
her
poore
vnworthy
prayers
for
him
to
her
heauenly
Spouse
.
Madam
,
sayd
he
,
I
take
you
at
your
last
,
&
so
departed
from
her
presence
.
When
it
cannot
bee
imagined
,
what
ioy
the
Virgin
tooke
here
at
,
seeing
her self
now
almost
put
into
possession
of
her
harts
content
;
since
now
at
last
besides
the
enioying
of
such
a
freind
,
shee
hoped
her
enemyes
would
come
to
haue
their
mouths
stopt
,
who
had
so
maliciously
presaged
of
her
;
&
that
which
pleased
her
most
;
was
,
shee
hoped
therby
to
haue
a
larger
scope
to
serue
her
heauenly
Spouse
,
noting
the
Prince
to
be
so
vertuously
disposed
of
his
owne
inclination
.
After
which
,
she
being
now
of
yeares
compleate
,
to
be
ioyned
in
mariage
,
the
Prince
hasted
the
Nuptialls
as
soone
as
might
bee
,
&
if
there
were
so
much
pomp
,
at
her
enterance
into
that
State
,
as
wee
haue
sayd
aboue
,
shee
being
then
a
Child
,
&
her
Spouse
but
an
Infant
likewise
,
as
Roses
in
their
bud
;
You
may
iudge
the
solemnityes
of
the
Nuptiall
pomps
;
they
being
now
as
ful
blowne
Roses
exposed
to
the
view
of
the
whole
world
.
When
to
the
confusion
of
the
ill
affected
,
to
that
most
happy
co
niunction
of
the
Alman
&
Hungarian
Starrs
;
the
Prince
declared
by
that
publique
Act
of
his
,
how
farr
they
were
mistaken
&
deceiued
,
in
their
so
maleuolous
Omens
of
the
match
;
who
so
temerariously
had
passed
their
censures
on
the
Princely
Payre
;
shewing
moreouer
&
manifestly
declaring
,
that
hee
neither
respected
wealth
,
beauty
,
nor
Nobility
of
stock
,
so
much
in
the
choyce
of
his
Spouse
,
though
all
were
competently
at
least
,
if
not
eminently
found
in
her
:
as
her
religious
simplicity
and
integrity
of
mynd
,
matched
with
a
Princely
Maiesty
triumphing
ouer
the
world
,
and
the
Vanityes
thereof
.
HOw
ELIZABETH
BEING
maryed
,
remitted
not
her
deuotions
a
whit
;
and
how
shee
caryed
her self
in
her
Mortifications
.
CHAP.
V.
WHEN
the
Angell
Raphael
,
discouered
himself
to
T●…by
;
he
said
,
that
Prayer
was
good
with
For
first
shee
fed
her
mind
with
thae
heauenly
and
delicious
viandes
,
of
sweete
contemplation
,
deuoutly
meditating
the
points
of
the
foure
last
things
,
to
make
her self
vigilant
and
cautious
.
Or
the
mysteries
of
the
Life
&
Passion
of
our
Lord
,
to
breed
Compassion
in
her
gentle
breast
:
Or
the
Life
of
our
Lady
&
the
Saints
,
to
patterne
or
frame
her
Life
by
.
For
as
for
higher
speculations
of
the
diuine
attributes
,
as
yet
her
yeares
would
not
beare
them
;
Or
if
they
would
,
her
singular
humility
permited
her
not
to
looke
so
high
;
contenting
her self
with
the
Doue
,
to
abide
in
the
holes
of
the
rock
Christ
IESVS
;
and
to
dwell
in
his
Wounds
.
For
which
end
,
shee
exercized
her
body
with
watchings
,
macerations
,
and
fasts
.
For
euen
then
she
began
,
to
abandon
the
softnes
and
deliciousnes
of
her
downy
bed
,
fearing
least
by
pampering
the
flesh
so
much
,
shee
might
vnworthy
of
the
Loue
of
Christ
.
And
therefore
shee
would
often
steale
from
the
Princes
bed
,
and
did
it
so
cunningly
indeed
,
that
likely
he
was
not
aware
thereof
,
when
shee
thought
shee
had
gotten
a
great
purchase
,
to
winne
so
much
tyme
vnknown
to
her
Spouse
,
to
attend
more
freely
to
the
traffique
of
her
soule
,
without
any
danger
of
vaine
glory
therein
;
sometymes
shee
was
taken
in
the
act
of
stealing
forth
,
&
then
shee
would
be
sad
,
to
be
so
discouered
in
her
pious
endeauours
,
but
yet
would
●…raue
his
licence
to
proceede
notwithstanding
,
which
shee
did
most
seriously
,
and
often
obteyned
her
desire
of
the
good
Prince
:
somtymes
againe
shee
would
steale
forth
to
prayer
,
when
shee
thought
him
a
sleepe
,
or
he
but
dissembled
the
matter
,
and
then
reioyce
in
her
hart
,
as
much
as
before
.
And
againe
sometymes
wel
knowing
the
good
disposition
in
the
Prince
,
shee
would
plainely
begg
,
and
hee
as
freely
permitt
,
shee
might
rise
in
the
night
,
or
early
in
the
morning
,
to
giue
her
self
to
Prayer
,
and
to
commend
her
estate
,
and
actions
to
God
.
The
Prince
howsoeuer
he
approued
these
deuotions
,
yet
affecting
her
so
dearly
as
he
did
;
could
not
choose
but
admonish
her
sometymes
,
to
temper
and
moderate
the
excesse
shee
vsed
,
eyther
in
the
tyme
or
intensnes
of
her
prayer
;
discreetely
aduising
her
to
beware
shee
empayred
not
the
health
of
that
her
weake
&
feeble
body
.
But
what
gayned
he
by
it
,
but
a
fuller
satisfaction
in
his
conscience
,
to
haue
sweetely
admonished
her
of
the
perils
,
which
are
ordinarily
incident
to
the
Seruants
of
God
,
in
the
way
of
perfection
;
referring
the
rest
to
his
diuine
pleasure
,
so
pious
hee
was
.
While
she
,
guided
by
the
Holy
Ghost
noe
doubt
,
pursued
her
course
,
or
increased
it
rather
with
the
more
caution
,
&
greater
circumspection
not
to
offend
her
husband
in
the
least
,
whom
shee
honoured
so
much
.
And
to
auoyd
sloath
and
sleepynes
,
to
the
end
shee
might
rise
in
the
night
,
and
not
neglect
her
religious
custume
of
nigthly
prayer
;
shee
gaue
order
to
her
Mayds
to
awake
her
,
at
a
certaine
tyme
,
when
shee
appointed
to
arise
,
Which
to
bee
done
more
priuily
;
and
that
her
watching
and
nightly
rising
might
the
better
be
kept
from
her
Lord
the
Prince
.
Shee
tooke
one
of
her
Mayds
aside
,
in
whom
shee
had
greater
confidence
,
then
in
the
rest
;
coniuring
her
thus
.
Thou
knowest
Isentrude
(
for
so
was
her
name
)
what
trust
I
haue
alwayes
reposed
in
thee
,
and
here
I
acknowledge
how
faithfull
I
haue
found
thee
hitherto
;
I
must
now
therefore
commend
a
new
Office
to
thee
,
to
bee
my
Alarum
in
the
night
,
yf
I
bee
not
vp
,
by
such
an
hower
:
and
to
haue
it
donne
more
secretly
;
my
wil
,
is
,
that
thou
shoudst
awake
mee
,
in
giuing
mee
a
remembrance
at
least
,
by
pulling
mee
by
the
Toes
,
at
the
Bedds
feete
;
for
feare
I
disturbe
and
awake
my
Lord
.
The
faithfull
Seruant
apprehended
her
streight
,
and
assumed
the
charge
,
and
diligently
performed
it
a
good
while
togeather
,
til
at
last
,
being
once
mistaken
I
know
not
how
)
,
shee
tooke
the
Prince
by
the
toe
insteed
of
her
;
Who
awaking
therat
,
and
perceiuing
the
matter
,
was
not
a
whit
displeased
therewith
,
as
being
acquainted
with
her
custome
of
arising
in
the
Night
to
Prayer
.
Which
custome
continually
so
preuailed
vpon
her
,
and
her
feruours
therein
now
grew
so
great
,
as
shee
was
not
contented
,
that
by
stints
and
turnes
to
enioy
these
vicissitudes
of
rest
,
and
rising
in
the
night
;
but
in
the
absence
of
the
Prince
shee
was
often
found
by
her
Mayds
sleeping
on
a
Carpet
spread
and
extended
on
the
ground
,
when
finding
her self
through
a
freindly
and
louing
liberty
of
theirs
,
to
be
handsomely
checked
and
rebuked
by
them
,
as
fearing
least
such
manner
of
austerities
might
breede
her
harme
and
some
great
inconuenience
to
her
.
Her
answere
was
,
shee
reaped
a
double
fruite
and
commodity
by
it
.
First
that
shee
lesse
regarded
her
bed
▪
And
secondly
,
abstained
from
the
softnes
of
those
downes
,
or
the
approach
of
her
husband
;
that
her
mynd
more
easily
and
freely
might
apply
it self
to
heauenly
thoughts
and
spirituall
exercizes
,
so
opposit
to
sense
,
softnes
,
and
carnall
delights
.
She
would
often
complayne
,
shee
was
vnworthy
to
dedicate
her
virginity
when
tyme
was
,
to
her
heauenly
Spouse
;
and
yet
loued
her
Lord
no
whit
the
lesse
;
from
whom
she
would
willingly
neuer
be
absent
;
euen
when
hee
tooke
any
iourney
in
hand
,
were
it
in
frost
or
snow
,
heate
,
or
cold
,
or
any
stormy
weather
soeuer
.
For
shee
well
vnderstood
his
company
debarred
nor
hindered
her
at
all
from
her
exercize
of
watching
and
Prayer
,
and
the
sweete
Embraces
of
her
heauenly
Spouse
;
wherein
shee
daylie
encreased
so
much
,
as
now
shee
tooke
vp
streighter
austerityes
and
afflictions
to
macerate
more
that
innocent
body
of
hers
,
to
whipp
her self
euery
Friday
in
the
yeare
,
in
memory
of
the
Passion
of
her
deare
Sauiour
:
which
in
the
Lents
and
oftentymes
in
the
nights
when
shee
arose
,
was
don
by
her
Mayds
to
humble
and
confound
her
the
more
,
and
yet
with
a
meruailous
chearefulnes
and
sweetnes
shee
suffered
all
;
obliging
them
to
a
perpetuall
silence
.
HOW
ELIZABETH
SVBMITS
her self
to
the
Obedience
of
one
Conrad
,
a
religious
Priest
:
and
what
followed
thereof
.
CHAP.
VI.
ALmightie
God
,
hath
so
ordered
,
and
disposed
of
things
,
in
the
faire
Oeconomy
of
his
diuine
prouidence
;
touching
the
way
and
Life
to
be
led
and
traced
by
mortalls
in
this
world
;
that
none
may
be
his
owne
Guide
,
nor
yet
rely
on
his
proper
knowledge
;
or
trust
to
his
prudence
.
And
if
this
be
so
in
generall
,
how
much
more
in
the
way
of
spirituall
perfection
,
can
one
walke
without
a
true
,
sincere
,
discreet
,
and
prudent
Guide
in
a
spiritual
life
.
For
alas
how
hard
a
thing
it
were
for
a
man
,
as
wel
out
of
passion
,
as
self-loue
,
to
know
the
defects
of
the
mind
,
and
to
perswade
himself
hee
hath
any
;
and
therefore
the
amendement
of
them
,
in
a
manner
becomes
impossible
.
What
necessity
each
one
hath
to
bee
assisted
in
this
point
we
may
imagine
:
For
if
the
sicke
and
infirme
for
the
great
desire
they
haue
to
be
cured
,
bee
content
to
submitt
themselues
to
the
bitter
Pills
and
Receipts
of
the
Phisitian
,
and
oftentymes
to
the
launcings
and
incisions
of
the
sharpe
knife
for
a
present
ease
,
or
at
most
for
a
momentary
life
,
what
should
we
do
in
the
matter
of
Saluation
,
and
eternal
life
.
But
seeke
a
Reuerend
,
learned
,
and
a
pious
Phisitian
of
our
soule
to
deale
with
,
when
especially
eternall
happynes
,
or
euerlasting
misery
depends
thereon
.
Not
only
to
lay
open
the
soares
of
our
conscience
to
him
,
in
matter
of
sinnes
,
and
temptations
;
but
euen
also
of
penances
,
mortifications
,
deuotions
,
&
in
all
other
things
wherein
a
man
may
easely
digresse
,
&
step
asi
le
from
the
right
path
,
not
only
of
sanctity
and
perfection
,
but
euen
of
necessary
saluation
it self
.
Wereby
we
walking
more
securely
in
the
way
of
God
,
may
be
apter
to
receiue
the
diuine
graces
,
since
with
this
resignation
and
act
of
Humility
,
and
this
holy
hatred
of
our selues
,
(
besides
the
keeping
and
preseruing
the
soule
for
eternal
life
)
God
is
exceedingly
pleased
therewith
,
and
by
meanes
of
such
spiritual
Phisitians
;
and
faithful
Interpreters
of
his
wil
,
the
more
cleerely
he
manifests
to
vs
,
what
we
ought
to
do
.
Such
a
Guide
now
had
Elizabeth
great
neede
of
,
to
gouerne
her
amid
such
new
deuotions
and
feruours
,
euery
day
so
taken
vp
by
her
,
least
that
which
was
intended
for
her
greater
good
and
aduancement
in
spirit
,
for
want
of
such
a
Guide
or
Directour
,
might
redound
to
the
greater
dammage
,
or
at
least
degenerate
in
spiritual
gluttony
.
And
this
is
that
,
which
the
Prince
seemed
to
intimate
to
her
,
while
he
admonished
her
to
moderate
her
feruours
.
When
loe
much
about
that
tyme
,
came
thither
a
Priest
as
dropt
from
heauen
,
called
Conrad
of
Marpurge
;
a
most
worthy
and
famous
personage
,
both
in
his
exemplar
manner
of
life
,
and
eminent
Learning
;
being
sent
by
his
Holynes
at
that
tyme
,
to
preach
the
word
of
God
,
throughout
the
Prouinces
of
Germany
.
Who
preuayled
so
much
through
the
singular
gift
hee
had
in
preaching
,
and
the
Authority
he
purchased
by
it
;
that
he
no
lesse
repressed
rebellious
minds
with
a
strickter
hand
held
vpon
them
,
a
grauity
of
aspect
,
and
powerful
presence
,
then
he
attracted
and
comforted
the
obedient
with
his
lenity
and
sweete
proceedings
with
euery
one
.
His
life
was
fully
answerable
to
the
doctrine
hee
preached
,
and
his
works
to
the
words
he
vttered
.
His
eloquence
or
grace
in
speaking
was
such
,
as
was
not
easy
to
bee
iudged
which
the
greater
:
his
learning
or
feruour
in
the
pulpit
,
which
the
more
;
or
whether
he
were
more
happy
in
priuate
discourses
to
winne
&
allure
the
hard
vnto
him
;
or
more
successefull
in
preuayling
with
them
,
through
force
of
the
eminent
tallents
he
had
,
especially
in
guiding
and
gouerning
soules
.
Hee
wholely
contemned
wealth
and
honours
,
riches
,
and
dignityes
,
and
had
an
extraordinary
zeale
of
christian
Religion
.
Hee
was
besides
a
fatall
Enemy
and
a
mayne
impugner
of
Heretiques
;
nor
was
he
euer
noted
,
ambitiously
to
seeke
for
Ecclesiasticall
lyuings
▪
or
the
spirituall
goods
of
the
Church
for
his
owne
vse
,
or
vse
of
his
Nephewes
or
Kindred
,
or
so
much
as
to
accept
of
what
was
freely
offered
him
in
that
or
any
of
the
like
kind
.
His
apparrel
was
sutable
&
agreeable
with
the
decenter
sort
of
the
Clergy
in
those
tymes
,
nor
exceeded
the
commoner
sort
of
the
grauer
of
them
.
His
table
frugal
,
the
difcipline
of
his
house
hold
very
Regular
&
good
;
in
a
word
a
very
absolute
&
compleat
Ecclesiastique
;
&
worthy
to
haue
▪
sit
in
the
highest
chayrs
of
Pontifical
dignity
;
which
surely
he
had
,
if
his
disposition
of
shuning
Prelacyes
,
had
not
been
too
wel
known
to
the
world
.
To
this
worthy
man
,
and
eminent
Starre
of
the
Church
,
the
noble
and
vertuous
Lewes
,
vpon
knowledge
of
his
so
rare
worths
,
being
now
growne
into
some
familiarity
with
him
,
and
hee
againe
very
grateful
to
both
the
yong
Princes
,
and
the
whole
Court
of
Thuringia
,
gaue
leaue
to
bestow
at
his
pleasure
,
and
his
owne
discretion
the
whole
gouernement
and
superintendency
of
all
the
Churches
and
Aduowsons
of
Benefices
,
which
in
his
State
were
remayning
in
his
hands
.
And
whereas
the
Lady
Elizabeth
her self
with
consent
of
the
Prince
,
requested
the
venerable
Father
,
with
much
instance
,
to
receiue
her
into
his
charge
;
he
graunted
it
,
so
shee
promised
such
obedience
to
him
,
as
might
stand
with
her
Mariage
estate
which
shee
vowed
deuoutly
,
and
performed
exactly
indeed
,
not
only
for
the
few
yeares
the
Prince
liued
with
her
,
but
euen
after
his
decease
likewise
;
and
then
much
more
readily
,
punctually
,
and
absolutely
,
then
euer
.
Now
then
,
after
this
reuerend
Priest
had
taken
her
to
his
charge
,
to
guide
and
gouerne
her
in
the
way
of
spirit
,
and
that
shee
had
deliuered
vp
herself
wholy
into
his
hands
,
to
be
directed
by
him
,
the
good
Father
perceiuing
her
good
,
desires
,
and
noting
how
prosperously
shee
had
succeeded
hitherto
,
through
the
especial
assistance
of
the
Holy
〈◊〉
;
began
to
conceiue
very
highly
of
his
new
charge
;
imagining
with
himself
,
much
fruite
might
be
wrought
with
such
,
a
subiect
,
&
therefore
determined
to
vse
al
diligence
hee
was
able
,
to
aduance
to
some
degree
of
perfection
,
noting
such
singular
and
most
eminent
seeds
of
grace
to
be
sowne
already
in
the
fertil
soyle
of
her
prompt
and
ready
soule
.
And
shee
of
the
other
side
,
hauing
thus
made
a
surrender
of
herself
,
wholy
and
entirely
vnto
him
,
to
be
ruled
and
gouerned
by
him
:
disposed
her
self
to
be
most
punctuall
in
obseruing
his
behests
,
and
to
regard
him
as
an
Angell
sent
from
heauen
,
to
guide
her
in
the
path
way
of
perfection
.
How
after
many
other
practises
of
lesse
moment
vsed
by
the
good
Father
,
in
dealing
with
this
soule
,
wherein
hee
found
her
stil
to
come
with
great
facility
in
the
exercise
of
all
ordinary
vertues
;
he
began
to
proceed
more
stricktly
&
imperiously
with
her
,
to
put
her
to
the
touch
and
triall
of
her
true
vertue
and
sanctity
in
deede
.
When
behold
a
conuenient
occasion
thereof
represented
it self
to
him
,
and
this
it
was
.
The
good
Father
on
a
tyme
was
to
preach
(
as
he
was
ordinarily
wont
)
of
heauenly
things
,
when
especially
hee
commanded
this
Seruant
of
Christ
,
not
to
fayle
to
be
present
thereat
;
&
whether
it
were
that
he
knew
before
the
necessary
occasion
she
had
,
to
be
absent
or
no
,
can
no
mantel
▪
this
only
appeares
,
that
shee
by
accident
fayling
to
be
present
at
that
tyme
,
through
the
vnexpected
arriuall
of
her
husbands
Sister
;
in
great
displeasure
,
as
it
were
he
sent
her
a
sharpe
rebuke
,
and
as
to
one
disobedient
sent
her
word
,
he
would
neuer
command
her
any
thing
more
,
who
for
so
slight
an
occasion
had
broken
her
promise
of
obedience
to
him
;
and
now
shee
might
vse
●…er
owne
liberty
againe
,
as
shee
would
her self
,
signifying
withal
,
he
could
by
no
meanes
take
it
wel
at
her
hands
,
to
bee
so
slightly
regarded
by
her
.
At
which
message
,
you
may
imagine
how
Elizabeth
was
stung
to
the
quick
,
and
grieued
in
her
Soule
,
&
thereupon
went
immediately
in
all
hast
to
her
Maister
,
(
for
so
shee
vsed
to
cal
him
,
)
with
her
eyes
cast
downe
to
the
ground
for
shame
,
as
not
daring
to
looke
him
in
the
face
,
she
humbly
craued
pardon
of
him
;
from
whom
when
the
angry
Father
,
as
in
disdayne
turned
his
face
away
;
the
humble
creature
not
respecting
her
birth
and
dignity
,
fel
downe
at
his
feete
,
and
would
not
rise
till
at
last
,
through
her
humiliation
shee
obtayned
;
pardon
acknowledging
her
errour
therein
,
with
all
submission
,
but
priuatly
chid
her
mayds
in
a
sweete
complayning
manner
,
through
whose
occasion
(
as
shee
made
it
appeare
vnto
them
,
)
shee
had
committed
the
offence
.
It
is
the
property
of
the
tenderest
consciences
,
especially
in
their
first
conuersions
,
to
bee
apt
to
scruples
,
which
is
a
meere
trick
of
the
enemy
of
their
good
resolutions
,
to
make
them
either
wholy
to
break
with
them
,
or
if
they
wil
needs
proceed
therein
,
to
take
away
the
sweetnes
they
should
otherwise
find
in
the
seruice
of
God
,
&
the
way
of
perfection
.
This
then
was
it
,
which
troubled
so
our
new
Nouice
,
&
Disciple
here
in
the
schoole
of
Conrad
,
who
being
warned
by
him
,
not
to
eate
of
meates
purchased
either
by
violence
or
any
kind
of
oppression
;
and
sitting
at
table
(
contrary
to
the
custome
of
such
Royal
personages
)
the
very
next
to
the
Prince
himself
,
through
the
extraordinary
loue
that
was
betweene
them
,
shee
incurred
many
greeuous
scruples
,
fearing
to
touch
now
this
,
now
that
kind
of
meate
,
where
to
abstayne
from
al
,
as
shee
was
not
bound
,
so
in
that
same
place
shee
could
not
do
it
.
Two
of
her
Mayds
were
ioyned
with
her
in
this
kind
of
abstinence
,
for
whose
quiet
,
besides
her
owne
,
shee
fully
prouided
for
,
and
therefore
procured
their
dyet
to
bee
prepared
a
part
togeather
with
hers
;
&
to
be
allowed
them
out
of
her
kitchin
.
Wherein
shee
had
likewise
good
experience
of
the
Princely
disposition
of
her
husband
in
such
things
,
&
of
his
singular
fauours
towards
her
,
in
these
and
the
like
occasions
.
For
if
any
thing
had
been
serued
into
the
table
that
might
breed
any
scruple
in
her
;
he
would
certify
her
of
it
,
either
with
a
winke
or
nod
or
some
other
signe
.
And
of
his
owne
accord
would
haue
obliged
himself
to
the
same
abstinence
,
had
he
not
been
hindred
&
crossed
therin
;
by
the
misinterpretation
of
some
of
his
Nobility
,
who
ascribed
the
same
no
whit
to
Religion
,
or
any
deuotion
in
her
,
but
to
meere
superstition
&
folly
;
protesting
he
would
ere
●…ong
,
embrace
it
himself
,
exhorting
her
maydes
to
go
on
with
their
purpose
;
since
himselfe
likewise
would
shortly
●…e
one
of
their
number
.
And
as
for
Elizabeth
her self
,
shee
would
often
enquire
,
in
the
Visitts
of
the
Offices
of
the
houshold
,
what
prouisions
were
made
of
meate
&
drinke
;
&
whether
instly
or
vniustly
they
were
purueyd
or
no
;
&
when
shee
was
satisfyed
,
al
was
wel
,
with
great
ioy
she
certified
&
secured
her
Mayds
thereof
,
saying
.
To
day
,
God
be
thanked
,
we
shal
fare
very
wel
.
In
the
principal
Feasts
,
indeed
,
shee
was
likely
put
to
her
shiftes
,
in
the
assembly
of
many
of
the
States
&
Peeres
of
the
Realme
,
how
to
dissemble
her
abstinence
,
not
only
from
meates
forbidden
by
obedience
,
but
euen
likewise
from
such
as
were
lawful
,
and
fit
to
be
eaten
,
when
they
were
either
costly
or
deinty
,
or
any
wayes
curious
&
not
ordinary
.
For
then
,
to
dissemble
her
abstinence
from
al
such
dishes
,
according
to
her
pious
&
deuout
resolutions
made
for
the
Loue
of
God
;
she
would
either
discourse
with
the
guesse
,
or
els
talke
with
the
Prince
at
table
,
or
bee
caruing
the
daintyest
morsels
to
others
,
or
drinke
to
friends
,
according
to
the
manner
of
that
countrey
,
or
els
send
forth
her
Mayds
vpon
sleeueles
errands
here
and
there
,
or
change
her
trencher
very
often
,
and
would
vse
a
thousand
other
inuentions
to
deceiue
her
appetite
,
&
the
eyes
of
the
Guesse
&
weighters
,
so
ingenious
is
a
mortified
creature
,
disposed
to
deny
,
&
barre
it self
of
al
that
is
dainty
or
delicate
:
so
as
while
others
had
been
glutted
with
the
choycest
meates
,
she
very
often
would
arise
a
hungry
,
&
go
to
her
chamber
,
where
she
fed
very
sauourly
on
bread
&
hony
&
sometymes
be
contented
with
a
bare
crust
,
&
that
very
often
of
Rye
bread
,
and
a
cup
of
the
smalest
wine
.
Whensoeuer
shee
dined
or
supped
by
her self
and
not
with
the
Prince
her
husband
,
shee
would
fare
very
coursely
&
poorely
,
togeather
with
her
said
Mayds
,
whom
she
had
as
companions
of
her
discipline
,
&
order
of
abstinence
so
taken
vp
amongst
them
.
And
not
to
charge
the
Lantgraue
her
husband
with
extraordinary
expences
in
this
kind
of
special
dyet
,
betweene
themselues
,
shee
caused
the
same
to
be
alowed
her
out
of
her
owne
rents
,
though
her
husband
allwayes
offered
them
some
daintyes
or
others
to
mend
their
commons
,
which
they
would
neuer
accept
.
If
shee
knew
of
any
,
who
had
wrongfully
lost
any
part
of
his
goods
,
shee
presently
caused
(
if
it
lay
in
her
power
)
the
whole
losse
to
be
restored
him
againe
,
so
as
the
party
seemed
to
haue
only
but
exchanged
his
goods
,
and
not
lost
them
at
all
.
HOW
ELIZABETH
CONTEMnes
all
brauery
and
vanitie
of
Apparell
,
perswading
other
Ladyes
to
do
the
same
.
CHAP.
VII
.
THough
the
glorious
and
bewtiful
Hester
,
for
God
and
her
countryes
seruice
,
put
herself
into
sumptuous
&
gorgeous
attires
,
yet
shee
did
it
with
griefe
&
repugnancy
in
her self
,
protesting
in
the
presence
of
Almightie
God
that
from
her
hart
shee
detested
the
diadem
shee
ware
.
The
like
Elizabeth
vsed
to
do
,
when
shee
dressed
her self
more
richly
and
curiously
then
ordinary
as
shee
was
forced
somtymes
,
to
giue
satisfaction
to
the
world
,
and
to
couer
the
humility
of
her
hart
,
for
now
began
the
eyes
of
men
to
bee
cast
vpon
her
as
a
yong
Saint
.
Til
at
last
,
on
a
certaine
solemne
,
feast
being
richly
attred
with
princely
Robes
,
and
wearing
a
crowne
of
gold
on
her
head
,
attended
with
a
stately
traine
of
her
houshold
,
and
some
other
of
the
Nobility
,
entering
into
the
Church
,
to
heare
the
diuine
Office
,
&
espying
the
crosse
with
the
●…mage
of
our
Sauiour
hanging
thereon
,
on
the
Rood-lost
,
being
suddenly
moued
to
compunction
thereat
,
fel
a
weeping
,
and
weeping
entred
into
th●…se
cogitatious
.
Alas
,
behold
how
my
Creator
&
Redeemer
,
hangs
naked
on
the
crosse
,
dying
thereon
a
most
shameful
and
opprobrious
death
for
my
sake
,
while
I
a
vile
and
wretched
synner
,
attired
with
silk
and
purple
,
and
adorned
with
●…ewells
,
liue
vainely
,
rather
then
lead
a
life
worthy
a
Christian
,
much
lesse
of
a
Seruant
of
God
,
especially
deuoted
and
consecrated
in
desire
at
least
to
a
state
of
greater
perfection
.
Acrowne
of
thornes
,
pricked
his
head
in
Pilates
howse
,
and
looke
how
he
weares
it
while
I
am
dressed
with
a
Coronet
of
gold
,
he
my
God
,
for
mee
is
as
forsaken
abandoned
of
his
friends
&
disciples
,
and
ignominiously
entreaded
by
the
Iewes
with
whips
and
scourges
,
looke
how
the
blood
runnes
trickling
from
him
,
while
I
heere
am
guarded
and
attended
on
,
with
a
goodly
family
of
seruants
about
mee
,
wayting
my
pleasure
,
euery
one
striuing
to
magnify
and
honour
mee
in
what
they
may
:
Is
this
the
feruour
of
the
Loue
I
beare
him
?
Is
this
the
gratitude
I
repay
him
with
?
Is
this
the
requital
of
the
loue
he
hath
borne
mee
?
Alas
poore
wretch
as
I
am
!
O
wo
to
mee
vnfortunate
wretch
!
And
do
I
thus
obey
his
precepts
:
thus
cal
to
mind
his
benefitts
receiued
:
thus
follow
his
steps
;
who
created
mee
,
when
I
was
not
,
and
of
nothing
,
made
mee
such
as
I
am
,
and
when
I
was
lost
redeemed
mee
with
his
precious
bloud
?
O
wretch
!
These
meditations
and
internal
colloquyes
with
the
present
Crucifix
,
were
so
vehement
with
her
,
that
shee
was
absorpt
as
it
were
,
and
without
sense
,
when
suddenly
her
strength
fayling
her
,
and
her
face
now
pale
and
wan
,
shee
fel
to
the
ground
,
as
without
life
,
whereat
al
the
company
of
Lords
and
Ladyes
about
her
being
terribly
affrighted
and
amazed
,
tooke
her
vp
from
the
ground
,
and
cast
holy
water
on
her
:
When
their
astonishment
was
passed
ouer
,
shee
returned
to
her self
againe
.
And
euer
after
,
remayned
with
such
a
horrour
and
detestation
against
al
vanity
,
that
as
if
shee
had
been
admonished
by
some
diuine
Oracle
,
shee
abstayned
from
al
sumptuous
apparel
,
as
much
as
her
state
and
dignitie
would
permit
,
so
as
many
tymes
shee
ware
vnder
her
silks
very
sharpe
and
cruel
cilices
.
And
if
at
any
tyme
,
through
the
length
of
any
iourney
,
which
her
husband
was
to
take
,
shee
could
not
accompagny
him
,
staying
at
home
;
shee
layed
aside
al
costly
attires
,
being
contented
to
haue
the
courser
habits
without
tincture
,
but
meerely
of
their
owne
natiue
colours
,
not
differing
a
whit
from
the
common
weare
,
of
the
ordinary
people
of
that
countrey
.
When
being
so
alone
,
through
vse
of
Prayer
and
frequent
meditation
,
through
multiplying
disciplines
,
through
prolonging
her
vigils
,
and
nightly
watches
,
shee
so
subdued
the
flesh
to
the
spirit
,
and
mortified
the
alluring
&
enticing
delights
of
the
flesh
,
that
might
haue
tempted
her
,
amidst
occasions
in
the
court
,
●…hee
being
so
yong
and
delicate
of
complexion
,
as
shee
seemed
to
be
rather
a
claustrial
Widow
,
or
recluse
Auchorite
,
shut
vp
in
walls
,
then
a
Lady
of
the
court
,
or
especially
the
Princesse
thereof
.
This
shee
did
in
the
absence
of
her
Lord
only
:
but
at
his
returne
;
shee
put
on
againe
more
fitting
cloathes
,
to
giue
content
to
her
husband
,
and
the
rest
of
the
court
;
which
shee
for
vertues
sake
,
and
affect
of
pouerty
;
for
so
long
tyme
had
layd
aside
;
declaring
thereby
,
what
became
a
vertuous
and
chast
wife
to
do
,
as
wel
in
the
absence
of
her
husband
abroad
,
as
in
his
presence
at
home
.
Shee
also
,
endeauoured
both
by
word
and
example
,
to
draw
some
Noble
Ladyes
of
the
court
,
with
whom
shee
was
familiarly
conuersant
,
from
their
excesses
in
rich
apparel
:
telling
them
with
effectual
discourses
,
many
excellent
points
and
reasons
against
it
;
especially
for
Christians
,
professing
to
be
the
members
of
Christ
;
declaring
how
vnfitting
it
was
,
he
being
our
head
,
&
crowned
with
thornes
,
that
our
bodyes
should
be
so
softly
entreaded
,
acknowledging
our selues
to
bee
his
members
.
She
would
bring
in
the
example
of
Rachael
,
as
a
patterue
of
womanly
Shee
remembred
them
withal
,
what
S.
Hierome
said
,
as
shee
heard
once
in
a
Sermon
which
her
Maister
preached
,
discoursing
of
the
penitent
state
and
plight
,
wherein
Magdelen
was
prostrate
at
the
feete
of
Christ
,
washing
them
with
her
teares
,
and
drying
them
againe
with
the
hayre
of
her
head
.
That
she
was
so
much
the
fayrer
as
lesse
deckt
.
How
Hester
and
Iudith
,
going
to
pray
,
cloathed
themselues
in
sackcloth
,
and
dolfully
sprinckled
ashes
on
their
heads
,
in
witnes
of
the
state
of
human
condition
,
&
their
owne
dust
and
ashes
.
How
Sainct
Paul
willeth
women
to
performe
at
least
Prophet
Esay
against
the
With
these
,
and
such
like
reasons
,
the
wife
and
discreet
Dutchesse
softned
the
harts
of
some
of
the
Ladyes
,
and
made
them
to
relent
and
remit
somwhat
of
the
excesse
they
vsed
in
braue
attyres
,
now
leauing
off
one
thing
,
and
then
an
other
,
that
they
might
not
sudenly
seeme
to
make
such
a
change
al
at
once
,
and
might
the
lesse
be
perceiued
;
so
that
ere
long
,
an
admirable
change
was
made
in
that
court
,
from
gorgeous
dressings
,
to
a
decenter
manner
of
habit
,
partly
through
the
example
it self
of
their
Lady
,
and
of
the
sainctly
life
shee
led
,
and
partly
also
for
those
reasons
alleadged
by
her
,
against
such
excesses
,
It
cannot
be
told
,
what
comfort
the
Princesse
her self
tooke
at
this
holsome
change
which
shee
presently
aduerted
:
and
therefore
taking
more
courage
,
to
ascend
to
higher
points
of
perfection
with
such
as
were
capable
thereof
,
shee
tooke
a
faire
occasion
and
opportunity
with
the
yonger
and
tenderest
of
them
,
to
fal
in
commendation
of
the
Single
life
,
but
especially
aduancing
beyond
measure
,
the
Virginal
state
.
To
which
purpose
shee
brake
forth
in
this
manner
.
You
may
thinke
maydens
,
that
what
I
shal
say
,
perhapps
,
may
not
wel
proceed
from
my
mouth
:
who
in
fact
haue
embraced
an
other
state
,
then
what
I
commend
vnto
you
.
But
this
,
good
sisters
,
must
I
tel
you
,
by
the
way
,
it
is
no
precept
at
al
▪
but
meerely
a
counsaile
.
And
al
are
not
worthy
and
capable
thereof
,
then
let
them
take
the
same
,
that
can
take
it
;
among
whom
,
good
sisters
,
I
haue
allwayes
reckoned
my self
the
vnworthyest
.
And
therefore
,
I
would
not
haue
you
to
wonder
a
whit
,
or
hold
my
words
in
lesse
regard
,
if
I
seeme
to
commend
one
thing
,
and
choose
and
embrace
the
contrary
my self
.
The
thing
then
,
I
aduise
you
,
is
to
a
perpetual
Virginity
of
mynd
and
body
.
For
this
is
the
noblest
degree
of
al
Chastity
:
consisting
formally
in
a
perpetual
purpose
,
to
abstayne
from
al
carnal
delectation
,
being
a
special
vertue
,
and
the
principal
point
thereof
;
whereto
is
promised
the
fruite
of
a
hundred
fold
,
&
is
reserued
for
such
as
keepe
it
entirely
.
It
is
the
flowre
of
the
Ecclesiastical
Stemm
,
the
Beauty
and
splendour
of
the
spiritual
grace
,
the
most
illustrious
portion
of
the
Redemption
of
IESVS
.
This
Virginity
,
is
most
amiable
in
it self
:
sweet
as
the
sauour
of
the
odoriferous
Balme
,
wherewith
as
the
bodyes
embalmed
,
are
preserued
from
the
teint
of
any
corruption
,
so
by
it
,
are
no
lesse
preserued
both
the
spirit
and
body
,
&
the
vertues
&
humane
actions
conserued
,
most
pure
in
the
sight
of
God
,
who
restraynes
&
contaynes
the
sences
&
appetites
,
in
a
singular
candour
and
beautyful
lustre
,
representing
the
state
of
the
immortal
glory
.
Chastity
,
&
specially
entire
Virginity
,
is
it
,
which
takes
yts
origen
from
the
kingdomes
of
the
heauens
which
makes
you
Maydens
of
earth
,
as
wholy
celestial
&
angelical
.
For
what
is
more
beautyful
,
trow
you
,
or
more
resplendant
then
Chastity
and
true
Virginity
,
which
transformes
a
Virgin
,
to
an
Angel
.
A
chast
Virgin
indeed
being
a
terrestrial
Angel
,
&
an
Angel
being
none
other
then
a
celestial
virgin
,
different
truly
one
from
the
other
,
but
in
happines
and
felicity
only
,
in
nature
and
not
in
vertue
.
For
,
if
the
Chastity
of
the
Angel
be
more
happy
in
it self
,
yet
that
of
the
Virgin
in
earth
is
confessed
to
be
stronger
,
in
combating
continually
against
the
intestine
and
forreine
assaults
of
the
flesh
.
And
is
so
faire
and
goodly
a
vertue
indeed
,
that
as
material
whitnes
or
the
colour
of
white
in
yt
self
,
is
the
chiefe
among
al
colours
,
and
the
very
foundation
of
al
the
rest
:
So
is
Chastity
,
the
spring
and
foundation
of
al
good
works
.
And
lastly
Chastity
,
is
a
glorious
vertue
,
the
myracle
of
grace
,
the
singular
fruit
of
the
Passion
of
Iesus
,
of
the
nature
of
Angels
,
the
sacred
Sanctuary
of
the
holy
Trinity
,
the
Bed
and
Couch
,
of
more
then
Salomon
,
strewed
al
with
flowers
.
Loue
then
,
ô
Virgins
,
this
so
noble
a
vertue
of
Virginity
,
prise
this
pretious
gemme
and
iewel
of
Chastity
,
cherish
the
same
farre
more
then
the
apple
of
your
eyes
,
yea
more
life
yt self
,
the
most
inestimable
of
sublunary
things
.
Thus
spake
the
Princesse
Elizabeth
,
to
the
Mayds
of
honour
about
her
,
and
they
as
seriously
gaue
attention
to
her
.
It
can
not
be
told
,
how
their
harts
were
now
enflamed
with
the
Loue
of
Chastity
,
&
perpetual
Virginity
;
insomuch
as
diuers
of
them
were
moued
thereby
,
to
embrace
that
counsaile
,
and
through
the
helpe
and
assistance
of
their
Lady
were
admitted
into
cloysters
to
become
Religious
.
Which
fauour
and
benefit
next
to
God
and
the
immaculate
Queene
of
Virgins
,
they
acknowledged
from
her
.
Thus
shee
spent
her
tyme
in
Court
,
&
thus
happily
succeeded
her
faire
endeauours
.
With
this
ardent
affect
of
Chastity
,
shee
had
the
affect
of
fecundity
also
,
and
with
the
merit
of
a
votiue
and
no
vowed
Chastity
,
shee
had
the
blessing
of
material
fruictfulnes
.
There
neuer
was
a
creature
caryed
her self
more
euen
betweene
her
heauenly
and
earthly
Spouse
then
Elizabeth
did
,
shee
rendred
so
her
debts
,
as
shee
defrauded
neither
,
&
therefore
was
blessed
from
heauen
,
with
three
children
by
the
Prince
her
husband
Lewys
,
the
Lantgraue
of
Thuringia
.
First
with
a
Sonne
named
Herman
,
who
succeeded
his
father
in
the
Dukedome
;
and
then
two
Daughters
,
one
whereof
was
giuen
in
Mariage
,
to
the
Duke
of
Brabant
then
lyuing
;
&
the
other
admitted
into
a
Monastery
of
Religious
women
,
where
in
tyme
shee
was
chosen
to
be
the
Lady
Abbesse
of
the
howse
,
and
where
shee
gouerned
the
family
most
religiously
,
not
vnlike
to
the
Daughter
of
such
a
Mother
.
Her
manner
was
,
after
shee
was
brought
to
bed
,
and
delinered
,
and
the
rights
of
churching
ended
,
to
take
her
little
Babe
,
and
carry
it
in
her
armes
&
going
barefoote
,
&
clad
with
an
humble
garment
of
home-made
cloth
,
with
a
slender
retinew
about
her
,
descend
downe
a
rocky
&
steepy
hil
,
&
there
enter
into
the
church
.
Where
Masse
being
ended
,
shee
would
offer
the
same
vpon
the
Aultar
,
with
a
waxen
taper
burning
in
her
hand
,
and
then
as
shee
returned
home
againe
,
giue
her
gowne
&
veyle
to
the
next
poore
Woman
shee
met
.
WHAT
CHARITY
ELIZAbeth
shewed
to
her
Neighbour
:
&
how
shee
gaue
the
Cloathes
from
her
back
to
the
poore
.
CHAP.
VIII
.
NO
doubt
,
but
the
good
father
Conrad
,
had
giuen
to
the
Lady
Elizabeth
,
many
singular
documents
of
the
theoricke
of
al
vertues
,
and
that
by
the
vse
of
Prayer
and
meditation
shee
had
got
many
rare
principles
of
speculatiue
knowledge
,
of
the
diuine
attributes
,
and
the
infinite
perfections
of
God
,
and
many
practical
Rules
besides
of
true
and
solid
vertues
.
Yet
as
reasons
and
considerations
suffice
not
to
take
away
feare
which
is
natural
to
man
,
but
it
is
needful
also
to
apply
some
outward
remedyes
:
as
to
bid
them
to
approach
neerer
to
the
thing
they
apprehend
to
be
a
Phantasme
,
and
to
touch
it
with
the
finger
,
to
try
and
see
by
experience
,
that
there
is
no
cause
of
feare
,
and
al
to
be
nothing
els
but
meerely
imagination
and
their
owne
apprehensions
.
So
likewise
to
loose
the
opinion
and
estimation
we
haue
of
the
world
and
of
al
worldly
honour
and
vaine
pompe
,
and
to
make
vs
to
set
litle
by
them
,
neither
reasons
nor
yet
considerations
suffice
;
but
the
acts
of
humility
,
which
are
the
most
principal
&
efficacious
meanes
,
we
can
vse
of
our
part
to
obtayne
the
same
;
the
thing
which
this
good
lady
aymed
at
,
in
al
the
whole
course
of
her
life
.
For
,
as
sciences
and
Arts
are
purchased
with
exercise
,
so
likewise
the
morral
vertues
are
not
truly
gayned
,
but
by
frequent
external
acts
in
the
same
vertues
.
As
for
one
to
be
a
good
Musitian
,
good
Artizan
,
or
a
good
Rhetorician
,
or
Philosopher
,
he
had
need
to
exercise
himself
wel
to
attayne
perfection
therein
.
Now
Elizabeth
,
hauing
in
truth
for
her
principal
scope
to
Loue
God
aboue
al
things
,
and
the
Neighbour
as
her self
;
conceiuing
very
wel
how
the
same
,
consisted
not
so
much
in
documents
alone
,
or
meere
speculations
,
as
in
putting
the
same
into
outward
practises
,
and
to
effect
:
and
that
vertues
are
not
kindly
indeed
,
but
with
habits
;
and
habits
not
purchased
(
as
I
sayd
)
without
frequent
acts
of
the
same
vertues
.
Though
her
mind
were
wel
inclined
to
pious
works
,
and
works
of
mercy
to
the
poore
,
and
such
as
were
impotent
and
diseased
any
wayes
,
yet
shee
satisfied
not
her self
with
that
pious
effect
only
towards
them
,
as
thinking
it
not
sufficient
not
to
oppresse
any
,
and
to
passe
by
,
and
say
,
God
help
you
,
to
such
as
shee
knew
to
be
in
any
distresse
,
or
which
is
more
,
not
contented
to
perswade
others
,
or
to
inuite
them
to
be
pittiful
and
helpful
to
the
poore
and
necessitous
,
but
releiued
them
her self
with
her
owne
hands
:
So
as
,
that
saying
of
Iob
very
aptly
agreed
From
myne
infancy
,
pitty
and
compassion
hath
been
bred
in
mee
:
and
from
the
womb
of
my
Mother
,
it
grew
vp
with
mee
.
And
to
the
end
,
this
vertue
of
Compassion
,
might
not
be
fruitles
and
barren
in
her
,
a
singular
Liberality
was
annexed
to
it
,
to
which
the
Princes
free
disposition
concurring
,
made
her
works
to
the
Neighbour
vrey
admirable
,
as
shal
appeare
in
the
ensuing
narration
throughout
.
Of
which
kind
,
for
the
present
wee
wil
intimate
two
only
examples
of
especial
regard
.
It
chanced
then
,
that
this
pittiful
and
merciful
Woman
,
came
to
the
knowledge
of
a
poore
and
miserable
wretch
exceedingly
affected
with
a
certaine
loathsome
disease
of
lice
in
his
head
,
which
is
called
Phthiriasis
,
in
such
aboundance
indeed
,
togeather
with
the
head-ach
,
as
it
was
no
smal
torment
and
confusion
to
him
,
and
with
al
the
meanes
he
made
,
he
could
neuer
be
rid
of
them
.
when
lo
,
the
blessed
Elizabeth
,
desirous
to
dresse
him
her self
,
to
cure
the
same
,
though
shee
might
haue
commended
the
matter
to
some
other
:
yet
by
no
meanes
would
shee
giue
consent
,
to
haue
any
Riuall
or
companion
with
her
in
that
act
,
being
so
faire
an
occasion
offered
,
as
shee
thought
to
ouercome
her self
for
the
loue
of
IESVS
.
And
therefore
for
the
more
priuacy
thereof
,
and
not
to
be
depriued
of
so
great
a
merit
;
vnknowne
to
any
,
so
much
as
to
her
most
intimate
seruant
Isentrude
,
shee
found
the
way
to
conueigh
the
Wretch
aside
in
al
secrecy
into
her
priuate
Orchard
,
wherein
many
high
trees
were
growing
;
for
within
doores
it
was
not
possible
to
be
done
without
some
notice
taken
:
at
least
that
shee
might
not
be
hindered
in
her
pious
endeauour
.
Where
notwithstanding
the
auersion
and
loathing
,
shee
might
easely
haue
had
thereat
;
shee
kembed
his
head
,
and
cut
his
hayre
,
al
clotted
with
filth
,
and
till
then
vnkembed
for
many
dayes
,
and
killed
the
lice
,
and
willed
him
confidently
to
lay
it
in
her
lap
,
which
he
did
for
a
pretty
space
,
til
shee
had
wel
scoured
and
washed
the
same
.
When
her
mayds
,
coming
in
by
chance
,
and
fynding
their
lady
employed
in
so
abiect
a
worke
,
and
so
vnseemely
for
her
:
admiring
it
,
as
not
beleiuing
at
first
it
should
be
shee
,
roundly
rebuked
her
for
it
,
that
shee
being
a
lady
of
such
degree
and
royal
descent
,
would
defile
her
fingars
with
so
loathsome
a
disease
,
in
pouling
and
washing
the
head
of
so
miserable
a
creature
;
exaggerating
withal
the
arguments
that
might
bee
,
how
il
it
became
her
to
do
,
it
,
which
they
for
their
parts
would
not
do
,
for
any
thing
in
the
world
:
Inferring
besides
,
that
doubtles
her
Lord
,
the
Lantgraue
would
be
much
offended
,
if
he
chanced
to
come
to
the
knowledge
thereof
.
When
behold
,
the
good
Lady
somwhat
blanck
thereat
,
to
be
taken
so
suddenly
in
the
manner
,
beyond
expectation
,
not
so
much
for
the
shame
shee
had
of
the
seruile
work
,
as
for
that
thé
secrecy
thereof
was
broken
,
which
shee
intended
▪
and
offered
to
the
sight
of
God
,
and
not
to
the
eyes
of
Mortalls
,
or
human
censures
;
but
smiling
,
shee
handsomely
seemed
to
put
off
the
discourse
to
some
other
matter
,
vpon
a
good
occasion
offered
:
as
not
willing
to
iustify
the
same
too
much
for
feare
of
vaine
glory
,
or
to
heare
them
inveigh
so
bitterly
,
against
a
thing
which
shee
held
as
pious
,
at
least
not
worthy
of
so
bitter
reprehensions
,
though
otherwise
glad
and
wel
satisfied
to
haue
done
that
and
a
great
deale
more
,
for
whose
sake
shee
did
it
:
making
accompt
,
that
what
shee
did
,
was
meerely
done
for
the
loue
of
God
,
and
not
for
human
respects
,
and
therefore
shee
ought
not
to
regard
it
.
And
that
to
Loue
God
,
it
was
necessary
further
,
to
put
away
al
respects
of
any
creature
soeuer
,
and
to
purge
it
from
all
terrene
and
carnal
ends
,
and
to
loue
and
regard
none
,
but
God
,
who
is
highly
indeede
,
and
aboue
al
to
be
regarded
:
and
if
shee
chanced
to
loue
or
esteeme
ought
els
,
it
should
bee
for
God
;
in
somuch
indeede
as
shee
loued
not
God
for
her self
,
nor
her self
,
for
her self
;
nor
her
neighbour
for
himself
,
but
rather
God
for
God
,
and
her self
for
God
,
and
her
Neighbours
for
the
same
God
;
since
the
loue
of
God
can
not
brooke
the
company
of
any
other
loue
or
respect
,
then
of
God
.
This
surely
,
was
a
worthy
example
of
perfect
Charity
to
her
Neighbour
,
being
so
meerely
done
for
the
diuine
Loue
.
For
shee
wel
considered
with
her self
,
what
shee
was
of
her self
,
in
her
first
beginning
.
As
for
the
Body
.
shee
considered
the
same
to
be
a
vile
and
base
thing
,
like
other
creatures
:
a
little
blood
;
and
a
piece
of
flesh
,
skynned
ouer
with
a
parchment
,
as
it
were
,
somewhat
finer
then
ordinary
;
yea
lesse
then
it
euen
earth
and
clay
.
And
for
the
Soule
,
how
it
was
meerely
as
nothing
:
since
God
created
it
in
her
Mothers
womb
,
of
nothing
.
For
the
present
,
shee
likewise
considered
how
miserable
shee
was
in
the
same
body
,
how
ful
of
defects
,
of
miseryes
,
and
infirmityes
euery
way
:
for
the
Soule
,
how
poore
shee
was
of
vnderstanding
and
iudgment
,
how
little
shee
knew
,
or
could
reach
into
,
how
ful
of
ignorance
and
errours
.
But
that
,
which
touched
her
most
was
a
true
and
liuely
consideration
of
what
shee
was
like
to
come
vnto
,
in
respect
of
the
Body
.
How
shee
was
to
be
afflicted
with
some
greeuous
malady
or
other
,
that
should
vsher
her
to
death
,
and
death
,
deliuer
her
ouer
to
the
tomb
,
where
shee
should
make
a
feast
or
banquet
for
the
wormes
,
and
lasty
be
reduced
into
a
litle
earth
,
and
brought
into
perpetual
obliuion
.
And
therefore
,
why
should
shee
euer
be
proud
a
whit
,
or
regard
what
her
mayds
sayd
to
her
in
that
kind
?
For
,
thou
earth
&
ashes
what
shouls'd
thou
bee
proud
of
?
To
day
a
woman
,
tomorrow
perhaps
,
a
lump
of
earth
?
And
if
I
should
value
my self
,
(
as
they
say
)
for
my
gentry
,
linage
,
and
nobility
,
whence
I
descend
,
from
royal
and
honorable
Parents
:
Alas
,
how
poore
a
thing
it
is
;
while
truly
it
affords
mee
nothing
nor
putts
any
thing
into
mee
,
being
only
a
meere
estimation
of
men
,
and
nothing
in
substance
.
Since
,
there
is
no
difference
a
whit
,
that
I
can
find
among
vs
al
,
eyther
in
the
entry
into
the
world
,
or
the
going
forth
,
be
wee
rich
or
poore
,
noble
or
ignoble
.
This
iudgment
now
,
and
esteeme
,
which
shee
framed
of
her self
,
concerning
her
owne
nature
,
and
person
,
being
more
her
owne
and
intrinsecal
to
her
,
then
the
goods
of
fortune
,
which
but
only
accompanied
her
without
,
and
attend
more
extrinsecally
on
her
;
it
cannot
be
imagined
how
great
was
the
contempt
shee
had
in
her
hart
,
against
al
these
temporal
riches
,
which
the
world
prize's
and
valu'es
so
much
.
From
vhence
proceeded
the
second
example
I
promised
aboue
,
which
was
this
.
On
a
certaine
Festiual
day
,
the
yong
Prince
was
disposed
to
inuite
the
Peeres
and
Nobles
of
his
land
,
to
a
solemne
dinner
,
which
being
now
in
order
,
and
the
Guesse
come
,
and
nothing
wanting
that
could
be
desired
in
so
honorable
an
assembly
,
but
the
presence
of
the
Princesse
Elizabeth
her self
,
who
by
chance
was
then
missing
,
being
al
ready
to
sit
downe
at
table
,
and
shee
not
there
,
the
louing
Prince
would
not
sit
downe
til
shee
came
;
and
therefore
he
sent
the
vsher
in
al
hast
for
her
,
who
went
and
met
her
comming
thither
,
and
told
her
,
how
the
Prince
her
husband
,
and
al
the
strangers
attended
her
coming
,
nor
would
sit
downe
til
shee
were
present
.
Whereupon
shee
hastned
so
much
the
more
,
and
was
now
going
vp
the
staires
vnto
the
dyning
roome
,
and
as
shee
went
,
shee
heard
a
lamentable
voyce
of
a
poore
man
,
with
great
importunity
begging
an
almes
,
shee
being
now
on
the
midst
of
the
stayres
,
and
hee
on
the
bottome
thereof
;
being
moued
with
the
cryes
he
made
,
shee
willed
him
to
stay
a
while
,
and
promised
out
of
hand
to
send
him
something
,
since
for
the
present
shee
had
nothing
about
her
.
But
this
would
by
no
meanes
satisfy
him
,
fearing
be
like
,
he
might
be
forgotten
:
and
therefore
cryed
out
more
earnestly
then
before
,
saying
:
Good
Madam
may
it
please
your
Highnes
,
not
to
dismisse
or
dispatch
me
so
.
Your
highnes
was
not
wont
to
put
off
your
clyents
in
this
sort
:
and
if
your
Excellence
slight
vs
thus
,
who
wil
regard
vs
?
Something
I
beseech
your
Highnes
to
bestow
vpon
mee
,
ere
you
passe
any
further
and
shut
not
vp
the
bowells
of
mercy
against
so
miserable
a
wretch
,
and
this
I
begg
for
rhe
Loue
of
IESVS
whom
you
serue
.
Elizabeth
,
hearing
the
sweete
name
of
IESVS
,
in
his
mouth
,
made
suddenly
a
stop
:
and
pausing
with
her self
a
litle
,
considered
what
shee
should
do
.
Money
shee
had
none
,
and
to
dismisse
any
empty
away
,
demaunding
in
the
name
of
IESVS
stood
not
with
her
gentle
and
amourous
hart
to
the
same
IESVS
her
heauenly
Spouse
.
The
wretch
was
naked
▪
and
shee
gorgiously
and
richly
apparelled
,
as
became
her
state
and
dignity
,
especially
on
a
festiual
day
.
Wherfore
,
shee
tooke
off
her
mantle
,
of
exceeding
great
value
,
and
without
more
adoe
,
let
it
fal
from
the
stayre
,
cast
into
his
armes
;
which
he
tooke
and
went
his
wayes
out
of
the
Castle
most
happy
and
glad
of
the
charitable
spoyle
.
And
herewith
,
she
went
vpp
to
the
dyning
roome
in
al
hast
,
fearing
she
had
stayd
too
long
;
when
the
Vsher
,
who
had
beheld
al
,
before
she
arriued
into
the
Princes
presence
,
had
declared
the
whole
passage
already
,
to
that
honorable
assembly
,
not
without
some
shew
of
disgust
and
complaint
for
it
.
Which
the
Prince
vnderstanding
,
smiled
thereat
;
and
she
entering
in
,
he
arose
vp
from
his
seate
,
to
meete
her
as
she
came
,
saying
most
sweetely
to
her
,
according
to
his
manner
.
Good
Sister
,
why
staid
you
so
long
;
to
whom
she
answered
.
Truly
good
Brother
,
I
made
what
hast
I
could
.
The
Prince
sayd
then
:
Where
hast
thou
left
thy
mantle
then
?
when
she
pointing
with
her
fingar
,
replyed
:
Looke
where
yt
hangs
on
the
tacke
there
.
And
so
it
was
,
he
looked
and
viewed
it
wel
,
examining
and
turning
it
vp
and
downe
,
perceiued
it
to
be
the
very
same
.
And
was
exceedingly
astonished
thereat
,
not
knowing
what
to
thinke
of
it
:
and
al
were
put
into
a
strange
amazement
;
euery
one
iudging
and
coniecturing
thereof
,
as
they
were
affected
,
some
one
thing
and
some
an
other
:
only
the
Prince
being
priuy
to
the
vertues
,
and
sanctity
of
his
Spouse
,
made
the
best
construction
of
it
,
making
very
noble
reflections
thereon
,
not
knowing
whether
to
magnify
more
,
either
the
operatiue
faith
or
religious
simplicity
of
his
deare
Consort
,
but
so
as
he
ascribed
the
honour
of
the
whole
matter
vnto
the
Goodnes
of
God
,
as
a
most
vndoubted
miracle
.
CERTAINE
ADMIRABLE
effects
of
Elizabeths
affection
to
voluntary
Ponerty
:
and
the
works
she
wrought
in
that
kind
.
CHAP.
IX
.
IT
is
incredible
almost
to
be
beleeued
,
what
a
holy
celestial
Loue
,
and
pouerty
of
Spirit
,
this
vertuous
Lady
had
,
to
an
entire
renunciation
of
al
wordly
riches
and
pomps
whatsoeuer
:
I
cal
it
holy
;
because
without
earthly
or
terrene
mixture
;
&
celestial
,
because
it
transported
her
heart
disentangled
from
the
goods
of
this
life
,
to
the
fruition
of
the
eternal
infinite
soueraigne
,
immoueable
Goodnes
,
and
therefore
heauenly
:
I
cal
it
pouerty
of
spirit
,
because
she
dispoyled
her self
of
al
things
in
affect
at
least
;
which
notwithstanding
I
terme
an
,
entire
renunciation
of
al
wordly
riches
,
because
whensoeuer
her
affection
seemed
to
harken
to
any
such
thing
,
she
interiourly
renounced
it
by
intense
acts
of
the
wil
,
disclayming
from
it
,
being
wholy
enamoured
of
the
cheife
and
only
good
.
This
loue
of
hers
,
to
voluntary
pouerty
,
may
wel
be
resembled
to
the
Turky
stone
,
being
al
azure
and
of
a
celestial
coulour
;
or
rather
the
stone
called
Lasial
from
whence
the
Painters
(
hauing
beaten
it
into
powder
)
do
fetch
the
goodly
blew
or
azure
they
vse
,
being
a
stone
entermixed
and
diuersified
sometymes
with
some
little
specks
of
gold
,
which
glister
within
it
:
because
indeed
this
Loue
admits
no
terrestrial
thing
,
but
admirably
adornes
and
beautifies
the
Soule
,
is
alwayes
mixed
with
specks
of
gold
,
to
wit
,
of
wisedome
and
diuine
contemplations
of
the
supreame
goodnes
and
diuine
prouidence
,
whereto
she
wholy
remitted
her self
;
and
whereon
she
only
relyed
,
which
made
her
so
pretious
in
the
eyes
of
God
,
as
we
may
discouer
in
the
whole
narration
.
And
this
in
her
was
a
perfect
alienation
and
auersion
of
spirit
from
al
these
temporal
goods
,
which
God
had
put
into
her
hands
in
that
state
and
condition
she
was
in
,
for
the
vse
of
her
life
,
and
to
performe
many
acts
of
charity
to
the
poore
and
necessiteous
.
For
God
,
would
needs
haue
her
hart
,
wholy
free
and
acquit
from
al
affects
to
terrene
things
;
the
better
to
giue
vp
her self
afterwards
entirely
to
him
in
ful
possession
,
for
the
fuller
accomplishment
of
the
spiritual
,
euen
in
this
life
,
and
the
greater
encrease
of
her
glory
in
the
next
.
Hence
it
was
that
she
gaue
her self
wholy
to
works
of
mercy
and
voluntary
pouerty
in
al
kinds
.
And
first
conceiuing
Idlenes
to
be
the
Mother
and
nurse
of
al
euils
,
and
a
marueylous
hinderance
to
al
Christian
piety
,
whereto
she
wholy
intended
to
addict
her self
,
for
the
loue
of
her
heauenly
Spouse
,
she
had
an
especial
care
to
bestow
al
the
tyme
she
had
spare
from
spiritual
exercizes
,
and
other
necessary
employments
about
her
owne
person
;
in
workmanshipps
and
labours
of
the
hand
or
body
.
Nor
yet
did
she
as
the
Ladyes
of
her
ranck
are
wont
to
do
:
who
wil
not
set
their
fingers
to
any
thing
,
coarser
then
the
finest
silkes
:
but
delighted
rather
amongst
her
mayds
to
handle
the
coarsest
wooles
,
somtymes
in
spinning
,
somtymes
carding
,
somtymes
in
winding
on
the
reele
what
others
had
spun
,
and
then
sending
or
carrynig
her
bottomes
of
yarne
to
be
wouen
and
made
into
the
coarser
cloth
,
which
ordinarily
she
distributed
to
the
poore
,
and
especially
to
the
Fryars
of
Sainct
Frauncis
his
Order
,
to
whom
she
was
much
deuoted
;
and
in
whom
she
noted
a
most
strickt
obseruance
of
the
vow
of
Pouerty
,
whereto
she
was
singularly
enclined
.
Out
of
the
great
affection
she
had
to
this
voluntary
Pouerty
,
she
would
mend
the
habits
of
the
poore
with
her
owne
hands
,
setting
patch
vpon
patch
,
with
a
religious
enuy
or
emulation
that
she
might
not
weare
such
clothing
her self
.
She
trampled
vnder
foote
,
in
the
interiour
of
her
hart
,
al
those
worldly
things
,
which
Seculars
esteeme
so
much
;
and
whereof
,
these
mad
louers
of
the
world
make
such
accompt
,
there
being
nothing
more
idle
,
friuolous
,
and
vayne
.
She
would
her self
for
the
Loue
of
Christ
experience
now
and
then
the
effects
of
Pouerty
,
and
for
the
commodityes
which
she
was
forced
to
take
by
reason
of
her
state
and
condition
,
she
vsed
them
as
she
vsed
them
not
,
to
serue
and
Loue
God
the
better
,
and
with
more
freedome
;
and
through
excessiue
Loue
to
fly
into
the
armes
of
her
crucifyed
IESVS
,
her
onely
good
,
her
ioy
,
her
loue
,
her
desire
.
And
lastly
her
whole
felicity
was
,
to
suffer
incommodityes
,
not
only
thus
voluntarily
,
as
it
were
in
iest
,
by
framing
of
occasions
for
the
purpose
,
but
euen
really
:
wishing
indeed
,
to
want
the
necessityes
of
a
comon
life
,
for
the
same
Crucifyeds
sake
,
who
in
the
article
of
death
,
was
by
his
enemyes
denyed
a
drop
of
cold
water
to
quench
his
thirst
.
She
sought
out
Gentils
,
whereof
there
wanted
not
store
,
at
that
tyme
in
those
parts
,
who
being
already
conuinced
of
their
infidelity
some
one
way
&
some
another
,
made
suite
to
receiue
our
holy
Faith
.
These
,
she
instructed
,
as
occasion
serued
,
in
the
Christian
Doctrine
,
&
while
they
remayned
Cathecumens
,
she
releiued
them
with
meate
&
drinke
,
&
what
other
necessityes
they
stood
in
neede
of
,
vntil
such
tyme
as
they
were
baptized
and
many
tymes
be
their
Godmother
her self
at
the
font
.
She
was
not
content
to
commaund
such
things
to
be
done
,
which
yet
had
beene
a
most
pious
worke
,
or
to
see
it
done
,
which
had
truly
been
more
;
but
was
no
wayes
satisfyed
if
she
had
not
beene
an
Actor
in
the
things
themselues
:
so
saithful
a
Steward
she
was
,
of
the
diuine
dispensations
in
the
seruice
of
Christ
in
his
impotent
members
.
It
is
a
wonderful
thing
,
with
what
courtesy
and
humility
,
she
visited
,
comforted
and
releiued
the
poore
sort
of
women
with
child
,
especially
when
she
heard
of
their
trauayle
in
child-birth
,
or
that
they
were
newly
deliuered
:
for
then
,
she
would
come
to
them
at
al
howers
of
the
night
or
day
,
bringing
such
things
along
with
her
,
as
she
thought
most
necessary
for
them
;
neyther
yet
could
the
length
or
tediousnes
of
the
wayes
,
either
craggy
or
durty
,
or
of
the
weather
,
either
rayne
,
wind
,
hayle
,
or
snow
,
or
the
noysomnes
or
il
sauours
of
such
houses
,
so
much
as
hinder
her
awhit
,
from
going
to
them
,
to
performe
that
corporal
worke
of
Mercy
,
which
without
some
labour
of
the
body
,
she
imagined
to
be
of
litle
worth
.
And
would
rather
want
her
owne
commodityes
,
yea
misse
euen
things
about
her
that
seemed
necessary
,
then
the
poore
should
want
any
thing
which
she
could
remedy
.
She
was
doubtles
a
rare
patterne
of
Charity
,
the
iewel
of
that
age
,
a
Margarite
for
purity
and
simplicity
;
a
Ruby
or
Carbuncle
for
enflamed
Charity
to
God
and
diuine
Loue
,
and
especially
for
her
singular
affect
to
Pouerty
and
the
poore
,
a
Saphire
right
;
and
therefore
when
she
left
al
besides
,
to
put
her
in
mynd
of
that
vertue
aboue
the
rest
;
she
kept
and
ware
that
stone
.
The
Saphyre
is
a
stone
of
a
pleasing
colour
to
behold
,
and
the
soule
of
this
Lady
,
was
most
pleasing
to
God
,
as
wee
may
wel
coniecture
;
how
beyt
with
her self
she
were
euer
displeased
.
And
for
as
much
as
,
the
Saphyre
,
is
a
solid
stone
,
and
not
transparant
,
this
soule
being
inuested
with
the
loue
of
humility
,
was
allwayes
solidiy
founded
vpon
her
nothing
,
being
one
indeed
that
could
not
bee
prolated
or
pierced
by
the
light
,
or
rayes
of
any
vanity
soeuer
.
The
Saphire
is
vnapt
for
sculpture
,
they
cannot
engraue
any
thing
vpon
yt
;
and
this
soule
so
humble
,
could
receiue
no
strange
impression
contrary
to
that
,
which
shee
once
considerately
thought
or
resolued
vpon
,
or
to
that
which
shee
saw
and
verily
beleiued
of
her self
:
no
opinion
or
vaine
estimation
of
her self
,
no
vaunting
word
,
or
the
like
could
be
euer
heard
to
come
from
her
,
though
men
and
Angels
had
endeauoured
to
perswade
her
to
think
wel
her self
.
That
which
makes
the
Saphire
more
pleasing
is
,
certaine
litle
marks
or
sprinckles
of
gold
here
and
there
,
wherewith
it
shines
,
and
sparcles
as
it
were
:
so
the
shafts
of
loue
&
wisedome
,
which
this
soule
would
dart
and
send
forth
to
God
;
and
her
amiable
humiliations
,
or
modest
and
sweet
fashions
of
fraternal
charity
wherewith
shee
conuersed
with
al
,
made
her
most
gracious
and
acceptable
to
God
and
men
.
This
iewel
expells
al
venemous
things
,
and
mortifyes
the
Spider
,
as
S.
Bonauenture
saith
:
So
her
humility
easily
expelled
al
sinnes
,
and
especially
vaine
glory
,
whose
works
are
as
vnprofitable
as
the
Spiders
web
.
So
great
and
ardent
a
desire
Elizabeth
had
of
this
vertue
of
humility
,
and
especially
so
enflamed
an
affect
to
pouerty
;
as
al
her
practizes
almost
were
nothing
els
but
experiments
and
proofes
of
that
vertue
;
so
as
laying
aside
her
princely
robes
,
shee
would
make
her
mayds
to
dresse
her
vp
,
in
a
gowne
of
course
cloth
,
and
put
on
some
playne
kercheife
or
some
such
thing
about
her
head
,
and
being
so
apparelled
skee
would
go
soberly
vp
and
downe
in
good
earnest
,
with
her
eyes
and
countenance
cast
downe
to
the
earth
,
and
not
disguizing
her self
out
of
leuity
in
that
manner
,
as
some
wil
do
,
but
truly
and
seriously
indeed
,
as
desirous
in
her
heart
to
continue
so
stil
;
Sayng
to
her
Mayds
I
shal
one
day
my self
walke
in
that
manner
,
in
the
streetes
in
good
earnest
;
when
I
shal
be
found
worthy
to
suffer
iniuryes
and
reproaches
for
my
Gods
sake
.
Wherin
,
as
it
afterwards
proued
shee
shewed
shee
had
the
spirit
of
Prophecy
,
to
foresee
what
should
happen
to
her
in
tyme
to
come
,
which
so
fel
out
indeed
.
Good
God
,
how
gallant
shee
mi●…ht
haue
been
in
apparel
,
if
shee
would
her self
,
what
attendances
and
obsequiousnes
,
might
shee
haue
had
in
such
a
court
of
Lords
and
Ladyes
.
Shee
might
haue
glittered
al
in
gold
,
haue
sparckled
with
Diamonds
,
been
reueling
and
masking
al
day
and
night
,
among
the
rest
of
the
Ladyes
.
Nay
what
pleasures
are
there
which
courts
can
afford
,
or
delights
,
that
liberty
and
licence
can
yeild
,
which
shee
might
not
easely
haue
enioyed
,
had
shee
been
so
pleased
;
and
yet
abandoning
al
for
the
loue
of
Christ
,
shee
embraced
this
affect
of
Pouerty
aboue
al
,
and
euen
courted
the
same
as
a
deare
freind
of
hers
,
and
would
often
proue
effects
thereof
in
no
smal
matters
.
So
as
no
mortal
man
was
euer
so
drowned
in
the
pleasures
of
the
world
,
or
more
doted
thereon
,
then
shee
was
enamoured
and
wholy
inebriated
therewith
,
which
surely
was
most
grateful
and
acceptable
to
God
,
as
may
appeare
by
that
which
followes
.
Newes
was
brought
,
that
certayne
Noblemen
of
the
kingdome
of
Hungary
,
were
coming
to
see
the
Court
,
being
thither
sent
by
the
King
,
th●…
father
of
Elizabeth
,
vpon
some
weighty
affayres
and
negociations
of
great
importance
for
both
the
States
,
and
that
now
they
were
neere
at
hand
.
Which
tydings
,
when
the
Prince
had
heard
,
he
went
immediately
to
his
Elizabeth
,
&
said
vnto
her
,
not
without
some
anxiety
and
perplexity
of
mynd
.
Haue
you
heard
Sister
the
newes
?
And
what
newes
,
I
pray
deare
Brother
,
replyed
shee
then
,
with
a
chearful
countenance
?
Behold
Embassadours
,
are
neere
at
hand
from
our
royal
Father
of
Hungary
.
If
that
,
be
al
,
deare
Brother
,
(
said
shee
)
they
are
hartily
welcome
.
Why
then
,
replyed
he
an●…n
,
and
is
that
al
thinke
you
,
and
know
you
not
,
how
il
you
are
furnished
with
apparel
and
decent
ornaments
,
befitting
your
state
and
calling
to
receiue
and
encertaine
them
with
,
and
to
yeild
them
satisfaction
,
as
I
desire
,
for
my
honours
sake
?
and
which
is
worse
,
there
is
now
no
tyme
to
furnish
you
better
.
Alas
▪
good
Brother
,
replyed
shee
then
,
there
is
no
cause
why
this
my
attire
should
so
trouble
you
.
Since
you
know
wel
enough
,
how
litle
I
haue
alwayes
regarded
such
things
.
For
my
part
,
I
haue
but
litle
desire
to
please
men
,
and
to
be
gracious
in
their
sight
,
with
the
hazard
of
loosing
the
grace
and
fauour
of
my
heauenly
Spouse
.
But
what
,
trow
you
,
wil
they
signify
to
your
royal
Father
at
their
returne
:
Good
Brother
,
said
shee
,
dispose
you
of
the
rest
for
their
better
entertaynement
,
and
take
you
no
care
for
mee
,
I
trust
our
Lord
wil
prouide
for
both
our
honours
.
And
not
long
after
the
Embassadours
came
to
the
Court
,
and
were
very
Princely
and
honorably
enterteyned
by
the
Lantgraue
,
and
the
Nobles
.
When
after
they
had
deliuered
the
letters
of
credence
,
and
the
effect
of
their
Embassage
with
a
gratious
audience
on
the
part
of
the
Lantgraue
.
The
Princesse
Elizabeth
her self
was
sent
for
,
to
come
into
the
presence
at
the
earnest
suite
of
the
Embassadours
themselues
,
who
had
an
earnest
desire
to
behold
her
now
a
woman
growne
,
whom
long
since
they
had
seene
to
be
a
hopeful
Infant
,
and
whom
fame
had
spread
to
be
a
Paragon
of
the
world
,
both
for
beauty
,
personage
,
and
much
more
for
her
singular
vertues
and
eminent
sanctity
of
life
.
When
behold
,
shee
came
in
,
like
a
He●…ter
before
Assuerus
?
for
loe
,
the
Author
of
al
beauty
and
exteriour
grace
no
lesse
then
interiour
;
had
so
adorned
her
with
comelynes
,
and
especial
outward
graces
withal
,
besides
the
inward
of
the
soule
and
mynd
,
as
shee
seemed
to
be
an
Angel
apparelled
in
flesh
,
and
adorned
with
purple
beset
with
the
richest
stones
;
to
the
great
astonishment
of
al
the
beholders
,
and
especially
the
Prince
himself
,
who
was
priuy
to
her
great
defects
of
such
ornaments
,
iewels
,
&
attires
,
hee
hauing
before
distributed
them
to
the
poore
,
&
had
no
tyme
to
be
furnished
anew
,
When
secretly
demaunding
of
her
,
how
it
came
to
passe
,
Elizabeth
made
answere
smiling
.
My
Lord
and
Master
can
when
he
list
,
prepare
such
ornaments
for
mee
.
Nor
was
the
same
obserued
by
the
P●…ince
himself
only
,
but
diuerse
others
;
especially
by
her
Mayds
about
her
,
who
now
regarded
her
as
a
great
Saint
,
and
fauorite
of
God
.
THE
DEVOVT
AND
pious
exercises
of
Elizabeth
,
at
the
Sacrifice
of
the
Masse
.
CHAP.
X.
OVR
Sauiour
Christ
,
as
wee
read
in
the
Ghospel
,
one
day
found
a
great
noyse
and
tumult
in
the
Gallery
of
the
Temple
,
by
such
as
bartered
therein
,
and
bought
and
sold
;
and
therefore
being
enflamed
with
the
S.
Mark
saith
,
ouerthrew
al
their
ware
.
But
now
,
alas
,
were
hee
to
come
into
our
Temples
,
what
abuses
doubtles
might
he
there
find
to
reforme
amongst
vs
,
what
noyses
,
what
gigling
,
what
chatting
,
wha●…
conuersations
,
and
perhaps
lasciuious
glaunces
?
But
this
lady
Elizabeth
here
of
the
contrary
,
was
exceeding
deuout
,
as
wel
at
her
entrance
into
the
howse
of
God
;
as
during
the
whole
tyme
shee
was
there
present
:
Knowing
wel
,
that
one
of
the
greatest
deuotions
a
Christian
could
vse
,
was
to
heare
Masse
euery
day
,
or
as
often
as
he
could
.
First
,
because
the
excellence
and
dignity
of
the
Masse
is
infinite
,
as
being
a
Sacrifice
wherein
Christ
is
offered
to
God
;
who
offered
vp
himself
once
on
the
Crosse
,
with
all
his
trauells
and
merits
;
and
is
the
most
perfect
act
of
Religion
,
wherein
wee
giue
God
the
greatest
honor
wee
can
giue
him
:
and
secondly
,
is
the
most
excellent
act
of
prayer
wee
can
possibly
make
.
Wherfore
from
her
infancy
and
tender
age
,
til
her
dying
day
,
shee
was
wont
alwayes
to
be
present
at
this
venerable
and
dreadful
Sacrifice
;
and
very
often
was
there
her self
before
any
other
;
when
shee
would
keep
her
mind
as
free
from
distractions
,
as
shee
could
;
and
if
shee
ware
any
ornament
,
which
with
conuenient
decency
might
wel
bee
spared
,
shee
would
either
put
it
off
quite
,
or
handsomely
conceale
it
,
some
way
or
other
,
vntil
the
Offices
and
Ceremonyes
of
so
admirable
a
Sacrifice
were
ended
.
But
especially
,
shee
vsed
a
singuler
reuerence
,
as
wel
while
the
Ghospel
was
reading
,
as
the
body
of
our
Lord
IESVS
Christ
was
handling
;
applying
no
doubt
her
whole
attention
thereto
,
and
preparing
the
mouth
of
her
Soule
for
the
worthy
receiuing
thereof
.
Her
manner
of
hearing
Masse
was
comonly
in
this
sort
.
Most
deuoutly
on
her
knees
,
with
great
silence
,
and
deepe
and
profound
reuerence
,
and
attention
,
without
speaking
with
any
or
turning
her
head
on
the
one
side
or
other
,
but
fixing
her
eyes
on
the
Altar
,
and
Preist
(
who
represents
Christ
)
&
obseruing
the
actions
he
vsed
:
for
al
is
a
liuely
representation
of
that
,
which
the
Redeemer
of
life
,
did
,
&
suffered
in
his
most
holy
life
&
passion
.
When
the
Preist
at
the
beginning
,
said
the
General
Confession
;
shee
silently
said
it
with
the
Minister
also
,
being
contrite
for
her
sinnes
,
and
crauing
pardon
for
the
same
.
After
which
,
shee
attended
to
the
wordes
of
the
Priest
,
because
they
are
sacred
,
it
is
fi●…
to
heare
them
,
though
they
be
not
vnderstood
.
The
Ghospel
and
〈◊〉
being
ended
,
shee
sayed
inwardly
in
herself
,
making
liuely
acts
of
faith
.
I
confesse
to
thee
Lord
,
al
these
verityes
,
&
whatsoeuer
are
contayned
in
the
Creed
,
and
the
whole
diuine
Scripture
.
And
through
thy
diuine
fauour
am
ready
to
yeild
my
life
for
them
.
Do
thou
my
God
giue
mee
grace
,
that
with
my
life
,
and
holy
works
,
I
may
confesse
,
teach
,
&
preach
them
to
al
,
vnto
thy
glory
.
At
the
Offertory
,
shee
made
an
oblation
of
her self
,
and
deuoutly
presented
her self
and
her
occasions
and
affayres
to
God
,
that
with
the
purest
and
most
holy
offering
of
his
most
blessed
Sonne
,
they
might
fairely
ascend
into
his
diuine
presence
in
an
odour
of
sweetenes
.
At
the
Sanctus
,
she
would
conuert
her self
to
the
most
holy
Trinity
,
the
Father
,
the
Sonne
,
and
the
Holy
Ghost
,
true
God
,
in
the
company
of
al
the
Angells
,
and
of
al
the
Blessed
Spirits
,
wishing
that
al
creatures
,
and
al
men
whosoeuer
,
would
know
,
prayse
,
&
serue
the
same
;
and
shee
especially
aboue
the
rest
,
might
loue
and
honour
it
,
with
al
her
forces
,
and
al
the
powers
of
her
soule
.
While
the
Preist
was
reciting
the
Secrets
,
and
Cannon
of
the
Masse
,
she
meditated
vpon
some
point
of
the
Passion
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
,
with
an
admirable
feruour
as
her
deuotion
serued
,
and
if
not
,
shee
recited
some
vocal
prayers
.
At
the
Memento
,
shee
would
call
her
proper
necessityes
to
mynd
,
and
those
of
others
,
and
propose
them
sweetly
to
her
Lord
with
enflamed
affects
.
At
the
Eleuation
of
the
sacred
Hoast
,
shee
would
most
deuoutly
and
reuerently
adore
the
most
sacred
body
of
our
Lord
IESVS
Christ
,
which
for
her
and
al
the
world
,
was
exalted
and
extended
on
the
tree
of
the
Crosse.
At
the
Eleuation
of
the
Chalice
,
shee
would
likewise
adore
with
vnspeakable
inward
affects
and
aspirations
,
the
most
precious
Blood
of
her
Redeemer
,
which
was
shed
for
her
and
all
the
world
;
beseeching
her
Sauiour
through
the
same
to
make
her
pertaker
of
the
fruits
of
the
Tree
of
Life
which
hee
was
himself
:
And
since
he
dyed
for
her
sinnes
;
she
might
dye
to
them
;
and
liue
to
him
;
and
that
her
hart
might
bee
the
rock
,
whereon
his
Crosse
might
fix
it self
,
and
be
the
Vessel
whereinto
his
most
pretious
blood
,
might
be
receiued
,
a
liquor
of
infinite
valew
and
price
,
and
therewith
bee
washed
and
cleansed
from
al
her
sinneful
spotts
.
At
the
Second
Memento
,
she
called
to
mynd
very
seriously
the
Soules
of
the
faithful
deceased
,
and
prayed
for
those
,
whom
shee
thought
best
of
,
and
were
dearest
to
her
,
most
hartily
crauing
,
to
make
them
pertakers
of
that
dreadful
Sacrifice
,
and
speedily
to
enter
into
the
ioyes
of
Paradice
,
where
they
might
liue
,
and
raigne
with
him
for
euer
.
At
the
Agnus
Dei
,
shee
demaunded
an
ample
pardon
and
remission
of
her
sinnes
,
imploring
his
fauour
and
graces
that
shee
might
receiue
him
,
if
not
sacramentally
,
at
least
spiritually
,
and
that
by
meanes
of
the
diuine
Sacrament
,
so
receiued
,
shee
might
be
vnited
with
his
infinite
goodnes
.
And
thus
shee
vsed
to
communicate
at
least
spiritually
euery
day
,
which
surely
was
a
singular
benefit
for
her
spiritual
profit
,
and
which
aduanced
her
to
so
eminent
a
degree
of
sanctity
.
She
was
wont
to
burne
with
a
vehement
affection
to
the
blessed
Sacrament
,
admiring
much
,
how
so
admirable
a
Sacrament
,
should
bee
afforded
&
bestowed
vpon
mortal
creatures
,
and
deepely
considering
&
pondering
the
omnipotence
and
infinite
wisedome
of
God
,
in
preparing
such
remedy
against
the
rancour
and
poyson
of
sinne
,
and
his
infinite
bounty
in
the
free
and
liberal
distribution
thereof
.
And
when
shee
communicated
sacramentally
shee
was
often
heard
to
break
forth
into
these
aspirations
.
Burne
then
ô
fire
,
and
consume
whatsoeuer
thou
seest
vnworthy
in
mee
o●…
thy
presence
&
which
may
,
put
any
obstacle
to
thy
grace
.
O
Bread
of
Angells
,
nourish
my
soule
,
and
may
it
loose
al
tast
of
whatsoeuer
is
displeasing
to
thee
Most
sweete
IESVS
.
O
say
that
same
to
mee
,
which
thou
saidst
to
Zacheus
heretofore
,
to
wit
▪
Saluation
is
fullfilled
in
thy
hewse
▪
God
of
my
hart
,
let
mee
bee
wholy
thine
▪
and
let
none
but
thou
,
haue
possession
of
my
soule
.
After
which
,
for
a
quarter
of
an
hower
shee
seemed
to
enioy
the
presence
of
the
Sacred
Hoast
within
her
;
and
then
to
breake
forth
againe
into
these
acts
of
admiration
.
Who
am
I
and
who
art
thou
my
God
,
that
I
should
be
so
visited
by
thee
!
O
eternal
God
,
what
is
man
,
whom
so
vnworthy
thou
settest
thy
hart
vpon
!
Nay
what
is
the
Sonne
of
man
,
since
thou
lodgest
they
flesh
,
thy
blood
,
thy
soule
,
thy
Diuinity
,
within
him
,
as
in
a
most
delicious
bower
.
She
further
admired
,
how
the
Lord
of
Maiesty
,
and
King
of
glory
,
not
contenting
himself
,
to
become
man
,
for
the
health
and
saluation
of
men
,
but
that
hee
would
needes
abase
and
humble
himself
so
low
,
as
to
remayne
with
vs
,
in
this
Sacrament
,
and
to
leaue
vs
on
earth
such
a
visible
throne
as
it
were
of
his
mercy
:
more
excellent
without
comparison
,
then
the
Arke
of
Alliance
,
to
haue
our
recourse
thereto
,
in
all
our
necessityes
.
In
these
cogitations
,
the
dignity
of
mans
nature
,
especially
of
the
soule
,
would
glide
into
her
mynd
,
for
that
God
so
created
it
meerely
and
wholy
for
himself
.
The
heauens
,
he
afforded
to
the
Angels
,
the
ayre
to
the
birds
,
the
Sea
to
the
fishes
,
and
the
earth
to
plants
;
and
Man
to
whom
but
to
himself
?
Man
therefore
was
created
for
God
only
:
O
then
,
may
he
be
(
shee
would
say
)
entirely
possest
by
God
alone
.
Shee
would
further
imagine
,
how
the
Angels
were
of
a
nature
more
noble
,
and
sublime
then
Man
,
yet
God
hath
so
much
valued
this
his
creature
,
as
hee
hath
in
a
sort
subiected
these
noble
spirits
to
his
seruice
;
according
to
the
Prophett
:
Hee
hath
commaunded
the
Angels
to
gard
man
in
all
his
wayes
:
and
to
foresee
and
preuent
the
occasions
of
his
fales
.
And
how
not
contented
herewith
,
hee
made
such
reckoning
of
him
,
as
that
notwithstanding
his
vtter
ruine
,
he
redeemed
him
,
with
the
precious
redemption
of
his
owne
blood
,
and
after
nourished
him
being
redeemed
,
with
the
holsome
foode
of
his
owne
flesh
,
affording
his
reall
presence
and
assistance
thereto
.
Then
shee
would
inwardly
grieue
at
the
ingratitude
of
men
,
for
all
these
graces
and
fauours
,
so
vainely
bestowed
on
millions
of
them
,
most
highly
extolling
the
goodnes
of
God
for
all
.
Now
this
,
so
vehement
feruour
of
hers
being
such
,
through
these
and
a
thousand
such
ardent
meditations
,
pious
exercises
,
and
occupations
of
the
mynd
,
amidst
her
holy
Communions
,
which
shee
often
frequented
▪
it
could
not
easily
be
concealed
,
but
that
some
enflamed
affects
of
so
great
a
fyre
and
ardour
within
;
must
needes
breake
forth
at
last
.
For
so
it
happened
on
a
tyme
,
while
shee
was
in
these
serious
and
deepe
contemplations
,
immediatly
after
the
Consecration
of
the
blessed
Host
;
that
shee
was
enuironed
with
a
great
light
,
which
gaue
forth
such
a
flash
and
splendour
,
as
a
certaine
Priest
thereby
,
who
for
his
vertuous
life
deserued
the
sight
,
could
not
(
as
after
he
confessed
)
behold
her
face
,
such
a
beame
of
glory
,
proceeded
from
thence
.
When
returning
into
her self
againe
,
and
casting
the
eyes
of
her
body
and
soule
vpon
the
Crucifix
on
the
Altar
hanging
most
piteously
wounded
on
the
Crosse
,
and
all
empurpled
with
his
most
sacred
and
precious
blood
,
shee
said
vnto
him
by
way
of
Apostrophe
Tell
mee
I
prethee
,
how
much
is
this
blood
of
thine
worth
.
Tenne
thousand
worlds
here
beneath
(
shee
replyed
her self
)
and
as
many
of
those
aboue
,
by
a
thousand
degrees
,
cannot
once
approach
to
the
worth
&
value
thereof
.
And
yet
hath
the
same
been
giuen
,
&
afforded
mee
.
O
wretch
as
I
am
to
serue
for
my
redemption
.
Then
doe
thou
value
thy
worth
,
ô
soule
of
mine
,
and
make
an
entire
resolution
from
henceforth
to
serue
him
better
,
then
hitherto
thou
hast
done
,
who
hath
so
much
honoured
and
cherished
thee
.
O
my
Lord
Iesus
thy
loue
hath
caused
thee
to
suffer
as
much
for
mee
alone
,
as
for
all
the
men
and
women
created
.
Then
giue
mee
grace
from
this
tyme
forwards
in
consideration
of
this
my
true
nobility
to
acknowledge
in
some
manner
this
infinite
loue
of
thine
.
And
since
I
beare
the
image
of
thy
Diuinity
so
stampt
as
it
were
and
printed
in
mee
,
since
I
am
so
created
for
thee
only
,
let
mee
wholely
and
entirely
be
thine
only
.
Thus
would
this
Saintly
Woman
apostrophize
,
and
Dialogue
sometymes
vpon
euerie
occasion
,
either
secretly
within
her self
when
shee
was
in
the
presence
with
others
,
in
Church
or
Chappell
,
or
els
with
the
voyce
,
as
shee
found
opportunity
.
OF
THE
GREAT
CHARITY
of
Elizabeth
,
to
her
neighbour
,
and
her
exceeding
liberality
to
the
poore
.
CHAP.
XI
.
AS
to
arriue
at
the
Port
with
a
Galley
,
it
is
not
enough
to
haue
eyes
to
consider
the
card
and
compasse
,
and
to
gaze
on
the
North
Pole
,
to
haue
a
Tongue
,
to
discourse
of
the
winds
,
a
Sea
Mapp
,
to
contemplate
the
regions
and
degrees
therein
,
if
they
haue
not
besides
a
paire
of
hands
and
armes
to
rowe
with
the
oares
.
So
to
arriue
at
the
hauen
of
Glory
,
it
is
not
enough
to
speculate
with
the
eyes
of
faith
on
the
diuine
mysteries
,
to
reason
and
discourse
well
and
suttly
of
them
;
nor
to
pray
much
,
an
argument
of
their
hope
,
and
confidence
in
God
,
vnited
with
a
good
faith
in
him
,
if
they
put
not
their
hands
besides
to
Workes
,
in
testimony
of
this
faith
and
hope
.
Belieue
it
,
wings
are
not
more
necessary
for
a
fowle
to
fly
with
,
and
to
soare
vp
into
the
ayre
,
then
good
workes
,
especially
Almes
to
the
poore
,
are
simply
necessary
to
such
as
would
attayne
vnto
heauen
.
Hence
it
was
,
that
Elizabeth
so
addicted
her self
to
workes
of
piety
,
deuotion
,
and
all
Christian
exercises
,
as
shee
did
.
For
shee
alwayes
,
and
especially
in
the
Lent
,
obserued
most
religiously
the
precepts
of
the
holy
Church
,
and
Christian
traditions
,
&
obseruances
,
by
giuing
her self
not
only
to
fasting
and
prayer
,
as
wee
said
before
,
but
euen
also
to
shew
much
charity
to
her
Neighbour
,
in
assisting
the
distressed
,
and
relieuing
the
poore
with
plentyfull
almes
,
and
in
chastizing
her
weake
body
,
with
frequent
Cilices
,
Disciplines
,
and
watching
.
Shee
obserued
with
great
deuotion
the
Solemnityes
of
the
Holy
Weeke
,
wherein
the
mysteries
of
our
Redemption
are
represented
to
vs
:
and
celebrated
the
same
with
such
feruour
of
mynd
,
as
cleerely
shewed
her
intense
loue
to
her
Sauiour
,
who
so
highly
praysed
to
the
Pharisey
,
the
good
and
pious
works
of
his
seruant
Magdalen
,
as
hee
forgot
not
to
recount
the
least
of
them
,
and
recite
them
with
all
the
speciall
circumstances
they
had
:
shewing
how
gratefull
and
pleasing
to
him
were
all
those
litle
offices
of
piety
,
which
shee
did
about
his
pertreame
loue
towards
him
▪
For
that
kissing
of
his
feete
,
that
bathing
with
her
teares
,
that
warming
them
with
her
ardent
sighs
,
those
annoyntings
with
pretious
vnguents
,
yea
the
drying
and
wiping
them
with
the
tresses
of
her
hayre
,
though
so
slender
an
office
it
was
,
yet
of
singular
weight
with
the
pious
and
considerate
IESVS
.
In
the
Holy
Weeke
againe
,
especially
on
Maunday
Thursday
,
which
day
is
solemnized
,
in
remembrance
of
Christs
last
Supper
,
laying
aside
all
costly
apparrell
,
attired
as
one
of
the
vulgar
sort
,
shee
was
wont
to
walke
the
Stations
in
the
afternoone
,
and
to
visit
the
Churches
in
that
humble
manner
,
so
as
one
that
knew
her
not
wel
,
might
haue
easely
mistaken
her
for
one
of
the
meaner
sort
;
when
sending
for
twelue
of
the
Poore
,
shee
disdayned
not
to
kneele
downe
before
them
,
and
to
wash
,
wipe
,
and
kisse
their
feete
,
and
finally
to
giue
them
twelue
pence
a
peece
in
money
together
〈…〉
loafe
.
Vpon
which
day
,
on
a
tyme
▪
shee
entertayned
in
that
sort
,
no
small
number
of
leaprous
persons
,
for
of
such
onely
shee
made
choyce
,
whose
hands
&
feete
,
when
she
had
washed
,
she
disdained
not
to
kisse
the
swellings
of
their
loathsome
soares
,
&
after
that
tyme
,
she
neuer
shunned
such
manner
of
people
,
but
walked
&
freely
talked
with
them
,
and
familiarly
sat
downe
by
them
,
as
if
they
had
beene
whole
and
sound
,
and
exhorting
them
to
Patience
,
shee
would
giue
them
a
liberall
almes
.
The
night
before
Good
Friday
,
shee
spent
in
prayer
,
and
in
deepe
meditation
of
our
Lords
passion
,
and
charged
her
Mayds
in
any
case
,
to
haue
an
especiall
care
,
not
to
shew
any
reuerence
to
her
on
that
day
,
but
would
needes
goe
the
Stations
barefoote
.
And
at
euery
Sepulchre
and
Altar
,
lay
downe
a
bundle
of
flax
,
and
sett
vp
a
burning
taper
,
and
put
a
quantity
of
Incense
,
or
other
such
like
perfumes
into
a
Thurible
;
that
the
Churches
might
be
full
of
odoriferous
and
fragrant
sauours
wheresoeuer
shee
came
;
and
so
taking
the
smallest
moneys
shee
could
get
together
,
and
passing
in
company
with
the
meanest
sort
,
shee
went
vp
and
downe
the
streetes
barefoote
,
dealing
them
very
bounty
fully
to
al
the
poore
.
Some
there
were
,
who
esteemed
this
manner
of
distribution
of
small
moneys
,
to
be
nothing
sutable
to
her
state
and
calling
,
and
to
proceede
of
Coueteousnes
,
and
of
not
of
Princely
and
heroicall
disposition
,
saying
,
that
shee
being
a
Kings
daughter
,
should
vse
the
bounty
and
liberallity
of
a
Princesse
;
and
for
her
to
abase
her self
so
,
as
one
of
the
multitude
and
vulgar
sort
was
most
vnworthy
,
and
no
argument
at
all
,
of
her
sanctity
or
deuotion
,
but
rather
of
a
base
and
degenerate
mynd
.
But
the
glorious
Princesse
,
made
litle
accompt
of
all
those
whisperings
,
and
regarded
not
what
the
maleuolous
sayed
,
and
thought
it
better
to
relieue
many
,
with
many
litles
,
then
to
giue
much
to
a
few
.
And
therefore
ceased
not
,
to
perseuer
dayly
in
that
which
shee
had
so
seriously
determined
to
do
,
assuredly
presuming
that
God
who
is
aboue
,
and
sees
all
things
,
knew
her
hart
,
to
be
as
farre
from
any
couetous
humour
,
in
so
doing
,
as
those
rash
and
sharp
censurers
,
were
alienate
from
truth
and
equity
.
On
the
dayes
of
publique
Litanyes
in
the
streetes
,
the
Lady
Elizabeth
,
cloathed
her self
in
course
cloth
,
and
so
went
along
in
Processions
,
&
to
heare
the
Sermons
in
the
Church
,
would
thrust
her self
among
the
meaner
sort
,
and
take
vp
her
place
amidst
them
,
as
holding
the
Seed
of
heauen
for
the
most
part
,
to
spring
and
grow
vp
more
willingly
and
aboundantly
,
in
the
soyle
of
an
humble
hart
.
It
happened
now
,
in
the
yeare
of
our
Lord
1225.
the
Prince
taking
his
iourney
vnto
Apulia
,
to
waite
on
the
Emperour
,
that
through
all
the
Prouinces
of
Germany
,
was
a
generall
famine
,
and
many
perished
for
want
of
foode
.
Wherevpon
Elizabeth
,
taking
occasion
by
the
Princes
absence
to
exercize
the
works
of
piety
,
with
more
liberty
then
euer
,
began
with
a
bountyfull
hand
to
distribute
to
the
poore
,
the
corne
which
had
byn
gathered
and
stored
vp
in
al
her
Dominions
,
allowing
to
a
great
number
of
them
a
daylie
portion
of
corne
,
for
their
maintenance
,
according
to
the
age
and
condition
they
were
of
,
and
the
extreame
necessity
they
were
in
.
Nor
did
any
of
them
want
(
through
the
especiall
grace
and
prouidence
of
God
)
though
happily
they
receiued
lesse
then
a
measure
conuenient
to
susteyne
them
with
▪
And
forasmuch
as
shee
vnderstood
there
were
many
sick
and
infirme
persons
,
who
by
reason
of
their
maladies
or
other
impediments
,
were
not
able
to
ascend
vnto
the
Castle
and
Pallace
which
was
situated
on
the
top
of
a
steepy
hill
;
shee
caused
presently
an
Hospitall
of
an
exceeding
beauty
and
capacity
to
bee
erected
in
the
bottome
of
the
said
Hill
,
vnder
the
castle
,
and
therein
placed
especially
such
of
the
poore
,
as
were
most
maymed
in
their
lymmes
,
&
the
weakest
and
feeblest
of
them
,
whom
shee
in
person
her self
once
a
day
,
and
somtimes
more
,
would
goe
to
visit
,
though
hindred
not
a
litle
by
the
difficult
descent
of
that
craggy
mountaine
:
and
then
shee
would
demaund
of
each
one
,
how
they
did
,
and
what
they
ayled
most
,
or
what
kind
of
meate
liked
them
best
,
which
when
shee
vnderstood
,
shee
gaue
to
euery
one
accordingly
of
the
prouision
shee
had
brought
along
with
her
for
that
intent
,
with
so
much
loue
and
tendernes
towards
them
as
you
would
rather
haue
thought
her
a
Mother
among
so
many
Children
,
then
so
great
a
Lady
to
waite
on
the
poore
,
&
with
her
owne
hands
to
feed
the
feeble
and
weake
,
&
to
lift
them
vp
in
their
Beds
,
who
were
otherwise
not
able
to
stir
themselues
,
yea
to
carry
them
in
her
armes
,
and
make
their
beds
,
and
performe
other
seruile
offices
about
them
,
which
her
Mayds
could
by
no
meanes
endure
.
Among
which
,
so
dispicable
creatures
,
shee
principally
applyed
her self
,
to
poore
Orphans
and
little
Children
left
destitute
&
voyd
of
freind
,
whom
with
a
motherly
care
,
shee
would
●…end
her self
,
or
cause
to
be
brought
vp
,
so
as
al
of
them
flockt
about
her
,
calling
her
Mother
,
as
wel
as
they
might
,
shee
being
no
lesse
indeed
,
them
a
common
Parent
to
them
:
shewing
her self
besides
,
most
tender
&
indulgent
to
choose
Children
particularly
as
were
either
naturally
illfauoured
by
reason
of
some
deformity
or
other
,
or
weake
through
sicknes
or
infirmity
,
or
loathsome
and
fastidious
,
by
reason
of
soares
and
V●…cers
,
not
disdayning
to
touch
them
with
her
holy
hands
as
occasion
serued
,
and
euen
to
dandle
them
in
her
lapp
,
whom
her
Mayds
for
horrour
onely
,
could
not
patiently
abide
to
looke
on
;
such
was
her
Charity
and
fortitude
of
mynd
,
as
with
the
one
,
shee
would
attempt
any
thing
,
and
goe
through
stitch
with
the
other
,
in
whatsoeuer
shee
once
tooke
in
hand
.
She
made
choyce
of
certaine
of
the
poore
from
the
rest
of
the
multitude
,
that
resorted
to
her
,
whom
shee
especially
commanded
,
at
a
tyme
appointed
to
attend
at
the
Castle
Gate
,
to
whom
with
her
owne
hands
shee
distributed
the
scrapps
and
fragments
which
were
left
at
her
table
,
vsing
now
&
then
some
prety
slights
to
spare
them
not
only
from
her
owne
trencher
,
but
euen
likewise
,
when
handsomely
shee
could
,
from
those
of
others
,
whom
shee
knew
wel
could
help
themselues
otherwise
,
to
the
end
the
poore
who
wayted
vpon
her
,
might
not
depart
empty
away
,
but
find
sufficient
refection
,
whensoeuer
they
came
:
and
this
(
as
I
sayd
)
shee
distributed
with
her
owne
hands
.
Which
though
to
some
might
seeme
vndecent
and
extrauagant
,
that
so
great
a
personnage
should
descend
so
low
,
saying
the
office
might
better
haue
beene
recommended
to
others
:
yet
I
presume
if
they
consider
the
Gifts
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
&
the
fire
of
Charity
,
that
burned
within
her
,
they
would
leaue
to
wonder
or
spare
to
censure
her
;
but
rather
reuerence
and
admire
her
for
it
,
and
finally
endeauour
to
imitate
her
rare
example
.
This
her
singular
Charity
by
some
outward
signes
of
Gods
especiall
fauours
towards
her
,
seemed
to
be
not
a
litle
approued
by
him
,
which
how
litle
soeuer
they
appeared
to
be
,
yet
proceeding
from
him
,
are
not
to
be
accompted
litle
.
Vpon
a
tyme
,
Elizabeth
bringing
downe
from
the
Castle
certaine
presents
of
toyes
made
of
earth
and
glasse
,
for
the
vse
of
Children
,
and
being
set
on
horsbacke
,
with
her
lapfull
of
such
things
,
to
deale
amongst
the
litle
Innocents
as
occasion
serued
;
her
apron
by
chance
being
loosse
,
althose
litle
toyes
fell
to
ground
,
which
neuer
left
tumbling
downe
,
til
they
came
to
the
bottome
on
a
rocky
,
and
stony
way
,
which
being
taken
vpp
and
brought
to
her
,
were
found
to
bee
as
whole
and
entire
as
euer
.
Shee
tooke
great
pleasure
somtymes
,
to
haue
the
poore
fed
within
the
Gates
of
her
Pallace
,
and
which
is
more
,
somwhat
neere
to
her
owne
table
,
to
whom
now
and
then
,
shee
reached
meate
with
her
owne
hands
,
of
the
dishes
which
shee
her self
was
serued
with
,
and
manie
tymes
caused
them
to
be
left
alone
by
themselues
,
that
they
might
eate
,
drinke
,
and
chat
togeather
the
more
freely
,
as
wishing
them
,
together
with
the
satiety
of
the
belly
,
to
haue
some
good
relaxation
of
the
mynd
,
that
so
God
might
be
honoured
either
wayes
.
Whereby
it
happened
once
,
that
they
hauing
drunke
a
good
quantity
of
drinke
amongst
them
,
the
Vessell
was
yet
found
to
remayne
litle
lesse
repleate
then
at
first
,
in
testimony
no
doubt
,
how
gratefull
this
kind
of
Hospitallity
was
to
the
diuine
Maiesty
.
Shee
tooke
order
in
the
Hospitall
,
for
28.
poore
people
,
to
be
carefully
prouided
of
all
things
necessary
,
and
that
when
any
of
them
dyed
,
an
other
should
be
put
into
the
place
.
Such
as
daylie
in
her
sight
receiued
almes
otherwise
,
according
to
the
quality
or
necessity
of
each
one
,
were
nine
hundred
persons
at
least
.
And
for
the
rest
,
whom
shee
otherwise
liberally
susteyned
by
the
meanes
〈…〉
,
and
Officers
,
they
could
not
be
told
.
Wherein
shee
wasted
,
spent
,
and
consumed
the
reuenues
of
a
most
opulent
Signory
,
and
oftentymes
sold
the
clothes
and
ornaments
from
her
back
,
and
her
iewells
,
and
the
hangings
and
furniture
of
her
howse
;
that
the
members
of
Christ
might
not
perish
for
hunger
.
In
which
holy
exercise
shee
serued
God
with
so
good
a
will
,
as
that
a
certaine
sick
body
,
one
day
begging
a
litle
milke
at
her
hands
,
shee
tooke
vp
a
payle
her selfe
,
(
being
so
great
a
Lady
and
Princesse
)
and
went
to
milke
with
her
delicate
fingars
,
vnacquainted
therewith
,
so
much
milke
as
satisfyed
the
party
.
In
this
manner
,
Elizabeth
susteyned
the
poore
,
vntill
Haruest
tyme
,
when
shee
dismissed
them
who
were
able
to
worke
,
prouiding
them
with
sickles
and
instruments
for
the
purpose
,
and
with
hose
and
shooes
to
their
feete
,
and
to
the
rest
being
weaker
,
shee
gaue
apparell
and
moneys
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
most
.
To
〈◊〉
Women
,
shee
affoarded
Kercheifs
and
Veyles
for
the
head
,
whereof
some
were
of
silke
,
which
she
willed
them
to
sell
to
supply
their
greater
necessityes
,
and
not
to
weare
them
themselues
,
willing
such
as
were
able
to
labour
,
to
earne
their
lyuing
,
wishing
the
rest
to
doe
somewhat
at
least
towards
it
.
One
of
which
hauing
,
vnlook't
for
,
receiued
a
Gift
of
that
kind
,
cryed
out
for
ioy
,
shee
was
the
happyest
Woman
aliue
,
and
being
opprest
with
the
suddennes
thereof
,
fell
downe
in
a
sowne
,
which
Elizabeth
seeing
,
supposing
her
dead
,
was
troubled
thereat
;
fearing
in
deed
,
least
shee
might
be
culpable
of
her
death
,
in
bestowing
a
bigger
Almes
vpon
her
then
was
meete
.
When
any
of
the
poore
dyed
,
shee
was
not
content
to
afford
them
winding
sheetes
of
her
owne
spinning
,
but
shee
her self
would
sock
them
and
lay
them
forth
,
without
any
manner
of
horrour
at
all
,
and
graced
and
honoured
them
further
with
her
presence
to
their
graues
,
euen
to
the
end
of
their
Exequyes
,
and
funerall
Rites
,
and
pay
the
dutyes
of
all
.
And
was
euen
so
forward
in
this
act
of
Charity
,
as
shee
spent
a
large
webb
of
new
lynnen
meerely
in
such
vses
:
and
much
it
was
against
her
owne
inclination
(
if
shee
could
haue
helped
it
)
that
the
wealthy
people
,
who
had
alwayes
their
ease
and
pleasures
in
the
world
,
should
goe
forth
of
the
same
with
new
Syndons
;
&
not
the
poore
▪
who
in
the
world
had
been
serued
with
raggs
:
Soe
highly
shee
esteemed
the
poore
.
OF
A
COMPLAINT
MADE
against
Elizabeth
,
to
her
husband
:
With
some
examples
of
his
Noble
disposition
therein
.
CHAP.
XII
.
IT
cannot
be
denyed
,
but
the
state
of
Matrimony
is
a
yoke
,
howsoeuer
in
some
a
most
sweete
yoke
,
though
it
please
the
Apostle
to
terme
it
a
weighty
one
,
while
hee
saith
,
that
.
Such
as
marry
do
take
vpon
them
a
troublesome
burden
of
the
flesh
.
And
to
say
truth
,
if
the
Marryed
vnite
themselues
to
carry
the
said
burden
equally
betweene
them
,
it
is
a
light
and
pleasant
yoke
,
otherwise
the
same
is
a
most
intollerable
clogg
.
To
this
purpose
,
Concord
among
Brothers
,
Loue
of
the
Neighbours
,
and
a
Vnion
and
Conformity
betweene
Man
and
Wife
.
This
same
are
the
Marryed
to
endeauour
to
haue
by
all
meanes
possible
,
without
which
,
the
marryed
life
were
no
better
then
that
of
Slaues
in
a
Galley
,
whereas
with
vnion
and
Peace
,
it
is
no
lesse
then
a
Life
of
Angels
.
This
vnion
and
Concord
in
this
state
,
the
happy
couple
of
Princes
kept
inuiolable
betweene
them
,
and
this
was
that
,
which
the
Enemy
of
all
peace
enuyed
in
them
,
and
laboured
what
possibly
he
could
,
by
his
Ministers
and
malignant
persons
,
to
enfringe
through
malicious
suggestions
framed
against
the
innocent
Spouse
,
traducing
her
vnto
her
husband
at
his
returne
from
Apulia
,
as
a
prodig
all
in
his
absence
;
and
a
most
immeasurable
waster
of
his
estate
,
so
much
exaggerating
the
Complaint
against
her
,
as
they
blushed
not
to
auerr
,
shee
had
left
them
nothing
to
feed
on
,
hauing
vnnecessarily
consumed
all
the
rents
in
Almes
and
liberalityes
they
knew
not
what
,
which
they
impiously
blasphemed
with
the
title
of
prodigalityes
.
But
what
answeare
made
the
Lantgraue
thinke
you
,
to
those
bitter
complaints
against
her
?
Like
a
noble
and
worthy
Prince
,
setting
light
by
all
those
shrewd
accusations
:
Let
my
Sister
alone
(
saied
hee
)
and
spend
a
Gods
name
,
as
shee
hath
hitherto
done
,
so
shee
leaue
mee
my
Castles
and
Mannors
free
.
For
I
assure
my self
wee
shall
not
want
,
so
long
as
wee
suffer
her
to
relieue
and
fauour
the
necessiteous
people
as
she
doth
.
A
worthy
answeare
surely
of
such
a
One
,
in
whose
hart
the
loue
and
honour
of
his
Wife
was
more
engrauen
,
then
of
all
the
ample
demeanes
he
had
,
though
neuer
so
great
;
being
more
willing
to
haue
them
so
dispenced
and
disperced
with
her
liberall
hand
:
then
that
so
soueraigne
a
vertue
as
Charity
,
should
not
be
exercized
;
which
to
the
lyuing
augments
and
heaps
vp
riches
,
euen
in
the
present
world
,
and
forsakes
not
the
dead
vnto
the
next
.
So
as
well
may
that
same
of
Ecclesiastes
be
said
of
him
.
Blessed
is
the
Man
,
that
hath
a
good
Wife
.
And
againe
:
A
good
Wife
,
is
a
good
portion
for
such
as
feare
God
:
shee
shall
bee
giuen
to
a
Man
for
his
good
works
.
And
surely
,
this
Prince
was
a
very
good
man
,
as
shall
appeare
by
some
things
I
shall
here
but
touch
briefly
,
and
shew
how
worthy
hee
was
of
such
a
Wife
,
and
of
the
former
Elogies
I
affoarded
him
,
declaring
especially
among
other
things
,
how
eminent
and
singular
the
Vertue
of
Chastity
was
in
him
,
and
how
remarkable
was
his
loyaltie
to
his
Wife
,
and
fidelity
to
the
Mariage
bed
.
Where
by
the
way
,
is
to
be
noted
,
the
vnhappy
condition
of
the
Princely
and
royall
state
,
in
that
of
all
others
,
they
haue
not
only
inuisible
and
spiritual
enemyes
,
continually
assayling
the
Citadel
of
their
harts
,
infernall
spirits
I
meane
,
which
labour
nothing
more
,
then
to
surprize
them
,
and
lead
them
into
sinne
,
as
also
Domesticall
at
home
,
to
witt
,
the
flatteryes
and
allurements
of
the
flesh
,
but
euen
the
enchauntments
of
the
world
,
to
charme
their
eares
,
and
the
others
senses
,
thereby
to
cast
them
on
the
rocks
and
shelues
of
perdition
,
and
wracke
of
honour
.
For
,
on
a
tyme
,
there
happened
in
Court
certaine
Reuels
and
Masks
of
Ladyes
,
where
the
Prince
alone
,
without
Elizabeth
,
was
spectatour
from
a
Gallery
window
;
and
was
noted
seriously
to
obserue
a
beautyfull
Lady
amongst
them
,
more
attentiuely
then
ordinary
:
A
certaine
Courteour
who
sate
the
neerest
to
him
perceiuing
his
attention
,
and
measuring
the
Princes
inward
thoughts
by
the
Ell
of
his
owne
inclination
and
corrupt
iudgment
,
said
to
him
whispering
in
his
eare
.
Noble
Prince
,
if
it
please
your
Excellence
,
to
enioy
the
happy
embraces
of
that
Lady
there
,
I
make
no
doubt
but
to
put
your
Highnes
into
ful
possession
of
her
.
He
saied
no
more
;
but
therein
had
saied
enough
,
to
stirr
the
coales
of
the
Princely
indignation
against
him
:
For
,
casting
a
sterne
looke
vpon
this
Minister
of
Sathan
,
with
sparkling
eyes
,
immediately
he
bad
him
hold
his
peace
,
and
speake
no
more
in
that
kind
,
nor
once
suggest
such
lewdnes
and
dishonesties
to
his
chast
hart
.
Thou
deceiued'st
thy self
(
said
he
)
if
thou
thoughtest
I
heeded
or
regarded
that
Lady
thou
meanest
;
for
I
tel
thee
I
had
nobler
obi●…cts
in
mynd
,
when
mine
eyes
seemed
to
wander
as
they
did
.
From
the
creature
,
I
could
tel
how
to
mount
to
my
Creator
,
while
thou
endeauourest
by
the
same
,
to
cast
mee
downe
into
the
center
of
impietyes
,
&
to
auert
me
wholy
from
the
Creator
:
Noe
more
then
of
that
tenour
,
I
say
,
vnles
you
haue
a
mynd
to
proue
and
incurr
my
iust
displeasure
.
Whereat
the
carnal
spirit
vanished
thence
&
sluncke
away
:
Might
al
such
Pandars
bee
so
wel
checked
,
then
should
wee
not
haue
such
debauchments
and
dissolutions
in
Court
.
An
other
tyme
,
the
Prince
being
come
into
the
howse
of
a
certaine
Count
,
a
special
freind
&
kinsman
of
his
,
vpon
a
visit
for
his
owne
recreation
;
&
after
a
magnificent
&
Courtly
enterteynement
:
the
Supper
ended
,
&
the
tyme
of
rest
being
come
,
when
he
was
now
left
to
himself
,
retired
from
the
company
,
&
euerie
one
was
brought
ceremoniously
to
their
Lodgings
,
the
vertuous
Prince
was
no
soouer
lying
in
his
bed
,
&
recommended
his
soule
to
the
custody
and
tuiton
of
his
Angel
&
peculiar
Patrons
,
and
falne
asleepe
;
but
a
lewd
&
impudent
woman
,
incensed
and
raging
with
the
fire
of
Lust
,
or
els
perhaps
for
golden
ends
;
found
the
meanes
to
steale
into
his
Chamber
,
vnperceiued
of
any
,
where
priuily
dispoyling
her self
of
her
Clothes
,
got
into
his
bed
and
layd
her self
by
him
.
Which
the
good
Prince
perceiuing
at
last
,
through
the
rusling
of
her
silkes
,
or
awaked
by
his
good
Angel
,
started
out
of
bed
,
&
calling
for
his
faithful
Councellour
and
Secretary
Gualter
,
and
the
Gentlemen
of
his
priuy
Chamber
,
lay
neere
vnto
him
,
caused
them
to
arise
,
and
remoue
her
thence
,
and
to
dispatch
her
away
with
some
money
;
supposing
belike
the
coueteousnes
thereof
had
brought
her
into
so
strange
and
exorbitant
a
practize
:
afterwards
speaking
of
the
matter
,
he
protested
before
God
,
that
howbeit
he
had
no
auersion
or
detestation
from
the
sinne
of
Adultery
at
al
,
as
offensiue
to
God
,
yet
for
the
respect
he
bare
to
Elizabeth
his
wife
,
he
would
by
no
meanes
haue
giuen
way
to
so
notable
an
iniury
to
his
deerest
Spouse
,
whom
he
honoured
so
much
.
Behold
an
other
of
the
like
kind
.
A
certaine
principal
Captayne
and
Commander
of
his
,
on
a
tyme
,
hauing
occasion
vpon
publique
affayres
to
treate
with
the
Lantgraue
,
the
busynes
dispatched
,
fel
by
chaunce
into
discourse
of
his
owne
particulars
,
complayning
how
vnfortunate
hee
was
,
that
whereas
God
,
had
blessed
him
with
a
competent
estate
,
&
a
beautyful
wife
,
he
should
bee
so
vnhappy
through
sterility
,
to
leaue
no
heyres
behind
him
,
to
enherit
his
substance
and
the
honours
he
had
purchased
in
the
feild
:
and
therefore
if
it
pleased
his
Highnes
hee
might
vse
his
wife
,
to
raise
him
seede
to
his
howse
,
and
hee
would
willingly
embrace
them
as
his
owne
.
Whereat
the
Prince
was
abashed
,
and
pausing
with
himself
,
shaped
him
so
wise
and
discreete
an
answere
,
as
hee
let
him
see
the
folly
of
his
desire
in
his
owne
respect
;
in
seeking
to
purchase
him
an
heyre
in
that
sort
,
and
for
himself
discouered
in
his
countenance
a
high
disdayne
and
deepe
indignation
against
him
for
making
the
motion
;
and
framing
so
fowle
a
suggestion
against
the
honour
of
both
their
Bedds
,
and
cheifely
in
contempt
of
a
principal
commandment
of
God
,
and
so
,
an
open
practize
of
Rebellion
against
his
diuine
Maiesty
.
The
Captayne
admired
the
wisedome
and
Loyaltie
of
the
Prince
,
and
crauing
pardon
of
him
,
protested
he
was
extreamely
edifyed
with
his
speaches
,
&
instructed
with
his
vertuous
example
,
aduowing
hee
had
made
him
a
Penitent
and
Conuertite
,
being
so
conuinced
through
the
potency
of
his
reasons
:
&
so
humbly
tooke
his
leaue
,
with
the
fauour
after
al
,
to
kisse
his
hand
,
in
token
of
his
infallible
reconciliation
,
after
so
insolent
and
rash
attempt
.
So
great
was
the
modesty
of
this
Prince
,
&
so
singular
the
gift
of
Sobriety
&
Continence
in
him
,
as
there
was
none
of
his
family
or
any
of
his
most
familiar
freinds
,
how
confident
soeuer
,
●…hat
at
any
tyme
durst
open
their
mouths
in
his
presence
,
to
let
fal
the
least
word
of
impudicity
,
were
it
neuer
so
seasoned
with
witt
,
or
innocently
intended
for
mirth
or
relaxation
:
much
lesse
any
rudenes
in
that
kind
or
grosse
obsceanes
;
so
delicate
and
chast
were
his
eares
.
And
whensoeuer
any
one
was
so
bold
,
to
vse
any
least
dishonest
gesture
,
or
vtter
any
wanton
word
in
his
presence
,
they
were
sure
to
haue
a
sharpe
rebuke
,
at
least
,
if
not
a
more
seuere
punishment
.
Such
was
his
deuotion
to
the
holy
Sacrifice
of
the
Masse
,
as
hee
would
dayly
heare
it
,
&
reuerently
assist
therrat
,
and
cause
it
often
to
bee
solemnized
&
celebrated
with
great
pompe
of
Musiques
,
and
his
Chappel
to
bee
adorned
with
tapestryes
,
the
best
and
richest
the
Countrey
afforded
.
In
al
his
words
and
deeds
he
was
true
and
constant
,
keeping
alwayes
a
stedfast
&
euen
tenour
,
not
to
day
one
thing
,
to
morrow
an
other
,
as
you
left
him
so
should
your
find
him
stil
the
same
.
His
wit
,
and
memory
was
so
pregnant
,
as
hee
needed
no
Memorialls
,
vnlesse
very
breife
,
to
put
him
in
mynd
in
the
least
or
weightiest
affayres
,
a
word
was
enough
.
His
behauiour
was
gracious
and
debonaire
,
and
yet
not
ef●…eminate
or
dissolute
,
but
demure
and
modest
,
especially
amongst
women
;
so
as
his
presence
was
enough
to
compose
the
freer
dispositions
,
and
to
giue
a
checke
to
the
liberty
of
those
tymes
.
His
pitty
and
compassion
to
the
poore
was
such
,
as
noe
bountyes
and
liberalityes
towards
them
,
besides
the
particular
and
extraordinary
almes
he
gaue
himselfe
,
or
caused
to
be
distributed
amongst
them
through
his
assent
;
hee
became
a
Riual
with
his
Wife
also
,
in
those
heauenly
bootyes
which
she
sent
before
into
heauen
.
In
a
word
,
hee
was
a
good
Man
,
and
an
notable
Regent
which
do
not
allwayes
meete
,
while
his
deuotions
and
priuate
spiritual
gusts
,
hindered
not
the
progresse
of
publique
affayres
,
his
euen
and
iust
distributions
of
tymes
,
so
tempered
&
ordered
al
things
,
as
hee
seemed
perpetual
in
those
occasions
,
and
yet
equally
found
in
Closet
and
priuate
retirements
.
Hee
gaue
audience
and
executed
Iustice
himself
,
with
such
equallity
,
patience
,
and
longanimity
,
as
hee
not
only
by
his
example
led
the
way
to
other
Princes
,
but
seemed
to
bee
a
lampe
before
them
.
He
knew
how
to
shew
Mercy
in
its
tyme
,
and
to
bend
the
brow
when
occasion
serued
,
as
also
to
contract
or
dilate
the
palme
.
Finally
to
maintayne
Peace
in
such
sort
,
as
hee
neuer
was
seen
to
breake
it
with
his
neighbour
Princes
.