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The obseruations of the square following.
1 A Saint Georges crosse of two collumbs, in discription of her Maiestie, beginning at A. and B. in the middle to be read downward, and crossing at C. and D. to be read either single or double.
2 A S. Andrews crosse, beginning at E. & read thwartwaies, and ending with F. containing the description of our happie age, by her highnesse.
3 Two Pillers in the right and left side of the square, in verse, reaching from E. and F. perpendicularly, containing the sum of the whole, the latter columbe hauing the words placed counterchangeably to rime to the whole square.
4 The first & last two verses, or the third and fourth, with seuenth and eighth are sense in them selues, containing also sense of the whole.
5 The whole square of 100. containing in it self fiue squares, the angles of each of them are sense particularly, and vnited depend each on other, beginning at the center.
6 The out-angles are to be read 8. seuerall waies in sense and verse.
7 The eight words placed also in the ends of the S. Georges crosse, are sense and verse, alluding to the whole crosse.
8 The two third words in the bend deaeter of the S. Andrews crosse, being the middle from the angles to the center, haue in their first letters T. and A. for the Author. and H. L. in their second▪ for his name, which to be true, the words of the angles in that square confirme.
9 The direction to her Maiestie in prose aboue, containeth onely of numerall letters, the yeare and day of the compo∣sition, as thus, DD. C LL LL LL LL. VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV. IIIIIIIIIIIII. For, 1593. Iune V.