Anno Dom. 1558, Nouember 17, Thursday.
Lady Elizabeth, borne at Greenwich, second daugh∣ter to King Henry the eight, sister and heire to the late Queene Mary, after shee had (by Gods gracious proui∣ence past through many afflictions, as scandals, calumna∣tions, sundry imprisonns ••••••, and hazard of her life; shee was at the age of 25 yeeres and od dayes, crowned Queen of England, France and Ireland, at Westminster, by the hand of Owen Oglethorpe Bishop of Carlielc, the 13 of Ianuary. The first good worke of hers (after her coronation) was to reforme and restore and Seruice of God to the Primitiue sincerity, and prayer: and preaching to be vsed in the English tongue: she caused all the bables of Babek, and all the Romish rubbish to bee cast out of the Church, shee dismissed those Bishops and others of the Clergie as would not be reformed. She caused all base mo∣mes and coyneste to be supprest, and to be no vallue, and in their stead she ordained that no coyne but Gold and Sil∣uer shou•• passe for current in her Dominions. The French King Henry at a ••l••ng was vnfortunately slaine by a Lord named Mountgomery, ••••inter of the l••••••nce running into his eye, An. 1559. Sorne after the French molest Scotland, but by Queene Elizabeths ••yde they were expulsed. The Noble Earle of Arraw in Scotland, and Ericus King of Sweaden were suuer•••• to marry •••••• the Queene, which her Maiesty with all princely modesty refused. She was after sued to by Henry Duke of Aniou, brother to the French King Charles the 9. Anno 1514. The bloody massaker was in France, where in the City of Paris, (only) 10000 Protestarts were m••n thered by the Pepists; The Irish fell to rebellian vnder the Earle of Tirone, which rebellion put England to much cost and trouble. Henry, Lord Darneley, King of Scots most in∣humanely murdred, Anno 1568, and his Queen. (Mary) assaulted by the oppression of her rebellicus Subiects came into England, and was royally welcomed. One Thomas Appletree discharging his ••••ce the Queene was in her Barge vpon the Thames, the bullet ranne thorow both the Armes of one of her Watermen; but the Queene vnder∣standing that the shot was by casualtie, pardoned the of∣fender. Her mercie, iustice, temperance, fortitude, magna∣nimity, prudence, learning, and incomparable wisedome would each of them fill a volume; So that neither •••••• vnablenesse of me the writer, nor the briefnesse which I am •••••• to in thus abstract, can no waies touch the ••em of her vertues: wherefore I refer the reader to the great volumes of Hollinsheds story, the Reuerend learned Cambden, Master speed, and others, who haue writen more largely of her (though all of them are much short of her vnimmi∣table merits) shee ayed the 24 of March 1602 aged 69 y••eeres, 6 moneths and 7 dayes, she reigned 44 yeeres, ••4 months and 7 daies. On the 28 of Aprill after, shee was buried at Westminster.