Chapter XI: Front Matter (11)

Among these Officers of her House was [Monsieur DU PREAU] a French Jesuit, her Confessor, with a golden crucifix about his neck; which he did wear openly: and being told, That the people murmured and disliked at it; he said, He would do it, though he died for it. Thus we may see how obdurate their hearts are in malice; and how obstinate they shew themselves in the vain toys and superstitious trifles of their own imaginations.

Then [RICHARD FLETCHER] the Dean [of Peterborough].

Next the two Bishops: [RICHARD HOWLAND] of PETERBOROUGH, and [WILLIAM WICKHAM, of] LINCOLN.

[CHARLES WILLOUGHBY,] the Lord WILLOUGHBY of Parham;

[LEWIS MORDAUNT,] the Lord MORDAUNT [of Turvey];

[HENRY COMPTON,] the Lord COMPTON;

Sir THOMAS CECIL [_afterwards_ Lord BURLEGH, _and later_ Earl of EXETER]:

All four, in gowns, with White Staffs; representing the [Lord] Steward; [the Lord] Chamberlain; [the] Treasurer, and [the] Controller [of the Queen's Household].

After these, 16 Scots and Frenchmen; which had been Officers in her [_Queen MARY's_] House.

Then Sir ANDREW NOEL alone, carrying the Banner of Scotland.

Then [WILLIAM, _afterwards_ Sir WILLIAM, SEGAR] Percullis the Herald [_Portcullis Pursuivant_] bearing the Crown [_or Helmet_] and Crest: thereon a red lion rampant crowned, holding a sword the point upward; the Helmet overmanteled guiles powdered ermine.

Then the Target [_or Shield_, borne by JOHN RAVEN,] _Rouge Dragon_ [_Pursuivant_];

The Sword by [HUMPHREY HALES] York [Herald];

The Coat of Arms by [ROBERT GLOVER,] Somerset Herald.

Then [ROBERT COOKE] _Clarenceux_ [King at Arms] with a Gentleman at Arms [_or rather, a Gentleman Usher_].

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Then followed the Coffin [_empty of course_], covered with a pall of velvet; six Scutcheons fixed thereon, upon the head whereof stood a Crown of Gold.

Six Gentlemen bare [_the supposed_] corpse, under a velvet canopy borne by these four Knights:

Sir THOMAS MANNERS,
Sir JOHN HASTINGS,
Sir JAMES HARINGTON,
Sir RICHARD KNIGHTLEY.

Eight Banerols [_a Banner, about a yard square, borne at the funerals of great persons_] borne by eight Squires; four on either side of the Coffin.

After the [_supposed_] corpse, came the Head Mourner [BRIDGET RUSSELL,] the Countess of BEDFORD; assisted by the two Earls [JOHN MANNERS,] of RUTLAND and [HENRY CLINTON, of] LINCOLN: [LUCY,] the Lady St. JOHN of Basing bearing her train.

Then followed, by two and two, other Ladies:

[WILLIAM DETHICK gives us a fuller List of these Ladies than this Tract. The brackets show those who went together.

ELIZABETH MANNERS, the Countess of RUTLAND.}
ELIZABETH CLINTON, the Countess of LINCOLN.}

Anne, the [? Dowager] Lady Talbot.}
The Lady MARY SAVILE. }

ELIZABETH, the Lady MORDAUNT. }
CATHARINE, the Lady St. JOHN of Bletsoe.}

THEODOSIA, Wife of Sir THOMAS MANNERS.}
DOROTHY, Wife of Sir THOMAS CECIL. }

ELIZABETH, Wife of Sir EDWARD MONTAGU.}
MABEL, Wife of Sir ANDREW NOEL. }

Mistress ALINGTON. }
A Scottish Gentlewoman.}]

The other Gentlemen.

The ten Scottish and French Women of the [late] Queen's [Household]: with black attire on their heads, of Taffaty before; and behind, White Lawn hanging down, like French Hoods.

They, with the Scottish and French men, did all go out before the Sermon, except MASTER MELVIN [i.e. ANDREW MELVILLE; and also BARBARA MOWBRAY] who stayed; and came in when it was ended.

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The Head Mourner and the [twelve] Ladies, with the two Earls assistant were placed within the Hearse [_or Catafalque_].

The two Knights, with their Banners, were set at the East end of the Hearse, without the pale: and the eight Squires, with their Bannerols, four of a side, in like manner without the pale.

All the rest of the Mourners were carried up by a Herald above the Hearse; and placed of each side, the women next the altar.

The Bishop and the Dean [of Peterborough] stood at the altar, with two gilded basons.

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All which being placed and set, and the Church quiet; [WILLIAM WICKHAM,] the Bishop of LINCOLN began his Sermon [out of _Psalm_ xxxix. 5-7].[11]

And in his prayer [when he gave thanks for such as were translated out of this Vale of Misery, he] used these words:

"Let us bless GOD for the happy dissolution of MARY, late the Scottish Queen and Dowager of France. Of whose life and departure, whatsoever shall be expected, I have nothing to say: for that I was unacquainted with the one; and not present at the other. Of Her Majesty's faith and end, I am not to judge. It is a charitable saying of the Father LUTHER 'Many [a] one liveth a Papist; and dieth a Protestant.' Only this I have been informed, That she took her death patiently; and recommended herself wholly to JESUS CHRIST."

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The Sermon ended, a long piece of velvet and a cushion were carried and laid before the Countess [of BEDFORD], to go and kneel upon; hard before the Bishop [of PETERBOROUGH]'s feet.

Then, by [Garter,] the King of Heralds, were carried the four Officers with their White Staffs; and placed two at the top of the stairs under the Bishop, and two beneath them.

Then the two principal Heralds [Garter and _Clarenceux_] fetched up the Countess; the two Earls [of RUTLAND and LINCOLN] leading her, and the Lady St. JOHN [of Basing] bearing up her train.

There she kneeled awhile.

And then all returned to their places.

This was the First Offering [for Queen ELIZABETH].

Not[e] that BRAKENBURY went this time before her [_the Countess of BEDFORD_].

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The two Earls [were] placed without the pale [of the Hearse], before the Countess.

One of the Kings of Heralds fetched from the Hearse, the Coat Armour; brought it down to the other King of Heralds; and he delivered it to the two Earls. They carried it, obeisance being done to the Countess, to the Bishop [of PETERBOROUGH]; and kissed it in delivering of it. A third Herald took it of the Bishop; and laid it down on the altar.

The Sword, the Target, the Helmet, Crown, and Crest, in like sort was all done by the two Earls: kissing their hands before them.

Then were the two Banners carried, by one after another, severally by those that brought them; and so set upon the altar, leaning to the wall.

The other eight Bannerols were put into the Hearse as they stood.

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Then went the Countess [of BEDFORD], Master JOHN MANNERS [acting as Vice Chamberlain,] holding up her train the second time; and offered alone [for herself] to the Bishop.

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Then the Ladies and Gentlemen, by two and two, went up and offered.

Then the [four] Officers with White Staffs offered.

And, last of all, came there a Herald to the pulpit; and fetched the Bishop of LINCOLN.

And then the most part of the Mourners departed, in the same order they came in: and towards the door of the Chancel, stood the Scottish women, parted on both sides; and as the English Ladies passed, they kissed them all.

Then over the Vault, where the body lay; [RICHARD FLETCHER] the Dean [of Peterborough] read the ordinary words of [the] Burial [Service].

And this being done: the four Officers brake their White Staffs over their heads; and threw them into the Vault.

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[Dean FLETCHER's _The Manner of the Solemnity, &c._, concludes thus:

And so they departed to the Bishop's House: where was a great feast appointed accordingly [at Queen ELIZABETH's expense].

The concourse of people was of many thousands.

And, after dinner, the Nobles departed away; every one towards his own home.

The Master of the [Queen's] Wardrobe paid to the Church, for breaking of the ground in the Quire, and making the grave, £10; and for Blacks of the Quire and Church, £20.[12]]

FINIS.

[Footnote 10: There is a Memorial entered on the wall of
the Cathedral of Peterborough, for one [named ROBERT
SCARLET] who, being Sexton thereof, interred two Queens
therein (KATHARINE Dowager and MARY of Scotland); more
than fifty years interceding betwixt their several
sepultures. This vivacious Sexton also buried two
generations; or the people in that place twice over. Thus
having built many houses (so I find graves frequently
called _domus æternales_) for others: some, as it was
fitting, performed this last office unto him. [He died on
2nd July 1594. æt. 98.] THOMAS FULLER, _Worthies, &c._,
ii. 293., Ed. 1662.]

[Footnote 11: In the discourse of his Text, he only dealt
with general doctrine, of the vanity of all flesh. _Dean
R. FLETCHER_.]

[Footnote 12: The total of Queen ELIZABETH's expenses for
this Funeral amounted to £321. 14s. 6d.]

CUPID's Posies,

For Bracelets, Handkerchers, and Rings;
With Scarfs, Gloves, and other things.

Written by CUPID on a day,
When VENUS gave him leave to play.

_Verbum sat amanti._

The Lover sheweth his intent
By gifts, that are with Posies sent.

LONDON.

Printed by E. C. for J. WRIGHT, next to
the _Globe_ in Little Britain.

1674.

_To his Mother VENUS, CUPID dedicateth his Posies._

MOTHER, your love to me was shown
Before that I could go alone;
For with Nectar then you fed me,
And in tender manner bred me:
Till perceiving once that I
Was able on my wings to fly;
I did descend unto the Earth,
With my bow to make some mirth.
For all the World is my Park;
Where, when I shoot, I hit the mark.
Young Men and Maidens are my game;
While I, the little Bowman am.
Yet lest you may think my leisure
I do only waste in pleasure;
These _Posies_ I have writ of late:
Which to you I dedicate,
That so the love may be exprest,
Of your Son that loves you best.

CUPID's Posies.