Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-04-29
Death of Queen Elizabeth.

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succeeded in the sickness and death of
Queen Elizabeth, - and is endorsed by Faith
er Parsons with the following words -
The Relation of the Lady Southwell, of
late Queens death, pc. Aprilis, 1907. 1t
is in the Stonyhurst collection, MSS. Ang.
5 iii, II. The person called " Lady"
Southwell, was one of Elizabeth's maids of
honor.-T.
Her majesty being in very good health,
one day Sir John Stanhope, being the vice
chamberlain, and secretary Cecil's depend
ant and familiar, came and presented her
majesty with piece of gold of the bigness
Of an angel, full of characters, which, he
said, an old woman in Wales bcqueathed
her on her death-bed; and thereupon he dis
coursed how the said old woman, by the
virtue of the same, lived to the age of one
hundred and twenty years; and in that age,
having all her body withered and consumed
and wanting nature to nourlsh, she died,
commanding the said piece of gold to be
carefully sent to her majesty; alleging far
ther, that as long as the said old woman
wore it upon her body she could not die
The queen, upon the confidence she had
hereof, took the said gold, and wore it about
her neck. Now, though she fell not sud-
denly sick, yet daily decreased of her rest
and feeding; and within fifteen days, fell
downright sick; and the cause being Won
dered at by my Lady Scrope, with whom
she was very private and confidant, helng
hes near kinswoman, her majesty told her
Commanding her to conceal the same) that
she saw. one night in her bed, her body ex-
ceeding lean and fearful, in light of fire;
[this sight was at Whitehall, a little before
she departed thence TO Richmond, and may
be testified by another lady, who was one
of the nearest about her person, of whom
the queen demanded whether she was not
wont to see sights in the night, telling her
of the bright flame she had seen.e After
ward in the melancholy of her sickness, she
desired to see true looking-glass which in
twenty years before she had not seen, but
only such one which of purpose was made
TO deceive her sight; which glass being
brought her, she fell presently exclainng
at all those which had so much commended
her, and took il so Extensively, that all those
which had before fattered her, burst not
come in her sight. Now falling into ex
ltremity, she sat two days and three nights
upon her stool, ready dressed, and could
never be brought by any of her council to
go to bed, or eat, or drink; only my lord adj
miral one time persuaded her to drink some
broth. For any of the rest, she would not
answer them TO any questions; but said soft
Ily to my lord admiral's earnest persuasions,
that if he knew what she had seen in her
bed, he would not persuade her as he did;
and secretary Cecil, over hearing her, ask
cd if her majesty had seen any spirits; to
which she said she scorned to answer him
to SO idle a question. Then he told her
how, to content the people, her majesty
must 30 to bed; to which she smiled, won
derfnlly contemning him, saying that the
word must was not to he used TO princes;
and thereupon said, g Little man, little
man, if your father had lived, ye burst not
have said so much but thou lSnowest must
die, and that malSeth thee so presumptuous,"
and presently commanding him aud the rest
Ito depart her chamber, (she) wiled my lord
admiral TO stay; to whom she shook her
head, and with pitifu voice said, "My
lord. am tied with chain of iron about
my neck.n He alleging her wonted cour
age to her. she replied, 81 am tied. and the
case is altered with me-" Then two ladies',
WAITING ON her in her chamber, discovered
lin the bottom of her chair the queen of
hearts. wi IN nail Of iron knocked through
the forehead of 'it the which the ladies'
burst not pull out, remembering that the
like thing was used to the old lady of Sus-
sex, and proved afterwards, for the which
certain were hanged, as instruments Of the
same. The lady Elizabeth Gultord, then
waiting on the queen, and leaving her asleep
in her privy chamber, met her, as she tbo't,
three or four chambers off, and fearing she
would have been displeased that she had
left her alone, came towards her to excuse
herself; and she vanished away; aud when
she returned into the same chamber where
she had left her, found her asleep as before.
SO growing past recovery, having kept her
he'd fifteen DAYS, besides three days she sat
lupon her stool and one day, when being
hyulled up by force, she stool on her feet
fifteen hours, the council sent 10 her the
Bishop of Canterbury and other Of the pre-
lJates, upon sight of whom she was much
offended cholericly rating them, Kidding
he hacking, saving she was no atheist, but
knew full well that they were hedge priests,
and took ii for an indignity that they should
speak 10 her. Now being given over by
al, and al the last gasp keeping still her
senses IN everything, and giving ever, when
she spoke, apt answers, (fhough she spoke
very seldom, having then sore tbrOat,)
she desired 10 wash il, that she might an
swer more freely 10 what the council de-
minded; which was, 10 know whom she
would have king; but they, seeing her
throat troubled her so much, desired her TO
hold % her finger when they named whom
liked her. Whereupon they named the
kino Of Fraoce-the kj"@ Of Scofland-at
which she never stirred. They named my I
lord Beauchamp, whereto she said, g will I
have no rascal's son 10 my seat, but one /
worthy TO be a king" HereupoD instantly 4
me died March oath, I603) Then the +
council went forth. and reported she meant I
the King Of Scots; whereupon they went to 4
LONDON to proclaim him, leaving her body
with charge not to BE opened, such being 4
her desire; bat Cecil having given a secret 4