The Faulkland quiz., 1892-06-25

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at Is work of Ills mercy; as the
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the other.
y The speech is almost suspiciousl,
IS3propriate and arifithetical, but it
oocu renee is in harmony with Eliza
l bsth's passion for delivering speeches
wrile its tone agrees with her love o
pointing moral, drawing sharp con
trAsts, and apps saling to Heaven, no
onY in acknowledging the Divin,
goodness where she was concerned
but also in illustration of the position
WHICH she claimed as Gods choser
II is said that on the first Christmas
Day after her succession, Elizabeth
with her train, qui ted her closet after
the reading Of the gospel before the
celebration of mass, which she thus
repudiated. Her next step was the
proclamation that from the following
New Years Day, 1859 the Epistle and
Gospel were to he read in all churches
Throughout the land. The last was, with
reason, most welcome and popular
measure where Protestants we're con-
cerned. "The first morsel OF PRAYER
and Scripture in the English tongue
wac most sweetly swallowed
~ 4. 4.
paid her second visit to the Tower, in
anticipation of her coronation. She
went on this occasion by water, sailing
frQm Wesrninsier in her barge, es-
led by magnificent feet of barges,
in cludng those of the Mayor and the
different guilds. Sire did not land at
Traitors Gate on this occasion, but at
the private stairs reserved for the
Sovereign on Tower Wharf. The 10th
OF january had been appointed for her
coronation, the stars in their courses
having declared it a highly fortunate day
ior the ceremony, according to the
mathematician and astrologer, DIR.
John Dee -Elizabeth's old ally during
the last months OF her stay at Wood
stock, when he was resident OF Oxford.
Dr. Dee was now the occupant of
house at Mortlake and was at the
height OF his fame-full of business in
drawing up the horoscopes of the
principal nobility and adventurous
sailors and soldiers of the day.
On the afternoon Of Satur-
day the 14th, Elizabeth started
from the Tower TO make the
grandest of ell her Grand professions
through the city to Westminster. The
scene was one of unparalleledr rejoicing;
the pageants we're succession of tri-
E9ls; the people were half mad with
the dark drys of the late reign,
yith its perseoutions at home and
losses abroad, we're ended, and In fair
way to be forgotten, though one of
their disastrous consequences was the
of the Royal exchequer. Mary
had been raising money from Flemish
at an enormous inter
sst. The last bonds, lying ia her
ieath-chamber waiting for her sigma
lure. were used by her women to "cere
her corpse" Had not Cecil sent out
'he princely merchant, Gresham, to
lppease these importunate creditors,
md obtain better terms from them, |
ill-hlled purse would have
been still emptier. But what she |
acked of means to contribute to the
great shows she made up by the ex-
'eeding graci ,usness and cordial anima-
ion of her demeanor. Never was Queen
more enthuslastic In responding to the
,assionate loyalty of her subjects.
sitting IN crimson velyei-lined coach,
he had smiles, waving of her hands,
rank words for rich and poor alike.
again and again.ash made her coach
70 stopped, that she might the better
ee, hear, and answer the ingenious
llegories and grandiloquent addresses
.ot up for her delectation. There was
great rose pageant mocling the
Iintry season at the end Of Grace
hurch StreRt, Gentle, beautiful
llizabeth of Yorb sst-:R the centre of
white rose, while fher cautious long
iced partner, henk kSyII., the son Of
le venerable Mars ~, was the heart +,
! great red rose. On another story !
+ the pageant thetr son, bluff King
lglss emerged from red and white
oBe. end by his A,deA-renraaantad
lere for the first kme siesa her AK.
5dton-~Sss- Anne oieyn. On the
lird and upper sto{ 81 was Elizabeth,
! solitary majesty, surrounded, like +,
! the others, with gA Arlands of red and !
hite roses.
When ''Tme and truth" was played :
/ Cheapside, "Tim5," exclaimed the !
ueen, of the old man with the scythe
nd hour glass, ..1ime has brought me
srep Ihesfigure of Truth held a
ible, which was let down by string =
ito the coach. The Queen caught il, :
ssed it, clasped it to her bosom, and !
romised to read it diligently. At the !
pper end of "Ohepe," with its gor- q
'ous banners and rich tapestries, the !,
ecorder of London, in the name of u
Q Lord Mayor, offered for Her /.
aiesty's acceptance a crimson satin n
irse, curiously wrought, holding q
thousand gold marks. This the Il Il
ueen took between her hands, y
anking the givers, assuring them = =
at she would not only spend every y
IN she possessed, she would shed y
cry drop of her blood, if need were, " "
= her people; and pledging herself !.
be as good to them as ever queen II
IS. Neither did she neglect smaller - :,
It's. She received nosegays and y. =.
wers from the poorest. A woman -
We the Queen sprIg of rosemary in ~ ~
eet Street, and Elizabeth was still u
an to retain 1t at Westminster. When a,
rses were sung in her honor at u u
mple Bar she requested the people "
say 'sAmen, as she did, at the end o. u
each verse. When they wished her ~ ~
osperity she thanked them and Ie .e
shed them the same. She twisted ii tn
cry omen, good and bad, to fit in ~ ~
Ih her exultant humor. When one W W
man turned aside his face and Ia Ia
pit, she cried, 81 warrant it is for u, ~
;" When another proclaimed that ps u,
, remembered sold King Harry" ~
} laughed with pleasure, as if the as Nv
iation with her father was the pleas
est and most propitous than could ~ ~
Sc. IN
1t her coronation, on the 18th of ca
auary, 1863, only one bishop, Ople. Pu
ope of Carlisle, officiated. There ga
) NO Archbishop of Canterbury, and 70
Catholic bishops stood as much er
of as they dared. Little wonder WI va
t the ceremony was less impressi, De