Morris tribune., 1897-09-01
TIE QUEENS PLAlSANCE.
Ea1GHnwich House the Favorite Residence
of the Great Elizabeth.

assa1GHnwich House the FavOrite Residence
of the Great Elizabeth.
John Benefits serial in st. Mich
MAS, Master Skylark, is a story
xf tbs time of Shakespeare and con-
4ains many quaint pictures of old
English life The hero and his fell
1sw scholars of st. Paul's are COM
z1RGnded to sing before the queen,
and there is the following account
Nf their reception:
"A smoking dinner was waiting
Ehem of whitehall with red pepper
,REad a yellow juice so sour that
-Nick's mouth drew up in a knot,
but it was very good There were
besides silver dishes full of sugared
red currants and heaps of comits
and sweetmeats, which Master
Styles would not allow them even
to touch, and saffron cakes with
EaIains in them and spiced hot cor
dial out Of tiny silver cups. Bare
53agadesi pages clad in silk and silver
1zee waited upon them as if they
we're fedgeling kings, but the boys
were AGO hungry to care for that or
~ KY 10 put on airs and waded into
azae meat and drink as if they had
sbeen starved for fortnight.
But when they were done Nick
gaaw that the table off which they
8sasti eaten was inlaid with pearl and
Ssz41er hligree and that the table
sd4a3th was of silk, with woven metal
sSs.qk and gems set in it worth more
s2lsa,n 1000 crowns He was very
sgz&~a he had eaten first, for such
zwGElGeTful service would have taken
zfwNy his appetite.
-And truly wonderful palace was
SIZE Queens Plaisance, as Greenwich
.s5t-sSs5zlse was called. Elizabeth was
ss@En IN it, and SO loved it most of
II Tore she pleased oftenest to
e. NalSive end grant audiences to en-
~7eaEJyslE IL foreign courts, and there,
.erza thar account, as was always her
3 Eeszzd, jealous way, she made a
slAl1saAng show of glory ard of
F@EGaalth, of science, art and power
~ lsaf England, to theeyes which saw
tae3ssT there. might stand in second
n AazS-e TO no dominion in the world, |
u .sSs ever rich or great.
IL WAS very house of gold.
ss>er the door where the lads
-.zzs az led IL was the queen device.
IS z..>a&0en lose, with motto set be- |
K. .ss IN letters of gold, "Dieu ct mon
,sss4&sst, and upon the walls were
s4aaEoHed coats of noble arms on |
21Eanehlng golden trees, of pure gold
asza hnest silk, costly beyond com
zszEe. The royal presence chamber
s4a2Aa2e with tapestries of gold, Of
.zss4fgHr and OF oriental silks of as
zessny shifting colors as the Lirds cf |
ZEkssaaIdlse and wrought in exquisite
s98s@=sAgn. The throne was set with
saas2EaOnds, with rubies, Aarnets and
assEp hlres, glittering liAe a pastry
sGzzast OF stars and garnished with
.gsssasAn lace work, pearls and orna-
..sszAazHf, and under the velvet canopy
FsaaaaE$h hung above the throne W as
sgaafzr0dered in seed pearls, tVivat
2zegana Eiizabetha' There was no
1tAszsT without gorgeous usher there,
aaAss Room without a page, no corridor
FseazAfD1Tt a guard, no post without a
sa--srn of noble birth to fill it.
aan the walls of the great gallery
@2,4lae mastery paintings of great
lsg44s4k, globes showing all the stars
~ KIM the sky and drawings of the
saseaEaaad and all its parts, so real that
.sssaas could see the savages in the
aaasg world hanging to the underside
- aeir, Aeet. Like flies upon the CELL