The Gifts were from the Great Officers of State; the Peers and Peeresses; the Bishops; Knights and their Ladies; Maids of Honour; Gentlemen and Gen a book called "Georgius Agricola de re metallicâ;" Sebastian, Scolemaister of Powles, a book of Ditties, written; Sheparde, of the Chapel, three rolls of Songs; Richard Edwardes, of the Chapel, certain verses; Egidius Beraldus, a book of the Passion, written; Myles Huggard, a book written; Alexander Zynzan, a box with the picture of Christ; Walter Earle, a book, covered with black vellat, of the Commentary of Warre, in English; the Secretary to the Frenche Ambassator, four French books bound in parchment, and two books covered with red leather, in French; Richard Baker, a table painted, of the Woman of Samaria; Smallwodde, grosser, in a box, nutmegs, and ginger, and long stawlke of cinamon erecte; Keyme, locksmith, an iron to hang the Sacrament over the altar; Foster, fyshmonger, a casting bottell of silver and gilt; Nicholas Vrsin, a faire cloke, in a case covered with black vellat; Nicholas Andrewe, Anthony Mary, Edward Deone, and John Pecok, the sagbuttes, seven fans, to keep off the heat of the fire, of straw, the one of white silk; Kelley, plasterer, a cake of spice brede; Boddye, Clerk of the Green Cloth, a pot of green ginger and synamon; Thomas Northe, ten live partriges in a basket; Burrage, Master Cooke, a marchpane, and two dishes of jelly; Bettes, Serjaunt of the Pastry, a quince pye; Harrys, Fruterer, a basket of pomegranetts, cheryes, apples, oringes, and lemans; Jacob Ragoson, an Italian, a fair chair of ebonett, covered with crimson vellatt, and fringed with silk and gold; a carpet of Turquey making; a basket of silver, with ten cases of silver, and needles in them; Mr. Sturton, a desk to write on, with divers divises, and a paire of tables, and chesse-boerd, three silver boxes for the compters, sande, and inke, and 40 compters; the Henchmen a pair of gloves; Hannyball, a pair of perfume gloves; Binstede and his fellowes, bowyers, 50 bows; George Starkey and his fellows, stringers, a gross and four dozen strenges; John Smyth and his fellows, fletchers, five dozen of cross-bow arrows; John Coates, one dozen of shafts; and Thomas Ley and two more, three dozen of arrows.-Haynes, a table, with the picture of Christ and his Mother; Suete, painter *, a table painted of the Queen's Majestie's marriage. The Original Roll, in the possession of Mazye the quene * Richard Heydock, in his translation of Lomazzo on Painting, published in 1598, says, "Linnings much used in former times in church-books, as also in drawing by the life in small models; of late years by some of our countrymen, as Shoote, Betts, &c." The former, Mr. Walpole supposed, was John Shute, who styles himself paynter and architecte, in a book written and published by him in folio (in the Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries it is dated 1587; by Mr. Herbert, [p. 1797,] 1579), called, "The first and chief Groundes of Architecture, used in the auncient and famous Monyments, with a farther and more ample Discourse uppon the same than hitherto hath been set out by any other." The cuts and figures in the book are in a better style than ordinary; the author, as he tells the Queen in the Dedication, having been sent into Italy by the Duke of Northumberland, in whose service he had been, and who maintained him there in his studies under the best architects. This person published another work, intituled, "Two notable Commentaries, and one of the Original of the Turks, &c.; the other of the Warres of the Turke against Scanderbeg, &c. Translated out of Italian into English; printed by Rowland Hall, 1562."—Another John Shute, or Shutte, translated and published some works of devotion. Herbert's Ames, pp. 774, 780, 783, 803, 1079, 1080, 1333. tlewomen. Amongst these are somewhat whimsically arranged the Physicians, Apothecaries, the Master Cook, several Tradesmen and Artificers, ending with Charles Smyth, Dustman, who gave "two boltes of cambrick," and received 201 ounces of gilt plate. The value of the whole in each year cannot be ascertained; but some estimate may be formed of it from the presents of gilt plate which were given in return by the Queen, a precise account being entered of the gift to each individual, to the eighth of an ounce; which in 1577-8 amounted to 5882 ounces. Presents also of gilt plate were constantly made by the Queen, on these occasions, not only to those from whom she received presents, but as " Free Gifts," to inferior Officers attendant on her Court, from whom no return was expected. In 1561-2, Sir William Cycell, Secretary, gave a standish garnished with silver gilt and mother of pearl, and a seal of bone, tipped with silver gilt; Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton, a standish covered with crymsen satten, all over embrodered with Venise gold and silk; Sir Gower Carew, Master of the Henchmen, a desk covered with purple vellat, embrodered with gold; the Lady Knowlles, a fine carpet of needleworke; Lady Margaret Strainge, a little round mount of gold to contain a pomander in it; the Lady Dakers, a warming ball of gold; the Lady Gresham, a box with four swete bags in it; Sir William Dethyk, Garter King of Arms, a book of the arms of the Knights of the Garter now in being; Mrs. Levina Terling, the Queen's personne and other personages, in a box finely painted; Archdeacon Carew, Dean of the Chapel, and Dr. Wotton, Dean of Canterbury, each gave £.10; Peter Vannes, Dean of Salisbury, £.12; Sir James Strumpe, two greyhounds, a fallow and a blak pyed; Mr. Thomas Hennage, an hour-glass garnished with gold, with glass sand, and all in a case of black vellat; Mr. John Yonge, a table painted in a frame of walnut tree, and certain verses about it of money; Dr. Maister, two pots, the one of nutmegs, the other of gynger condit; Dr. Hewycke, two pots, one of green ginger, the other of orange flowers; Revell Surveyor of the Works, a marchpane, with the modell of Powle's church and steeples in paste; John Hemyngway, Poticary, a pot of oring condytt, a box of pyne cumfetts musked, a box of Manus Christi and lozenges; Lawrence Shref, Grocer, a sugar-loaf, a box of ginger, a box of nutmegs, and a pound of cynomon; William St. Barbe, a ferre crosbow with a gaffle; Anthony Anthony, a corbonett fall of tylts; Trayford, Chief Clerk of the Spicery, pomegranetts, apples, boxes of comfitts, &c.; Richard Hickes, Yeoman of the Chamber, a very fair marchpane made like a tower, with men and sundry artillery in it; Richarde Mathews, Cutler, a pair of knives with a shethe, covered with purple vellat; George Webster, Master Cook, a marchpane, being a chess-board. In 1577-8, Sir Gilbert Dethick, Garter King of Arms, gave a book of the States in King William the Conqueror's time; the Rev. Mr. Absolon, the Master of the Savoy, gave a Bible covered with cloth of gold', garnished with silver and gilt, and two plates with the Royal Arms; George Gascoigne gave "Grief of Joye; certayne Elegies, wherein the doubtful Delighte of Manne's Life is displayed," be 'The Rev. George Ashby, of Barrow in Suffolk, has a curious little book, two inches and an eighth by one inch and one third, bound in solid gold, containing several Prayers. It formerly belonged to Queen Elizabeth; and was probably presented to her on some such occasion. The title is, “Lady Elizabeth Tirwit's Morning and Evening Praiers, with diuers Psalmes, Himnes, and Meditations. Printed for Christopher Barker, 1574." Bound up in the same splendid covers is a small collection of Prayers, intituled, "Prayers or Meditations, collected out of the holy woorkes by the most vertuous and graciouse Princesse Katherine Quene of Englande, France, and Ireland," without date or printer's name; which is defective after a few clauses in the Litany; and is followed by a few pages of a totally different work, viz. a Calendar and a few pages of prayers of a much later date. On a blank leaf at the beginning is this memorandum: "This book of Private Prayer was presented by the Lady Eliz. Tirwitt to Queen Eliz. during her Confinement in the Tower; and the Queen generally wore it hanging by a gold chaine to her girdle; and att her death left it by will to one of her Women of her Bed-chamber." The whole ill agrees with private prayers. Perhaps this book may particularly specified among the royal jocalia in some wardrobe or jewel-office list, though we find it not in those which we have yet seen. One other such list, we understand, is in one of the Libraries at Cambridge, which we have no opportunity at present of examining. The royal prayers are generally ascribed to Catherine Parr, though certain expressions in them better suit Catharine of Arragon but it is strange that so many leaves are wanting, and were so at the time when the donor was so liberal with gold on the binding. From the freshness of the title-page, and the edges of some of the absent leaves, which appear as guards or cartons just as when single prints are stuck into a book, it should seem that the mutilation had taken place so early. Some particulars of Lady Tirwhitt would be a desirable circumstance. Mr. Ashby's mother received this book soon after her marriage in 1720 from her husband's father, George Ashby, of Quenby, co. Leicester, Esq. M. P. &c. as a choice heir-loom. He was born 1656; his father 1629; and his grandfather was married 1625. These four, or at most a fifth, are all the hands through which the book could have passed from 1603 to 1788. The last possessor had it 67 years; and always added, that the chain was given to another by the Queen at the same time.-Among the articles which Hentzner thought worthy of observation in the Royal Library at Whitehall, was "a little book in French, upon parchment, in the hand-writing of Queen Elizabeth." All the books there were bound in velvet of different colours, though chiefly red, with clasps of gold and silver; and some of them with pearls and precious stones set in their bindings, which was not an uncommon circumstance in Royal or Noble Libraries at the time. written in 1576; Dr. Hewyk, Dr. Maister, Dr. Julio, the Queen's Physicians, each presented her with a pot of greene gynger and another of orenge flowers: John Hemawey, Ryche, and Morgan, her Apothecaries, boxes of gynger candy, grene ginger, orenge candit, and peaches of Jenneway1; pots of wardyns condite, and Manus Christi; Mrs. Blanch Aparry, a little box of gold to put in cumphetts, and a little spoon of gold; Dudley, her Serjeant of the Pastry;'a great pie of quynses and wardyns guilte; Putrino, an Italian, presented her with two pictures; Ambrose Lupo, with a box of lutestrings; Christofer Gyles, a Cutler, with a meat knyfe, with a feyer haft of bone, a conceit in it; Smyth, Dustman, two boltes of cambrick. In 1578-9, the Earl of Leycetour, Master of the Horses, a very fair jewel of gold, being a clock garnished fully with diamonds and rubies; Sir Edward Horsey, Captain of the Isle of Wight, a tooth-pick of gold, garnished with diamonds, &c.; Sir Guilbarte Dethicke, Garter Principal King of Arms, a Book of Arms; Mr. John Harrington 3 gave a bole of chrystall without a cover, gras'd, garnish'd with gold, enamuled about the mouth and foote; Absolyn, Clerk of the Closet, a boke covered with cloth of tyssue, garnished with silver and gilt; Mr. Philip Sydney, a wastcoate of white sarceonet; Mr. Rauffe Bowes, a hat of tawny taphata; Mr. Lychfeld, a very fair lute; Ambrose Lupo, a box of lutestrings; Dr. Hewicke, two pots of oringe flowers and cande jenger; Dr. Masters and Dr. Julio, each, two like pots; John Hemingeway, Apotticary, sittornes preservid; John Ryche, Apothecary, two boxes of abrycots, and two glasses of peare plomes; John Smythesone, alias Taylor, Master Cook, a faire marchpane, with a castell in myddes; John Dudley, Sargeaunte of the Pastry, a fair pye of quynces; Peter Wolfe, five songe-books; Petricho, a book of Italian, with pictures of the Life and Metomerpheses of Oved; Anthonias Phenotus, a small book in Italian meter; Guylham Sketh, a dyall noctornalla; Morrys Watkins, 18 larks in a cage. In 1588-9, Mr. William Dethick4, Garter King of Arms, presented a book of the Arms of the Noblemen in Henry the Fifth's time; Petruchio Ubaldino, a book covered with vellam of Italy; Dr. Bayly and Dr. Gyfford, two of the Queen's Physicians, gave each a pot of green ginger, and a pot of the rinds of lemons; Mrs. Morgan, a box of cherryes, and one of aberycocks; John Smithson, the 2 Preserved pears. 1 Genoa. See vol. II. p. 261. He received, in return, 40 ounces of gilt plate; and, as a further mark of Royal favour, the Queen presented to him her Translation of one of Tully's Epistles. Son of Sir Gilbert Dethick, the preceding Garter King of Arms. Master Cook, a fayre marchepayne; John Dudley, the Serjeant of the Pastry a fayre pie of quinces oringed; Innocent Comy with a box of lutestrings; Ambrosio Lupo with a glass of sweet water; Petro Lupo, Josepho Lupo, Cæsar Caliardo, each with a pair of sweet gloves; Jaromy, with 24 drinking-glasses; Jeromy Bassano, with two drinking-glasses. In 1599-1600, Mrs. Luce Hyde gave a hat and a feather of white tyffany; Mrs. Wingfeilde, Mother of the Maydes, four ruffes of lawne and a fan; Mr. Garter King of Arms, one book of Heraldry, of the Knights of the Order of that year; Mr. Byshop, a Stationer, two books of Titus Lyvius in French; Dr. James, Dr. Browne, the Queen's Physicians, and Mr. Morgan, her Apothecary, each, one pot of green ginger, and a pot of orenge flowers; Mr. Hemingway, Apothecary, a box of Manus Christi, and a pot of preserved pears; Mr. Weston, Apottycary, three boxes of preservatives; William Cordall, Master Cook, and Danyell Clarke, Master Cook of the Houshold, each, one marchpane; Thomas French and Raphe Batty, Serjeants of the Pastry, each, one pye of orengado; and Thomas Ducke, Serjeant of the Sceller, two bottelles of ypocras. Sir Robert Sidney1 reports, in a Letter to Sir John Harrington, in 1600, that Sir John's present to the Queen (which appears to have been literary and culinary) was well accepted. The Writer encourages him to please the Queen by all he can, and describes the pageantry attendant on a Visit from his Royal Mistress 2. In 1601, Mr. Lambarde, the celebrated Kentish Antiquary, presented his Pandecta of all the Rolls, &c. of the Tower of London. The Queen returned the compliment by presents of plate to the different Lords, Ladies, Knights, Gentlemen, Gentlewomen, Maids of Honour, Chaplains of her Second son of Sir Henry Sidney, and younger brother of Sir Philip; created Lord Sidney in 1603, Earl of Leicester in 1618, and died 1626. See Birch's Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth, and Collins's Memoirs of the Sidneys, prefixed to "Letters of State, &c." ⚫ His words are these: "Your presente to the Queen was well accepted of; shee did much commend your verse, nor did shee less praise your prose. The Queen hath tasted your dainties, and saith, you have marvellous skill in cooking of good fruits. Visite your friendes often, and please the Queen by all you can. I do see the Queen often, she doth wax weak since the late troubles, and Burleigh's. death doth often draw tears from her goodly cheeks; she walketh out but little, meditates much alone, and sometimes writes in private to her best friends. The Scottish matters do cause much discourse, but we know not the true grounds of state business; nor venture farther on such ticklish points. Her Highness hath done honour to my poor house by visiting me, and seemed much pleased at what we did to please her. My son made her a fair Speech, to which she did give a most gracious |