my aunt of "unckle's fon, wch was the first Warwick, my Imother and I, came not thither till the next day, wch Sunday kept with great folemnitie, ther beinge an infi was nit number of Lords and Ladies. Heere we to faw my COZ. Clifford first. Heere we faw the Queenes fauore my La: Hatton and my La: Cicill; for the fhewed noe fauore to the elderly La3: La: but to my Rich and fuch like companie. tyme we euer faw him. "From thence ye 27, beinge "Munday, the Queene went to "Hatton Fermers, wher the Kinge "mett hir, wher ther wear an infi"nit companie of Lords and La: "and other people, that the coun"trie could scarfe lodge them. "From thence the Court re"moued and wear banquetted wth 66 廉 great royaltie by my father at "Grafton, wher the King and "Queene weare entertayned wh "speeches and delicat presents, at "wch tyme my Lord and the AL "lexanders did run a courfe at ye "feild, wher he hurt Hen: Allexander verie "dangerouflie. Where the Court lay this night “ Iam vncertaine. "At this tyme of the King's being at Graf"ton, my mother was ther, but not heald as Mrs. of the houfe, by reafon of ye difference "betweene my Lo: and hir, wch was growen to a great height. "The night after, my aunt of Warwick, my "mother, and I, as I take it, lay at Doctor "Challeners, (wher my aunt of Bath and my "unckle Ruffell mett vs, wch house my grand"father of Bedford vfed to lie much at,) being "in Amerfom. 66 The next day the Queene went to [a] gentlemans houfe (whose name I can not rememb') wher ther mett hir many great Ladies "to kifs her hands; as, the Marquefs of Win"cheft, my La: of Northumberland, my La: of "Southampton, &c. "From thence the Court re"moued to Windfor, wher the "Feast of St. George was folemnised, thoughe it should haue bin "don before; ther I ftood wh in the fchrine in "La: Eliz: grace in the fchrine in my "the great Hall at Windfor, to fe "the Kinge and all the Knights "fit at dinner. Thither came the "Archduk's Embassador, who was "receaved by the Kinge and At Windfor ther was fuch an infinit number of Ladies fworne of the Q. privy chamber as of no esteeme made the place or credit. to my La: of Once I spake Bedford to be one, but had the good fortune to miss it. Queene in the great Hall, wher ther was fuch "an infinit companie of Lo: and La: and fo great a court as I think I fhall neuer fe the "like. From Windfor the Court At Hampton "remoued to Hampton Court, 6 Court, my "wher mother, my felfe and the other Ladies dined in the prefence, as they vsed in Queene Eliza: tyme; but that cuftome lafted not longe About this tyme my La: of Hertford began to grow great wth the Q. and the Q. wore her pic ture. "wher my mother and I lay at Hampton Court in one of the "round towers, round about wch weare tents, wher they died 2 or 66 3 a day of y plague. Ther I "fell extreamely ficke of a feuer, "fo as my mother was in fome " doubt it might turne to the plague; but whin 2 or 3 daies "I grew reafonnable well, and was "sent away to my coz: Studalls at Norburie, M. Carington goinge wth me; for M" Taylor 66 c was newly put away from me, hir husband dieinge of the plague fhortly after. 86 "A litle afore this tyme my mother and I, my aunt of Bath, and my cozen Fraunces "went to North hall, (my mother being ex 66 treame angrie with me for rideinge before wth "M' Meuerell,) wher my mother in hir anger "comaunded y' I fhould lie in a chamber alone, wch I could not endure; but my cozen "Fraunces got the key of my chamb' and lay ❝wth me, wch was the first tyme I loved hir so verie well. "The next day Mr. Meuerell as he went "abroade felle downe fuddainly and died, foe as "moft thought it was of the plague, wch was "then "then verie riffe. It put us all in great feare "and amafement, for my aunt had then a fute to follow in court, and my mother to attend "the Kinge about the bufines betweene my fa"ther and hir. My aunt of Warwike fent vs "medicines from a litle houfe neare Hampton "Court, wher fhe then lay with St Moyle Finch " and his La: "Now was the Master of Orckney, and the "Lord Tillebarne much in loue wh M. Cary, "and came thither to fe us, wth George Murrey " in their companie, who was one of the Kinge's bed chamber. Win 9 or 10 daies we weare "allowed to come to the Court againe, wch was "before I went to my cozen Studalls. My cozen "Uppon the 25th of July the Kinge and Queene weare crowned at Westminster; my "father and my mother both attended them in "their robes, my aunt of Bathe and my unckle "Ruffell; wh folemne fight my mother would "not let me fe, becaufe the plague "was fo hott in London. "fore I continued at Norburie; "wher my cozen did fo feed me "wth breakfafts and peare pies, "and fuch things, as fhortlie after "I fell into VOL. I. * e Ther ficknes. Fran. Bourcher flood to fee the coro. nation, though fhe had noe robes, and went not a mongst the companie. "After "After the coronation the Court returned to "Hampton Court, wher my mother fetched me "from Norburie, and so we lay at a litle house 66 neere Hampton Court about a fortnight, and my aunt of Bath lay in Huggens lodgins, "wher my cozen Fraunces and I and Mary "Cary did vfe to walk much about the gardens "and houfe when the Kinge and Queene was . gone. "About this tyme my cozen Ann Vauifor "was married to S' Ritchard Warberton. "From Hampton Court my mother, my aunt "of Bath, my felfe, and all o' companie went to "Launce-leuell, S Fra: Palmes his houfe, wher we continued as Betweene Launce-leuell and Mr. Dulons we lay at one St Edmond Fettiplaces called Befileflee, wher we had great entertaynement. Then we lay a night or 2 [at] Wantage at Gregorie Webs, a tennant of my Lo: of Bath's, and from his house to Mr. Dulons. 66 ' longe as the Court lay at Baffing "Stoke, and went often thither to "the Queene and my La: Arbella. "Now was my La: Ritch growen great wh the Queene, in "fo much as my La: of Bedford "was fomethinge out wh hir, and "when fhe came to Hampton Court was entertayned but euen indiffe"rentlie, and yet continued to be "of ye bed chamb'. One day the Queene went from Bafeinge Stoack and dined |