"The splendor and magnificence of ELIZABETH'S Reign is no where more strongly painted than in these little Diaries of some of her Summer Excursions to the houses of her Nobility; nor could a more acceptable present be given to the world, than a re-publication of a select number of such details as this of the Entertainment at Elvetham, that at Killingworth, &c. &c. which so strongly mark the spirit of the times, and present us with scenes so very remote from modern manners." PERCY'S Reliques of Antient English Poetry, vol. III. p. 64. Ὣς ΚΕΙΝΗ περὶ κῆρι τετίμηταί τε, καὶ ἐστὶν, Odyss. vii. 69. When through the street she gracious deigns to move, The tongues of all with transport sound her praise, The eyes of all, as on a goddess, gaze. POPE'S Odyssey, ver. 90. THE PROGRESSES AND PUBLIC PROCESSIONS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AMONG WHICH ARE INTERSPERSED OTHER SOLEMNITIES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, AND REMARKABLE EVENTS DURING THE REIGN OF THAT ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCESS COLLECTED FROM Original Manuscripts, Scarce Pamphlets, Corporation Records, Parochial Hegisters, ec. c. ILLUSTRATED WITH HISTORICAL NOTES BY JOHN NICHOLS, F. S. A. LOND. EDINB. & PERTH |