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ready the Cathedral Church at Weils for a sermon which her 
Matie heard there, four days, in August, £3 10s. 8d. Making 
ready the Lord Bishop’s house at Wells, twelve days, £10 12s. 
For making ready roomes and standinges appointed fyve severall 
tymes at Welles for beholdinge of Pageantes, showes and sportes 
presented to her Matie, eight days in August, £7 16s. From 
these charges it appears that besides the grand show of the 20th, 
the last day of the visit, there were other pageants and sports 
altogether “fyve several tymes,” which would be on Monday, 
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 16th, 17th, 18th, 
19th and 20th August. There was also the sermon presumably on 
Sunday the 15th, the day after arrival. 
Before passing on, the final record of the visit may be noticed. 
On the 4th March, 1614, it was ordered ; “ that whereas there 
have been diverse charges laid out by diverse Companyes of this 
towne concerninge the shewes presented before the Queene’s 
Matie at her late beinge here: whereof there be diverse somes 
yet remayninge unpaid ; first that there shalbe a generall callinge 
of every Company to geve notice what theire charge have been 
and how it have been taxed. And if uppon consideration had it 
shall then seeme fit that the Companies have over charged and 
cannot well noe more , then there shalbe a contri- 
bucon made out of the common livehode as it shall then seeme 
fitin the discretion of the Mayor, masters, and Burgesses or 
Companies.” Having thus provided for money matters it only 
remained to dispose of the materials used and so, finally, it was 
ordered : “that such thinges which the Commonaltie shall pay 
for to (be) brought into this house and laid up untill such tyme 
as farther occasion shalbe used for the same.”* 
On Saturday, 21st August the Queen’s journey was continued 
to Bath. Most unfortunately, there is no record of the route 
taken from Longleat to Wells, just the few miles of the greatest 
* Fol. 385. 
