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CHAP, man s daughter, who having received from the Lady Mary 

 XIV goodly apparel of tinsel cloth of gold and velvet, laid on 

 with parchment lace of gold, when she saw it, said, &quot; What 

 66 shall I do with it ?&quot; &quot; Marry,&quot; said a gentlewoman stand 

 ing by, &quot; wear it.&quot; &quot; Nay,&quot; answered she, &quot; that were a 

 &quot; shame to follow my Lady Mary against God s word, and 

 &quot; leave my Lady Elizabeth, which folio weth God s word.&quot; 

 His oppor- While he thus conversed at Court in King Edward s days, 

 he could not but take notice of the exemplary behaviour 



the Lady o f t ^ e g^j Lady Elizabeth. Whereby he was able to give 

 Queen) that character of her when she was young, before the crown 

 Elizabeth. e jj to ^ er? w hi c h he thought fit at her very first access to 

 the kingdom to write and publish, for the better reconciling 

 of her subjects to her government. And what he wrote 

 was of his own knowledge, as he said. And he wished to 

 God all men knew her as much as he, that they might con 

 ceive of her the same opinion that he had. He was ac- 

 Roger As- quainted with her first schoolmaster that taught her tongues : 

 cham. a man? he said, very honest and learned. And among other 

 talk which he had with him of her, (for he was, as he said, 

 very curious in questioning, and he [her master] as gentle 

 in answering,) he told Ay liner once, that he learned more 

 of her every day, than she of him: which seemed to 

 Aylmer a mystery, as indeed it was. But because he 

 would not keep him in doubt, thus he expounded it : &quot;I 

 &quot; teach her words,&quot; said he, &quot; and she me things. I teach 

 &quot; her the tongues to speak, and her modest and maidenly 

 &quot; looks teach me works to do. For,&quot; said he, &quot; I think 

 &quot; she is the best disposed of any in all Europe.&quot; Aylmer 

 farther spake of her, that an Italian, who taught her his 

 tongue, told him once, that he found in her two qualities, 

 which were never lightly yoke-fellows in one woman ; name 

 ly, a singular wit, and a marvellous meek stomach. Aylmer 

 added, that he would have thought that these men had 

 thus commended her because she was their mistress: but 

 by certain knowledge otherwise, he understood that it was 

 the truth; and that they might have. said much more, and 

 not lied. 



