IN 



HAPPY MEMORY 



OF 



ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ENGLAND; 



OR, 



A COLLECTION 



OF THE 



FELICITIES OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. 



WRITTEN BY HIS LORDSHIP IN LATIN, AND ENGLISHED BY 

 l)R. RAWLEY. 



QUEEN ELIZABETH, both in her natural endowments, 

 and her fortune, was admirable amongst women, and 

 memorable amongst princes. But this is no subject 

 for the pen of a mere scholar, or any such cloistered 

 writer. For these men are eager in their expres 

 sions, but shallow in their judgements ; and perform 

 the scholars part well, but transmit things but 

 unfaithfully to posterity. Certainly it is a science 

 belonging to statesmen, and to such as sit at the 

 helms of great kingdoms, and have been acquainted 

 with the weight and secrets of civil business, to 

 handle this matter dexterously. Rare in all ages 

 hath been the reign of a woman, more rare the 

 felicity of a woman in her reign, but most rare a 

 permanency and lasting joined with that felicity. 



