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sunbeams, while our lady's mass is sung, with the full 

 harmony of the choristers' sweet voices. The king is 

 there, Lady Elizabeth and the Lord Grauthuse, for it 

 seems as if his late deliverance from so much peril had 

 wrought good thoughts within him. 



Again the scene is changed, from the chapel to the 

 quadrant. The innocent young prince is being earned 

 by Sir Richard Vaughan. He can hardly speak as yet, 

 but his chamberlain has taught him to bid the Lord 

 Grauthuse welcome, who saved his father, and brought 

 himself from his dolorous birth-place, to enjoy at once his 

 liberty, and the sun's cheering light. That faithful cham- 

 berlain who carries the young prince everywhere, after 

 his father's footsteps, will yet be called upon to act in a 

 very different scene. He is attending the king and count 

 from place to place, now in the lodge at Windsor Park, 

 where the royal family dine together, afterwards through 

 the garden and vineyard of pleasure, for the king desires 

 to show his guest the many and varied excellencies of 

 his kingly dwelling. 



Pageants sweep by, and nobles are presiding in halls of 

 state. See the monarch, too, in his kingly robes, with his 

 cap of maintenance, and right and left his lords, both 

 spiritual and temporal. And list to that grave man, who 

 declares before the king and nobles, the intent and the 

 desire of the commons, with regard to the queen and Lord 

 Grauthuse ; upon the one is bestowed all honour and 

 commendation of her womanly behaviour and great con- 



