2T!)e turn's* afe. 245 



ends. * Some say, that the queen, when dying, expressed 

 an earnest wish for a speedy and private funeral. If so, 

 her request was punctually fulfilled. Yet still it is 

 remarkable that no more of pomp should appertain to the 

 obsequies of her who had been Queen of England that 

 scutcheons and nodding plumes, and other mourning 

 tokens, were wanting to distinguish that illustrious one's 

 last sojourn on earth. 



* Arundel MSS. 30. referred to in the Lives of the Queens of 

 England. 



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Joseph Rickerby, Printer, Sherbourn Lane. 



