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of Scots, and his brother Charles Stuart, a 

 boy, afterwards father of the lady Arabella. 

 There are two of thefe^ one as large as 

 life, in the room going into the king's 

 clofet at St. James's; the other fm.all and 

 neatly finilhed in the private apartments 

 below flairs at Hampton-court. The date 

 1569. 



5. The next is a very remarkable pidlure 

 on board at Kenfington : Queen Elizabeth 

 richly dreft, with her crown, fcepter, and 

 globe, is coming out of a palace with two 

 female attendants. Juno, Pallas, and Mi- 

 nerva feem flying before her -, J uno drops 

 her fcepter, and Venus her roles ; Cupid 

 flings away his bow and arrows, and clings 

 to his mother. On the old frame remain 

 thefe lines, probably written by the painter 

 himfelf, who^ we have feen, dabled in poetry 

 too; 



Juno potens fceptris, et mentis acumine Pallas, 

 Et rofeo Veneris fulget in ore decor ; 



Adfuit Elizabeth ; Juno perculfa refugit ; 

 Obllupuit Pallas, erubuitque Venus. 



To have compleated the flattery, he 



fliould have made Juno or Venus refemble 



the queen of Scots, and not fo handfome 



P2 as 



