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like the child of such a parent". The hermit offered the Queen a gold bell, a prayer book garnished with gold, and a wax candle of new virgin wax "meet for a Virgin Queen".
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Records of the expenses of the royal visit survive in the Cecil papers and the
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Colthorpe, 'The Theobalds entertainment for Queen Elizabeth I in 1591, with a transcript of the Gardener's Speech',
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Colthorpe, 'The Theobalds entertainment for Queen Elizabeth I in 1591, with a transcript of the Gardener's Speech',
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