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... hand the globe showing the old world and the new . She may hold a sieve in her hand or a live ermine on her wrist , both emblems of virginity . The ' Ditchley portrait ' ( frontispiece ) shows the Queen in cosmic setting of four ...
... hand the globe showing the old world and the new . She may hold a sieve in her hand or a live ermine on her wrist , both emblems of virginity . The ' Ditchley portrait ' ( frontispiece ) shows the Queen in cosmic setting of four ...
Page 47
... hand as serious poet intent on treating of the realm's affairs . His verse fable Prosopopoia or Mother Hubberd's Tale ( printed in 1591 but written earlier ) featured Lord Burleigh in unflattering terms and offence was taken . The ...
... hand as serious poet intent on treating of the realm's affairs . His verse fable Prosopopoia or Mother Hubberd's Tale ( printed in 1591 but written earlier ) featured Lord Burleigh in unflattering terms and offence was taken . The ...
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... hand : his hand did quake , And tremble like a leafe of Aspin greene , And troubled bloud through his pale face was seene To come , and goe with tydings from the hart , As it a running messenger had beene . At last resolu'd to worke his ...
... hand : his hand did quake , And tremble like a leafe of Aspin greene , And troubled bloud through his pale face was seene To come , and goe with tydings from the hart , As it a running messenger had beene . At last resolu'd to worke his ...
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