1591 the Fayerie Queene came into the Garden, dancing with hir maides about hir, and with a garland made in forme of an imperiall crown, which she fixed vpon a siluered staffe, and sticking the staffe into the ground, spake an oration to hir Maiestie, and afterwards, she and hir maids danced about the Garden, singing a song of sixe partes, with the musicke of an exquisite consorte, on the fourth day at the Entertainment of Queen Elizabeth in Elvetham
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ELVETHAM HALL
1591
The Entertainment of Queen Elizabeth at Elvetham
anonymous: Honorable Entertainement at Elvetham, Newly Corrected
anonymous: Honorable Entertainement at Elvetham
pp 1–30
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REED Online: Hampshire. Edited by Peter Greenfield and Jane Cowling. https://ereed.library.utoronto.ca/collections/hamps/, 2020. Accessed 11 June 2023.