But for to heal the sore, and cure that is not seen, Which thing the Book of Truth doth teach in writing plain; She doth present to thee, the same, O worthy Queen! For that, that words do fly, but writing doth remain. When the child had thus ended his speech, he reached his book towards the Queen's Majesty; which, a little before, TRUTH had let down unto him from the hill: which by Sir JOHN PARRAT was received, and delivered unto the Queen. But she, as soon as she had received the book, kissed it; and with both her hands held up the same, and so laid it upon her breast; with great thanks to the City therefore. And so went forward toward Paul's Churchyard. * * * * * The former matter, which was rehearsed unto the Queen's Majesty, was written in two tables, on either side the pageant, eight verses: and in the midst, these in Latin. _Ille, vides, falcem lava qui sustinet uncam,_ _TEMPUS is est, cui stat filia VERA comes;_ _Hanc pater exesa deductam rupe reponit_ _In lucem, quam non viderat ante diu._ _Qui sedet a læva cultu male tristis inepto,_ _Quem duris crescens cautibus orbis obit_ _Nos monet effigiæ, qua sit Respublica quando_ _Corruit, at contra quando beata viget,_ _Ille docet juvenis forma spectandus amictu_ _Scitus, et æterna laurea fronde virens._ The Sentences, written in Latin and English upon both the trees, declaring the causes of both estates, were these: ¶ +_CAUSES OF A RUINOUS COMMON_+ _+WEAL ARE THESE.+_ Want of the Fear of GOD. Disobedience to rulers. Blindness of guides. Bribery in magistrates. Rebellion in subjects. Civil disagreement. Flattering of Princes. Unmercifulness in rulers. Unthankfulness in subjects. ¶ +_CAUSES OF A FLOURISHING_+ +_COMMON WEAL._+ Fear of GOD. A wise Prince. Learned rulers. Obedience to officers. Obedient subjects. Lovers of the Common Weal. Virtue rewarded. Vice chastened. The matter of this pageant dependeth of them [_i.e., the pageants_] that went before. For, as the first declared Her Grace to come out of the House of Unity; the second, that she is placed in the Seat of Government, stayed with virtues to the suppression of vice; and therefore in the third, the Eight Blessings of Almighty GOD might well be applied unto her: so this fourth now, is to put Her Grace in remembrance of the state of the Common Weal, which TIME, with TRUTH his daughter, doth reveal: which TRUTH also, Her Grace hath received; and therefore cannot but be merciful and careful for the good government thereof. * * * * * From thence, the Queen's Majesty passed towards Paul's Churchyard.