JABIN, of Canaan King, had long, by force of arms, Oppressed the Israelites; which for GOD's People went: But GOD minding, at last, for to redress their harms; The worthy DEBORAH, as Judge among them sent. In war, She, through GOD's aid, did put her foes to flight, And with the dint of sword the band of bondage brast; In peace, She, through GOD's aid, did always maintain right And judgèd Israel, till forty years were past. A worthy precedent, O worthy Queen! thou hast! A worthy woman, Judge! a woman sent for Stay! And that the like to us, endure always thou may'st; Thy loving subjects will, with true hearts and tongues, pray! Which verses were written upon the pageant: and the same in Latin also. _Quando DEI populum Canaan, rex pressit JABIN,_ _Mittitur a magno DEBORA magna DEO:_ _Quæ populum eriperet, sanctum servaret Judan,_ _Milite quæ patrio frangeret hostis opes._ _Hæc Domino mandante DEO lectissima fecit_ _Foemina, et adversos contudit ense viros._ _Hæc quater denos populum correxerat annos_ _Judicio, bello strenua, pace gravis._ _Sic, O sic, populum, belloque et pace, guberna!_ _DEBORA sis Anglis, ELIZABETHA tuis!_ The void places of the pageant were filled with pretty Sentences concerning the same matter. The ground of this last pageant was, that forasmuch as the next pageant before, had set before Her Grace's eyes the Flourishing and Desolate States of a Common Weal; she might by this, be put in remembrance to consult for the worthy Government of her people; considering GOD, ofttimes, sent women nobly to rule among men, as DEBORAH which governed Israel in peace, the space of forty years; and that it behoveth both men and women so ruling, to use advice of good counsel. * * * * * When the Queen's Majesty had passed this pageant; she marched towards Temple Bar. But at St. Dunstan's, where the children of the Hospital [_i.e., Christ's Hospital, now known as the Blue Coat School, see p. 246_], were appointed to stand with their Governors; Her Grace perceiving a child offered to make an oration unto her, stayed her chariot; and did cast up her eyes to heaven, as who should say, "I here see this merciful work towards the poor; whom I must, in the midst of my royalty, needs remember." And so, turned her face towards the child, which, in Latin, pronounced an Oration to this effect.