In this maner, the people on either side reioysing, her grace went forwarde, towarde the conduite in Fleetestrete, where was the fifth and laste pageant erected in forme following. From the conduit which was bewtified with painting, vnto the Northside of the strete, was erected a stage embattelled with foure towres and in the same a square platte rising with degrees, and vpon the vppermost degree was placed a chaire, or seate roiall, and behinde the same seate in curious, artificiall maner was erected a tre of reasonable height and so farre aduaunced aboue the seate as it did well and semely shadow the same, without endomaging the sight of any part of the pageant, and the same tree was bewtified with leaues as grene as arte could deuise, being of a conuenient greatnes and conteining therupon the fruite of the date, and on the top of the same tree in a table was set the name therof which was A Palme tree, and in the aforesaid seate or chaire was placed a semelie and mete personage richlie apparelled in parliament robes, with a sceptre in her hand, as a Quene, crowned with an open crowne, whose name and title was in a table fixed ouer her head, in this sort. Debora the iudge and restorer fo the house of Israel. Iudic.4. and the other degrees on eyther side were furnished wyth .vi. personages, two representing the nobilitie, two y^e clergie, and two the comminaltie. And before these personages was written a table Debora with her estates, consulting for the good gouernment of Israel. At the feete of these and the lowest part of the pageant was ordeined a conuenient rome for a childe to open the meaning of the pageant. When the Queenes maiestie drew nere vnto this pageant, and perceiued, as in the other, the childe readie to speake, her grace required silence, and commaunded her chariot to be remoued nigher, that she might plainlie heare the childe speake, which said as hereafter foloweth.

Iaben of Canaan king had long by force of armes
Opprest the Israelites, which for gods people went
But god minding at last for to redresse their harmes,
The worthy Debora as iudge among them sent.

In war she, through gods aide, did put her foes to flight,
And with the dint of sworde the bande of bondage brast.
In peace she, through gods aide, did alway mainteine right
And iudged Israell till fourty yeres were past.

A worthie president, O worthie Queene, thou hast,
A worthie woman iudge, a woman sent for staie.
And that the like to vs enoure alway thou maist
Thy louing subiectes wil with true hearts & tonges praie.

Which verses were written vpon the pageant, and
the same in latin also.

Quando dei populum Canaan, rex pressit Iaben,
   Mittitur a magno Debora magna deo:
Quæ populum eriperet, sanctum seruatet Iudan,
   Milite quæ patrio frangeret hostis opes.
Hæc domino mandante deo lectissima fecit
   Fæmina, et aduersos contudit ense viros
Hæc quater denos populum correxerat annos
   Iudico, bello strenua, pace grauis.
Sic, O sic populum belloque et pace guberna,
   Debora sis Anglis Elizabetha tuis.

The voide places of the pageant were filled with pretie sentences concerning the same matter. The ground of this last pageant was, y^e forsomuch as the next pageant before had set before her graces eyes the florishing & desolate states of a common weale, she might by this be put in remembrance to consult for the worthie gouernment of of her people, considering god oftimes sent women nobly to rule among men, as Debora which gouerned Israell in peace the space of .xl. yeres: & that it behoueth both men & women so ruling to vse aduise of good counsell.

-- Transcribed by Jennie Butler, 2000