Doggerel written after the death of Elizabeth I, Queen of England. Following the poem, the notes "as is reported lett fall to the Kinge in the cocke pitt" and "S[i]r I pray you lett not this or the other be shewed but to discrete frendes for / that it is not knowne by whome they wer made or howe they will bee taken"
Note
Caption title. First line: The Lordes craved all.
Provenance
Based on the presence of stitching holes and the number "276" in the upper right hand corner, it appears this leaf was removed from a volume previously belonging to John Henry Gurney of Keswick Hall, Norfolk (see description in Historical Manuscripts Commission 12th report, appendix, pt. 9, p. 143) Formerly Folger MS Add 1023.
