PREMIÈRE PÉTITION A LA REINE

À Petitionarye Lettre ffrom John Lillye to Queene Elizabeth.

Tempora si numeris, quae nos numeramus, Non venit ante suam, nostra querela diem.

Most Gratious and dread Soveraigne ; I dare not pester yo’ Highnes, w*® many wordes; and want witt, to wrapp : vpp much matter, in ffewe; This Age, Epitomyes, the Pater Noster; thrust, into the Compasse of a penny;