15 June.

A NEW SAVIOUR, 1583

travel,court_patronage,angelic_spiritual

The Lord Albert Laski came to Mortlake to me. About 5 of the clock came the Polonian Prince Lord Albert Laski down from Bisham, where he had lodged the night before, being returned from Oxford whither he had gone of purpose to see the universities, where he was very honourably used and entertained. 15 He had in his company the Lord Russell, Sir Philip Sydney and other gentlemen: he was rowed by the Queen's men, he had the barge covered with the Queen's cloth, the Queen's trumpeters, ere. He came of purpose to do me honour, for which God be praised. Saturday afternoon, hora 6. After that the noble Albertus Laski had been with me, and was now gone to London, I used some discourse by prayer to God. Then appeared he whom (before) we were taught to call II, and he seemed to scorn at E.K. IL: 'That is a gird to you, sir, for your fishing.' E.K. had spent all that afternoon (almost) in angling, when I was very desirous to have had his company and helping hand in this Action. Shortly after this, appeared Galvah and to be in a field closed round about with a hedge. GALVAH: 'Here is no way out.' IL: 'It is a strange thing that wisdom cannot find a way through a hedge.' E.K.: 'This II pulleth down the hedge. He is gone.' GALVAH: 'Behold, it is late: with this people, I can get no lodging. 0 ye my feet, be a witness against them; let the winds move the dust to report their unkindness.' E.K.: 'Now she goeth along a great way, like a common highway: and the light of the air about her seemeth somewhat darkish like evening or twilight.' GALVAH: 'Yea, though you have too much light, I have too little.' Note. I had spoken of too much light coming from the west window of my study toward the Table, where the Show-Stone stood, when we began now to attend her coming, and thereupon she spoke this. E.K.: 'Her own garments cast a light. Now she cometh where she must clamber up a wall, having steps in it of ragged stones. Now cometh a big stout man to the top of the wall, and a boy with a crown on his head: he seemeth to be about 18 years old.' THE BIG MAN: 'Though thou hast travelled as a woman, thou shalt now be known to be a man.' E.K.: 'He spake to Galvah. They embrace each other. They fetch clothes