By Royal Command (25 page)

Rhenish
– a dry white wine

ribband
– a ribbon

samite
– a heavy silken fabric, often woven with gold or silver threads

sarcenet
– fine soft silk fabric used for clothing and ribbons

scry
– to see or divine, especially by crystal-gazing

simples
– medicines made from herbs

spinet
– a type of small harpischord

taffety tart
– a dish made with cream (the cream said to resemble the sheen of silk taffeta)

trencher
– wooden or pewter plate for serving or cutting food

Bibliography

Brown, Maisie,
Barnes and Mortlake Past
Historical Publications Limited, 1997

Fell Smith, Charlotte,
John Dee 1527 – 1608
Constable and Company, 1909

Jenkins, Elizabeth,
Elizabeth the Great
Phoenix Press, 1958

Picard, Liza,
Elizabeth’s London
Phoenix, 2003

Reed, Nicholas,
Frost Fairs on the Frozen Thames
Lilburne Press, 2002

Weir, Alison,
Elizabeth the Queen
Pimlico, 1999

Williams, Neville,
The Life and Times of Elizabeth
Book Club Associates, 1972

Woolley, Hannah,
The Gentlewoman’s Companion
(1675) Prospect Books, 2001

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First published in Great Britain in February 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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