Note 23 — Chapter XIX · FROM THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH TO THE YEAR 1561.
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Sir Henry Radclyffe to Cecil, May 3. The lines from Ovid are:—
Cuncta prius tentanda, sed immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est, ne pars sincera trahatur.—Met. i. 190.
They were quoted by Sir Edward Dering in his speech against Bishops, &c., in the Long Parliament. The Queen to the Nobility and Council of Ireland, May 21. Sussex to Cecil, July 17.