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The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P.

Note H — THE LAY OF THE MINSTREL'S HEART.

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"When she (Elizabeth) was conducted through London amidst the joyful acclamations of her subjects, a boy, who personated Truth, was let down from one of the triumphal arches, and presented to her a copy of the Bible. She received the book with the most gracious deportment, placed it next her bosom," &c.—Hume.

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