just so from that stock, he gave three famous blossoms, much fruit sprouting forth to the English, first coming Edward, short-lived indeed, a sceptre-bearing lord and fine king, and then Mary the glory-bestowing queen, whom Olympus now holds after her death. So now we behold another, the all-beautiful third shoot, and she bears the famous name Elizabeth. For as the holy and noble name Elizabeth now directly presents an excellent prayer to me,