Who accompanied the queen ?" "Princess Elizabeth," said John Heywood, who had heard everything, and saw clearly the arrow that the earl had shot at the queen.

"Princess Elizabeth, her true and dear friend, who never leaves her side.

Besides, her maids of honor, who, like the dragon in the fable, keep watch over the beautiful princess." "Who else is in the queen's company ?" inquired Henry, sullenly.
"The master of horse, Earl of Sudley," said Douglas, "and--" "That is an observation in the highest degree superfluous," interrupted John Heywood; "it is perfectly well understood by itself that the master of horse accompanies the queen.

That is just as much his office as it is yours to sing the song of your cousin, my parrot." "He is right," said the king quickly.

"Thomas Seymour must accompany her, and it is my will also.