Elizabeth I

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Richard Day
A booke of christian prayers ["The Queen's Prayerbook"] (London, 1581)
Courtesy of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (248 D33b 1581)
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The fine frontispiece of the Queen's Prayerbook shows her kneeling in solitary prayer, her scepter and sword of state set aside.

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