Read the passage from Sophie’s paper on Response to Erik of Sweden.Although Queen Elizabeth is polite, she also seems a bit annoyed. For example, she says, "It seems strange for your Serene Highness to write that you understand from your brother and your ambassadors that we have entirely determined not to marry an absent husband; and that we shall give you no certain reply until we shall have seen your person.”
Read the passage from Elizabethan Women.Gold-paneled ballrooms with crystal chandeliers. Dashing knights and handsome lords bowing at the knees of elegant ladies. And the loveliest part of all? The ladies themselves, bedecked in ornate gowns, drinking from jeweled goblets before gracing the gentlemen with dances.Now read the passage from a paper on time travel.Any time traveler must consider visiting Elizabethan England. There are beautiful castles, gorgeous outfits to wear, and decadent food to eat. The wonders abound!
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Read the lines from Spenser’s "Sonnet 75.”Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assayA mortal thing so to immortalize;For I myself shall like to this decay,And eke my name be wiped out likewise.Now read the lines from Donne’s "Holy Sonnet 10.” One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.In such circumstances, storage of food is most important. The principal rule is to have separate places for different types of commodity: dry things can be kept in a pantry with bread and dry linen; wet things are normally stored in the buttery. Wine and meat must be kept apart, and cellars should be avoided on account of their dampness. Meat should be seethed in summer to keep it fresh, then kept in a cool cellar, soaked in vinegar with juniper seeds and salt. Most yeomen will have vats and presses for making cheeses—a valuable source of protein in the long winter season. Similarly, most livestock owners have troughs for salting meat or allowing it to steep in brine.
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