all mantles of unshorn
velvet, lined with the same velvet; one large bearing cloth
of carnation velvet, to be used when the child is brought
forth of the chamber, lined with taffety; one great head
sheet of cambric for the cradle, containing two breadths,
and three yards long, wrought all over with gold and colored
silks, and fringed with gold; six large handkerchiefs of
fine cambric, whereof one to be edged with fair cut work, to
lay over the child's face; six veils of lawn, edged with
fair bone lace, to pin with the mantles; six gathered bibs
of fine lawn with ruffles edged with bone lace; two bibs to
wear under them, wrought with gold and colored silks,
etc.[51]

The total value of these fineries and of all the lace and cambric
required for the baby's trousseau was estimated at three hundred pounds.

Her christening upon the fifth of May, was conducted on the most
gorgeous scale that had ever been seen in England. Many peers were
raised to higher rank, and numbers of knights were created barons in
honor of the occasion. The chapel at Greenwich palace was hung with
green velvet and cloth of gold. "A very rich and stately font of silver
and gilt, most curiously wrought with figures of beasts, serpents, and
other antique works,"[52] stood under a canopy of cloth of gold twelve
feet square. The child was carried from the queen's lodgings by the
countess of Derby, under a canopy borne by eight barons. Dukes and
bishops, earls and barons went before the Earl of Northumberland, who
bore a gilt basin; and the Countess of Worcester came after him,
"bearing a cushen covered with Lawne, which had thereon many jewels of
inestimable price."[53] The Lady Derby's train was borne by the greatest
countesses in the land; and the baby's "train of the mantle of purple
velvet, embroidered round about with gold, and furred with ermines,"[54]
was borne by noblemen. The Archbishop of Canterbury christened the
little princess. Her godparents were the Duke of Holstein, brother to
the queen, the Lady Arabella Stuart, and the Countess of Northumberland.
And when the christening was over, "the heralds put on their coats, the
trumpets sounded."

King at arms, "making low reverence unto the King's Majesty,"[55]
proclaimed the little girl's name aloud in the chapel.

Times have happily changed since those days. Contrast all this fuss and
cold formality with a simple christening that took place on