THE ELIZABETHAN FAIRIES

144 EARTHLY LIFE OF FAIRIES
her Maiestie of greate price, whereon the imbroderer
had bestowed the summe of his conning" was given to
Elizabeth by the Queen of the Fayry.la6
The fairies were so associated with treasure that only
to speak of them provoked the sound of money. Ac-
cording to Saducismus Triumphatus,
About the latter end of Decemb. 1662. the Drummings were less
frequent, and then they heard a noise like the gingling of Money,
occasioned, as it was thought, by somewhat Mr. Mompesson's
Mother had spoken the day before to a Neighbour, who talkt of
Fayries leaving Money, viz. That she should like it well, if it
would leave them some to make amends for their trouble. The
night after the speaking of which, there was a great chinking of
Money over all the House.ls7
Then there was treasure to be found:
These Spirits likewise haue the pow'r to show
Treasures that haue been buried long below:
By Gods permission, all the veins conceald,
Of gold or siluer, are to them reueald.
Of Vnions, Stones, and Gems esteemed high,
These know the place and beds wherein they ly;
Nay ev'ry casket and rich cabinet
Of that vnrifled rocke wherein th' are set.138
Any forest, therefore, could be the highway of fairies
carrying a treasure trove, and any unexplored cavern in
the mountain a mine worked by them. One had only to
follow his nose through a sudden crevice in the hillside to
discover the fairies enjoying the treasures of the earth,
136 Publns. of Mod. Lang. Assn., Vol. 26, 1911, p. 99. Attention
has already been called to the fact that the fairies were introduced in
royal pageants and progresses only in the exercise of their best quali-
ties, especially that of generosity to their favorites.
197 Joseph Glanvil, London, 1681 ed., Part 11, p. 95.
Heywood, Hierarchic, p. 570.
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