Queen Elizabeth, who died at Greenwich, was brought thence to Whitehall by water, in a grand procession. On this occasion, as Camden informs us, the following quaint lines were written:"The Queen was brought by water to Whitehall;

At every stroke the oars did tears let fall;

More clung about the barge; fish under water

Wept out their eyes of pearl, and swam blind after.

I think the bargemen might, with easier thighs,

Have row'd her thither in her people's eyes;

For howsoe'er, thus much my thoughts have scann'd,

She had come by water, had she come by land."