Chapter

 1 Prol|  presumed to offer to so great a Queen this poor script of mine,
 2 Prol|     simpler lovers of this great Queen should in some imperfect
 3 II  |   Bernard saith: "It behoved the Queen of Virgins, by a singular
 4 II  |      daughter of patriarchs, the queen of angels? What is wanting
 5 III |       her garment. By Esther the Queen we understand Mary our Queen;
 6 III |     Queen we understand Mary our Queen; the two servants, the lady
 7 III |         lady of whom is Mary our Queen, are all creatures, men
 8 III |      among us men. Truly is Mary Queen of the Angels. St. Augustine,
 9 IV  |          St. Bernard: "O clement Queen, may Jesus Christ, thy Son,
10 VI  |   Bernard saith: "It behoved the Queen of Virgins, by a singular
11 VI  |        she is well symbolized by Queen Esther, of whom we read
12 VI  |       desire of her heart." This Queen Esther, the blessed Virgin
13 VI  |      addressing Mary, says: "The Queen Mary, being led into the
14 VIII|           St. Anselm saith: "The Queen of heaven, and the Lady
15 XI  |          as the King is with the Queen going in to him. For the
16 XI  |       flowering this Flower, the Queen entering in to the King
17 XI  |          holies; the dawn is the Queen of Saints. The stars indeed
18 XIII|          XIII MARY COMPARED TO A QUEEN ENTERING INTO THE PALACE
19 XIII|          as the king is with the queen entering into his palace.~
20 XIII|          what manner Mary is the Queen of the Eternal King, entering
21 XIII|         into glory.~Mary is that Queen entering in, of whom it
22 XIII|         whom it is said that the queen entered into Jerusalem with
23 XIII|           X, 1.) Truly Mary is a queen. St. Augustine says: "We
24 XIII|      truly confess her to be the Queen of Heaven, because she brought
25 XIII|            I have spoken of this Queen in my sermon, "The Queen
26 XIII|         Queen in my sermon, "The Queen stood, etc."; therefore,
27 XIII|        have opposed such a great queen advancing with so great
28 XIII|        She was prefigured by the Queen of Saba, of whom it is said: "
29 XIII| excellence of the primacy of our Queen Mary, insomuch as she is
30 XIII|        as she is compared to the Queen of Saba, which signifies
31 XIII| signifies a cry. For Mary is the Queen of the world, where there
32 XIII|        mourning. She is also the Queen of Heaven, where there is
33 XIII|          God Almighty!" And this Queen of those who cry out, ceases
34 XIII|         holy!" She indeed is the queen whom the Psalmist describes,
35 XIII|          describes, saying: "The queen stood on thy right hand,
36 XIII|         10.) All can follow this Queen with confidence into the
37 XIII|           St. Bernard says: "Our Queen has gone before us: she
38 XIII|        in the entering in of our Queen the power of the retinue
39 XIII|       entered into glory, as the Queen of Heaven, accompanied by
40 XIII|          as the King is with the Queen entering in. O most sweet
41 XIII|        of grace! O most powerful Queen, grant that the King of
42 XVII|         by whom also the blessed Queen of the chaste is blessed