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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19674	A true relation of all the remarkable places and passages observed in the travels of the right honourable Thomas Lord Hovvard, Earle of Arundell and Surrey, Primer Earle, and Earle Marshall of England, ambassadour extraordinary to his sacred Majesty Ferdinando the second, emperour of Germanie, anno Domini 1636. By Wiliam Crowne Gentleman	Crowne, William.	1637 (1637)	STC 6097; ESTC S109122	38,521	77

things cast in silver the fifteenth cabinets of Bohemia Diamonds and little chests of Bohemia pearle the sixteenth things belonging to Astronomy the seventeenth and eighteenth Indian worke the nineteenth Turkey-worke the twentieth of a lively statue of a woman covered with taffatie Then in the middle of the roome are rare clocks of all kinds the first was like a globe with musike the second was set round about the middle with little pillars and a bullet running round in a cresse out and in and over it hung two little cords which being puld wee heard sweet musike but could not discerne from whence it was the third had a faire lively face and hand looking out and musike with voyces singing not to be discovered the fourth a close clocke and by it a faire table of Mozaique worke the fifth with foure ascents set severally with pillars and a bullet running round in a cresse up to the top playing with musike the sixth like the top of a globe the gold coloured like a green field and a Bucke running round in and out and hounds after making a noyse and beneath musike and Anticks dancing in a round within it the seventh a clocke with a globe by the wals on the other side anticke things set up and pictures together with a steele chaire very curiously wrought and cut thorow Then entred wee into another little closet wherein were more cabbins placed in the wals on the same side of presents sent to the Emperour as gilt helmets and head peeces and statues In the third roome foure cup-boords in the wals full of rare pictures and in the middle of the roome anticke things as a Bore rough cast to the life and a statue of a strong Maid to the life who went to war and a presse of ancient bookes The fourth roome three cup-boords full of the Anatomies of severall rarities as Cockatrices and fishes part resembling men and the fourth cup-boord of rare great shels the fifth of fine dishes the sixth of all kinde of little shels and a Librarie with one mightie great booke in folio written by a Fryar in a dungeon who was there put in upon some hainous offence there to suffer and fortie yeeres after discovered by some Fryars going neere hearing a noyse had search made and found him who brought forth this booke consisting of the old and new Testament and many strange histories which hee was all that time a writing and assisted by the Devill as he conceived and spake very little more before he died Here is likewise all the skins of those Indian horses whose pictures hung up in the masking roome then did wee enter into a large Church standing neere about the middle of the Castle where about the Quire are cut in wood many fine things and a tombe of the Queenes Confessour called Iohan. Nepomews who was miserably tortured by Wenceslaus the fourth King of Bohemia to reveale her Majesties confession and at last put to death by him Anno Dom. 1383 from hence his Excellencie went to view a garden behind the castle within the wall where wee went in a walke covered arbour-like halfe an English mile long untill we came at a stately old building with walkes round the house and set thicke with pillars and likewise on the top of the house with a delightfull prospect over all the citie and then his Excellencie returned backe to the Keepers house and there dined having sent provision before dinner being past his Excellencie went to see a Parke two English miles off the Citie in which there is a Friarie of white Friars who were leaping then in the Parke as wee passed by to see a great beast called a Buffule which is kept there and then returned home by Wallensteines new house into which his Excellencie entred to view it first passing thorow a large hall of eight and thirtie paces or more in length and one and twentie in breadth we went up thorow galleries having pictures hung up and painted on the wals with stories of Hercules above head divers stories of Ovid then to the Audience-roome where the foure elements are in the middle above head and thorow other faire chambers then downe into the garden where there are five fountaines and great figures of brasse placed on them and on the great fountaine Neptune with foure Nymphs about him and a faire Grott-house but the waters run not then into the stable being curiously built where six and twentie horses may stand the pillars and manger all of red marble and thirtie eight in number and each pillar cost twentie five pounds there are foure Court-yards which encompasseth the house which is now the King of Hungaries This Wallensteine was sole Commander of the Empire under the Emperour and grew so great which caused his Majestie to be jealous of him as he had just cause considering his plots which hee had laid against the Crowne but to prevent the worst privately tooke order with some of his Irish Captaines who were appointed to keepe watch of him that night to cut him off which was effected in the evening pressing on the sudden into his chamber found him onely in his shirt and said Live Ferdinando but dye traytour Wallensteine at which he opened his armes and cried Oh my God embracing the stabs of the halberds which done they cut off his head and presently posted to the Emperour with it who gave them great rewards and they still continue much in his favour The next day his Excellence was invited to a play at the Iesuites College where the Senior of the house is an Irish man and there entertained Prince-like first an oration by a young Scholler then passing downe by a Guard of Souldiers who discharged their muskets his Excellence being past to the roome where the Comedy was acted which action did please exceedingly not onely in respect of substance but also for the goodnesse of the action and severall habits in number more than fiftie the chiefe part were young Schollers and divers of them Barons sons and being ended desired to kisse his Excellencies hand kneeling in testimony of his approbation And here is the argument annexed in the page following Pax in Anglia diu exul in Germaniam postliminio reditura Drama Cum Illustrissimus Excellentissimus Thomas Howardus Arundelliae Surriae Comes Potentissimi Caroli Magnae Britanniae Regis ad Augustissimum Imperatorem Ferdinandum secundum Imperii Principes Legatus Extraordinarius Collegium Societatis Iesu inviserit a Collegii studiosis datum Pragae 1636. Prologus Mercurii famulus in theatro apparando occupatus in parvos pueros incidit Regis Angliae Legatum videre cupidos negat ex theatro spectariposse nisi adventum ei gratulentur cum Latine per aetatem tenellam non possint diverso Idiomate vernaculo id praestent Pars prima Scena prima Mercurius Deos Deasque proprio quemque comitatu schemate ad concilium venientes excipit loca distribuit Scena