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A06146	The order, solemnitie, and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinkes [sic], princes, dukes, popes, and consuls: with the custome, order, and manner of their inaugurations, coronations, and annoynting. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solemnities at some emperours, kings, and princes burials; Triplicitie of triumphes	Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.	1610 (1610)	STC 16633; ESTC S108796	40,346	66

Iauelings wreathed about with Iuie in their handes and with Iuie crownes on their heades dancing and skipping after Psalters and Howboies singing sacred songs vnto Bacchus Herodot and Ctesias called Orgya and Dithyrambos this feast Cyrus commanded to be yearly solemnized in Babylon vpon the sixteenth day of the Moneth Loys on the which day Cyrus as some suppose was borne which day among the olde Perseans was highly honoured for of all the feastes and sacrifires of all solemne great daies the daies of their Kinges natiuities were most in honour esteemed This was the onely and greatest feast of the Perseans for the rich men would celebrate the feast of their Kings byrth with sacrificing of whole Camels horses Oxen and Asses sparing no cost in this feast the poorer sort strained themselues with all charges to set foorth the feast of their Kings natiuities at what time the Magistrates vsed to sing the song Magophonia at their feast Theogonia and the song Theogonia at their sacrifice For this feast Sacaea was called among the Thessalians Peloria in Creete called Hermea Hermea in some place called Penagria In another place called Saturnalia but in all places vsed and celebrated with great solemnities at the natiuities of Kinges and princes and here in England for September and Nouember Nil nisi dicimus Io. Your Dythirambion songes and Orgyes trickes your Bacchus daunce is done Your Iuie crownes and crowned Nymphes Your sacred Thyrsus's wonne Of the byrth of Alexander and of the Macedonian feastes THe Macedonians likewise vpon the byrthday of the great Alexander by the decree and commaundement first of Philip Alexanders father who during his life kept solempnly a most royall feast for three seuerall daies The first and the greatest feast was for his son Alexanders birth The second cause was for that his Lieutenant generall Parmenio had gotten a noble triumphant victorie ouer the Acaians The third cause was for that his horses chariots wan the garlāds at the games of Olympia This happened all in one day on which day Alexander the great was borne The same very day the monstrous great Temple of Diana was burnt by Herostratus to become thereby famous at what time the Priestes of Diana cried out Magnum Asiae malum nasci This feast Triplicia was long time after Alexander obserued by the Macedonians and yearely solemnized in memorie of Alexanders natiuity with great triumph pompe vpon the day of his byrth called Laeta fortunata Macedonum dies on which day the Macedonians vsed to weare the picture of Alexander about their neckes in iewels and on theis fingers in ringes This day they vsed sacrifice and celebrated plaies diuers kindes of games Argiraspides Alexanders chiefe souldiers celebrated the feaste of Alexanders natiuitie as long as they liued and disdained to serue vnder King Antigonus or any other King after Alexander died Euen so Homotimi chiefe souldiers vnder Cyrus refused to serue vnder Cambises and so of Achilles Myrmidones and of Pyrrhus Dolopes I may speake of others who refused after renowmed and valiant kings to serue wicked princes cruell Tyrants If the Macedonians solemnized so great a feast in memorie of Alexander vpon the eight of Februarie who liued but 12. yeares King and that with such blood that he left scant a King vpon the earth to succeed him what may be saide for September and that for 32. Septembers past which we sine caede sanguine haue enioyed Dux foemina factum This we may well say and sing Your stately daunce Enoplia call'd your pompe of Peplon fell To your solempne Epenician songe you Greekes must say farewell The manner and order of the Indians in celebrating the natiuitie of their kinges THe Indians so honoured the byrth-day of their King at what time the daies began to lengthen that the king with all his Nobles went to the riuer Ganges to wash bathe themselues where they offered in sacrifice to the Sun a number of blacke bulles for that collour among the Indians is most esteemed After sacrifice done to the Sun the King held a feast which the Romans called Hylaria which was woont to be celebrated vpon the eight Calend of Aprill at what time the Romain Matrones and the yoong women of Rome crowned with Myrtle bathed themselues before they sacrificed vnto Venus This very time the yoong men of Athens kept festiual daies with myrth and pastime to honour the Moone for the like cause as the Indians had for the Sunne This feast Hylaria had all publike and solempne plaies with all kinde of triumphes Hylaria for ioy that the Sun began to turne his face and to lengthen their daies tanquam patriae solatium initium laetitiae But what may we in England de Sole solatio nostro for this 33. yeare Nonne canemus Io Hypingos To sacred CYNTHIA sing we loud aloud HYPINGOS sing And sound IÜLOS CERES song Ivla. ELIZAS byrth to ring Of the byrth of Xerxes and of the solempne feast thereof THe great Xerxes king of Persea vpon the very day that he succeeded his father Darius Hisdaspis as king hee yearely most solempnly vsed to celebrate such a princelie noble feaste in memorie of that day which the Perseans so honoured tanquam imperii natalem as he would command all the Nobles of Persea to come in the greatest pompe they could Xerxe first day to his kingdome called Titan. and he himselfe in his most sumptuous Persean robes with his Diadem vpon his head solempnized the feast with al pompe and glorie Vpon the which day Xerxes was called of all the Peeres Nobles and all his people Titan. This day was so celebrated among the Perseans in remembrance of Xerxes first day to his kingdome so the Siracusianes honoured Timolion for his great victories Timolions byrth in memorie whereof they yeerely vpon the day of his byrth decreed that plaies and games of musicke with running wrastling throwing of darts swimming running of horses with other exercises of the body should be celebrated In like sort the Parthians obserued that day that Arsaces their King had subdued Seleucus with all kinde of ioies myrth and triumphes that the Parthians could inuent they magnified that day with all games and plaies kept a great solempne feast in remembrance of their libertie and deliuerance from their bondage and thraldome vnder Seleucus by Arsaces If therefore they honoured that day Tanquam initium libertatis with songes Theogonia shall we not Canere Paean that haue long inioied peace and quietnes of libertie by the natiuity of Eliza. Let Magi for their Persean states Theogonia sound their Theogonian song Let Egypt of their Isis brag we sing ELIZA long Of the solempnitie on the byrth-day of prince Aratus by the Achaians with feastes and sacrifice IN like manner the Achaians solempnized the natiuitie of Aratus with a royall feast and sacrifice Aratus natiuity yearly vppon the graue of Aratus which was called Aratium

putteth vpon the King that rich garment called Dalmaticus Cereleus like a coate and vpon that he putteth a most sumptuous Princely cloake called Regale pallium Then the Archbyshop deliuereth vnto the King the ring and putteth it vpon the middle finger of the right hand saieng Accipe anulum c Take this ring in token of thy holy faith the firmnesse and soundnesse of the Kingdome whereby thou art to vanquish thy enemies through triumphant power banish all heresies and to bring thy subiects to continue faithfull to God through Christ Then the Archbyshop deliuereth the Scepter in the Kings right hand saieng also Accipe Sceptrum in signum regalis potentiae c. Take this Scepter of thy Kingdome in token of regall power to gouerne the kingdome truly and faithfully and to protect the Church and the people of God After the Ring and the Scepter are in this sort deliuered to the king he putteth into the left hand of the king the golden rod in like maner saieng Accipe Virgam virtutis aequitatis c. Take this rod of equitie and vertue whereby thou maiest instruct the ignorant and raise them that fall to comfort the good men and to feare the euill through him that is the rod of Iesse the key of Dauid and the scepter of Israel After this the Lord Chancelor of France if he be in place present if he be absent the Archbyshop with all the Peeres of France aswel of the Cleargie as of the Laiety doo solemply bring the Regall Crowne of France from the Altar vnto the Archbyshop who setteth it vpon the Kings head all the states of France laieng their hands vpon the Diadem and ther hold their hands while the Archbishop pronounceth these wordes Deus coronet te Corona gloriae honoris iusticiae c God crowne thee with the crowne of glorie and honour with the crowne of Iustice and constancy that thou by strong faith and fruites of good workes maist come to the kingdome of glorie After that the King is crowned the Archbyshop recyteth certaine short praiers and at the end of euery praier the Byshops Peeres and the states say Amen When these prayers be ended the Archbyshop turneth his face to the King and saith Stabilis esto retine statum c. Be strong and constant and keepe thy state which thou hast by succession from thy Father by the law of heritage These ceremonies being ended the Archbyshop with the rest of the States lead the king in most solempne and triumphant maner vnto a high throane made and prouided purposely for the King that he might be seene of all sitting in his chaire where the Archbishop that doth solemnize this coronation commeth vnto the King and kisseth him on the cheekes saieng Viuat Rex in eternum Let the King liue for euer In like sort the chiefest Peeres and states of Laiety Cleargie vse the like crremonies and saieng the like wordes the Gospell being read the King standeth vp of his chaire taketh off the Crowne from his head vntill the Gospell bee ended Two chiefe Archbyshops doo bring the Euangelist from the Altar vnto the King in his throane there kisseth the booke and after is brought by the states to the Altar to offer oblation seruice c. Being ended the Archbishop taketh the imperial Diadem of the King and those ceremoniall robes and holie garmentes prouided for the coronation of any King in France and putteth on the Kinges head a lesser Crowne with other princely rich apparell and so the king is brought into his pallace with all solempne pompe and triumph The Barons of France do bring Ampullam sanctam very honorably againe into Rhemes Ampulla a sa●red relique These are the whole ceremonies at the coronation of the Kings of France euen from Charles the great his time and by him first appointed as a generall inauguration of all the kings of France Phillippus Pulcher his charge to his son at his death Phillippus surnamed the Faire being ready to die called his eldest sonne named Lewes Hutinus whom he taught to heale the euil sicknesse called Strumae instructed his son to vse the words which at this day are vsed cōmending chastity holines of life to be a great cause in curing of this disease Of the inauguration annointing of the kings of Hungaria at their coronation AT the inauguratiō coronation of the kings of Hūgaria al the peeres nobilitie of Hungaria and Bohemia are present with al the pomp solēpnity that maybe thought of Vladislaus the which I wil not write but onely of their ceremonies in their coronation for at the inauguration of Vladislaus king of Hungarie vpon the eleuenth of the Kalends of Octob. he was brought into Saint Maries Church between two bishops Before the king 3. of the chiefest peeres of Hungary caried one the Diadem the 2. caried the royal Scepter and the 3. caried the golden Aple which is as I said before a ripe or figure of the world before the Diadem the scepter the Aple were caried by two bishops two other royall Ensignes belonging to these ceremonies a siluer crosse by the Prior of Laurena and a golden Pax by the Bishop of Syrmia before these again wer caried two swords the one naked the other in a golden scabberd before these was the kings banner Regale vexillū royally displaied with other great solempnities when the King was brought into his royall seat into S. Ma. al the ensignes of the K. were laid before the Altar the Metropolitan of Hungary celebrating seruice the King is brought from his seat vnto the Altar hauing vpon the one side all the Bishops and cleagy of his kingdome on the other side all the Princes and peeres of the country When the king is brought vnto the Altar before the Metropolitan one of the Bishops that leadeth the king vttereth these words vnto the Metropolitan Most reuerend father the holy Church doth require that this noble knight should be aduanced vnto the regal dignity of a king The Metropolitan demandeth whether he be worthy of such honor dignity vnto the which al the bishops princes present affirm that for wisdome The charge giuen to the K of Hungary at his coronation vertue and manhood he was therunto elected then the Metropolitan chargeth the K. with the lawes and customes of the Kings of Hungary his predecessors geueth him his oth in this sort That he shuld first with a pure sound religion defend the Church of Christ and the catholike faith therein receiued vnto his death 2. To defend the common wealth from forraine inuasion 3. To maintaine peace with al care and diligence 4. That he would do nothing vnfit or vnseemelye for a King to doo 5. To vse iustice and equitie to his people These with many others the King is sworn by the Metropolitan at his coronation After the oth the Metropolitan beseecheth God to send this new elected K. the blessings that

from thence after some Sacrifice which was to bee vsed all things done and perfourmed the Prince putteth off the Rusticall Garmentes that he put on before to perfourme the custome and ceremonies of the Countrey The Prince sitteth in iudgment on a stone in a medow to heare causes pleaded and weareth his Princelie wonted Attyre and after he had feasted with his Barons and his Nobilytie he retourned to the Medowe againe where the Marble stoane was and sitteth there on his Tribunall Seat to heare causes pleaded and to giue Iudgement accordyng to Iustice this is the maner and strange custome of the election of any Prince in Carynthia So strange were the customs and maners in old time aswell at the election and coronation of Princes The strange Scepters vsed by kings and Princes in times past as also in their ceremonies and Scepters For the first kings of the world vsed for their Scepters long gilded Speares The old kings of Rome vsed a crooked staffe called Lituus Tarquinius Priscus the fift king of Rome had his Scepter of Iuorie The Kings of India had their Scepters of Ebany The Liddians caried before their Kings great Axes The kings of Scicily vsed a siluer staffe for their Scepter The Babylonians vsed diuers kindes of Scepters with sundrie figures as of Lions Eagles c. The great pomp Solemnytie at the Inauguration of the Pope of Rome THE Pope of Rome at his Inauguration excelled all other princes in solempnitie and pompe for after that the Pope is new elected by the whole Colledge of Cardinals he commeth from his Pallace of S. Angelo with great glory The order maner of the inauguration of Pope Gregory the tenth toward S. Peters Church first the Officers as Stewards Comptrollers Tresurers and chiefe rulers apparelled all in red long gownes Secondly the knights of Rome Thirdly the Barons Counties and Marquesses Then the Abbats Then followed the Bishops after the byshops the Archbyshops in their long Pontificall garmentes with rich and sumptuous white siluer Myters beset with stones After followed three degrees of Cardinals Deacon-Cardinals Priest-Cardinals and Byshop-Cardinals The Pope with passing pompe is caried aboue the ground vppon mens shoulders in Cella gestatoria with his triple Crowne on his head full of precious stones and with a most sumptuous and precious robe wrought ouer very artificially with golde and set with diuers stones and so caried to Saint Peters Church vpon Kings Embassadors shoulders Kings Embassadors carieth the pope to his coronation After some praiers and sacrifice done he is hoised againe vpon mens backes and caried from Saint Peters into Saint Andrewes Chappel where after many rites and ceremonies there finished which was there prouided for his inauguration he is taken vp againe into his golden chaire from Saint Andrewes Chappel where Andrew the Apostles head is presented thence hee is caried to the Chappell of S. Peter and S. Paule thence caried from place to place by the Legats and Ambassadors of all the Kings of Christendome then being in Rome representing the states of Kings and Emperors Oh Superbum Animal for betweene golden and siluer Crosses the Myters of Byshoppes and Cardinalles hats shining as starres with diuers kindes of precious stones with Iewels the Popes triumpaunt cariage vnder such a regall Canapie with his triple Crowne his rich and Pontificall garments blessing the people passed farre the pompe of great Xerxes in his voyage into Greece The Popes dinner his banquets after dinner or the Triumphs of great Pompey ouer all Affrica and Asia at Rome Hos iudos et iocos diceres prout rabies Papae with such peales of Gūnes ringyng af Belles sounding Trumpets with such clamours and noise of other brazen Instruments that it farre surmounted the besieging of Carthage or the assaulting of Munantia In the like triumph and pompe hee is againe caried into his Pallace of S Angelo blessing the people from place to place and in euery place as he is caried the people againe crieng out wishing him the felicitie of Augustus and the loue of Traian vsing seuerall solempne ceremonies with the greatest pompe inuented His dinner that day exceeded Ca. Caesar who in his triumph ouer Affrica prepared 22000 tables most royally furnished and his banquets after dinner far excelled the banquets of L. Lucullus or Marcus Antonius His myrth and musicke passed the feast Hyacynthia Of the most happy ioyfull and triumphant day of her Maiesties coronation vpon the 15. of Ianuary I Need not particularly set down the solemnitie of that day neither can I if I would declare the ioyes and triumphs of that day For wheras her Maiesties predecessors studied how one might excell another with roialty pompe and solemnity of ceremonies as Richard the second and after him Richard the 2 Henry the fourth at whose coronation Iohn king of Castels and Legions then being Duke of Lancaster Earle of Leicester and Lincolne who as Duke of Lancaster chalenged to beare the chiefe Sword before the King called Cortana as Earle of Lincolne hee chalenged to be Caruer at the Kings table and as Earle of Leicester he chalenged to be L. high Steward of England Steward Thomas de Woodstocke the Kings Vncle was admitted to be Constable of England Constable Robert Earle of Oxford was admitted to the office of a Chamberlaine Chamberlain Thomas Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke was admitted to beare the third Sword for there were three Swordes assigned to be borne before the King at his coronation but I find but two Swordes in Modius Pandectes Ensis politicus Ensis Ecclesiasticus Vpon the day of the Kings coronation the L. Maior and the Citizens of London by the Recorder made petition to the King that the Maior might serue the King at his dinner in the hall at his coronation The order maner of the coronation of the kings of England The Barons of the fiue Ports were admitted to the Office to beare ouer the Kings head a Canapie of cloath of gold vpon foure Speares couered with beaten Siluer in most solempne order great solempnitie from the Tower through the Citie of London with such magnificent pompe and triumphes as were full equall to the Emperours of Rome or the kinges of Fraunce And in these two thinges passed Fraunce Rome Persea or any other Kingdom of the world The first the noble and general chalenge of Monomachia in Combat with any Knight of the world by the Kinges Champion Sir Iohn Dymmocke Knight vppon the day of coronation armed and mounted on horsbacke readie to performe the chalenge in the behalfe of the King In the second ceremony they excelled for that at the coronation of Henry the fourth nine seuerall Conduites ran for two daies of Claret wine and white wine in nine seueral places of the citie of London as plentie as water to all passers by But the most happie ioyfull and triumphant day of her Maiesties Coronation not onely excelled all her