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A01196	The ioyful and royal entertainment of the ryght high and mightie Prince, Frauncis the Frenche Kings only brother by the grace of God Duke of Brabande, Aniow, Aláunson, &c. Into his noble citie of Antwerpe. 1582. Translated out of Frenche by Arthur Golding, according to the copie printed by Plantine at Antwerpe, his highnesse printer.; Joyeuse & magnifique entrée de Monseigneur Francoys fils de France. English.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1582 (1582)	STC 11310; ESTC S112675	40,277	106

where was a stage made by a company of Rhetoricians called y e Olifbranche who had for their posie Behold grace Upon this stage sate a Damsell named Antwerp bearing in her bozom a pretie daughter called The knowledge of God who hild a cofer wherein were priuiledges lawes fraunchizes truth which were kept by the grace of God by prouidēce wisdome faithfulnes diligence loyaltie perseueraunce vnitie good heede and order And aloft was a compartiment of Phrygian woorke wherein were these verses O prince our father hope of helpe and stay Dame grace Gods impe whō here thou seest to stande From top to toe fayre clad in white aray With branch of Olif in her heauenly hande Hath willed thee to harber here within The stately walles of Ladie Antwerpe and The loue of her with endlesse fame to win By curing of her greefes with lawe and right And ●cke by putting of her foes to flight Somewhat lower towardes the middes was Neptune with his threetymed mace riding ouer the waues vpon a Dolphin and on his left hand were these verses Gods heauenly grace and soothfull skill reuiuing Antwerpe newe Through chare defence of faithfull leage haue kept her safe as dewe To thee her Duke innobled both by father by brother Both kinges of Fraunce tone gone to Godlong since still reigning toother And therfore bend thou now thy wits by rightfull force to wreake Her cruell foes which did so ofte their leagues through falshod breake He passed from Clarestreete through long newe streete vnto S. Catherins bridge right ouer against Cros streete where was a triumphall arche cunningly paynted and builded of white stone whiche was garnished with his highnesses armes and with torches and cresfettes and with Musicke of Holboyes and Clarions And on the top of it was written To the happy cōming hitherof Fraūcis only brother to Henrie the third sonne to Henry the seconde graundchilde to Frauncis the first nowe inuested Duke of Brabande the prince that hath most deepely deserued of this their Countrey as a Father of the same The Senate and people of Antwerp Underneath this in another compartiment of Phrygian woorke was written this At length yet hinder not this Impe to bring thee wrooping world againe to some redresse In passing through the shorte Newstreete and by the Marketsteed hee turned towardes the Coopers streete in the street called Cheeslane to the great Market place which was full of Torches of waxe and of Barrelles of pitche vpon long poles vp to the highest windowes which commonly are fiue stories high In this Market place were inbattelled sixe en●ignes with the ensigne of the youth whiche was vnder a green standarde all in the best armor that was to bee seene in any place of the worlde In the middes of the citizens was the great Giante the founder of the Citie of Antwerpe whose Curace was azure and his apparell tawnie white and gray He boore banners of Azure with the armes of Aniow and had these verses written before him Feèrce Furi● moody rage vnbridled yre Stoute Force whot violence cruell Tyra●y Nought booted me ne furthered my desire In keeping of my wished Soueraintie The surest way for kings to gouerne by Is meeldnes matched with a prudent minde to vice seuere to vertue meeke and kinde For oft the calme and quiet gouernance brings things to passe which violence coulde not win Feercenes that cace will nought at all aduance By mildnes shalt thou better holde folke in Outrageous storming is not woorth a pin By mine example therefore haue a care All cruell dealings vtterly to spare Behinde the Giant were written these verses See you this Orped Giant here so huge oslim and bone Fame sayes that Antwerp was somtime a thrall to such a one This Gyant was made by cunning to turne his face towardes the Duke as he passed by to let fall the armes of Spaine which he hilde in his hand and to put vp the armes of Aniow Also there was a stage in the same Market-place before the Towne house ful of nimphes and vertues But forasmuch as it serued chiefly for the day of his taking of his othe in the citie of Antwerpe which was the xxii day of y ● moneth it shall bee spoken of more at large hereafter His highnes departing out of y e market place tooke his way towards the street called y ● high street when he came to the street called y ● old cornmarket there was a Whale carying neptune naked w t his threeforket mace in his hand which betokened y e great cōmodities which y ● citie of Antwerp receiued by the sea by y e riuer Schelt Before this monster was another naked man by him two other portratures y ● one of nauigation the other of marchandize w t a baoke of accounts a purse such as y ● factors do cary with thē when they go to receiue money Before the Neptune in a compartiment were written these verses The lordship of y ● seas to thee y ● destenies beh●ght In signe where of I Neptune yeelde this mace as thine of right That Antwerp hauing rid allets by thee on sea and lande May once inioy her wished fruite safe from perill stande His highnes kept on his way through y ● high streete to a place where sometime was y ● gate called S. Iohns gate which was beatē down the yeere before in steed● where of there was a tryumphall arch of Ionian worke This arch was wholly applied to his highnes own posie Cherisheth and Chaceth On high ouer it was strained a couering after the maner of a round vault wherein was painted the Sonne vnder the Sonne was painted the sea with ships and the earth clad with her verdure Also there appeared a cloude on both sides so as the light of the Sonne did shine forth and yeelde out his force to the earth On the outside of the bowing of the Arch were painted three goddesses namely Flora who hilde her flowers in her hand Ceres who had her corne and Pomona who hilde a horne stored with abundance of all things Likwise the earth was clad w t greene trees fruites and feeldes replenished with all fruitfulnes which thing came to passe by the heate and operation of the Sonne which was betokened by this word Cherisheth On the other side being the left hande were drerie and barrē fields the aire euery where lowri●g and clowdie and the trees and plantes withered which thing was done by the three Helhounds Discord Uiolence Tyranie who fled away at y ● sight of his highnes according to y ● signification of his other word Chaceth On another side stood the same po●e againe Cherisheth Chaceth by another meane At the right hande ouer the worde Cherisheth was a great feelde well tilled with a husbādmās house vpon it The husbādmā himself being apparelled after y e frēch fashiō was sowing of corne another by him was spreading of Mucke At the

fully agreed vppon and graunted that in beautie and glory nothing is comparable to a goodly armie Onely this matter remaineth still in question vndecided namely whether is the pleasanter sight to see three or foure great battels of footemen well appointed in bright armour wel flanked with small shot and with their greate ordinance before them or to see as many Squadrons of horsemen or else twoo or three hundred ships furnished with their flagges and banners and raunged in order as if they were ready to giue battel But as for the rest of al goodly things all men are fully agreed that they come nething neere to any of those three and muche lesse doe them al three togither if a man might behold them all at once as it is reported that at one instant a man might haue seene the great armie of Xerxes both footmen and horse men raunged in battell ray and also the two fleetes of the Persians and of the Greekes fighting vppon the Sea by Salamine where by the wisdome and valiantnes of Themi●ocles the Greekes got that famous victorie of the Persians In mine opinion that is the rause why the glad receyuing and ioyfull entering of Frauncis Duke of Brabant into the Citie of Antwarpt seemed so goodly and royall to all suche as sawe it insomuche that there hath not been anye of them whiche hath not confessed that hee neuer saw the like And yet were there very many present at it as well of the same countrey as of straungers whiche haue seene many stately and royall meetings both in the same citie and in other cities of the Lowe countreys and also in other great cities of other Countreys as Paris London Roan and Lions and yet neuerthelesse the common voyce is that this last hath passed all the rest And truly the Citie had no more but sixe daies respit to prepare for it as I sayde before insomuch that they coulde not put to making any worke of silke nor of golde aud siluer beaten or wouen nor any embroderie no nor in so shorttime make any meane apparell newe nor any rare costlinesse of imagertes pillers tryumphall arches or other pageantes but were constrayned to make a shifte with suche thinges as they had in a readinesse aforehande of their own store In other entertemements there haue in deede been seene great plentie of riches and royalties in attires of Kinges and Queenes Princes and Princesses Lords and Ladies Citizens and their wiues but in th● entertainement no such were seene howebeit there was not any grossenesse nor ought that might not well beseeme the neatnes and finenesse of that people although it came nothing neere the sumptuousnesse of other intertainements As touching triumphall arches Chariots Portratures and such other Showes although there were many wittie inuentions agreeable to the time yet haue men seene of thē in other places which might match these And as touching the number of their people although it was great yet it is well knowen that Paris exceedeth them in that behalfe But the only reason of this contentment commeth chiefly of the great nūber of people in armour being not fewer then twentie thousande in so good and so fayre armour and of their order obedience and of the small noyse which al that huge multitude made insomuch that if it had not bin for the thundering of the Canons and y ● sounding of Trumpets Clarions Halboies and other instrumentes there was no more noyse than is among a Counsel of graue men That thē was in mine opinion the onely very cause w t was greatly furthered by their beholding of y ● Mounsire of Braband who represēthe statelines of old tyme was clothed in a large Mantle with y e Bonnet of his Dukedome vpon his head so that among that great number of people which were so well armed that three of the best cities in Christendome coulde not shewe so many fayre armours of their owne his highnesse resembled a precious stone or Iewel set in fine gold And bycause that they which were the beholders therof for they could not be euery where nor see euery thing will be very glad to vnderstand of the things that so escaped them and delight their mindes now with the remembrance of the things which they sawe before as they delighted their eyes and mindes with the beholding of them that day And strange nations too whom the fame of that so renowmed daies woorke is come will take pleasure to vnderstande the same whereof they could not be beholders Therefore is this booke set foorth for the satisfiyng of all men and also to make it knowen to a number of men who partely for enmitie partly for enuy and partely for other surmizes and mistrustes will not beleeue it with what mind and affection the Prince of Orendge and the other Lordes and noblemen of Braband the good cities and the small Townes and namely the most renowmed citie of Antwerp haue receiued their new prince and soueraine Lord. The nienteenth day of the foresaid moneth in the forenoone Mounsire y ● Duke of Aniow departed from Lisloo and sayled towardes Antwery hauing in his companie but twentie shippes for the rest had gotten to Antwery afore as well to put themselues in a readines as for other affaires And he came about eight of the clocke nigh to the new towne and passing along by the townes side left the forelād of Flaunders on his right hand and the towne on his left and passed beyond all the towne the place where the Castle was By the waye he heard all the Canons shot of from that part of the towne which faceth the riuer from a great number of shippes which rode at ancre there and he saw all the wharfes furnished with men of warre of the citie well armed who welcōmed him with their shot and were answered againe by the shippes of warre that accompanied him conducted by Mou●sire de Tres●on and the Uiceadmiralles and diuerse Captaines of Flushing And so the firste foote that hee did set on lande in Brabande was at a Uillage called Riell whiche is at the Canon wharfe of Antwerpt The states of Braband the Magistrats of the Citie and diuers other States comming in like order on horsebacke to the same place with their trumpets Serieants and Heraults apparelled in cotes of y e armes of Lothyer Braband Limbourge alighted there and wayted on foote at the wharfe to receiue his highnesse and to shewe him the good will and affection of the States and people But the preace of people was so great which resorted thither to see the prince whom they looked for to be their duke and againe there were so many impediments in his landing that it was founde better for them by the aduice of the prince of Orenge to returne backe and to tary for his highnesse vpon a Theatre which was prepared for him This Theatre was set vp towards a corner of the Castle and opened towardes the citie so as his highnes

casting a greate sorte of peeces of goold siluer among the standers by Theis peeces were of two sortes the one sort had on the one side the image of the Mounsire then Duke of Braband the other sort had on the one side the armes of Aniow and Brabande and about the verges was written Frauncis of Fraunce Duke of Braband On the other side of thē all was a deuice of y c Sonne with the Mounsires owne inscription Cheriseth and Chaseth which is the Mounsires ordinary poesie Without the Towne were three Regimentes of the Citizens too the number of a three thousand men in order of battell who made a goodlie shewe with their faire armours and their antesignes displayed And they neuer went out of their place vntill all the Ceremonies were dispatched and that his highnesse was gone intoo the citie Besides theis there was an infinite number of people in the citie whereof many were Straungers who marueiled greatly at theis sightes and especially the Frenchmen who woondered to see their maister in that apparell and spake diuersly of it as is woont too bee doone in matters that are new and erst vnseene But when they vnderstood howe it was the Dukely apparell and that he wore it as a representation of antiquitie the like whereof is worne yet still by the Electors of the sacred Empire in their greate ceremonies they were astonished and thought him to bee a Prince of more stately countenance and maiestie then afore insomuch that it was sayd alowd amōg them that seeing it was y e mantle of the Duchie it should cost the liues of fiftie thousande Frenchmen before it should bee plucked frō him againe As soone as the Ceremonies were ended his highnes came downe from the Theatre and mounted vpō a whyte courser of Naples couered with a coperison of veluet richly imbroydered with gold And so hee be gan too take his way towardes the right re nowmed and rich citie of Antwerp and was conueyed along by the counterscarfe vntoo the sumptuous and stately gate called Keizars gate or Sainct Georgis gate whereat he entred into the good citie of Antwerpe The order of his entering in was such as this FIrst marched the 2. Serieant Maiors or Marshalles of the citie accompanyed of two Pursiuāts with the armes of the citie after whom followed the Trumpets with the armes of Braband The first companie was of Almayne Merchantes commonly called Easterlinges well mounted and well apparelled after the maner of Almayne Next them followed the English merchāts in excellent good order all appareled in Cassockes of blacke veluet all of one fashion Then came the Colonelles captaines of the citie after whom followed a great number of Gentlemen as well of the same countrie as of other nacions Behind them went the bodie of the citie that is to wit the Wickmaysters the Wardens the auncient Magistrate the masters of the Wardes the Burrowghmasters deputies y ● Wardens of the halles the Usshers the Secretaries the Registers the Receiuers and Treasurers the Skepons the Amptman and the twoo Borowghmasters all appareled in Clokes of black veluet and all of one fashion After them came y ● Trūpets of y e States of Brabād Lembourg and Lothyer after thē the states themselues in this order First went the deputies of the vnder cities The Deputies of the citie of Antwerp The Deputies of Brusselles Then succeeded the noblemen of Braband as The Chauncellour of Brabande and aboue him Lamorall Egmonde Brother too the Countie of Egmond Baron of ●asebecke A great number of Lords of the same countrie of Fraunce and of Englande well horsed and richly appar●ed The Swissers with their drommes and fiffes The Mounsires owne housholde among whom were intermingled certaine Lordes of England Next this came the countie de Lauall hauing on either hand an English Lord The Prince of Espinoy hauing on his right hand the Lord of Hunsoon and on his left the Lord Haward The Prince Doulphin hauing on his right hand the Earle of Leycester and on his lefte the Prince of Orendge The Markgraue of Antwerp bare headed bearing the mace of Iustice The Lord Peterson Baron of Merode taking vppon him that day as Marshall of Braband and bearing the naked sword before the Dukes highnesse Then came the Duke himselfe mounted apparelled as yee haue heard afore Next behinde the Duke followed Coūtie Morice of Nassau sonne too the Prince of Orange hauing on his right hand Coūtie Philip of Nassau nephew too the said Prince and sonne to countie Iohn of Nassaw and on his left hand the Lord Shefeeld His Highnes was garded by the cōpanies of the Guyldes that is to say by the auncient brotherhoods of the Archers Crossebowes Harg webuzers in so goodly armour as fayrer could not be found The is went afore him and about him on a cluster without order like flowredeluces vpon a royall robe After them followed the gard of Frenchmē on a like heape and after them the Prince of Orendges gard on foote Then lastly in very good order came the twentie Antesignes of citizēs which had stood in order of battell without the Towne Ouer the gate where his highnes entered there was a compartement of Doricke work wherein was written as followeth Too Frauncis the Sonne of Henrie the second and onelie brother of Henrie the thirde King of Fraunce called by Gods singuler prouidence to the souereigne Principalitie of the low Countries and to the Dukedom of Braband the Marqueship of the sacred Empyre which God graunt to bee most happie and luckie vnto him as to their inuested Prince whom they haue most earnestly wished for who as now is happily come intoo this his most ●er uisable citie His moste harty Fauourers The Senate and People of Antwerpe THe Chariot of the Mayden of Antwerp could not goe out of the citie for wāt of roome too turne in and therefore it tarried for his highnesse at the gate within the citie This Chariot was called the Chariot of Alyance wherein sate a damosell apparelled in Satin red and white which are y ● colours of Antwerp who had in her left hand a branch of Baytree and on her heade a garlande of Laurell in token of victorie against the tyrannies of the king of Spayne in token of the deliuerance whiche the people hoped for by meanes of their new prince through his gracious goodnes faithfulnesse victoriousnes and defence too whom with her other hand shee presented the keyes of the Towne according to the verses written ouer her head which shall bee set downe hereafter Before her were the armes of the Marquiship of the holy Empyre On her ryght hand was Religion apparelled like one of the Sibylles holding in her one hande an open booke named The Law and the Gospell and in her other hande a swoorde named Gods word on her left hand was ●ustice holding a balāce a sword in her hād ouer the Balaunce was written Yea and Nay Before the

Damosel sate Concord clothed in white yellow and Orengetawny bearing a target vppon her arme wherein was paynted a crowned Scepter with two little snakes and vnder them two dooues all closed in with a garlande of Olif betokening commendable gouernement with prouidence Upon her head shee had a helmet betokening Wisdome In her hande shee caried a Launce with a penon vpon it on the one side whereof were the armes of Aniowe crowned with Olif and on the other side a Lambe with a Woolfe and a Lyon with an Oxe to betoken the great peacefulnesse that is looked for vnder this Prince as wel in Religion as in matters of State At Concordes right hande satte Wisdome and at her lefte hande Force In the middes of the Chariot was a Pyller richly made of Corinthian worke vpon the toppe whereof was a Harte hilde betweene two armed hands which hart had two wings betokening Vnion Fayth and Force and a Sworde w t two serpents writhing aboute it holding their tayles to their eares signifiyng discreete gouernement and eares stopped against flatterers At the foote of the pyller was a compartement with the armes of Aniow and Brabande On the brest of the Lyon of Brabande were the armes of the Marquiship of the sacred Empyre and of the Citie of Antwerpe Upon the Armes was written Attonement Upon the corners of the Chariot were two armed Images with morions on their heades attyred in Orendge white and blewe The one of them was named Faithfulnesse and the other Watchfulnes In their hands they had eche of them a shield wherein were paynted two swoordes a crosse and two Dooues with a sheafe of arrowes betokening Vnion Uppon one of the Shieldes was written Defence and vpon the other Offence Ech of the images had a penon of azure silke in one of the whiche there was a Pellicane killing herselfe for her yong birdes and in the other a Hen a brooding her Chickens Ouer the Maidens head were these verses My rulers outrage wickednes and furious tyrannie Haue cast mee backe these keyes whiche I had giuen obediently Upon conditions neuer kept O Prince of noble fame With better boade of lucke and lotte receiue thou nowe the same Thy godlinesse and proweffe haue of right deser● ued it O treble happie Pri●ce to whō these Co●reys do submit Their state O happie Belgik O most happie like to bee Which vnderneath so great a prince mayst now liue safe and free Sixe Gentlemen of the citie wayted at the gate with a Canapie of cloth of golde fryzed which they afterwarde vnfoulded and carried it ouer the Dukes head who went vnder it into the towne in the forementioned order All the streets from the gate to his lodging were set on eyther side with armed men vnder their ensignes with their ●iffes and dro●es The officers caried gilt targets and swordes in their hands and all the rest were armed after the best goodliest maner y ● could be seen His highnes proceeded forth on to the corner of the street called Gasthouse street y t is to say the Spittlehouse street nere vnto S. Georges Churche where was a showe made in the liknes of a table very great high which was made by one of the companies of their tragical comicall poets commonly called among thē Rhetoricians The company was called Care or as some others terme it the Follow sun after y ● name of a floure w t followeth y ● sonne the spee●h of y ● deuice was Growing vp in vertue The Showe or table had three compartimēts or pertitions The first was the first booke of Samuel y ● fifteenth chap. where Samuel chargeth Saul w t his disobedience hath a peece of his garmēt rent of by him in token that the kingdome should be plucked frō Sauls house giuen to a better Whereby was ment y ● the souerainetie of those low Coūtreys was takē from the king of Spaine for his abhominable periuries tyrannies extorttons In y ● second compartiment was set forth how Samuel cōmanded I say y e father of Dauid to bring forth his sonnes of whō God woulde make one the prince of his people y t is to wit the yongest w t was Dauid In y ● third was shewed how Dauid being anointed fought with Golias ouercame him The title or superscription was a Pl●igian worke wherein were written these verses As God bereaning Saul of Crown and Mace Did dispossesse him of his kingdome quight And after set vp Dauid in his place so now likewise dispatching from our sight The tyrants which oppressed vs by might Hee giueth thee O noble Duke the Reyne Of these our Countreys ouer vs to reigne The frunt and krest being garnished with banners skutchions of armes Cressettes and torches carried the Dukes deuice Cherisheth and chaceth And at the foote of the Table lay Discorde closed vp in a prison of Lattisworke where shee was tormented with Helhoundes and Serpentes and there were these verses Alaunson whom God cherish ay Doth chase all yre and wrath away His highnesse passing forth still beyond the place called the Threewayleete came to the streete named Hwyuetterstreete that is to say the Chaunlers streete where was another stately Pageant with armes torches and cressets made by another company of the Rhetoricians called Peynters or Uiolers who had for their deuice Knit together by singlenesse In this Pageant was paynted the neere aliaunce of Dauid and Ionathas to betoken the firmenesse of the othe mutually made by his highnes and the States of Braband and the Magistrates Members Colonelles and Captaynes of the Citie of Antwerpe In this table was written in a compartiment of Phrygien woorke Like as the faithfull Ionathas did promise to defende Good Dauid from the harmes whiche Saule against him did intend So keep thou vs O gracious Prince which loue to liue in rest Against the Tyrantes by whose force we haue bin sore opprest Then went hee further to the ende of the streete where the Upholsters shops are which part was full of burning torches barrels of burning pitch and so came to the Merebridge At the entering therof stood an Oliphant bearing a castle of stone with souldiers and artillerie Before ●e Olyphant were paynted the armes of 〈◊〉 Marquesdome and of the Citie and 〈◊〉 a speare with a banner of Taffata with the armes of Aniow in a wreathe of Lawrel and foure other bannerets of Crimosen taffata pulled out wherein were paynted the Handes of Antwerpe with this posie Cherisheth and Chaceth And vpon his side of his belly were these verses Whom light of Phebee heeretofore did leade Inowe am drawen away Her brothers beames to followe in her stead A farre more certaine stay I thinke my change right gainefull sith I see These Lower Countreys vnder him to bee From the Merebridge hee went along the Mere streete till he came to the warde where were foure companies raūged in order of battell Frō thence he passed to y e corner of Clare streete