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A06145	The triplicitie of triumphes Containing, the order, solempnitie and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinges, princes, dukes, popes, and consuls, with the custome, order and maners of their inaugurations, coronations and annointing. Wherein is also mentioned, the three most happy, ioyfull and triumphant daies, in September, Nouember and Ianuary, by the name of, Triplici Festa. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solempnities at some emperors, kings, and princes burials. By Lodowike LLoyd, Esquier.	Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.	1591 (1591)	STC 16632; ESTC S108790	41,640	70

Ireland 197. yeares and before Suintilla who brought Hispaine to a Monarchie againe for Hispaine was subiect vnder the Saracens 800. yeares Before that vnder the Gothes the Uandals and the Romanes that they vsed to make their Computation per aera Augusti vntil Iohn the first 1372. who then commanded Anno Dom. to be vsed The Longobards the Gothes the Uandols and the Huns by reason of their warres between themselues were made Prouinces vnder the Romans and so continued vntil the Em pire decaied After they had reuolted they elected Kinges to gouerne them whose names are these vnderwritten Agelmundus the first K. of the Longobards 394. Alaricus the first King of the Gothes after the reuolting from the Romans 404. yeares Gundericus the first K. of the Uandals 413. Atrila the first K. of the Hunnes 430. Now after these Kingdomes 600 years began the Kingdome of Polonia where the first crowned christened King was Miezlaus An. Dom. 963. In Hungaria the first crowned King was beatus Stephanus 1003. In Bohemia the first crowned K. was Vratislaus 1080. So in antiquity of Christianitie the kings of England are most ancient and so laid downe before Rome France Spain Scotland Ireland Poland Hungary Bohemia and the rest For it is allowed of all and written of Functus and others that Iosephus of Aramathia who buried the body of our Lord and Sauiour came to Britaine twelue yeares after the death of Christ and conuerted many vnto the Faith But let it be from King Lucius time the first christened King of the world 177. For Cassianus saith there were but foure annointed christian Kings the Kings of Hierusalem the kings of England the Kings of France and the kinges of Scicily The funerall pompe of the Romane Emperours THe pomp and solempne state of the Funerals of the Roman Emperors were such as being set forth the solēpnity of the dead Emperor were such as the Senators Dictators Consuls and chiefe Magistrates of Rome being in their appointed funerall garments attending to carie the coffin with one before the Hearse plaieng vppon a Shalme or a Fluite with a mournfull funerall Song called Naenia which in like maner the Grecians vsed at the funeral of their Kings the songs which they called Ialemos Then the Patricians and Senators caried before the dead Emperour his Statues and Images and after that the statues and Images of his predecessors to set foorth the dignitie of his stocke as Ca. Caesar did at the funerall of his Aunt mother vnto Marius whose Statues Caesar caused to be caried before the Coffyn with all the Sarieants carieng their Ares and rods with all the Ensignes Crownes rich spoiles and Trophees which Marius had gotten in his victories In like manner Tiberius Caesar the third Emperour of Rome caused at the funerall of his Father Drusus that the statue of Aeneas and all the statues of the Kings of Alba vntill Romulus time the 17. after Aeneas and the Statue of Romulus and of the whole familie of Gens Iulia from Romulus time to Iulius Caesar ●…eally The like pompe was before Silla and others by the Patricians and Senators Yet Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Pomponius Atticus with some others commaunded that they should not be brought into the Fielde of Mars with any solempnitie of Iupiters coate of triumphant garments Purple robes and such other pompe But specially if any died in the field the rare sight of the solempnitie excelled The Generall and chiefe Captaines euerie Officer with his band trailyng their Pikes after thē on the ground with the points of their Swords downward their Ensigns foulded together their Horses sheearde and clipt their dumb Musick with all the rufull sightes that might be inuented c. The maner of the funerall Pompe of the Grecians IN other partes of Greece they vsed more solempn mournful ceremonies at the funerall of their kings and Princes they tooke down their Bulwarkes Fortr●…sses of warres they vntile their Temples they subuert their Altars they reiect and depose their Idoles they put out their fire and the men shaue both their heads beards and they clip their horses and left nothyng vndone that seemed mournful Then all the priests Maiestrats yong Gentlemen children caried Trophees and Monumentes of the dead kinge with his Ensignes and Armes crowned with Garlands according to the custome of Greece The Noble women caried diuers great Cuppes or Bowles some ful of wine others ful of milk some full of blood all in white Garments others caried honey cakes which should be sprinkled cast vpon the s●…ral fire at what time they sang Hymnes Odes and songs called Ialemos in the praise of the dead Prince and lastly when the King is solemply thus burned the Princes and great men of his blood should carie his a●…es in golden pots crowned ouer with all kind of sweet flowers which should be as a memorie or Trophee of the dead King The Grecians had also these customs at the funeral of their deare friendes as Parents Brethren Sisters both the men and women should shaue their long haire and offer it vpon the hearse of the dead So Achilles solempnized the funerall of his deare friend Patroclus cutting the fore Iockes of his haire to set it among many other of Patroclus friendes vppon his Hearse or tombe Euripides funerall was of Archelaus King of Macedonia so ho●…rred that he lamented Euripides death with mourning apparell and with a shauen head and beard according to the vse and custome of the Macedonians Of the funerall pompe of the Egyptians THe Kings of Egypt were most sumptuously reserued in this order Their bodies were opened and were in such sort vsed as the Egyptians vse with Myrrhe Aloes honey salt ware and many other sweet odours being feared vp and annointed with all precious oyles and so they reserued the ha●…es of their kinges in high buildinges made for the purpose far from the gro●… as in their Pyramides Labirinth before spokē The funeral was so lamēted that al Egypt mourned in this sort the men would clap dung and dyrt vpon their heads beat their bodies strike their breasts knocking their heades to euery poste howling and crying for their king their women bare breasted ●…ermear'd with al kind of filth running vp and downe in furious maner fasting mourning 72. daies from wine or any other meat sauing bread and the water of Nilus Of the funerall pompe of the Thracians THe Thracians Funerall is full of myrth and melody for when they bring their friendes to the graue they vse to sing Thracian Songes with all sweet musicke onely this ceremony they reserued when any man of great calling dieth his wife must bee brought the same day to the graue of her husband in her richest ornamēt and best apparel a●…panied with her parents and next in blood with great solempnitie which after sacrfice done vpon the graue of her husband shee must make sacrifice

Prince their countrie and their children This sacrifice was among the Grecians in olde time called Hecatombaea and vsed after of the Romanes in the feast Natalitia Of the vowes of the Grecians for their Princes Gouernours and Magistrates The Grecians vowed for their Gouernours and Princes health and long life to dedicate Statues and Images of Marble Copper Iuorie Siluer and Golde to stand in Ceramicus in their Castle of Minerua in their Temples and to represent the maiestie of their Goddes with chains iewels crownes garlands with all solempne sacrifice singing Poeana to Iupiter the Sauior and to Iuno the Song Herea for the Princes of Greece all the Priests and sacrificers being crowned with Garlāds of Dliue leaues A vow yearelie made of the Aegyptians for the prosperous estate of the Kinges of A Egypt AMong the Egyptians a straight law was made by the Priestes of Memphis that they should assemble into one place once a yeere and shaue their heades and their beards and to dedicate the haires therof with solempne vowes to their God Serapis at Memphis to defende their Kinges from all harmes daungers and death The manner and order of the Perseans in making their Vowes for their kings THe ancient Perseans had their Kinges in such reuerence and honour that the Wise-men called Magi for that they had neither Temples nor Images would clime vp to an high hill and there make a pile of wood and vpon the wood they poured wine milke and honney and after sprinkled all kinde of sweete flowers as pawnes and pledges of their vowes which they made for their kings with supplication and sacrifice to the Sun whose temple said they was the whole world then to the Moone the starres and the Wind for the health and safeguard of their kinges all crowned with garlandes of greene boughes and so other Kingdomes and countries they vowed sacrifices seruing their Goddes for their kinges and Gouernours Then England Quid nisi vota supersunt For het that suckt Melissas milke and sat on Pallas lap Who can with sacred Sibils sleight Calypsos wiles entrap Of the Natiuity of King Cyrus and of the Persean feastes or ioy thereof THe great king Cyrus for so the Perseans named their Kinges after Cyrus time vpon the very day that hee was borne had victory ouer the Scythians and Saceans he so honoured and magnified that day that Cyrus commanded that they should bee called the great Kinges and appointed that it should be so solemnized yearely with a regall noble feast called Sacaea after the name of that nation conquered in the which feast was celebrated diuers straunge kindes of ceremonies as the maisters to attend vpon the seruauntes the mistresses vpon their maides imitating the orders and maners in the feast Saturnalia wherein also were Bachanalia vsed in the which feast were men women and children which disguised themselues like Faunes with Iauelings wrenthed 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 called Orgya and Dithyrambos this feast Cyrus commandad to be yearly solemnized in Babylon vpon the sixteenth day of the Moneth Loys on the which day Cyrus as some simpose 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 must 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 and the song Theogonia at their sacrifice For this feast Sacaea was called among the Thessalians Peloria in C●…eete called 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

high priest his posterity after him putting on his coat first after the coat the tunicle of the Ephod thē the Ephod it self thē the breast plate after he had put on a Myter vpon his head vpon the Myter an holy crowne and then was the high Priest annointed with the holie oile and his Garmentes hallowed with sprinkling of the oile vppon them and these holy garmentes were reserued for the successor of the high Priest to be therin annointed and to minister in the holy place for the sacrifices and solemne ceremonies which were commanded to be done at the consecration of the Priest Of the sacred annointing of the kinges of Irsaell The annointing of the first king of Israel was by Samuel the Prophet who was commanded to annoint Saule the first king of the world that was annointed he poured oile vpon his head he kissed him and said the Lord hath annointed thee king ouer his inheritance and the people shooted saide God saue the King at this time began first the vse of oyle in annointing of Kings After this maner were Saule Dauid annointed Kinges of Israell and after Dauid his sonne Salomon The order and ceremonies were to ride vpon the Kinges beast and to sit vpon the kings throane where the Prophete being called the Seer poured the oile vpon his head to signifie the gift of the holy Ghost then the Prophet kissed the king vpon the cheeke and turned his face to the people and said God saue the King Then they sounded the trumpets and brought him to his dinner with all myrth and musicke Thus were Saule and Dauid annointed by Samuel and after them Salomon annointed king Of the maner and order of the inauguration and the making of the kinges of Rome IT was not lawfull by the Law of Romulus to elect any king in Rome without diuination which during the first kinges in Rome continued at the election of any King in Rome before the Consuls time at what time the Soothsaiers should ascend vp to the top of an hil or clime upto an high tower where the Soothsaier sat vpon a stone with his face towards the South with his Auguring staffe called Lituus in his left hand with the which he deuided and marked out the quarters of the heauen the foure coastes of the South vpon the right hand and the North vppon the left hauing done sacrifice and offered oblations with sacred vowes made he laide his hande vpon the new elected kinges head heauing vp the other hand vnto heauen looking as far as he could to the south praieth in this sort vnto the Gods Iupiter Pater si fas est Numam Pom. cuius ego caput teneo regem Romae esse vti nobis signa certa ac clara sint inter cos sines quos feci He earnestly looking into the South partes either for lightening or thundering or some flieng of birdes or some strange motion of stars at the sight of which thinges the Soothsaier openly pronounceth him to be king elected by the Goddes if no signe had appeared yet one ex Collegio Augurorum standing vpon the left hand of the Soothsaier should openly pronounce him king lawfully elected and appointed by the consent of Iupiter and Mars which wer the two chiefe Gods to whom the old Romans sacrificed Then the king shoulde be brought into the company of the sacred Priests called Flamines and Feciales there the high Byshop called Pontifex maximus should bring him ad Forum to the Market place ministring vnto the king his oath 1 Vt teneret sacra Deorum piè syncerè 2 Vt Iura sanciret patriae cum cura industria 3 Vt vrbem Romā defenderet cōstantia fortitudine 4 Vt Populum tueretur cum studio prudentia 5 Vt debitum honorem obsequium Pontifici max. to the Priests Flamines and Feciales Then the Priests Flamines brought him in a coate of Purple in graine and vpon that a long robe of purple collour which Romulus appointed to set foorth the maiesty of a king with twelue Serieāts carteng Maces before him and twelue Typctaues before the Serieants to make roome and to keep the people backe three hundred of the kinges guarde called Celeres and an hundred Senators attending vppon the newe King to Iupiters Temple to offer sacrifice and from Iupiters Temple after sacrifice to his Pallace to mount Palatine Of the order of the inauguration and Coronation of the kings of Persea IN Persea after great King Cyrus death for so were the kings of Persea called Great kinges his Successors vsed Cyrus orders with the like ceremonies as was solempnized at the inauguration of King Cyrus for then there was no annointing of any king in the whole world but of the kings of Israell other nations used such ceremonies as their countries obserued in their electing of Kings In some countries they made choise of the most likeliest man in sight as among the Ethiopians Among the Meads he that excelled in comelinesse and talnesse of person and strength of body should be elected king In Libia he that was most swift in running should bee King In Persea then a Kingdome vnder the Meades vntil Cyrus time whose greatnesse grew such as he became the onely Monarch by whome all the East kingdomes were subdued his successors the great Kings of Persea were with these ceremonies made kings They shold sit in Cyrus chair they should put on those garmentes that Cyrus first ware which were kept as monuments and reliques for the Kinges of Persea The new King sitting so in Cyrus chaire three of the greatest Peeresin Persea brought vnto him three dishes in the one were fiue drie Figges in the second a litle Turpentine the third Milke These ceremonies being finished after that the new King had eaten of the drie figges and had tasted of the Turpentine and drank of the milke he rose from Cyrus chaire and was thence brought vnto the next hill for the Perseans had no Temples nor Altars there After supplications done they sacrificed vnto the Sunne whose Temple say they is the whole worlde Thence the King is brought to Persepolis where the newe King againe putteth on the twelue sundrie robes of Cyrus one after another by seuerall ceremonies to be done while they don sacrifice vnto the whole hoste of heauen the Sunne the Moone and the Starres whome the Perseans call in one name Iupiter Magi there hauing Tiara on their heades and crowned with Myrtle sang their sacred songes Theogonia while the newe King is putting on of these twelue robes After this the King went to Cyrus chaire and read the lawes of Persea for as the old Kings of Rome were only by the deuination of the Augurers made kings and instructed in their kingdoms so the kings of Persea were by their Magi instructed in their sacrifice taught in their religion without whom neither was it lawful to the Romanes to doo sacrifice without

readeth 3. short collects for the grace blessing of God wherby the king might the better gouerne his people with wisedome vertue Then the King kneeling is ready for the holie oile and by the Archbyshop is annointed in fiue places of his body First vpon his head then vpon his breast thirdly in the at me holes fourthly on his elbowes and fiftly and vppon both his shoulders saieng these wordes at euery seuerall annointing Vnguo te oleo sanctificato c. I annoint thee with this sanctified Oile in the name of the Father c. and all the Bishops and States say Amen While the Archbyshop annointeth the King they in the Chore sang this Antheme Sadoke the high priest and Nathan the prophet came to Salomon at Ierusalem merilie saieng God saue king Salomō for euer Thē the Archbishop reciteth a Collect desiring God to annoint this King as hee had annointed his Priestes Prophetes and his Martires which ouely through faith subdued Kingdomes c. When the Archbyshop had ended some praiers after the an nointing of the King and being lead vp againe by the Archbyshop and Byshops the great Chamberlaine of France 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 banquish 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 King and the Scepter are in this sort deliue red 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 sateng 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. Bring 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 These are the whole ceremonies at the coronation of the Kings of France euen from Charles the great his tune and by him first appointed as a generall inauguration of all the kings of France Philippus 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 inaugurat●… coronation of the kings of Hūgaria 〈◊〉 the peeres nobilitie of Hungaria and Bohemia are present with al the pomp solēpnity that maybe thought of 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 〈◊〉 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 Pr●…r of Laurena and a golden Par 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 displased 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 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 siri●… 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 be●…etheth God to send this new elected K. the blessings that was geuen to Abraham Moses Dauid in vanquishing their enemies the K kneeling vpon the left hand of the Metropolitane before the Altar at these praiers which being finished the K. is annointed on his right arme and vpon his right shoulder with the sacred oile called Arcanū After the ancient customes and maners of the kinges of Hungaria Then was the King by the Bishops and Princes brought into his seat and from thence he was lead into a secret chancel putting off his princelie robes and putting on the olde ancient regall weeds of K. Stephen which were left there for monuments from Steuen for the coronation of the Kinges of Hungarie his successors as France doo of Charles the great wrought ouer with silke and golde where the pictures of the twelue Apostles before the throne of God vppon their knees cum auris cothurnis on his feet He was in this habit leade againe to his seat and from thence brought vnto the Altar where the Metropolitane deliuerth into his hand the naked sword sa●…g unto the king in this sort Take this sacred sword by the authority of the Apostles to thee it is giuen to exercise iustice to maintaine trueth to reward vertue and to punish vice With this sword protect thy people defend the Church persecute heretikes saue widowes and Orphanes from wrongs These with many other good wordes being spoken by the Metropolitane the King flourisheth the naked sword vpon the right hand and then vpon the left hand in token that he will execute the lawes of Hungary iustly and truly euery where and then putteth the Sword into the scabbetd and girdeth it to his side Then the Byshops doo bring vnto the Metropolitane the crowne which he taketh from the Bishops and setteth it vppon the Kinges head saieng these words Take this holy and sacred Diadem in honour and glorie of the Trinitie and know that thereby thou art called to bee also a spirituall Pastor in the mysteries of the Church hoc crede opus fortitudinis esse against the enemies of God Then the Metropolitane taketh the Scepter and deliuereth it into the Kings hand and saith these wordes Virtutis veritatis virgam accipe receiue here the rod of vertue and trueth whereby thou must put downe the wicked proud man exalt the good and godly man direct the ignorant remember that this Scepter is virga aequitatis virga regni and therefore vse iustice and loue trueth for that purpose God hath annointed thee king of Hungarie This being finished the king is lead by the Metropolitan the Byshops the Peeres from the Altar vnto his seat with his crowne vpon his head with his Scepter in his hand and with the rest of the Ensignes caried before him When he is placed in his seat by the Metropolitan he saith vnto the King Stet hic inclitè Rex ac regna Then the Metropolitan doth make his praier for the King in the latter end of which praier he saith Firmētur manus tuae exaltetur dextra tua iudicium praeparatio sedis tuae After this he is brought againe by the Metropolitan vnto the Altar where both the Metropolitan and the King receiue the Communica After seruice done the King and the Metropolitan goe together vntill the king come to a sumptuous regall seat prouided for him where the Lawes and customes of Hungaria are read vnto him where the King taking the Crowne from his head sweareth vppon the Crowne to performe all the lawes and customes of Hungaria as nigh as he can and with that the people shout and crie aloud with all myrth and melody they can This is the ancient order of the coronation of the Kinges of Hungaria This inauguration was solempnized vppon the eleuenth day of the Kalends of October at the coronation of Vladislaus King of Hungaria The ceremonies solemnities at the inauguration of the kings of Polonia at their crowning and at their annointing FIrst al the Archbishops Bishops Abbats Suffragans with al the Peeres of Polonia shal meete together in the cathedrall Church of Graconia the Bishops in their pontificall weedes Cum stolis albis Mitris infulis super pellices In like sort the Knightes Barons and all the Nobles of Polonia meet in the cathedral Church The Archbyshops Bishops and chiefe peeres with great pompe goe in order to bring the new eleted King to his coronation The King was apparelled by the Lorde Marshall of Poland and by the chiefe Maister of Ceremonies whose Office is alwaies to attend the ceremonial Order Ensignes and Monumentes The kyng had Sandals on his feete Gloues on his hands a Coat a Cloake painted and figured with alba Dalmatica in these ceremoniall weeds appointed for the kings of Polonja to come from the Pallace to the Cathedral Church where the king is lead betweene two Byshoppes the rest before him and behinde him in most solempne order from the Church into his seat where standing in his royal Seat the Archbish. reciteth certaine short Collects the Crowne the Scepter the golden Apple a naked Sword were caried before the king the Byshops Abbots with the Archbishops had their Crosses caried in solempn order before the king likewise vntill they came to the Church doore there the Embassadors Legates of forreigne kings receiue from these Noble men the crown the Scepter the Apple and the Sword and they caried them from the Porch of the Cathedral church vnto the high Altar vpon the which Altar these Regal Ensigns are laid this being done one of the Byshops after a few ceremoniall praiers cōmeth vnto the kings seat standing before the king he admonisheth the king of the great dignity that he was to receiue at the hands of the Bishops the Ministers of God the 〈◊〉 of Christ for that day to annoint to crown him king of Polonia giuing the king to vnderstād of the faith pictie vertue that belong to Princes reciting to him the

of her selfe The Priest must bring her to the Altar where she is sacrificed with a vaile ouer her face and after oblations and praiers done she is slain vpon her husbands graue for sacrifice Thus haue I laid downe the Natiuities Inaugurations Coronations and annointing of Emperors Kings and Princes aswell Paganes as Christians FINIS Vowes made in the feast Natalitia The Romans Vowes The Grecians Vowes The Aegyptians Vowes The Persians Vowes The Persean feasts vpon Cyrus natiuitie The great kings of Persia Herodot and Ctesias Theogonia Hermea Hylaria Hypingos Ivla. Xerxe first day to his kingdome called Titan. Timolions byrth Theogonia Aratus natiuity Cities builded to honor kings Quintil is chā ged to Iuly Sextilis into August Iu. Caesars natiuitie Elaphoboelea Iuno Apulcus de aureo asino Quinquatria Iulos The feast Adonia Ichada Acron Britomarus The strange triumphes of the Romans Iuba King of Mauritania Iugurth K of Numidia Alex. lib. 6. Cap. 6 Scipio Asiaticus The greatnes of Alexand. triumphe●… Pyramides Obelisks are Egyptian triumphes Ludi votiui Galie●… Probus triumphes Alex. lib. 6. Cap 6. Aurelianus triumph Titus triumph August The varietie of triumphes Isthmia Natalitia Saturnalia Sigillaria Lupercalia Bacchanalia The names of Bacchus prists Aarons annointing 〈◊〉 stones Exod 29 Saule annoi●… ted k. of Isra●… Halycar lib. 1 Lituus The inauguration of the first kinges of Rome The oath of the Kings of Rome The inaug●…tions of the kings of Persia from Cyrus time The ceremonies at the in auguratiō of the kings of Persea Tira Magi. Augurer●… The first emperors of Rome were not crowned 3. crownes be longed to the Romane empire The ceremonies at the coronation of the Emperors of Rome The orders of the coronatiō 6. Cal. Martii The inauguration of the latter Kinges of Rome Sigon lib 4. Cap. 24. Cigo lib. 4. Cap. 24 Septemuiri The maner order at the election of the late kings of Rome and Emperors of Germany by the 7. electors The oath of the Electors in choosing both kings Empetors of Rome Kings of Rome heires of Augustus The charge giuen to the K. of France at their coronation The Kings oath The ancient monuments at the corons tion of the K. of France The words of the ceremonies The Anthem at the annoin ting of the King Ampulla a sa ●…ed relique Phillippus Pulcher his charge to his son at his death Vladislaus The charge giuen to the K of Hungary at his coronation Stephen the first king annointed in Hungary The crowning of the Kings of Hungary Vladislaus was crowned and annointed King of Hungarie The ceremonies vsed at the coronatiō of the King of Poland The admoni tiō charge giuen to the K. of Poland at his coronation The demands to the Kinges of Poland with their answer to the same The oath of the K. of Poland at his coronation Their King is annointed Dalmatical robe The words ceremonies at the coronati-of the king of Polonia Vincenslaus the first annointed king of Bohemia by whom all their reliques and ceremonies were first instituted Holoserico a kind of preci ous costly silke The solempn musike and melody vsed at the corona tion of the K. of Bohemia The demāds of the Archb. to the Nobility of Bohemia concerning their new elected King The annointing of the 〈◊〉 of Bohemia The ceremonies at the coronation of the King of Bohemia The charge gi uen to the K. of Bohemia at his corona tion The oath of the King Muscouian Ceremonies A seat or a chaire The Metropolitans questions to the Emperour Three degrees of Cardinals How this word Magnus was esteemed Belus Xerxes Alexander The great pomp at the D. of Hetruria his coronatiō The cere●…nies at the coronation of the great Duke of Hetruria The oath of Cos. Medice●… D. of Florēce when he was made Duke of Hetruria The P. of Ca rynthia created in a Medow on a Marble stone The Prince of Carynthia created in an old beggars weed Questions demaunded by a simple Clowne of the States of Carynthia A Clowne striketh the Prince on the cheeke The Prince drinketh water out of ●… Countrie mans cap. The Prince sitteth in iudgment on a stone in a me dow to heare causes pleaded The strange Scepters vsed by kings and Princes in times past The order maner of the inauguration of Pope Gregory the tenth Kings Embassadors carieth the pope to his coronation The Popes dinner his banquets after dinner Richard the 〈◊〉 Steward Constable Chamberlain The order maner of the coronation of the kings of England The faith receiued into England before any other kingdō The Christened kings of the Gothes Long obards Vandals and Hunnes Lucius the Britā the first K. christened in the world Four christiā Kings onelie annointed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Statues and images of the dead ●…he pomp of Drusus funerall The rusul funerals of th●… Macedoni●… Grecians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Patroclus lamented by Achilles Euripides death lamented by King Archelaus S●…●…he funerall in pomp of the d●… K. of Egypt The pomp of the Thracians Funeral