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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

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 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 To sacred CYNTHIA sing we loud aloud HYPINGOS sing And sound IÜLOS CERES song 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 H●…daspis 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 and he himselfe in his most sumptuous Persean robes with his Diadem vpon his head solempnized the feast with al pompe and glorie Upon 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 in memorie whereof they yeerely vpon the day of his byrth decreed that plates 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 maegnified 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 imtium libertatis with songes Theogonia shall we not Canere Paean that haue long inioted peace and quietnes of libertie by the natiuity of Eliza. Let Magi for their Persean states 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 yearly vppon the graue of Aratus which was called Aratium The priestes were gyrded about with a purple cloath the Senate in white robes with garlands of flowers on their heads the Magistrates and chiefe Officers of all Achaia with great pompe crowned with Laurell and Myrtle with hymnes and songes made a solempne procession round about Aratium vppon the byrth-day of Aratus such was his loue among the Grecians that he was chosen seuenteene times Generall of the Achaians and therefore such was the memorie of his natiuitie The Trophees and triumphes that were inuented to honour the natiuities af Kings and princes were such that some builded Cities as Alexandria to honor Alexanders name Caesarea to honour Caesar and Antiochia to magnifie the name of Antiochus the great Yea such were the dignities and honors of princes that the Senators and Patricians of Rome by common consent of all the Magistrates chaunged the name of the moneth Quintilis to be called the moneth of Iuly to honor the name of Iulius Caesar and the moneth Sextilis to be called August in memorie of Augustus byrth which to this day stands Yet Domitianus the Emperour though he had commanded by a decree that the moneth October shoulde bee called Domitianus after his owne name in remembrance of his natiuity and Germanicus father to Caligula commanded the moneth September to bee called Germanicus to holde his birth-day yet tooke no effect such is the continuance and long memory of a good Prince and such is the decay and short remembrance of a wicked prince Of the feasts and triumphs in Iulius Caesars natiuity THe natiuity of Iulius Caesar vpon the Ide of Iuly was by himselfe so obserued that among all imperiall and triumphant feastes he only celebrated games plaies feastes and sacrifices vpon that day that far exceeded al other feastes and games and after Caesars death his Nephew Augustus obserued the like course in remembrance of his Uncle for he within his owne Pallace in Rotundo Templo kept yearely a solempne feast with all pompe and myrth to set foorth the remembrance of Caesars natiuity which feast continued for sixe daies during which time the plaies called Ludi palatini were celebrated with Epinician songes of Greece Thus if the Perseans in remembrance of Cyrus byrth the Macedonians in remembrance of Alexanders byrth the Siracusians of Tymoleon the Parthians of Arsaces the Athaians of Aratus and the Romans in remembrance of Romulus natiuitie celebrated feastes games and plaies with all solempne pompe myrth ioy and all kinde of triumphes singing out loud with songes of ioy called Talassius Then O quam t●… memoremus Eliza. Let Romanes sing Mamurius song And sound Talasius fame We laugh aloud and clap our hands And found Elizas name VPon the twentith day of the moneth Munichion the yoong knightes and lusty Gallants of Athens in moste solemne order with the pompe of Peplon went in procession-wise crowned with Laurell from the Castle of Minerua to the wood Aricinum to doo sacrifice vnto Diana with torches Lampes and sundry kinde of lights in the night time to honour the natiuitie of Diana which is set foorth in the feast Elaphoboelea in Februarie with musick myrth and the song Hypingos The natiuitie of Iuno THe natiuity of Iuno is set foorth in Liuii to the full in this sort Two white Oxen were led from the Temple of Apollo through the gate Carmentalis vnto the City after were caried two Images of Iuno crowned with garlandes made of Cypresse after that went 27. yoong delicate Uirgins apparelled all in white long Garments plaieng on instruments and singing sacred himnes in verses in the praise of Iuno vpon the day of her byrth after these Uirgins followed ten men crowned with Laurell marching forward in procession-wise with great solempnity vntill they came to the market place where the Uirgins vsed some kinde of stately dauncing after dauncing they went to the Temple of Iuno to sacrifice and after sacrifice solemnized a great feast in memory of Iunos byrth The byrth of Minerua IN like maner vpon the Calendes of March the feast of Minerua was celebrated in Mount Celio at Rome wher the plaies called Quinquatria were sumptuously solemnized continuing fiue daies at what time they

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

the Romans excelled with sundry pompes of triumphes to set foorth the dignities of their kings Dictators and Consuls Others in the sacred wood Aricinum do sacrifice to Diana with their pompe of Peplon c. Beside such magnificent and triumphant games and plaies to set foorth the dignities of the feast Natalitia in memory of good princes natiuities As at Athens Magna Panathenaea first instituted by Ericthonius to honour Minerua euery fift year In like maner as the games of Olympia was by Hereules celebrated to honor Iupiter or Isthmia was by Thesaeus made to honour Neptune So in Rome the great plaies and games called Ludi triumphales Ludi Natalitii were onely to that effect inuented to magnifie good princes and to record their worthinesse with feasts triumphes and plaies in memory of their natiuities For at this feast of Natalitia the common people assembled together with sweete flowers greene hearbes some made them booths with oken boughes and some tents couered with long reedes with great banquets and much mirth to honour the natiuities of kinges The Romaine shepheards dressed vpon that day their sheep-folde with greene rushes sweet flowers with branches and boughes they their wiues and families with nosegaies and gatlands with bagpipes and stddles celebrated their feast Palilia at the byrth of any king Dictator or Consull of Rome In other places they celebrated the games Saturnalia in December their games Sigillaria in January the games Lupercalia in February But in Athens their Bacchanalia is solempnized in Nouember where the Ministers priestes of Bacchus and Diana by the names of M●…mallones S●…leni Menades Bacchae Satyri c. al crowned with Iuy garlands and with Iuy Speares in their handes singing the song of Dithirambos dancing Enoplia with the pompe of Peplen to honour Bacchus But our Bacchanalia in England is otherwise in Nouember than in Athens wherefore we may Ca●…ere Paean and say Io for our Eliza For With Graces three with Muses nine with Sibils ten can she With three the fourth with nine the tenth With ten the eleuenth be The natiuity of our Sauiour Christ. The natiuitie of our Sauiour Christ seemed so simple his life so poore and his death so ignominious that hee was a stombling blocke to the Iewes and a laughing stocke to the Gentiles they so thought for that he was borne in Bethelem a litle village in Iudea and that hee liued and was conuersant among simple people without pomp and glorie and that he died the death of the crosse with reproch and shame supposing him to bee a Carpenters sonne but they were deceiued his byrth was most glorious the appearing of the Starre prooued it the discending of Angels singing Gloria in excelsis did manifest it the comming of Magi from the East did confirme it his life was most imperiall commanding water into wine the blind to see the lame to go the sicke to health and the dead to rise His death was moste triumphant with the song of Hosanna he vanquished deuils subdued hell and conquered the world and said Cousumatum est Therefore his natiuitie is to be solempnized of all Christians his life to be worshipped and death to bee glorified with Alleluiah Osanna and Gloria in excelsis songs triumphant and sit for Iesus Christ our sauiour Of the happy natiuitie of our gratious Queene Elizabeth WHat shall we write further of triumphs and of natiuities But our day began the seuenth of September the most happy and blessed day of Queene Elizas natiuitie of whome wee haue triumphed 20295 daies euery day being a triumphant day sithence her Maiesties byrth vnto this present time With whom neither Romulus though cannonized and after called God Quirinus neither Cyrus though named the Great King neither Xerxes called Titan neither Alexander the great though called the son of Iupiter neither Caesar though called perpetual Dictator In fine neither Assur nor Pharao neither Iew or Gentle can with their Triumphs and pomp of natiuities match Elizas byrth The reason is plaine because her God is the God of Abraham in whose seed the children of God possesse eternity and for whose sake we in England enioy peace and quietnes Thus endeth the feastes Natalitia concerning the Natiuities of kinges and princes Of the ancient order maner of the inaugurations coronations of diuers Em perors Kings Princes high Priests with their seueral ceremonies solemnities and first of the sacred annointing of Aaron the high Priest by Moses of his glorious garments of consecration sacrifice and sacred annointing of the high priest to be obserued in Israell for euer AFter that the Tabernacle was made which was long before the Temple God commaunded Moses to call Aaron first before he should bee annointed high Priest to make such sumptuous and glorious garments as the excellency of his calling might bee knowen and the dignitie of his Office present the Maiesty of the highest Hence al the annointed christian kings of the world tooke their platforme as an example to be followed in the inauguration annointing and crowning by God warranted and by his spirit particularly set down to Moses all the cunning and skilfull workmen in Iudea were appointed to make Aarons holy garments which were these 1 A Robe 2 An Ephod 3 An embrodered Coate 4 A breast Plate 5 A Myter 6 A Gyrdle 7 An holy crowne These were called holy garments and be consecrated before the high Priest shoulde bee annointed First a breast plate and an Ephod and vppon the Ephod two Onix stones on the which were grauen the 12. Tribes of Israell six vpon the one and six vpon the other which was made of pure golde blew silke and purple Scarlet and fine twined lumen of imbrodered worke Then had the high Priest an embrodered coate wrought very curiously and a curious robe wrought vnto the grounde vpon whose skirts were Pomgranets in golde wrought with purple silke and scarlet Then did Moses set a Miter vpon Aarons head and vpon the Miter a plate made of pure golde called the holy crown on which was written this sentence Holinesse vnto the Lord. For the high Priest could not giue sentence without that on his breast vpon the which were written these wordes Vrim and Thumin A breast plate of Iudgment with the like work as the Ephod was and made foure square an the which were set foure rowes of stones in this sort The 1. rowe A Rubie A Topaze A Carbūcle The 3. row A Turky An Achate An ●…ematit The 2. rowe An Emerald A Saphir A Diamond The 4. row a Chrysolit An Onix A Iasper These 12. stones according to the names of the 12. Tribes of Israell were wrought with gold and set in embosment After these holy Garments were made the high Priest was brought vnto the doore of the Tabernacle which was couered with blew silke purple and scarlet twined wrought with needle work ouer and there he was annointed to be

coronation of Princes 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 used 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 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 After some praiers and sacrifice done he is hossed 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 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 ●…es ringyng af Belles sounding Trumpets with such clan●…urs 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 innented His dinner that day exceeded Ca. Caesar who in his triumph ouer Affrica prepared 22000 tables most royally furnish●…d 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 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 Thomas de Woodstocke the Kings Uncle was admitted to be Constable of England Robert Earle of Oxford was admitted to the office of a Chamberlaine 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 Upon 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 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 predecessors the Kings of England but all other forraine Kinges as farre as heauen surmounteth the earth or as the glorie of God excelleth the pompe of man so far her Maiesty passeth other Kings in vertue religion goodnesse iustice trueth and peace it self which she brought with her vpon the day of her Highnes coronation to England which since her coronation shee planted in England that England may say Haec est dies quam fecit Dominus exultemus laetemur in ea The triumph whereof is such that Angelles doo triumph in Heauen and good godly men clap their hands on earth and say A Domino factum est istud And though the Kinges of England receiued the Christian faith before any other in the world euen from Lucius time An. Dom. 177. before Clodouaeus the first Christestened King of France 300. yeares Before Marcus Iulius Philippus the first Christened Emperor of Rome 76. years and before Palladius was sent from Rome to Scotland by Celestinus then Byshop of Rome and before Patricius was by the same Celestinus sent to

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