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A44712	A discours of the empire, and of the election of a king of the Romans, the greatest busines of Christendom now in agitation as also of the Colledg of Electors, their particular interests, and who is most likely to be the next emperour / by J.H.	Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1658 (1658)	Wing H3065; ESTC R4781	35,171	133

Crown of England is call'd the Imperiall Crown and the City of London the Imperiall Chamber Now touching the respects that other Christian Kings owe the Emperour they acknowledge no other but that of precedence only though Henry the second of England in his letter which stands upon record to Frederique Barbarossa and Richard the first in his to Henry the 6. Emperour seem to acknowledg a kind of subordination by way of Complement but Edward the third of England wold not kisse the Emperour Lewis of Bavaria's feet at their Enterview in Colen and the reason he alledg'd was because he was Rex inunctus habens vitam membrum in potestate sua c. because he was an anointed King having life and limb in his power c. which Edward as the German Annals attest Ab Electoribus fuit vocatus et nominatus Vicarius Imperii he was call'd and nominated Vicar of the Empire and as some have it was offer'd to be Emperrour in regard of his acquests and glorious Exploits in France whence he brought the three flower de luces upon his Sword after the French had sent him that geering answer that la Couronne de France n'est pas liee a la quenoville that the Crown of France was not tied to a distaff Add herunto that the Emperour cannot be call'd so pure and independent a Monark as some other Kings for besides that he is but Tenant for life and govern'd by Diets which are Imperial Parlements the Electors may be sayed to be his Associats and to have a share in the goverment Nay the Emperour by the ancient customs of the Empire may be brought to answer in causis pro quibus impetitus fuerit sayeth the Bull before the Count Palatin of the Rhin but he can passe no Iudgement unlesse the Emperour himself be present in Imperiali curia Ther want no examples that some Emperours have bin depos'd for their mal-administration an instance shall be made in Wenceslaus in the yeer 1400. who was formally degraded by the Archbishop of Mentz upon a publique theater in the plaines of Brubach neer the river of Rhin by a judicial sentence which I thought worthy the inserting here VVee Iehn Archbishop of Moguntia Prince Elector and Archchancellor of the German Nation in the name of other Princes Electors Dukes Landgraves Counts and other Lords Barons and Potentats of the Empire in regard of divers dommageable interests and for the special importance of all the Empire we do depose and deprive by common consent and Mature deliberation Wincestaus as negligent unprofitable and unworthy of the Roman Empire We degrade him of all the dignities and of all the honors which were due to him from the Empire and we publish him in the presence of all the Princes Barons and Potentats of the Empire for a prophane person and unworthy of such an honor and dignity Enjoyning Evry one of what quality or condition soever he bee not to yeeld him obedience as Emperour prohibiting evry one to payhim any kind of tribut fief or forfeiture either by Right or by covenant or any office appertaining to the Empire Nay we will that those perquisits be reserv'd untill God doth give us the grace to elect an Emperour that may be for the benefit of the whole Empire and the Christian Common-weale And it is well known how often he hath bin admonish'd by the Princes Electors both in publique and privat and particularly by ev'ry one of our Order that he wold leave his unworthy deportments and carry himself as his Dignity requir'd Concerning the King of the Romans it is but a modern title peculiar to him who is declar'd Heir apparent or the design'd Successor of the Empire But at first he who was so chosen was called Caesar and it was the Emperour Adrian who first cal'd AeliusVerus by that title insomuch that the family of Iulius Caesar being extinct in the person of Domitius Nero who was the sixt in descent as afore was told the name Caesar ceas'd to be us'd as the name of a family or blood but it was us'd as a name meer honorary and precedent to the Empire Afterwards the design'd Successor to the Empire was call'd Despote after that he was call'd King of Italy then King of Germany and lastly King of the Romans Romischer Konig in high Dutch and the Emperour himself was only call'd Caesar Keyser in Dutch wch appellation continueth to this day And it was Charles the 5 who introduc'd the title of King of the Romans who since is acknowleg'd the immediat and unquestionable apparent Heir and to succeed in the Empire whether it be by Resignation by deprivation or death being in proximo fastigio collocatus to the Emperour Nay som Civilians hold that the King of the Romans may make Edicts without the regnant Emperour being bound only as they say Majestatem Imperialem comiter observare making him hereby to owe a duty of reverence but not of superiority to the Keysar or Emperour The 4 Section Touching the Diet or Imperial Parlement and the members therof with the Division of Germany and the strength of the Emperour THe German Empire is divided to ten Circles viz. Austria the high and low Franconia Bavaria Saxonia Westphalia the lower Circle of Saxony Burgundy the two Palatinatts The goverment wherof is principally in the Emperour contractedly in the Electors and diffusively in the Diet or Imperiall Parlement and other Courts wherof the Chamber of Spire is the Supreme whence ther is no appeal In the Diets after the Emperour the Princes Electors are the prime state among whom the Prelats have still the priority The second state is compos'd of four Arch-bishops viz. he of Magdenkurg who is primat of all Germany He of Salzburg he of Besanson and the Arch-bishop of Breme which Archbishoprick the Kings of Denmark have had a long time Then ther are one and thirty Bishops and eleven Abbats wherof he of Fulda is the chief having above fourscore thousand rich dollers in annuall revenue Then come the secular Princes of the Empire wherof the Arch-dukes of Austria are first and they are divided into two branches viz. of Germany and Burgundy The third Estate is compos'd of Imperial towns which are about sixty five in nomber som wherof hold soly from the Emperour which are accounted the most noble and some are Relevant from other Princes Ther is another sort of Towns call'd the Hansiatique Towns twixt whom ther is a strong confederacy and fraternal league in merchantile affairs They are divided into fower classes or Metropolitan Cities to wit Lubeck Colen Brunswick and Danzick who have a solemn yeerly convention at Lubeck where they keep their Records The Hans or Hansiatique Association is of long antiquity touching the word some wold fetch it from hand because they of the Society plight their faith when they enter into the fraternity others derive it from the word Hansa which is Counsell or advice in the Gothique toung

Being conven'd the Ecclesiastical Electors were to put their hands only on their breasts the Secular Princes solemnly upon the Book to choose a fit Imperial head for Christendome and they were to do this within the compass of thirty daies and not to go out of Frankford or the place where they mett in the interim Iury-like to have no other nutriment but bread and water after the expiration of the sayed thirty dayes The choice being made by the Assembly of Electors the new Emperour according to the tenure of the golden Bull the grand Charter of the Empire so call'd because 't was confirm'd by the Pope is saluted by the Title of King of the Romans and not Emperour till he be crown'd with three Crowns viz. with the golden Crown representing Rome with a sylver Crown representing Germany and with an Iron Crown representing Lombardy which ceremony useth to be perform'd at Aquisgrave for all the three places But he is not to be call'd Augustus till confirm'd by the Pope At the first day of the Emperours Inauguration the foresayed Electors were to give their personal attendance in the Emperours Court but now they are dispens'd withall to do it by proxy Before the Palace Gate ther us'd to stand a heap of Oats to the breast of a Horse then comes the Duke of Saxony mounted having in his hand a sylver wand and a sylver measure stood by which was to weigh two hundred Marks he fills the measure sticking his wand afterwards in the remainder and so goes to attend the Emperour The three Arch-bishopps say Grace The Marquis of Brandenburg comes also on hors-back with a sylver bason of water of the value of twelve Marks and a clean towell which being alighted he holds to the Emperour Then comes the Count Palatin of the Rhin a hors-back also and being alighted he carries fower dishes of meat ev'ry dish of the value of three Marks Then the King of Bohemia comes with a napkin on his arm with a cover'd cupp of twelve Marks which he presents Touching the precedence of the Electors among themselfs one may judg of it by the maner of their session with the Emperour when he sitts in Majesty which is thus The Arch-bishop of Tryers high Chancellor of France sitts over against the Emperour The Arch-bishop of Moguntia or Mentz as high Chancelor of Germany sitts on the right hand of the Emperour The Arch-bishop of Collen on the left hand The King of Bohemia hath his seat on the right hand of the Arch-bishop of Mentz and next him the Count Palatin of the Rhin The Duke of Saxony fitts on the left hand of the Arch-bishop of Collen and by him the Marquis of Brandenburgh Moreover when they us'd to go in procession with the Emperour 't was ordain'd in the Golden Bull that the Arch-bishop of Tryers shold go before his Imperial Majesty and neer him on both sides one of the Ecclesiastical Electors The King of Bohemia was to go alone after the Arch-bishops and after him the Elector of Saxony with the naked Sword of the Empire in his hand having on his right hand the Count Palatin of the Rhin carrieng the golden apple which denotes the world to be under the Roman Empire And on the left hand of the Duke of Saxony the Marquess of Brandenburgh was to march with a Scepter in his hand then followed the Emperour himself By what hath bin spoken the discern Reader may judg who had the priority of place the Count Palatin of the Rhin or the Duke of Saxony a Contest that hath gravell'd many The third Section Touching the stile title of Emperour or Caesar and of the King of the Romans c. COncerning the Character and title of Emperour it is of a younger date than that of King and among the Romans it was in the beginning given to him who was Commander in chief of the Militia nor was it neer of such a transcendency then as now it is He was at firstbut tutoyè he was but Thou'd when he was spoken unto but afterwards in regard he had the prerogative to conferr honors and offices to grant pardons and patents of grace with other obliging motives the Courtiers especially the Churchmen began to magnifie or rather deifie him with sublime attributs as we read in Symmachus in his Epistles to Theodosius and Valentinian wherin his stile unto them is Vestra aeternitas vestrum numen vestra perennitas vestra clementia c. then he began to be call'd Divus Imperator but touching the title of Majestas which was given ab augendo Imperium as was touch'd before or as some wold have it a majori statu it is an attribut of no great antiquity for it is not found among the old Authors and it came not till Henry the seconds time to France who is not us'd to be backward in assuming and applyengtitle of greatnes to her self But concerning the dignity of Emperour as heretofore so is he still accounted the prime potentat and Prince paramount among Christians and not only among them but the Turk next himself accounts the German Emperour the greatest Monark upon Earth and esteems him accordingly which appeer'd in the person of David Vngnadius who being not an age since Ambassador in Constantinople for the Christian Emperour and coming for audience to the Duana in the Seraglio the Perfian Ambassador had come before and got the chair but Vngnadius offering to go away ther was an upper chair put for him Another time upon the celebration of Mahomet the Thirds Circumcision which lasted forty daies nights ther being then in Constantinople the Legats of the greatest Monarks upon Earth yet Hee who was Ambassador at that time for the Emperour Rodulphus the second had alwayes the first place Some Civilians exalt the Emperour with divers transcendent titles wherof one is Dominus totius terrae the lord of the whole Earth That Caesar is Proximus Deo Caesar is next to God Almighty But though the Emperour be accounted the sole supereminent Prince in Christendom yet ther have bin other Kings who assum'd that title besides him Som of the Kings of Spain have bin call'd Imperatores Hesperiae King Edgar whowas row'd upon the river of Dee by fower Kings wherof the Scot was one had this title which appears upon good record by this bouncing Character Ego Edgarus Altitonantis Dei largiflua clementia Anglorum Basileus omniumque Regum Insularúmque Oceanique Britanniam circumjacentis Cunctarúmque Nationum quae infra eam includuntur Imperator et Dominus He was call'd also Albionis Imperator I Edgar by the bountifull clemency of the highthundring God King of the English Emperour and Lord of all the Kings Islands and seas circumjacent to Britain and of all the Nations included therin he was stil'd in another place Emperour of Albion Moreover the Realms of England was declared an Empire by Act of Parlement octavo Henrici octavi and in divers other Acts the