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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

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 Triplicia Festa With a briefe rehearsall of the Funerall Solempnities at some Emperors Kings and Princes burials By Lodowike LLoyd Esquier Imprinted at London by Richard Ihones at the Rose and Crowne neere Holborne Bridge Ianuary 1591. Liber minimus labor maximus To the most high mighty Prince Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland c. ALexander the great most noble and vertuous Queene rebuked Aristotle the Philosopher for that he read in Athens cōmonto his Peripatetians which was peculiar to Princes such is the state and dignity of a king that the same Alex. commanded that none should set him in collours but Apelles nor in metals but Lysippus I had not attempted most soueraigne Lady to intreat of sacred Princes to write of their natiuities inaugurations coronations and annointings of their feasts triumphes vowes sacrifices with other pompe solempnitie therunto belonging thinges far beyond my reach had not 3. seueral most iust causes moued me therunto The first the day of your Maiest birth The 2. the day of your Highnesse cōming to the kingdome And the 3. the day that your Highnes was crowned Queene of England three most happy ioyful triumphant daies to England through the which we triumphed 2029●… daies with triumphs of Ouation the ioies whereof forced me most hūblyto present this to your Maiestie trusting that your Highnesse wil so accept of a Britane for Brutus sake as Artaxerxes the great accepted of the poore Persean Sinaetes a glasse of water of the riuer Cyrus for Cyrus sake In maximis enim voluisse sat est Your Maiesties most humble and obedient seruant Lod. LLoyd To the Reader IF the Greekes laboured so much that they brought fiftie of the most beautiful Virgins in al Greece before Apelles to draw the picture of Venus thereby and to be put vp in Ceramicus If the Romans traueiled as much to bring fiftie of the fairest Ladies of old Italie to set Iuno in collours to stand in the Capitol what may we in England say of such a sacred Prince whose vertues were they painted which Plato saith cannot be should far excel fifty Venus or fifty Iunos were all their prophane worthines in one picture painted But all kind of tymbers serue not to frame Mercurius image and euery collour serueth not to paint Phoebus How be it I wil imitate poore Tymantes who when he coulde not liuely expresse in collors the maiesty of Agamēnons countenance he threw a vaile ouer his picture to shadow his faultes to escape the reprehension of the lookers on I leaue Athens to honour their Minerua in the feast of Panathenaea with the triumph of Peplon Rome to worship Iuno in her feast Quinquatria with the triumphs of Epinicion the Iewes to solemnize their feast Neomenia the Perseans to magnifie their Kinges with sacrifices and songes of Theogonia we wil Ca●…tare Domino and solempnize Triplicia Festa for the seuenth of September the 17 of Nouember and the 15 of Ianuary which God graunt vs long to enioy for Christ his sake our sauiour The Triplicitie of Triumphes Of the pompe and solempnitie of Triumphes games and plaies in Natalitia vpon the natiuities of Emperors kinges and princes throughout the whole worlde THe natiuity of Emperours and Kinges in olde time were had in such honour and reuerence as all Kingdomes and countries of the worlde deuised by all meanes possible to obserue those great and victorious daies by feastes triumphes vowes sacrifices games and plaies to celebrate the memorie of a good Prince borne and to make mention of victories peace quietnesse iustice and other infinite good thinges and great felicity which is held by the birth of a vertuous prince and therefore the Romanes vowed in this feast Natalitia to build temples and to erect vp Altars to solemnize games to set vp Images and statues in the Capitoll in the market place and in the Orators court as in Athens they were woont to magnifie and set forth the dignity of kings and princes natiuities with the triumphant Arches and Pillers in Ceramicus in the Temple of the Muses and in the Castle of Minerua for the byrth of a good Prince is as the natiuity of a kingdome and the second birth of euery good particular subiect within the kingdome and therefore it was not lawfull in these ioyfull feastes Natalitia by Lycurgus law in Greece and by Numa Pomp law in Rome to offer any sacrifice of blood vnto the Goddes but with corne honey milke cakes with all flowers and fruites of the earth frankensence and Myrrhe and other sweete odours so Pythagoras saith Nihil animatum Diis censuit immolandum in Natalitiis So it was in the feast of Palilia decreed that no beast should be slaine vpon that day for it was the byrth-day of Romulus the first founder and king of Rome which the olde Romanes with all feastes and myrth obserued for that was the day of Romulus byrth who after was cannonized a God and named Quirinus Upon the which day the Romanes vsed three solemne feasts games and plaies The one a natiuall feast in memorie of kyngs and princes byrth The second a triumphant feast in remēbrance of victories and triumphes The third the great vowed feast which was the most magnificent and the most regal feast of al celebrated in Circo Max. instituted by Tarquinius the proud the seuenth and last king of Rome continued by the Consuls and Dictators but fully inlarged and set forth with greater glory by Augustus Caesar. Vota pro salute principum So that all countries held the natiuities of their kinges and princes as the sound Anchor and sure stay of their states For it was lawfull as well to the vestals Uirgins to be present at the feast Natalitia among the Romanes as it was for the Nunnes of Ceres to come to the games of Olympia among the Grecians for it was a free and a ioyfull feast And therefore we sing and say in honor of September Sing we IO PAEAN glad and say our triumph now is such That Perseans yeeld and Greekes giue place and Romans triumphes couch Of the Vovves vvhich the Romans vsed to make for the health and good estate of their kinges Dictators Consuls and Emperours IT was a custome among the Romanes vpon the third of Ianuary to make Uowes and to sacrifice for the preseruation and healthof their Kinges Dictators or Emperors vpon the which day they erected an hūdred Altars wheron the priests called Flamines sacrificed an hūdred or\d\e an hūdred sheep an hundred Swine with supplication to the Gods for their

the Magi of Persea and the priestes of Amon calling him the sonne of Iupiter After he had triumphed with pompe and great solemnitie into Babylon he maried ninety of the Macedonian Peeres vnto so many Persean Ladies and Alexander himselfe maried Statira daughter to king Darius This feast continued fiue daies with all the r●…yalty and magnificence of the world I wil omit his triumph ouer Porus king of India which seemed equall or rather greater than any his other Triumphes in Greece In Macedonia were Pillers and Arches triumphant made and set vp as monuments and Trephees of triumphes as the Egyptians had their Obeliskes Pyramides triumphant as the onely ornaments and remembrance of their kinges THe Romane Emperours were woont vpon the eyght of August to celebrate festiua●…l games with all pompe and shewes in which feast Ludi Votiu●… were solemnly plaied which continued as many daies as the Emperour raigned yeares in the Empire for the number of the daies in Votiuis ludis should answere the number of the yeares of the Emperors raigne So Adrianus honoured the first day of his adoption into the Empire by his Uncle Traiane with the plaies Ludi votiui as he celebrated the feast of his natiuity with the games called ludi Natalitii for these three daies the byrth day the imperiall day and the dieng day were euerye where with great honour and pomp solempnised for the Romans mused nothing more than one to excel another in pomp and in solempnity of triumphes as Galienus had an hundred white faire Oxen with their hornes gilded and their backes couered with all kinde of changeable silke ten Elephants with other wilde beasts to the number of 200. straunge Pageants diuers games and plaies some representing the maner and fourme of Cyclops some of Satyrs and Faunes Others trampling and dauncing and fencing before the triumphant Chariot Women and maides carieng torches lampes and al kind of lightes to celebrate the feast Hecatombaeon after to play the games Circenses in memory of his natiuity The Emperour Probus among other solempnitie and pompe of triumphes caused his souldiers to plucke vp yoong greene trees by the Rootes and set them so thicke rounde about the place Circus maximus that it seemed rather like a great parke or a greene forrest than a Theater to play on wherein were a thousand wilde Boares a thousand Hartes a thousande Deares a thousand wilde Goates a thousand Estriges The next day were brought an hundred terrible Lions three hundred Leopardes brought out of Siria Libia three hundred mightie hugh Beares an hundred Lionesses with many other wild beastes at what time they vsed hunting with all kind of weapons and dartes with all deuices and pollices for the killing of those beastes In like sort Aurelianus triumphed ouer king Ode●…atus and ouer Zenobia Queene of Palmeria the pompe whereof was such that three triumphant imperiall chariots one of siluer the second chariot all of golde the third all of precious stones in the which Queene Zenobia was caried a Queene of passing vertues and singular learning In this triumph the Emperour Aurelianus followed in the fourth chariot which was drawen with eight faire strong Harts In this triumph were Elephantes Tygers Alces Camels Leopardes beside infinite number of wilde and tame beasts In the triumph of Seuerus were foure hundred wild beasts and three hundred tame beastes in all seuen hundred wilde tame beasts let loose in the Amphitheators in Rome as Lions Panthers Elephants and Beares wilde Asses wilde Oxen and wilde Beares which after long terrible and daungerous fight were slaine by polliticke stratagems and the feast thereof was celebrated for seuen daies an hundred beasts euery day consumed in feasts with all solempnity pomp magnificence and glorie Titus celebrated two feastes one in memorie of his father Vespasianus in Beritto a citie in Siria and the other in remembrāce of his brother Domitianus natiuity in Caesarea Who after great games and royaltie caused diuers Iewes taken Captiue at the sacking of Hierusalem to fight with terrible wilde beastes and so to be deuoured And so of the rest of the Romans triumphes which were in number 320. from Romulus the first triumphāt King vnto Probus the last triumphant Emperour which continued 260 Olympiads so long the Romans state continued The Romans triumphed but 320 in 1200. yeares O ten times more happye England sithens her Maiestie was crowned Queene vntill this day 20295 triumphes of Ouation without blood which neither Romanes Grecians Perseans could neuer boast of for their triumphes were bloody therfore blesse we her birth and say Here Ioue Pandora staid in state here Mars Pamphila stal'd Here Phoebus points Pansophias seat diuine Eliza cald With Oliues dect with Palme attyr'd with Laurell crown'd is she With Myrtle branch triumphant like a prince of Peace to be Of the byrth of Mahomet THe natiuity of Mahomet which was vpon Friday is vnto this day among the Saraceas solempnly celebrated with diuers ceremonies and sacrifices in remembrance of his byrth euery Fryday through the yeare but specially vpon good Fryday in contempt of our Sauiour Christ the Saracens haue such a royall feast that the charges of that one dayes feast far surmounteth all the other 51. feastes The Arrabians honour the natiuity of their Mahomet so much that they begin the yeare and make their computation of time from the byrthday of Mahomet by the name of this word Hegyra as the Hispaniards were wcont of long time after they were subdued by the Romaines to number their yeares from Augustus Caesars raigne by these foure letters A er a which is Annus erat Augusti If these infidels and Paganes obserue a memoriall for the natiuities of their kings and princes throughout the whole world as In Persea the byrth of Cyrus vpon the 16. day of the moneth Lois In Macedonia the natiuity of Alexander the great vpon the Ide of Februarie And in Rome the natiuity of Romulus vpon the 21. of Sept. In like sort the natiuity of Iu. Caesar vpō the 4. Ide of Iuly The natiuity of Nerua vpon the 4. Calend of Decemb. The natiuity of Adrian vpon the 6. Calend of Nouemb. Of Antonius pius vpon the first of Aprill Of Gordianus vpon the 1●… of Ianuary Of Constantine the great vpon the 4. Calend of February And so of Traiane Vespatian and others whose natiuities were with great honor obserued and with great dignitie of triumphes feasts sacrifices games and plaies with all pompe and glorie in remembrance of good kings natiuities solempnized For Beata respub cui pinceps Philosophus If all the kingdomes of the world in their feast Natalitia in memorie of the most happy state of a good King vsed al kind of strange inuentions to magnifie their kings The Egyptians in their Pyramides Obeliskes The Grecians in their triumphant Arches and Pillers the Perseans with feastes banstets solemnized the natiuities of their kings and

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

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