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A06146	The order, solemnitie, and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinkes [sic], princes, dukes, popes, and consuls: with the custome, order, and manner of their inaugurations, coronations, and annoynting. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solemnities at some emperours, kings, and princes burials; Triplicitie of triumphes	Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.	1610 (1610)	STC 16633; ESTC S108796	40,346	66

predece●●●s 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 The faith receiued into England before any other kingdō 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 Vandals 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 Christened kings of the Gothes Longobards Vandals and Hunnes the Vandols and the Huns by reason of their warres between themselues were made Prouinces vnder the Romans and so continued vntil the Empire 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 Vandals 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 Lucius the Britā the first K. christened in the world 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 Four christiā Kings onelie annointed 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 Statues and images of the dead 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 cari●●g their Axes 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 The pomp of Drusus funerall 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 lineally 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 Fortresses of warres The rusul funerals of the Macedonians Grecians 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 funeral 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 ashes 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 lockes of his haire Patroclus lamented by Achilles to set it among many other of Patroclus friendes vppon his Hearse or tombe Euripides death lamented by King Archelaus Euripides funerall was of Archelaus King of Macedonia so honrred 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 waxe and many other sweet odours being seared vp and annointed with all precious oyles The funerall pomp of the K. of Egypt and so they reserued the bodies of their kinges in high buildinges made for the purpose far from the ground 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 〈◊〉 heades to euery poste howling and crying for their king ●hei● women bare breasted besmear'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 The pomp of the Thracians Funeral accōpanied with her parents and next in blood with great solempnitie which after sacrfice done vpon the graue of her husband shee must make sacrifice 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

Thos. Iolley Esq r F.S.A. THE Order Solemnitie and Pompe of the Feastes Sacrifices Vowes Games and Triumphes vsed vpon the Natiuities of Emperours Kinkes Princes Dukes Popes and Consuls With the custome order and manner of their Inaugurations Coronations and Annoynting With a briefe rehearsall of the Funerall Solemnities at some Emperours Kings and Princes Burials Imprinted at London 1610. 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 Vowes made in the feast Natalitia and therefore the Romanes vowed in this feast Natalitia to build temples and to exect vp Altars to solemnize games to set vp Images and statutes 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 decréed 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 Vpon 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 Virgins 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 Vowes The Romans Vowes and to sacrifice for the preseruation and health of their Kinges Dictators or Emperors vpon the which day they erected an hūdred Altars wheron the priests called Flamines sacrificed an hūdred oxē an hūdred sheep an hundred Swine with supplication to the Gods for their 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 The Grecians Vowes 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 Oliue leaues A vovv yearelie made of the Aegyptians for the prosperous estate of the Kinges of Aegypt 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 The Aegyptians Vowes 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 Persians Vowes 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 The Persean feasts vpon Cyrus natiuitie 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 The great kings of Persia 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 wreathed 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 Herodot and Ctesias called Orgya and Dithyrambos this feast Cyrus commanded to be yearly solemnized in Babylon vpon the sixteenth day of the Moneth Loys on the which day Cyrus as some suppose 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 most 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 Theogonia and the song Theogonia at their sacrifice For this feast Sacaea was called among the Thessalians Peloria in Creete called Hermea 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 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 Hylaria 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 Hypingos To sacred CYNTHIA sing we loud aloud HYPINGOS sing And sound IÜLOS CERES song Ivla. 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 Hisdaspis 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 Xerxe first day to his kingdome called Titan. and he himselfe in his most sumptuous Persean robes with his Diadem vpon his head solempnized the feast with al pompe and glorie Vpon 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 Timolions byrth in memorie whereof they yeerely vpon the day of his byrth decreed that plaies 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 magnified 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 initium libertatis with songes Theogonia shall we not Canere Paean that haue long inioied peace and quietnes of libertie by the natiuity of Eliza. Let Magi for their Persean states Theogonia 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 Aratus natiuity yearly vppon the graue of Aratus which was called Aratium

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 Alex. lib. 6. Cap 6. with many other wild beasres 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 Odenatus 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 Aurelianus triumph 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 Titus triumph 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 Quation 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 Saracens 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 woont 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 August vpon the I de 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. I de 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 13. 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 bankets solemnized the natiuities of their kings and the Romans excelled with sundry pompes of triumphes to set foorth the dignities of their kings The varietie of triumphes 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 Hercules Istmia 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 magniste good princes and to record their worthinesse with feasts triumphes and plaies in memory of their natiuities Natalitia 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 garlands with bagpipes and fiddles celebrated their feast Palilia at the byrth of any king Dictator or Consull of Rome Saturnalia Sigillaria Lupercalia In other places they celebrated the games Saturnalia in December their games Sigillaria in Ianuary the games Lupercalia in February But in Athens their Bacchanalia is solempnized in Nouember where the Ministers priestes of Bacchus and Diana Bacchanalia by the names of Mimallones Sileni Menades Bacchae The names of Bacchus prists 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 Peplon is honour Bacchus But our Bacchanalia in England is otherwise in Nouember than in Athens wherefore we may Canere 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

from thence after some Sacrifice which was to bee vsed all things done and perfourmed the Prince putteth off the Rusticall Garmentes that he put on before to perfourme the custome and ceremonies of the Countrey The Prince sitteth in iudgment on a stone in a medow to heare causes pleaded and weareth his Princelie wonted Attyre and after he had feasted with his Barons and his Nobilytie he retourned to the Medowe againe where the Marble stoane was and sitteth there on his Tribunall Seat to heare causes pleaded and to giue Iudgement accordyng to Iustice this is the maner and strange custome of the election of any Prince in Carynthia So strange were the customs and maners in old time aswell at the election and coronation of Princes The strange Scepters vsed by kings and Princes in times past 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 vsed 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 The order maner of the inauguration of Pope Gregory the tenth 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 Kings Embassadors carieth the pope to his coronation After some praiers and sacrifice done he is hoised 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 The Popes dinner his banquets after dinner 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 Gūnes ringyng af Belles sounding Trumpets with such clamours 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 inuented His dinner that day exceeded Ca. Caesar who in his triumph ouer Affrica prepared 22000 tables most royally furnished 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 Richard the 2 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 Steward Thomas de Woodstocke the Kings Vncle was admitted to be Constable of England Constable Robert Earle of Oxford was admitted to the office of a Chamberlaine Chamberlain 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 Vpon 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 order maner of the coronation of the kings of England 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