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A10804 Englands farevvell to Christian the fourth, famous king of Denmarke With a relation of such shewes & seuerall pastimes presented to his Miestie, as well at court the fift day of August last past, as in other places since his honorable passage thorow the citie of London. The most honorable entertainement of his Highnesse, aboord his Maiesties ships in the roade of Gyllingame, neere the citie of Rochester in Kent. With the kings entertainement aboord the Denmarke ships, at Grauesend: as also their honorable leaue-taking and farewell, setting sayle from Grauesend on munday night, the eleuenth of August. 1606. By H. Roberts. H. R. (Henry Roberts), fl. 1585-1616. 1606 (1606) STC 21079; ESTC S100604 9,096 24

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most gracious and royall companie Night growing vpon them they were enforced to giue ouer their sport where taking their humble leaues of the two Kings the Queene and Prince they left the Tilt yard and being vnarmed returned to the Court where besides former graces and fauours shewed them by all their royall persons they receiued many thanks and so spent the rest of the euening in other delightfull sport till time of night called them to rest At this honorable exercise the toward and most hopefull Prince shewed himselfe in his Armour beeing gallantly mounted and a hart as powerfull as any though that his youth denyed strength For this dayes exercise all the Masters of Defence and professors therof were summond with their weapons to shew their skill that the King of Denmarke might see the manner of our fight and the varietie of weapons practised for mens defence as well in priuate quarrels as their Countries seruice but the time ouerslipt the Challenger Fencers when they had marched with their Drums and Ancients about the Tilt yard departed The next morning the King of Denmarke being desirous to see some of their practise they which were readie in the Towne hauing warning to giue their attendance in the morning early repaired to the Tilt yard and there in presence of the two Kings many of the Nobilitie and Courtiers shewed both manhood and skill wherein the Kings tooke great pleasures and gaue them Kingly thanks and fauours This sport was made more short by reason of the Kinges going from Court to see our Kinges Houses neerest London and to hunt in their Parkes After they had broken their fastes they set forwarde with their Traynes to Richmonde there that night they hunted and lay and the next day dyned at Hampton court and there hunted and killed Deate with great pleasures And surely the King of Denmarke was very much delighted with the gallantnesse of these royall Pallaces of his Maiesties as did appeare by his earnest noting of them and often recounting of their pastimes and pleasures From thence they proceeded to Windsore where he was entertayned by the King most royally heere was presented vnto him the Knights of Windsore beeing all goodly Gentlemen and such as had serued Queene Elizabeth in her Warres and for seruice done preferred in their latter yeares to this place of rest and are called by name of King Iames Knightes of Windsore These goodly auncient Gentlemen beeing in their Roabes of Purple and Scarler with the Garter and Sainct Georges Crosse vpon them Which goodly and charitable maner when the King of Denmarke was possest withall and the order of their first foundation and continuance the King highly commended the Founder and in cha●itie wisht the successors to the worldes end might continue so honorable an action as that whereof by Gods grace there is no doubt his Maiestie from his first comming hauing so graciously and most bountlfully shewed his zeale to that honorable action by augmenting their portions which were possest of those places Long did they not make stay in Windsor by reason that the time began to shorten for the King of Denmarkes departure wherefore after some time spent in hunting they ma●e their returne to the Court at Greenwich where her Maiestie lay and on Fryday the eight of August there ariued and so rested till Mondav following The next morning then being Saterday the ix of August the tyde seruing fit for their purpose this gracious and royall King of Denmarke being now to take his farewell of those he helde in esteeme with great curtesie and many thankes to those of the Counsell and Nobilitie which stayed from following the Kings hee gaue them a Princely and most louing farewell and so of many others of Honour and Worship with many rich and bountifull Rewardes to the Officers of the Kinges Household and Guarde Which done the Barges giuing their attendance these two Royall Kinges the Queene and Prince Henrie came aborde them and were rowed by all industerous meanes downe the Riuer of Thames so low as North-fleete or there aboutes where they had their Trayne attending and their Coaches so passed they on the way to Rochester leauing the way to Grauesend all the way followed with such numbers of people as well from London as other places that it was to be wondered at Time hath brought them neare the Citie of Rochester where they are met with the Mayor and Bretheren of the Citie who with reuerence deliuered his Mace vnto his Maiestie which graciously did accept the same and redeliuered it to the Mayor willing him to keepe it and to vie it with Iustice as before Which done the Mayor taking his Footecloth-Horse which was ready and rode on before his Maiestie bearing the Mace before him throughout the Cittie to the house of the Right worshipfull Sir Peter Bucke Knight one of his Highnes Officers of the Nauie which house was the lodging of the king of Denmarke whom our King there left to his repose and returned himselfe to the House of the reuerend Byshop of Rochester Doctor Barlow and the Queene Prince to their Lodgings which were all seuerall The next day being Sunday which Holy appoynted day of the Lord their Maiesties came to the Cathedrali Church the Colledge where they heard a most learned Sermon by a reuerende graue and learned Doctor The Sermon ended their Dinners prepared aborde the Shippes and their Boates and Barges attending them They sette forwardes to the Waters side where euery Officer in his place serued the Right Honourable Earle of Nottingham Lord High Admyrall beeing present Sir Robert Mansell Sir Iohn Treuor and others The King had a Note deliuered him contayning the names of euery Shippe what burthen they weare and what Munition and Men they had which Note his Highnes obserued and viewed euery Shippe as they rowed alongst keeping their way vntill they came to the Shippe prepared for them to dine which Shippe was perfumed with sweete and pleasaunt Perfume and hanged with Cloth of Golde all the sides within wherein three Chaires of Estates was placed for the two Kinges and Queene The dinner was furnished with all kinde of Daintie prouision in such aboundaot manner that the King of Denmarke marueyled where such store of meate should be dressed And to see the manner of it his Maiestie tooke occasion after dinner to goe vppon a spacious Gallarie made vpon Lighters betweene the two royal Shippes the Elizabeth Ionas and the White Beare neere which two Shippes ridde a great Hulke which was furnished with Ouens for Baked meates and had in it three faire Ranges to roast with all which his Maiestie in person saw and thorowout that Shippe went from place to place noting euery roome The time passing away the Kinges tooke their Barges accompanied with the Queene Prince and Noblemen and rowed on towardes Chartham where they had sight of all the Shippes which were rich in Ancientes Pendants Hagges and Streamers and withall so furnished with goodly Men