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A11825	A sermon, preached before the two high borne and illustrious princes, Fredericke the 5. Prince Elector Palatine, Duke of Bauaria, &c. and the Princesse Lady Elizabeth, &c. Preached in the castle-chappell at Heidelberg the 8. of Iune 1613. being the next day after her Highnesse happy arriuall there: by that reuerend and iudicious diuine, Mr. Abraham Scultetus, his Highnesse chaplaine. Together with a short narration of the Prince Electors greatnes, his country, his receiuing of her Highnesse, accompanied with twe u [sic] other princes, thirty earles, besides an exceeding great number of barons and gentlemen, and eight daies ent rtainement [sic]. Translated out of High Dutch by Ia Meddus D. and one of his Maiesties chaplaines.	Scultetus, Abraham, 1566-1624.; Meddus, James, d. 1632.	1613 (1613)	STC 22125; ESTC S117026	16,930	78

A SERMON Preached before the two high borne and illustrious Princes FREDERICKE the 5. PRINCE ELECTOR PALATINE DVKE OF BAVARIA c. And the Princesse Lady ELIZABETH c. Preached in the Castle-Chappell at HEIDELBERG the 8. of Iune 1613. being the next day after her Highnesse happy arriuall there By that reuerend and iudicious Diuine Mr. ABRAHAM SCVITETVS his Highnesse Chaplaine Together with a short narration of the Prince Electors greatnes his Country his receiuing of her Highnesse accompanied with tw● u● other Princes thirty Earles besides an exceeding great number of Barons and Gentlemen and eight daies ent●rtainement Translated out of High Dutch by IA MEDLVS D. and one of hi● Maiesties Chap●●ines Imprinted at London by Iohn Beale for William Welby 1613. DEDICATED AND CONSECRATED VNTO THE SERVICE AND NEVER DYING MEMORIE OF THE RIGHT HIGH AND ILLVSTRIOVS PRINCESS-E LADY ELIZABETH PRINCESSE ELECTORISSE PALATINE DVCHESSE OF BAVARIA c. AND SOLE DAVGHTER OF OVR DREAD SOVERAIGNE LORD KING IAMES KING OF GREAT BRITAINE FRANCE AND IRELAND DEFENDER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH c. A SERMOM Preached at Heidelberg the S. of Iune 1613. before the high and mightie Prince FREDERICK the 5. Earle Palatine Prince Elector c. and the right high and illustrious Lady and Princesse the Lady ELIZABETH his espoused wife vpon the occasion of their happy arriuall there The Entrance BVt from whence and whereat beloued Christians shall I begin this Sermon of thanksgiuing Praise yee the Lord because hee is exceeding good and his mercie endureth for euer Let Heidelberg now say his mercy endureth for euer Let the Electorall PALATINATE now say his mercie endureth for euer Let them say now that feare the Lord his mercy endureth for euer The Lord is God who defendeth vs and his mercie endureth for euer The Lord is God who reioiceth vs and his mercie endureth for euer I know not how to doe better then that we beginne there where wee will end namely of commending lauding and praising the most Highest who crowneth vs with mercy and louing kindnesse and bindeth the people that lie farre asunder one from another firmely together in the vnitie of faith loue and assured hope of the blessed saluation to come Now to the end that our hearts may be the better and liuelier rowsed vp vnto this laud and praise we will reade vnto you an excellent Psalme of Thankesgiuing but will first for the more fruitfull hearing of the same call vpon the Lord God for the gracious assistance of his holy spirit in that forme of praier which our LORD and SAVIOVR CHRIST himselfe hath taught vs. Our Father c. Psalme 147. 1 Praise yee the Lord for it is good to sing vnto our God for it is a pleasant thing and praise is comely 2 The Lord doth build vp Ierusalem and gather together the dispersed of Israell 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and bindeth vp their sores 4 Hee counteth the number of the starres and calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and great is his power his wisdome is infinite 6 The Lord relieueth the needie and abaseth the wicked to the ground 7 Sing vnto the Lord with praise sing vpon the harpe vnto our God 8 Which couereth the heauen with cloudes and prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to grow vpon the mountaines 9 Which giueth to beasts their food and to the yong rauens that call vpon him 10 Hee hath not pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth in any mans legges 11 But the Lord delighteth in them that feare him and hope vpon his mercies 12 Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Zion 13 For hee hath made the barres of thy gates strong and hath blessed thy children within thee 14 Hee setteth peace in thy borders and satisfieth thee with the flower of wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandement vpon earth and his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giueth snow like wooll and scattereth the hoare frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his yee like morsels who can abide the cold thereof 18 Hee sendeth his word and melteth them he causeth his wind to blow and the waters flow 19 He sheweth his word vnto Iacob his statutes and his iudgements vnto Israel 20 Hee hath not dealt so with euery nation neither haue they known his iudgements Praise yee the Lord. The Jnterpretation LIke as the weather vnder the heauens altereth so that wee now feele a faire warme sunshine anon lightning and thunder and also presently after raine euen so doe the thoughts of man change and alter For sometime the godlie mans heart is so merie and iokand that it is as a meere sunshine that is there is nothing but ioy and comfort perceiued in him namely when God the Lord fatherly remembreth vs with a cheerfull conscience with a healthfull body as also with bodily ioy and a good outward estate But otherwhiles againe when troubles and miseries approach it seemeth as if our harts were ouershadowed with thicke blacke cloudes when as wee heare and feele nothing else in manifold tentations then the haile thunder and lightning of Gods law Now then the greatest wisdome of a Christian standeth therein that he assuredly know whether it be cleere or darke in his heart how he shall so dispose of his businesse that he may euer and at all times bee well pleasing and acceptable vnto God in heauen The Apostle Iames prescribeth vnto vs a notable rule in this case when as hee saith Is any among you afflicted Iames 5.13 let him pray Is any merrie let him sing Psalmes By which words he would haue vs vnderstand thus much that we euer ought to pray vnto our Lord God in time of neede and after obtained deliuerance praise him for it According to which will of God all the holy men of the old and new Testament liued If now therfore at this present our affaires bee likewise so changed as that wee behold with ioy our right gratious Lord Prince FREDERICK Count Palatine and Prince Elector and also the right high and illustrious Princesse Elizabeth his highnesse most honoured and best beloued spouse to be safely come hither in health vnder the safe conuoy of the most highest vnto the place where wee haue earnestly long desired and praied they might be thē should we be surely most vnthākful people if wee should not admonish prouoke and say one vnto another O ye faithfully beloued Ier. 33.11 Praise the Lord of Hostes because the Lord is good his mercie endureth for euer And it is true that for the very performance of this holy worke is this illustrious cōpany now assembled here which that it may bee done with the more fruit and profit wee will briefely expound the Psalme now reade vnto you And first consider of the Prophets hearty admonition wherewith hee stirreth vs vp vnto the laud praise of God And then secondly we will obserue what those benefits be for

which we ought to laud praise God wherein it will euidently appeare that we haue at this day euen as great weighty cause to praise him as euer the people of Israell had in the old Testament Of the first As concerning the first point the Prophet exhorteth vs vnto thankesgiuing not once nor twice but thrice when as he saith Praise yeethe Lord. Psal 147. verse 1.7.12 Sing vnto the Lord with praise sing vppon the harpe vnto our God Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Zion And hee concealeth not the reason for he saith It is good and a pleasant thing to sing praises vnto our God Whereunto agreeth that of the Prophet Dauid Psalme 92 saying Psal 92. It is a good thing to praise the Lord and to sing vnto thy name O thou most highest The children of the world thinke it is a good thing to liue euery day riotously to sing to play to skip to daunce to laugh and shout or else to rise vp early in the morning to drunkenesse and surfeting and to run vp downe vntill the euening to scrach and scrape something vnto themselues These are the vnwise men that know not Psal 6. and the fooles that vnderstand not Gods workes as Dauid there speaketh But the holy Ghost saith by the Prophet in the same place that this is a good thing to declare Gods louing kindnesses in the morning and his truth in the euening For what is a better thing then to praise God who onely is worthy of all praise whom also all the vnreasonable creatures euery one according to his kind doe laud and praise What is a better thing then to praise the Lord from whom all good gifts come and descend What is a better thing then for euery one to exercise and acquaint himselfe daily in the seruice wherein all elect Angels and men will exercise themselues in that blessed life of glory Such men as thus exercise themselues haue already begunne and entered into that euerlasting life and seeing they lead a well sauoured and praise-worthy life so doth God also vouchsafe vnto them at the last a praise-worthy death according as the example of King Dauid sheweth who for that he alwaies had this saying in his mouth I will praise the Lord so long as I haue any being hee also at the last yeelded vp his soule with a praise-singing mouth as is to be seene both in 1. Chron. 30. and 1. King 1. Such praise is pleasant and comely as the Psalme further saith For as nothing is more foule loth some then vnthankfull ingratitude so there is not any thing more pleasant then a thankful soule which knoweth what benefits shee hath receaued of her God and doth yeeld to him again that which is due to him namely obliged thankfulnes Herehence it is Deut. 32.19 that our Lord God termeth vnthankfull people not children but shamespots And the Prophet Ieremie teacheth that man hath an vnfaithfull and rebellious heart which saith not once I will now feare the Lord God Ier. 5.23 24. that giueth raine both early and late in due season and safely preserueth the haruest at the appointed time Yet neuerthelesse it is not here to be omitted that God will nor be praised of euery one For as any great Lord or Prince cānot at al endure to haue his worthy and valiant acts to be writtē by a lewd varlot so will not the Lord God by any meanes endure at all to bee praised of wicked persons whence our Psalme saith Praise the Lord O Ierusalem Psal ●3 1 Praise thy God O Zion that is as is elsewhere expounded Reioice in the Lord O yee righteous for it becometh vpright men to be thankefull Now the reasons are knowne why God will not be praised of wicked people For such people will not Vnderstand the Lords benefits but as the Prophet saith Though mercie be shewed to the wicked yet he will not learne righteousnesse Esa 26.10 in the land of vprightnesse will he doe wickedly and will not at all consider the maiestie of the Lord. Besides the offering cannot be acceptable vnto God which is offered vnto him of an impenitent soule but the sacrifice which a wicked man who hath chosen his owne waies Esa 66.3 and his soule delighteth in his abhominations offereth it is euen as much as if hee slew a man as if he cut off a doggs neck and as if hee offered swines blood The cause hereof is beecause wicked men are of an impenitent heart and therefore will only praise God with their mouth whom they shame and dishonor in their heart yea throughout all their whole life and conuersation Of the second But sufficient of the first 2. Point Now let vs consider of the second point wherefore it is that the Prophet will haue vs sing praises vnto God The Prophet commendeth here three especiall benefits of God as first that he buildeth Ierusalem Secondly that hee vseth his wisedome and power for the benefit of all his creatures but most especially for mans good And then thirdly that he cleerely reuealed his word his statutes and his commaundements vnto the Iewish people Hee saith The Lord buildeth vp Ierusalem Verse 2. and gathereth together the dispersed of Israel Here is to bee obserued that this Psalme was written after that the people of the Iewes were brought againe to Ierusalem other places in Iudea from the Babylonian captiuity Now when the Prophet sawe that Ierusalem was againe by little and little repaired the Citizens come againe together that were here there before dispersed abroad and the true seruice of God established anew he hartily reioyced yet not so much for the faire and goodly buildings as for that they were come thither againe euen vnto the place whereunto God had bound himselfe in the old Testament and couenanted with them and that the people did iointly againe with one consent serue God Rom. 9.4 Vnto whom appertaineth the addoption and the glory and the couenants and the giuing of the Lawe and the seruice of God and the promises And in such ioy of his heart he beginneth admonisheth all beleeuing Israelites to sing laud vnto the Lord one with an other and to praise our God vppon the harpe If now the godly forefathers did so heartily reioyce before Christs birth earnestly exhorted vnto the praising of God after they were deliuered but from their seauenty yeres Babilonian captiuity and were again returned into their beloued Countrey how much more then ought wee whose forefathers were pulled out of popish Babilon not after seuenty but after seuen hundred yeers of captiuity and brought againe together into their old country sing laud praise and thankes vnto almighty God for it The vulgar man considereth not what a glorious benefit this is To compare them a little together Was not that a miserie vpon misery when the parents were dispersed from their children the brethren from their sisters the

affliction for it is true that vnto the faithfull tribulation bringeth patience patience experience experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed This wee know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches When faith is weake patience cold hope in a swounde then is there no better meanes to helpe and relieue the poore soule then that shee frequent the holy Supper of the Lord where we doe not onely see before our eyes what and how much Christ hath suffered for our sakes but wee also feele that our hungry and thirstie soules are fed with his crucified body and are quenched with his bloodshed which is done when wee ingraue and firmely presse into our hearts by true faith that Christ is giuen vnto death for our sinnes and his blood is shed for our transgressions whereby faith will be stronger patience warmer hope more liuely the whole man will bee in God more ioyful wil go home vnto his house with a ioyful hart praise-singing mouth singing Psal 23. The Lord is my good shepheard I shal heceforth neuer want any thing he feedeth me on the greene pastures of his word hee giueth me to drinke of the fresh watersprings of his spirit his goodnesse and mercie will follow me all the dayes of my life This lastly we know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches That eternall saluation is prepared for vs after this life That is said the Lord sheweth his word vnto Iacob and reuealeth his grace and mercie only to Protestant Churches But hee sheweth vs not only the word of grace and mercie but he sheweth vs also his statutes and his iudgements Now these are Gods statutes and iudgements Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God Math. 22. with all thy heart with all thy soule with all thy strength and thy neighbour as thy selfe These be Gods statutes and his iudgments Let your light so shine before men Math 6. that they may see your good workes Luke 6. and glorifie your Father which is in heauen These be Gods statutes and his iudgments Loue your enemies doe good vnto them that hate you blesse them that curse you pray for them that hurt you These bee Gods statutes iudgments Take heede that your hearts be not oppressed with surfeting drunckennesse Luke 21. and with the cares of this life These are Gods statutes and his iudgments To doe well and to distribute forget not Heb. 13. These bee Gods statutes and his iudgments Follow peace with all men Heb. 12. and holines without the which no man shall see the Lord. But so O God doe few people at this day therefore Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Zion For as wee haue vnderstood out of this sermon there is nothing more precious then to praise our God such praise is pleasāt comely such praise is fitting to meete God the Lord with as hee that buildeth the wales of Ierusalem as hee that vseth his wisedome and power vnto the defence comfort of his Christēdome as he that yet sheweth vnto vs in Germany his sauing word and his holy statutes Who so acknowledgeth this who so laudeth and and praiseth this hee shall finde that vppon his praise singing life a praise singing death shall follow and hee shall by death bee ioyfully carried into that blessed life wherein all the faithfull meete together and shall sing Great is our Lord and great is his power hee maketh them that were low on earth to bee high in heauen them that on earth were proud and wicked hee abaseth and throweth downe vnto hell For if the honest subiects of the Electorall Palatinate did heartely so much reioyce yesterday when they saw that our right gracious and illustrious Princesse Electoresse was well and safely arriued here in good health and receaued with ioy of our right gracious Lord what thinke you will bee then there when wee and all other the faithfull who are Christs Bride that shall haue sailed ouer the deepe hideous terrible and tempestious Sea of this world yea the temporary death and shall haue arriued at the holy hill He alludeth to a hilat Heidelberg called the Holy hill not at Heydelberg but in heauenly Ierusalem where Christ will receaue vs euen the good Bridegrome who hath vndergone so far a iorney for our sakes as from heauen vnto the earth and hath giuen out his life a ransome for vs ioy fully will all sing there that can sing and all cheerefully giue piaise that can praise The Angels themselues will then assēble in troupes reioyce sing Halleluia praise ye the Lord the lambes wedding is come let vs sing reioyce Reu. 19 That which the Bride desired on earth that shee hath that she heareth that she seeeth that she feeleth now in heauē She hath the bridegrome she heareth Angels musick shee seeth the Father in the Sonne the Sonne in the Father and the holy Ghost in the Father and the Sonne God doth not so vnto any wicked nor letteth them see his glory nor suffereth them to feele his ioy Therefore praise here the Lord ye that would praise him there sing here vnto the Lord yee that would sing vnto him there Here must the beginning be made the full accomplishment and fruition of all will be found there Thankes be vnto the Father that so cleerly reuealeth his mercy vnto vs. Thankes be vnto the Sonne who hath purchased for vs peace ioy and life Thankes be vnto the holy Ghost that bindeth vs poore miserable wormes on earth in a permanent euerlasting loue with God in heauen Let all the people say Amen yea Lord Iesus Amen The Praier IT is a pleasant thing indeede to praise our God and to shew forth his mercie in the morning and his truth in the euening Therefore we returne our hearts and tongues vnto thee most mercifull God and Father and praise thy marueilous goodnesse which thou hast so plentifully and richly shewed vnto vs euer vntill this present It was thy goodnesse that our Lord and Prince Electors Highnesse went well and sound from hence into England three quarters of a yeare agoe It was thy goodnesse that his Highnesse purpose and designe came there vnto a happie end It was thy goodnesse that his Highnesse arriued here so well againe after the performance of that businesse And it is thy goodnesse that his Highnesse best beloued spouse arriued here safely yesterday to the great reioycing of all the people Blessed and praysed be thy high and great name for this thy maruellous goodnesse from this time forth and for euer We beseech thee gracious God and Father finish that work which thou hast begun and renew thy ancient mercie and louing kindnesse from day to day vpon this Princely new maried couple powre downe vpon them from heauen aboue thy heauenly goodnesse and blessing accomplish all their Highnesse designes heare them when they call vpon thee deliuer them when they bee in danger reioyce them when they be in sorrow blesse

good of all creatures For it is he Which couereth the heauen with clouds Verse 8. pre pareth rain for the earth and maketh the grasse to grow vpon the mountaines Which giueth to beasts their food Verse 9. and to the yong rauens that call vppon him We must needs wonder concerning the cloudes and we must needs wonder cōcerning the rain but yet we must needs much more admire and wonder that God createth such things not that he boasteth of his omnipotencie but of his goodnesse therein which also euidently appeareth in the very preseruation of bruit beasts For why doth the Lord couer the heauens with cloudes That he may prepare raine for the earth Wherefore doth hee prepare raie ffor the earth That grasse may grow vpon the mountaines Wherefore doth hee let grasse grow That beasts may haue their foode and the yong rauens that call vpon him So then we heare it well that God careth also for the bruite beasts as likewise for the yong rauens which call vpon him that is they which crie for hunger and must needs perish if God did not nourish them The heathen Phylosopher Aristotle taught that God onely cared for the more excellent creatures and regarded not the meaner But Gods word teacheth that God also preserueth the young rauens when they call vppon him and soe maketh no difference in his care for this or that beast as also in like manner concerning man He is no accepter of persons but in euery nation Act. 10.34.35 he that feareth him and worketh righteousnesse is accepted with him For as our Psalme saith he hath not pleasure in the strength of an horse verse 10. neither delighteth in any mans legges that is he careth not at all whether any bee proud and potent in the world but he delighteth in them that feare him and hope vppon his mercies whether they be highly or basely esteemed of amongst men in the world And it is not hard or heauie vnto God the Lord to nourish preserue and support both man and beast For verse 15. He only sendeth forth his commandements vppon earth that is he only commandeth it and his word runneth very swiftly that is and it is done Will he haue snowe then hee giueth it will hee haue hoare frost then hee scattereth it like ashes will he haue yce then hee casteth it like morsels will hee haue frost then can no man endure the cold thereof He sendeth his word and it melteth them verse 18. hee causeth his winde to blowe and the yee thaweth so that the waters flowe Now that which Gods people did here praise aforetime that are we worthily bound to extoll and praise at this day God hath mercifully of late turned his wisdome and almighty power ouer the Electorall Palatinate for good He hath mightily three quarters of a yeere agoe led our Prince Elector out of the Palatinate into England he hath wisely and richly blessed his highnesse designe and purpose and mightely hath very latelie safely conuayed and returned his Princely Electorall Highnesse and also yesterday the Princesse Electoresse his highnesse spouse safely vnto this place Wherefore sing yee one with another with thankesgiuing vnto the Lord and praise our God vpon the harpe Praise the Lord O Heydelberg praise thy God O Palatinate Howsoeuer we haue now with the old Church in regard of Gods now recited benefits sufficient cause of praise and thankesgiuing yet doth the Spirit of God further lead vs vnto the consideration of the most high and best good that God can giue vnto any man in a whole Countrey or Kingdome verse 19. Hee sheweth his word vnto Iacob his statutes and his iudgements vnto Israel O gracious Lord God verse 13. what were it though the Barres of our gates were made fast within vs and all outward peace procured vnto our borders if in the meanetime the borders of our consciences should be depriued of heauenly comfort What were it though our children were blessed within our gates if we were not thereof assured that we our selues also be Gods children What were it though our bodies were satisfied with the finest flower if our soules should in the meanetime euer hunger and thirst with the want of Gods worde and grace Therefore the Prophet reioyceth and triumpheth withall for this benefit that God offereth vnto the Iewish people his euerlasting grace and mercy in the word preached and for that the true Religion was at that time altogether shut vp within the cabinet of the Land of Iudah hee proceedeth herehence with admiration and saith Hee hath not dealt so with euery nation neither letteth them know his iudgements Praise ye the Lord. That is praise and thankes be giuen vnto God who amongst vs gathereth a handfull vnto him who know him honour him and feare him whereas notwithstanding so many people liue altogether without God and are depriued and euen robbed of all true comfort both in life and death We beloued in the Lord can now at this day reioyce of that in the Protestant Churches of Germanie whereof the people of the Iewes reioyced aforetime as namely that God hath shewed vnto vs his holy word and hath let vs know his statutes and his iudgements Hee sheweth his word vnto vs that is he cleerely reuealeth himselfe vnto vs in the Gospell This wee know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches God is the fountaine of all goodnesse and all the euill that is in the world proceedeth at no hand from him but from Satan and mans free will This wee know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches Christ Iesus is the almighty Sonne of God the brightnesse of his glory and the ingraued forme of his person who in the fulnesse of time tooke vpon him our flesh and blood and hath purchased for vs through his death eternall redemption This we know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches The holy Ghost is the third person of the Deitie the comforter of all the afflicted and the earnest of our saluation to come This wee know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches The Lord God hath so neere a care of his faithfull children that not so much as a haire of their head is bowed or any little bone broken in their body without his will This wee know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches When God calleth for vs before his strict iudgement be it as well in health as in sicknesse and denieth vnto our owne conscience all comfort so that wee cannot withstand the iust wrath of God at all but yet the alone precious suffering and bitter death of our deere Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ whose suffering and death being laid hold on with true faith euen then stilleth the spirituall heart-beating and quieteth the disturbed conscience This we know and acknowledge with all Protestant Churches When God sendeth vs sorrow and affliction it is so farre from hurting of vs that it also turneth vnto our good and our selues may therefore praise

them as thou didst blesse thy best friends Abraham Isaac and Iacob that so their whole countrey may bee glad of them and that in time vnder their gouernment iudgement and righteousnesse may meet together in all parts of the Palatinate and loue kindnesse and faithfulnesse may kisse one each other in all houses Receiue likewise into thy protection and defence the Romane Emperours Maiestie the King and Queenes Maiesties of Great Britaine as also the Prince their Son all other Christian Potentates Princes Electors and other Princes of the Empire especially in our right gracious ioynt gouernment together with their beloued Ladies all that belong vnto them and so likewise all the whole Electorall and Princely family of the Count Palatines by Rheine blesse them all in bodie in soule in honour in goods Looke downe from heauen vpon the fruits of the earth and speake and spread out thy blessing ouer them that we may also therby acknowledge thee the Father and fountaine of all mercie and goodnesse Haue mercie vpon all persecuted afflicted and sorrowfull Christians cure that which sicke is binde vp that which is wounded strengthen that which is weake Lastly receiue vs and giue vs vnto thee so shall we be a blessed people here temporally and there eternally Amen TO THE INDIFFERENT Reader Considering indifferēt Reader how sinisterly some of ignorance and others of malice conceaue of the state dignity of the High and Mightie Prince Elector Palatine Duke of Bauaria c. of his Coūtry of his receauing his most honored Ladie the Princesse Elizabeth and entertainement of my Lords the Commissioners and accordingly make report thereof as also how desirous others are to be rightly informed of the truth I could not in my dutie knowing the place and hauing certaine aduertisements thence from honorable personages and others of great worth credit but add this short plaine yet true narration thereof as well for the easier stopping of intemperate mouthes as for the better satisfying of all honest mindes that bee desirous of the truth First therefore concerning the Prince Elector Palatines originall and state though those many pedegrees published here already of his Highnesse discent sufficiently shew his ancient and high blood rising from many great Emperors and Kings yet giue mee leaue to fetch it from the very beginning The Palatinate and Bauaria were once a kingdome yet subiect as other States vnto alteration and change Chron Charian lib. 4. Chronolog Func The Kingdome continued from Adelgerius the first King vntill Tassilo the last all in lineall discent 332. yeeres from the yeere of Christ his incarnation 556. vntill the yeere 788. This Tassilo the last King for that he would neither be subiect nor friend vnto Charlemaine was at length after much warre subdued by him taken prisoner and both he and his sonne Dedon depriued of their Kingdome and kept prisoners in the Monasterie of Lanceack neere vnto Heidelberg where they both ended their daies in miserie After this the posterity of Charles the great held those Countries vntill the seuenteenth yeere full or meane as is by some supposed It is in length about 200. english miles the lower and vpper Countrey In the lower the Prince hath 26. walled Townes besides an infinite number of good and faire Villages 22. houses and the land is very fruitfull of wine corne and other comfortable fruites for mans vse hauing the Rheine Neckar running throgh it The vpper Countrey hath not so many walled townes and princely houses but those that are be generally fairer then in the lower especially Amberg and New-market For her Highnesse receauing After that she had passed the low Countries the Dukedomes of Gulick Cleue and Mont the Bishoprickes of Collen and Trier with a part of the Landgraue of Hessens countrey in all which places she had so great welcome entertainement and honorable presents as truely expressed the loue and applause of the people the affection of friends and greatnes of those Princes through whose territories shee passed Shee came at last happily to Cowlsome where the Prince Elector Palatine met her highnesse post with a few horse and went together to Gauelshemi another very smale village of his the 1. of Iune 1613. inconuenient for the prouiding for and lodging and prouisions for such a traine which was occasioned by reason Coub Bachrahe and all other good townes of his thereabouts were infected Here the Prince Elector and Princesse earnestly inuited my Lords the commissioners and others his Maiesties officers who had attended in the voiage to goe along with them vnto Heidelberg whereby they might not only haue a better view of some part of the countrey but also finde entertainement to their more content The commissioners condiscended vnto so gracious a ioint request and the rather to see her highnesse well arriue at her owne home But the other officers could not by any intreaty be perswaded to goe further desirous perhaps to make speedy report vnto their Maiesties and the state of her Highnesses safe arriuall in the Palatinate and soe re●●ued the next day for England And this is the cause they saw not any memorable thing worthy of praise in the Palatinate as my Lordes the commissioners did and will not forbeare to speake honorably thereof thogh some haue done otherwise for answering of whom and satisfying of others I haue thought good to touch this much by the way and noe more I am informed of Thence they rid the next day the 2. of Iune vnto the City of Mentz whither the Archbishoppe and Prince Elector thereof Chancelor of Germany had inuited their highnesses where they stayed two nights and were of him roially entertained with great and bounteous feasting sundry excellent Fireworkes the better to expresse their welcome and passe out the time in princely manner The 4. of Iune they rodd to Oppenheim an ancient City with a Castle therein of the Prince Electors and there lodged all night which the Troianes drew into the Citie in the night the Alarum was giuen Troy fired and the Greekes in triumph marched away Conquerours The next day the 7. of Iune the Princesse remoued towardes Heidelberg after shee had Passed the walled town of Ladeberg was met 3. miles from Heidelberg with the Prince Elector accompanied with 12. other Princes the rich coach 30. Earles one thousand gentlemen of the countrey richly attired and brauely set out with gallant horse armour and other habiliaments of war The horsemen attending the Princes were besides these two thousand more So that all the horse were three thousand and all great horse The Princes alighted and welcomed her Highnesse who ascended into her rich coach After a while shee was again encountered in three seuerall places with three regiments of foot 2000. in regimēt who first welcomed their Princesse with vollies of smal shot had after the thunder seconded with 20 peeces of great ordnāce Then they marched altogether orderly in good aray conducting her to Heidelberg where the Citizens