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A01196	The ioyful and royal entertainment of the ryght high and mightie Prince, Frauncis the Frenche Kings only brother by the grace of God Duke of Brabande, Aniow, Aláunson, &c. Into his noble citie of Antwerpe. 1582. Translated out of Frenche by Arthur Golding, according to the copie printed by Plantine at Antwerpe, his highnesse printer.; Joyeuse & magnifique entrée de Monseigneur Francoys fils de France. English.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1582 (1582)	STC 11310; ESTC S112675	40,277	106

resolued by her Maiestie and his highnes that the Mounsire shoulde depart Wherevpon the Queene calling the Lord Haward commāded him for the Erle of Lincolne the high Admirall of England was thē sicke to take vpon him y e charge of the Admiralship and to goe to Rochester there to chooze vessels meete for the transporting of the Mounsire and his traine and to furnish them with men of warre Marriners and all maner of necessaries as well of warre as of vittels Which thing was done with such diligence and speede that the ships being readie with all thinges in lesse then eyght dayes passed out of the riuer of Rochester and the Thames and were conueyed to the Downes nere to the town of Sandwich where y ● Moūsire was to take shipping And forasmuchas y e Mounsire came into Englande accompanied but with a fewe princes and Lordes and they also had left their traine in France some of the same Lords were sent backe againe afterward by his commandement for his seruice The Qneene determined to giue him a companie traine meet for his greatnes taking his iourney about so great and noble exployt And therefore shee commaunded the Erle of Leycester master of the Horses the Lorde of Hunsdon gouernour of Barwicke her Maiesties neare kinnesman the L. Hawarde the Uiceadmirall of whom the first two were of her priuie Counsell al three were Knightes of the order of the Garter to attende vpon him and to assemble as great a number of Englishe Lordes and Gentlemen as coulde bee gotten in so litle time to honour him withall Whereunto the saide Lordes obeyed verie willingly and there went with them to accompany them the Lord Willowghbie the Lorde Windsore the Lorde Sheffeelde the Lorde Hawarde and the Lord Awdley second sonne to the late Duke of Norffolke master Sydney Nephewe to the forenamed Erle of Leycester sir George Caree and master Iohn and Robert Caree all three sonnes of the saide Lord of Hunsdon master William Hawarde brother of the said Lorde Haward sir Thomas Shorley sir Iohn Parrat sir William Russell sir William Drurie and sir George Bowser Knightes and a great number of other Gentlemen so as the whole traine that attended vpon the said Erle was to the number of a hundred Gentlemen and of mo than three hundred Seruingmen The Lord of Hunsdon had of Gentlemen and others together to the number of a hundred and fiftie and the Lorde Hawarde had as many The Queene determined to accompanie the Mounsire to the seas side and yet neuerthelesse commaunded the said Lords to keepe their course and to attende vpon his highnes to the said place with all maner of solemnities interteynments and feastings Hee on the other side desired and besought her Maiestie not to depart out of London as well for that the iourney would be painefull vnto her as for that he sawe the wether fayre and winde fauourable and therefore was loth to loose any occasion of perfourming his voyage withal speede But hee coulde not preuaile Wherevpon her Maiestie tooke her iourney with her whole Court the first day of Februarie and lodged that night at Rochester The next day abiding stil at Rochester her Maiestie shewed him all her great ships w t were in that place into most whereof his highnesse and the Prince and Lordes of his trayne entered not without great admiration of the Frenche Lordes and Gentlemen who confessed that of good right the Queene of Englande was reported to bee Ladie of the Seas Also he behilde howe all those shippes were ready furnished and well appointed And her Maiestie tolde him that al those vessels and the furniture of them shoulde doe him seruice whensoeuer he would imploy them For the which he humbly thanked her Maiestie and so after all the great ordinance had bin shot of they returned for y t day againe to Rochester The third day they went to Sittingboorne where dining both together the Queene was serued after the Englishe maner by the greatest Ladies of her Court and the Mounsire after the Frenche maner by the Gentlemen of his traine which Ladies and Gentlemē dined afterward togithers Then his highnesse be sought her Maiestie againe to goe no further declaring vnto her that the fayre wether pas sed away But notwithstanding his intreatance the Queene wēt on still to Cauntorburie At which place after one dayes tarriance when shee had openly feasted all the Frenche Nobilitie eyther parte tooke their leaue of other not without great greefe and shewe ●f verie great amitie specially betweene her Maiestie and the Mounsire Whiche thing was perceiued also in the Lordes and Gentlemen of both the nations and likewise in the Ladies to all whom it was like greefe to depart after they had been conuersant and had liued friendly and brotherlie together by the space of three monethes without any change or alteration of their good willes But the honour which inforced his highnesse asswaged his griefe and made him to proceede on his iorney with the said Prince and Lords of both the nations The sixt day of the same moneth whereas hee was determined to haue taken shippe hee was counseled to lodge that night at Sandwiche because the winde was somewhat changed Howebeit some of the Englishe Gentlemen namely master Killegrey master Dier and others to eschewe thronging at their imbarking went to Douer there taking shipp the same night lay a while at anker and somewhat after midnight sailed away with certain other vessels The seuenth day in the morning about ix of the cloke his highnesse tooke the sea in three great ships of war In y ● greatest of thē named The Discouerer sailed the Moūsire himselfe with the Erle of Leycester and the Lorde Hawarde the Uiceadmirall In the seconde called the Sentinell went the Prince Daulphin and in the thirde went the countie of Lauall and the Lord of Hunsdon Nowe as his highnes was yet at anker there came a poste from a Lord of Englande who brought him worde that the States of the lowe Countreys were reuolted and namely the citie of Antwerpe and therefore he prayed him not to depart vntill he had more certayne newes Notwithstanding this his highnes determined to depart and so sayled away with fifteene shippes and hee had so fayre a weather whiche continued euen vntill after his entering into Antwerpe and his feasting solemne entertainement there that the heauen the windes the sea and the earth seemed all to fauour his voyage to further y ● gladnesse which the people shewed in receyuing him with so great good-will In the meane time the Prince of Orange seeing the time fit departed from Middleborowgh where hee had taryed the Mounsires comming sixe weekes and more and came to Flushing to take order for althings that were requisite for the honourable and commodious interteyning of so great a Prince At y ● which place vnderstanding by the letters of the saide Lords Ambassadors others that the Mounsire

Boroughmaisters the Skepons the Treasurers the Receiuers the olde Deputies the chiefe Burgesses the Duartermaysters the Wardens the Auncientes of the Handicraftes the Colo●lles the Wardens of the ●wyldes the capteynes of the citie your Highnesses most humble and obedient subiectes are exceeding glad to see that you whome they haue alreadie receyued for Duke of Brabande and for their souereigne Lorde and Prince are ready to make your othe vnto this Citie and to receyue it at the hande of the Magistrates Burgesses and Citizens thereof in respect of the Citie it selfe and of the Marquesdome of the sacred Empyre Assuring them selues that your heighnesse wilbe vnto them a good righteous and lawfull Prince to gouerne them according to their fraunchises Lawes and Customes And promising mutually on their behalfe to your heighnesse to bee good loyal and faythful subiects vnto you to spend all their goodes yea and their liues in your seruice and in the maintenaunce of your dignitie rightes and preheminences And like as God hath put into your highnes minde to take vpon you first the protection and defence and secondly the whole Souereigntie of the Low Countries and Prouinces which haue entred into league with you vpon hope that the same God will of his gratious goodnesse and mercie so blesse and prosper your dealings and enterprises as that they shall out of hand see the effecte of that communication in the hyest degree to the accomplishment of your royall and Heroycall desires both in the generall and also in the particular delyueraunce of the Countrey from the calamities and miseries of war wherby they shall haue the better cause to acknoweledge the great goodturnes and benefites receiued at your heighnesse hand and to honour loue and serue you as the very Protector of the land and father of their Countrey When Uanderwerk had made an end and the Dukes heighnes had aunswered him conformably to that which hee had spoken without the Towne the said Uanderwerk told the people alowd y t the Duke was ready to take receiue his oth at y t hand of the Magistrate of al the people Inhabiters of the Citie of Antwerp And that god had vouchsafed to sēd thē a Prince of so rare and heroycall vertues of so great puissaunce and the onely brother of so great a king that they might well hope that the same God would inable him to ridde these Countries within a while from the great number of calamities and myseries wherewith they were oppressed And forasmuch as his heighnesse had beene receyued with solempne delyberation of the states confederate yea and with solemne resolution of all the members of that Citie and GOD had commaunded men to loue honour and obey their Princes he exhorted the people to yeelde him all humble obedience according to Gods commaundement To which intent the oth as well which his highnesse should make to the people as which the people shoulde make to his highnes should be read vnto thē Praying God to giue such grace vnto his heighnes as he folowing the same might wel rule gouerne and vnto the Burgesses and Citizens of Antwerp as they might perform their obedience like good loyall and faythfull subiects that Gods name might be sanctified to the benefit prosperitie and safegarde of the Citie and to the great increase of the Dukes puyssaunce honour and glory Then the same Underwerk red the othe which was to be made by the Duke with the style of the Duke of Brabande and all his other tytles Which oth was red to his heighnes in French and receyued by Syr Philip Schonehouen Lorde of Wan●roe Borowhmayster without the Citie Which being don y ● said Uanderwerk red y ● oth which the Magistrate people were to make which was repeated word for worde by the Magistrates and a great number of people which were within the hearing of it And this oth was exacted of the Magistrate and people of Antwerpe by the Amptman in the name and by the commaundemente of the Duke Uppon the finishing of these solemnities the Duke himselfe did cast twoor three handfulles of golde and siluer amonge them and then the Herauldes cryed Alargesse and the trumpettes and drummes were sounded euerye where and many instruments of musicke were played vpon as had beene doone afore at his first arryuall When he was come downe from the scaffolde hee wente into the Townehouse with all the Princes Lordes and Gentlemen which were verye manye where he was receyued by the Worshipfull of the Citie and dyned openly at a very sumptuous and royall feast prepared for him and so that daye passed in great ioye contentation and admiration as wel of his heighnesse and his company as of all the reste of the people Towards night were shot off two peales of great ordinance againe and the fires of ioye were continue● much greater and mo in number tha● afore Thus ended the ioyefull and royall enterteinement of the right noble Prince Frauncis Sonne brother to the kings of France by the grace of God Duke of Braband The rest of the weeke and the daies following the Lordes of the priuy Counsell the Offycers of the Aydes of the Exchecquers of the c●ambers of the accountes and of the other Corporations Colleges and Cōmunalties came to visit his heighnesse and to offer him their humble seruice promising al faythfulnes and obedience All whome hee receyued verye gratiously to their contentation aunswering them so aduisedly with so good grace and fitnesse without omitting anye poynte of that which hee had purposed that all men not onely wondered at him but also were inforced to honour and loue him and to set forth his prayses among the people Fynally the Deputies of the reformed Churches of both the languages being presented vnto him by the Prince of Orendge were gently heard and they spake vnto him as followeth Syr wee be sent vnto your Heighnesse by the reformed Churches of this Citie as well of the language of Lowe Duchland as of the French to shew vnto you with all humilitie reuerence and subiection that wee haue thanked and still doe thanke God with all our heart for voutsafing too bring your heighnes so happily hyther And this our ioy is matched with the toy of all other folkes as wee hope your heighnes hath vnderstoode by the glad and ioyfull receiuing and entertayning of you Also Syr we hope that as the great honour and felicitie which these Countries haue attayned vnto wherein few Countries are able to match them haue beene purchased vnder the souereignetie and gouernmente of the right reno●ed Princes the Dukes of Burgoyn which issued out of the most noble house of Fraunce so vnder your guiding and gouernement being of the same house the auncient renoume of the same dignitie shalbe recouered by your prowesse and mayntained by your wisdome It is little more than three hundred yeares agoe that these Countries being gouerned by sundry Dukes Earles and Lordes had not atteyned the renoume which other nations