Richenaw S. Emmeran at Ratisbonne Salmanswile Shlussenried S. Vlrick in Augsburg S. Cornelius Munster Stabe l Vesin or Irsee Vsperg Weingarten Wettenhausen Wenden Abbatesses BVchaw on the Lake called Federsea Essen Guttentzel Gerenroda Hervord Heggenbach Lindaw The Vpper Munster in Ratisbonne The Lower Munster at Ratisbonne Quedlingburg Rottenmunster The Earles of the Sacred Roman Empire BArbey and Muhlingen Bentheim Bruckhorst Castell Erbach Eberstein Furstenberg Falkenstein Hohenloe Hanaw of Muntzenberg Hanaw of Liechtenberg Isenburg Lippa Lewenstein Leyningen Mansfelt Montsort Mandershied Nassaw Catzenelenbogen Nassaw Sarbrucken Neumar Ostfriesland Oldemburg Oetingen Ortemburg Ruepfen Solms Suliz Sayn The foure Counts of the Empire SWartzenburg Stollberg Schaumburg Schwartzenberg Tubingen Waldeck VVittigenstein Wildt and Count of the Rhine Wied Zimmern Freebarons Barons and Lords of the Sacred Roman Empire FLeckenstein Fugger Griechingen Graveneg Hohen Geroldsegg Hohenfels Konigsegg of Aulendorf and Marstetten Limburg hereditary Cupbearer of the Sacred Roman Empire Maxelrein Pappenheim hereditary Marshall of the Sacred Roman Empire Reussen of Plawen Senisheim Shoenburg Schenck of Trauttenberg Wallburg hereditary Sewer of the Sacred Roman Empire Wolfstein Winnenberg and Peilstein Waldbotten of Passenheim The Cities of the Sacred Roman Empire AAch or Aaken Augsburg Aalen Biberach Buchhorn Buchaw on the lake cald Federsea Bingen Bopfingen Constance on the Lake called Bodensea Colmar Collen on the Rhine Cammerich Dinkelspiel Dortmund Donawert which at this day enjoyes not the liberties of an Imperiall City but is detained by the House of Bavaria but is to be restored Esligen Francfurt on the Maine Fridberg Goslar Gemund in Swaben Giengen Giengenbach Hervorden Hailbrun Hall in Swaben Hagenaw Isna Kaufbeuren Keysersberg Kempten Landaw Leutkirchen Lindaw Lubec Munster in the Gregorian vale Mulhausen in Turingia Memmingen Norimberg Nordlingen Nordhausen in Turingia Offenburg Oberenheim Pfullendorff Popfingen Regensburg or Ratisbone Rotweil Reutlingen Ravensburg Rotenburg on the Tauber Rosheim Strasburg Spire Sweinfurt Schletstat Turckheim Weinsheim Weissenburg in Nortgaw Wangen Weill Wimpfen Weissenburg on the Rhine Worms Weizler Vlme Vberlingen Zell on Hammersbach RELATION OF THE present State of the Imperiall Chamber of the Sacred Roman Empire at Spire Anno M. DC XXXVI ONe Iudge of the Imperial Chamber Three Presidents of the Imperiall chamber One Assessour for the Electour of Mentz One Assessour for the Electour of Collen One Assessour for the Electour of Tryer. Two extraordinary Assessours of the Ecclesiastick Electours One Assessour for the Electour Palatine One Assessour for the Electour of Saxony One Assessour for the Electour of Brandenburg Two extraordinary Assessours for the secular Electours Two Austrian Assessours Two Burgundian Assessours Foure Assessours for the Circle of Franconia Foure Assessours for the Circle of Bavaria Foure Assessours for the Circle of Swaben Foure Assessours of the Upper Circle of the Rhine two places whereof are now voyd Foure Assessours of the Lower Circle of the Rhine all which places are now voyd Foure Assessours for the Circle of Saxony One Fiscal advocate being a Doctour in Law Fourteene Advocates all Doctours of Law One Fiscall Procuratour Doctour of both lawes Two and twenty procuratours all Doctours and Licenciats in Law One chiefe superintendent of the Chancery Doctour of both lawes Three Protonotaries the first and second places whereof are now voyd Foure Readers One Fiscall Notary One Register Foure Notaries One Master of the Messengers One Physitian Two Sergeants One receiver of the chancery Foure Engrossers Two Copiers One keeper of the Chancery chamber Tenne Messengers of the Chancery that serve on horse-backe Ten Foot-posts or Messengers serving on foot A Catalogue of all such persons which by his Imperiall Majesty during the time of his raigne have beene created Princes Earles Barons or Lords And first he created Princes of the Empire ERnest Count of Schaumburg Prince Iohn George Count of Hohen-zoler of VVoldstein Francis and Maximilian of Dieterichstein Philip Ottho Count of the Rhine Stenko Adelbert of Lobcowitz Albert Duke of Fridland Princes and Marquisses of the Roman Empire PEter Aldobrandin Marquis Fabritius Caraffa Prince Charles Spinelli Marquis Anthony Biglio Marquis Charles Emanuel of Gore Prince Charles Philibert of Este Prince Ludwig Victorius Marquis Ierome Caraffa Marquis of Monte-negro Prince Count of Contecroy Prince Charles of Cardenas Prince Paul Ierome Marquis Anthony Bishop of Vienna Prince George Ossomilimius in Tenzin Prince Albert Altovite Marquis Thomas Raggio Marquis Follow the new created Earles or Counts of the Empire THe Freebarons of Buchaim now Earles The Freebaron of Nachot The Barons of Meggaw The Baron of Bronkorst The Baron of Geraldine The Lord Michna Those of Tilly. Those of Mittrowitz Maximilian of Trautmanstorf The Baron of Losenstein Iohn Iacob Kissell Balthasar of Thanhausen N. of Taxis Sdenko of Shambach Sesyma of VVrâ—by Baron Rodrigo Barragan Iaspar Bernhard of Rechberg Those of VValdeck Herman Tshermi The two brothers of Cratzen Burian Bercka Adam Erdman Terzka VVilliam Verdugo Paul Andrew of Wolkenstein Henry Erbtruchsas Freebaron of VValdpurg VVilliam of Mihinitz Iohn Iacob Erbtruchsas Gotfrid Henry of Pappenheim VVentzel of VVurben Those of VVrzowitz Rodolf Tertzka VVoldemar Christian of Holstain Theodoric and Iohn Andrew of Aursperg Philip Adam of Cronberg Charles Christopher of Brandstein The Dorrings VVilliam of Clenowa N. of Konigsegg N. of Atthimis Iohn Balthasar Sigismund Ludovic of Dieterichstein Ladislaus of VValdstein Henry Holka Iohn Altringer Iohn Charles of Schonburg Ioachim of Mettich Iohn Ludovic Isolani Those of Wolkenstein Adolph and Charles of Puchaim Nicolas des Fours Iacob Kuen The Hutzfeldes Francis of Vlefelt Iohn Goetz Iohn of Ligniville Theodore Trivultius Francis and Baptista Crescentii Charles of Gaulz Iacob Strozzi Iohn Baptista of Verdenberg Henry de Ravero Sdenco of Collobrat Paul Bernhard of Font aines Vincent Cavalli Martin and Georg Krasichi Ioachim of Quincey Iaspar Ernest and Gerard of Donhof Maximilian of Gallian Lupus Walter Zapata These following were created Freebarons called Liberi Barones THe Virnemonds Freebarons Those of Reiffenberg Those of Ulm. Of Wrzeswitz The Webers Those of Stein The Toettenbeckes The Wattsen Of Sickingen Herman Isherin Kurtzen Of Benzenaw Spiering Of Closen Of Mespelbrun Vincent Mushinger Of Newhaus Otto of Nostitz Iohn Hersan Of Rorbach Of Wansheim Leuin of Mortagni Of Weichs Rodhaubt Vrban Shatzel George Zdiarskie of Zdiar Of Wurtenbach Of Degenfelt Of Questenberg Ferdinand Geitzkâ—fler William of Clenowa Thomas of Lindlo Iohn Vlric Schafgotsh Ioachim of Donnersberg Henry of Ginandis Iohn of Shonstein Henry Charles of Orscalor Of Husman Iohn Charles Fuchs Iohn Altringer Those of Baumgartner Charles of Heim Francis Marzoni Vlric of Ronmâ—g Iohn of Bremd Cornelius of Muhlen Alexander of Vehlen Iaspar of Gram. Of Comargo Theodoric and Iohn Andrew of Aursperg William and Werner of Bomgarten Iohn Vlric and George Ehrnrich of Puriâ—g Iohn Charles and Otto Frederick of Shonburg Philip Hector and Leopald of Adelshausen Of Closen Ferdinand Rodolf Lashanskie Henry and Christopher Adam of Muggenthal Iohn Fridecick and Iohn Constantine of Pentzenaw Eberhard Adolph of Muggenthall Thobias of Haubitz Iohn Henry Nothaft Francis Maximilian of Billehe Iohn of Reck. George Frederic of Standing Iacob Brechtold Iohn George of Seebach Sebastin Wietz Iohn Gotz Iohn Rodolf of Bredaw Reinhard of Walmerode Iohn Christopher and Iohn Paul of Ruppen Luther of Buwinghausen Maximilian of Goltz Of Paar Foppius and Aisema Iohn of Leuttersheim Corpus Iohn de Werth Of Reinach The Crafts brothers Barons or Lords Florian Theodorich Albert Clodomir Fabriani Wolfgang William Laminger Iohn Baptist Werda Henry Baradas Christoph Nicolas Andrew c. Orlick Martin Somogie Iohn Baptist Trecho Leo Groppello Medici Ernest of Suis Ioseph of Neuhaus Ernest of Linden Iohn of Merode Iohn William Arnold of VVachtendank George of Gaillard Iohn Cerboni Degenhard Bertram of Lohe in VVisen Iacob Francis Bestacalda Matthias Gallas Philip and Bernhard of Areyzaga Francis Porta Adrian of Enckefort Ernest Henry and Gotfrid of of Sharenberg Matthew of Vernier FINIS
precedency before the great Duke of Tuscany The Electors Princes States of the Roman Empire have some their Residents and others their Agents negotiating their affaires in the Imperiall Court but when their happens any thing of moment or difficulty they send their Ambassadours to his Imperall Majesty The Popes Nuncio takes the first place in the Court before all other Ambassadours and before the Princes of the Empire then present After him the Spannish Ambassadour claimes and pretends precedency FINIS THE STATE OF THE IMPERIALL-COVRT of the EMPEROVR FERDINAND THE SECOND Wherein is treated Of all higher and lower Officers and Ministers Privy Counsellors Imperiall Court Court-chamber Court-Millitary Hungarian Bohemian Austrian and divers other such like Imperiall and Royall Court-Councellors and Court dispatches of the severall Chanceries and of their Officers And principally Of the severall Iurisdictions of the foure chiefe Court Officers Of Ambassadours Residents and Agents Artificers Tradesmen and Musicians of the Court c. As it was MDC XXXVI LONDON Printed by ANNE GRIFFIN 1637. The High Steward of the Court. THe L. Leonard Hellfried Count of Megaw c. The Cabinet Counsellours THe L. Francis Cardinall and Prince of Dietrichstein Bishop of Olmuiz in Moravia The L. Anthony Prince and Bishop of Vienna Abbot of Crembsmunster The L. Leohard Hellfned Count of Megaw high Steward of the Imperiall Court The L. Maximilian Count Trantmansdorff high Steward to K. Ferdinand the third The L. Iohn Ernest Fugger Count of Kerchburg and Weissenhorne Knight President of the Imperiall Court-Counsell The L. Ignatius Abbot of Lilienfield President of the Imperiall Court-chamber The L. Henry Schlicke Count of Parsaw and Weisenkirhen President of the Imperiall Court-counsell of warre The L. Iohn Baptist Count of Werdenberg Chancellour of the Imperiall Court The L. Wolgang Count and Lord of Mansfelt Imperiall Counsellour of the warre and Governour of Raab in Hungary The L. George Lippai of Zombor Bishop of Vesperin Chancellour of the Hungarian Counsell The L. William Count of Schlavata high Chancellour of the Kingdome of Bohemia The L. Francis Christopher Khevenhiller Count of Frankenberg high Steward of the Court of the Queene of Hungary The L. Iulius Neidhard Count of Noersburg The L. Peter Henry of Stralendorff Baron Vice-chancellour of the Sacred Roman Empire The L. Sigfrid Christopher Preuner Baron Lieutenant of Lower Austria The High Chamberlaine THe Lord Iohn Iacob Khiesel Count of Gotsher The high Ma shalt of the Court. THe Lord Leonhard Helfried Count of Harrach The high Master of the Horse THe Lord Bruno Count and Lord of Mansfelt The Lords of the Emperours chamber in ordinary are these following THe L. Iohn Christopher of Paar Baron generall Post-master for the Court. Wentzel Count of Wurben Charles Count of Portia Georg Achat C. of Losenstein Szywa Count of Wurben Frederick Cou. of Caveriani Hierome Co. of Montecuculi Montauto Co. of Mountacut George Barthol Khiel C. c. Frederick Co. of Atomos Vratislaus Co. of Furstenberg Francis Co. of Picolomini Iohn Co. of Swartzenberg Wolf Engelbrecht Co. of Awersberg Diolate Co. of Conossa Simon Lewis Co. of Dietrichstein Iohn Count of Trauston George Ehrnrich C. of Trautmanstorf Adam Co. of Budiani Adam Count Forgatsh Iulius C. of Salm. Barons Gabriel Ardedi Free-baron Iohn Sigismund Gayler Free-baron Dionise Setshy Free-baron Stanislaus Potaizi Wolfskie Free-baron Iacob di Negro Free-baron William of Tedenbach Free-b Christopher of Ebiswald Free-baron Iohn Maximilian Free-baron of Lamberg Peter Ernest of Molar Free-baron Iohn George Free-baron of Herberstein Christopher Free-b Teufel Rodolf Free-baron of Paar These following of his Imperiall Majesties chamber extraordinary are all either Princes Earles or Lords PRince Christian of Anhalt Iohn Caspar Master of the Teutonick Order Prince of Mergetheim Iules Henry Duke of Saxen Lawenburg Collonel Rodolf Maximilian Duke of Saxen Lawenburg Collonel Francis Albert Duke of Saxen Lawenburg Collonel Rodolf Duke of Lignitz Henry Wentzel Duke of Munsterberg Maximilian Prince of Liechtenberg Ferdinand Prin. of Cardenas Earles Anthony Gunther Count of Oldenburg Christian C. of Waldeck Iohn Lewis C. of Nassaw Frederick C. of Hardeck George Lewis C. of Swartzenberg Frederick C. of Furstenberg William C. of Slawata Wolfgang C. of Mantsfelt Bruno C. of Mansfelt Henry C. of Shlick Maximilian C. of Dieterichstein Francis Christopher C. Khevenhuller Iaroslaw Borzita C. of Marzin Leonhard Hellfrid C. of Megaw Balthasar C. of Maradas Iohn C. of Nassaw George C. of Opperstorf Matthias C. of Gallas Michael Adolf Co. of Altheim William Vratislaw C. of Mitrowitz Adam Paul C. of Slawata Maximilian C. of Wallstein Leonhard Charles C. of Harrach Rodolf C. of Colloredo Octavius Co. Piccolomini Barons Arnold Freebaron of Peymer Philip Husman Freebaron Iohn Iacob Freebaron of Kusstein Ernest Freeb. of Kollonnitsh Ferdinand Curtz Freebaron of Serftenaw Christopher Loebell Freebar Sigfrid Christopher Preuner Freebaron Iulius Neidhard Freebaron of Moersburg William Leopald Nothaft Freebaron of Wehrenberg Gundacre Freebaron of Polheim Paul Palfy Freebaron Steven Palfy Freebaron Ernest Freebaron of Suys Paul Iacob Freebaron of Starenberg Rodolf Freebaron of Tieffenbach Frederic Freebaron of Thallenberg Christopher Thonradle Freebaron Christopher Paradiser Freebaron Sigismund Adam Freebaron of Traun Adam Freebar of Wallstein Charles Freebaron of Tzherotin Peter Henry Freebaron of Stralendorf Conrad Baron of Steinberg Henry Freebar of St. Iulian. George Teuffell Freebaron Iohn Freebaron of the Reck. Leopold Freeb. of Stralendorf Ioachim Adolf of Stralendorf Baron The Imperiall Court-counsell hath two Benches whereof the one is called the Bench of the Nobles and consisteth of Counts Barons and Knights to the number of twenty The other Bench is called the Bench of the learned Counsellours whereof are ten most of them Doctours or Batchellours both of the civill and canon Law The President of this Court-counsell is Iohn Ernest Fugger Count of Kirchberg Another Counsell called the Imperiall Court-chamber consisteth of seven Counsellors which are either Freebarons Barons or Doctours Ignatius Abbot of Lillyfield is the President of this Counsell The Counsell of Warre consisteth of eight Counsellours whereof is one Duke two Counts and five Freebarons and Henry Count of Shlick is President of this Imperiall Military-counsell The Captaine of the Guard with Javelins consisting of one hundred horse and called Hartshier is Don Balthasar Count de Maradas The Captaine of the foot or Halberdiers is Philip Count of Mansfelt and this Guard consisteth also of one hundred men The Master of the Staffe or the Imperiall Officer who bearing a blacke rod ushereth the meat which is carried to the Imperiall table commonly called Stab-master is Diodato Count de Conossa Bruno Count of Mansfelt is now both Master Falkner and Huntsman the two offices of the high Hunter and high Falkner The generall Postmaster is Iohn Christopher Freebaron of Paar At the Imperiall Court are alwaies as Counsellors for the affaires of Hungaria George Lippai Bishop of Vesperin Court-chancellour for that Kingdome and Thomas Mikulich of Brukonoz Counsellour of that Kingdome and Lieutenant
privelidges had the exercise of their religion in the City it selfe even in the Minimes Temple at the Provinciall House And although the Emperour Rodolph the second and before him Ferdinand the first did resolve to their power to abolish the exercise of that religion and began likewise a great reformation and advanced the businesse so farre that under the Emperour Rodolph the second the Evangelicall state of Lower Austria lost the exercise of their religion in the City of Vienna and it seemed as if an universall deformation and a totall suppression and extirpation of all the Evangelicks in those Countries would have followed Yet the Emperour Matthias the first for divers great causes did most graciously grant the Evangelicall state of Lower Austria the exercise of their religion in the Village called Hoernals about a quarter of a German league from the City and granted them his high Imperiall and Archducall Protection notwithstanding the Catholickes especially the Cleargy whom the exercise of that religion did vehemently offend perswaded themselves that the sermons of Cardinal Clozel would have enduced the Emperour againe to prohibit the exercise of the Evangelicks at Hoernals And that he would not permit them Evangelicall Matrimony nor the administration of the Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper But when the Emperour Ferdinand the second tooke the raines of the Roman Empire and had taken the City of Prag a Priest did seriously inculcate to his Majesty that whereas since the states of the Evangelicall Provinces had beene permitted the exercise of their religion in the Village of Hoernals by the Emperour Matthias the first they had so multiplyed that in that congregation there were sometimes twenty thirty even forty or fifty thousand persons and therefore hee earnestly petitioned that the exercise of that religion might be abolished by publike command And thereupon it came to passe that a reformation of religion was directâ—d in the City of Vienna by an Imperiall Mandate and the exercise of the Augustan confession in the Village of Hoernals which was afterwards given to the Cathedrall Church of St. Steven in Vienna was quite suppressed upon a pretext that the Baron Helmhardt Iorger who was then in prison at Lintz had no right of patrinage in that Village and all the Evangelicall Preachers were forbidden to enter the City upon grievous punishments But yet in Austria they were suffred for their persons as heretofore and some of the Citizens and inhabitants had leave to goe out of the Towne unto Sermons and Sacraments after the Evangelicall manner at Intzerrdorff belonging to the Lord Geyer of Osterburg a Mile from the City But at the last Anno 1627. his Imperiall Maiesty severely required all Ecclesiasticall Evangelicks by publike Imperiall and Archducall Proclamations and Mandates to void by a certaine time all the Country of Austria and all other his Imperiall Majesties hereditary Dominions with prohibition under his highnesse pleasure and unpardonable punishents never to returne or to remaine there upon any termes In Ecclesiastically matters the City of Vienna acknowledgeth the Bishop who hath spirituall jurisdiction over all the Bishoppricke of Vienna And the Bishop hath his Officiat alwaies in Vienna The Cathedrall Church which is dedicated to St. Steven is of a costly great high and large building set off on one side with a very high spired and excellent faire steeple in which there is a very great and goodly Bell. A like steeple was on the other side begun and brought to some perfection but was never finished this they say the Bishop will perfect and make it answerable to the other and it is thought that in foure yeares space it may be finished The present Bishop hath likewise caused all the old Bishops house to be pul'd downe and is building a large magnificent Pallace in the place to which purpose hee hath obtained of the Emperour a hundred thousand Rixdollers which was the price of the Duke of Meckelburgs reconciliation This Church was raised to a Cathedrall by Pope Paul the second at the mediation of the Emperour Fredericke the third The Bishops revenew amounts but to 8000. florins which is but 1200 pounds sterling The present Bishops name is Antony who hath gained the Title of Prince from the Emperour And hee holds besipes the Bishoppricke the wealthy Abby of Crembsmunster of St. Bennets Order in Upper Austria He is also a Privy Councellour to his Imperiall Majesty and the first of the Counsell His predecessour was Cardinall Clozel who dyed at Vienna in the yeare 1630. There are sixteene Cannons of this Cathedrall but by reason of the small revenue of the Church their stipends are but slender They all dwell about the Cathedrall There are also divers other Churches and Cloysters within and without this City The Emperour Fredericke the second founded the University at Vienna in the yeare 1237. and indued it with very great priviledges and immunities which were afterwards renewed and amplified by Albert the third of Austria This Emperour Ferdinand the second about the yeare 1622. gave this Academy to the Iesuits with the adjoyning and appendant Burses and Colledges or Convents where now they teach and breed their schollers His Majesty also granted them the liberty of prefessing Theology and Philosophy but upon condition that the chaire should be free for any of the Dominicans Franciscans or Minimes to professe or dispute The Lawyers and Phisicians continue their ancient combination and every sixe moneths they choose a new Rector When they thinke fit to call a Counsell for the good of themselves or any other of the united persons of the University it is chosen and consists of sixteene of those faculties The Rector of the University hath jurisdiction over all the persons and members of the Vniversity The civil government of the City is ordered by the Senate which consists of eighteene Citizens and Senators to whom all businesses are propounded concerning the particular or common good of the Citizens or City and by them they are deliberated The chiefe of these is the Burgmaster In criminall matters the Burgmaster hath his Assessors and Assistants But the civill government is not absolutely in the Senate but doth depend on the Lieutenant of the Lower Austria And at all Colledges and consultations of the Senators an Imperiall Minister is alwaies present in person The Office of Lieutenant is now exercised by Baron Sigfrid Christopher Preunez one of his Imperiall Majesties Privy Counsell and president of the government of Lower Austria who hath chiefe cognizans in matters which concerne the Cities and civill government and in the absence of his Imperiall Majesty the government is solely in him The Arsenall of Vienna is compleatly furnished not onely with ships and Vessels usefull for the place but also with Armes all warlike preparation and with great and small Ordnance which are there kept The present Master of the which is Count Xantelier by Nation a Lorraine but because his Father brought him to the Imperiall Court when he
and in the Vpper Austria and somewhat in the Lower have brought above three and forty millions of florins to the Imperiall Treasury since the yeare 1618. CHAP. 7. Of the Empresse King FERDINAND the third the Queene MARY Archduke Leopald William and the Emperours daughters ELeonora the Roman Empresse daughter of Vincent the elder Duke of Mantova and sister to the late deceased Duke Vincent of Mantova is now thirty seven yeares of age of a perfect stature gentle countenance and wise a good wife liberall mercifull and meeke She had for her dowry from her Ducall house about three hundred thousand crownes And his Imperiall Majesty hath given her lands in lower Austria to above that valew in exchange When she was crowned at Presburg the Hungarians presented her a hundred thousand Rixdollers and in the second provinciall Dyet of Hungary eighteene thousand Rixdollers and another time also thirty thousand His Imperiall Majesty allowes her commonly every moneth two thousand florins which in English is no more than three hundred pounds sterling a Country house commonly called Favoritenhoff Her habit is almost Spannish she is pious and religious and entertaines Ecclesiasticall persons with great love and honour and chiefly Capuchins and Carmelites His Imperiall Majesty hath left foure children living Ferdinand the third King of Hungary and Bohemia Leopald William Archduke of Austria Maria Anna wife of Maximilian Duke of Bavaria and and Cecilia Renata who is yet unmarried all borne of his Imperiall Majesties first wife who was his cosin german and sister to Maximilian Duke of Bavaria King Ferdinand the third is now of nine and twenty yeares of age compleat hee is well favoured of an heroicke countenance and fashion of a taller stature than his father blacke haire and beard becomming his royall face and giving it a manly forme hee is wise prudent and serious carefull of his reputation silent and in many things like the Duke of Bavaria He payes his debts duely but withall he knowes well how to practice the proverb Ne quid nimis or rather as the Dutch Neere reckon'd well payd yet will be wanting in nothing which is just and decent His studies in which he hath well profited are fit for a King as well necessary in warre as in peace chiefly the Mathematickes and art of warre and fortification he speakes many Languages German Italian Latin Bohemian and Spannish He is devout and religious and he hath a particular Court of his owne The Queene his wife is the Infanta Mary sister of Philip the 4th King of Spaine whose dowry the same with the Queene of France was five hundred thousand crownes every crowne valued at thirteene ryals The King her brother also was at the care and charge of her transport even to the furthest parts of Austria Archduke Leopold William Bishop Strasburg Bassan and Halberstadt is three and twenty yeeres of age tall and of a strong complexion a lover of hunting he hath put on the habit of a Churchman But it is said that he will not continue in this Ecclesiasticall state but intends to marry The Archdutchesse Mary Anne who is now married to the Duke of Bavaria her uncle of the age of twenty eight well bred devout and vertuous prudent and industrious of blacke haire and eyes of a most sweet countenance well skil'd in German and Italian Vadislaus the now King of Poland should have married her but they say the marriage was hindred by the States of Poland and by the Kings Counsellors shee was afterwards intended for the Cardinall Infant the onely sonne also of the Prince Palatine of Newburg Albert Duke of Bavaria as also Bethlem Gabor Prince of Transilvania by the example of Sigismund Bather desired to have married her to which effect the Transilvanian sent his Ambassadours to his sacred Imperiall Majesty at Newstat But at last her uncle Maximilian Duke of Bavaria carried her The yonger Imperiall Princesse the Archdutchesse Cecilia Ranata is five and twenty yeares old fairer fac'd than her sister godly vertuous and very well brought up but speakes her Mother tongue onely German and although she understand Italian she speakes it not The common opinion and conjecture is she shall be married to the Cardinall Infant These two Imperiall Princesses are of a perfect proportion and stature and somewhat of a strong complexion CHAP. 8. Of the foure chiefe Officers of the Imperiall Court the High Steward the High Marshall High Chamberlaine and High Master of the Horse and of those of the Chamber and of their Aydes Pages of honour Guards aswell horse as foot Court Chaplaines and Imperiall father Confessour THe highest and chiefest Office of the Imperiall Court is the high Steward a grave man stately and now aged who heretofore under the Emperour Matthias was high Chamberlaine The high Marshall of the Court is a great and profitable office of authority and reputation whose jurisdiction extends it selfe not onely over all the Courtiers Officers and others belonging to the Imperiall Court but also over foraigne Agents Residents Ambassadours and Deputies solliciting and negotiating affaires and businesses in the Imperiall Court and over all that have any imployment at Court workemen Iewes and such like His office also is to assigne lodgings to every one according to discretion when the Emperour removes his Court elsewhere except at the Electorall and Imperiall Dyets for there the hereditary Marshall of the Empire doth exercise his jurisdiction The said Court Marshall hath his Quartermaster and other inferiour harbingers commonly called Furriers under him who have the charge of billetting and lodgings And his Imperiall Majesty being absent the chiefe Marshall of the Court is his Vicegerent Vnder the jurisdiction of the high Chamberlaine are those of the chamber and all others serving therein He conducts all Kings Ambassadours and other Princes Lords and Knights unto their audience with his Imperiall Majesty He receives all letters of credence from all Agents and Soliciters as well of forraigne Princes as of those of the Empire and all others sent to the Imperiall Court directed to his Imperiall Majesty and signifies the prefixed time of their audience by a huisher of the Chamber He often watcheth whole nights himselfe before the Imperiall Chamber he weares a guilt key of the chamber as doe the rest of the chamber tyed to a blacke silke string which is a signe they are of the Chamber to his Imperiall Majesty Those of the Chamber receive themselves the golden key from the high Chamberlaine and going from Court they are bound to deliver it up to him againe and returning backe to the Imperiall Court they receive it againe and weare it as before Their monthly stipend is forty florins six pound sterling with their dyet at Court as also have the other twelve of the Chamber in ordinary There are divers others also of the Chamber who receive neither wages nor dyet nor ought else except the guilt key with the title and honour Two of the twelve of the Camber in
clerkes and ingrossers One keeper of this Chancery chamber The Chamber of the dispatches of the Court chamber BArtholomew Shoellhard Imperiall Counsellor and Commissioner or Referendarius of the Court-chamber There are three Secretaries of this Court-chamber These Dispatches chiefely concerne confiscated goods and now belong to the Confiscation Counsell wherein the principall Commissioners are THe Bishop of Vienna The Abbot of Lilienfield and The Count of Schlick Item one Register One assistant to the Register One Dispatcher of the Court chamber One Assistant Seven Inditers Nine Clerkes Five servants of the Court chamber One Dorekeeper of the Court counsell chamber One Messenger of the Court chamber The Chamber of the Military Court Counsell or Counsell of warre THere are of this Counsell foure Secretaries One Register One Assistant to him One Dispatcher One Assistant to him Six Clerkes One porter or dorekeper The Chamber of the Court Marshals office LEonhard Fleuner Imperiall Counsellor and Secretary of that office He hath his owne clerkes and servants In matters of consequence there are joyn'd to him by the Court Marshall some Counsellors of the Imperiall Court with the Fiscall of the same court Two Guards of the Court Marshals office Of the Hungarian Counsell Chamber are LAurence Ferenskie Counsellor both to the Emperour and to the King of Hungaria and Secretary of the Hungarian Counsell One Taxer for the Dispatches One Register and Two Clerkes Of the Bohemian Counsel-chamber are GEorge Freisleben Counsellor both to the Emperour and to the K. of Hungaria c. and Secretary of the Bohemian Counsell Wolf Henig Taxer and Register of both the Counsels of Germany and Bohemia One dispatcher Two Inditers Six Clerkes the yongest whereof is alwaies oblig'd to be Porter The Chamber of the Court Counsell of Austria THe Counsell Chancery of the Arch-dutchy of Austria is commanded by Iohn Baptista Count of Werdenberg It hath two Secretaries One Register and Taxer One Inditer One Dispatcher Five Clerkes The Imperiall Court Musicke ONe Master of the Court-chappell Two Organists Twenty Instrumental Musicians Vocall Musicians SEven Bases Seven Tenors Five Altus Foure Descants Eleven Musicall Trumpetters Three Trumpetters not Musicall One Kettle Drummer Item twelve boyes and schollers with a Master One Notist One keeper of the instruments One Instrument maker Two instrumental servants Besides these there are of the Imperiall Musicke and belonging thereto in number about fourescore persons THE ORDINARY STATE of the Court of her Imperiall Majesty of the Roman Empresse ELENORA c. Borne Duchesse of Mantova and Monferrat c. How the same was kept and served by all high and low Officers Ladies Mayds of honour Gentlewomen Mayds and Servants In the Imperiall residence at Vienna in the last yeere 1636. MAximilian Prince of Dietrichstein is high Steward of the Court of the Empresse Lady Vrsula Countesse of Atomos Shee high Steward of the Court. Lady Agnes Countesse of Farensbach is Governante of the Court Ladies The Ladies or Mayds of honour of the Roman Empresse are thirteene being all Mayds and daughters to Earles Vrban Freebaron of Potnig is Steward of the Court of the Archdutchesse of Austria the Lady Cecilia Renata second daughter to the Emperour Margaret Baronesse of Heberstein is Governante of her Court She hath but foure Ladies or Mayds of honour all daughters to Earles and Barons Servants and Officers of the Empresse her Court One of the Guard ONe German Secretary One Italian Secretary One Confessour Three Court-Chaplaines Afterwards Six servants of the Chamber One Wardrobekeeper One Taylor One Apothecary Two of the Cellar One dore-keeper of the chamber One fire-maker of the chamber One porter of the great chamber Two guards of the chamber Two cookes One footman One coverer of the Ladies tables Two coverers for the tables of the chamberers and mayds Six Taylors for the maids Item six Chamber-maids Two other mayd-servants One mistresse Woman-cooke One inferiour Shee-cook Nine Ladies Waiting-women One Chamber-woman One Landresse for the Ladies THE STATE OF THE COVRT of the Archduke Leopald William of Austria the Emperours second sonne SEbastian Bishop of Gurch Privy Counsellor both to the Emperour and to the Archduke Leopald William is also this Archdukes high Steward and Chamberlain Three Privy Counsellors whereof the last is a Iesuite and his Confessour the two others are Freebarons Iohn Iacob of Daun Knight of the Teutonick order is Master of his horse There are five Gentlemen of his chamber the one being an Earle and the foure others all Freebarons George Pacher Imperiall Counsellor for Lower Austria is his Court-chancellor One Doctor of Physick by name Leonhard Mulgiesser Michael Ottho Bishop Secretary Officers of his Chancery ONe Register One Expeditor or dispatcher Two Clerkes One Assistant One servant or chamber-keeper Besides There are fourteene Pages all children to Freebarons Lords and Gentlemen of quality Six Groomes or servants of his Bedchamber Six Footmen Other officers and servants that waite on him are as it were borrowed of the Emperours Court. A CATALOGVE OF THE PRINCES ELECTORS and States of the Sacred German Empire Anno M. DC XXXVI The Electors of the Sacred Roman Empire Ecclesiastickes THE Archbishop of Mentz Arch-chancellor of the Sacred Roman Empire through Germany The Archbishop of Collen Archchancellor of the sacred Roman Empire for Italie The Archbishop of Tryer Archchancellor of the sacred Roman Empire for France and Arelate Secular Electors THe King of Bohemia Arch-cupbearer of the Sacred Roman Empire The Count Palatine of the Rhine Arch-Sewer of the Sacred Roman Empire The Duke of Saxony Arch-Marshall of the Sacred Roman Empire The Marquisse of Brandenburg Arch-Chamberlain of the Sacred Roman Empire The Archbishops of the Sacred Roman Empire MEniz Collen Tryer. Magdenburg Saltzburg Bremen The Bishops Ausburg Aichstat Bramberg Basel Biven Constance Chur or Coire Cammerach Freysingem Hildesheim Halberstat Liege Lubech Munster Minden Osnabrug Passaw Paderborne Ratzenburg Regensburg or Ratisbonne Strasburg Schwerin Spire Tryer. Verdun Wartzburg Worms The three Bishopricks of Metz Theul and Verdun were taken from the Roman Empire by the Kings of France and are detained to this day The master of the Teutonicke order Prince of Mergetheim is indeed no Bishop but an Ecclesiasticke Prince of the Empire and takes the first place after the Bishops The secular Princes of the Sacred Roman Empire ANhalt Princes Bavaria Dukes Brunswick and Lunenburg Dukes Brandenburg Marquesses Baden Marquisses By Rhine Palgraves Holstein Dukes Hessen Landgraves Lorraine Dukes Leuchtenburg Landgraves Meckelburg Dukes Ostereich or Austrian Archdukes of the German others of the Burgundian line Pomerania Dukes Saxonia Gullick Cleveland and Bergen Dukes Saxonia of Engem and Westfalia Dukes Savoy Dukes Wirtenberg Dukes The Lithuanian and Ratzivilian are also received amongst them and put in the number of the Princes of the Empire The Abbots Priors and Prelates COrvey Elwangen Elchingen Fulda Gengenbach Hirshfelt Keysersheim Kempten Merchthall Munchrot Murbaco Munster in the Gregorian vale Oxenhausen O denheim Petershausen Rittershausen Reckenburg
the Electour of Saxony and his conscience was much perplexed whether he might any longer suffer the Evangelicks to enjoy the possessions of Ecclesiasticall goods in the Empire for the recovery whereof the warre had so long continued and so much blood had beene shed This question of conscience of so great a consequence was refer'd to the Counsell of Divines that thereupon they might declare their judgement Hereupon divers Ecclesiasticall persons were assembled from divers places in the City of Vienna the Counsell was composed of two Cardinals two Bishops two Prelates two Cannons two Fathers of every society and order amongst which were also two Iesuits And they deliberated and consulted thereon for divers weekes and at last delivered an opinion whereupon his Imperiall Majesty did afterwards agree of Articles with the Electour of Saxony and thereupon the peace was published And this Assembly of Ecclesiastiques was then called the Counsell of conscience because the matter touched the conscience of his Imperiall Majesty The Court Counsell for Hungary consists of Hungarians onely and hath a dependance on the Palatine of the Kingdome of Hungary who is there as Viceroy The present Palatine is the Lord Esterhasy Count de Gallanta Knight of the golden Fleece who governes the Hungarian Kingdome in secular matters as Cardinall Pasman the Iesuit Archbishop of Gran doth in spirituall To this Counsell also belong the affaires of the Kingdomes of Dalmatia Creatia and Sclavonia The Bohemian Court Counsell although it seemes not to be a set Counsell as the others because therein ordinarily are only a Chancellor Vicechancellor Secretary that besides the government of that Kingdom is committed to the Lieutenant and supreame Officers at Prag neverthelesse divers petitions and supplications touching tenures immunities confirmations and inlargement of Provinces and all sorts of feudall affaires are bought to the Bohemian Court Chancery as well out of the City as Country and are afterwards all dispatched in the Court Chancery There is also a particular Officer of tenures and fealties who the vassals conveniently desiring it doth grant unto them their recognziances or attestations that they have performed the feodatory oath which being brought into the Chancery there are afterward dispatched the feodary patents If there happen any processes they are first sent to the Royall Counsell of appeales for information and report of their opinion therein and afterwards they are resolved and decided in the Court Chancery Other appeales also from the whole Kingdome of Bohemia of all the cities townes and parts thereof are brought thither and many times decrees and sentenses about feudall affaires are there pronounced and obteined The Barons and Knights of that Kingdome seeke justice and redresse if they need at a Court called the royall Landtable And matters of debt are decided at a Court commonly called the office of the Burggrave next in dignity to the former Reviewes or affaires of Revision are referred out of the Chancery to the chamber called the Greene chamber When there happens any thing of moment in the Court there is held a Bohemian Counsell at the Lord Vicechancellours of the Empire the Baron of Stralendorfs To which purpose because there befall at this time divers businesses of great moment concerning the affaires both of the Kingdome of Bohemia as also the incorporate Provinces which are to bee discussed and resolved upon which would have beene too troublesome for the Bohemian Counsell alone his Imperiall Majesty hath deputed besides the said Bohemian Counsellors some others of the Imperiall Court Counsell and joyned them in Commission with his said Vicechancellour Stralendorff The confiscation Counsell consists of the Bishop of Vienna the Abbot of Lilienfield President of the Imperiall Court chamber the Count of Schlicke President of the Court Counsell of warre together with the Secretary of the Court chamber Hoffman of Ankerson In this Counsell of confiscation was taken the deliberation and resolution about the distribution of the confiscated goods and Lands of the late Duke of Fridland Count of Kinskie and the Baron Ilaw and since that time very lately in the same Counsell hath beene consulted about the distribution of the goods of Terskie a great part whereof is already bestowed on others And this cause of Terskie being now finished they are now busied in causes of Silesia and divers others And these confiscated goods amounted to many millions besides the three and forty millions already mentioned These and the like are the meanes whereby the souldiers are partly satisfied and appeased in their importunities CHAP. 10. Of the forraigne Ambassadours and Agents and of the Ambassadours and Agents of the Empire now at Vienna THe Pope hath an ordinary Nuntio to the Imperiall Court who is called the Appertolicke Nuncio He pretends spirituall jurisdiction not onely in the Kingdomes of Hungary and Bohemia with their adherent and incorporated Countries and in all other Countries and Provinces of Austria but even in the whole German Empire He watcheth also for the safety of the Roman Church that it may receive no prejudice nor detriment and if he observe any such thing he opposeth himselfe and protests against it As he did lately in the cause of Bremen and was much displeased at the Emperours gracious resolution therein to whom his Imperiall Majesty made answer that hee was enforsed by the Treaty of Prag to yeeld to that and many other things because the Pope had forsaken him The King of Spaine hath his ordinary Ambassadour and at this time almost continually an extraordinary the Count d' Onnate who helpes to direct and uphold the German and Imperiall Millitary forces as well with counsell as with meanes and supplies of money He hath his Counsell also his Counsellours are Father Chirova a Franciscan the Queene of Hungaries confessour Doctor Novara a Spaniard and Secretary Bodin The French Kings emulation and being in competency with the Spaniard hinders him from keeping an Ambassadour in the Imperiall Court His last Agent was forced to retire himselfe thence The King of Great Brittaine hath an Agent with his Imperiall Majesty The State of Venice have heretofore had an Ambassadour in the Imperiall Court but since the difference about style and title betwixt the Spannish Ambassadour the Count d'Onnate and Signior Pietro Gritti Ambassadour of Venice some thirty yeares since there hath beene no ordinary Ambassadour from the State of Venice in the Imperiall Court but they have their Agent who was invited not long since to dispose the Republique to send againe an ordinary Ambassadour to the Imperiall Court with proffer to receive him with the like honour as is given to Ambassadours of Kings The great Duke of Tuscany three yeeres since had likewise his Ambassadour there who was received with the Title of Ambassadour at the Imperiall Court and equall honour with the Ambassadour of Brussels But now he hath onely a Secretary at Vienna The Duke of Savoy hath for a long time sent no Ambassadour to the Imperiall Court because he pretends