gone by he was much displeased he had been prevented by her Majesties great diligence it troubling him extreamly he could not comply with his duty towards a Princesse of so great desert and condition and so cordially respected by him The end of the first BOOK The History of the sacred and Royall Majestie of Christina Alessandra Queen of Swedland c. The Second Book The Argument THe Queen goes into Flanders and comes to Antwerp There she staies The Arch-Duke and others send to complement her The Earl of Buquoy goes thither in the name of his Catholique Majesty After the retreat of the Spanish Camp from the Siege of Arras the Arch-Duke comes to Antwerp to visit her the Prince of Conde doth the same the Duke of Lorraine the Earle of Fuensaldagna and the Grandees of the Court and Army together wâ—th other Princes Earle Raymund monte Cuccoli dispatcht from the Emperour comes for the same Purpose Don Anthony Pimentel is sent unto her by the Catholâ—que King with the title of extraordinary Ambassadour and stayes with her Majestie The Arch-Duke invites the Queen to Bruxells where she is royally received she makes secret profession of the Catholique religion She received advice of the death of the Queen her mother Pope Innocent the tenth dyes Alexander the seventh is assur'd to the Papacy with an universall applause The Queen soone imparts unto him her resolutions and designes She departeth from Bruxells Her Majesties journey to Inspruch While her Majesty stayd at Hambourg diverse Princes and great Lords of the Countreys thereabouts came thither to visit her and with others Prince Christian of Mechelbourg the Duke of Brunswick the three Brothers the Dukes of Lunebourg whose Sister is Queen of Denmark Frederick Landgrave of Hessen with the Princess his Wife sister to Charles the now King of Swedland together with the two Princes Francis Albert and Gregory John of Saxony Lavenbourg The Queen received them all with great courtesy yet privately treated with them as conceal'd Earl Benedict Oxensterne came likewise from Wismar the place of his government to waite upon her Majesty and Generall Koningsmark from Staden in the Bishoprick of Bremen where he was Commander in chief The Landgrave of Hessen on the thirtieth of Iuly gave the Queen a stately feast without the City in a Villa call'd Vanspek All the Princes then in Hambourge were invited thither likewise where they were very merry after supper the Queen returned to Hambourg the gate being open'd for her by order of the senate for the guarding of which till her Majestie was entred the principall Citizens stood in armes and there finding all things convenient for her journey without taking leave of any one she desiring to go more concealed than ever she departed after midnight accompany'd by the Earle of Stemberg Signior Wolfe Gentleman of the Chamber and three Groomes reapparalling herself in mans cloathes She remanded into Swedland the senatour Soop and Earle of Donoau the Countess of Shemberg and the rest remained in the City with order to follow her the next day after and to be at a set time in Amsterdam every one having liberty to take what way he found most convenient for the passages at that time were unsafe by reason of the war between the City of Bremen and the Swedes whom they of the said City endeavoured to expell out of the lands they had seiz'd and possessed in these parts That senate pretended the said holds as members of their juridiction were unjustly detained by the Crowne of Swedland The Swedes refused to quitt them alleadging they were in the province of Bremen but not of the Diocess of that City In the meane time the Citizens of Bremen being armed on the suddaine and assailing the said lands obliged the Swedes to retreat but the King of Sweden afterwards sending thither with his forces the Generally Strangel and Stemboth they not onely recovered the said holds but reduced those of Bremen to surrender them free to Swedland and repaire their losses with a great summe of money On the first day of August at night her Majestie departed from Hambourg and lodged in a Village call'd Bardwick in Westphalia in the jurisdiction of the Duke of Lunebourg She tooke this unfrequented way though there were two other more commodious and more beaten to passe the more secure and unknowne On the second she lay in Rodembourg a little Towne of the said Duke of Lunebourg on the third at the Village of Barembourg and on the fourth at Mindem a strong and considerable City seated on the river Wesser the chiefe of that Province The day after she went to Osnabruck a great and famous City for the meeting there lately of the plenipotentiaryes and ministers of the Protestant Princes for the treatyes of the generall peace of Germany belonging to the Bishop the soveraigne Prince of that place On the sixth she Came to Munster a City renown'd for the conference and peace aforesaid established there by the mediatours and plenipotentiaryes of all the Christian Princes The next morning her Majesty before she departed desir'd to see the Colledge of the Iesuits esteem'd and lov'd by her as persons of great vertue and learning and here while her Majesty went veiwing the things of greatest Curiosity although she was knowne by one of that Company who had her picture by him which was not ill done and resembled her he observing too in her the countersignes given him by a Brother of the Society yet he made no matter of it not to hinder the pleasure she took in not being discover'd Her Majestie departing from Munster on the seventh day lay that night in the village of Ensened and on the eighth at Deventer a principall fortress of the dominion of the Republique of Holland where she saw as she pass'd by one Mr. Granovius a man for his great learning much estemed by her On the ninth she went to Amesfort where arriv'd too the same day the traine of her Majestie to whom she gave order by one of the Groomes of her Chamber that without making shew of knowing her Majestie they should keep on their journey and instead of bending towards Amsterdam according to the first order go directly to Antwerp The States of Holland receiving advice that the Queen gone from Swedland came towards the low Countryes gave order throughout all their Dominions they should stand on their guardes and be ready to receive her with due honours Bun her Majestie pass'd through Deventer Amesfort Vtrecht and other places without being knowne though she was expected every where there On the tenth at night she lay in a Village near Gorcum and passing the next day through the towne indifferently strong on the river Wahal she came to Breda a fortresse as famous in Brabant as renown'd in the warres past on the twelfth of August she ended her journey in Antwerp entering there privately and lodging in the house of Don Garzia Doyliano a Portugese
Prince of Pellestrina The Colledge of the English The noble Church of Minerva The great Conquests of Gustavus King of Swedland D. THe Queens discourse with Father Macedo the Jesuits Her Majesties demand of the Generall of the Jesuits The deliberation of the States of Swedland in substituting Count Charles Gustavus Palatine King after the Queen of Swedland Politick discourses The King of Denmark endeavours to meet and receive the Queen of Swedland The differences between the Crown of Swedland and the City of Bremen The description of Munster The discourse of the Queen of Swedland with my Lord Holstenius Donavert and the quality of the Place The description of some Towns in Tirole The discourse of the Queen at a publick dinner in Ferrara The description of Ferrara The description of Bologna The description of Faenza The description of Rimini The description of Pesaro The description of Fano The description of Ancona The devotion of her Majestie at Loretto The description of Loretto The description of Recanati The description of Macerata The description of Tolentino The description of Camerino The description of Foligno The description of Assisi The description of Spoleto The description of Terni The description of Gallese The Duke of Terranuova Embassadour of Spain in Rome goes to complement the Queen in Caprarola The description of Caprarola The description of Bracciano The dispatching of the Nuntii and Baldocchi E. THe education of the Queen of Swedland The entrance of the Queen of Swedland into Bruxels The Elector Palatine waits on her Majestie and invites her to Heydelberg Her entrance into Inspruch The weighty examples with which the Queen of Swedland gives nourishment to her good inclinations Her Majesties entrance into Tyrole Her Majesties publick entrance into Rome with a solemne Cavalcata Her Majesties entrance into the Ecclesiastical state The great esteem all the Princes of Europe have of the Queen of Swedland F. FRanckfort and its description The forme of the subscription of the publick Act of the profession of the Faith made by the Queen of Swedland Figarolo and the quality of the place S. Francis of Assisi visited by the Queen The sumptuous Fountain in Piazza Navona G. THe Generall of the Jesuits sends two Fathers of the Society into Swedland Father Francis John Baptist Guemes a Dominican arrives in Swedland The Queen imparts to him her motives to be a Catholick and sends him to the Court of Spain The Duke of Glocester visits her Majestie Baron Ghirardi chief Minister of the Arch-Duke of Inspruch visited by my Lord Holstenius The wonderfull generosity of the Queen of Swedland The generosity of the Prince of Trent The Prince of St. Gregory complements the Queen H HAmbourg and its description The Honours done to the Queen by the Landgrave of Hessen The Honours done her Majesty by the Duke of Bavaria The Honours done her Majestie by the Arch-Dukes of Inspruch My Lord Holstenius goes to Mantoua and Trent The Honours done her Majesty by the Bishop of Bressanon The Honours done her Majesty by the Duke of Mantoua in his state The Honours done her Majesty in Bologna The Honours done her Majesty in Pesaro The Honours done her Majesty in Ancona The Honours done her Majesty by the Pope The Honours done her Majesty as she passed by the Castle of St. Angelo I. THe holy inspirations of her Majesty of Swedland The instances made by the States of Swedland to the Queen The Island of Oland and the quality of the place Inspruch the residence of the Arch-Dukes of Austria The invitation made the Queen by the Baron of Fermiano in the name of the Prince of Trent The invitation made her Majesty by the Duke of Mantoua The joy in Inspruch for the profession made by the Queen of Swedland The death of Pope Innocent the tenth K. THe King of Spain writes to the Pope The King of Spain hears with great joy the pious resolutions of the Queen of Swedland and furthers them affectionately The King of Scotland visits the Queen The life and qualities of King Gustavus of Swedland his stature his remarkable sayings and conquests L. HEr Majesties letter to Pope Alexander the seventh Limbourg and its description Her Majesties letter to the Arch-Duke of Inspruch Landsperg and its Scâ—tuation My Lord Luke Holstenius dispatcht from his Holiness to Inspruch My Lord Luke Holstenius communicates to the Embassadour Pimentel the intention of his Holyness Her Majesties letter written from Inspruch to the King of Swedland Her Majesties Letter to the Prince of Trent Cardinall Barberines letter to Cardinal Rossetti The Legates a Latere dispatcht from the Pope to receive her Majesty The famous Library in the Roman Colledge M. HEr Majestie of Swedland is met by the Officers of the Duke of Bavaria Her Majestie is met by the Prince of Trent Her Majesty is met by the Duke of Mantoua Her Majesty is met by Cardinal Donghi Her Majesty is met by Cardinal Rossetti Her Majesty is met by Cardinal Acquaviva Legate of Romagna Her Majesty is met and royally received by Cardinal Homoâ—ei Legate of Urbin Her Majesty is met by my Lord Visconte Governour of Patrimony Her Majesty is met by the Duke of Bracciano Her Majesty is met at Porta del Popolo by the sacred Colledge of the Cardinals Her Majesty is met solemnely at Bruxels Father Macedo the Jesuit is dispatcht by her Majesty to Rome Father Malines dispatcht by her Majesty to the Court of Spain The marriage of the Queen of Swedland with the Princess of Holstein The manner observed by her Majesty in her government Minden and its description Count Montecuccoli dispatcht from the Emperour into Flandres to complement her Majesty The death of Maria Eleonora Queen of Swedland Count Montecuccoli dispatcht from her Majesty to Rome Father Malines the Jesuit dispatcht to discover the inclination of the Queen Madam della Cueva remains sick in Ussulengo Count Montecuccoli returns from Rome to the Queen The manner of the Queens sitting at table with the Cardinals The Monastery of St. Catharine of Siena The musical Playes acted before her Majesty in Inspruch The musical Play acted in the German Colledge N NOrdlinghen and its description The Nuntii elected by the Pope to receive the Queeen of Swedland on the Confines of the Churches Dominions The names of the Cavaliers that were the tilters in Bologna The names of the Cavaliers in the Cavalcata of the Queen The names of the Gentlemen of the Queens Academy in Rome O OBservations of importance The order of the Cavalcata of the Cardinal Legates The order of the Cavalcata of the Governour of Rome The order of the Cavalcata from the Capitol to the Bridge Molle The Order of her Majesties Cavalcata from the Vatican to the Bridge Molle The order of her Majesties Cavalcata from the Bridge Molle to the Vineyard of Pope Julius The Order of the Queens solemne Cavalcata from the Bridge Molle to the Vatican P THe progress of the Queen
in learning The great piety of his Catholick Majesty The Princes of Germany which visit her Majesty in Hambourg The pretences of the Prince of Conde to the Queen of Swedland who visits her Majesty The Princes and Cavaliers who waited on her Majesty in Antwerp Count Pontus della Garda waits on her Majesty The profession of the Catholick Faith made secretly by the Queen of Swedland'n Bruxels Ponte del lac and its description The passage of the Queen of Swedland through Cullen The passage of her Majesty through Franckfort The passage of her Majesty through Auspurge The Palace of Ambre and â—ts Sâ—â—tuation The profession of the Catholick Faith made publickly by the Queen of Swedland in Inspruch The passage of the Queen through the state of Veniâ—e The passage at Ponte Felice The preparations made for the solemne Cavalcata of the Queen The Palace Farnese the lodging of her Majesty when she went from the Vatican The Persons which depart with the Queen from Flandres towards Italy The Persons appointed to wait on the Queen in her lodgâ—ngs at the Vatican The parly of her Majesty with the Prince of Holstein The publick Act of Profession made by the Queen of Swedland in Inspruch The sumptuous Preparation in the Church of Giesu with what store of people King Gustavus past into Germany The presents made by her Majesty to the Arch-Duke and others in Bruxels The presents of a Coach Litter Chair and an ambling Nag made by the Pope to the Queen The presents made to her Majesty by his Holiness in the Palace Farnese The presents made to the Queen by Prince Panfilio Q THe qualities of Cardinal Pio Bishop of Ferrara The qualities of Cardinal John Baptist Spada Legat of Ferrara The qualities of Cardinal Donghi The qualities of Cardinal Rossetti The qualities of Cardinal Acquaviva The quality of the Family Martinozzi of Fano The qualities of Cardinal Homodei Legate of Urbin The qualities of Cardinal Rondinino The rare qualities of the Queen of Swedland The eminent qualities of the Princess of Rossano The Queen goes to the publick Consistory to kiss the Popes feet The Queens admirable wit The revenues reserved to herself by the Queen of Swedland The Queen writes to the General of the Jesuits The Queen dispatches to Rome Father Casati The Queens departure towards Flandres The Queens sudden departure from Hambourg The Queens departure from Bruxels The Queens departure from Inspruch The Queens departure from Bologna The Queens readiness to comply with the Popes desires The Queen dines publickly with the Arch-Duke of Inspruch The Queen treats with the Jesuits The Queen is visited by Count Todt The Queens royal entertainment at Landsperg by the Ministers of the Duke of Bavaria The Queens entertainment in Inspruch The Queens entertainment by the Prince of Trent The Queens entertainment by Cardinal Spada Legate of Ferrara The Queens entertainment in Imola by Cardinal Donghi the Bishop of the Place The Queens entertainment in Forli The Queens entertainment in Cesena The Queens entertainment in Rimini The Queens entertainment in Sinigaglia The Queens entertainment in Ancona The Queens entertainment in Loretto The Queens entertainment in Macerata The Queens entertainment in Tolentino The Queens entertainment in Camerino The Queens entertainment in Foligno The Queens entertainment in Assisi by Cardinal Rondinini The Queens entertainment in Terni The Queens entertainment in Gallese The Queens entertainment in Câ—prarola The Queens satisfaction in Pesaro The Queen presents her Scepter and Crown at Loretto The Queen visits her Mother The Queens journey through Denmark The Queens journey from Hambourg into Flandres The Queens Aparel The Queens eminent vertues The Queens visits the Church of St. Peter The Queen goes to the Church of St. James of the Spaniards The Queen goes to the Church of Giesu The Queen visits the Monastery of Torre de Specchi The Queen goes to St. John Lateran The Queen sees the famous reliques of S. Peters The Queen visits the Nuns of Campus Martius The Queens answer to the States of Swedland R THe Reasons and motives which incline the Queen of Swedland to change her Religion The resolutions of the Queen of Swedland to turn Catholique The resolution of the Queen of Swedland to support her resolutions by the Catholick King The renouncing made by the Queen of Swedland The return of the Queen from Upsalia to Stockholme The return of the Arch-Duke to Antwerp to complement the Queen and invite her to Bruxels The reception of the Queen of Swedland in Rutemond Prince Robert Palatine visits her Majesty The noble reception of the Queen in Rotembourg The return of Count Montecuccoli to the Queen The recreations of her Majesty in Inspruch The recreations of her Majesty in Ferrara The reception of her Majesty by Cardinal Lomellino Legate of Bologna The return of her Majesty from Assisi to Foligno The reception of the Queen in Spoleto by Cardinal Fachenetti The recreations of her Majesty in Spoleto The reception of the Queen at the Gate of St. Peters The recreations of her Majesty in the Palace of Prince Panfilio The royal lodgings in Revere S THe straight of the Sound and its description Count Stemberg sent into Swedland by the Queen The sumptuous Bridge ore the Po. The noble Scaffold erected in the Palace of the Prince Panfilio T. The noble Tilting in Bologna V. THe voyage of Father Malines and Casati Jesuits into Swedland The noble Vineyard of Prince Panfilio W WIrtzbourge and the quality of the place The Wars made by the Crown of Swedland under Queen Christina Z. Zibbery and its description FINIS The History of the sacred and Royal Majestie of Christina Alessandra Queen of Swedland c. The First Book The Argument IN this Book â—â—e described the qualities of Gustavus Adolphus King of Swedland The education of the Princess Christina his onely Daughter Her Assumption to the Crowns The form of her Government The motives and true Causes of her conversion to the Roman Catholique religion and what hath occur'd in her Majesties renouncing of her Kingdm I Write in my History the end of the life of Gustavus Adolphus King of Swedland who dy'd in the height of his fortunes in the bloody battell of Lutzen a Prince who with the fame of his valour had chain'd the affections of his subjects drawn after him the attendance of strangers and purchased veneration and respect among his enemies themselves Never any Prince was beloved so well nor so faithfully serv'd They who could not see him desir'd at least his Picture to reverence it as the Idea of Military valour He was tall of stature and of a Majestique aspect which induced in all admiration and reverence love and fear together The hue of his flesh was white and well colour'd and his hair and yellow beard render'd him so resplendent he was stiled by many the King of Gold but he hardly arriv'd to the thirty eighth year of his age His first inclination to Arms was
one of the richest and cheifest of that famous City The day after overtaken by her traine she put on womens cloathes and received the visit of Don Balthasar Marcadero the Commander of the Citadell a person of cleare fame and great valour afterwards in order by the Magistrates of the City and the rest or the principal Gentlemen of that noble Countrey All flock'd to see her with equall Curiosity and respect and dazled with the splendour of her rare endowments and prerogatives were not able to veiw her with greater applause than that of an affectionate and reverent admiration The throngs of the Cityzens were for some dayes so great that they could hardly passe up and downe in the streets that were neare to her Court In the meane time the Arch-Duke the Prince of Conde the Duke of Lorraine and the Earle of Fuensaledagna with the rest of the Princes and Grandees design'd for the direction and Command of the Army in Flanders were all in the field beseiging the most important City of Arres very valiantly defended by the French and invaded by the Spaniards with great earnestness and vigour And though Cardinall Mazarine was most diligent intent to supply it with all necessaryes yet so great was the confidence of the Spanish Commanders that they verily believed to welcome this great Qâ—een with so glorious a victory With thoughts of this kind continuing that seige all the said three Princes sent persons expressly to assure her that they within few dayes disengag'd from that fortress would come and waire upon her with their presence as they did then with their hearts replenisht with joy for the happy arrivall of her Majestie The Earle of Ruquoy a Grandee of Spaine and a Gentleman of much worth design'd by his Catholique Majestie extraordinary Ambassadour to complement the Queen eight dayes after her arrivall in Antwerp gave a very good account to her Majestie of his Commission and was receiv'd by her with many demonstrations of esteem proportionable to his merit and the greatness of the sender But in the meane time the Cardinall having gather'd together the French Army and disposed the orders where no less his refined understanding and conduct than good fortune appear'd the circumvallation being broken and gain'd which by all was thought impenetrable free'd the tottering City to the very great glory and benefit of the Crowne of France His imperiall Highness retur'd then to Bruxelles on the eighth of September and the next day went to Antwerp to complement her Majestie in his person as he had done before with his letters The Queen receiv'd him at the foot of the staires conducted him to her lodgings made him sit downe oâ— against her in such anoâ—her chaire gave him alwayes the title of Highness and accompany'd him to the bottome of the same staires with reciprocal satisfaction still speaking in Italian The Arch-Duke stay'd in Antwerp one day and return'd the next to Bruxells When the Army was retyr'd into the garrisons the Prince of Conde likewise went to wait on her Majestie who as the first Prince of the royall blood of France pretended the Queen should receive and treat him with the formes and prerogatives she had us'd with the Arch-Duke He therefore sent before the President Viola one of the cheife slingers of the Parliament of Paris and the constantest follower of his party to visit her and discover her intention about his reception who related her Majestie would treat him in the forme due to Princes of his quality Viola was not satisfi'd with these generall words but would sound her farther insisting to pretend the same honours done to the Arch-Duke Whereupon the Queen offended perhaps at the diffidence he seemed to have of her warie and generous discreetness resolv'd to hold her owne refusing the Prince those acts of Civility of which as she afterwards declar'd she would have been liberall if he had not pretended to them as his due Viola then unable to compass the business in the manner pretended by the Prince found at last this expedient that his Highness should go visit her privately as he did being treated like a private Cavalier Francis Duke of Lorraine came afterwards received too privately by her Majestie the Earle of Fuensaldagna and diverse other Grandees of Spaine who had their reception in the forme us'd to them by the Catholique King causing them to be covered The tamburet which is a less seat granted usually by Queenes to Princesses of great quality was given to the Dutchesses of Ascot of Auray and the Princess of Ligni all Ladyes of Flanders who went to waite upon her being married to Grandees of Spaine The King of Scots sent likewise the Earle of Norwich to congratulate her arrivall and the Elector of Brandembourg Count Maurice of Nassau and others The Princess too of Conde sent her Gentleman to passe all due complements with her Majestie While the Queen stayd in Antwerp she still employ'd her selfe in noble entertainements sometimes passing her time in seing some morall representations and cheifly in taking notice of many vertuous persons who flockt from all parts to waite upon her Majestie and be knowne to her From the Hague came conceal'd the Queen of Bohemia marry'd heretofore to the Prince Elector Palatine and sister to Charles the first King of England with Princess Elizabeth her daughter and the princess of Orange and onely to see her as they did at a Comedy they being unwilling to be knowne not to be oblig'd perhaps to give her a visit without a returne of the reception they pretended Her Majestie went often to see the house of the Professed and the Colledge of the Iesuits where she saw represented Thyestes in Seneca as she had desir'd and another play intituled Manasses During her stay in Antwerp the Emperour sent to complement her Earle Raymund Montecucoli his Generall of the Horse a person of rare parts eminent fame The said Earle had been in Swedland a little before with the title of Gentleman sent thither by the Emperour to ratisfy the good correspondence of his Imperiall Majestie with that Crowne as likewise the freedom of a reciprocall commerce She receiv'd Montecucoli kindly declaring her selfe much oblig'd to the goodness of Cesar for the honuor he did her whose letters she answer'd with all due respect remanding this Gentleman to Vienna with all satisfaction On the seventeenth of August her Majestie went concealed to Bruxells and lay in the house of Madame Pimentel She not onely saw the palace but twice too the Colledge of the Iesuits and thei ' faire and great library where she shewâ—d her great learning and the very great knowledge she had of rare bookes and grave sciences She stai'd foure dayes in Bruxells and visited there the Monastery of the Carmelite discalceat Nunns of the order of St. Teresa the Ladyes or religious of Berlaymont the principall Monastery of Flanders and the most noble Colledge of the
Bonefires discharging of Canons Mortarpeices and ringing of the Bells which being in that Countrey well tun'd use to make a gratefull harmony Her Majestie lighting at the Palace the Arch-Duke accompany'd her to the lodgings assign'd her which she found hung with the most excellent and pretiousest Tapestries that are made in that Countrey And because 't was somewhat late the Arch-Duke soon dismissed himself leaving her to her repose and so they all did The rest of the night and the two other following many Bonefires were made with discharging of the Ordinance and ringing of the Bells The same Evening the Prince of Conde Francis Duke of Lorraine and the greatest of the Court came to waite uppon her privately and because t was Christmas Eve they suspended other Ceremonies to give no disturbance to devotion On the said 24. of December towards the Evening the Queen accompany'd by his imperiall Highnesse went into the Arch-Dukes farthest Chamber and there in the presence of him of Earle Fuensaldagna the Ambassadour Pimentel the Earle of Montecuccolâ— and Don Agostino Boreno Navarra the Secretary of State made secretly profession of the Roman Catholick Faith before Father Guemes a Dominican This Religious man came from Spain into Flanders with the Ambassadour Pimentel in the quality of his Secretary and as he before had been privy to the businesse so was chosen for this function to keep it the more secret since occasion so requir'd In the foresaid action a thing of some reflection succeeded which was as the Queen had made an end of professing her Faith while Father Guemes said the word I absolve c. all the Ordinance of the City were discharg'd to the wonder of all that assisted at the Function without notice given to the Magistrates who onely had order to have them shot off indeterminately neare the time On Christmas day the Queen accompany'd by the Arch-Duke and all the Grandees of the Court went to the Chapell where there was most rare Musick and an excellent Sermon Her Majestie past afterwards into a great hall where she dined in Publick together with the Arch-Duke where the order held at Wilbrouch was observed in sitting The Earle of Castelmendo a Portugese and Gentleman of the Chamber to his imperiall Highnesse was Cup-bearer to the Queen and Count Atemis a Dutchman Sewer The ambassadour Pimentel the Grandees of Spain assisted standing at the Table but with their hats on All the rest which were many and the chief of the City stood uncover'd On St. Stephens day the Queen likewise dined in publick and afterwards went in Coach to the Court where the Princesses and Ladies of qualitie were proudly adorned for the purpose In her Majesties return to the Palace all the Coaches waited on her one by one in a row and the greatest part alighted to attend her who receiv'd them with courtesie and singular affability to answer the esteeme very highly deserv'd by those Ladies who usually intermeddle with Masculine spirits in the management of the greatest affaires That evening an extraordinary fire-worke being to play the Queen went to see it invited thither by the Arch-Duke Seven weeks together she remained in the Palace treated with all magnificence by his Highness nor was there any want of entertainments of various exercises and vertuous and noble Passetimes among which in the last dayes of Carneval a Play was recited in Musick which was the noblest thing could be seen On the Tenth of February she went from the Arch-Dukes Palace to lodge in the Duke of Egmonts at her Majesties own charge where she was some time employ'd in receiving the visits not onely of the Princes Princesses Ladies and Gentlemen but of many learned Persons which came from all parts either as lines to the centre or as rivers to the Sea Here her Majestie twice a week used some vertuous exercises for the entertainment of her noble and elevated mind which she did continue till the death of Queen Mary Eleonora her Mother which happen'd on the twelfth of March 1655. in Stockholm This so sad news she receiv'd by the Baron of Spaur a Gentleman formerly of her Chamber and Resident in France dispatched to her by the King of Swedland At this sorrowfull advice she quickly retir'd to a house without Bruxells call'd Tervoren and remain'd there three weeks to divert her afflictions returning thence afterwards to the City where all did condole with her Majestie she likewise put on Mourning in her mind depriving it of all recreation and Passetime Now Father Malines was return'd from Spain to Rome with the Letters of the Catholick King to Pope Innocent to accompany the Queens but it being thought afterwards the conjunctures then were not altogether proportionable to the quality and convenience of so weighty and important a businesse they deferr'd the presenting them for the reasons we shall register more diffusely in its place in the universall History Things pass'd in this manner for some months the Queen entertaining still her self in Flanders in the mean time Innocent the tenth having reigned ten years three months and twenty two daies gave up his soul to God in the age of eighty and one year on the 7. of January 1655. The sacred Colledge after the obsequies and usuall congregations went into the Conclave on the 18th of the foresaid Month and at last came out gloriously on the 7. of the following Aprill with having assum'd to the Papaly Cardinaâ—l Fabius Chigi of Sienna who with the name he took renew'd the immortall and still more happy memory of Pope Alexander the third his Countreyman and Kinsman I cannot expresse the joy and applause with which by all Christianity his election was receiv'd as made with quietnesse liberty and an exact balance of his merits The Heretiques themselves who by reason of the length of the Conclave occasion'd by the power ana discord of the factions were not wanting to murmur when they heard of so worthy an election commended it with opinions of esteem respect and reverence and all was but due to the merit of a Person and name so plausible and Majestick who with the fame of great presag'd a Principality full of Zeal and Christian edification and therefore most sutable to the necessities of Christianity The Queen was glad of this so happy newes justly hoping to find in the new shepheard of Christs flock that charity and resolution her necessities could promise themselves from a heart remov'd from all private interest and wholly intent to the honour alone of God the exaltatation of his Church and the happinesse security and repose of all Christendome The Queen then determining to give an account out of hand to his Holinesse of all that had succeeded as well of the profession she had made as the reasons that had mov'd her to conceale it of her desire to goe to Rome to give him all obedience and kisse his Holinesses foot quickly wrote to the foresaid Father Malines now
horsemen full of chief Ladies and the rest of the Queens Court. At the entrance into the City she was welcomed with the discharging of fifty pieces of Ordinance many Mortarpieces and thick Squadrons of Musqueteers who wiâ—h many other Souldiers stood in ranks in the streets the houses being adorned wiâ—h rich furniture and the concourse of people very great Her Majesty was lodged in the Arch-Dukes Palace his Highnesse accompanying her to the lodgings designed her where he presently left her to her rest But the Citizens in the darknesse of the night made every where resplendent with bonefires the joy and content of their hearts for having with them a Princesse of so high a condition The End of the Second Book The History of the sacred and Royal Majestie of Christina Alessandra Queen of Swedland c. The Third Book The Argument THe Pope receiving advice of the Queens departure from Bruxells towards Italy declares foure Nuntii to receive her on the confines of the Churches Dominions His Beatitude dispatches to her my Lord Luke Holstenius She continues her journey through Germany Holstenius arrives in Inspruch where her Majestie is royally received There she makes publick profession of the Catholick faith performed with great solemnity She departs from Inspruch with great satisfaction She arrives at Trent and is magnificently served by the Prince the Bishop She passes through the State of Venice and is regally received in the Territory of the Duke of Manrova She departs thence and enters the Churches dominions AS soon as the Pope had advice of the Queens departure from Bruxells his Holinesse on the sixth of October sent for my Lord Luke Holstenius principal Apostolical Notary Canon of St. Peters Church and Keeper of the Vatican Library a person very famous for his learning and erudition and a Gentleman of the City of Hembourg To him he imparted the purpose he had of sending him to be assistant at the profession of Faith his Holinesse understood should be made by the Queen ere she came into Italy or at least into the Churches Dominions He therefore gave him order to prepare with all diligence for his journey and when his Beatitude had declared four extraordinary Nuntii to receive her on the confines of the Ecclesiastical State to wit my Lord Hanibal Bentivogli Arch-Bishop of Thebes my Lord Torreggiani Arch-Bishop of Ravenna my Lord Carraccioli Dean of the Clark of the Chamber and my Lord Cesarini Clark of the Chamber persons of great vertue and nobility he consigned them their instructions and two briefs each of which was to them of the following tenor To the Reverend Bretheren Hanibal of Thebes and Luke of Ravenna Arch-Bishops as also to our beloved Sonnes Mr. Innico Carraccioli and Philip Cesarini Clarkes of our Apostolicall Chamber Alexander the VIIth Pope REverend Brethren and beloved Sons Greeting and Apostolicall benediction Your approved wisdom in acting affairs and singular faithfulnesse and devotion to us and the Apostolicall Sea with other deserving vertues accompanied with the noblenesse of your Families with which we know you manifoldly adorned by the Lord are the cause we use gladly your help in a businesse of great weight firmly hoping in the Lord that in the execution thereof you abundantly will satisfie our expectation Wherefore through our Apostolicall authority by vertue of these presents we create constitute and depute you extraordinary Nuntii of us and the Sea Apostolâ—call aforesaid to receive in the name both of us and the same Apostolicall Sea our most dear Daughter in Christ Christina the Illustrious Queen of Swedland in her journey to this our renowned City any thing to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Dated at Rome at St. Maries the greater under the ring of the fisher on the XXIXth day of October 1655. In the first year of our Papacy G. Gualterius On the 10th of October in the evening the Breifs with the letters and instructions were consignd'd to my Lord Luke Holstenius by my Lord Julius Rospigliosi Arch-Bishop of Tarsus Secretary of state to his Holiness One of the Breifs was for the Queens Majestie which by us shall be register'd in it's place the other for their Highnesses the Arch-Duke Charles Ferdinand the Arch-Duchess Charles the second Duke of Mantoua the Prince the Bishop of Trent and the Bishop of Bâ—essanon On the 10th then of October the foresaid Holstenius departed from Rome with all secresy accompany'd by order of the Pope with Father Mâ—lines the Jusuit a man of great ability and withall well inform'd of the Genius as well of the Queen as her Court he haveing been in Swedland as aforesaid for a while with particular satisfaction to her Majestie He arriving in Bologna on the 19th of October had advice that the Queen was at Franckfort on the 6th so as fearing she might get to Inspruch before him he resolv'd to send before him by post as he did the said Father Malines to the end at all adventures he might beseech the Queen to be pleas'd to stay in Inspruch till he came Conferring in Bologna with Cardinall Lomellino the Legate he consigned to him the Popes Breif of the following tenor To our beloved Son Cardinal Lomellino of the holy Church of Rome Legate of Bologna OUr beloved Son greeting and Apostolicall benediction Our beloved Son Luke Holstenius of our houshould principall Apostolicall Notary Canon of the Church of St. Peter and Keeper of our Vatican Library is going into Germany to act by our command affairs of high concern appertaining to this holy Sea whom as famous for his piety as his various and solid learning and esteemed by us for his faithfulnesse if you shall with all courtesie receive you will do a thing worthy of our love towards you and becomming your own inclination to such men And we impart to you our Apostolicall benediction Given at Rome at Saint Maries the greater under the ring of the fisher on the 10th of October 1655. in the first year of our Papacy Natalis Rondininus He went afterwards to Mantoua on the 21th but found not there his Highness who was gone to Casal The same evening he visited her Highness the Dutchess Mary in the Monastery of S. Vrsula but told her not the business that carry'd him into Germany for her Highness haveing many Nunns about her and being thick of hearing he could not tell her of it without speaking loud and discovering it to many other persons there present Here the Marquis Octavius Gonzaga gave him a particular relation of what had past in Franckfort about the Queens journey and her traine and he quickly sent the newes of it to Rome and to the Cardinall Legates He going thence to Trent arriv'd on the 24th and waited on the Prince the Bishop presenting to him the Apostolicall Breife the contents of which were To our Reverend Brother the Bishop of Trent Alexander the VIIth Pope REverend Brother greeting and Apostolicall benediction
In the mean time her Majesty was presented at Lavis with a noble and most plentiful treatment which consisted of great store of excelent sweet-meats pasts of Genoua wilde fowle all sorts of venison and poultry sea-fish and fresh-water fish of extraordinary greatnesse and in fine most rare fruits and sallads of all kindes All that were there not onely extolled but wondered at this splendid and magnificent entertainment The Queen was much pleased and observed it with particular satisfaction expressing her self much obliged to this generous Prince and admiring as much the punctuality and good order with which its perfection and exquisitnesse appeared Lavis is a little open town situated in the plain between the entrance of those most high Mountaines and washt by the river Lavis from which it takes the name which falling from the Alpes into a narrow vally on the left hand with a very rapid current joynes it self to the river Adige which dividing all the length of the plain is a little below Bolgiano still navigable to the sea on which they traffique greatly out of Germany into Italy On this river Lavis there is a great bridge somewhat long and covered over where usually stands a guard to collect some little tribute of the passengers which is called passage-money This town appertaines to the principality of Trent and here end the confines of Italy with Germany for not far from thence they begin to speak Dutch 'T is distant three Dutch leagues from the City of Trent and for the continual concourse of people and merchandize passing through it is full of inhabitants and very commodious houses with many rich families made very advantagious by their industry as they are almost every where in the Country of Tyrole where though the scituation be narrow and barren yet all things that are necessary for mans life as flesh and wilde game are there in great abundance and perfection with very noble hunting fit and proper for their pleasure who are delighted with it The End of the Third Book The History of the sacred and Royal Majestie of Christina Alessandra Queen of Swedland c. The Fourth Book The Argument THe Queen continues her journey through Tyrole towards Italy and is invited and royally treated by the Prince the Bishop of Trent From Tyrole she passes concealed through the State of Venice She enters into the Territory of Mantoua and is courteously received by that Duke She is received on the Confines of the Churches Dominions by the Nuntii of his Holinesse where she is splendidly entertained She receives the same entertainments in Bologna Imola and Faenza by the Cardinals Lomellino Donghi and Rossetti THe next morning her Majesty advanced towards Trent whence the Prince came and met her on horseback accompanied by above two hundred and fifty Gentlemen all persons of quality among whom besides the Baron of Fermiano aforesaid the hereditary Marshal of the Principality of Trent and Lord Chamberlain of the golden Key to his Highnesse the Arch-Duke there was the Vicar General Alberti Dean Guelfi the Arch-Deacon Count John Baptist di Lodrone Bernard Malanotte and Charles Pompeati Canons of Trent The Counts Philip di Lodrone Paris di Lodrone Colico di Arco The Signiori Walsperghieri Gaudentio de Wolchestain Christopher Mattirli and others well born and of ancient and conspicuous Nobility At the village of Gardolo three miles distant from Trent the Prince alighting and approaching to her Majesties Litter gave her a short Complement inviting her to dinner at his house which her Majesty accepting with a very pleasant countenance he complemented likewise the Embassador Pimentel Don Antonio della Cueva Count Montecuccoli and my Lord Holstenius After this they went towards the City the Prince riding on the right hand of Count Montecuccoli before the Queens Litter Her Majesty alighted at the gate of the Dome and was there received by all the Clergy the Canons intervening and assisting under a Canopy carried by the Gentlemen of the Colledge of Trent She kneeled on a cushion of cloth of gold kissed the Crosse and received holy water from my Lord Joseph Guelfi Dean of the Cathedral going into the Church where they sung the Hymne She is beautiful c. and kneeling at the Altar of the Crucifix before which were publisht long since the decrees of the holy Council of Trent Here on a royal Carpet raised from the ground covered likewise with a cloath of state shee heard with particular devotion the holy Masse celebrated by the Vicar after which under the same Canopy carryed as before she went on foot to the Church of Saint Mary the greater attended by many Ladies and there hearing the famous Organ of that Church renowned for the Council aforesaid held there having likewise viewed the picture of the Sessions of the Council aforesaid she went into her litter giving order to be carried to the Church of Saint Peter where she saw the uncorrupted and famous body of the glorious Martyr and Childe Simon of Trents going aftervards to dinner to the Palace of Madruzzo The table was royally furnisht with every thing the season would yeild as well wild game as tame with all other sorts of rare meats fish of all kindes sweet-meats and fruits and in fine with each thing that was excellent and noble where the magnificence and punctuality of that generous and valorous Prince most abundantly appeared The Queen dined alone attended by the principal Cavaliers At the same time at another table with the Prince din'd the Embassador Pimentel Don Antonio della Cueva Count Montecuccoli my Lord Holstenius and others of the chiefest of her Majesties Court being exquisitly treated as were all the Officers and Gentlemen of her train Afer dinner the Queen retired a little while into her Chamber and presently after the Prince waited on her and after a short but very cordial Complement her Majesty began again her journey accompanied in the very same manner by the Prince and his train to the plain of Lidorno which is distant three miles where the said Prince alighting from his horse paid again his respects to the Queen and took his leave of her whose hand the Cavaliers and Gentlemen of Trent kissed all one by one she extending it courteously to them and declaring her self much obliged for the honours and civilities received of them So her Majesty continued her journey arriving that evening at Calliano where the Barons Troppi Lords of the place and Gentlemen of very high esteem made a most splendid feast and the Castle of Besen a little way distant from thence seated on a craggy mountain which renders it inexpugnable seconded it with discharging many Canon and Musquets She departed thence the following morning being the sixteenth of November and passing through Roveredo was saluted by that Castle with the noyse of the Artillery the Mortar-pieces and Musquets going thence to Hall a little town but full of traffique where she wrote to the
sumptuously adorned Her Highnesse alighted in a convenient place to pay her respects to the Queen who would use her Highnesse in the very same fashion she had done the Duke coming out of her Coach though in the durt and receiving her with a sweetness full of Majesty and the greatestaffability After their reciprocal Complements the Queen her into the Coach advanced to the Po whose banks on both sides were all beset as far as they could see with souldiers on foot and a horseback the harmony of Trumpets and Drums which were seconded with the noyse of the Canon and Musquets and because now the night did approach many fires were lighted along the banks of the river and divided into very fit spaces which made in the dark with their well ordered splendour the prospect delightfull to their great admiration and curiosity Here her Majesty passed the Po to the opposite bank of Revere on three ferry-boates joyned together which by reason the river was low served instead of a bridge three others remaining apart for the greater conveniency of their train The Port was illuminated with 24 great torches carried by 24 Pages of his Highnesse with very rich liveris In their alighting out of the coach and entering into the Port the Duke led the Queen who was carried from the banks to the water side in a sumptuous chaire being followed by the Arch-Dutches who leaned on the arme of the Embassador Pimentel In this manner all the Ladies passed over one after another as likewise the Cavaliers of the Court with the rest of both trains The town of Revere hath one long street among the rest extended along the Po with houses on both sides Through this which was beautified with lights the Queen was carried in her chair to the Palace of the Duke the 24 Pages aforesaid preceding with torches in their hands and a company of the Guard another company like that following the Arch-Dutchesse and the Ladies in the coach The Duke with his Cavaliers went through a shorter way to the Palace which besides being furnisht most richly was kept by the foot-guards of his Highnesse in their liveâ—y and adorned with a most noble and most beautifull row of Ladies who with the lustre of the jewells and gold with which they were docked augmented the splendour of the infinite number of lights which were burning every where Her Majesty alighted out of her chaire in the great hall of the Palace being led by the Duke who carried her to her lodgings Her Highnesse the Arch-Dutchesse followed her and the Ladies staying in the anti-chamber a little while after introducted to wait on her Majesty who received them all with her usual civility They returning into the anti-chamber her Majesty remained alone with the Duke and Arch-Dutchesse discoursing with them for some time His Highnesses Musitians being afterwards brought into that roome entertained them most nobly at the portalls rowled up with several songs now with one now more voyces intermingling divers harmonies of Instruments with which her Majesty was very highly pleased In the mean time they made ready the table in the same antichamber abounding with Nobility which fillâ—d too the great Hall that was perâ—it many Gentlemen of the neighbouring Cities besides the Cavaliers of the Countrey flocking thither in great numbers attracted not only by a laudable curiosity but out of their own inclination to wait on that Prince who with the atraction of his most sweet carriage commanded the obsequiousnesse of the most remote persons not onely of his neighbours Her Majesty sate at table under a cloath of state in perspective on a carpet raised four fingers from the ground and over against her the Duke and Arch-Dutchesse Don Antonio Pimentel though invited was not there he finding himself not very well The table was adorned so artificially that the eye was not satisfied with seeing nor the mind in admiring that natural beauty The quantity and delicacy of the meats shewed the greatest imaginable magnificence and generosity Yet all was observed without wonder for every one that knows what a mind that Prince hath which even in little things is still great to be answerable to the greatness of the house of Gonzaga admired it not at all Her Majesties Cupbearer was Count Luigi Canossa brother to the Marquis Horatio both Cavaliers of high quality of greatest esteem but this Cavalier had no great trouble given him in choosing the wines which there were very pretious and exquisite since this vertuous Princess was so temperate that she drank only two draughts of wine to drink to his Highnesses health she afterwards quenching her thirst with pure water The Musick continued as long as the supper and every thing was most pleasing to her Majesty who afterwards retired to her lodgings as the Princess and all the rest did On the following day which was the 21 when her Majesty had dined in the very same order and magnificence she passed again the Po and went into her Coach and the Arch-Dutchess with her who would wait upon her to the confines The Duke went a horseback with all his Cavaliers notwithstanding the ill weather the troops of the Mantouan horse and the Guards of his Highnesse preceding and following her Majesties Coach In this manner they marched very near to Melara where alighting after some courteous complements they dispersed themselves those Princes returning thence towards Mantoua and the Queen continuing her journey towards Figarolo The four Nunâ—ii with the Master of the Ceremonies and Don Innocentio Conti de Duchi de Poli a Roman Campmaster general of the souldiers of the Ecclesiastical state and Commander in Ferrara departed on the twentieth in the morning betimes with same troops of horse one of which of the Guard was commanded by the Marquis Carlo Theodoli a person of eminent quality with the Coach Litter and chaire which his Holinesse had sent for the meeting of her Majestie on the confines but by reason of the shortnesse of the time and the ill way they could only advance two miles farther than Calto where discovering her Majesties Coach they alighted and the Queen did the same when she was near to them The Nuntii here complemented her in the name of his Holiness and presented her the Brief which her Majesty with great reverence received kissing it and opened it in the open fields though it rained which was of the following tenor To our dearest Daughter in Christ Christina the illustrious Queen of Swedland Alexander the VIIth Pope OUr most dear Daughter in Christ Greeting and Apostolical benediction In what great expectation we are of your Majesties arrival our venerable Brothers Hannibal of Thebes and Luke of Ravenna Arch-Bishops and our beloved sons Mr. Inico Caraccioli Dean of the Apostolical Chamber and Philip Cesarini Clerk of the same our extraordinary Nuntii to your Majesty will evidently declare For in this excesse of joy we could scarce contain our selves that the interpreters
of silk and gold The Grooms of the Chamber of the Legates with coates embroyder'd with gold The others rode after them without the least observance of Precedence which they did to avoid the disturbance that might happen disorder being thought the best order in this case The Prince of Gallicano follow'd after the Prince of Carbognano both of the family of Colonna behind whom diverse Gentlemen marched being attended by their Grooms The Duke of Onano of the house of Sforza the Prince of Nerula and Don Lelio his Brother of the house of Orsini the Duke of Bassanello Duke Savelli Duke Altemps Duke Caffarelli Signior Mutius Mareri with severall Gentlemen confusedly together Duke Salviato Duke Strozzi Duke Lante Duke Cesi the two Sonnes of the Duke Salviati the Marquiss Corsino the Marquiss Patritij the Prince of Saint Gregory Duke Muti Duke Matteâ— the Baron Matteâ— the Marquiss Neri the Marquiss Spada the Marquiss Pallucci the Marquiss del Drago the Marquiss Astalli the Marquiss Tassi each one with his Grooms among which there were diverse that had fair and splendid liveries Signior Antonio Gozi a noble man of Venice Count Medici of Verona Signior Bonmartini a Gentleman of Padoua with diverse other Gentlemen The Cavalier of Saint James Don Iohn Baptist Jacquetti des Brunes eight tabours of the people of Româ— and of the Governour the Pages of the Cardinall Legates 24 wardrobe keepers of the Cardinalls who met the Queen each one with a valose embroydered with sumptuous embossed work in gold 24. Barbers of the said Cardinalls with Silver gilt Maces in their hands 24. trainbearers of the same in purple apparrell the Prior Lomellino the Senatour Charles Imperiale of Genoua the Prince Don Camillus Panfilio who appeared in a black sute of satten most admirably embroydered with Silver shadowed with another thinne embroydery of black silk all bespread and empailed vere richly with diamonds valued above a hundred thousand Crownes Besides these he had in his hat three other great peices of inestimable valew at the foot of a rare heron His Excellence was accompanied by many Cavaliers his Camerades twelve Pages encompassing him in liveries of black velvet trimmed all o're with gold and their cloakes and sleeves of rich cloath of gold with chaines adorned with jewells about their necks He was likewise attended by six demy launce men all Officers reformed and in very good equipage and in fine by thirty Grooms and four footmen in the said velvet livery and with the pompe and riches of the same trimming All these cloaths and liveries were wrought in the space of six daies the Masters of the ceremonies not resolving before if it were convenient the said Prince should be present at this function in respect of the mourning he then wore for the death of Pope Innocent his Unckle The Marquiss Bevilacqua came afterwards diverse Gentlemen ten sheild-bearors and ten Groomes of the Chamber in the midst of which came the Litter and Coach presented by the Pope to the Queen with the little ladder of Silver to get up which was carried by a servant The Trumpets and tabours of the Cardinall Legates four Advocates of the Consistory 24 of the Chamber belonging to the Chancery the Gentlemen of the train of the Legates in riding cloaths richly trimmed the Marquiss del Monte the Marquiss Valerius Santa Croce the Marquiss Malvezzi Signior Marianus Vecchiarelli with diverse other noblemen among them Signior Paul Francis Falconiere the Marquiss Cesi Count Ripa Count Manescotti the Count of Fistemberg Cavalier Passionei the Marquiss Targuinius Santa Croce Cavalier Baldeschi fifty Gentlemen confusedly together of severall Nations of the train of the Cardinalls and the Ministers of Princes Count Raymuud Montecuccoli Count Francis Maria and Count Lodovick Santinelli Signior Lilliecron all three Gentlemen of the Chamber to her Majesty with other Gentlemen of the retinue of the Queen Don Nicholas Barberino Prior of Rome the Prince of Pallestina with cloaths extravagantly embroydered with bugles with button-holes with diamonds of great worth and a hatband of great diamonds with eight Pages all clad with black velvet trimted with gold whose Cloakes were lin'd with cloath of gold and the sleeves of their doublets embroyder'd with gold twenty Groomes in the same livery with Cloakes of black cloath with broad gardes of velvet twisted with gold and the sleeves of cloath of gold four footmen a dog-keeper a wardrobe-keeper and another all cloathed like the rest eight trumpets of his Holiness four of the Popes Mace-bearers the Masters of the Ceremonies 24 Cardinalls in purple habits on mules richly barded at the head of which were their Eminences Francis Cardinall Barberino and Julius Cardinall Sacchetti the others following after in order to their seniority the Cardinalls Palota Franciotti Lodovisio Cibo Savelli Astalli Retz Corrado Imperiale Borromeo Santa Croce Aldobrandino Charles Barberino Azzolino Odescalchâ— Vidman Sforza Orsino and Cossaguti These Cardinalls met the Queen a little way out of the gate of the people and Cardinall Barberino the Sub-dean Cardinall Charles di Medici the Dean being absent complemented the Queen as cheif in the name of all the Sacred Colledg who was afterwards reverenced by the rest of the Cardinalls who went two together in order in the Cavalcata The two Cardinall Legates their Legation being ended which extended not within the walls of Rome consigned the Queen to the two Cardinall Deacons who as first in this order were the Cardinalls Orsino and Costaguti the said Legates advancing with the rest of the Cardinalls in the places belonging to them Her Majesty was clad in grey cloath called the love of France embroydered with gold round the bottome with a stomacher embroyder'd all over and a black Scarfe on her shoulders ty'd behind a black hat on her head with a little gold hatband without any other ornament of jewells or flowers a true mark of the masculine mind of this Princess who as she does not captivate it to the flatteries of effeminate vanities so makes it appear great Princes are not famous for the lustre of their bravery but the splendour of their actions This great Queen went in the midst of her guard of Swissers all covered with white arms with such a grace and daringnes that like a victorious Generall of Armies and conquered Provinces she seem'd among so great a multitude of people to go to a glorious and magnificent triumph A great troop of Grooms of her train and the Cardinalls preceded The Marquiss Hippolâ—tus Bentivogli Gentleman of her Chamber went by her stirrop a foot and uncovered being honoured now and then to discourse with her Majesty who with her grace in speaking and her gesture subdued the minds of all that beheld her The chair given her by his Holiness came after and my Lord Farnese the Steward then the Bishops that assisted the Apostolicall cheif Notaries the Auditours dâ— Ruota the Master of the Sacred Palace the Clerkes of the Chamber and other Prelates all cloathed in purple in whom
on the right hand and the others of the Quèen on the left with severall Mottos Hieroglyphicks and Inscriptions All the charges of this Frontispice amounting to three thousand Crownes as likewise the royall furniture of the Palace belonged to the magnificent and generous Duke of Parma whose order the Marquiss of Maria his Highnesses Resident observed very punctually and exactly Her Majesty was attended from the Vatican to the Palace aforesaid with a numerous Cavalcata of Princes Prelates and Gentlemen the windowes and streets through which they passed being hung with rich tapistries and resplendent with an infinite number of lights and the concourse of people so great that they could hardly pass with the said Cavalcata His Holiness in the honours he did this great Princess made his courtesy and civility very evidently appear to her Majesty which he seconded with expressions of his generosity and greatness in the Presents before mentioned of eight noble coursers a Coch Saddle furniture a Chaire and a Litter valued about two and twenty thousand Crownes In fine before her Majesty went to the said Palace of Farnese his Holiness commanded his officers should make her an abundant provision of all sorts of meats for the maintenance of her Majesty and train for many dayes A little before the Queen arrived in Rome the four Nuntii sent to meet and waite on her through the Churches Dominions came thither and incontinently fell at his Holinesses feet to inform him of their journey and functions whom the Pope with great kindness received and expressions of much satisfaction for what they had done The foresaid Baldocchi repaired likewise thither a little while after to give him an account of the monies disburst according to the orders he received which the Pope liking well declared he was fully content with his faithfull employment The Queen highly pleas'd with her commodious and royall habitation began to receive there the visits of the Cardinalls the Residents of Princes of the Prelates and other Grandees of the Court still giving to all clearer proofes of her rare and vertuous endowments She likewise omitted not to give abundant testimonies of her Piety by visiting the Principall Churches of which she went first to St. Peters though vately doing there her devotions She went afterwards to St. John Lateran and went in at the great gate where his Eminence Cardinall Colonna the Arch Priest and all the Chapter in their habits received her her Majesty kneeling down before the most holy Sacrament and hearing there Mass which was said by my Lord Serlupi after which she went to see the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul Her Majesty coming out of the sacristy went into San Giovanni in Fonte where Constantine the Emperour was baptized and thence went away accompanied and attended by the Cardinall aforesaid The Morning before her Majesty had been at the Church of St. James of the Spaniards in Piazza Navona where the feast was kept of the said Saints translation At the staires of the Church they found the two Spanish Abassadours the Duke of Terranuova and Don Antonio Pimentell who received and accompanied her to the high Altar which was richly adorned Don Francesco de Vides and Don Diego di Caravachal Overseers of the said Church and Persons of great quality met her Majesty at the gate which was decked with cloth of gold of great value In the great chappell was erected a Pavilion in the forme of a little Chamber which served for a cloth of state where her Majesty heard Mass which was celebrated by my Lord Sersale the Bishop of Bari a Neopolitan Gentleman after which she went round the Church observing the remarkablest things She taking Coach afterwards with Don Antonio Pimentel and Don Antonio della Cueva being followed by the Duke of Terranuova and the train went round the Piazza Navona to see the fine fountain built there by Pope Innocent the tenth of happy memory The greatness and beauty of this structure exceeds all in Rome of this kind It represents a very craggy rock on the summit of which is erected a fair pyramid At the four corners sit four Colóssusses representing the principall rivers of the four parts of the world From these cliffes flow divers streams of water which fall into a great marble cisterne in the midst of which all the Machine is seated The design of the work is of the renowned Cavalier Sir Laurence Bernini whose Carving Iron gives life to the marbles themselves which return him the eternall applauses of glory The water brought thither is part of that which comes from the great fountain of Trevi the most wholesome of Rome which emulating the happiness of this sighs one day to see finisht the designs begun by the artificer himself Her Majesty saw likewise the beautifull Palace with the Church in the form of the Rotonda erected by the foresaid Pope Innocent the tenth Her Majesty then continuing to make still her vertue more conspicuous with devotion the true ornament of great minds desired on new-yeares-day to visit the Church of Giesu and to doe it with the greater solemnity went thither after dinner with a noble Cavalcata being accompanied by many Cavaliers and Gentlemen of Rome She thought to have entered at the Principall gate of the Church but the concourse of the people flockt thither to see her was so great that she miss'd of her designe so as she went in at the door of the house where she met with some difficulty for the multitude of the people She was received by the father Generall Gosviri Nickel who was accompanied by the fathers the Assistents and all the gravest fathers not onely of the house of the professed but of the other places which they have in Rome Being entered the house she first of all went up into the Domestique Chappell of St. Ignatius which is the same roome where he lived and died where she honoured the remembrance of that Saint and saw the riches and beautifull ornaments answearable to that place From thence she was conducted to the closet towards the high Altar whence she might see all the Church and the very great multitude of people that were there but because from that place she could not hear very well the Musique with which they then sollemnly Sung the Vespers she went to another place more commodious and capacious which had been adorned before with rich Damasks Velvets and accommodated in that manner that before the place where the Queen stood with some few there was a little quire somewhat bigger which served for an anti-chamber The Queen remained here till Vespers were done feeding both her eyes with the noble and splendid furniture with which the high Altar was adorned and her eares with the excellent Musique which was made in severall quires composed by Signior Bonifacio Graziani the Master of the Chappell of that Church and a Person renowned for his workes which are in print When Vespers were ended her
Pane the Actor of guilt Signior Lodowick Lenzi of the understanding Signior Francesco de Rossi of pleasure and Signior Gioseppe Sorilli of the prologue all exquisite Musitians and very fine Actors In the mean time the Queen on the 18. of February visited the Church of St. Peter all the Clergie receiving her at the Gate Thirty Canons in their rotchets coaps and white skins with 38. Priests and 26. benefic'd Clerks waited on her Majesty who when she had ador'd the most holy Sacrament went down into the grots below the Church where her Majesty heard Mass in a Chappell near the bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul she saw afterwards the records that are there of the shrines of the ancient Popes and in her return was conducted by my Lord Farnese my Lord Fibei and my Lord Marescotti all three Canons of St. Peter to see the famous reliques of the lance which pierc'd the side of Christ a part of the Cross on which he was crucifyed and the print of our Saviours face on a handkerchief the Volto Santo reliques so highly esteem'd and kept with such care that they cannot be seen near at hand by any one albeit he were a Cardinall unless he be a Canon of the said Church without the speciall leave of the Pope who issues forth a Brief in such cases as he did to the Queen with this clause let her alone see them Her Majesty admired the said reliques vvith particular devotion and vvent thence to see all the rest of the things kept there for the greater decorum within a Chappell of the Sacristy Two dayes after her Majesty went to the Church of the Conventualls of St. Francis dedicated to the holy Apostles where she was met and attended by Father Felâ—x d' Ascoli the Generall of that Order and the most qualifyed Fathers of the Convent At her Majesties entrance into the Church they gave signes of joy with ringing the Bells and playing on the Organs and Musick and the Father aforesaid gave her the holy water when she had ador'd the blessed Sacrament and visited the two Altars of St. Francis and St. Anthony of Padoua in the arch-confraternity of which she desired to be register'd she heard Mass and departed On the following Sunday her Majesty went the second time to the Benedictine Nuns of the conception of St. Mary in Campo Martio and as the first time she saw only the Church she now would see the monasterie into which she entered accompanyed by the Deputy and received and attended at the Gate by Dame Tecla Rotolante the Abbesse Dame Deodata Baccini the Prioress and the rest of the Nuns Her Majesty was conducted into the quire and heard Mass a motetto being sung by the angelical voyce of Dame Maria Alessandro Galvani she went afterwards into a great roome furnisht with crimson damask fringed with Gold with her state chair and footstool of the same where she heard without offence to her modesty a very fine motetto which was sung in her praise though she was better pleased when she heard divers others the sweetness of which diminished the bitterness instilled into her by the first After this they gave her Majesâ—â— a noble collation which was seconded with a present of seven basons full of severall fine devises sent her to her lodging which her Majesty most kindly accepted On the fifteenth of February her Majesty extreamly desirous to see the most remarkable things of the great City of Rome went to view the Vineyard of the Prince Don Camillo Panfilio called Belrespiro near San Pancratio where she found the said Prince accompanyed by my Lord Torreggiani and many Cavaliers the Camrades of his Excellence who waited on her all about the Garden and the appartaments of the Palace putting into her hand a stick all gilt and beset with pretious stones When her Majesty accompanyed by the Prince whom she would never suffer to be uncovered had with great content walked all about the Garden which is one of the fairest and most lovely of Rome and the Prince had caused to be made with designe and vast charge she went into the Palace adorn'd with the pretiousest furniture giving lustre and magnificence to a house where she found prepared a royall collation of most exquisite sweet-meats and remained some time the Prince presenting her the Cup and the Duke of Ceri the napkin Then observing the pictures which are there in great abundance and most excellent she liked amongst others a Danae done by Hanibal Caracci which the Prince perceiving without speaking any thing caused to be presented to her with another of his best Pieces just as she returned to her Palace having at her departure from the Vineyard given her the said stick beset with Jewels The Prince some dayes before having heard she would make a little Coach for her own use sent her one of crimson Velvet and Silver wrought majestickly and artificially in the gallery of the great Duke of Florence The Carneval afterwards approaching which in Rome begins only ten dayes before Lent the Queen some few dayes before had intimated to the Prince she would come to his house to see the maskings and horseraces used at that time His Excellency very glad of the honour the night before the Saturday on which they begin caused a handsome long scaffold to be reared before his Palace in all hast It represented a long pulpet supported by Pillars and on the sides had two arms bending inwards a little the one for the Cavaliers of her Majesties traine and the other for the Ladies In the middle with a fine row of pillars and little chapters of Gold and cornishes of mettall the history of Alexander the great was epitomized in fine and noble painting The box appointed for her Majesty had gilt parapets of iron with the arms of Swedland and was defended from the aire with long windowes of fine glass wrought with gold with the arms of her Majesty Within it was hung with embroydery in Gold on blew Velvet with a throne and royall state and the arms of her Majesty and her Kingdoms in the richest purled twist This as each thing else that was done in such an occasion was by the designe and architecture of his Excellence himself a Prince of a sprightly and admirable understanding in all things Every time her Majesty repaired to the Palace of this Prince she with her train had a noble collation of sweet-meats and he kept open house Every evening the boxes abounded with Torches of white wax and the first three nights they made very fine bon-fires The entertainment the Queen had the first evening was a musicall Play acted by three waiting women of the Princess of Rossano his Excellences wife which pleased so her Majesty she desired to see it again the next night though the Princess had prepared another divertisment like it which was deferred till the third evening and liked by her Majesty with the same good fortune to
Inspruch to complement the Queen in the name of the Prince of Trent He invites her Majesty to Trent The Queens answer to the Baron of Fermiano The invitation made her in the name of the Duke of Mantoua She is splendidly treated at Trent She resolve to dine at Trent The generosity of the Prince of Trent The description of Lavis The Prince of Trent meets the Queen She alights at the Church She observes the most remarkable things The Prince Complements the Queen The Queen her letter to the Prince of Trent She enters into the state of Venice The Cavaliers of Verona complement Don Antonio Pimentel In Dolce they resolve to go thorough the Countrey of Mantoua My Lord Holstenius gives information to the Legate of Ferrara The Marquiss Andreasi complementeth the Queen in the name of the Duke of Montoua The Duke goes to meet the Queen He waitâ— on her Majesty Who received him with great courtesie The Arch-Dutchesse complementeth the Queen She passeth the Po and is royalty received in Revere The entertainments given to her Majesty by the Duke of Mantoua She eats in publick She departs from Revere with great satisfaction The Nuntii of his Holynesse go to meet the â— Queen She arrives at Figarolo She advanced towards Ferrara A splendid bridge o're the Po. She is met at the gate of Ferrara She alights at the Cathedral being received by the Cardinal Bishop From the Church she goes to the Castle Count Montecuccoli sent by the Queen to Rome The qualities of the Prince of St. Gregory And of Cardinal Pio. The Queens discourse at the Table The description of Ferrara The noble qualities of the Cardinal John Baptist Spada She departs from Ferrara She is received on the confines by the Vice-Legate of Bologna Cardinall Lomellino goes out to meet the Queen Her reception at her entrance into Bologna She visits the Church fine Convent of St. Dominique The honours her Majesty received in Bologna She dines in publick The manner of the said Tilting The description of Bologna The worthy qualities of the Bolognesi The eminent condition of Cardinal Lomellino She departs from Bologna She is met on the Confines by the Vice Legate Romagna She is met by Cardinal Donghi the Bishop of Imola Her reception in Imola The eminent qualityes of Cardinall Donghi She departs from Imola And is met by the Governour of Faenza And afterwards by Cardinall Rossâ—ttâ— the Bishop of the place The honors dâ—ne her Majesty in Faenza She dines in publique The vertuous preparations designed for her Majesty in Faenza The Description of Faenza The qualities of Cardinall Rossetti The meeting she had in Forli The honors done her in Forli She depart from Forli Her reception in Cesena The description of Cesena Her departure from Cesena She is met by the Governour of Rimini She enters Rimini on horseback The vertuous entertainments she had in Rimini The description of Rimini Her departure from Rimini The worthy qualities of Cardinall Acquaviva Legate of Romagna She was met by my Lord the vice-Legal of Pesaro And afterwards by Cardinall Homodei Her reception in Pesaro She dines in publick Her Majesty is highly satisfyed with the demonstrations she receiv'd in Pesaro She departs from Pesaro highly satisfied with the honours she received The description of Pesaro The description of Fano The remarkable qualities of Cardinall Homodei Her Majesties reception by the Governour of Ancona Her reception in Ancona The compositions made in Ancona in honour of her Majesty The Bishop of Ancona visits her Majesty The description of Ancona My Lord Gentile Governour of Loretto meets the Queen The devotion of her Majestie towards the holy house Her arrival at Loretto The Queen makes a present of her Scepter and Crown at Loretto Don Antonia della Cueva arrived at Loretto The Queens letter from Inspruch to his Holiness The description of Loretto She departs from Loretto The description of Recanati The Arch Pio. She is met at Macerata She is complemented by the Ladies Her departure from Macerata She advances to Tolentino She visits the Church of St. Nicholas The description of Tolentino Her reception in Camerino Count Montecuccoli returnes from Rome to her Majesty She departs from Camerino The description of Camerino She arrives at Foligno The scituation of Foligno She goes to Assisi She is met by Cardinall Rondinino She visits the Church of Saint Francis She is royally entertained The quality of some statues which set out and adorned the table She visits the Church of the Angells The qualities of Cardinall Rondinino The description of Assisi She returnes to Foligno She departs towards Spoleto Cardinal Fachenetti meets her She is waited on by the Ladies of the City She goes to the Cathedrall She dines in publique She departs from Spoleto The eminent qualities of Cardinall Fachenetti The description of Spoleto Her reception at Terni The honours done her in Terni The description of Terni Her departure She dines in Otricoli The quality of this Place The Bridge Filice She is met by my Lord Visconte She arrives at Gallese Her reception in Gallese The description of Gallese She lodges in Caprarola The Spanish Ambassadour goes to Caprarola to visit the Queen She is met by the Duke of Bracciano The order of the Cavalcata The honors done her at the Castle of St. Angelo She arrives at St. Peters Her reception in the Church of St. Peter The Majestique ornaments in St. Peters She goes in to the Concistory and kâ—sses the feet of his Holiness She is present at his Holinesses Mass She receives the Sacrament of confirmation She communicates She visits the Church of St. Mary the greater She dines with his Holiness From the Vatican she goes to the Palace Farnese The presents given her by the Pope The Queen visits St. Peters Afterward St. James of the Spaniards Her Majesty visits the Church of Giesu She goes to see the Castle es St. Angelo She sees the Colledge of Sapienza She visits the Monastery of St. Catharine of Sienna And the Church of the Grecians She desires to hold an Academy in her own Palace She sees the Roman Colledge The description of the Roman Colledg which was adorned to receive her The honours done her Majesty She goes to the Colledg of Urbane for the propagation of the Faith The curiosities seen in the said Colledg She goes again to the Roman Colledg The splendid Library of the deceased my Lord Coccino The remarkable things she saw in the Roman Colledg She institutes an Academy in her own Palace The names of the Academians The contents of divers Academies held before her Majesty The Comedy intitled the triumph of piety recited to her Majesty in the Palace of the Prince of Pallestrina The morall contents of the Comedy The Author of the Composition She visits the famous reliques kept in St. Peters She goes to the Church of the Nuns in Campo Martio She goes to the Vineyard of Prince Panfilio The presents made by the said Prince to her Majesty The honours done her Majesty by Prince Panfilio The Queens recreations in the house of the said Prince The eminent qualities of the Princess of Rossano The noble preparation in the Church of Giesu The noble Comedies acted in the Palace of the Prince of Pellestrina The Play acted in the German Colledge Si fece la festa d' Carroselli The Cavalcata of his Holiness to St. Sabina She visits the English Colledge