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A18465	The ioyfull returne, of the most illustrious prince, Charles, Prince of great Brittaine, from the court of Spaine Together, with a relation of his magnificent entertainment in Madrid, and on his way to St. Anderas, by the King of Spaine. The royall and princely gifts interchangeably giuen. Translated out of the Spanish copie. His wonderfull dangers on the seas, after his parting from thence: miraculous deliuery, and most happy-safe landing at Portsmouth on the 5. of October ...; Relacion de la partita del Principe de Walia. English	Almansa y Mendoza, Andres, 17th cent.	1623 (1623)	STC 5025; ESTC S107749	16,348	50

whereof I may well say that the Sonne of Reason and recognition rose in me early and moreouer by an hereditary bequeathment Sonnes put their Fathers in mind what I stood endebted in to yours whereof I now pay a part laying at the Feete of your censure for the discharge of my Office in respect of your wit and more then humane parts this last discourse of the departure and magnificences of the Prince except the shallownesse of my owne braine abate some graines of the due estimate Fare you well Andrez de Mendoza The comming of the Illustrious Prince of Wales into these Kingdomes being the strangest occurrent that in a Royall person the world hath for many ages seene which dasht and obscured all ancient patternes and examples it astonished whole Nations and raised vp assured hopes of great prosperities and opinions of his comming amongst men being so diuersly conceiued beyond the bounds of ordinary discourse as in sundry of my Relations hath beene reported wherein are discouered and reuealed many points of vrbanity greatnes and gallantrie I thought my selfe likewise obliged to write of his departure comprehending as you shall see so many circumstances of pleasure and contentment For which the ninth of September was constituted and by the Conde de Oliuares as chiefe Master of the Horse Councellor of Estate and the Kings neerest confident order was giuen that hee should bee accompanied by twelue Gentlemen Wayters to serue and attend him Conde de Villa mor de Meiorada de Villa Franqueza and Catillana D. Iohn de Sabe Ara the Gallant D. Diego de Zarate Landi D. Ioseph de Samano D. Antonio Zapata D. Garcia de Castro D. Iuan de Cordoua D. Aularo de Guzman D. Pompeio de Farsis all persons of renowned and great quality they and their seruants with all honourable apparence of Coaches Horse-litters Iewels Liueries and Gallantry manifesting the greatnes of their persons by vndertaking it with that obseruance cheerefulnes which vsually they shew in any thing commended to their care The Carriages were committed to the Licentiate Don Lewis de Paredes Alcayd of the Pallace and Court and his care and diligence herein was but requisite for so great prouisions as belonged to the King and the Infantes besides those of the Prince which hee had in charge and the preparing of the wayes and opening of passages to the Licentiated Iuan de Queniones Lieutenant to the Corrigidor of Madrid who in this as in all other things shewed his affection and desire to serue the King Then to prouide victuall to minister Iustice to both parts and to gouerne a company so necessary to be ruled and ordered as such a number of Coachmen Littermen and Muleters was referred to the Licenciate Don Diego Franco de Garnica Alcayd which was not one of the least seruices that euer hee performed The Cardinall Zapata the Marques de Aytona and the Conde de Gondomar Counsellors of Estate were appointed to accompanie and to assist in whatsoeuer was necessarie to bee consulted or treated of in the behalfe of the King for as there is no Action of Princes which is not subiect to great variety of Accident and new reasons giue occasion of present debatements points of State must necessarily bee scand and discust the Conde de Monterrey President of Italy so rare and famous in vnderstanding was commaunded to attend his Highnes for the contentment hee had giuen herein since his comming and the great acceptance which the Prince made of his seruice and hee was commaunded to ioyne with the Counsell of Estate to treat of any matter that should come in question and for Secretarie there was ordained Don Andres de Prada and Losudà Knight of the Order of Saint Iohn one that also deserued higher employments The Kings house furnisht with double officers from the highest to the least at the disposition of the Conde de Baraias his Mayordome or Steward The Priuy chamber and all belonging to it was commended to the Duke of Buckingham who attended in that place and most of the Gentlemen there attending were of the English nation and the Offices being inferiour to ours it was the lesse inconuenient they should come for the time vnder forraine obedience then to oblige so great Nobilitie to new orders and customes the Seruants and Pages of Condi de Olivaries attended and serud the Duke as they had done since the first day of his arriuall Horses and Mules of carriage with whatsoeuer to them belonged was referred to the charge of D. Francisco Zapata one of the Kings Ryders who was confident of his owne experience and amongst so many and sundry persons that went along in this troop there were D. Iacynto Castelin and Don Antonio de Farsis D. Gieronimo de Tapia and D. Manuel Gutienes the Kings Pages the chiefe of the Order of Calatraua the rest were of the order of St. Iago The Lieuetenant to the great Post-Master Sanctiago de Saldanna and his Officers and the Spanish and Almaine guardes were vnder Baraias command and whatsoeuer else belongs to so many Lords all which stroue to the vttermost in adorning their owne persons and enriching their seruants Liueries His Maiestie presented to the Prince And the Marques Flores de Auila his principall Rider and a Gentleman of his Chamber in his name deliuerd eighteene Spanish Genets sixe Barberies sixe breeding Mares and twenty Foles all couered with clothes of Crymson Veluet garnisht and garded with gold lace and Scutchions of his armes and one of them had a Saddle of fine Lambskinnes the other furniture set and embroyderd with most rich Pearle beseeming well both his Maiestie and his Highnesse and two Stallions with their Mares and a Pistoll Sword and Dagger set with Diamonds of great value and estimation fourescore small shot the like number of Cross-bowes with which the Duke of Medina Sidonia had serued and a Sword and Pistoll with which the Duke of Ossuna once serued his Maiestie and an hundred selected swords amongst all those of the Court and the Prince gaue the Marquesse of Flores a rare iewell of Diamonds To the Duke of Buckingham were giuen twelue Spanish Gennets foure Moriscos or Barberie horse foure Mares and ten Foales couered with Mantles of crimson Veluet garnisht with gold and of swords and handpeeces about fiftie with a Girdle of Diamonds of the value of thirty thousand crownes And to the Captaine of the Guard Baron of Kensington two hundred buttons of Diamonds and foure horses and with them certaine Slings And to the estimation of fifty 1000. Duckets in Iewels amongst the English Gentrie a gift and largesse correspondent to so great a Monarch The Queene our Lady and Mistres besides Linnen presented to the Prince fiftie skins of Ambar vnshauen and an hundred and fiftie Cabretanes or of young Kids their sent and perfume amounting to a great sum of crownes The Conde d'Olivares besides diuers pictures and other rich vtensils of the house presented his Highnes with three Chains of needle

The Ioyfull Returne OF THE MOST ILLVSTRIous Prince CHARLES Prince of great Brittaine from the Court of SPAINE Together With a Relation of his Magnificent Entertainment in MADRID and on his way to St. ANDERAS by the King of Spaine The Royall and Princely Gifts interchangeably giuen Translated out of the Spanish Copie His wonderfull dangers on the Seas after his parting from thence Miraculous deliuery and most happy-safe Landing at PORTSMOVTH on the 5. of October Stil veteri to the vnspeakable Ioy of both Nations Testified no lesse by Triumphall Expressions of the Spanish Ambassadours here now residing as by the lowd Acclamations of our owne People LONDON Printed by Edward All-de for Nathaniell Butter and Henry Seile 1623. The returne of Prince Charles from Spaine AS no transitory glories can bee greater than to see Kingdomes married to Kingdomes in Commerce confederacie and honourable Vnion So next vnto That or rather first aboue That because This second is a Roote from whence those Cedars of Blessings more often arise no Chaines can bee made of purer gold than Those by which two Princes potent and neighbouring Nations are linked together in holy and honourable Bondes of Wedlocke Our most excellent Prince therefore Charles heire apparent to all the Kingdomes of our Royall Soueraigne King James his Father hauing that care due to all Princes to lengthen out his Name by leauing a Royall Propagation behind him did by the consent of the King his Father depart in priuate from England in March last with a small traine of which the then Lord Marquesse now Duke of Buckingham next to his Highnesse was Chiefe His Princely desires seruing him as wings to flye ouer the dangers of the Seas into Spain there to behold that admirable Lady of the world for Birth Beauty and all the richest Ornaments both of Minde and Body the Infanta of Spaine Donna Maria Sister to Philip the fourth King of Spaine c. And not onely to behold her but also that by presenting to her faire eyes a Prince equall to her in all excellencies of perfection there might from their mutuall enter-viewes one of another a heauenly fire of Loue be kindled out of which might shine a memorable glory to both the Nations England could not trust the Sea with a greater masse of Treasure yet ventured she to lock it vp in the bosome of the deepe France in a short time had gotten into her possession a richer Flower than her owne Flower Deluce and but for a short time kept it for neither Seas nor Land had charmes strong enough to hold the vnbounded spirit of our Prince vntill he had arriued at that place to which the brauery of his resolution had vowed to carry him The Heauens had vndertaken to waft him vnto Spaine and there after many weary iourneys did they safely bring him to the King of Spaines Court at his royall City of Madrid What exultations were made at his arriuall what generall acclamations shouted out his Welcomes His Magnificent entertainements princely Feastings with all the curiosities of Kingly Triumphs that either sumptuous expences quicknesse of inuention or the custome and quality of that Countrie could bring forth haue beene already so shrilly sounded out of the Trumpet of Fame that here againe to proclaime them were to set vp a Candle after a Firmament of lights had showne them to the world Now albeit aboue these Temptations there was in the young King and our Prince of themselues sufficient allurements not to haue them parted asunder they being as Darlings one to another for they were a paire of sweet-sounding Instruments set to one Tune and equally strung with the same Number of yeares or not much differing All their thoughts wishes recreations speeches and Actions being Lines meeting in one Center and their often-infolded Armes the circumference to that Center Nay more albeit that high-borne Princesse Donna Maria the Infanta through the naturall Magicke of her Beauty sweetnesse of Voyce variety of Languages with all the rarest and most princely comportments fitting to her birth was able to fasten such a power vpon our Prince that he well might beleeue no countrie in the world but Spaine was worth his abiding in it Adde likewise to this boundlesse Ocean of Delight other cleere-running streames falling into their Current as the continuall and endeerde Embraces of the Infante Cardinall and the Infante Don Carlos brothers to the King bring vp besides to these all the Honors complements congratulations attendances and courtly regards bestowed daily vpon our Prince by Grande's Conde's and Lords of State the least of which by it selfe but all of them knit together being of vertue to make any man consent to be drawne away in so golden a Chariot Yet there was a heape of Kingdomes one day to be his owne which beckond to haue him come and feele their embraces Hee might as farre as from the Court of England to that at Madrid in Spaine heare his Royall Father King Iames often wish to haue his princely Charles againe by his side Not that he feared any malitious danger could fall vpon him There but rather at his being parted from thence when those two inuincible Pirats of the Sea the windes and the waues should fall out and fight one against another might play the Traitor and take him from vs. Hee might heare the Lords of his Fathers most Honourable priuie Councell lamenting for his abscence The Nobility discontentedly sighing the cleargy still praying for him the Gentry complaining and the common people more than madde in their longings to haue him make a quicke returne home Thus were the warning-pieces which continually were shot off to giue him notice how much the kingdome ingenerall languished for him This was his owne country-musicke striking vp of purpose to haue his princely Eare listen to the Tunes These were a mixture of ten thousand voyces like Ecchoes dwelling in euery Hill Peer Promontory and Cape at sea betweene vs and Spaine hollowing to our Charles like so many merry whistling windes to haue him come aboord and make for England But before we can make our eyes so happy as to behold him we must awhile looke into Spaine And there obserue what care the King of Spaine took for the preparation of his Highnesse iourney appointing Attendants and officers befitting the State of such a persons This that followes being Verbatim translated out of a short Spanish Relation of that entertainment Printed at Madrid A Relation of the departure of the most Illustrious Prince of Wales from MADRID the ninth of September this present yeare 1623. Stilo Nono To Don Alonso Neli de Reibadeneyra Lord of Vega de Porras neere to Valladolid THe wonder of Cordoua Seneca Romes Master said that the first point of Ingratitude was to bee forgetfull of a benefit Those which I receiud from Don Francesco de Reibadeneyra a Knight of the Order of Santiago Father to your Worthines I cannot in gratitude passe ouer in silence for acknowledging

Darroque and to Don Iuan de Fonseca Rabelo Attendants about the Kings person to each of them a thousand fiue hundred Crownes On Saturday by faire day-light they departed the Prince the King and the Infantes and in a manner all the Court and euery ones Family to San Lorenço or the Escuriall whither they came that day And the day following there were shewed to his Highnesse accompanied with the Royall persons the Pantheon Sepulchers Vestrie Quire Libraries Cloisters and Gardens who admired it as it well deserues and to all those Lords it seem'd not onely greater then the fame that went of it but then any conceit or imaginatiō they could haue therof and in reason it was exalted with the title of the eighth wonder of the world and the Epilogue and conclusion of all the rest Monday following being the eleuenth while they that were to goe the iourney came on to the rest of the company vvas spent in seeing the Fresneda the Boscages as also in hunting there Tuesday morning was spent after the same manner And his Maiestie determining with their Highnesses to accompany them to the Groue of Balsayn when his Highnes requested him hauing respect to the Queenes being great with child that he would no longer continue his absence His Maiesty resisted but in the end was ouercome by his Highnesse for his iust demand required no lesse They departed from the Escuriall and in a little Field not farre off the place ordain'd for their taking of leaue they alighted so sitting down for the space almost of halfe an houre conuersed Afterwards they embraced and the Queene the Infanta with the brothers Don Carlos and Infante Cardinall came to doe the like Then all the English Lords and Gentlemen kissed the Kings hand and the Spaniards the Princes by both whom they were vouchsafed great honours And returning to embrace againe with wonderfull demonstrations of loue a Trophee was commanded to be erected with an Inscription of all that succeeded in this place where they took leaue The Prince departed to lye at Guardarama in his Coach with the Duke of Buckingham Conde de Monterrey Conde de Gondomar his Fathers Embassador Leager And the King and their Highnesses went to Madrid And this night the Admirall of Castile and Leon in his Maiesties name with a great traine and show of followers was sent Post to visit the Prince and one of the English Lords was likewise sent by his Highnesse to the King of Spaine On Wednesday hee went to dine at Balsayn where hee tooke great delight in the house and Boscages as also in the rare and strange situation And about foure of the clocke in the euening he entred into Segouia where all the Country came flocking in to see him He admired the building of the Church and of the Palace when vpon the opening of the Coach they gaue him a welcome with all their Artillerie which was much and good And lighting on foote hee viewed all the house extolling the memory of prudent Philip the second the Re-edifier thereof delighting to see his Armes quartered with those of these Kingdomes in the Scutcheons of the second great Hall The worke of Don Henriques the third who married with a Neece of the Kings his Progenitors The Conde de Chinchon Alcayd of that Royall House and the Treasurer of the money Mint was appointed to entertain him Which hee performed with the greatnesse of his quality and singular wit and discretion who attended him at the gate accompanied with his Lieutenant the Guard and the Captaine of the Alcazar or Palace and withall their seruants set forth in all brauerie and hee offered him the chiefe and double Key because the principall Key of the Fuerca is onely presented to the Kings Person or else obtaining it by Plea of Homage His Highnesse was pleased to merender or make his Collation and the Conde serued him with a number of delicates and certaine Trouts of extraordinarie greatnesse Also Don Sancho Giron a Knight of the Order of Alcantara Corrigidor the glory of Talauera his Countrie was ready with a Present of milke confections of that Citie so celebrated which he esteemed and for it sent him great thankes Afterwards the whole Citie in ranke and order with Mace-bearers came to kisse his hand whom he honor'd discouering himselfe to them and not permitting the ceremony of a kisse hee imbraced them with shew of great ioy and contentment Then he went downe to see the Mint-house where also the Count himselfe offered him the Keyes and the Alcazar or Palace gaue him a full salue All the stamps were imployed and wrought of all sorts in his presence and here after he had admired the form and maner thereof The Conde de Chinchon serued him in Founts with more then three thousand Crownes telling him how it was the fruit of those gardens in doubles of an hundred eight foure two and plaine plates Ryals of fifty of eight and from them to halfe Ryals He accepted of this seruice and among those Knights and Gentlemen that delighted in the beauty of the coyne he imparted some the rest with much contentment hee disperst among the people who beheld him with many acclamations and benedictions Being returned to the Palace when he had supt the place was girt round about with lights fires and the Palace with a number of Torches some great ones very artificiall which yeelded much light an excellent inuention and he presented him with a gallant Mask of thirty two Knights which might wel haue appear'd in the Court wherin there were Liueries of Cloth and Silkes mounted on excellent Iennets The Palace discharges al their Artillery which was mingled with the sound of Bels Trumpets and musical Instruments which took vp a great part of the night They had prouided Buls and twelue Lanciers but the haste of the iourney could not admit of this seruice His Highnesse gaue to Chinchon a Iewell worth 3000. Crownes and hee to him that brought it a chaine worth three hundred He cōmanded money to be giuen among the Officers of the house and 200. Crownes to the Masters of the Artillerie and as many to Don Iuan de Torres a pregnant and witty Poet who dedicated vnto him certaine ingenious and elegant verses and to Andres de Mendoça Author of this Relatiō who presented him with a congratulation of his happy Espousals in the Latine tongue three thousand Ryals with many honours and manifestations of contentment And about fiue in the morning hee cheerefully departed frō Agasaxo being receiued into that Citie hee dined at Santa Maria de Nieua the day following at Santiustie and lay at Olmedo on Saturday he dined at Valdestillas by two came to Valladolid where the whole Chancerie Citie and Vniuersitie kissed his hand with a great traine and company whom he honored with signes of ioy and gladnesse he was entertained by those Lords with brauery and gallantrie wherein they shewed affection to