was yong and he hath long performed his office well he is now esteemed a German The Court of Caesar or the Archducall Castle in Dutch das Burg hath no singular splendor or magnificens and is somewhat straight for so great a Prince and stately a Court. It containes in it a great Court on one side whereof is the Imperiall Chancery on the other side is the Inner Castle or the lodgings of the Emperour and on the third side is the Rampire of the City with a gallery upon it And on the fourth side is the new Castle commonly called die Newburg and the Court in the midst In this Imperiall Pallace there is a Waldrope and a Gallery with severall chambers which they call the Treasury wherein are kept great store of all sorts of most precious variety of gold precious stones and pearle with pictures and other things of curious workemanship and with many rare pieces of nature and art worth many millions Amongst other things which are most worthy of note is the Imperiall Crowne and Scepter and the Imperiall Globe most richly adorned with gold and rich orientall Dyamonds valued at a mill on of gold made by the Emperour Rodolph for his owne sacred person Item a round globe seven spanne in compasse cut out of one intire Agate with the Inscription of IEHOVAH made by nature it selfe in darker caracters Then a Vnicornes Horne of twelve or thirteene spannes long of which two last the valew is inestimable because their like in forme beauty quality and quantity are not to be found in the whole world To this same Pallace in which the Emperour himselfe doth lodge there belong two pleasant gardens the one bigger than the other into which his Imperiall Majesty hath an eary an commodious passage out of his owne lodgings In this Court of the Castle called the Burgplatz neare the Emperours lodgings is a company of Foot and at the entry to the inner Castle under the very gate neere the Drawbridge ten of the Guard called Frabauten doe commonly watch and keepe their station there all day with their Halberds but at night they draw up the bridge and watch within untill they bee relieved by others of their fellowes And before the chambers of the Emperour and Empresse there are other Guards which waite with Javelins called Hartschierer and these are ever ready to attend and follow the Emperour wheresoever hee goeth as well in Iourneys as when hee goes to walke as the ordinary horse guard of his body CHAP. 3. Of the person of the Emperour Ferdinand the second and of his Imperiall vertues and qualities his devotion and piety his workes of humiliation and of his dispatch of businesse recreations and meales THe Emperour Ferdinand the second was sonne to the Archduke Charles of Austrin who lived at Gratz and Grandchild to the Emperour Ferdinand the first and had as his heredetary countries the Dutchies of Stiria Carinthia and Carniola with other appendent Provinces But when the two Lines of the Austrian family that of the Emperour Maximilian the second of Vienna and that of Ferdinand the Archduke of Infbruck were both failed And that the Archduke Albert who lived in the Low-countriess was growne old and weake and had reteined the government of the Austriaâ— Provinces His Imperiall Majesty partly by succession and partly by agreement and consent but chiefly by his being chosen and Crowned King of Bohemia and Hungary which was a strong foundation of his future greatnesse obtained the possession of all those Provinces And after this on the 28. of August Anno 1619. the Emperour Matthias the first being dead he was elected and crowned Emperour at Francfurt on the Maine At which time raigned these Kings and Princes in divers Kingdomes of Europe IAMES the first King of Great Brittaine LEVVIS the thirteene King of France PHILIP the third King of Spaine CHRISTIAN the fourth King of Denmarke GVSTAVVS ADOLPHVS King of Sweden SIGISMVND the third King of Poland and in the East the Sultan Osman Now for the person of his Imperiall Majesty he was of fifty nine yeares of age of a midling stature and corpulent of an excellent complexion strong and healthfull his haire and beard somewhat gray of a gracefull presence of a kinde meeke bounteous and liberall djsposition and of a singular understanding eloquence and memory temperate in meate and drinke and moderate in sleepe hee seldome went to bed till ten at night and sometimes not till one and he ordinarily did rise at foure in the morning and on his bended knees commend himselfe by prayer to God On festivall and solemne daies principally on the Apostles daies he did confesse and heare Masse The thursday before Easter he used to receive the holy Sacrament from the hands of the Popes Nuncio in company of the Empresse the King and Queene of Hungary the Archduke and the Archdutchesse and other principall persons of the Court according to the rule of the Church of Rome Before his Imperiall Majesty went to Church hee did appoint two Masses to be said in the chappell or closet one for himselfe another for his late wife who was sister to Maximilian the present Duke of Bavaria and sometimes at the same time hee did receive the Sacrament And then he went to Church where hee commonly did heare a Sermon in Dutch of one of the Iesuits who is the ordinary preacher of the Court of about an houre long The Sermon ended high Masse is celebrated with great devotion and most sweet Musicke which lasts at least an houre After dinner he did use to heare an Italian Sermon by the ordinary Court Italian Preacher and after that the vespers which are sung with great solemnity And in this manner his Imperiall Majesty spent almost the whole Sunday or holiday And sometimes he did visit other Churches both within without the City as the Dominicans the Capuchins the Iesuits or the Carmelites and in these Colledges and Convents he sometimes did dine In the time of Advent his Imperiall Majesty did commonly rise very early to frequent certaine Mattins like singing Masses called Rorate because at his entry is sung the said Rorate coeli which is followed with Musicke of instruments and voices almost an houres space which time the people imploy in their prayers and devotions The same Office is likewise solemnely celebrated with great concourse in all the Churches During the time of Lent his Imperiall Majesty was most diligently wont to heare Sermons in his Court chappell and in the Augustines Church which is neare the Castle and on Holidaies in the Chappell of the Minimes especially in the time of the penitentiall processions and every day in Lent are sung the Vespers at large in the Imperiall Oratory On Maundy thursday before noone his Imperiall Majesty publikely and before all there present did wash the feet of thirty poore men then feede them and serve them in his owne person at table After he gave to every one a gowne and a piece of
clerkes and ingrossers One keeper of this Chancery chamber The Chamber of the dispatches of the Court chamber BArtholomew Shoellhard Imperiall Counsellor and Commissioner or Referendarius of the Court-chamber There are three Secretaries of this Court-chamber These Dispatches chiefely concerne confiscated goods and now belong to the Confiscation Counsell wherein the principall Commissioners are THe Bishop of Vienna The Abbot of Lilienfield and The Count of Schlick Item one Register One assistant to the Register One Dispatcher of the Court chamber One Assistant Seven Inditers Nine Clerkes Five servants of the Court chamber One Dorekeeper of the Court counsell chamber One Messenger of the Court chamber The Chamber of the Military Court Counsell or Counsell of warre THere are of this Counsell foure Secretaries One Register One Assistant to him One Dispatcher One Assistant to him Six Clerkes One porter or dorekeper The Chamber of the Court Marshals office LEonhard Fleuner Imperiall Counsellor and Secretary of that office He hath his owne clerkes and servants In matters of consequence there are joyn'd to him by the Court Marshall some Counsellors of the Imperiall Court with the Fiscall of the same court Two Guards of the Court Marshals office Of the Hungarian Counsell Chamber are LAurence Ferenskie Counsellor both to the Emperour and to the King of Hungaria and Secretary of the Hungarian Counsell One Taxer for the Dispatches One Register and Two Clerkes Of the Bohemian Counsel-chamber are GEorge Freisleben Counsellor both to the Emperour and to the K. of Hungaria c. and Secretary of the Bohemian Counsell Wolf Henig Taxer and Register of both the Counsels of Germany and Bohemia One dispatcher Two Inditers Six Clerkes the yongest whereof is alwaies oblig'd to be Porter The Chamber of the Court Counsell of Austria THe Counsell Chancery of the Arch-dutchy of Austria is commanded by Iohn Baptista Count of Werdenberg It hath two Secretaries One Register and Taxer One Inditer One Dispatcher Five Clerkes The Imperiall Court Musicke ONe Master of the Court-chappell Two Organists Twenty Instrumental Musicians Vocall Musicians SEven Bases Seven Tenors Five Altus Foure Descants Eleven Musicall Trumpetters Three Trumpetters not Musicall One Kettle Drummer Item twelve boyes and schollers with a Master One Notist One keeper of the instruments One Instrument maker Two instrumental servants Besides these there are of the Imperiall Musicke and belonging thereto in number about fourescore persons THE ORDINARY STATE of the Court of her Imperiall Majesty of the Roman Empresse ELENORA c. Borne Duchesse of Mantova and Monferrat c. How the same was kept and served by all high and low Officers Ladies Mayds of honour Gentlewomen Mayds and Servants In the Imperiall residence at Vienna in the last yeere 1636. MAximilian Prince of Dietrichstein is high Steward of the Court of the Empresse Lady Vrsula Countesse of Atomos Shee high Steward of the Court. Lady Agnes Countesse of Farensbach is Governante of the Court Ladies The Ladies or Mayds of honour of the Roman Empresse are thirteene being all Mayds and daughters to Earles Vrban Freebaron of Potnig is Steward of the Court of the Archdutchesse of Austria the Lady Cecilia Renata second daughter to the Emperour Margaret Baronesse of Heberstein is Governante of her Court She hath but foure Ladies or Mayds of honour all daughters to Earles and Barons Servants and Officers of the Empresse her Court One of the Guard ONe German Secretary One Italian Secretary One Confessour Three Court-Chaplaines Afterwards Six servants of the Chamber One Wardrobekeeper One Taylor One Apothecary Two of the Cellar One dore-keeper of the chamber One fire-maker of the chamber One porter of the great chamber Two guards of the chamber Two cookes One footman One coverer of the Ladies tables Two coverers for the tables of the chamberers and mayds Six Taylors for the maids Item six Chamber-maids Two other mayd-servants One mistresse Woman-cooke One inferiour Shee-cook Nine Ladies Waiting-women One Chamber-woman One Landresse for the Ladies THE STATE OF THE COVRT of the Archduke Leopald William of Austria the Emperours second sonne SEbastian Bishop of Gurch Privy Counsellor both to the Emperour and to the Archduke Leopald William is also this Archdukes high Steward and Chamberlain Three Privy Counsellors whereof the last is a Iesuite and his Confessour the two others are Freebarons Iohn Iacob of Daun Knight of the Teutonick order is Master of his horse There are five Gentlemen of his chamber the one being an Earle and the foure others all Freebarons George Pacher Imperiall Counsellor for Lower Austria is his Court-chancellor One Doctor of Physick by name Leonhard Mulgiesser Michael Ottho Bishop Secretary Officers of his Chancery ONe Register One Expeditor or dispatcher Two Clerkes One Assistant One servant or chamber-keeper Besides There are fourteene Pages all children to Freebarons Lords and Gentlemen of quality Six Groomes or servants of his Bedchamber Six Footmen Other officers and servants that waite on him are as it were borrowed of the Emperours Court. A CATALOGVE OF THE PRINCES ELECTORS and States of the Sacred German Empire Anno M. DC XXXVI The Electors of the Sacred Roman Empire Ecclesiastickes THE Archbishop of Mentz Arch-chancellor of the Sacred Roman Empire through Germany The Archbishop of Collen Archchancellor of the sacred Roman Empire for Italie The Archbishop of Tryer Archchancellor of the sacred Roman Empire for France and Arelate Secular Electors THe King of Bohemia Arch-cupbearer of the Sacred Roman Empire The Count Palatine of the Rhine Arch-Sewer of the Sacred Roman Empire The Duke of Saxony Arch-Marshall of the Sacred Roman Empire The Marquisse of Brandenburg Arch-Chamberlain of the Sacred Roman Empire The Archbishops of the Sacred Roman Empire MEniz Collen Tryer. Magdenburg Saltzburg Bremen The Bishops Ausburg Aichstat Bramberg Basel Biven Constance Chur or Coire Cammerach Freysingem Hildesheim Halberstat Liege Lubech Munster Minden Osnabrug Passaw Paderborne Ratzenburg Regensburg or Ratisbonne Strasburg Schwerin Spire Tryer. Verdun Wartzburg Worms The three Bishopricks of Metz Theul and Verdun were taken from the Roman Empire by the Kings of France and are detained to this day The master of the Teutonicke order Prince of Mergetheim is indeed no Bishop but an Ecclesiasticke Prince of the Empire and takes the first place after the Bishops The secular Princes of the Sacred Roman Empire ANhalt Princes Bavaria Dukes Brunswick and Lunenburg Dukes Brandenburg Marquesses Baden Marquisses By Rhine Palgraves Holstein Dukes Hessen Landgraves Lorraine Dukes Leuchtenburg Landgraves Meckelburg Dukes Ostereich or Austrian Archdukes of the German others of the Burgundian line Pomerania Dukes Saxonia Gullick Cleveland and Bergen Dukes Saxonia of Engem and Westfalia Dukes Savoy Dukes Wirtenberg Dukes The Lithuanian and Ratzivilian are also received amongst them and put in the number of the Princes of the Empire The Abbots Priors and Prelates COrvey Elwangen Elchingen Fulda Gengenbach Hirshfelt Keysersheim Kempten Merchthall Munchrot Murbaco Munster in the Gregorian vale Oxenhausen O denheim Petershausen Rittershausen Reckenburg
precedency before the great Duke of Tuscany The Electors Princes States of the Roman Empire have some their Residents and others their Agents negotiating their affaires in the Imperiall Court but when their happens any thing of moment or difficulty they send their Ambassadours to his Imperall Majesty The Popes Nuncio takes the first place in the Court before all other Ambassadours and before the Princes of the Empire then present After him the Spannish Ambassadour claimes and pretends precedency FINIS THE STATE OF THE IMPERIALL-COVRT of the EMPEROVR FERDINAND THE SECOND Wherein is treated Of all higher and lower Officers and Ministers Privy Counsellors Imperiall Court Court-chamber Court-Millitary Hungarian Bohemian Austrian and divers other such like Imperiall and Royall Court-Councellors and Court dispatches of the severall Chanceries and of their Officers And principally Of the severall Iurisdictions of the foure chiefe Court Officers Of Ambassadours Residents and Agents Artificers Tradesmen and Musicians of the Court c. As it was MDC XXXVI LONDON Printed by ANNE GRIFFIN 1637. The High Steward of the Court. THe L. Leonard Hellfried Count of Megaw c. The Cabinet Counsellours THe L. Francis Cardinall and Prince of Dietrichstein Bishop of Olmuiz in Moravia The L. Anthony Prince and Bishop of Vienna Abbot of Crembsmunster The L. Leohard Hellfned Count of Megaw high Steward of the Imperiall Court The L. Maximilian Count Trantmansdorff high Steward to K. Ferdinand the third The L. Iohn Ernest Fugger Count of Kerchburg and Weissenhorne Knight President of the Imperiall Court-Counsell The L. Ignatius Abbot of Lilienfield President of the Imperiall Court-chamber The L. Henry Schlicke Count of Parsaw and Weisenkirhen President of the Imperiall Court-counsell of warre The L. Iohn Baptist Count of Werdenberg Chancellour of the Imperiall Court The L. Wolgang Count and Lord of Mansfelt Imperiall Counsellour of the warre and Governour of Raab in Hungary The L. George Lippai of Zombor Bishop of Vesperin Chancellour of the Hungarian Counsell The L. William Count of Schlavata high Chancellour of the Kingdome of Bohemia The L. Francis Christopher Khevenhiller Count of Frankenberg high Steward of the Court of the Queene of Hungary The L. Iulius Neidhard Count of Noersburg The L. Peter Henry of Stralendorff Baron Vice-chancellour of the Sacred Roman Empire The L. Sigfrid Christopher Preuner Baron Lieutenant of Lower Austria The High Chamberlaine THe Lord Iohn Iacob Khiesel Count of Gotsher The high Ma shalt of the Court. THe Lord Leonhard Helfried Count of Harrach The high Master of the Horse THe Lord Bruno Count and Lord of Mansfelt The Lords of the Emperours chamber in ordinary are these following THe L. Iohn Christopher of Paar Baron generall Post-master for the Court. Wentzel Count of Wurben Charles Count of Portia Georg Achat C. of Losenstein Szywa Count of Wurben Frederick Cou. of Caveriani Hierome Co. of Montecuculi Montauto Co. of Mountacut George Barthol Khiel C. c. Frederick Co. of Atomos Vratislaus Co. of Furstenberg Francis Co. of Picolomini Iohn Co. of Swartzenberg Wolf Engelbrecht Co. of Awersberg Diolate Co. of Conossa Simon Lewis Co. of Dietrichstein Iohn Count of Trauston George Ehrnrich C. of Trautmanstorf Adam Co. of Budiani Adam Count Forgatsh Iulius C. of Salm. Barons Gabriel Ardedi Free-baron Iohn Sigismund Gayler Free-baron Dionise Setshy Free-baron Stanislaus Potaizi Wolfskie Free-baron Iacob di Negro Free-baron William of Tedenbach Free-b Christopher of Ebiswald Free-baron Iohn Maximilian Free-baron of Lamberg Peter Ernest of Molar Free-baron Iohn George Free-baron of Herberstein Christopher Free-b Teufel Rodolf Free-baron of Paar These following of his Imperiall Majesties chamber extraordinary are all either Princes Earles or Lords PRince Christian of Anhalt Iohn Caspar Master of the Teutonick Order Prince of Mergetheim Iules Henry Duke of Saxen Lawenburg Collonel Rodolf Maximilian Duke of Saxen Lawenburg Collonel Francis Albert Duke of Saxen Lawenburg Collonel Rodolf Duke of Lignitz Henry Wentzel Duke of Munsterberg Maximilian Prince of Liechtenberg Ferdinand Prin. of Cardenas Earles Anthony Gunther Count of Oldenburg Christian C. of Waldeck Iohn Lewis C. of Nassaw Frederick C. of Hardeck George Lewis C. of Swartzenberg Frederick C. of Furstenberg William C. of Slawata Wolfgang C. of Mantsfelt Bruno C. of Mansfelt Henry C. of Shlick Maximilian C. of Dieterichstein Francis Christopher C. Khevenhuller Iaroslaw Borzita C. of Marzin Leonhard Hellfrid C. of Megaw Balthasar C. of Maradas Iohn C. of Nassaw George C. of Opperstorf Matthias C. of Gallas Michael Adolf Co. of Altheim William Vratislaw C. of Mitrowitz Adam Paul C. of Slawata Maximilian C. of Wallstein Leonhard Charles C. of Harrach Rodolf C. of Colloredo Octavius Co. Piccolomini Barons Arnold Freebaron of Peymer Philip Husman Freebaron Iohn Iacob Freebaron of Kusstein Ernest Freeb. of Kollonnitsh Ferdinand Curtz Freebaron of Serftenaw Christopher Loebell Freebar Sigfrid Christopher Preuner Freebaron Iulius Neidhard Freebaron of Moersburg William Leopald Nothaft Freebaron of Wehrenberg Gundacre Freebaron of Polheim Paul Palfy Freebaron Steven Palfy Freebaron Ernest Freebaron of Suys Paul Iacob Freebaron of Starenberg Rodolf Freebaron of Tieffenbach Frederic Freebaron of Thallenberg Christopher Thonradle Freebaron Christopher Paradiser Freebaron Sigismund Adam Freebaron of Traun Adam Freebar of Wallstein Charles Freebaron of Tzherotin Peter Henry Freebaron of Stralendorf Conrad Baron of Steinberg Henry Freebar of St. Iulian. George Teuffell Freebaron Iohn Freebaron of the Reck. Leopold Freeb. of Stralendorf Ioachim Adolf of Stralendorf Baron The Imperiall Court-counsell hath two Benches whereof the one is called the Bench of the Nobles and consisteth of Counts Barons and Knights to the number of twenty The other Bench is called the Bench of the learned Counsellours whereof are ten most of them Doctours or Batchellours both of the civill and canon Law The President of this Court-counsell is Iohn Ernest Fugger Count of Kirchberg Another Counsell called the Imperiall Court-chamber consisteth of seven Counsellors which are either Freebarons Barons or Doctours Ignatius Abbot of Lillyfield is the President of this Counsell The Counsell of Warre consisteth of eight Counsellours whereof is one Duke two Counts and five Freebarons and Henry Count of Shlick is President of this Imperiall Military-counsell The Captaine of the Guard with Javelins consisting of one hundred horse and called Hartshier is Don Balthasar Count de Maradas The Captaine of the foot or Halberdiers is Philip Count of Mansfelt and this Guard consisteth also of one hundred men The Master of the Staffe or the Imperiall Officer who bearing a blacke rod ushereth the meat which is carried to the Imperiall table commonly called Stab-master is Diodato Count de Conossa Bruno Count of Mansfelt is now both Master Falkner and Huntsman the two offices of the high Hunter and high Falkner The generall Postmaster is Iohn Christopher Freebaron of Paar At the Imperiall Court are alwaies as Counsellors for the affaires of Hungaria George Lippai Bishop of Vesperin Court-chancellour for that Kingdome and Thomas Mikulich of Brukonoz Counsellour of that Kingdome and Lieutenant