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A10812	The most royall and honourable entertainement, of the famous and renowmed king, Christiern the fourth, King of Denmarke, &c. who with a fleete of gallant ships, arriued on Thursday the 16. day of Iuly 1606. in Tylbery-Hope, neere Grauesend VVith a relation of his meeting, by our royall king, the prince and nobles of our realme: the pleasures sundry times shewed, for his gracious welcome, and most famous and admirable entertainment at Theobalds. VVith the royall passage on Thursday the 31. of Iuly, thorough the citty of London, and honorable shewes there presented them, and maner of their passing. By H.R.	H. R. (Henry Roberts), fl. 1585-1616.	1606 (1606)	STC 21085; ESTC S115982	11,170	32

and chiefe officers being very riche in their apparell his Trunckes and other prouision for carriage couered with redde Veluet trimmed with blew Silke and Golde lace his Sumpter clothes and couerings to couer his lading of redde Veluet with blew silke and gold lace all made after the English fashion For the gouernment of his followers of all sorts according to his Kingly pleasure he ordained a Marshall who had vnder Marshals many with great charge from his Maiestie that if any man of his company should be drunke or otherwise to abuse himselfe in any maner towards Englishmen or his owne followers to be punished sharply such is the royall care and honor of his excellencie which is duely executed All things being ready for the voyage which with great care of all his officers was accomplisht after a most honourable order taken for gouernment of the Kingdome in his absence the winde seruing fitly and a heauie parting of the Queene his honoured and most gracious Mother with the States and chiefe of the land with teares of sorrow plentifully shed of his louing subiects and their hearty prayers zealouslie made to GOD for the prosperous successe of his Maiestie at Sea and happy arriuall to his desirous Porte he bad them all farewell leauing them to their charge and betooke his royall person to the mercy of GOD that guideth heauen and earth and seas and in all dangers protecteth his people And by Gods prouidence who sendeth winds at has pleasure after some more then ordinary 〈◊〉 of our dread soueraigne and his people 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 co●ming ● royall fleete had sight of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in safety e●●ed the same bea 〈…〉 of Tham●s beholding with g 〈…〉 pleasu●e admi●ing the sweet and pleasant 〈◊〉 a●d 〈…〉 lay of the Land not des●●ing to 〈◊〉 to 〈…〉 his ex●ellent person vnti●l the Kings maiestie our soueraigne came But applied wi●h h●s shipping so high as Tilbury hope a roade some two or three miles distant from G●●●s●●d a Port towne in the county of Kent Where some small way off the roade more nere the towne they came to anchor whereof our gracious King being by poasts aduertised hauing his Ba●ges ready who being a King replenished with all Kingly curtesie well considering of those great trauells this Kingly brother had vnder gone to see his Highnesse the Queene and their honourable progeny without long stay this mirrour of all h●nour King Iames accompanied with the Prince his counsell and many of the nobility of the Land with great store of Countiers which gaue their attendance tooke their Barges towards T●lbury where the King in his ship attended his Kingly company The Denmarks looking earnestly now for the comming of the King with his companie When they came sayte with the townes end at Grauesend they from the shippes discried the barges and gaue notice there of to the King and presently at the command of the Lord ●dmirall of the fleet the company was by the Boatswains whistles called vp and in all the gallant manner that might bee each man in his Liuery making a gallant shew and noyse of Trumpers after the sea manner and meeting of friends The Tacklings toppes and euery part of the shippe was so replenished with men that hardly might you decerue the ropes or see the shippes sides The King ariuing at the shippes side was intertained most graciously by the Denmarke king to his shippe with the Prince Nobles and Gentlemen of his traine Which by King Iames the Prince and Nobles was againe requited with Kingly embracings and most honourable entertainement to this Country Like honourable fauours and g●eat welcomes were made his followers by the Counsell of England and the●●s to the great ioy of all the beholders One house and something more beeing spent with great delight aboard the shippe these famous Kings Ioyed in each others company The Tide seruing they set foreward to the Court. The two Kings and the Prince in his barge were placed and the Noblemen of England courteously entertained into their companies the Noble men and best of the King of Denmarks traine The Barges falling off from the shippe after they had ●owed some small way The Admitall discharged such a thundering peale of Ordinance whereof many are Cannones of brasse as the smoake dimmed the skies and their noyse was heard a farre way off after her the vice and reere Admiral and so all the rest which made a long peale cuery shippe taking his turne very orderly in exceeding good sort By this time they came to the blocke-houses situat neere Grauesend who followed in discharging their Ordinance in like manner with such good industry and care as was very well commended and highly praysed of both kings and their companies This honorably welcome giuen and receiued they passe the riuer till they came to Greenewich where the royall Court of England lay All the way passing the royall King of Denmarke with many louing fauours shewed his hearts Ioy in imbracing the noble most honourable Prince Henry Being now on our English land a more kinde welcome was againe begun to all the strangers To behold the multitudes of people which came to see them was admirable especially hauing so small knowledge of the Kings arriuall In royall manner they entred the Court at Greenewhich where our gracious Queene Anne lay vnto whom you neede not doubt but this happy tidings and Kingly brothers company was most pleasing and ioyfull as appeared at their most royall and kingly meeting of these most great Princes brother and sister whose trauells he holdeth for pleasure and therein taketh great comfort inioying the sight and welfare of so high and mighty a Princesse his deare siste Queene Anne and so toward and happye islue of their loynes as were present that in that in them and their presence no Monarch of the earth might thinke a more happier contentment This night being Friday at night and the. 7. day of Iuly the royall Kings reposed themselues in the Court Satterday all day and night with great welcomes and ioy of either of them On Sunday the 19 day King Iames accompanied with his brother of Denmarke and Nobility of both kingdomes verye rich in their courtlike attire The King being in English fashion went to the Chappell where they heard a learned Sermon preached by the Reuorend Father the Bishop of Rochester By all the way as they passed and returned the Royall King with admiratiō gaue great honorable regard to the multitude of people there present The honorable state and gallant managing of the Nobilitie and Courtiers with the rare companie of Gentlemen Pensioners and the Garde in their riche Coates as hee wondered highly at that rare and most high seruice and sumptuous attendance The time of dinner being come the Garde of our King appointed to giue their attendance on the Gentleman Sewer carryed vp his Kingly vvands where wanted not any thing that could possibly be gotten with Wine and Beere plentifull all serued vp

On Munday being the 28. of Iuly after dinner they leaue that place retourning gracious thankes to this worthie Earle for their cheere and pleasures wh●ch being truely considered of may deseruedlye bee spoken off in all honour in the Courtes of the mightiest Potentates As the Strangers Partakers of both pleasures and cheere to their great honor● doth appliud and for euer will commend in all places the renowned Earle and his most kinde royal entertainmēt they receiued at this famous house of Theobals by his bounue The same night they returned againe to Blackwall and from thence to Greenewich where our gracious Queene Anne the hearts delight of these two royall Kings kept her Court vnto whose gracious and moste louing companye they were welcome where to the protection of the God of all glory and peace we leaue them who euer defend them and all theirs Thu● haue I brought to end the first welcome ariual of this famous stranger King with his beginning of progresse to Gods glorie their great pleasure and content of manye thousands whose desires were inriched with beholding their persons At this place of Greenwich they repose themselues vntill Thursday which was the 31. of Iuly and the day appointed for their comming through the citty where they spent the time in solacing themselues with her gracious Maiesty the Prince and Nobles of his court About two of the clocke in the after noone the tide seruing them to goe to London these two Royall Kings accompained with the Prince and Honorable priuie Counsell the Lordes and estates of the Land a moste worthy company of Knightes and Esquires The Kinges Barges giuing their attendance their royall persons came aboorde and were rowed towards London By the way as they passed they were saluted with great peales of Ordinance from the Merchants ships which ridde in the Thames the gunners of them so carefully applyed their busines that they were highly commended for their care And their owners which were at charge thereof had thereby great commendatiōs With these delights and other musicall noyse of Drums and Trumpets they passed on vntill they came to the Tower-wharsse where those moste gracious Kinges and Royall Prince landed There they made no long stay but as sudainely as the Traine could bee marshalled according to their auncient manner they set forwards where the kinges was entertained by that worthye Magistrate Sir Leonard Hollyday Lord Maior of the honorable Citie of London who deliuered the Sword vnto his Highnes who graciously receiued it and then proceeded The Marshals of the Cittie first who had with great care deserued cōmendatiōs for their trauailes from the morning verie carely rid vp downe the Cittie carefully ouerseeing the multitudes of People which came to be partakers of these royal sights who by the straight cōmaun demēt receiued from the Lord maior and Aldermen for the peoples safeties that no harme might befal any of the cōpanies so highly with such great regard did they apply themselues in placing and gouerning them that thereby much harme was preuented which might otherwise haue happened by the vnruly multitude as is oftententimes seene at such times and places The Marshals had allowed for their attendance 12. men suted in yellow Fustian with ash coloured hats red bands and red scarfes and each a up-staffe in their hands Next them two trumpetters of his Maiesties after whome followed the Knight-Marshals men of his highnesse houshold a famous most worthie knight Sir Thomas Vauisor These his followers were all suited in clay collour cloakes streamed with siluer lace white Doublets and greene hose with white hattes the bandes rowled white and greene and guarded in the brimme with greene silke of this company was twentie three persons Then followed the Messengers in their coates very richly embrodered to the number of fourteene then a Harrold of armes After whome followed his Maiesties Trumpetters led by their Serieant in a cloake of Carnation Veluet bearing the siluer Mace of his office and the rest of his company to the number of xiiij in their liuerie coates verrie rich and well mounted Thē followes the kings of Denmarkes Drume riding vpon a horse with two Drums one of each side the horse necke whereon hee strooke two little mallets of wood a thing verie admirable to the common sort and much admired Then follow the Denmarke Kinges Trumpeters beeing aleuen in all decently attyred after our English fashion in Cloackes of Watched guarded with blacke and striped white Blew Veluet Hose and white Satten Doublets trimmed with Siluer Lace White Hattes with Bandes imbrodered with Gold With this companie the Kinges Guarde began to come forwarde which marched Souldier like by the sides of the Traine for a time to keepe the way After them more Harroldes in their rich Coates Then the Kinges Gentlemen and Courtiers being most gallantly mounted and rich in their Apparell Then a troope of most gallant Knighes of whose riches a number may admyre of whom many of them wore strange Fethers of rich and great essteeme which they called The Birdes of Paradice These passing on follow the Knightes of the Bathe so richly garnished both in Apparell riche Iewelles with gallant Horses and costly furniture that all the Princes of the world may admire to heare thereof But more to see the most exceeding richnesse and most gallant personages of them Then follow more Harroldes the worshipfull Deane of his Maiesties Chappell and one other with him Then Barrons and the Nobilite of Englande of the younger fort very rich and well attended vpon The Maisters of his honorable Court of Requestes Then the Sargiants at Armes with their riche Maces in number nine Then the reuerent Lord Archbyshop of Canterburie his Grace the Lord Byshop of London and others Then the right Honourable Earle of Salisburie and other Earles both of the Counsell and others amongst whom were placed in great honour the Lordes and chiefest of the Demnarke Kinges Nobilitie and Counsell who wore the most part of them rich Iewels on their left Breastes all men of great grauitie and seemely personages Then came the right honorable Earle of Nottingham Lord high Admirall of Englande who carried the Sword and betweene two other two the Lord Mayre of London who carryed a Mace Then came the most gracious Prince HENRIE whose sweete and most Maiesticall grace and fauour the whole company with due honour to his Grace did applaude and pray for his most gracious Father and all theirs in all health to continue Then follow these two famours Honours of Estate and Maiestie the two KINGES our dread Soueraigne and his beloued Brother Christiane the fourth King of Denmarke who regarding more the true loue of their Nation then gorgious Apparell whereof they haue plentie yet in their P●easures they contented them selues in plaine Suites to be attyred But rich in Iewels them selues not farre vnlike and their Horses neere couloured and suited About whom on the sides marched 〈…〉 e Denmarke Guarde suited

THE Most royall and Honourable entertainement of the famous and renowmed King CHRISTIERN the fourth King of Denmarke c. who with a Fleete of gallant ships arriued on Thursday the 16. day of Iuly 1●06 in Tylbery-Hope neere Grau●send With a relation of his meeting by our royall King the Prince and Nobles of our realme the pleasures sundry times shewed for his gracious welcome and most famous and admirable entertainment at Theobalds VVith the royall passage on Thursday the 31. of Iuly thorough the Citty of London and honorable shewes there presented them and maner of their passing By H. R. AT LONDON Printed for H. R. and are to be sold by William Barley dwelling in Gracious streete neere Leaden Hall gate 1606. To the Right worshipfull and most worthy fauourer of all vertues Sir Thomas Smith Knight all increase of worship in this life and after death the ioyes eternall RIght worshipfull as I was in the time of your worshipfull father for many great fauours bounden so haue I euer deuoted my selfe and all my abilitie to your worship and all the rest of his worshipfull progenie Amongst all which your selfe whose vertues God hath regarded and the Prince worthily respected I haue in my cheefest thoughts sought to acknowledge my dutie and to manifest my zeale to that worshipfull house from whence you proceed And albeit to mine owne knowledge you haue beene a spectator of those things wherewith I now make bolde to present you yet thereby I haue thought to manifest my loue and humbly beseech you that you vouehsafe the acceptance thereof The rather for that it concerneth the honours done by our King vnto his most deere beloued brother all which your selfe being better acquainted with then many others that by fostering it your honoured name shall be had in acceptance with many thousands of this realme whose desues are great to heare the truth of al these honourable entertainements giuen and receiued Thus humbly commending my selfe vnto your worships fauour and humbly crauing pardon for my presumption I cease from your further trouble and and rest in all humble duty at your seruice Ready for euer to be commanded Hen. Robarts The royall rare and most honorable intertainment of the famous King Christierne the 4. King of Denmarke c. since his first arriuall on shore the 17. day of Iuly 1606. WHen it pleased GOD to place the Imperiall crown of this most blessed and famous kingdome on the head of our most glorious and renowned soueraigne King Iames it was not a little admired amongst the commons of this land the honors done his highnesse by most Christian Kings and Princes who by their Ambassadours as from France Spaine Italy Denmarke Holland and others not onely presented their honourable loues and ioy for his happinesse therein but desiring peace with his people and state with loue in all honour to be continued amongst them and their nations Their honourable and Christian request his Highnesse with all honor embraced with such kingly conditions loue and fame to him and his subiects as all the Kings and Potentates of the world may admire and his owne people ioy in such honoured peace For thereby haue our Marchants sure and safe trafficke to all nations and they to our land where they trade at their pleasures Since when diuers nations which with good regard of those blessings God hath endued this Realme withall and the troubles of their owne countries preferring their quiet aboue their natiue countrey wealth and friends haue left their home-borne regions and placed themselues hero with their families where they liue free from those dangers they were subiect vnto vnder the gouernment of a most religious and honourable King inioying their wealth without feare and resting in all tranquillitie of minde and securitie of their estates praise God for his excellent Maiestie that so carefully tendereth their liues and safeties as his owne peoples Peace and all happy tranquilitie with so many countries being established and his Maiestie enioying the blessing of the most high God that placed him Ambassadours from state to state oftentimes passed whereby the Kings from farre receiued ioyfull tidings of his royall gouernement health and welfare and his Maiestie likewise from them and their kingdomes The affinitie of bloud and desire of true brotherly loue to be continued which Loue is the true Loadestone that draweth friends and moueth the heart to desire the company which they most honour and esteeme oft as we haue read many famous examples of all estates aswell Princes as others But in mans memory hath not beene heard nor hearing with more reioycing seene so ●are and most excellent a simpathie of true and honorable loue as is most apparent by that most royall King Christian of Denmarke who nothing regarding the dangers of the seas nor any other accidents albeit he did often times heare of the gracious and happy estates of our dread soueraigne King Iames his Royall and most esteemed Princely sister Queene Annc Prince Henry and their royall issue that such is his great desire and Kingly affection that no report what so euer could satisfie his Kingly minde but in person aduentured to be partaker of their most royall presence and to participate with them and their maiest call companies wherein no doubt a most honourable and true combined royall minde is expressed For which honourable intention his ships of great strength were prepared 2. Pinnases the Admirall wherein his owne person came being a most huge ship is esteemed of 1500. Tunnes which ship is so adorned with rich gold and very excellent workemanship as many thousands vpon report ther●of of purpose haue gone to Grauesend where shee doth ●yde to view her Besides the beautie and riches of this great ship she is appointed with most huge ordinance men and victualls sit for so Kingly a presence The rest likewise accordingly complete all riche in Ordinance men and munition The Kingly attendants of his person and all others of his traine furnished in apparell very riche and most beautifull euery one in his estate and place his Counsell and chiefe men very decent after their countrey fashion richly decked in silke with gold and siluer lace Iewels and chaines of rare estimation His Pages and garde of his person in Blew Veluet laide with Siluer Lace for their best sute and one sute for to exchange of other silke whitish coloured Hattes with bands embrodered most of them either white or blew stockins his Trumpetors in white Satten Dublets Blew Veluet hose trimd with silke and siluer lace watched cloakes guarded with sundry colours white Hattes with Blew silke and golde bands embrodered his common garde of Souldiers with Muskets furnished very riche white Fustian dublets watched hoase with white and Blew Lace loose Cassockes large and faire like our foot-mens coates with white and Blew lace Hattes with bands suted like and all his common souldiers in cassocks and hoase of watched colour the maister and his mates Gunners

in most honourable manner with the noyse and excellent Musicke of Drummes and Trumpets which mooued his Highnesse to much delight This myrror of esteemed grace and honor King IAMES the glory of all Christendome for receiuing forraine estates so entertained this pu●sant King his brother in person accompaning him in all royall pleasures delighting him and most plentifully feasting him as shall neuer be rased out of memory so long as the world shall haue any being But the Chronicles of these two vnited and famous Nations to the end of all ages ensuing shall record the honors giuen and receiued betweene these two most famous and royall Brothers Kings of England and Denmarke The dinner finished the first Sunday after his comming to the Court innumerable was the numbers of Cittizens of London as well of the better sort and gentrie as the Commons other adioyning parishes and townes which flocked therherto see the Parsons of these two beloued and famous Kinges The sight of which people might cause the greatest Prince in the world to admire them and in their admiration to reioyce in so faire and pleasant a sight of so many well demeaned people but more in the true loues to them Both which was the cause of their comming thether This Sunday spent in Gods praises and their comfort On Munday in the forenoone being the 20. of Iuly These gracious Kinges accompaned with our Royall Prince and manye Honorable persons moste ritchly mounted on Steedes of great prise and furniture fayre hunted in the Parke at Greenewich and killed two Buckes Afternoone their high estates went to Eltham a house of his Maiesties some two miles distant from the Court where in the parke they hunted with great pleasure and killed three Buckes on Horsebacke being followed with many companies of people which in their loues came to see them whereof a greate many not vsed to followe such pleasures as hunting especially being on foote thought not on their paines but in ioy of their hearts which no doubt was pleasing vnto them they endeuoured with all their power to follow after their horses as neuer wearied in the view of so royall company thinking themselues most happy of many other to behold so rare excellent a sight two kings a prince surely in the opinion of many their royal persons might take great pleasure to heare their continual cries to God for his blessing and to preserue them their states and dignities from all mallice and traytors practises for euer The Sun growing nearer to his place of rest their pleasures finished and they returned themselues to the Court all the way pacing easilye that the people might the better obtaine their desires in beholding of them This first dayes pleasure with greate delight finished they reposed themselues vntill Thursday the 24 of Iuly at which time the morning beeing fayre everye man in his place gaue their attendance the Barges wayted for their Majestyes which about a x● of the clocke came abrood them accompained with his Brother the King Prince were rowed to Black-wall where their Coaches with their traine attended their comming with such multitudes of people as were not to be numbred at the landing there of his Highnes the Merchants shippes which ancored in the roade these discharged such a peale of ordinance as gaue greate contentment to that royall companye There hence they set forwardes the way that leadeth to Stratford and so to Theobals twelue miles distant from London a famous and most delightfull house of the Right Honorable Earle of Salsburie all the way met with great companye of people which saluted them and prayed for their happines but moste especially vntill they came three or foure miles frō London all which way was so replenished with men and women of good sorte some on foote some on horsebacke and some in Coaches that there was hardlye way left for their royall companie to passe them such is the loue of this nation to the King and his Louers and friendes and in their loue their desires so great to beholde their delights that no paine whatsoeuer but they esteeme as pleasure to inioy it especiallye to beholde so honorable and heauenly sight two anoynted kinges and so royall a Prince whome God in his greate mercie euermore preserue and keepe from all Trayterous practises and other euils A men Before these Royall persons came neere the house of Theobals there was strewed in the high-wayes aboundance ofleaues coloured greene cut like Oaken leaues on euery one of which was written in large Romaine Letters of golde Welcome Welcome which beeing presented to their Majesties they praysed the deuice and found their welcomes as great to them and theirs as was spoken of At this moste beautifull house after their welcomes giuen by this moste bountifull Earle Patrone of that famous place they spent their times foure nights and dayes where they receiue many great delights in hunting in the Chaces Parkes neere adioyning where they killed store of Deere with great pleasure Some other times they spent in vewing the admirable pleasures that place affordeth beholding in great delight the sweet groaues gardens and walkes which with such rare workmanshippe is so beautified and for varyetie so exceedeth that time stealeth too fast away for the beholders especiallye where Iudiciall eyes dooth take pleasures therein so rich rare and of such exquisite perfection is that place that a man may fayle in discribing the same but cannot suddainly be wearyed with manye times viewing reuiewing thereof On Sunday they rest from their pleasures giuing the honor of that day to him that sanctified the same and hearing learned Sermons Amongst all the thinges which was to be noted at this honorable place during these two royal Kinges stay there this I may not ouetpasse The house b●ing twelue miles off from the Citie of London not-withstanding the distance of the places the great aboundance of people wh●ch came from London to see these two royal kings Prince weresomany that a man may wonder at but not certainely reposse● the high wayes thether day nor night neuer free for multitudes of People going and comming in such greate companies that all the Townes and Villages adioyning were so replenished with people that there was not lodging to bee had for many commers thether not victualls for their moneyes wherof many of good sort complained might haue fasted had they not beene prouided for in that honorable house Such was the bountie of this Noble Earle in his large allowance to all Officers for that time that Beefe Breade Beere Wine and other Vyandes was not denyed to any that were either acquainted in the house with the Officers or anye their friends which wold seek it as many sound to their great comfort and honor of the honorable Patrone of that house The foure dayes appointed for the stay of this royall companye there brought to end with many delights and pleasure to Gods glorie and their Graces good contentment