house And now the Sunne beginning to reflect vpon the Mountaine tops which being masked did desire to see the end of this festiuity and enuying the Admirals glorie hee prosecuted the same in causing it to raine the greatest part of it This is such a narration as my ignorance could decypher in so rude a stile I hope your Excellency will pardon it seeing good will is a sufficient supply of any defect in this behalfe for so many important reasons I wholly remaine yours April â—9 stylo nouo 1623. Andres de Mendoqa DElius had scarce shaken off the mantell of the Night nor had Taurus of the 〈◊〉 fourth Spheare who feedes on Lillies scarce guilded his hayre with the moderate heaâ—e of the Spanish Hemispheare with greater commodity to participate of the Festiuity his beames not hauing fully beaâ—en off the Deaw of Diana which watered that place Eolus blowing vpon it when not on the Scaffolds of the East but in the golden concurrence of so many Sunnes which disperced their beames in the Spanish beauties the morning sprouted forth and the Nobilitie of the Court in numerous Assemblies being in the euening to come forth to the Citie Solemnities for the enioying of the rurall Delights of the morning with long staues in their hands cloathed after the Pastorall manner in armors of haughty minde and hot courage more properly indeede her Children then those swift Horses which flowry Betis feedes on her sweet bankes who possessed the Fields encompassing the Buls more fierce then that Celestiall being more capable of rare impressions wherein passed noble attempts of Valour and Chivalry being proper effects of the Spanish courage obserued and seene in so many reiterated Experiences and tryals The Corrigidor very carefully preuented that none besides the selected Gentlemen might come forth to this Enclosure with long Rods or Staues in their hands that they might not assaile the Buls They were enclosed the first Bull was set vpon by the Gentlemen and the second by those of an inferior rancke and so the morning was ioyful and triumphant though Don Diego de Ramirez Don Pedro de Toledo fell and the Horses bare them downe this man through incircumspection and the other by vnmeasurable courage and forwardnesse Their fals were not of any dangerous consequence The Marques of Velada succoured them hewing the Bull in peeces with their swords and the place was disposed of in this manner and forme The Panaderia or Bullengerie hath in the midst of the office of Saddles or Furniture Within the twelue Arches of vnpolisht stone a guilded Scaffold more eminent then the rest in that on the left hand of this was another of equall proportion built on which were spread on the lower part Clothes of Gold and Silver in three degrees one higher then another Crimosin and Gold which were made for the comming of the Duke de Maine to the affiance of the Nuptials of the most Christian Queene I observed out of this that having hitherto beene put to no vse for the service of their Maiesties it might happily be hand selled to their honour in the Festivitie we expect from the Espowsalls of her Sister There were divided from it in the midst with a partition of Crimosin Damaske spotted all over with Gold two other partitions on the out-partes of the same and that on the left hand with a portaile or gate to goe out at to the mayne Scaffold traversed with another partition which seru'd for those vses which shall herevnder appeare On the two sides were hung vp those hangings of Needle-worke wrought with wyer of Gold so many times formerly seene and on the top two Canopyes of cloth of Florence of carnation colour raysed in the weaving two severall higthes of gold with a most rich Cover over head and curtaines on both sides with the former part of plaine cloth of Gold of Mylan Crimosin spanne new with Chayres of cloth of Gold and Tissue Stooles and Cushions of the same with Turkie peeces hangings of most rich Tapistrie and the places of the Counsell appointed in manner and forme so often heretofore seene The Windowes were replenished with the Nobilitie of this Court the standings and flore with those of inferiour Fortunes and bloud The most Illustrious Nuncio to whom the first standing was allotted and next to the Royall seate betweene his Maiestie and the Queene had for his Associates the most excellent Embassadors of the Emperour of France Poland and Venice starrs of great and rare Magnitude the rest were dispersed all over the breadth of the place the Queene was placed next vnto them and of the right side in Royall partitions the Ladyes Dames and noble Pages of the Court While you come to the Counsell of Royall Excellencie for the Corrigidor and his Lieutenants being entred with their vsuall Trayne of Officers he went out to enterteine them that high Senate entring with such a wonderfull Maiestie that it may onely be an example and president to it selfe The Corrigidor gaue a glorious Liverie to eight Pages and foure Laqueyes of plaine blacke Velvet furniture and skirts embroydered with Snayles and Gandurados Cloakes of cloth with bases of feet and Doublets of blacke Satten garded with blacke Lace and Feathers of a colour which all the place admired and wondered at The other Counsells and Lordes being placed in their severall roomes the Maiesty of the Queene and of the Infanta made entrie in their Carroches clothed in a dark kind of gray wrought with embroydery and Lentills of Gold with Iewells and Plumes a thing very needlesse to relate seeing all Rhetoricall colors of the tongue cannot expresse the truth of their incomparable value and estimation Their Highnesses Don Carlos and Ferdinando one in Purple and the other in Blacke contended in Beautie and yet prevented one another in affection The Coches of the Ladies and Minnies of the Court the very Envie of Phoebus rayes were Retraytes of the Moneth which then raygned for Beautie and varietie of collours solemnized with the greatest concourse of Nobilitie that ever the Empire of glory and gallantrie beheld And then first lighting on foot the Marquesse of Reutine of Almaine made entrie for their Maiesties betweene the Gardes conducted by their Captaine excellently set forth himselfe wearing a Plume Preparations and a braue Liverie of a darke yellow and yellow furniture and Don Ferdinando Verdugo Lieutenant of Hispaniola in white and blacke in a Liverie of darke greene white furniture both contesting one with another for greatest riches and pompe The whole Troope being conducted by the Alcaldes on Horsebacke and by a great number of English and Spanish Knights Officers and Grandes The Prince of Wales was relucent in white and blacke Plumes mounted on a mingle-colloured Horse and the King apparelled in a darke colour'd Sute with a Plume of the same mounted on a dapple Gray in their legeritie implying the effects of the Stormie Boreas and in their faire and quiet managing shewing themselues almost
Maiesty Don Augustine Mexia a Gentleman of his Maiesties Chamber and of his Counsell of Estate Don Fernando Giron of the Counsell of Estate to his Maiesty Another Cartell THe Knight of the Forrests who is tied by the order of his Knighthood to trauell ouer mountaines and trace wild beasts seruing the great Prince of both the Spaines to make knowne that in the rusticity of the Country there is found the Courtly vrbanity of Loue he affirmes that they who make profession of his exercises and Knighthood are the Gallants that attaine to highest perfection in louing because not knowing what hopes or delayes are they ratifie their fidelity by a silence taught them by the woods and mountaines and this he will maintaine and defend being no wayes borne out by Magicke spels but out of true valour and courage of minde which he meanes to approue and make good in the market place of Mantua Carpentana at the day appointed by the Caesar of both Spaines where they shall find him within the Lists from the stolne beames of Dianaes light while the sight of true resplendency her brother the god of Delos combating any such as shall deny this verity with three pushes at the Pike fiue fendants or right downe blowes with the sword the great Prince of Selua Calidonia being present at this combat of whom wise men spake by way of figure and shadow in the famous actions of Amadis de Gaule and Lisuare of great Britany and referring their triall to the arbitrement of the Iudges which shall be the Admirall of England Don Pedro de Toledo Marquesse of Villafranca and Don Ferdinando Giron presupposing alwayes the conditions ensuing That hee who yeelds a foot backe shall lose his prize fighting with the sword That he who giues one blow more or lesse then ordained shall lose prize That whosoeuers sword doth break he shall returne no more to the tournament but the prize shall be giuen him who thitherto hath best deserued it Whosoeuer breakes or giues a push with his Pike or a blow with his sword beneath the girdle hee shall lose prize Whosoeuer encounters with the sword or the Pike at the halfe length he shall lose prize Whosoeuer lets his sword fall out of his hand or lifts vp the visier of his helme or lets any piece of his armes fall he shall lose prize To the most forward and gallant to the most skilfull to the best effects with the sword to the pike of shocke to the sword pell mell to the best inuention and to the Ladies Pike be the honor giuen The whole Maske made their round accompanying the troupe while they stayed whose liuery cost the Admirall a great number of crownes who cloathed them all in nippons and hoods of Orange tawny and stryxt siluer cloath set with flowers and Romane deuices of blacke cloath edged about with siluer in purles with Talbants of Marroco of the same and white plumes onely Monterrey and Veragnas wore blacke The Marquesse of Alcanizes wore one different from these two extreames The beautie of horses and the riches of borders and furniture shewed euidently the affection of those that made this Festiuity They ran two careirs in the Palace besides their round and so went out in Maskes and I willset them downe ioyntly to excuse more worthy and famous Elegies then my shallow braines can inuent The names of the MASKERS THE Admirall Conde de Monterrey Duke de Tursi Conde de Portalegre Conde de Annouer Don Juan Claros de Guzman Conde de Villa franqueza Conde de Villamor Conde del Risco Conde de Ricla Don Fernando de la Cerda Don Francisco de Eraso Marques de Fromista Duke de Hijar Duke de Cea Coude de Villalua Don Manuel Manrrique Don Gaspar Bonifaz Conde de la Puebla del Maestre Marques de Castelrodrigo Don Diego Sarmiento Marques de Velada Marques de Xaualquinto Don Luys de Cordoua Zuheros Conde de Saluatierra Morques de Almacan Don Lorenzo de Castro Marques de Alcan̄icas Duke de Veraguas Marques de Camarasa Don Rodrigo Enrriquez Don Fernando de Guzman Conde de Cantillana Conde de Corun̄a Don Luys de Guzman Don Antonio de Toledo Horcajada Don Fernando de Toledo Higares Don Pompeo de Tarsis Don Juan de Vera. Don Iuan de Eraso Conde de Tendilla Don Luys de Haro Conde de Pun̄oenrostro Marques de Valle Don Christoual de Gauiria Conde de Villafior Marques de Belmonte Don Gaspar de Teues Marques de Toral Conde de Fuensalida Don Bernardo de Benauides Marques de Orani Don Antonio de Moscoso Conde de Mejorada FOure Maskes their Lacqueyes apparelled after the Turkish fashion in masking sutes and if my presumption herein should not bee too arrogant I would attempt to discouer the Sunne amidst the darknesse of the Maske The Andaluz cals that same doubtfull light by reason of the interposition of darknesse Calinas and the Poet Zelajes the vulgar opinion will needs haue it to be the King for the radiant beames of his haire and the statelinesse of his running did make him knowne Let it vanish away in vulgar report if his Maiesty like not to be discouered it was enough to make so great a guest as the Prince to reioyce to see him in this honor so great a Subiect as the Admirall There accompanied him his brother the illustrious Infant Don Carlos who ranne with the Marques of Carpio and with the King the Conde de Oliuares by office chiefe Master of his horse his most trusty and confident and his most eminent seruant And although their running caused much ioy yet feare which euer accompanieth true loue made vs in the night say in our hearts God preserue the King who euer loues them that serue him as the firme and inuiolable foundation of his Church and whose attempts are the proper offspring of the heroycall vertue of his Progenitors out of the generall wishes and desires of his subiects The Marquesse of Rentyn Captaine of the Almaine guard a gallant and louely Gentleman who conducted it was himselfe guarded by Fernand Verdugo Lieutenant of the Spanish one as discreet and circumspect as honored and well beloued From the Palace they went to the Descalzas followed by more then foure hundred persons on horse backe a triumphant and goodly company because euen in these trials of meere solemnity for martiall exercises the Nobility of this Kingdome haue euer beene affected to chiualry as may bee testified by multiplied experience To festiuate his Maiesty there repaired to those sacred wals for many speciall reasons and as it was the house of the Admiral Master of this festiuitie where they were to participate of it the greatest number of the Ladies of that same great Court And by the streets of the Arenall the Carreras and the market place of Atocha which waies they made their returne they did the like to the Palace whither they returned to accompany and dismide the maskes the rest conducted the Admirall home to his
TWO ROYALL Entertainments LATELY GIVEN TO THE MOST ILLVSTRIOVS PRINCE CHARLES Prince of Great Britaine by the High and Mighty PHILIP the fourth King of Spaine c. At the Feasts of Easter and Pentecost Translated out of the Spanish originals Printed at MADRID LONDON Printed for Nathaniel Butter and are to be sold at the Pide Bull neere Saint Austins Gate 1623. TO THE LADIE VICTORIA COLONNA DVCHESSE OF MEDINA RIOSECO my Honourable Lady whom God preserue THe retired life which your Excellency obserues beseeming your Widow-hood the Mirror and President of this Court permitted you not to view the Maske of my Lord Admirall the solemnity thereof will not suffer me to passe it ouer in obliuion nor the many fauours I haue receiued from your Excellency allow mee to forbeare the offering of it in writing vnto you by way of description Your Seruant Andres de Mendoza INtellect or vnderstanding participating so neerely with the Deitie it cannot be shut vp vnder locke and key especially in capacious mindes and Iudgements for as a fit obiect occurs men beat against that iron with the flint and then of necessitie it must needs sparkle and yeeld fire I haue alwaies beene of this opinion that the reputation of a wise man ties him to more demerit than an other ordinary man of repute for the better satisfaction herein of generall expectation And so in like manner one that writeth of all actions in generall hee hath neede of the greater sufficiency to obtaine applause and liking because as men are different in their apprehensions so are they in their humors and approbations as also besides it is somewhat too curious to present them euery day with new inuentions There is now both a conueniency and necessity to present to publique the Maske with which the Lord Admirall of Castile and Leon honoured their Maiesties in celebrating the arriuall of the most renowned Prince of England in these kingdomes whom their Maiesties for as many principall causes as most important reasons doe honour and festiuate A royall festiuity no doubt both to them to whom it was dedicated and to those who celebrated the same hee being more deepely tied and bound vnto this than if other Lords should festiuate and entertaine their owne Prince because they are extracted of his bloud being the Basis and foundation of all Nobility in that both the same reason concurs with the Admirall besides the greatest confluence in this of all the principall States and Princes of Europe a reason that may some waies excuse my rude penne in that the Admirall hath made good in reall action the meere fictions of Turpine and Ariosto if it be vnderualued for the breuity it may be exalted in the acceptance because as the Prince of Philosophers affirmed Historie is the true touchstone of men and forgetfulnesse of a benefit is the last and black censure of ingratefull men The many benefits wherein besides my naturall affection I stand bound to this great Prince may excuse me let all rare spirits admit of this so good a reason raised from such an heroicall foundation On Sunday being Easter day a solemne day in all respects which the Admirall made very good choise of because as much time must be allowed for sacred as for prophane exercises The Queenes Maiesty clothed in white a colour of exhilaration and gladnesse which the Church obserueth for the Annuali remembrance of the resurrection of her deare Spouse set out with rare iewels and precious stones whereof she hath store and the present occasion gaue her cause to make shew of them dined in publike The Gallants of the Court tooke their place with the Ladies and the dinner drew out somewhat late because their Maiesties went before to the Chappell to solemnize the Feast For neither their festiuities nor their yeeres apt to take delight in them can draw them to omit their religious zeale it being the principall respect of this Monarchy as it also hath beene of all other ages for the zeale of Numa wrought greater effects in the Roman Monarchy than the valour of Romulus The Prince in like manner dined in publique attended with the assistance and care of the Conde de Puebla as Master of the feast a valiant vnderstanding Gentleman and Mayor domo or Lord Steward of the Court. The Gentlemen tasters attended and the Earle of Bristow ministred vnto him the towell The King came out to euening prayer and then there went for his Highnesse the resplendent and noble troupe of all the honourable of these kingdomes and other strange Nobility which are now heere in great number then followed the Mayor domos with their Officiall staues and all the Grandes the traine finishing in the Duke of Infantado whose hoarie haires when the Sunne of his youth had passed the Zenith of his more flourishing age entred into the siluer Spheare of Cynthia to illustrate the world with his countenance The King was placed and the Prince on his right hand his Maiesty clothed in Ashe colour with a great golden fleece and a chaine baudrick wise which might haue bard in the Colossian Port of Rhodes I tooke this chaine to bee of many Crownes linked by foure in a knot cemented together with greene and blacke Emerald and if the French say true in this that euery action of a King is Royall these foure Crownes linked together and hanging at his Maiesties breast shall be so many kingdomes In his hat his girdle and for other Iewels of Diamonds he diminished the glory of Phoebus beames wearing in his hat a large wauing and aiery Plume The Prince was in blacke richly garded after the Spanish fashion with the George about his necke hanging by a watchet riban The enameld garter exceeded that colour in brightnesse and his Maiesty might as clearely be discernd as a Sunne a midst the Stars this not being the meanest action and remonstrance of his prudence that being a trauelling guest who came by Post not being able at the instant to shine with equall lustre he came to participate of the Spanish Sunne Immediatly after came the English Admirall and Oliuares both Masters of the horse The Counsell of Estate the Embassadors of Princes and the Chamber of the Citie great in number but greater in bloud and discent Being come to the Queenes quarter which was all hung with Tapistrie of Tunys and Petrarckes triumphs set forth in embroyderie well knowne both for riches and varietie of inuention The Prince vrged by all meanes that his Maiestie would be pleased first to enter but at last he yeelded to the Kings pleasure The Queene accompanied with the Infanta who was then in her Quarter to wish her an happy Easter went out to receiue them apparrelled in blacke and gold of wonderfull rich and stately whether with naturall or supernaturall beauty for a modest passion is a vertue supernaturall After many complements past they went to sit downe vnder a cloth of Estate which was of cloth of Gold three seuerall degrees
in height of Mylan Carnation and chaires of the same The Prince tooke place on the right hand of the Queene and the King on the right hand of the Infanta they two remaining in the midst The English Ambassador in ordinary dischargd the office of Interpreter by whose relation he saluted the Queene with a good Easter he was answered with the like ceremony and hauing performed these courtesies and complements before the Queene hee came to discharge them to the Infanta who entertained him with that modesty and grauity as might haue befitted greater yeares and more experience of time Their Maiesties manifested their alacrity by smiling twice or thrice and there arose such beautifull blushes in the Sunne of the Lady Infantaes countenance which beheld without naturall affection could cause no lesse than admiration and wonder They returnd to sit downe and while the ladies who were courting it among the gallants spent the time in expressing their seuerall conceits their Maiesties departed and returned in the same manner and forme as they came and then shewed themselues at the windowes of the south Gallery Cierzo accompanied by the Highnesses of the Illustrious Infants to view the tryall of armes wherein the youth of this great Court shewed both dexterity and valour In the meane while Apollo fearing two Sunnes retired his light and gaue way to a Maske which was in this manner There were diuers races for Careers made rayld in with bord and timber worke brest high within the Courtes of the Pallace that of Descalzas and the great Court The trembling and watrish beames of Diana would fame haue supplied the defect of Apolloes Rayes and one might perceiue that no borrowed light though in the absence and obscurity of the principall can be comparable to light naturall though indeed those artificiall did much eclipse it wherewith all the whole place and the corners did shine the progenie and effect of the especiall care of Iuan de Castilia Corrigidor executed in the seruice and honour of his Princes except it proceeded from the beames of that Spanish beauty which expected to behold the Festiuitie who did imitate herein the celestial Spheares the Queene and the Infanta stood in the great gallery and the Prince and the Infant Cardinall on the left hand accompanied with the English and Spanish Nobility that had no part in the Maske and were appointed their places There attended on the Queene and the Infanta besides the chiefe Ladies of the Chamber the Countesse of Oliuares who can giue a life to all actions of greatnesse and courtship as one who besides her own noble disposition and nature hath for her Instructor the Count and the Honourable Ladie of the house of Mendoza my good Lady and the Lady of Infantado whose venerable gray haires gaue great respect if the hereditary splendor of her glorious progenitors had failed with many other Ladies of these Kingdomes There stood hard by her Maiesty as her chiefe Mayor domo or Lord Steward the glory of the Illustrious Family Pimentell the true heire of his Fathers house as also of his vertues and perfections The rest of the out ietties or galleries were set with stars more relucent though lesse erring the glorious emulation of those in the firmament in the other Ladies and Menimas or noble youth of the Court whose rich ornaments darted forth beames sent forth from their beauties dissembling both frosts and flames the iust reuenge of some haughty soules The quantity of fire which was exhal'd contending to reach to their proper spheare dissolued the clouds of the middle region of the aire which powred downe in showers vpon the earth the Admirals happy fortune as it seemed she commanded them at such a time when she most desird to receiue them Which being sprinckled vpon the ground like deawes as from the hand of a gardner the Show began from his house by the royall Hospitall of Misericordia the street of the Streual that of S. Philip and the great street euen to the Pallace with fiftie drums trumpets and flutes clothd in liueries of Orange colour and white the colours of the Lady Maria Courtino who deriues her glory and discent from the familie of Marialua the supreamest honour of the Lusitanian Spaine after whom followed Diego Lopes de Zuniga Generall of the coast of Granada as Marshall of the field with a staffe of siluer in his hand and after him a good number of Pages and lack queies with axes in the liuery of the Admirall formerly seene and set downe in our relation of the Prince his entry and Don Carlos de Zaualza Page to his Excellency in a liuery of cloth of Orange colour and siluer laid with lace and set with blacke glasses or bugles all armed and Don Ieronimo de Esquiuel Page to the Marquesse de Alcanizas apparelled in blacke plated with siluer and in like manner armed mounted vpon excellent horses armed sadles and furniture embroidered with gold with bucklers steele-plated who brought along with them the cartels of chalenge which were set vpon the gates of the Pallace by the defendants Admirall the Marquesse the form or tenor wherof ensues Don Iuan Alfonso Eurigues Admiral of Castile in the honour of the Ladie Maria Curtinio will within the Court of this great Palace maintaine That loue hath no need of the nourishment of hopes for by them it is rather defamed than encouraged being the reward of it selfe and to loue againe the only end of its glory And for a demonstration that the noblenes of her affection will auouch it if any doubt thereof be made he will maintaine a course at the Ring from this day forward for threescore daies before or after as his Maiesty shall appoint And the Conditions shall be these With three Launces according to the law of Armes of sufficient proofe and triall any neglect wherein loseth prize As also he that shall loose a peece or fasten it together againe with any binding incurreth the same penalty He that takes off the Ring it shall answer for two Launces that had not the like fortune He that hits the Ring shall enioy the same benefit The same lawes shall take place at the Combat Barriers or Tilt for him that breakes vpon the Visier the Gorget or the Target Whose prizes shall not be lower than thirty Crowns nor aboue an hundred Leauing the prize of greatest worth and best valew to the election of the Ladies The best Launce of the man of Armes the best inuention and the best Launce at Tilt to be referd to the censure of the Iudges Who shall be The Duke of Buckingham Admirall of England Don Gaspar de Gusman Conde de Oliuares chiefe Cupbearer to the Kings Maiesties person great Master of his horse and one of his Counsell of Estate Don Iuan Hurtado de Mendoza Duke of Infantado high Steward of his Maiesties house and of his Counsell of Estate Don Pedro de Toledo Osorio Marquesse of Villa Franca of the Counsell of Estate vnto his
reasonable as if they had knowne the burdens that they bare And in that their mouthes were curbed with no Bitts in this they signified that in an high Degree they layd downe all their naturall and brutish fiercenesse Behinde came the Admirall of England and the Conde de Oliuares the Masters of the Horse Embassadours and English Gentrie with the Counsells of Estate and Chamber of Spaine enclosing Within the Guard of Archers the Burgundian Nobilitie having procured admiration and loue not with feare or tyrannie but with sweet and affable government which in mens hearts purchaseth loue and good will They light on foot and having forsaken their Stooles and Chayres the Queene our Ladie and the Ladie Infanta remain'd in the Scaffold on the right hand the Infant Charles and the Prince being divided by one partition and the King and the Infant Ferdinando by the other and in that which remayned ensuing the Conde de Oliuares the English Embassadors the Counsells of Estate the Chamber of Spaine and England the other Knights and Gentlemen of this Nation on Scaffolds erected vp into the ayre in a corner of the street of the Amargura and they made entrie for these Lords Fiftie Laqueyes in high Dutch habite of thynne cloth of Silver white and tawney with tawney-doubletts caps of wrought Silver and Swords Silvered in every part accompanied the Duke of Cea who entred in mounted on a large dapple Gray with blacke habite edged round about with silver of Goldsmiths-worke with as great gallantry as wisedome and as much wisedome as reason to winne mens hearts after him two valiant Combatants at the Bull with Cassockes and Hose of tawney cloth layd along with Silver lace and great tawney Plumes mingled Turquye and White He had scarcely gone his round about the place presented himselfe to their Maiesties and beene received of the Prince with the honor of discovering himselfe to him when there entred into the place being clearly voyded so as their entries were more easie and apparent an hundred Lacqueyes clothed in darke coloured Serge garded all over with Lace with Belts shining like Silver Doubletts and Hose Lynings and Caps of Tawney colour like furniture to their Swords and white Garters And after them came in Don Iuan de Ozeta Don Ieronimo de Medinilla Don Euan de Menesses Don Antonio Guino Don Iasepe de Samano Don Iuan Ieldre the Conde de Cantillana Don Diego de Zarate Don Antonio de Moscoso Don Pedro de Motezuma the Conde de Tendilla accompanyed with the Duke of Maqueda whose entrie both in respect of his qualitie as also for the Valour and aspect of his person might well haue stirr'd vp envie in the Romaine Triumphes for the Duke lookt like one of the Caesars or rather in deed he might more properly haue beene their patterne and example They went along their Round and the Prince himselfe did him honour when by different gates these herevnder specified made their entire The Marquesse of Vela in whom valour dexteritie and gallantrie contended for superioritie accompanyed with foure and twentie Lacqueyes in white cloth all laced downe with blacke Caps Plumes and other furniture for their Swords of white He drew vpon himselfe the eyes of the whole multitude for indeed he drew generally vnto him all their affections the Prince did him honour as he likewise did the other two Lords Grandes When he had seene their Maiesties he went to offer himselfe vnto the Ladies from thence to the Counsell Royall and so in his going about to all the rest of the Company and all of them desired and affected him Presently entred fiftie Lacqueyes in white Printed Sattin guarded with a brancht Stuffe of Azur'd Silke and Gold and Breeches of the same set out with tuffes of gold and silver lace with furniture and Plumes of white that accompanied the Conde de Villamor mounted on a darke Chestnut-colourd Horse with his mayne and tayle drawne out with silver twist disgracing those Horses of Phoebus Chariot which seem'd to come out of them as the some or sweat of their bodies eiecting that which was not naturall in them retayning naturally the valour of their Master communicated to them and when I saw so many Feathers in the place and such a flittering and waving of them I tooke them to be a moovible garden or an Armie of Indians as also the Conde his generous Grandfather who also manifested amongst them the valour and lustre incident to his race and blood And because the report is festivall it is but like to that which was to be seene with the eye You would haue said as much if you had but seene them fight with those furious Beasts shewing themselues the more valiant in that they were vndaunted and resolved Spanyards There entred presently Don Cristoual de Gauiria and Don Gasper Bonifaz whom they tearme kill Bulls I know not which of them may envie the other seeing they are the best Combatants knowne in all Spaine for this place and fight and both of them so well beloued that their attempts being high and great yet they are alwayes wished to be greater and we thinke them worthy of greater and higher Fortunes Bonifaz clad six Lacqueyes in excellent cloth in grane exceeding that of Tyre garded with other furniture and white Feathers what they were might be seene all the place over and Gauiria had eyght and two little Lacqueyes in darke greene Sutes cutt embroydered with Snailes of silver and lyned with Tawney and white furniture otherwise it being a sightly and braue Livery There entred Don Ferrando de Yuiciedo otherwise the Cavallier de la Morzilla who during these Tryalls was that same Master Burquillos of the Combates of Lope de Vega who came in to try his Fortunes with Lawnce and Target Though the Marshalling of the place belong'd to the Conde de Oliuares as to the grand Master of the Horse His Maiestie yeelding precedencie to the Prince the Admirall of England Marshal'd it standing behind the Lord Infant Carlos that he might be neare to the Conde de Oliuares who was to him both an Interpretor and Informer for this great Lord and circumspect Courtier hath omitted no rightes of complement wherein he might expresse either vnto the Prince or Admirall the loue proceeding from his owne Noble disposition and nature and conformable to the honour done him by the King of great Brittaine in his Letters full of wisedome and gravitie The Combat beganne with the Bulls when the Lacqueyes by Proclamation leauing their Lords they resembled Harvest in Iune crowned with blew and redd flowers which Zephirus waues and flitters vp and downe The first encounter belong'd to the Conde de Villamor as the envie of all the rest which they revenged with such a number of Darts as the poore Bulles remayn'd like Quivers or like the Thorne-bushes in the woods of Helvetia To speake more properly seeing to the poore Beasts wonderfull paine they tooke them out with as great velocitie as perill and danger De
Maqueda made many braue a tempts de Tendilla as many but de Cea made excellent assaults and Cantillana too one of which might be the proper envie of chivalrous attempts and in the other he killed a Bull. Bonifaz and Cauiria layd on so thicke vpon the Bull that we could not number the assaults for their quantitie and Don Christovall with a Lawnce overthrew one De Velada shewed how agile and nymble he was in this Art for he overthrew two or three Bulls with dynt of Sword and gore of Lawnce and one he wounded on his foretopp betweene the hornes while he turned his head he stroke his horne into a supporting bord at his backe a wound that strooke more feare into the Assembly then it brought danger to the Marquesse for this backe bord was splinted all to shivers in the place And his Maiestie would not suffer him to enter the second time within the Lists And Don Antonio de Moscoso gaue such a number and so deepe Cuchilladaes that he might be rather sayd to revenge then provoke or incite with his assaults Cea turnd one round with a Cuchillada and so most of the Beasts were slaine being hewen into mammockes by the hands of all men Motezuna shewed what belongd to his royall blood and to the valour of his arme for he put a Bull to flight being afrayd of him and reacht him such a cleauing blow with his sword that he left him in the place for dead Guino Zarate Ozeta and Idchel tooke revenge of the last Bulls liuing because the first had made them turne face Don Gieronimo de Medinilla had good Fortune both with his Lawnce and Sword This Cavallier being herein so meritorious as the most copious Elegies would come short of his due commendation and praise The Duke of Maqueda made such a thrust that the Beast being batterd and sore goared with it he reveng'd himselfe in such a strange fashion vpon his Horse that he ranne him quite through from one side to the other and the Duke beheld the Assault given on the one side of his Horse and the horne of the Bull as it came out at the other and the poore brute Beast gaue so many twitches and wrenches enforced with paine and griefe that the Duke was fayne to vse all valour and dexteritie to prevent his owne falling whereat we were all much afraid Don Antonio Guino second to the Duke of Cea made one of the bravest Assaults that ever the place beheld vpon a most violent and furicus Bull whose liuely force and that of his valiant arme ranne him in quite through the shoulders leauing halfe his Lawnce within him and his Horse remaining with as much stilnes and lenitie as his Master with valour and magnanimitie and so the Bull fell downe hard by him He received wonderfull applause and generall grace and so went out of the place and though the Bulls overthrew many yet there fell out no great danger at all When this Festivitie was ended the Prince the King and their Highnesses returned to the Court in Carroches and it rayn'd very strangely After that went the Queene the Infanta and the Coaches of Ladies where amongst the Clouds of water there fell one of the Pages of Armes these Clouds by day light innudating the dominion and accesse of the shaddows of the night and banishing them for a great while Thus a great part of the night being spent they went to repose themselues after the repast and pleasure of this Festivitie and so my Penne shall doe no lesse till further and fitter occasion be offered c. FINIS A place so called because it belongs to the bare legd Fryers