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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43928	The history of the intrigues & gallantries of Christina, Queen of Sweden, and of her court whilst she was at Rome faithfully render'd into English from the French original.; Histoire des intrigues galantes de la reine Christine de Suède et de sa cour, pendant son séjour à Rome. English	Franckenstein, Christian Gottfried, 1661-1717.; Hollingworth, Philip.	1697 (1697)	Wing H2164; ESTC R4691	131,498	344

Passage into St. Mark 's place at th●●orner of the Street called St. Remua●● where she had hir'd a Palace to see 〈◊〉 Masqueraders pass by with wh●●● all that place is usually fill'd during the Carnaval The Queen tho' she was at that time above forty Years of Age yet continued very brisk and gay and so soon as the Theatre was open'd and the Comedians acted as they did very well in the Opinions of all Her Majesty caus'd Women Singers to be brought amongst them which Charm'd the Ears of the Auditors by the sweetness of their Voices as they did their Eyes by the agreeableness of their Persons and richness of their Habits Among the Cardinals that frequented the Queens Box Ca●dinal Benedetto Odeschalchi never failed so much as one Night being there during all the five Years the Qu●en maintain'd her said Box in the 〈◊〉 but after the Elevation of this very Cardinal to the Popedom 〈◊〉 changing his Humour and Conduct both at once endeavour'd to destroy the Play h●●se werein he had formerly taken 〈◊〉 m●ch pleasure And to bring it the mo●e ef●●ctuall to p●ss he made a rigorous Edict which 〈◊〉 remains in force by which he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Women to Rehearse any P●●t upon 〈◊〉 Stage he liking rather ●●at young Musitians should play those Parts and be cloathed in their Habits contrary to the express prohibition of the Sacred Scripture which forbids Men to wear Womens Apparel as being an Abomination before God The Novelty of this Spectacle drew such vast numbers of People thither that they had much ado to get Entrance for Money For at that time was a great Concourse of Strangers of Quality there who had brought with them the Newest Modes from abroad which the Roman Cavaliers imitated and made themselves all fine and gallant There was one among the rest who was of the first Rank and surpass'd them all in richness of Cloaths his Stature was middle sized the Features of his Face rarely compos'd his Eyes black and as lively as those of the finest Roman Ladies he had a happy Physiognomy and a Head of Hair which made him one of the handsomest Gentlemen in Italy He Sung and Play'd rarely well upon divers sorts of Instruments was a great lover of Poetry and had also himself compos'd three fine Pieces Happy indeed if with all these Advantages he would have Corresponded with the Ladies Desires for there was more than one who were willing to have put him to the Proof but he made no answer to their Attempts as we shall presently acquianit you He was then in the Flower of his Youth being entred into the twenty third Year of his Age and his Blood boyl'd in his Veins which made him appear all Spirit The Queen seeing this young Lord in a Box just over against her as he was making a profound Bow to her immediately felt an extraordinary Emotion by looking upon him and having learnt his Quality and personal Merit it augmented the Esteem which this Princess began to have for him and she could not forbear casting her Eyes towards his Box very often A little while after one of Her Majesties Valets de Chambre who had been an old experienc'd Gamester at Love Intrigues hearing the Queen one Day speak many kind things of this young Prince and at the same time say She had a mind to have her Hair cut took his opportunity to tell her Madam said he the Prince Don Benigno for that was the Name of this young Lord has a Valet de Chambre a Perriwig-maker who cuts Hair rarely well The Queen ravisht with the Thoughts of having an occasion to speak well of a Person for whom she had so strong an Inclination sent for the Perrwig-maker who performing his Office according to her Desire after having spoken very advantagiously of his Master gave him ten Pistols One of the Queens Officers was afterwards with the Prince who told him That he was extreamly joyful that the Queen had so far honour'd him as to make use of one of his Servants to which the Officer answered in few words but setting forth the Queens admirable Qualities in the choicest Expressions he could invent The Prince mightily extoll'd her and Her Majesty was inform'd of all he said to her Advantage and was infinitely pleased with it Another time she sent to the Prince to desire him to let her see one of his Perriwigs she tried it on and made a short one of the same colour being of a fair and bright colour which she wore many times afterwards When the Queen was in private among her Women there was nothing to be heard but the Praises of Don Benigno and no other Subject could afford her so much pleasure as that One of her Maids a great Favourite at that time who was very handsome and well shap'd call'd Signora Octavia hearing her speak so often in the praise of this young Prince fell in Love with him but not daring to discover her Affection she consum'd and pin'd away The Queen was troubled and seeing her thus Languish without knowing the Cause oblig'd her to go and take the Country Air. Octavia chose to go to Frascati as being one of the most delicious Places about Rome where the greatest part of the Cardinals and Gentlemen of Rome had Vineyards and Houses of Pleasure which look'd like so many Enchanted Palaces Don Benigno had one there which was none of the least and he was actually himself there enjoying the Pleasures of the delicate Season of the Spring The Queen gave Octavia two Calas●es cover'd and two ●acquies and she brought her Mother Sister and some other Women along with her and for Valet de Chambre she would have that Intriguing Purvoyour who had been employ'd in the Q●eens Amours Arriving at Franscati they alighted in a private place because they would incommode no Body and the Train stay'd at the Stables of the delicious Vineyard of Ald●brandina where they were well receiv'd because of the Queens Liveries by the Orders of Madam the Princess di Ross●no Achelmere for that is the Name of the Purveyor took care of preparing the Dinner while the Women went to Mass at the Capuchins and in the way met Don Benigno by chance Octavia turn'd her self aside that she might hide the Blushes which appear'd in her Face though they render'd her yet more beautiful There was only a single Salute on either side and after the walking of a Turn or two they return'd to a slender Dinner at their Lodging for in Italy People are very Sober when they live at their own Expences However she eat with a good Appetite and reproach'd A●●hemere for being so sparing While these things were doing a Footman came from the Prince who brought in a Man that carried a great Vermilion Bason whose outside was gilt with Gold full of most exquisite Viands and desired to speak with the Conductor Achelm●●e presented himself and the ●ootn an told him Tha● the Prince Don Lenigno had

the Marquiss's Design dissembled an Obedience He got on Horseback but return'd the same Night and having left his Horse with a Friend put himself into an Ambuscade in a Place where he knew the Marquiss would pass to his Fair Sister Not long after the Marquiss came and without any other Weapon but a Sword He was all in the dark and walk'd very softly for fear of Discovery In the mean while the young Man who could not discern Objects let fly a Pistol in the dark charg'd with three Bullets but miss'd the Marquiss on purpose who fell and roll'd down the length of a pair of Stairs which bruis'd his whole Body and made a dangerous Contusion in his Head The House was presentld in an Uproar and the Domesticks run together from every side and found the Marquiss all in his Blood None of them knew what to think of such an Accident but after he had recover'd his Spirit and the Surgeon laid the first dressing to his Wound though yet full of Confusion and Fear he said That he was coming in at the noise of the Pistol but taking a false step had fall'n all along In the mean time the young Man got away without being perceiv'd and went to find his Brother as fast as he could telling him that the Marquiss was too dangerous a Ghest in his House but told him nothing at all of what had happen'd At their return which was next day at Night the Receiver was amaz'd to understand what had happen'd but the Marquiss dissembled it Wisely and after they had finish'd their Affairs he return'd for Stockholm to take leave of the King of Sueden in order to return for Rome Being arriv'd at Hamburgh he found there Teixere the famous Jew who expected him to regulate the first payment of the Queen's Revenues which was Ten thousand Rix Dollars and Five thousand more which the Farmer-General had sent upon the Queen's Account At last the Marquiss arriv'd at Rome full of Glory and Riches for he made his Journey worth thirty or forty thousand Crowns where he was receiv'd both by the Queen and Cardinal with great Applause and the Queen's House was put into a good posture not forgetting that of the Marquiss And the Queen proclaiming every where that the Marquiss had done her good Service some time after rais'd him to the Charge of Grand Master of her Horse which had been vacant since the Murder of the Marquiss Monaldeschi ordering all her Domesticks to give him the Title of Excellence which though the Duke of Poli refus'd the rest Obey'd The Marquiss after his return to Rome follow'd the same course of Life but not to trouble the Reader with his Debauches I shall say only one word of his disrespect both for the Palace and the Queen's Domesticks for he spar'd neither of them when they came in his way 'T is true he found a free Passage in the Instance I speak of but he ought to have stopp'd the Scandal rather than encrease it by his own Example But to come to the particulars The Queen's Court being then becom finer than ever every one fell into som● Amour or other Seignora Giovannia Giustiniani younger Sister to Signora Octavia was a very lovely Maid a little brown but having all the Ligeaments of her Visage excellently formed A fine Stature together with so ●ine a Neck that the like was no where to be sound At first when the Queen brought her from her own Village she was simple enough but the Court Air quickly refin'd her and she was not very long in taking the humour of being Talkative and Proud Manners to which the most elevated of that Sex find so strong an Inclination Her Majesty had a great kindness for her but she abus'd her good will and became so presumptuous that she would not acknowledge her Birth A Page of the Duke d'Estre's Ambassador of France was the first that offer'd Incense at her Altar He was a young Italian Gentleman well Shap'd Fair and Gallant and and had every thing requisite to create Affection The Palace Farnese where the Ambassador lived was over against the Queen's at Langara The Tyber was betwixt them with a double range of Houses but the two Palaces were so ●o●ty that our two Lovers could easily see one another upon the Terrasses and make Signs of Intelligence At last they found a way to send Billets and the Queen being no way prepossess'd took pleasure in this Foolery One day the Queen Surprized Signora Giovannina as she was writing a Billet-deux and she was so attentive to answer her Lover that she did not perceive the Queen when she seiz'd upon her Letter The poor Girl believ'd she was utterly Ruin'd for sometimes the Queen at least to appearance would make a shew as if she were Severe Giovannina then cast her self at her Feet apprehending that she should have been ill treated but she was quickly rid of her fear for the Queen Smiled and was so complasant that having forbidden her to speak of it she made a Billet for her after her own fashion which was the most spiritual in the World Tre Page ravish'd with joy to receive the marks of so obliging a Tenderness from his Mistress was so little Master of himself that either through Vanity or Indiscretion he shew'd the Billet to a Gentleman of of the House who made it known to the Ambassador but he only Laugh'd and would see what course and Method these Lovers would take In the beginning of the Spring another of the Queen's Maids named Portia under the pretence of being Indispos'd got leave of the Queen to take the Air of the Fields every morning with her Kinswoman Giovannina in their Mother's Company They went out of the Gate of St. Pancras and going along the Ramparts re-enter'd by the Gate of the Light-Horse on St. Peter's side By this means our Lovers saw one another often but they must do it with Secrecy for fear of Argus's I mean the Old Women who would no more leave them than their Shadows according to the Custom of Italy But Love found them out a way to see one another more easily For the Page being bold and hardy got into the Queen's Garden which was of large Extent where there was great Walks shaded with fine Greens and there these Virgins came to take the fresh Air every Morning and they were both agree'd to serve one another upon such Occasions There the Page and his Mistress were hid together and without as Witness declar'd their Loves and spoke the tenderest things in the World The Pleasure continued for some time to the great satisfaction of both but their Interview being discover'd she was oblig'd to be more retir'd The Page whom these Obstacles made the more ardent invented new ways to see his Mistress but some small difference happening between the Queen and the Ambassador he was to keep at a distance for some time The Marquiss de Mala Spina was the next who