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A06139	The ivbile of Britane. By Lodowik Lloid Esquier	Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.	1607 (1607)	STC 16623; ESTC S108769	21,616	48

in forma solis lunae syderum like the Sun the Moone some like Stars which Caligula called exploratorias Coronas with these they rewarded souldiers according to their expoytes and deserts and yet the Citizens saith vigetius quod magis miremur had Coronas aureas Crownes of Gold Also it seemed that in Asia during the time of the great Alexander to whome the Amphictions sent a massy Crowne of Gold when Alexander was elected generall gouernor ouer Asia and Greece against the Persians Crownes were sent to those mighty and great Kings which held the Monarchy ouer other Nations in submission and loyalty not daring themselues to were Crownes The Kings of Egipt differed farre from all other Kings for their Diadems excelled all Princes in Maiesty and royalty for they ware the Image of a Lyon sometime of a Draggon and sometime of a Bull because they would be knowen the greatest and most auncient Kings of the world they would carry vpon their Diadems the likenes of Fier sometime of a Tree and sometime of a Serpent as though the Kingdome of Egipt should farre exceed all kingdomes for the Maiesty thereof the Kings of Egipt were chiefly set out by the regality of their Diadems The Romans and other heathen Kings in their Temples had sundry kinds of Crownes consecrated to their Idols and dedicated to their Gods and they dedicate Crownes made of the rinde of Cynamon pollished and trimmed about with Gold So religious were the heathē in their Atheisme that not only they crowned their Idols with all kind of Flowers but also trimmed and garnished the Altars of their Idoll Iupiter with Crownes and oken leaues the Alter of Appollo with Lawrell Crownes the Altar of Pluto with Cypresse the Altars of Hercules with Poplar the Alters of Bacchus with Iuie The prophet crieth out vpon the children of Israel that they obay not their God as the heathens did their Idols Sectio 5. THe regall ornaments ef Persia at the inauguration of their Kings by Cyrus in the time of Tarq Priscus the fift King of Rome was a Diadem called Cydaris the sacred fire and the figure of the Sun carried by the horse of Mars and 12. seuerall garments which Cyrus instituted and by a decree confirmed that they should remaine tanquam regalia to the posterity of Cyrus in Persia at Persepolis and to be vsed according to the law of Induendarum exuendarum vestium These regall ornaments of Cyrus were vsed with the Kings of Armenia Pontus and the most part of Asia for that they held their kingdomes vnder the Scepter of Persia. The regall ornaments of Egipt by Sheshac in the time of Salomon were such ornaments as the Priests of Vulcan in Memphis first inuented from the first to the last which was the sacred garment and rich robe of Isis which the Queenes of Egipt vsed to weare at triumphs or feasts according to the custome of Egipt were reserued and kept in Sacrario Isidis for the posterity of Sheshac and the Kings of Egipt The regall ornaments of Rome by Romulus in the time of Ezechias King of Iudah was no more but a coate of a purple coulor called Tunica Iouis and a long purple robe which Romulus himselfe the first King first inuented to set forth the Maiesty of a King The regall ornaments of the Prince of Cerinthia seemed most strange either for that they were reserued so long or that it was not lawfull by the law in Cerinthia to alter them they were so worne and consumed as Pantalion saith that the new elected Prince came to be inuested in such old garments that were so worne as he seemed more like a shepheard than a King And yet were these old garments so reserued and kept as diligently as King Cyrus robes at Persepolis in Persia or King Sheshacks garment at Memphis in Egipt The regall ornaments of Macedonia by Alexander in the time of their King was a rich Hat full of pearles called Chausia a rich slipper or pantofle called Crepida and a rich long robe which the Macedonians call Clamydem which Alexander the great vsed during his time And after him when the monarchy was brought to Rome Pompey the great vsed Alexanders robe rather for that he was likened to Alexander and for his sake rather then for credit that any Roman should seeme to haue by wearing a Macedonian garment I will omit to write of these christian Kings but only of their time of reuolting from the Romans The Longobardes the Goathes the Vandolles and Hunnes by reason of ciuill warres betweene themselues were made prouinces vnder the Romanes vntill the Empire decayed and after they had reuolted from the Romans they elected Kings to gouerne them Among the Longobardes Agelmundus their first King after their reuolting from the Romans 394. Among the Gothes after their reuolting Alaricus was their King 404. So was Gundericus ouer the Vandolles after their reuolting 413. And Attila King of the Hunnes after they had reuolted from the Romans 430. And after these Kings 1600. began the kingdome of Polonia where their first Crowned King was Miezlaus 963. In Hungaria the first crowned King was as Pantalion calleth him Beatus Stephanus 1003. And lastly in Bohemia the first crowned King was called Vladislaus 1080. of whose inauguration he hath set their Regalia aside omitting their ceremonies and inaugurations which they had from Charles the great Sectio 6. OF the manner and order of the Inauguration of Romulus the first King of Rome It was not lawfull by the Lawe of Romulus to Elect any King in Rome without diuination which during the first Kings of Rome continued in the selfe same honor as Magicke did in Persia where no Kings might be elected or sit without Magj in place as in Rome without south-sayers In Rome the South sayers did goe vp to the toppe of a hill where the south-sayer sat vpon a stone with his face towards the south with his auguring staffe called Lituus in his left hand with the which he deuided marked out the quarters of the Heauens the foure coasts the of south vpon the right hand the North vpon the left Hauing done sacrifice and offered oblations with sacred vowes made to Iupiter and Mars hee layd his hand vpon the new elected Kings head heauing vp the other hand vnto Heauen saying Iupiter Pater si fas est N. Pomp c. Then looking for lightning or thundring or some flying of byrds or some strange motion of the starres at the sight of which things the south-sayer openly pronounce him to bee King elected by Iupiter and Mars Selostris in Herodotus and Iosephus named Susacus and in the Bible Sheshac at his first cōming to his kingdome was brought by the priests of Vulcan into Memphis to the temple of Isis where the sacred booke wherein the law and secret ceremonies were written which none might read in but the priests

of his Gouernors For he called Moses a Heard-man from Madian vnto Egipt saying Mittam te ad Pharaonem Gedeon he elected from the barne a Thresher saing Tu liberabis Israel de manu Madian In like manner he called Ieptha from the land of Tob. But as before is sayd howsoeuer kings are elected the honor dignitie and reuerence of kings were such that after Iehu was annointed king sitting among other captaines his fellow captaines did put off their mantels cloakes and gownes to make him a seat like a throne for a king to sit with sounding of trumpets and saying God saue King Iehu such is the Maiestie of the name of a King that God called them Dij terrae As soone as Darius horse neighed the other sixe Princes which were in election with him lighted on foote prostrating themselues vpon the ground after the Persian manner hauing the sacred fire and the Image of the sunne carried before him What wonder is it for the Persians Armenians to whom it is peculiar to worship their kings as Gods sithence king Dauid so honored his sonne Salomon being a king annointed and sitting on his Fathers seat in such humble sort that being sicke and old in his bed bowed his head downe in token of his submission to the King his sonne and as Iosephus saith Tanquam Deum coluit We read that the Kings of Aethyopia being elected by their priests are lifted vp with such triumphes vpon their shoulders and carried so to be seen among the people Bacchantium more flexis genubus vt Deum honorant The late Emperours of Rome being elected were hoysed vpon mens shoulders and carried with ioyes and triumphes the people crying out Viuat Imperator They vsed no other ceremony in ancient time with the Kings of Fraunce but to lift the new elected King vpon a shield to bee carried about the campe saging Viuele Roy. So was Clodoneus the first christian French King The souldiors of Pharnaces vpon a tumult made in the campe sodenly they put a Reed into Pharnaces hand for a scepter and proclaimed him King of Pontus So the Iewes put a Reed into our Sauiours hand for a scepter in most contemptuous and ridiculous manner and kneeling sayd Aue Rex Iudaeorum hayle King of the Iewes The souldiers of Amasis vpon a sodaine shift to make him King of Egipt they clapt vppon his head in stead of a crowne a Helmet and so proclaimed him King of Egipt So the Iewes clapped a crowne of thornes vpon christs head a more precious Crowne than the Amphictions of Greece sent to Alexander or the Arabians and Armenians sent to the Romanes In diuers other countreys they make choice of their Kings diuersly In some place of shepheards supposing them that haue such care of their sheepe should haue more care ouer men In Homer Kings are called Pastores populi as you heard of the Kings of Israel and others In other places they made choyse of them that were most rich thinking that a rich King was best able to helpe his subiects and defend them from their enemies These kinds of elections of Kings and of priests which gouerned cheefely amonge the Ethyopians and Egiptians In Libia he onely should bee elected king qui citissimo cursu valeret He that was most swift in running In other Prouinces and countreys towards Arabia he that excelled in strength and courage of his bodie supposing him to be most fit and able to gouerne them These Nations knew not God in their elections yet they seemed to imitate the Israelites in outward fourme The people called Cathaei in India made choice of him to be their King that was most tall of stature and of goodly personage like Xerxes King of Persia who among so many hundred thousands was the only goodliest and tallest man Or like Saul King of Israell who was higher by the shoulders vpward than any one man within the whole Kingdome of Israell for God would please the people with such a King In Mero the King should be of sound limmes for the Law was that if the King should be lame or halt all his friends and houshold seruants should also halt and be lame And with good iudgement should they looke of such a King which should not limpe or be lame The custome was also in Meroe that the priests of greatest authority among the people should come and tell the King he must needs die so the Gods commaunded all the Kings obaied this Law per responsa Deorum Among the Sidomites they did elect no King ouer them vnlesse he were of the Kings stocke or haue his birth from the Kings familie quite contrarie to the people called Taprobani in India which suffered none to bee King among them that were of the Kings stocke especially if they had any children least they should claime to be the King by heritage Sabaei a Nation in Arabia after they had made choyse of their King they had a Law that it was not lawfull for the King to goe out of the Metropolitan Citie Saba according to the Law which if hee were so found he should bee stonied to death or should be deposed from his kingdome Such was the supersticiousnes of the heathens towards their Preists that Sabbachus King of Egipt though hee was warned in his dreame by the God of Heliopolis saying Nec faelix nec diuturnum Aegipti regnum fore vnlesse all the Priests of Egipt were slaine and that the King withall his army should marche ouer their dead bodies Thus being often troubled with this dreame the King called all the Priests of Egipt before him and told them how hee was warned either to kill them or else ouerthrow himselfe and his kingdome This supersticious King yeilded the kingdome vnto the Priests of Egipts hands and went to Ethiop by such meanes Priests grew in as much credit in Egipt as then the prophets were in Israell Many such Kings were either so cursed and banned in their kingdome or else driuen out of their kingdome and others put in by the Preist of Rome Such supersticious Lawes and customes in Ethiop continued vntill one Ergamenes was elected King in the time of Pto. Philadelphus the second of that name in Egipt this King expected the like end by the preists of Ethiop as his predecessors had and therefore Ergamenes did that which Sabbachus should haue done And as Iehu Daniel at Babilon and Elias did at the brooke Kison with the slaughter of all the Prophets and priests of Baal Now hauing somthing spoken of the Election of Kings so likewise of the Election of the Iudges how they were chosen and elected God elected Moses after he had fled from Pharo in Egipt to lethro in Madian from a shepheard to bee such a Prince and gouernor of such an army as neither Cyrus led vnto Scythia or Xerxes vnto Greece or Tamberlaine vnto Asia and that in a