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A06145 The triplicitie of triumphes Containing, the order, solempnitie and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinges, princes, dukes, popes, and consuls, with the custome, order and maners of their inaugurations, coronations and annointing. Wherein is also mentioned, the three most happy, ioyfull and triumphant daies, in September, Nouember and Ianuary, by the name of, Triplici Festa. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solempnities at some emperors, kings, and princes burials. By Lodowike LLoyd, Esquier. Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610. 1591 (1591) STC 16632; ESTC S108790 41,640 70

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coronation of Princes as also in their ceremonies and Scepters For the first kings of the world vsed for their Scepters long gilded Speares The old kings of Rome used a crooked staffe called Lituus Tarquinius Priscus the fift king of Rome had his Scepter of Iuorie The Kings of India had their Scepters of Ebany The Liddians caried before their Kings great Axes The kings of Scicily vsed a siluer staffe for their Scepter The Babylonians vsed diuers kindes of Scepters with sundrie figures as of Lions Eagles c. The great pomp Solemnytie at the Inauguration of the Pope of Rome THE Pope of Rome at his Inauguration excelled all other princes in solempnitie and pompe for after that the Pope is new elected by the whole Colledge of Cardinals he commeth from his Pallace of S. Angelo with great glory toward S. Peters Church first the Officers as Stewards Comptrollers Tresurers and chiefe rulers apparelled all in red long gownes Secondly the knights of Rome Thirdly the Barons Counties and Marquesses Then the Abbats Then followed the Bishops after the byshops the Archbyshops in their long Pontificall garmentes with rich and sumptuous white siluer Myters beset with stones After followed three degrees of Cardinals Deacon-Cardinals Priest-Cardinals and Byshop-Cardinals The Pope with passing pompe is caried aboue the ground vppon mens shoulders in Cella gestatoria with his triple Crowne on his head full of precious stones and with a most sumptuous and precious robe wrought ouer very artificially with golde and set with diuers stones and so caried to Saint Peters Church vpon Kings Embassadors shoulders After some praiers and sacrifice done he is hossed againe vpon mens backes and caried from Saint Peters into Saint Andrewes Chappel where after many rites and ceremonies there finished which was there prouided for his inauguration he is taken vp againe into his golden chaire from Saint Andrewes Chappel where Andrew the Apostles head is presented thence hee is caried to the Chappell of S. Peter and S. Paule thence caried from place to place by the Legats and Ambassadors of all the Kings of Christendome then being in Rome representing the states of Kings and Emperors Oh Superbum Animal for betweene golden and siluer Crosses the Myters of Byshoppes and Cardinalles hats shining as starres with diuers kindes of precious stones with Iewels the Popes triumpaunt cariage vnder such a regall Canapie with his triple Crowne his rich and Pontificall garments blessing the people passed farre the pompe of great Xerxes in his voyage into Greece or the Triumphs of great Pompey ouer all Affrica and Asia at Rome Hos iudos et iocos diceres prout rabies Papae with such peales of ●…es ringyng af Belles sounding Trumpets with such clan●…urs and noise of other brazen Instruments that it farre surmounted the besieging of Carthage or the assaulting of Munantia In the like triumph and pompe hee is againe caried into his Pallace of S. Angelo blessing the people from place to place and in euery place as he is caried the people againe crieng out wishing him the felicitie of Augustus and the loue of Traian vsing seuerall solempne ceremonies with the greatest pompe innented His dinner that day exceeded Ca. Caesar who in his triumph ouer Affrica prepared 22000 tables most royally furnish●…d and his banquets after dinner far excelled the banquets of L. Lucullus or Marcus Antonius His myrth and musicke passed the feast Hyacynthia Of the most happy ioyfull and triumphant day of her Maiesties coronation vpon the 15 of Ianuary I Need not particularly set down the solemnitie of that day neither can I if I would declare the ioyes and triumphs of that day For wheras her Maiesties predecessors studied how one might excell another with roialty pompe and solemnity of ceremonies as Richard the second and after him Henry the fourth at whose coronation Iohn king of Castels and Legions then being Duke of Lancaster Earle of Leicester and Lincolne who as Duke of Lancaster chalenged to beare the chiefe Sword before the King called Cortana as Earle of Lincolne hee chalenged to be Caruer at the Kings table and as Earle of Leicester he chalenged to be L. high Steward of England Thomas de Woodstocke the Kings Uncle was admitted to be Constable of England Robert Earle of Oxford was admitted to the office of a Chamberlaine Thomas Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke was admitted to beare the third Sword for there were three Swordes assigned to be borne before the King at his coronation but I find but two Swordes in Modius Pandectes Ensis politicus Ensis Ecclesiasticus Upon the day of the Kings coronation the L. Maior and the Citizens of London by the Recorder made petition to the King that the Maior might serue the King at his dinner in the hall at his coronation The Barons of the fiue Ports were admitted to the Office to beare ouer the Kings head a Canapie of cloath of gold vpon foure Speares couered with beaten Siluer in most solempne order great solempnitie from the Tower through the Citie of London with such magnificent pompe and triumphes as were full equall to the Emperours of Rome or the kinges of Fraunce And in these two thinges passed Fraunce Rome Persea or any other Kingdom of the world The first the noble and general chalenge of Monomachia in Combat with any Knight of the world by the Kinges Champion Sir Iohn Dymmocke Knight vppon the day of coronation armed and mounted on horsbacke readie to performe the chalenge in the behalfe of the King In the second ceremony they excelled for that at the coronation of Henry the fourth nine seuerall Conduites ran for two daies of Claret wine and white wine in nine seueral places of the citie of London as plentie as water to all passers by But the most happie ioyfull and triumphant day of her Maiesties Coronation not onely excelled all her predecessors the Kings of England but all other forraine Kinges as farre as heauen surmounteth the earth or as the glorie of God excelleth the pompe of man so far her Maiesty passeth other Kings in vertue religion goodnesse iustice trueth and peace it self which she brought with her vpon the day of her Highnes coronation to England which since her coronation shee planted in England that England may say Haec est dies quam fecit Dominus exultemus laetemur in ea The triumph whereof is such that Angelles doo triumph in Heauen and good godly men clap their hands on earth and say A Domino factum est istud And though the Kinges of England receiued the Christian faith before any other in the world euen from Lucius time An. Dom. 177. before Clodouaeus the first Christestened King of France 300. yeares Before Marcus Iulius Philippus the first Christened Emperor of Rome 76. years and before Palladius was sent from Rome to Scotland by Celestinus then Byshop of Rome and before Patricius was by the same Celestinus sent to
their Augurer stood by or to the Perseans without their Magi being in place Of the ancient order ma ner of the inauguration and coronation of the Emperours of Rome THe Romanes in the latter time were woont at the Coronation of their Emperors to haue three seueral crowns the first of siluer which was kept in Aquisgrane a city in Ger many this crown belonged to the states of Germany where the late Caesars were by cōsent of the whole peeres of Germany crowned first The 2. was Iron which was kept in Millaine a citie in Italy where likewise hee should bee crowned with that Iron crowne which belonged to the kingdome of Lon●…barde The third crowne was the imperial Diadent of the Romanes Empire kept by the Popes of Rome and before the Popes by the Byshops of Rome which continued after Christ 600 yeares and od Two dayes before the Emperour should be crowned with the third and last Diadem he should come vnto the Chappel of the Emperours pallace the Byshop after sacrifice and seruice done should annoint the Emperour hauing on his head the Iron Crowne of Longobard where before he was crowned Now before him was brought by a Marquesse a golden scepter and by a Duke a sword of gold the 3 a sphear of gold with a crosse full of precious stones the 4 the imperiall Diadem of the Romans Frō thence the Emperor was brought to Vaticanum by a Cardinal where after hee had read many Roman ceremonies and customes ex libris Pontificiis before Caesar he held him a booke whereon the Emperour should sweare to defend maintain the Pontifical dignity of Rome From thence two other Cardinals shuld lead the Emperour into S. Gregories chappel where he shuld wear the imperial robe with certain weeds robes of rich garmēts of Damatia for that time appointed ther also certain ceremonies wer read to him concerning his care diligēce in the administration of the Romane Empire Omitting the particular celebration of sundry ceremonies he was with the holy oile annointed vppon his shoulders vpon his right arme by the ancient Cardinall and after by the Byshop of Rome stald in his imperiall seat where the Pope deliuereth vnto him a golden scepter signifieng thereby he should godly rule his people after he deliuered him a naked sword to persecute the enemies of Christ thirdly a golden apple fourthly a Crowne called rather Tiara for few Emperors of Rome vsed to be crowned at their inauguration at their first comming to the Empire These were Insignia Romani imperii the Emperor after these ceremonies being thus finished kneeling downe with great reuerēce kissed the popes foot toke his seat vpō the left hand of the Pope which was very richly appointed and then was called Emperour then the Bishop and the Emperour receiued both the Communion and after the Trompettes sounded the belles rang the people shouted they brought the Pope vnto his horse the Emperour standing on the left side of the Popes horse gaue the styrrop to the Popes foot and then the Emperour mounted on horse tooke still the left hand of the Pope before whome were caried three Ensignes The first was the Ensigne of the Church of Rome the second was the Popes peculiar Ensigne The third was the Emperors This briefly was the maner and order at the coronation of the Emperour Charles the fift the onely Emperour of Rome since the time of Charles the great Of the Coronation and annointing of the late kinges of Rome in this sort THe king that should bee elected King of the Romans was apparelled in a robe of Red silke straight gyrded about him vpon the which he ware another Italicall gowne his cloake was wrought with golde ouer and his hat in like sort as the seuen Electors hattes of Germany were in this apparel he is brought vnder a canapie whō some of the kings peeres did cary ouer the kings head into the temple The Electors do carie the imperial Ensignes before the King which were before at the coronation of Emperours 〈◊〉 golden Apple a type of the whole world which Countie Palatine one of the Electors carieth on the right hande before the King The Scepter was caried on the left hand before him by him that is Elector in Brandenburge The Sword is caried in the middle before the King by the Duke of Saxony and the King himselfe led between two Byshops Where after the King was placed in his seate and the rest of the States and Peeres of Germanie with forraine Ambassadors being likewise placed some praiers and ceremonies ended and they brought vnto the Altar betweene soure Byshops the Bishop of Treuire the Byshop of Vnizheburge on the right hand the Byshop of Collen and the Byshop of Spire vpon the left hand of the king the Archbishop of Moguntia solemnizing the sacred seruice at the Altar which was also to annoint him king Before the Altar the King kneeled being demanded publiquely by the Archbyshop whether he would obserue the christian faith defend the Church of Rome administer iustice vnto the people augment and increase the Roman Empire protect widowes Orphanes and the poore And last of all whethee he would yeeld due reuerence and obedience to the Byshop of Rome To these demandes the king affirmatiuely answered that he would Then after some praiers done the Archbyshop annointed the former part of his head his shoulders also his breast his right arme and the palme of his right hand After the County Pallatine with these soure before named Bishops leadeth him into a secrete place where the king putteth on certaine hallowed Garments which Charles the great was woont to weare at his coronation From thence the King againe was lead vnto the Altar where the Archbyshop of Moguntia deliuered vnto his hande a naked sword with some ceremonies and words in commending the regall seat and kingdome of Italy into his hand the king put the sword into the sheath and the Elector of Saxonia lay the sword on the kinges side After the Archbyshop did put a Ring on his finger and laied a cloake vppon him which were for the coronation of the kinges of Rome by Charles the great appointed 700. yeares past and more Then was the king brought and stalde in Charles the great his seat as a ful possession of the kingdome where then the Scepter and the Apple were deliuered vnto him and the Crowne was put on his head then the Archbishop pronounced him King of Rome commending the king vnto the people and committing the people vnto the King at what time the Trompets sounded and all kind of myrth and melody solempnized which I omit to write In this order was Maximilian crowned King of Rome Of the election of the Emperours and of the kings of Germany THe election of the late kings of Rome are in this sort the seuen Princes Electors called Septemviri meete early about six of the clocke in Romanaeo there
they consult vntill nine from thence they goe in solempne order into S. Bartholmewes First goeth before the Archbyshop of Moguntia and the Byshop of Treuire Next went the Byshop of Collen and the King of Bohemia Then last went County Pallatine the Elector of Saxon. the Elector of Brandenburge and so in order sate in the Church and after some praiers done they came from their seates with great pompe and solempnity vnto the Altar where euery one of the seuen princes Electors take there a solempne oath one after another in these wordes I doo sweare vpon this Euangelist before me that with al my faith which I owe vnto God my diligence and care which I owe vnto the Empire without reward or hope of greater honour that I will choose with all faith and trueth a iust and a fit man for the Kingdome of Rome as much as in mee lieth After this oath is ministred vnto the seuen Princes Electors seuerally one after another they return into their seats then they sing most solempnly with Organes Shalmes and other musicke Veni Creator After this they withdraw themselues into the Councel house where they stay half an hower the doore lockt vpon thē they call the chiefe Peeres of Germany vnto their Councell house as Messengers vnto the Emperour to signifie their election and to desire the Emperour in name of the Electors of his good will herein and if his Maiesty would vouchsafe to come to the Church of Saint Bartholmewes at Frankford a place as Westminster is in England or S. Dennis in France If the Emperour come he is receiued by the Archbyshop of Moguntia and the Duke of Bauaria and the rest of the Electors meete him at the Church dore according to their custome and there with solemnitie and pompe they bring him into the Councell house in his imperial robe and his Diadem on his head to accept of this election and from thence after the election is signified vnto him by the Archbishop of Moguntia in order they come foorth into the church the Emperour vnto his imperiall seate the new elected King lead betweene the aforesaid foure Bishops vnto the Altar according to the woonted rites and ceremonies of their elections they set the King and there he is crowned King by the Electors Te Deum c. is sung then the trumpets belles gunnes and all kind of sounding is there and after al this is done they lead the King vnto his roiall seate prouided in the middest of the Church and there proclaimed King of the Romanes and heire of Augustus Thus shortly haue I laide downe the maner of the election of the latter kinges of Rome They haue their seuerall ceremonies in crowning of their Kinges and Emperours In Aquisgrane with siluer In Millaine with Iron and in Rome with a Crowne of gold For these three Crownes belonged proper to the Empire of Rome Of the maner and forme of the inauguration annointing of the kings of France at their coronations with al other ancient ceremonies and solemnities FOr the inauguration and annointing of the Kinges of France First a regall throane is made in the body of the Church at S. Denis the night before the king of France is crowned the keies and custody of the Church is committed to the kinges guard the King that night entreth into the church very deuoutly to pray there continueth a while in the morning the kings watch with his guard lock all the doores of the church morning praiers being ended the King with al his barons nobles peeres with al archbishops Bishops early in the morning come to the church wher the archbishop of Rhemes doth most richly attire himselfe to celebrate seruice In the meane time the Abbot and the Monkes of Rhemes bring Ampullam to S. Dennis with great reuerence the Archbishop comming to the Altar in his Pontifical robes and speaketh to the king in this wise We request thee and require thee that thou defend the canonicall priuiledge of the Church committed to our charge that thou wilt obserue iustice and the law of France as that thou wilt keepe vs and saue vs as a King ought in his Kingdome preserue and maintaine any that putteth confidence vnto him whether he be of the Cleargy or of the Laiety To this the King dooth promise and voweth that he will defend maintaine and keepe with all his power both the state of the Cleargie and the Laiety saieng Promitto ●…ro me vnicuique vestrum legē ius debitum Ecclesiae seruaturum This doth the king of France promise and sweare with a solempne oath before all the states of France After the kings oath is ended two Archb. take the king by the hand and lead him before the high Altar where he kneeleth vntill some certain songs and praiers be ended Upon the Altar is set most so lempnly the imperial Diadem of France with another lesser crowne beside the regal sword in his scabberd there are also laid vpon the Altar a paire of golden spurs a Scepter of pure gold with a golden rod springingforth as it were out of an Iuory hand also a paire of hose called Sandanali of purple collor wrought ouet cum floribus Lirints of pure gold a coat which is called Dalmatica and a regall cloake these were ancient monumentes and orders of France instituted by Charles the great left as reliques monuments after him to his successors the kings of France These ought the Abbat of S. Dennis to bring to Rhemes from his owne Monastry the K. standing before the Altar vnlaceth himselfe vnto his shirt the great Chamberlain of France receiueth at the Abbat of S. Dennis the sandals which the king weareth After the Duke of Burgundy putteth the kings spurs on and presently taketh them off againe then the Archbyshop girdeth the sword to the kings side and straight taketh it off and draweth it out of the scabberd and deliuereth it into the kings hand saieng Accipe gla dium tibi datum quo possis repellere omnes inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae regnū sibi commissum defendere c. Take this sacred Sword which is deliuered vnto thee from aboue whereby thou maist resist banish all the enemies of God and the aduersaries of his Church defend the kingdome committed vnto thee Then the Chore sang this Antheme Confortare esto v●…hs obserua legem domini Dei tui c. Be strong and corragious and obserue the lawes of thy Lord God that thou maist walke in his wales and keepe his commandements as testimonies of his loue and God shall strengthen thee and saue thee wheresoeuer thou be The king taketh the sword out of the Archbishopes hande and deliuereth it to the Constable of France to bee caried before the King then the king is annointed with the holie and most sacred oile which was brought by the Abbot of Rhemes but before that the K. is annointed the Archbishop
Ireland 197. yeares and before Suintilla who brought Hispaine to a Monarchie againe for Hispaine was subiect vnder the Saracens 800. yeares Before that vnder the Gothes the Uandals and the Romanes that they vsed to make their Computation per aera Augusti vntil Iohn the first 1372. who then commanded Anno Dom. to be vsed The Longobards the Gothes the Uandols and the Huns by reason of their warres between themselues were made Prouinces vnder the Romans and so continued vntil the Em pire decaied After they had reuolted they elected Kinges to gouerne them whose names are these vnderwritten Agelmundus the first K. of the Longobards 394. Alaricus the first King of the Gothes after the reuolting from the Romans 404. yeares Gundericus the first K. of the Uandals 413. Atrila the first K. of the Hunnes 430. Now after these Kingdomes 600 years began the Kingdome of Polonia where the first crowned christened King was Miezlaus An. Dom. 963. In Hungaria the first crowned King was beatus Stephanus 1003. In Bohemia the first crowned K. was Vratislaus 1080. So in antiquity of Christianitie the kings of England are most ancient and so laid downe before Rome France Spain Scotland Ireland Poland Hungary Bohemia and the rest For it is allowed of all and written of Functus and others that Iosephus of Aramathia who buried the body of our Lord and Sauiour came to Britaine twelue yeares after the death of Christ and conuerted many vnto the Faith But let it be from King Lucius time the first christened King of the world 177. For Cassianus saith there were but foure annointed christian Kings the Kings of Hierusalem the kings of England the Kings of France and the kinges of Scicily The funerall pompe of the Romane Emperours THe pomp and solempne state of the Funerals of the Roman Emperors were such as being set forth the solēpnity of the dead Emperor were such as the Senators Dictators Consuls and chiefe Magistrates of Rome being in their appointed funerall garments attending to carie the coffin with one before the Hearse plaieng vppon a Shalme or a Fluite with a mournfull funerall Song called Naenia which in like maner the Grecians vsed at the funeral of their Kings the songs which they called Ialemos Then the Patricians and Senators caried before the dead Emperour his Statues and Images and after that the statues and Images of his predecessors to set foorth the dignitie of his stocke as Ca. Caesar did at the funerall of his Aunt mother vnto Marius whose Statues Caesar caused to be caried before the Coffyn with all the Sarieants carieng their Ares and rods with all the Ensignes Crownes rich spoiles and Trophees which Marius had gotten in his victories In like manner Tiberius Caesar the third Emperour of Rome caused at the funerall of his Father Drusus that the statue of Aeneas and all the statues of the Kings of Alba vntill Romulus time the 17. after Aeneas and the Statue of Romulus and of the whole familie of Gens Iulia from Romulus time to Iulius Caesar ●…eally The like pompe was before Silla and others by the Patricians and Senators Yet Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Pomponius Atticus with some others commaunded that they should not be brought into the Fielde of Mars with any solempnitie of Iupiters coate of triumphant garments Purple robes and such other pompe But specially if any died in the field the rare sight of the solempnitie excelled The Generall and chiefe Captaines euerie Officer with his band trailyng their Pikes after thē on the ground with the points of their Swords downward their Ensigns foulded together their Horses sheearde and clipt their dumb Musick with all the rufull sightes that might be inuented c. The maner of the funerall Pompe of the Grecians IN other partes of Greece they vsed more solempn mournful ceremonies at the funerall of their kings and Princes they tooke down their Bulwarkes Fortr●…sses of warres they vntile their Temples they subuert their Altars they reiect and depose their Idoles they put out their fire and the men shaue both their heads beards and they clip their horses and left nothyng vndone that seemed mournful Then all the priests Maiestrats yong Gentlemen children caried Trophees and Monumentes of the dead kinge with his Ensignes and Armes crowned with Garlands according to the custome of Greece The Noble women caried diuers great Cuppes or Bowles some ful of wine others ful of milk some full of blood all in white Garments others caried honey cakes which should be sprinkled cast vpon the s●…ral fire at what time they sang Hymnes Odes and songs called Ialemos in the praise of the dead Prince and lastly when the King is solemply thus burned the Princes and great men of his blood should carie his a●…es in golden pots crowned ouer with all kind of sweet flowers which should be as a memorie or Trophee of the dead King The Grecians had also these customs at the funeral of their deare friendes as Parents Brethren Sisters both the men and women should shaue their long haire and offer it vpon the hearse of the dead So Achilles solempnized the funerall of his deare friend Patroclus cutting the fore Iockes of his haire to set it among many other of Patroclus friendes vppon his Hearse or tombe Euripides funerall was of Archelaus King of Macedonia so ho●…rred that he lamented Euripides death with mourning apparell and with a shauen head and beard according to the vse and custome of the Macedonians Of the funerall pompe of the Egyptians THe Kings of Egypt were most sumptuously reserued in this order Their bodies were opened and were in such sort vsed as the Egyptians vse with Myrrhe Aloes honey salt ware and many other sweet odours being feared vp and annointed with all precious oyles and so they reserued the ha●…es of their kinges in high buildinges made for the purpose far from the gro●… as in their Pyramides Labirinth before spokē The funeral was so lamēted that al Egypt mourned in this sort the men would clap dung and dyrt vpon their heads beat their bodies strike their breasts knocking their heades to euery poste howling and crying for their king their women bare breasted ●…ermear'd with al kind of filth running vp and downe in furious maner fasting mourning 72. daies from wine or any other meat sauing bread and the water of Nilus Of the funerall pompe of the Thracians THe Thracians Funerall is full of myrth and melody for when they bring their friendes to the graue they vse to sing Thracian Songes with all sweet musicke onely this ceremony they reserued when any man of great calling dieth his wife must bee brought the same day to the graue of her husband in her richest ornamēt and best apparel a●…panied with her parents and next in blood with great solempnitie which after sacrfice done vpon the graue of her husband shee must make sacrifice