Napoli di Romania the chief City in the Morea was surrendred unto the Generals Morosini and Conningsmark and then the season of the year requiring it the Auxilliaries return'd homeward and the Popes Galleys arriv'd at Civita Vecchia October the 21th his Troops much weakned by sickness of whom the Pope took great care and bestowed Medals on his Officers The Imperial Army set forward toward the Campagne this year in May that part under the Duke of Lorrain's Command consisted of 55000 another under the Duke of Bavaria of 35000 The Muster-Rolls exactly taken in June in all parts of Hungary engag'd in the War as well Field as Garrison was Of Imperialists and Hungarians 75230. Of Auxilliaries 28700. Amounting in the whole to 103930. The 17th of June the Duke of Lorrain invested Buda in Hungary the second time wherein was a very strong Garison being 12000 Foot and 3000 Horse with store of Ammunition and Provision as expecting to be besieg'd and having had time enough to provide it being a year and half since the former siege was raised In August the Turks came with a great Army to raise the Siege and when they came near 8000 were sent before to force their way into the City the Duke of Lorrain drew out a detachment and met fought and drave them back with loss to their main Body and before night return'd with his Men within the Line of Circumvallation The Turks encamped not far off and frequently parties that had advance Money given them were sent to get in to the relief of the Garison some whereof did obtain their Ends but never attempted the Dukes Camp with their whole body September the 2d after two months and ten days close Siege with the loss of a great number of Officers and Soldiers on both sides this strong and eminent place was taken by Assault in the sight of the Ottoman Army in an hours time the first entrance was on that side the Duke of Lorrain made the Attack at the time of the Assault the Garison was reduc'd to 5000 men whereof 3000 were kill'd and 2000 taken prisoners who were employ'd in burying the dead and cleansing the ditches It was now 158 years since the Turks first took this City being led by Solyman the II. 1526. and it was gain'd back by the King of Hungary 1527. but regain'd by the same Solyman 1529 since which time it hath continued in the Turks possession tho' it hath been divers times besieged before this in vain this was very welcome news to the Pope who caused 20000 Crowns to be distributed among the Soldiers wounded at the Siege and gave 50000 more towards repairing the Fortifications of that place and sent a further supply to the Emperour towards paying his Army The Duke of Lorrain marched after the Turkish Army for they decamped quickly but their march was so hasty also that they got over Esseck Bridge before he could reach them and the time drew on for such of his Army that were to have Winter Quarters in Germany to return so that the main business of this Campagne ended Nevertheless the Imperial Forces that remain'd in Hungary had considerable advantages against the Enemy for in October the 23d the Turks and Tartars coming to raise the Siege of Segedin were beaten by the Imperialists and the Town yielded the Town and Castle of Chonad was taken by General Wallis and also the Castle of Five Churches and Syclos yielded to Prince Lewis of Baden who marching towards Esseck the Garison of Darda quitted the Fort leaving their Cannon c. behind them and the Prince march'd on and burnt 800 yards of Esseck Bridge and taking Coposwar was satisfy'd in his this years success and took up his Winter-Quarters June the 4th the Popes Nuntio in Poland assisted by four Bishops of that Country gave the King the Benediction and the King went immediately to head his Troops his own Army consisted of 30000 the Lithuanians had 15000 and the Cossacks Auxilliaries near 10000 in all 55000 men the Nuntio had provided a Magazine at Limberg and other Frontier places and also a Field-Hospital for sick and wounded Soldiers With this Army the King marched toward the Black-Sea and annoy'd the Turks and Tartars in those parts and afterward obtained a great Victory over them but want of Forage hindred his intended march toward the Danube and the season requiring it he return'd to Winter-Quaruers The Muscovites enter'd into League with the King of Poland this year and engaged to enter into the Crim of Tartars Country but made only an appearrnce for nothing of Action occurr'd but the Nuntio to give his Holiness an account that the King of Poland had not only appear'd but done something which he accordingly did with a request of a further supply and the Pope being willing to encourage and reward him for the least services did in November remit to him 300 thousand Crowns And now the Pope having had an account from all places of the successes the Christians Arms had this year obtain'd against the Infidels caused Te Deum to be sung in the Vatican Chappel in testimony of his thankfulness to God for the same This year a differance happen'd between the French King and the King of Spain as well by reason the Viceroy of Gallicia had seized a French Ship with Money at Guoyn and for the seizure of other Ships at Malaga after the late Truce was concluded between the two Crowns but before the News of it arriv'd at those places as also for that the Spaniards had rais'd 500 thousand Crowns on the French effects in the West-Indies whereupon the French King sent 20 men of War and blockt up the Port at Cadiz so that no ships could pass in or out there The Pope by his Nuntio's in both Courts apply'd himself to make up these breaches and at last brought them to an accord so that the Viceroy restor'd the Money to the Captain of the Ship and the King of Spain entered into an Engagement that as soon as the Ships came home from the West Indies the 500000 Crowns should be repaid to the Frenâ—h Ambassadour in that Court the other matters were likewise accommodated and a peace of Commerce at the West-Indies setled between the two Crowns whereupon the French Fleet sailed off from Cadiz and at the return of the Spanish Fleet the Money was paid to the French Ambassador and the seizures made by the French King on the Subjects of Spain in the French New Conquests were taken off Since the time of the Emperour Charles the V. by an agreement the King of Spain yearly on St. Peters Eve with a great deal of ceremony is to present the Pope with a White Spanish Genet by way of acknowledgment for the Kingdom of Naples this year it was not offer'd according to place and order of Ceremony as it ought to have been so that the Pope refus'd to receive it looking upon it that a breach in a small point might
to consider of and give their Opinions touching the French Clergy's Propositions Those of Poland and part of Hungary met and condemned them And thus the Pope's Thunder having frighted the Clergy the Assembly was dissolved and these high Contests began to cool Nevertheless both Parties held their own pretences neither yielding to the other but while the two Heads strive many Churches remain vacant and that notwithstanding the cry and pretence that a vast number of new Converts stood in need of Instruction to be confirmed in their pretended Orthodox Belief And here I shall leave off this Affair untill the business of the Franchises comes together with it to be treated on having proceeded further than I ought to have done because I was willing to continue the Relation of this Affair with as little interruption by other matters as was possible 1681. The Colledge of Cardinals being diminished to twenty six and those in being many of them very Aged the Pope resolved to create sixteen new ones and reserve the other Ten either to gratifie Princes or please himself as he should afterwards see necessary occasion though he was backward to encrease the Number but rather lessen them looking on many to be a burthen to the Church And this was his first Creation tho many empty Pallaces in Rome craved Inhabitants and herein he shewed he would not fawn upon or flatter the French King by raising any of his Kingdom to that Dignity but chose Italians whose Names are as follow 1. John Baptista Spinola a Genoese aged Sixty Seven Governor of Rome and Secretary of the Congregation of Regulars 2. Anthony Pignatelli a Neapolitan Sixty Six years of Age Bishop of Lecca and Master of the Popes Chamber 3. Stephen Brancaccio a Neapolitan aged Sixty Four 4. Stephen Agostini Archbishop of Heraclea aged Sixty Five 5. Francis Bonvici of Lucca Archbishop of Thessalonica aged Sixty Three 6. Savo Mellini a Roman Archbishop of Cesarea aged Thirty Seven years 7. Frederick Visconti of Milan aged Sixty Three Archbishop of Milan 8. Marco Gallio of Como Bishop of Rimini aged Sixty Nine 9. Flaminio del Tayo of Siena aged Eighty years 10. Raymond Capizucci a Roman aged Sixty Nine 11. John Baptista de Luca a Neapolitan aged Sixty Four 12. Laurentio Brancati of Laurea in Calabria aged Sixty Four years Library-keeper of the Vatican 13. Urbano Lachetti of Florence aged Forty Four Auditor of the Apostolical Chamber 14. John Francisco Ginetti a Roman aged Sixty years Treasurer of the Chamber 15. Benedict Pamphilio aged Twenty Eight Grand Prior of Rome 16. Michael Angelo Ricci aged Sixty five years All these took their Promotions patiently and without much reluctancy only Tayo and Ricci were hardly brought to it The Pope being sensible that the Cheat of Indulgences was apparent to many of the common People and the first thing Luther made use of to encline great numbers to protest against the Encroachments and Superstitions of the Roman Church and also how ridiculous they are esteem'd by Protestants and scandalously made use of by their own Priests especially in remote Countries and particularly disliking that Indulgence of the Immaculate Conception a Controversie among the Dominicans and Franciscans thought it the best way in Reforming his own Church to begin with such things as the Reformers justly took offence at and therefore suppressed divers of them In the first place The Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin approved by Paul the First who granted That whosoever should devoutly recite the same should have an hundred days Indulgence as may appear by his Bull of July the 10th 1615. printed at Milan The Pope therefore now Decreed That no Person of what Order Degree or Condition soever should dare to keep read print or cause to be printed the said Book and requiring that whosoever should have the said Office in his keeping should forthwith deliver the same to the Ordinary or to the Inquisitors of the place which Decree was published Febr. 9. 1678. Then he set upon others and suppressed a multitude of idle and foolish Indulgencies which many cheating Priests raised Mony upon from the ignorant People of which kind were those Indulgencies granted by John the Second Sixtus the Fourth to those who should recite the Prayer of Charity of our Lord Jesus Christ by Eugenius the Third to the Revelation made to St. Bernard of a blow on the Shoulder of our Lord Jesus Christ By John the Twenty Second to those who kiss the measure of the Soal of the Foot of the Blessed Virgin By Leo the Tenth to those who wear the Cord of St. Francis printed first at Rome then at Milan 1663. To them that shall say the Angelical Prayer when the Clock strikes to the Image of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary printed in a Circle with the Moon under her feet By Paul the Fifth and Gregory the Fifteenth to those who say Blessed be the Holy Sacrament Likewise those Indulgences for fourscore thousand years copied out of the Ancient Table which is said to be kept in the Lateran Church to those who say this truly pious Prayer O God who for the Redemption of the World c. He also suppressed many others and declared That though according to the Doctrin of the Council of Trent the use of Indulgencies may be useful to the People and doth Anathematise such as shall deny that there is not a Power in the Church to grant them yet he is desirous that the Doctrin thereof be rightly understood and a Moderation used in granting them lest by too great facility or easiness the Discipline of the Church be corrupted and enfeebled It was indeed one of the main businesses that the Council of Trent should have handled that and the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in both Kinds being two principal matters then contested in the German Churches but that Council's Inspiration being brough from Rome in a Cloak-bag the Spirit of the Papacy would not allow it and withal they could not but see that this Doctrin was not solid and would not hold water therefore they slightly touched thereon and nothing was determined in it than only That Indulgences be used with such moderation as was approved by the ancient Custom of the Church of God As this Pope endeavour'd to remove all Remora's of Justice that might hinder the due execution thereof in suppressing the pretended and long abused Priviledges of the Franchises and to take away those Temptations and seeming Encouragements to Vice which had been given by licensing of Stews had suppressed those places and expell'd both Strumpets and other debauch'd Persons out of the City and also had appointed such Magistrates for the due execution of Justice that Rome was become very regular and no publick Vice or Disorders to be seen or heard therein so considering that Men of evil Principles might yet act such things which no positive Law in being could reach That he might at least in some measure eradicate
assembled and nevertheless from this present and as far forth as shall be needfull he protests the Nullity of all that may hitherto have been done or may hereafter be pronounc'd publish'd or affixed against his Person Family Domestiques or others and to provide himself as shall be found reasonable declaring that if any one of whatsoever Quality he may be is wanting to the respect and regard due to his Character he shall become responsible both to God and Men for all the mischiefs that may result from the offence done to his Majesty by violating the right of Nations in the Person of his Ambassador Given at Rome Dec. 27th 1687. And in January following in France the King's Council having in a large Harangue laid the business open to the Parliament of Paris where was read the Bull concerning the Franchises and the Orders of the 26th of December for the interdicting St. Lewis's Church together with the Act of Appeal put in to a future Council by the King's Attorney-General The Court of Parliament admitted of the said Appeal and declared the said Bull and Ordinance as Null and Abusive Prohibited all persons whatsoever to vend them in the Kingdom on pain of being proceeded against according to the severity of the Law enjoyned those that had Copies of them to bring them to the Regiâ—ter of the Court there to be suppressed Ordered that the Act of Appeal put in by the Atturney-General to a future Council should be Registred in the Registry of the Court and that the King should be most humbly desired to employ his Authority for the maintaining the Franchises and Immunities of the Quarter of his Ambassadors in the Court of Rome in the whole extent they had hitherto enjoy'd them And the Kings Council having alledged that the Pope had refused to grant his Bulls to confirm Ecclesiasticks which the King had nominated to vacant Benefices so that a third part of the Churches of the Kingdom were destitute of Pastors the Court did further Order that the King should be most humbly desired to order the holding of Provincial Councils or even of a National Council or an Assembly of the Nobles of his Kingdom so to advise about the most suitable means for the remedying the Disorders which the long Vacancy of several Arch-Bishopricks and Bishopricks had therein introduced and to prevent the progress and encrease of them and in the mean while to forbid his Subjects in such manner as the said Lord the King should judge convenient to have any Commerce or remit any Money into the Court of Rome And this present Arrest to be affix'd in the publick and usual places of Paris and every where as should be needfull Done in Parliament the 23th of January 1687 8 Signed Jacques Hereupon in February 1687 8 the Pope resolved to give Audience to several Cardinals apart upon the differance betwixt France and that See after this manner viz. unto two in one day as he should name them one in the Morning the other in the Afternnon and on the 15th of February he began with Cardinal Cibo and so went on And after these Debates he took off the Interdict of the Church of St. Lewis for which Te Deum was sung in that Church and withal Cardinal Cibo had leave to receive from and pay Visits unto Cardinal D'Estrees and all exasperating Books and Writings which reflected on France in the handling these Controversies were prohibited In March following the Pope appointed Cardinal Cibo to Negotiate the matter with the Auditor of the Rota a Frenchman who was thereto appointed by the Marquis de Lavardine and the Envoy of Venice then residing at Rome was to be Mediator betwixt them But the Pope would not grant that they should make any accord unless there were a previous surrender of the Franchise which the Ambassador would not grant and so it came to nothing 1688. In February 1688 the Pope granted leave to the Venetians to raise 40000 pound Sterling on the Clergy within their State and that there might be 1000 men Enlisted in the Ecclesiastical State to help to man their Galleys of Malta and prevail'd with the Duke of Mantua to lend the Venetians 500 men all this was for carrying on the War for as to his own Galleys he durst not venture to send them into the Morea this year the suspition daily encreasing that the Erench King had a design upon Italy it appear'd that the Marquis de Lavardin had not less than 600 Men lodg'd in his Quarters and it was whisper'd that he design'd to make a publick Entry maugre the Popes good will and pleasure beside the French at this time fortify'd Montferrat and Cazal The Pope was not willing to take notice of either that there might be no pretence for a disgust yet raised Land Soldiers that he might not be surpriz'd and his Galleys cruised about Italy under pretence of meeting with the Corsairs of Barbary whereby they were near at hand if the French should attempt to make a Descent upon Italy The Venetians with the assistance the Pope gave and procur'd for them landed Men on the Isle of Negropont and took the Castle of Carambaba there and a Fort near Negropont which also they closely besieged and the 2â—th of August they took the Outworks and many very furious assaults were made and divers men kill'd on both sides in particular 25 Knights of Malta and a body of Turks were beaten that came to relieve it but after all the season of the year requiring it and the Army weakned the 20th of October the Siege was rais'd and the greatest advantage of this years Campagne was that the strong Fortress of Clin was surrendred unto General Cornaro General Conningsmark by reason of sickness could not Act in the Campagne this year and toward the end thereof dyed and it may be remark'd that since he left the Field the success in the Morea never was answerable to what it had been the several years whilst he was General This year the Doge of Venice dyed and Captain General Morosini was chosen in his place chiefly for his Merit and the Service he had done against the Turk This years Campagne in Hungary began with the surrender of Alba Regalis to the Imperialists which had been block'd up a great while and was surrendred in May. In it was found good store of Arms and Ammunition and it was follow'd with a very considerable thing viz. An Act of Submission of the Prince and States of Transilvania to the Emperour as their Father and Sovereign offering to deliver up their Fortresses unto him and promising their Obedience Assistance provided they might have that Liberty in Religion as was heretofore granted unto them tho' it had not been duly observed with them yet upon some disputes the submission was not fully made till some time after The Deputies of the States of Wallachia concluded also a Treaty to put themselves under the Emperors Protection saving their Privileges
laboured Peace among Christian Princes yet now he liv'd to see them all engag'd but he had this to solace himself with that there was so much work cut out for France that his Arms were like to be diverted from him so that he might dye in Peace which he did accordingly And he had yet greater satisfaction since he had a fair prospect that as he had been instrumental to free a great part of Christendom from the Slavery of the Grand Seignior so now he saw so many great Princes joyn'd together to rescue their Countries from the Tyranny and Usurpation of France which two had design'd to share Christendom between them and none but himself had before so couragiously and vigorously according to the Methods of the Papal See opposed the Encroachments of France as he had done He was sensible that this was not a Religious War as the Jesuits would insinuate who have laboured the Exaltation of France but that the French King had ravish'd something from most of his Neighbours as well Papists as Protestants and that none of them were able to cope with him singly but upon any Fraction that he made with any particular Prince he would give Laws to them and they were forced to truckle and submit to him who would be Judge as well as Party in all Differences betwixt them and that it had long been his Method that if any Princes were at Variance to side with one of them and force the other to a Peace upon what Terms he pleased wherein on pretence of his Arms assisting he would not fail to be a considerable Gainer by the Bargain He saw also that he never observed any Peace or Truce though ratified by the most solemn Oaths further than it was for his own Interest All these Perfidious and Tyrannical Actions the Pope detested and therefore had he lived would in all Probability as well have assisted the French King's Enemies as he had done the Grand Seigniors I have already given an account of what pass'd as Matter of Fact in the Differences between the French King and the Pope wherein sometimes the French Allegations were more publick than the Popes as by the Marquess of Laverdin's Protestation c. for which reason I shall here insert a short Account of what was alledged on the Pope's side whereby the unreasonableness of the French King's Demands will farther appear especially considering his pretended Zeal for the Roman Catholick Religion and his affecting to be called the Eldest Son of the Church First That the French King was so far from having a true cause to complain of the Pope's unfair Dealings towards him that the Pope hath shewed him on divers Occasions the most effectual Marks of particular Esteem and paternal Affection that he might or could do without giving up the Churches Rights whereas the Pope received from the French King and his Subjects on his account and by his allowance witnessed by his Protection of them divers and several Injuries Contumelies Reproaches as well as Slights and Oppositions both by Words and Writings Secondly In the Matter of the Regale The French King extended his Power over more than half the Churches and Parishes of his Kingdom contrary to the express Dispensation of the second General Council of Lyons and the immemorial Possession and Rights of those Churches confirmed and authorized by the Acts and Ordinances of his Royal Predecessors and the Sentiments and Arrests of the Parliament of Paris the Registers of the Chambers of Accounts and the uniform Judgments and agreeing Opinions of the most famous and celebrated French Lawyers He endeavoured to subject divers Monasteries to his Nomination where they were Elective even to the almost Destruction of some of them and where he did suffer others to elect by his uncontrolable Power and absolute Authority he forced the Electors to choose whom he pleased and disinvested the Bishop of Pamiers of his Revenues because he defended the Canonical Liberty of the Church and persecuted the Canons and other Ecclesiasticks by Imprisoning and Banishing them because they would not obey the Schismatical Vicars which the Arch-bishop of Tholouse named in opposition to those Canonically elected and confirmed by the See of Rome with divers other Obtrusions on Religious Houses and Churches contrary to all Rules of Right and Justice Thirdly He suffered Books Dedicated to him and Licensed to be published both at Paris and by his Ambassador at Rome contrary to the Apostolical See and injurious to the Pope's Person Fourthly By his Edicts he confirmed the Propositions made by his Assembly in Derogation of the Pope's Authority and forced them to be Registred in the Sorbon against the Doctor 's Will. As to the Pope he was always ready for an Accommodation but that the King ever insisted upon having his Demands first accurately satisfied That the Pope never refused his Bull of Confirmation where the King regularly Nominated unless to such Persons of whom he is the sole Judge that were Court-Church-Men and had signed the Propositions which were Diametrically contrary to the Apostolical See or were notoriously Scandalous That the Pope denied not Audience to the French King's Ambassador if he would have communicated his Commission to Cardinal Cibo as the French King hears no Ambassadors c. before they have conferred with his Secretary or chief Minister of State but withall the French King had never returned answer to the Pope's Brief touching the Regalia which had been presented eight Years before the Ambassador was refused the immediate Access to the Pope he required And Lastly As to the business of the Franchises they have been found to be so great an Evil in the Government that the Pope was resolved to Extirpate their pretended Priviledges and that he is the sole Judge of what concerns his Temporal Government and no one ought to intermeddle therein but leave it to himself who is resolved to be Master in Rome as other Princes are in their Dominions And thus the Pope left these Differences undertermined What may further occur therein we must expect in the new Pontificate In the beginning of this year the Turkish Envoys came to Vienna to Treat of Peace The Diet in Poland ordered an Ambassador to be sent thither to Treat on their King's part notwithstanding the French Ambassador in that Court had laboured the contrary The Venetians had one there also and on the twelfth of March 1688 9. the Emperor's Commissioners having before received the Envoys Proposals gave their Answer by way of Demand viz. That the Turks should yield the Emperor to enjoy all the Countries Towns and Fortresses that he had gained during the War That Transilvania and Wallachia which have put themselves under the Emperor's Protection shall be freed from the Annual Tribute they formerly paid the Port. And that Count Teckely be deliver'd up to the Emperor The Envoys declar'd they had no Instructions to intermeddle in the last Demand The Venetians demanded the Island of Negropont and the Dutchy
be a president for a greater in future time Notice being sent hereof to Spain That King order'd it should be done in all respects as the Pope requir'd This year upon Easter-Eve the Earl of Castlemain Ambassador from King James the II. of Great Brittain arriv'd at Rome it being the Custom of Princes who own the Pope to be Head of the Church on their first access to the Crown to send an Ambassador to that Court to notify the same to his Holiness Cardinal Howard met him on the way conducted him to his Palace and entertain'd him and his Family very magnificently about 10 days while â—amphilio's Palace was making ready within a weak he had private audience of the Pope being conducted by Cardinal Howard he then fell upon preparations for his publick Entry the splendor and magnificence whereof was such that the Artizans were press'd to hasten it yet it was about the beginning of November before every thing could be fitted and then the Pope fell so ill of the Gout that he could not have audience before the 8th of January and then not in the publick Hall where Ambassadors are usually on such solemn Occasions receiv'd but in the Bed-Chamber Take here a short account of it which you may find at large in Mr Wrights Book on that Subject with Figures of the Arms Coaches c. In the Morning the Arms of the Pope the King of England and the Ambassadors which had been set up some days before above the Gate of the Palace covered were uncover'd with a Flourish of Trumpets the whole was of a prodigious bigness the wood-work whereon the Popes and the Kings Arms were painted being 24 foot in height each and 16 in breadth with supporters on each side devises and Ornaments above and Hieroglyphical figures underneath double the Life one among divers others under the Pope was a Woman clad in White representing the Church and one under the Kings was Britania as she is usually painted the Ambassadors Arms were placed over the Gate being in a round about 2 yards diameter About 2 of the clock in the Afternoon the Prelates with the Popes chief Officers came to attend the Ambassador who received also at the same time the complement of the Cardinals Princes and great men of Rome by their Relations or Gentlemen that brought their several Coaches to wait upon him to the Popes Palace He set out about four in the Evening having six Arch-Bishops in his own Coach and Monsignior Barrolini he had ten Coaches in his own Livery all fill'd with Prelates after which came their own Coaches and others that were sent to attend fill'd with Gentlemen that brought them His first Coach was covered with Crimson Velvet richly embroidered with Gold and lined with a Broccard of Gold with a rich embroidery round the Cornish and in all the void places with abundance of Gold Lace Fringe and Embroidery On the Curtains were embroidered Loops a foot long and eight inches broad the Velvet for Coach Cushions Harness Braces c. amounted to 120 yards the four Vases or Knobbs at the corners of the Coach were three foot high above the roof the body was supported by standards of large carved Images of Tritons and besides divers other Images all the Wood-work to the very spokes of the Wheels were all carved representing Leaves of Oak and Ivy gilt with Gold insomuch that all the Carriage seem'd to be a Massy-piece of Gold The second did almost answer the first being of Blew Velvet A third also very rich in Gold Lace and Gilt Brass-work but covered with Leather and all the rest of the Coaches were Noble and Rich. Before the first Coach went 30 Footmen 20 in Cloaks and 10 in close bodied Coats by the side of it eight Pages and the Dean or Chief of the Footmen in Black Velvet The Gentleman of the Horse followed on a Managed Neapolitan Horse richly Caparison'd the Ambassadors other Coaches had each of them six Horses also and a Groom to attend every one The Livery men were 60 in Number the Pages in Crimson Velvet their Cloaks lin'd with Brocard Blue and Gold laced with Gold Lace mixt with a little White Blew and Black Silk above half a yard deep with rich trimmings of Gold and Blue Ribbons with Feathers in their Hats Poynt Crevats and Cuffs and every thing else very fine The other Liveries were all of Scarlet lined with Silk Brocard and very richly laced The weather was somewhat Rainy yet this splendid shew drew abundance of spectators and thus being come to Monto Cavallo where the Soldiers were drawn up to receive him he was conducted to the Pope and after some stay with him he went to Cardinal Cibo's Aparment and afterwards with the help of Flambeaux return'd to his Palace The next day he visited Cardinal Ludovisio Dean of the Colledge the day after the Queen of Sweden and several others in the same Equipage On the 14 rh of January he gave a noble Entertainment to divers of the great Prelates at Rome in this manner The Entrance was a great Hall surrounded with long Tables furnished with Sweetmeats Fruit and other Delicasies at the upper end being a Cupboard of all kind of Plate and another of Glasses then passing through three Rooms richly furnished in the last of which was a Cupboard under a Canopy of curious Gilt Plate they entred the Dining-Room where was a Table that held 80 Arm'd Velvet Chairs with a space between every four Chairs for a Carver on the one side and a Sewer on the other so that there were eight persons to a Mess with those two Officers and a Servant behind each person to attend The breadth of the Table was eight foot and through the middle ran a range of large Historical Figures ten in number made of a kind of Sugar-Paste sent afterwards as Presents to great Ladies and to fill the vacancies betwixt them were variety of Birds and Beasts of the same make On either side these stood two rows of Intermesses of all relishing bits whether Salt Sweet or Sowr only where the Carver and Sewer were to stand was a void place on each side the Middle range for two large Dishes of meat to stand which were fresh brought in for twelve courses being 24 Imperial Dishes to every Mess but to avoid tediousness they were contracted to ten courses and so but 20 Dishes of which every one was served from the Carvers whether they eat or not and then the Triumphs and Ornaments being taken away the whole table was covered with all kind of Sweetmeats imaginable which at last the standers by snatch'd and carried away The entertainment lasted 3 hours each course was served up with loud Musick and while they eat they were entertain'd with soft Musick as Voices Lutes c. there was plenty of all sorts of delicate Wines and other Liquors wherein the Ambassador about the middle of the Dinner began the Popes and the Kings Healths on one side of the