A brief rehersal & discription, of the coronatio[n] of the hye and myghti Prince Maximilian Kyng of Romans, Boheme Hungeri &c. Don at the famus citie of Francford yn the year of owr lord 1562. the month of Nouember, wyth the co[m]myng yn of the great Turcks embassater, of the presents by hym gyven, & other thyngs worthy to be known. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A07302 of text S105631 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 17696). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A07302 STC 17696 ESTC S105631 99841358 99841358 5935 2240858459

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A07302) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 5935) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 574:05) A brief rehersal & discription, of the coronatio[n] of the hye and myghti Prince Maximilian Kyng of Romans, Boheme Hungeri &c. Don at the famus citie of Francford yn the year of owr lord 1562. the month of Nouember, wyth the co[m]myng yn of the great Turcks embassater, of the presents by hym gyven, & other thyngs worthy to be known. [8] p. [G. Manilius], Newly prented yn Gaunte : the 27. of August M.CCCCC.LXV. [1565] Printer's name from STC. Signatures: [pi]⁴. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Maximilian -- II, -- Holy Roman Emperor, 1527-1576 -- Early works to 1800. eebo A brief rehersal & discription, of the coronatio[n] of the hye and myghti Prince Maximilian Kyng of Romans, Boheme Hungeri &c. Don at the famus citie [no entry] 1565 10 1615 15 0 0 0 0 0 92.88 D The rate of 92.88 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2012-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-10 Sampled and proofread 2013-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A BRIEF rehersal & discription , of the Coronation of the hye and myghti Prince Maximilian Kyng of Romans , Boheme Hungeri & ç. Don at the famus citie of Francford yn the year of owr lord 1562. the month of Nouember , wyth the comming yn of the great Turcks Embāssater , & of the presents by hym gyven , & other thyngs worthy to be known .

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Newli prented yn Gaunte , the 27 ▪ of August M. CCCCC.LXV .

FYRST YT YS TO 〈◊〉 noted that the cittie of Francford having latitud degres 50. minutes 12. longitude , degres 25. minutes 28. standeth yn that part of Germanie that hyght Franconie , situat apon a fresh riuer wych ronneth yn to the Rhene over against the cittie of Mens , yn Latin Moguntia : wythin xx . Englishe myle , and ys nauigable betwen , wyth bargis & lyghters drawen by horsis , wyth ordinari & dayli passage to and fro , wych cittie of Franckford beying Metropolitan of al Germani , and set yn place most indifferent for acces of all Princis of the Empire , from everie part , & also for prouision bothe of vyctual & harbour , most apt & propice to receyve much people , assembles , and recours of strangiers , cōmonlither for the Election & Coronation of their Emperours & Kyngs ys & hath ben vsed to be holden there of long tyme , as now yn the year of owr lord 1562. the month of Nouember , ●●s accordingli , solemly parformed by the Kyng Maximilian instant Emperour , wyth su●he pomp & triumph ( as ys thowght ) not to haue ben don the lyke at any tyme , synce the great Charles Kyng of France , & Empereur of Rome . Nor : as yt ys not posssible , to tel all the Royal preparation & sumptuus prouision , so ys yt nether nedful at this tyme but only touching som special poyntes thereof , the gentel reader that hath not sene , nor herd the lyke before , may refresh hys mynd a lyttel wyth the noveltie of the matter , and content hym self wythal .

❧ Hier foloweth the Names of Dukes Marquesssis , Princis , Lordes , & other hygh Estats wych came to the Caronation .

Electers or Coruesters .

The bushop of Trier . The bushop of Colen . The bushop of Mens . The Conte Palatin or Palsgraue . The Marques Brandenburg . The Duke of Saxon. ☆ Embassaters . The Duke of Ascot for the Kyng of Spayne The Popes Emb. The Frenche Kyngs Emb The Kyng of Portingals Emb. The Kyng . of Denemarcks Em. The great Turkes Em. The Duke of Pomerans . The Venetians . The Duke of Mantua The Duke of Ferrara . ☆ Other estats . T●●●uke of Bavier . The Duke of C●●ue . The Duke of Lorain . The Duke of W●●tenberg . The Duke of Makelburg . T●●●●ince of Orange . The Lansgrave . The Counte Egmond . The Counte Horn. The Counte Hoghstratē ☆ Ladies . The Quen of Bohem , her dowghter & 2. yong sons . The Duches of Lorain & her Dowghter . The Duches of Bavier . The Duches of Saxon , wyth manny other great ladies & damosels vnknowen , and nombers of Lordes , Ereles , Barons , Knyghts , Squyers and Gentilmen , wych nēther them self , among them self wer al known : nor yeat theyr names , or number ys possible to remembe● .

All wych companie of nobiliti fyrst ass●●bled & com toguyther at Frankford , abowt the 20. day of Nouember the yeare aforsayd , There abode , for the coming of Ferdinando . Emperour and Kyng Maximilian hys eldest son ( whose Coronation we now speak of ) coming toguither owt of Bohemia & those est parts of Germanie . Wych beyng arived wyth yn one dayes Iournei , all the afforsayd noblemen wyth 〈◊〉 traynes well apoynted , & mounted a … k , yn nomber about 5000. horsis , rood fourth of the cittie the morning , yn good order abowt 12. Ynglish myle to receyve the Emperour , & hys son coming on the way from Augusta , wych beyng then Ioyned wyth th emperour & hys trayn retourned toghuyther to Frankford the same evenyng after son set , & then the hoole nomber toguither was thowght to be 40000. horsis in all . And they rade al wyth dagges at theyr saddelbows , & everi man a hearen leash & a lyttel bugle horn about hys nek hunterlyk , and yn hys hat an oken branche wyth faded russet leaves as token of wynter . Then abowt sonset came before yn to the cittie all their carriage wyth wagons , carts , moyles & horsis , yn great number & camels 4. Wythin 4. dayes after , was bylt vp wythin the great cathedral churche scaffoldes rownd abowt , stagies , particions & seats , convenient and as apertayned for such a cor●nation , and from the sayd churche to the town hawle half an English myle long the way planked even , wyth tymber , where thes princis shold passafoot after the coronation to dyner The Turck wyth hys company yn rych & sayr apparel , had got astandyng yn a corner hows to se the passsing of thys pompe , on whom was more gasyng of people , then was apon Emperour , Kyng or any thyng elsbesyde . Affter the ceremonies of coronation , wyth long & solem masssong , about 3. aclock at after none , th emperour wyth hys son on the left hand & both having riche & precius crownes apon their heds , and robes of crimosin furred wyth ermines , came from the churche afoot apon this planked way , vnto the town pallace , where the dyner was prepared & next before them went the 6. Corvesters , lykewyse apareled & the residu of the other nobiliti eche man yn hys degre , & certayn officers wer apoynted to cast & strew abrod monoy new coyned , among the people both of syluer & gold . And yn the greatest market place , wych was before the Palace was acoūduct made , runnyng continuali wyth wyn , both whyt & red wych poor people fet away that wold & ther beside was a tymber hous erect , wyth in the wych was a mighti great ox put on a broche , & rosted hwole hed , legs , fete & tayle & all except the skyn & bowels , & wyth in the boddy was farced & stuffed dyuers sortes of other smal 4. footed beastes , & fowle of sowndri Kyndes , as valow deare , hare , kyd , lam , pygg , connye , squyrel , swan , goose , heron , byttour , malard , phesant , pecok , capon , partricg , quayle , p●gion , wodcock , curlu , plover , snyt , blackbur● thrush , larck , & so from the greatest fowle to the lest , & vnto the veari wren , and tytmose , wych after 2. dayes , and as many nyghts rosting , was deuyded among the people to yeat the same day of the coronation . Th emperour then at dyner sat vnder ariche cloth ofestat next thewaule , & Kyng Maximilian ouer against hym near the end , at the same table , & no mo parsons but they 2. then wer ther 6. other tabels prepared wythin the same hawle for the six Coruesters , to syteche by hym self but they sarved yn the fyrst cours to th emperour , & the Kyng , & the rest of the Dukes & Noblemen sat at dyvers tables ther besyde som 16. som 20. som . 24. at a table toguyther in order acording to their degreis . The Duke of Saxon : lord marshal , by enheritance , that day mesured ottes yn the market place , wyth apec● of syluer . Wythin ij . dayes after came the Turks Embassator to th emperours pallace & presented hym wyth an amblyng bay puystant stede , 4. camels furnished , and certain auncient Vessel & dyshys , of purselan , & other old monuments late fownd vnder the earth , wyth in the temple of Santa Sophia yn Constantinople , he roode thorowgh the strets to & fro , wyth 6. companions also an horsbak , be yn agown of cloth of gold , & the other yn crymosin vellet , and before hym a foot a 30. sarvants & slaves booted , and wyth spores a foot long fro the heale to the rowel , he hym self ys a Cristen man renegat & born yn Polonia . Ther war also runnyng wyth horsis at the ryng al one day , & Kyng Maximilian began , & al the Dukes & other Noblemen followed , affter wych tryumph wythin 4. dayes th emperour fyrst departed , by water to Mens , & the Kyng the next day wyth hys Quene by land to Augusta . And every , lord & other Gentilman hys way , home to hys own countre , & last of all the Turk , wych as he was conducted In , wyth 40. or 50. armed men a horsbak , so was he lykwyse safe conveyd back again , that no rude people shold mysvse hym apon the way .

FINIS . Sic transit gloria mundi .