Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 After his landing, the lord chancellor accompa|nied with diuerse gentlemen, was sent from the queene to bid him welcome on hir behalfe; & so was he visited by [...] noble personages whilest he re|mained at Southampton, sent thither for that pur|pose. And he on the other part sent diuerse on his noble men to visit hir maiestie on his behalfe. Mon|daie the thrée & twentith of Iulie, he departed from Southampton towards Winchester, whither shée was the saturdaie before remooued from Bishops Waltham. On the waie he was accompanied, be|side the noblemen & gentlemen of his owne traine, [...] commeth [...] Winchester [...] the [...] was [...] of [...] to [...] him. with the marques of Winchester, the earles of A|rundell, Darbie, Worceter, Bedford, Rutland, Pen|broke, Surrie: the lords Clinton, Cobham, Wil|loughbie, Darcie, Matrauers, Talbot, Strange, Fitzwaren, and North, with manie other noblemen and gentlemen, and their traines, to the number of two thousand horsses. At his comming to the church in Winchester, the lord chancellor accompanied with the bishops of Durham, Elie, London, Lin|colne, Chichester, and diuerse other prelats, were rea|die to receiue him. After he had made his praiers, he was conueied to his lodging prepared for him in the deans house.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The quéene hir selfe was lodged in the bishops pa|lace, whither his highnesse the next daie came,The quéens lodging in the bishops pa|lace. and was receiued by hir in the hall, in most courteous & louing maner. And after such salutations & talke ended, as was thought conuenient for the time, he returned to his lodging,The mariage solemnized and what states of Ita|lie & Spaine were present at it. where he continued all that night: and the next daie being the fiue and twentith of Iulie, the mariage was openlie solemnized. At the which were present, the ambassadors of the em|peror, the king of Romans, the king of Bohem, of Uenice, Florence, Ferrare, and Sauoie, with cer|teine agents of other states in Italie. As for the shot of ordinance, the diuerse kinds of musicke, the sumptuous and costlie apparell, trappers, and other furniture, readie prouided against the receiuing of him, with other ceremonies vsed aswell about the mariage, as in other places where he was to be receiued, were suerlie such, and euerie thing doone in such good order, as better for such a purpose might not lightlie be deuised. Nobles of Spaine were, the duke of Alua, the duke of Medina celi,The names of the noble men that came ouer from Spaine with the prince. the admerall of Castilla, the marques of Bergues, the marques of Piscara, the marques of Saria, the mar|ques of Ualli, the marques of Aguillar, the earle of Egmund, the earle of Horne, the earle of Feria, the earle of Chinchon, the earle of Oliuares, the earle of Saldana, the earle of Modica, the earle of Fuentesalida, the earle of Landriano, the earle of Castellar, Don Ruigomes, the bishop of Cuenca, Don Iohn de Benauides; and diuerse others.
22.1. An abstract of the conditions of this mariage betweene both the princes.
An abstract of the conditions of this mariage betweene both the princes.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _BUt now forsomuch as some would hap|pilie be desirous to know the conditions of this memorable mariage betwixt these two high princes, the consequence wher|of might haue prooued of so great importance, al|though by the quéens decease the effect was made void, I haue thought good to recite in briefe the chiefe articles thereof.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 1 It was couenanted that he should enioy the title and name of king, during the matrimonie,He to be inti|tuled king du|ring the ma|trimonie, &c. and should aid hir highnesse (being his wife) in the admi|nistration of hir realmes and dominions; but yet he should permit and suffer hir to haue the whole dispo|sition of all benefices, offices, lands, reuenues, and fruits of the said realmes and dominions, and that the same should be bestowed vpon such as were hir naturall borne subiects, and that all matters of the said realmes and dominions should be treated and handled in the same toongs, wherein of old they haue béene woont to be treated.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 That the quéene by vertue of the said mariage should be admitted into the societie of the realities and dominions of the said prince of Spaine,She to be in|tituled to his dominions during the mariage. as well such as he now presentlie hath, as such other also as during the matrimonie may come to him.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 3 And for hir dowrie, in case she ouerliued him, she was appointed to receiue yéerlie thrée score thousand pounds,Hir dowrie if she suruiued him. after the value of fortie groats Flemmish monie the pound, to be allotted vpon all the realms, lands, and patrimoniall dominions of his father the emperor, that is to saie, fortie thousand pounds to be assigned vp on the realms of Spaine, Castile, and EEBO page image 1119 Aragon, according to the custome of those realms. The other twentie thousand pounds were appointed vpon the dukedoms, earledoms, and dominions of Brabant, Flanders, Henalt, Holland, and other pa|trimoniall lands and inheritances of the said empe|ror in the low countries of Germanie; in like ma|ner as the ladie Margaret of England, sometime wife and widow of the lord Charles, sometime duke of Burgogne, had and receiued of the same. And if anie parcell or parcels thereof be alienated, then in lieu thereof, other lands should be in due forme as|signed foorth for hir to enioy, lieng neere to the resi|due of hir dower.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Touching the issue of hir bo|die male or fe|male.4 The issue that should chance to come of this ma|riage, touching the right of the mothers inheritance in the realme of England, and the other realmes and dominions depending of the same, aswell the males as females should succeed in them, accor|ding to the laws, statutes, and customs of the same.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Touching the prince of Spaines dis|posing of his lands after his decease.5 And as touching the lands that the said prince of Spaine shall leaue behind him, first there should be reserued vnto his eldest sonne the lord Charles of Austrich, infant of Spaine, and to the children and heires of him descending, as well females as males all and singular their rights, which to the said prince doo either then, or thereafter should belong, or should at anie time be deuolued to him in the realmes of Spaine, of both the Sicils, in the dukedome of Mil|laine, and other lands and dominions in Lumbar|die and Italie, which neuerthelesse shall be burdened and charged with the foresaid dower of fortie thou|sand pounds. And if it fortuned the said lord Charles to die, and the issue of his bodie to faile, then the el|dest son of this matrimonie should succeed, and be ad|mitted vnto the said right, according to the nature, lawes, and customs of those realmes and domini|ons. The same eldest son should also succéed in all the dukedoms, earledoms, dominions, and patrimo|niall lands belonging vnto the said emperor father to the said prince of Spaine, as well in Burgogne, as in the low countries, in the dukedoms of Bra|bant, Luxenburgh, Gelderland, Zutphane, Bur|gougne, Fréeseland, in the countries of Flanders, Arthois, Holland, Zeland, Namure, and the land beyond the Isles, and all other whatsoeuer therevn|to belonging.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Touching the lord Charles and his des|cendents if heire male came by this mariage.6 But if the said lord Charles, or they that should come of him, remaine in life; and that there be anie male child by this matrimonie: the said lord Charles and his descendents should then be excluded from the said lands and patrimoniall dominions of the low countries, and of Burgongne, and the same should descend vnto the said eldest son borne of this matrimonie. And to the other children borne there|of, as well males as females, a conuenient portion and dower should be allotted in the realme of Eng|land, and dominions depending of the same, and in the said lands & patrimoniall dominions of the low countries: and neither the eldest sonne of this ma|trimonie, nor the sons begotten in the same, should pretend anie right in the realme of Spaine, or in the dominions of the same, and reserued to the said lord Charles the infant, otherwise than by their fa|thers and grandfathers disposition.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 7 Moreouer, if it fortune no issue male to be borne of this matrimonie,What is to be doone if heire male faile, and there be none but issue fe|male. but onelie females, in that case the eldest female should with full right succéed in the said lands and dominions of the low countries, so as neuerthelesse she being minded to choose to husband anie noble man not borne in England, or in the low countries, without the consent of the said lord Charles the infant, in that case the right of the suc|cession should remaine to the said lord Charles, in the said dominions of the low countries, Burgongne, and their appurtenances. And yet neuerthelesse in that case, both she and the other daughters also des|cending of this matrimonie, shall be indowed of their fathers lands & possessions aswell in Spaine, as in the low countries.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 8 And for want of the said lord Charles,What for want of iss [...]e by the lord Charles. and issue of him, and none but daughters remaining of this mariage, the eldest daughter in that case should suc|céed, not onelie in the lands of the low countries; but also in the realmes of Spaine, England, and the rest, after the nature, the lawes, and customs of the same.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 9 Herewith was a prouiso accorded,A prouiso touching suc|cession. that what so|euer he or she should be that should succéed in them, they should leaue to euerie of the said realms, lands, and dominions, whole and entire their priuileges, rites and customs, and gouerne the same by the na|turall borne of the same realmes, dominions, and lands, &c.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 10 Finallie, that betwéene the said emperor,Touching a perpetuall league or [...] of fraterni|tie, &c. the prince and his successors, their realmes, and the said quéene, it was concluded, that from thenseforth there should be an entire & sincere fraternitie, vnitie, and most strict confedera [...]ie for euer, &c: so as they shuld mutuallie aid ech other in all things, according to the strength, forme, & effect of the latter tretise of a strict amitie, bearing date at Westminster in the yéere 1542: the declaration of which treatie beareth date at Uteright, the sixtéenth of Ianuarie, in the yeare 1546.
22.2. In another treatise were these ar|ticles following comprised.
In another treatise were these ar|ticles following comprised.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _FIrst,No stranger to be admitte [...] to anie office &c: in Eng|land. that the prince of Spaine should not promote, admit, or receiue vnto a|nie office, administration, or benefice in the realme of England, or dominions to the same belonging, anie stranger, or persons not borne vnder the subiection of the said quéene.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 That he should receiue into his houshold and court,Englishmen to attend at the court. gentlemen and yeomen of the said realme of England in a conuenient number, estéeming, inter|teining, and nourishing them as his proper subiects, & bring none with him in his retinue that will doo a|nie wrong to the subiects of the said realme; & if they doo, he to correct them with condigne punishment, and to see them expelled his court.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 3 That he shall doo nothing whereby anie thing be innouated in the state and right either publike or pri|uat,The state in no point to [...] innouated. or in the lawes and customs of the said realme of England, or the dominions therevnto belonging; but shall kéepe to all estates and orders their rights and priuileges.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 4 That he shall not leade awaie the quéene out of the borders of hir graces realme,The quéene not to be con|ueied out of hir owne ter|ritories. vnlesse she hir selfe desire it; or carrie the children that may be borne of this matrimonie out of the same realme, vnlesse it be otherwise thought good by the consent and agrée|ment of the nobilitie of England.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 5 And in case no children being left,The prince [...] Spaines [...] to end with the quéenes death. the said queene doo die before him, he shall not challenge anie right at all in the said kingdome, but without impediment shall permit the succession therof to come vnto them to whome it shall belong, by the right and lawes of the realme.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 6 Item that he shall not beare nor carrie ouer out of the said realme,The iewels &c: of the [...] not to be car|ried out, [...], vsur|ped, &c. the iewels and pretious things of estimation. Neither shall he alienat or doo awaie a|nie whit of the appurtenances of the said realme of England, or suffer anie part of them to be vsurped by his subiects, or anie other. But shall see that all and singular places of the realme, and speciallie the forts and frontires of the same be faithfullie kept and EEBO page image 1120 preserued to the vse and profit of the said realme, and by the naturall borne of the same.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 [...] ships, [...], ordi| [...]nce &c: to be [...], &c: out of the land.7 He shall not suffer anie ship, guns, ordinance whatsoeuer of warre or defense, to be remooued or conueied out of the same realme: but shall contrari|wise cause them diligentlie to be kept and viewed when need requireth; and shall so prouide that the same maie be alwaies readie in their strength and force for defense of the realme.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Peace to be [...] in [...] realme without [...] in other [...] warres.8 Item the realme of England by occasion of this matrimonie, shall not directlie nor indirectlie be intangled with the warre that is betwéene the emperor father to the said prince of Spaine, and Henrie the French king; but he the said prince (as much as in him maie lie) on the behalfe of the said realme of England, shall sée the peace betwéene the said realmes of France and England obserued, and shall giue no cause of anie breach, by which couenant the latter treatise of a strict amitie should not be in a|nie point derogated, but the same still to remaine in the former force, &c.