THE MARRIAGE OF Prince FREDERICK, and the King's daughter, the Lady ELIZABETH, upon Shrovesunday last.  
With the shows on land and water, before, and after the wedding, as also the Masks and Revels in his highness Court, with the running at the Ring, by the King's Majesty, the Palsegrave, Prince Charles, and divers others of the Nobility.  
NOW THE SECOND TIME IMPRINTED, with many new additions, of the same triumphs, performed by the Gentlemen of the Inns of Court in the King's Palace of white Hall.  
At London Printed by T. C. for W. Barley, and are to be sold by W. Wright, at his shop near S. Pulchers Church, at the sign of the Harrow, 1613.   

THE MARRIAGE OF Prince Frederick, and the King's Daughter, the Lady ELIZABETH, upon Shrove-sunday last.  
BEing desirous to give satisfaction to certain of my acquaintance in the country, most willing to understand the manner of the triumphs holden at the royal marriage, of his majesties daughter, Princess Elizabeth.  
I have made means for the true intelligences thereof, and I hope according to the content of the Reader, I have set forth here a true discourse of the same.  
First, of the shows and Fireworks upon the waters before the marriage performed, upon thursday night, being the eleventh of February.  
Then the imitation of a Sea Fight upon Saturday following.  
Also of the royal and Princely passage of Prince Palsegrave with his renowned bride, to his highness chapel at white Hall, where in the presence of his Majesty and the noble state, they were married, to make us rejoice, with a wished happiness, with the masks and revels following, shows of more royalty, than ever in this Age was seen in the court of England.  
Therefore let the Readerd hereof, prepare himself, to entertain them with extraordinary joy, and receive the good will of the writer, for a tribute, to be paid as a dew to his country.  

The manner of the fireworks showed upon the Thames upon the Thursday before the wedding.  
TO begin these triumphant sports, his highness, the queens Majesty, Prince Charles, Prince Frederick, with the Princes Elizabeth his royal bride, and the rest of the nobility of England, upon Thursday the eleventh of February in the evening, being placed in the galleries and windows about his highness Court of white Hall, where in the sight of thousands of people, many artificial conclusions in Fireworks were upon the Thames performed, and that the pleasurable sights on the water, might equal the sumptuous shows on the land, thus they proceeded.  
First, for a welcome to the beholders, a peal of ordinance like unto a terrible thunder rattled in the air, and seemed as it were to shake the earth: Immediately upon this, a Racket of Fire burst from the water, and mounted so high into the Element that it dazzled the beholder's eyes to look after it.  
Secondly, followed a number more of the same fashion, spreading so strangely with sparkling blazes, that the sky seemed to be filled with fire, or that there had been a combat of darting stars fight in the air, and all the time these continued, certain cannons planted in the fields adjoining made thundering music, to the great pleasure of the beholders.  
After this in a most curious manner, an artificial firework with great wonder was seen flying in the air, like unto a dragon, against which an other fiery vision appeared flaming like to Saint George on Horseback, brought in by aburning Enchanter, between which was then fought a most strange battle continuing a quarter of an hour or more: the dragon being vanquished, seemed to roar like thunder, and withal burst in pieces and so vanished, but the champion with his flaming horse for a little time made a show of a truimphant conquest, and so ceased.  
After this, was heard an other rattling sound of Cannons, almost covering the air with fire and smoke, and forthwith appeared out of a hill of earth made upon the water, a very strange fire flaming upright like unto a blazing star: After which flew forth a number of rackets so high in the air, that we could not choose but approve by all reasons that Art hath exceeded Nature, so artificially were they performed, and still as the Chambers and Culuerines played upon the earth, the fireworks danced in the air, to the great delight of his Highness, and the other Princes.  
Out of the same mount or hill of earth flew an other strange piece of artificial firework, which was in the likeness of a hunted Hart, running upon the waters so swiftly, as it had been chased by many huntsmen.  
After the same, issued out of the mount, a number of hunting hounds made of fire burning, pursuing the aforesaid Heart up and down the waters, making many rebounds and turns with much strangeness: skipping in the air, as it had been a usual hunting upon land.  
These were the noble delights of Princes, and prompt were the wits of men to contrive such Princely pleasures.  
Where Kings commands be, Art is stretched to the true depth, as the performance of these Engineers have here approved.  
But now again to our wished sports, when this fiery hunting extinguished, and that the Elements a little cleared from fire and smoke, there came sailing up, as it were upon the Seas, certain ships and galleys bravely rigged with top and top gallant, with their flags and streamers waving like men of war, which represented a Christian Navy opposed against the Turks, where after they had a while hovered, preparing as it were to make an incursion into the Turkish country, they were discovered by two Towers or Castles of defence, strongly furnished to intercept all such invading purposes, so sending forth the reports of a cannon, they were bravely answered with the like from the galleys, banding fire and powder one from an other, as if the God of battles had been there present.  
Here was the manner of a Sea Fight rightly performed: First by assailing one an other, all striving for victory, and pursuing each other with Fire and sword, the Caluerines merrily played betwixt them, and made the air resound with thundering Echoes, and at last, to represent the joys of a victory, the Castles were sacked, burned and ruinated, and the defenders of the same forced to escape with great danger.  
During the time of all these triumphant exercises, there was not a man unbusied, but every one laboured, some on Land, some on Water, some one way, some an other, to move his Highness, and the rest of his princely friends a pleasing content, which he and the other Princes with a gracious acceptance, applauded, to the great comort of the performers, and no little joy to the beholders.  
The next morning, being Friday, his Highness, not intending to grace the following sports with his presence, gave cause of forbearance, with some rest to the Engineers for their great toil the night before.  
Moreover, it was thought convenient that a whole days preparation should be made, in providing against the Saturdays pastimes, which moved a more longing desire in the hearts of his subjects to see the same, which at the time appointed was in this manner accomplied.   

The manner of a Sea fight, showed upon the Thames, upon the Saturday before the wedding.  
Between the hours of two and three of the clock the same day in the after noon being Srove-saterday, the King's Majesty, accompanied with the Queen, and the rest of the Princes and Peers of estate, to add the more glory to these pretended shows, placed themselves in great royalty upon the privy stairs of white Hall, where after a while expecting the beginning of the desired fireworks, the Lord Admiral sent forth two or three gentlemen in a whirrie, with a flag or banner to signify the King, and the Nobilities tarriance for the representations, which was answered with an Intelligence by the report, from a great cannon, whereupon a certain Venesian man of War, and a ship called a carvel, came proudly with their flags and colours sailing up, in the sight of seventeen Turkish galleys which lay hovering upon Lambeth side, betwixt whom was a most royal and praise worthy Imitation of a sea fight in such sort performed, as if the danger of such an Enterprise had been by true action attempted, all which explains the honours of martialists, and made his Majesty, with many thousands of people of all sorts, and of many Nations eye-witnesses of the true manner of such like encounters. But not to be troublesome in my discourses, I will briefly explain the encounters as they passed.  
There was a bar or a kind of artificial fence made upon the river of Thames with Barges and Lighters chained together, to keep out passengers, which otherwise with much unruliness would have hindered the pastimes, and much troubled the performers, but being thus hemmed in, as it were upon the main Seas, the two Venetian ships as I said before, falling within danger of the Turkish galleys, endured a fresh encounter, and long time most worthily defended themselves, but by reason of the number of the galleys, they were at last boarded, taken, and carried as boot and prize under the command of a Turkish Castle, which represented and bare the name of the castle of Argeir, Furnished with 22. well approved great pieces of Ordinance, which was contrived and built upon Lambeth side, at a place named Standgate, environed with craggy Rocks as the said Castle is now situate in Turkey.  
After the Galleys had taken these Venetian ships, and delivered them into the Turkish admirals command, they had sight of an other Argosay or Galliaza, which seemed to be of Spain, which likewise after a fierce conflict they made prize of, and with much triumph rendered the same up also to the Turkish Admiral.  
After this, upon a sudden there was a thundering peal of Ordinance or Chambers placed in Lambeth Marsh, whereupon the Scouts and Watches of the Castle, discovered an English Navy, to the number of fifteen Sail of the King's Pinnaces, making up towards the point, with their red crossed Streamers most gallantly waving in the Air, to the great delight of all the beholders, which as then seemed to cover over the Thames in Boats and Barges.  
Near unto this place stood a high built watch Tower, or Beacon of the Turks, which at the first sight of the English Navy was set on fire, as the manner is at all such incursions, which blazing Light (as it seemed) gave notice to the Castle, and caused a readiness in the same for defence: In the mean time, the King's Pinnaces and the Turkish Galleys joined, betwixt whom, were shown many strange attempts, even as they had ventured their very lives for their country's safeties: they spared neither powder nor policy, to sack one an other, but on both sides bestirred themselves so bravely, that his Highness withal the rest of his attendants were therewith much delighted: At last the Galleys being overcharged with long and forward encounters of the English Navy, for refuge and shelter made new unto the Castle, which began likewise to play bravely upon the English, and with their thundering ordinance made as it were the ground to shake.  
The King's Navy to answer them was not backward in a performance, but made the air gloomy with fire and smoke rorering from their loud mouthed Cannons.  
The fight for a time continued fiercely, the victory leaning to neither side, either of them attempting to assault and board each other, but at last the Galleys being sore bruised and beaten, began to yield, whereupon the English Admiral fell down and cast anchor before the Castle, and then spared not in the best manner to thunder off their Ordinance, whereat the Turks yielded both Castle and Galleys, and submitted to the conquest of the English Admiral, who fired many of the said Galleys, sacked the Castle, and took prisoner the Turkish Admiral, with divers bashaws and other great Turks, and also recovered the Venetian and Spanish Ships, before taken by the Galleys. After the performance of all these aforesaid, the English Admiral, in a most triumphant manner carried as a prisoner, the Admiral of the Galleys attired in a red jacket with blue sleeves, according to the Turkish fashion, with the bashaws, and the other Turks, guarded to his highness privy stairs of white Hall, where his grace, Prince Palsegrave, and his Lady remained, which prisoners were lead by Sir Robert Mansfield, to the Lord Admiral, and by him they were conveyed to the King's Majesty, as a representation of pleasure, which to his Highness moved delight, and highly pleased all there present.  
All these aforesaid pastimes were most nobly performed between the hours of three and six in the after noon, to the great content as well of foreign nations as of our own country people, whereof in one place, and at one time, hath been seldom seen a greater number.  
Also for a Farewell to this days pleasures, a train of Chambers were discharged in Saint George's Field of a long continuance, and of such an Echoing thunder, that they even amazed the hearers. Thus ended Saturdays shows upon the waters, being the eve of this great Marriage-day.   

The manner of the Marriage upon Shrove-sunday, with the Royal passage of Prince Frederick and his Bride to his majesties Chapel at White-Hall.  
But now to relate and make known the royal passage of the renowned Bridegroom and his fair Bride, (for the satisfying of many thousands) as they entered into his highness Chapel at White-Hall: the next day being Sunday, even overcomes me with a rejoicing description.  
The Court being placed full of people of many Estates, sorts, and Nations, and their eyes and hearts fixed to behold the pompious glory of this Marriage in great Royalty.  
First came the Palgrave, from the new built Banqueting-house, attired in a white Satin suit, richly beset with Pearl and Gold, attended on by a number of young gallant Courtiers, both English, Scottish, and Dutch, all in rich manner, every one striving to exceed in sumptuous habilliaments, fit for the attendants of so princely a Bridegroom. After came the Lady Elizabeth, in her Virgin-robes, clothed in a gown of white Satin richly embroidered, lead between her royal brother Prince Charles, and the Earl of Northampton: upon her head a crown of refined gold, made Imperial (by the Pearls and Diamonds thereupon placed,) which were so thick beset, that they stood like shining pinnacles, upon her amber coloured hair, dependantly hanging plaighted down over her shoulders to her Waste, between every plaight a role or list of Gold-spangles, Pearls, rich stones, and Diamonds, and withal, many Diamonds of inestimable value, imbrothered upon her sleeve, which even dazzled and amazed the eyes of the beholders: her train in most sumptuous manner, carried up by fourteen or fifteen Ladies, attired in white Satin gowns, adorned with many rich jewels.  
After went a train of noblemen's Daughters, in white Vestments, gloriously set forth: which Virgin Bride-maides attended upon the Princess, like a sky of Celestial stars, upon fair Phoebe. After them, came another train of gallant young Courtiers, flourishing in several Suits, Embrothered and Pearled, who were Knights, and the sons of great Courtiers: After them, came four Herold's at Arms, in their rich coats of Heroldrie, and then followed many Earls, Lords, and Barons, as well of Scotland as England, in most noble manner, than the king of Herold's, bearing upon his shoulder a Mace of gold, and then followed the honourable Lords of his highness privy Council, which passed along after the Train towards the Chapel, and then came four reverend Bishops of the Land in their Church abilliaments: After them four Sergeants of the Mace in great state, bearing upon their shoulders four rich Enameled Maces.  
Then followed the right Honourable the Earl of Arundel, carrying the King's Sword: And then in great Royalty the King's Majesty himself in a most sumptuous black suit, with a Diamond in his hat of a wonderful great value; Close unto him came the Queen, attired in white Satin, beautified with much embrothery, and many Diamonds: Upon her attended a number of married Ladies, the Countess's, and wives of Earls and Barons, appareled in most noble manner, which added glory unto this triumphant time and Marriage.  
These were the passages of our States of England, accompanying the princely Bride and Bridegroom to his highness Chapel, where after the celebration of the Marriage, contracted in the presence of the King, the Queen, Prince Charles, and the rest aforesaid: they returned into the banqueting house with great joy.  
The Lady Elizabeth being thus made a Wife, was led back, not by two Bachelors as before, but by the Duke of Lineux, and the Earl of Nottingham, in a most reverend manner, before the Palsegrave. At his return from the chapel, went six of his own Country gallants, clad in crimson Velvet, laid exceedingly thick with gold lace, bearing in their hands six silver Trumpets, who no sooner coming into the Banqueting house, but they presented him with a melodious sound of the same, flourishing so delightfully, that it greatly rejoiced the whole Court, and caused thousands to say at that instant time, God give them joy, God give them joy.  
Thus preparing for dinner, they passed away a certain time, and after fell to Dancing, Masking, and reveling, according to the custom of such Assemblies, which continued all the day, and part of the night in great pleasure.   

The order of the mondays shows, with the Kings running at the Ring with the Nobility of the Land.  
THe next day (being Shrove-munday) by the King and Nobility of England was spent in great honour, where their rich Robes of Estate seconded the day before, with many commendable graces: for the whole Court so gloriously shined with Imbrothered abilliaments, that it made even a smiling cheerfulness sit upon the countenance of many thousand beholders.  
For the King's Majesty in his own person, accompanied with his brave spirited son Prince Charles of great Britain, the Royal Bridegroom, Count Palatine, the Duke of Linneux, with divers other of the Earls and Barons of England and Scotland, together with the praiseworthy Peers of the netherlands Provinces, performed many famous races at the Ring, an exercise of much renown and honour, and the knightly sports, and the Royal delights only befitting the dignity of Kings and Princes, and of the chiefest Nobility.  
First, about the rails or lists in the Tylf-yard, adjoining to White Hall, were placed many Herold's at Arms, to beautify the honourable atchiefements of these knightly Potentates, and withal, the Knight marshal of England, and his servants, all in new liveries with their staves of office, to abate the too forward unruliness of many disordered people, which otherwise would have much troubled the Tournaments, and as an aid unto them, many of his highness Yeomen of the Guard were attendant in the lists, and withal, most of the King's Trumpeters in their rich imbrothered coats, the pensioners and Knights of his grace's household with their guilded Pole-axes, guarding as it were in a round, the King with his Knightly followers.  
The queens Majesty, with her daughter the Princes Elizabeth, attended on by many of the greatest Ladies of the Land, being placed in the Galleries and windows of the Banqueting house, In the presence of many thousands of his Subjects, the King mounted upon a Steed of much swiftness, was the first that began the honourable pastimes, and like a most noble martialist took the Ring upon his spear, three several times together, whereat the trumpets still sounded to the great joy of all the beholders.  
After him the Illustrious Prince, Count Palatine, upon a horse of that brave courage, which seemed to stand upon no ground, where with a spirit of much forwardness, he took the Ring upon his spear twice together, so lightly, and so nimbly, that the whole assembly gave him high commendations.  
After him, the brave young flower, and hope of England, Prince Charles, mounted as it were upon a Spanish jennet, that takes his swiftness from the nature of the wind, most courageously, and with much agility of hand, took the Ring clearly four times in five courses, which was in the eye of the King's Majesty and the Nobility, there present, a sight of much admiration, and an exceeding comfort to all the land.  
The Duke of Lineux, the Earl of Arundel, the Earl of Dorset, the Lord Haddindon, with divers other Barons of England, and Scotland, afterward, in honour of this magnificent marriage, performed many worthy races, and many times took the Ring with much strangeness, a pleasure so princely, that it even made the beholder's hearts to leap with joy.  
The queens Majesty, with her daughter the Princes, all the while standing in the windows, as eye-witnesses to these noble delights, smiled with much cheerfulness, graciously thanking them all for their loves, but especially the new married Bride, in honour of whose marriage all these courtly pastimes were performed.   

Of the Masks and Revels presented by the Gentlemen of the Inns of Court, upon the Monday night.  
THe proceeding Night, sports were as sumptuous, as the passed days, and in as gallant a manner performed: whereof to satisfy the desireful Reader, I must thus speak of.  
The Gentlemen of the Inns of Court, in the best and rarest manner they could devise, prepared Masks and Revels in the Court, that night to be presented: and about the hours of eight or nine, they passed from the Rolls in Chancery-Lane, to White Hall, in as royal manner as ever gallants did to the Court of England.  
First, there road some three score brave spirited Gentlemen upon great Bard-horses, most richly trapped with imbrothered furnitures, themselves attired in cloth of gold and tissue, most gloriously shining, lighted by a number of torches, to beautify the show with more Eye-pleasing delights.  
After them, some six and thirty Maskers, divided by twelves, in most strange Antic suits, in a most admirable and stately manner. Likewise upon costly trapped steeds, each of them having a Blackamoor Page attending on Horse back, with torch lights burning in their hands.  
After them followed three Chariots of Maskers and Revelers, in garments of a marvelous fashion, so artificially disguised, that they moved much wonder. Upon them attended a number of Footmen, bearing burning torches, and withal, many trumpets sounding melodiously, which was a sight both to Eye and Ear, of an exceeding glory: These performed many delightful dances in his highness presence, and other pastimes of pleasure, to the great comfort of all the beholders, and to the high honours of this magnificent Marriage.   

Of the Triumphs and Revels upon the next night following, being Shrove-tuesday.  
THe next day being Shrove-tuesday, a day of pleasure, and jollity by custom, but far more delightful by reason of this magnificent marriage, which moved many occasions of mirth in his highness court, for every day in several attires, were the Nobility of the land seen flourishing in the chamber of presence, and much was the cost spent in banqueting of foreign estates, as well Princes Ambassadors, as the Peers and Nobles attending upon the Palsegrave, which upon this day was as royally performed, as upon the former.  
The bounty of his Majesty exceeded, for his highness court was free for all people of fashion, as well Citizens as others, and few came thither that departed without kind entertainment for liberality, with spreading arms kept open household, whereby the time may well be recorded for a time of Prince's pleasures, by reason Princes were the maintainers thereof.  
The night proceeding, much expectation was made of a stage play to be acted in the great Hall by the King's Players, where many hundreds of people stood attending the same: but it happened contrary, for greater pleasures were preparing, which in this manner were performed, as upon the night before a most famous mask came to court, by the Gentlemen and students of the law, from the Rolls Office, by land, so some three hundred Gentlemen more, of the same estate and calling, by water, to equal them in stateliness, came likewise up the Thames by water, with a mask to White Hall, at whose setting forth from Winchester-house in their Barges, a peal of ordinance placed on the backside, seemed as it were thunder, the Barges were beautified with many flags and Streamers, lighted with a number burning cressets and torches, attended on by Drums and Trumpets, which sounded all the way most melodiously, the Gentlemen and maskers, had most glorious and rich suits of cloth of gold and silver, with other Robes of much delight and pleasure, their entertainments in Court were gracious, and their performance as curious as the skill and Art of wit could devise, at which the King and all the royal assembly there present, took high contentment.  
The King's Majesty, in the royalty of his mind, and in regard of these rare devices of the Gentlemen of the Inns of Court, (being most of them sons to great states of the land) invited them all within few days after, to a royal banquet, where not only by his Highness, but by the Palsegrave and his Bride, they had most kind and friendly thanks.  
And now to conclude my discourse, the joys hereof were declared in many places, as well City as Court: for the Bells of London rung generally in every Church, and in every street Bonfires blazed abundantly, there was neither cost nor pains spared by his highness subjects, that any way might give signs of joy, for the Marriage of his princely daughter to her royal Husband, whom God bless with long happiness, and Thrones of Angels keep and defend. Amen.   
FINIS.