A BRIEF rehearsal & description, of the Coronation of the high and myghtis Prince Maximilian King of Romans, Boheme Hungeri & ç. Don at the famus city of Francford in the year of our lord 1562. the month of November, with the coming in of the great Turcks Embanssater, & of the presents by him given, & other things worthy to be known.   printer's or publisher's device 
Newli prented in Gaunt, the 27▪ of August M. CCCCC.LXV.   

first IT IS TO 〈◊〉 
 noted that the city of Francford having latitud degrees 50. minutes 12. longitude, degrees 25. minutes 28. standeth in that part of Germany that height Franconie, situate upon a fresh river who runneth in to the Rhine over against the city of men's, yn Latin Moguntia: within xx. English mile, and is navigable between, with bargis & lighters drawn by horsis, with ordinari & dayli passage to and fro, who city of Frankford being Metropolitan of all Germani, and set yn place most indifferent for access of all Princis of the Empire, from every part, & also for provision both of victual & harbour, most apt & propice to receive much people, assembles, and recours of strangers, commonlither for the Election & Coronation of their Emperors & Kings is & hath been used to be held there of long time, as now in the year of our lord 1562. the month of November, ●●s accordingli, solemnly performed by the King Maximilian instant Emperor, with such pomp & triumph (as is thought) not to have been done the like at any time, since the great Charles King of France, & Empereur of Rome. Nor: as it is not posssible, to tell all the Royal preparation & sumptuus provision, so is it neither needful at this time but only touching some special points thereof, the gentle reader that hath not seen, nor herd the like before, may refresh his mind a little with the novelty of the matter, and content himself withal.  
❧ Higher followeth the Names of Dukes Marquesssis, Princis, Lords, & other high Estates who came to the Caronation.  

Electers or Coruesters.  
The bishop of Trier. The bishop of Colen. The bishop of men's. The Conte Palatin or Palsgrave. The Marquis Brandenburg. The Duke of Saxon. ☆ Embassaters. The Duke of Ascot for the King of Spain The Pope's Emb. The French Kings Emb The King of Portugeses Emb. The King. of Denemarcks Em. The great Turks Em. The Duke of Pomerans. The Venetians. The Duke of Mantua The Duke of Ferrara. ☆ Other estates. Th'duke of Bavier. The Duke of C●●ue. The Duke of Lorain. The Duke of W●●tenberg. The Duke of Makelburg. Th'prince of Orange. The Lansgrave. The Count Egmond. The Count Horn. The Count Hoghstraten ☆ Lady. The Quen of Bohem, her daughter & 2. young sons. The Duchess of Lorain & her daughter. The Duchess of Bavier. The Duchess of Saxon, with many other great ladies & damosels unknown, and numbers of Lords, Ereles, Barons, knights, squires and Gentlemen, who nenther themself, among themself were all known: nor yet their names, or number is possible to remember.  
All who company of nobiliti first assembled & come together at Frankford, about the 20. day of November the year aforesaid, There abode, for the coming of Ferdinando. Emperor and King Maximilian his eldest son (whose Coronation we now speak of) coming together out of Bohemia & those est parts of Germany. Wych being arrived with in one days journei, all the afforsayd noblemen with 〈◊〉 trains well appointed, & mounted a … k, yn number about 5000. horsis, rood fourth of the city the morning, in good order about 12. Ynglish mile to receive the Emperor, & his son coming on the way from Augusta, who being then joined with th'emperor & his train returned toghuyther to Frankford the same evening after son set, & then the hole number together was thought to be 40000. horsis in all. And they rade all with dags at their saddelbows, & everi man a hearen leash & a little bugle horn about his nek hunterlyk, and in his hat an oaken branch with faded russet leaves as token of winter. Then about sonset came before in to the city all their carriage with wagons, carts, moils & horsis, in great number & camels 4. Within 4. days after, was built up within the great cathedral church scaffolds round about, stagies, partitions & seats, convenient and as apertayned for such a coronation, and from the said church to the town haul half an English mile long the way planked even, with timber, where thes princes should passafoot after the coronation to dinner The Turck with his company in rich & sayr apparel, had got astanding in a corner house to see the passing of this pomp, on whom was more gazing of people, than was upon Emperor, King or any thing elsbesyde. Affter the ceremonies of coronation, with long & solemn masssong, about 3. o'clock at after none, th'emperor with his son on the left hand & both having rich & precius crowns upon their heads, and robes of crimson furred with ermines, came from the church afoot upon this planked way, unto the town palace, where the dinner was prepared & next before them went the 6. Corvesters, likewise apareled & the residu of the other nobiliti each man in his degree, & certain officers were appointed to cast & strew abroad monoy new coined, among the people both of silver & gold. And in the greatest market place, who was before the Palace was acounduct made, running continually with win, both whit & red who poor people fet away that would & there beside was a timber house erect, with in the who was a mighty great ox put on a brooch, & roasted hwole head, legs, feet & tail & all except the skin & bowels, & with in the body was farced & stuffed divers sorts of other small 4. footed beasts, & fowl of sowndris kinds, as valow dear, hare, kid, lamb, pygg, conny, squyrel, swan, goose, heron, byttour, malard, pheasant, peacock, capon, partricg, quail, pigeon, woodcock, curlu, plover, snyt, blackburn thrush, larck, & so from the greatest fowl to the jest, & unto the veari wren, and tytmose, who after 2. days, and as many night's roasting, was divided among the people to yet the same day of the coronation. Themperor then at dinner sat under ariche cloth ofestat next thewaule, & King Maximilian over against him near the end, at the same table, & no more parsons but they 2. then were there 6. other tabels prepared within the same haul for the six Coruesters, to syteche by himself but they sarved yn the first course to th'emperor, & the King, & the rest of the Dukes & Noblemen sat at dyvers tables there beside some 16. some 20. some. 24. at a table toguyther in order according to their degrees. The Duke of Saxon: lord marshal, by inheritance, that day measured ottes in the market place, with apece of silver. Within ij. days after came the Turks Embassator to th'emperors palace & presented him with an ambling bay puystant stead, 4. camels furnished, and certain ancient Vessel & dyshies, of purselan, & other old monuments late found under the earth, with in the temple of Santa Sophia yn Constantinople, he rood thorough the strets to & fro, with 6. companions also an horseback, be yn agown of cloth of gold, & the other yn crimson vellet, and before him a foot a 30. sarvants & slaves booted, and with spurs a foot long fro the heel to the rowel, he himself is a christian man renegat & born in Polonia. There war also running with horsis at the ring all one day, & King Maximilian began, & all the Dukes & other Noblemen followed, after who triumph within 4. days th'emperor first departed, by water to men's, & the King the next day with his Queen by land to Augusta. And every, lord & other Gentleman his way, home to his own country, & last of all the Turk, who as he was conducted In, with 40. or 50. armed men a horseback, so was he likewise safe conveyed back again, that no rude people should misuse him upon the way.   
FINIS.  Sic transit gloria mundi.