THE LANDGRAVE of Hessen his princely receiving of her majesties Ambassador.  
Imprinted at London by Robert Robinson. 1596.   

To the Right Honourable Lady the Lady Marie, Countess of Warwick.  
RIght Honourable, guessing at your La. acquaintance with the Princess, and this (blast) being a matter of pleasure, fit for a spare hour in an afternoon, yet for the manner of it, worth the writing done in so good order, and greatly to her majesties honour by the Landgrave, I have presumed (under correction) to put out and present your Ho. the relation of our entertainment in Germany. Hoping by your La. protective, favourable acceptation of it (to walk between these two hills whose perfections and excellencies I cannot heighten, but discover, in the vale of my lowness, and obscurity if without thanks, for my labour, yet for my good meaning, without blame. Ready to be sacrificed for her service to whom of duty we own ourselves and all our endeavours. Desirous to honour him to whom of love it is due having honoured her Highness her Ambassador and his company so much, and to perform all good offices to your Ladyship.  
Your Honours ever to command. Edward Monings.   

HIs Lordship came to Brunswick the 16. of August, where the next day in the morning, met us a gentleman called (johan 
1. Res.  von der Bruck sent from the Landgrave to attend and 
2 Personae  entertain him. This showed good intelligence, and 
3. Actiones.  care had of his coming, for the 17. day he was with us betimes, commanded if he met not the Lo. 
Ordo.  Ambassador there, to go to Breme. We gave him entertainment, and when his Lordship was ready and called for him, he came and delivered his message in french to this effect. That the Landgrane (his master) giving him his titles, had sent him to meet, and in his name to welcome his Honour into his country, declaring how long desired, and therefore very acceptable 
Mauritius dei gratia Langr: Hassiae Co. Cattzaenelaenbogend Diests, Sigenhau Nidda.  his coming was, and therein how deeply he stood bound unto her excellent Majesty, that it pleased her Highness, so graciously to send unto him, and greatly beholding to my Lord Ambassador, that in regard of the length and danger of the journey, had passed so great a travail for his sake, with many other ceremonious and gratulatory speeches, till he came to the point, that upon very urgent and necessary occasion, the child was Christenned, telling the time of her birth, the 7. of April, and baptism the 27 of julie, with the giving her the name of Elizabeth by the Landgrave Ludowicke of Marpurg the Prince's uncle and eldest of his house who was appointed Deputy at the Christening, but that the solemnity was reserved till his Honours coming, and therefore divers Princes, Lords, Ladies, and gentlemen, invited and commanded to attend at the Court, and wait upon him.  
And because the Prince his master had been given to understand, of his Lordships hastening (as he did, and that with the venture of his health in the service) he besought him, to take such easy and convenient journeys as might be best for his honour's provisions by the way, and to that end had sent him, to do his Lordship all service and attendance. To which my Lo. making a regratulatory answer, after having given him good words, made him good cheer, and the next day we went five leagues to Heldeshem the 19 fiveleagues to Hamel (through the mountainous and pleasant woody part of the Duke of brunswick's and the Bishop of Padenborge their lands, & so we came to Hixtunne in the Stift of Corui.  
At Hixtunne met us another ancient grave Gentleman called Raven von Aina luxen a dweller in those parts, and who came with no message, but was sent to bring my Lord to a castle of the Princes called Zappenburch.  
This Castle is seated out of common passage, built upon a hill, in a great forest, whither by a craggy and unbeaten way we came late by moonshine. My Lord Ambassador, was received with all honour and expectation who through the soldiers ranked on both sides (as they be very ceremonious) went in with his Coaches to the inner Court, where he alighted, Master Mezenburgh Steward of the Prince's house, & before sent Ambassador into England, with a troop of gentlemen of the Landgraves, met him at the stair foot, carried him up by torchlight to his lodging & in the great Chamber, made a long saluting, welcoming, excusing, rejoicing, and thankful oration in the Prince's behalf, which in few words was fully answered, and so we went to supper. The Prince's Officers and gentlemen were appointed to wait, only Master Mezenburgh sat with my Lord & his company to govern the table. His Lordship was served with three courses after our fashion very pletifully & so were all his servants to the meanest, with distinction of diet & great regard was had. And this action was in all things as honourably, as wisely, orderly and exactly well performed, as was possible, for what the country did afford his Lordship had, or they could devise by art, and order discreetly was done to honour him, insomuch that his entertainment as honourably as passed measure, as his bounty wisely kept proportion.  
Hear his Lordship stayed three days, which was so apointted for his better disposition & refreshing, the first day he rested, & the second was the day of rest, & a latin sermon was made him: in the morning upon Monday the weather broke up, and for after dinner a hunting was appointed.  
From the Castle we passed a league down the forest, into an open valley, where the length of half an english mile, the Toils were set up on both sides to keep in the game: the pleasure of the place, was as much as the sport, for we were in sight of divers Towns & villages, as Quiddelburge, Rottam, Kellam, etc. & from the hill Schoneberg (a fair hill) out of the wood, fell the game down into the valley, where in the midst, was a green tent of cloth, set up for my Lord Ambassador with a rue of bows, to shadow the company, hide their dogs and loosen them at the dear as they passed by, the country was up on both sides of toils upon waggens, with their broad boar spears and dogs: in half an hour, six stags & two wild swine, which were the more spared for being out of season, were cruelly murdered & so the slaughter ceased & master Mezemburgh taking his leave went to provide, at Cassel. Thus love & bounty still went before us in preparation and the next day we followed.  
The Princes own coach covered over with a large carpet of black velvet, and laid with long cuishions drawn with 6 horse, driven by two Coachers suited in green, after the manner of the Princes of Germany, was prepared for my Lo. & his own english Coach to follow with 6. horse empty, except his Lord appointed any to go in it, six beside were made ready for his company, and thus provided with waggans for our cariadges, ready set forward, the Prince's gentlemen took their horse, being gallantly mounted, and with convoy of the soldiers in the Castle, whom my Lord had rewarded, we were carried through a park adjoining, a league out of the forest, where with a volley of shot they took their leaves, and so went back to Zappenburch.  
We had 3 leagues to cassel, & within one, the way was strewed at our coming with horsemen, that put forward to meet my Lord Ambassador, and still our company increased, who went the nearest way over meadows, the ditches levealed and cut down for the purpose, great expectation there was on both sides, and we were not frustrated, for within an English mile off the town, upon a rising ground piked out, going up the hill, we discovered first a strange fellow mounted upon a Camel, with the manner of a herald before him, this was a blackmoore of the Princes, sent a little on the one side before, to discover our coming, and appointed to look back for a watchwoord, which when he had done, and kneeled down a far off, to my Lord Ambassador with his beast, like to a cloud rising above the sunneafter her set, between the light and us, appeared a troop of horsemen coming up the hill, who in a stately manner trotted toward us.  
They were thus marshaled, threescore swart Ritters three and three in a rank sternly came before, there followed six trumpets in the Prince's colours white and red, after came a gallant sort of gentlemen every way well and richly appointed with jewels, and most of them chains of gold, there followed his empty horses of honour and maintenance, belonging to his fendatorie Graffchafftes, caparisonned with white and red tafetie, with plumes and all their furniture suitable, after these six hincshmen two and two suited alike with chains, helmets and javelins in their hands: then came the Princes and the nobles and Master Dorstetell (going before the Dukes of Hostein and Luneberg, who were sent to meet the Lord Ambassador,) stayed the troops, which had passed along sidewise of us, till these Princes met, who alighting, my Lord went out of his coach, and this Master Dorstetell came and made his speech in Latin, full of receipt, love, and courtesy, showing that these Dukes were sent to meet and entertain his Lo. by the way and to accompany him to the Prince's house, which his Excellency desired him to use for his being there as his own, for which my Lord thanked the Prince very kindly, and after having embraced the young Dukes, he was entreated to take horse, and they set forward, the great ordinance discharged, etc. and with all petty compliments and ceremonies such as Princes use for ornament, and to make (as their persons are, so their actions to be more estimable to the common world) we entered with as many hitters behind as before, the whole number being near 300. horse, into the town of cassel.  
They were up in arms, the captains & companies of the town standing in order on both sides of the streets, stoutly pick and gun, even to the Prince's Castle. this his troop dismounted and gone in, my Lord was brought to a stately upper hall, where at the door the Landgrave Maurice met and embraced my Lord Ambassador. And in this honourable assembly he delivered his Embassage and his letters, to whom the Prince spoke Latin, and after gracious entertainementes given, carried him to his lodgings, putting my Lord before him, where after all behaviour becoming so great a person, and wherein he had very extraordinary grace and facility he left his Lordship.  
His lodgings were five rooms, which took up one end of his house, being a goodly quadrangle, somewhat more in length then in breadth, and like the Loner at Paris, high and stately, he had two dining chambers, two drawing, and between these two, his bed chamber, for his more private and quiet being. His Lord. own dining chamber was a very curious room, made no doubt of purpose, to entertain strange Princes, all of marble, the doors, the flower, the sides, windows, roof, and all things pertinent being of carved grey marble, and for the rareness, I will more particularly describe it.  
The doors are bordered about with timber to keep the stone together, and coming in, the flower even and smoothly paved, the chamber just square, the sides made like a wentscot, with cresting, indentments, and Italian pillar work, and hereby divided into 27 panes of carved Imagery, to the half proportion of a man, bearing upon their shoulder points, escouchons with the blasoned arms of his signories, the electors count of Palatine Duke of Saxony, Mararquish of Brandenburg, and other houses of his friends and allies of the protestant part, over these an other course of indented doors and carved hollow works distinct with pillars, and in this compass next the roof, on the four sides four stories carved, of the creation, the passion, the resurrection, and judgement very cunningly done, in length about two yards, compassed in with a frame of marble, as though they hung lose, the roof is wrought with knot work, and thus to see to being in the chamber nothing but marble, whereof he hath the mine in his country, the trouble of his room is great in winter when to keep the stone from cracking and loosening, the stone is continually kept hot.  
The next room to this was a fair square chamber hung with tapestery, where the gentlemen dined, for commonly at the marble table, where the Dukes of Holstein, and Luneburgh, or the Grains of Nassaw, and of Zolmes, with Sir Richard Fines, Master Brakenburie, and others as it pleased his Lo. to appoint.  
The third was a fair drawing chamber, seated round about, and covered with scarlet, above the seats hung round, with a rich small wrought tapesterie of an ell broad, of Emblem work, and verses written underneath, over this upon a ledge of wentscot were divers large tables of sundry devices well painted with their posies to garnish the chamber, and among all, that was the best which had this Motto (Maior autem horum est charitas, for it waxed cold. The roof was likewise flourished with painting & devices, these rooms had the through light of four fair windows, and in this chamber were two square tables, one richly covered with a carpet of cloth of gold, and the seat laid round with four long cushions of the same, which was extraordinarily covered morning and evening for breakfast and banquet, two of the Prince's grooms appointed always to be here and wait, and here they sat sometimes in conference and counsel.  
Next to this was my Lord's bedchamber, with two fair damask field beds, prepared for my Lord and master Edward Clinton his son, the pariture of this room, was a painted tree that grew up at the door, the body bulking out very naturally of stone painted barkelike, and the branches spreading all over the ceiling of the chamber, full of fruit, and hanged down upon the walls, with other pictures to fill up empty places. The story taken out of Daniel. There his: Lo. had at a little fide table, delicate preserves and conserves set and covered over with a vail of  wrought with gold and silk, and all things for his chamber very fitly.  
Beyond these four was there a fair drawng chamber hung with arras, which parted his honour's lodging from the other side of the house, that so he might not any way be disturbed. And now I speak of lodgings, I will describe the manner, the strength, and convenience of the Princes whole lodging, being a thing worth noting & then return unto his entertainment.  
His Castle standing upon the river of Fuld between the two sides of Casse joined with a bridge of stone generrally commandeth the town & country, and is particularly fortified for his own dwelling, for the first. A parcel of ground of some 100 yards broad he hath enclosed, on both sides, which compasseth the town & yet is impropriate any pleasure or use of his own, As for his walks, orchards, laying in his provisions of wood, etc. upon the country, this is storngly fortified, moated, countermured, mounted, bulwarkt, flank red, and withal possible fortification made so strong, as he is there by easily able to prevail against the siege of any outward enemy, and beat them from the field, upon the town, only shut up with a single wall, to keep it private from the townsmen, that they may intend their streets houses and trades, standing more upon the credit of their good service, than their liberty: Within this place, he hath a goodly armory not much inferior to the Duke of Saxony where his ordinance, armour, weapon's, and munition, are kept in great good order and readiness upon any occasion, all stratagemicall engines and devices which belong to offensive or defensive exploits. Such a kind of fortress as this hath the Duke of Saxony at Dresden. The Duke of Brunswick at Wollfenbuttel and the Duke of Werkenberg at Stugord above his castle, for these I have seen divers other Princes of Germany which will be absolute, for they have great reason as the Grave of Embden knows by late experience, to be diffident of their subjects that dwell in their great towns.  
For his private dwelling, his Castle is deep and broad moated, to counterguard his house within the town, where upon the rampires twenty and four are appointed to keep continual sentinel in order, his gates are kept with a double guard, and two bridges, drawn up every night and guarded, the inward part as I said a square long court, paved and vated round about with a large great vault under ground, which is used for his cellarage, full of vessel twenty, forty and some of an hundred tun, the lower rooms are the Offices; on the right hand a common large great hall, and other common roemes and lodgings; on the left, the middle story was upon our side the upper hall where his excellency met my Lord Ambassador, on the right side a very goodly great Chamber & on the left a gallery answerable, which William the landgrave's father addorned with the pictures of all the Princes of Christendom from Anno 60. unto 88 the number of 140.  
The third story are fair lodging Chambers round about the upper end from the top to the bottom be-being the Princes own private lodgings joining upon the Chapel. The fourth and fifth stories for gentlemen servants, etc.  
On the back side he hath fair tilt yards places for the Quintine, the running at the ring, riding, and other exercises for his pleasure, gardens, with banqueting houses, artificial fountains, and water works, fish ponds etc. With his housed gardens of range trees, lemons, pomegranates, and divers outlandish fruits, & simples, after the custom of the German Princes who in all outward things are very glorious and apparent.  
But to his entertainment where I left, my Lord after an hour resting in his Chamber, the Prince sent two principal of his Counsel, to salute him and to know his Lor. pleasure, where he would sup, wishing rather if it pleased him, to keep his chamber, after his travail then otherwise, and to appoint what hour he would for sermon the next day, which he did at nine.  
In the morning master Brackenbury appointed the ordering of the chapel for the solemnity, and Doctor Gregorius Schonfelt Concionator anlicus Cassellanus, who succeeds master Eartholomaeus Meyer in his supreme perintendencie preached, his sermon was brought over.  
At the solemnity my Lord was very richly and well appointed, as became him, to her majesties honour, and his own, and their admiration, sitting alone on the right side of the Chapel, in a place prepared for him within a travesse of the Queens, the row me hung with crimson tafetie, with chairs and cushions of crimson velvet, over against him sat the Prince, with the Dukes of Holstein, Lune, Burg, and the Graves of Zolmes, Nassaw and others, who did him all the sermon time great reverence by much standing, His Lor. performed it graciously and master Brackenbury her majesties Gentel manusher stood all the sermon time at the turning up of the travesse, and with allow reverence gave him first his prayer book which master Cotton of the wardrobe had ready, after sermon they proceeded to the solemnity, and first came master Edward Clinton taught by the Gentleman usher what to do, with a goodly rich cup of gold set with stone, wherein were comfits & with three reverences they went both and presented it unto her majesties deputy who took a taste, after they presented it, unto the Landgrave and the Dukes who did the like, than came Sir Richard Fines in the same manner with a cup of wine, and last they went both, one held the basin, while the other gave water, and the third the towel. When this was performed in the midst of the chapel, upon a little pause, my Lord Ambassador accompanied with this honourable train, went towards the Princess her chamber to present the gift, whither before we came: we first passed through (in an utter chamber) a garden of fair young ladies and gentlewomen clad in colours, who stood like the rainbow, and they compassed the one half of the room by which we passed into the Princes her bed chamber, where were none but Ladies, & a solemn presence. First stood three of the landgrave's sisters, the Lady Anna Maria, holding the princes little son Otto by the finger. The lady Hedwig and the lady Sophia, the other sisters Elizabeth her majesties god-daughter Christina & Sabina being dead, there was the lady Anna countess of Nassaw and many of the graves wives, of the landgrave's country that waited on the Princess. And she herself as Horace saith of julium Sidus stood by her bed side, Velut inter ignes luna minores with her majesties god-daughter set upon the midst of a field bed of green cloth of tissue, with white and green plumes all very richly embroidered. The prince went with my Lord Ambassador toward this fair Lady, and by master Wroth had speech with her touching her majesties good will towards her, and the gratifying her with a present etc. which master Mezenburge an answered, & while this was doing the presct was brought in, and set upon the Cubbart, this done the Prince, and my Lord Embass. took their leaves, and left this sober company of Ladies, and gentelwoemen, as they found them in their chambers, he brought my Lord to his loging and so they parted. Within half an hour 
The pres. a rich cupboard of plate.  after he sent him word, it was his pleasure and desue, that his Lo. should dine with him in his great chamber and sit in state, which my Lord with some straining of courtesy took upon him, he was set alone at the boards end, the Landgrave and his Lady sitting beneath him about two yards with the young Dukes of Hollnn. and the Graves of Nassaw, john, Phillipe, Willelns and Ludowick, the Grave Philip of Zolmes of whittenstein, and others, at the boards end, there waited on my Lord Sir Richard Fines as cupbearer who in this journey did her Majesty great honour and service at the Paltzgraves, as he went to Venice, he gave the cup with three curtsies and essay, there waited with him Master Brackenbury, and thus was there a royal feast continued, in great solemnity and variety of excellent music, and in the midst of Dinner, the Prince began a health unto her Majesty whom he often reverently termed, mother, this health went round and while it was a drinking, there was a devise of a castle (served upon the table in a charger, which had a water running about it, with fish swimming in it (very artificially done which shot of, of itself is blows as big as petronel, and all besmoked the room with gunpowder, which with sweet perfumes burnt was soon avoided, after this roy all dinner, the Ladies first withdrew, and then the prince brought my Lord again unto his chamber, giving him place, and honouring the person whom he represented, the most effectually, & affecttionately he could. He stayed not there an hour, but Barriers were in hand, which being set cross the court, all these states were at windows to see them above, and when the judges were set below, there came in two ensigns of pikes and shot, that compassed them round, to keep the peace, than came 15 to 15 Knights the one side in gilt armour, the other in silver, who taking up their ends, the herald red their orders, and they went to their sport, first with the spear, than the sword, after peel meal and broke a marvelous deal of Iron work, and while these hot Knights were swetting in their harness issues such a furious Ambuscado of crackers that flew out of the bar painted over green to hide the treason, that it parted them. This quarrel ended without bloodshed, & judgements given, the Herald proclaimed triumphs for the day following, & the company full of the pleasure, love and honour of this solemn meeting dissolved, the Prince withdrew, and my Lo. was private.  
The next day the Prince sent my Lord by the High-marshall M. Benneberge his good morrow, as he did always sometimes by one sometimes by an other greet him with honourable salutations twice or thrice a day, & the Grave of Zip was appointed to accompany my Lo. who being a fat corpulent man, had little to do at their activities, after dinner his Lo. was carried to the Tiltyard, but without the Prince, he was so busy about his sports, marshaling other men, and putting himself in order, being an actor in them the more to honour her Majesty and the day. The first Triumphs were the running at the ring, wherein they had extraordinary devise of three circles wrought the one within the other with a Cross parting them, and making differences of hitting, above or below, on the right side or on the left, that in the midst being the compass of a french. Crown which was the best for wagers, no man might run: for under ten nor for above a hundred dolours, marry they might run a trust, there were judges appointed to decide, these great matters who disposed of prizes and the Lords and Ladies being placed in a open place built for the purpose the Triumphs began. There came in first with six staffers and six Trumpets masked with their devise the two Challengers Mastrr Devet a very proper horseman and Master Dorstetell a councillor, who ran with all the rest and last one with another for the prize, than came there seven Companies, which made several entrances: first with music then with devices, their Lance bearers and themselves following, and last their servants and their empty trapped and Caparisoned horse.  
The Duke of Luneburgh brought in the Seven deadly Sins, and he placed pride (indeed he used us somewhat strangely) then came in an other compaeie with the Sciences, and another with the Nine Muses, one came in Post two masked like the Sun and the Moon whose devise was the Seasons of the Year but of all the Vnbekent ritter, came in like a Prince with his music of Sackbotes & Cornets called in green Tafetie to the ground six before and six behind, with the most harmonious noise that could be, answering one another like an Echo. This kind of music had a princely air, his devise was or might be fitly, the four Cardinal virtues, carrying the globe of the earth and sphere of heaven among them, & Consulting who after came himself masked like jove, riding all in white crowned, and with a tripartite sword in his hand under a Crimosin Canopy borne over him, whereon was written at the two ends Pramia bonny, & Bona malis on the one side Virtute & Consilio and one the other the Emblem of a fagottewith Concordia fimul manet. After the lancers came & his empty horse, this unknown knight after having run six courses whereof he miss, but one, came up to the Princess, andkept my Lord Ambassador company.  
The Landgrave in his triumphs as in all things else kept so good decorum, that the best was reserved for the last, wherein the Princes her brother representing Caesar 
Albert Octo Gr. of Zal●is.  came in for his devise with the four Kings of America, Africa, Asia, Europa, so naturally set out, every country in his kind, for music, attires of going carried before him in their several fashions of coaches and state as could be devised, the credit of the Prince's triumphs, was that they were costly all things being made new for this meeting, that they were many full of variety, performed in season and good order.  
After supper as their manner is upon a triumph day there was a dance, in the gallery I spoke of. The prince and my Lord Ambassador being set at the upper end the Duke of Hotstein began with the Princess, and the Duke of Luneburgh with the Lady Anna Maria and so the rest of the Lords and ladies in their order with drum and trumpet for their music.  
After the first setting in, there was a summonning of Knights that were to receive favours of their Ladies, either for their good running or their devices that day. And when they had first been thanked, with commendations of their doing and exhortation with enjoyment given them that as they had done that by way of exercise and pastimes, to honour the Prince and Ladies, so they should be ready indeed upon just occasion to show their manhood in the defence of them both and of their country, after they received some reward, and with a cranse with their Ladies gave dances with them, when these honours were done the well deservers this day, the triumphs for the next day were published, but to avoid satiety they were discreetly referred to the day after, a day of pause was put in between both, wherein they met in council. Thus entergreabley the time was passed and upon Saturday the twenty seven of August the principal devise and triumph was performed.  
There came in the morning an ambassador from the county Palatine, Dereon Sehenberg who came to invite the Landgrave to be godfather to the Paltzgrave son and heir, there came in the afternoon in the midst of their sports the Paltzgrave of Zueienburch with his Lady and his little son but their coming was, only to see the Lord Ambassador.  
Without the town there was a castle: built, and the water drawn from the river to moat it about so broad that it bore a boat to and fro, the place for standings and performing of this sport was railed in and made convenient, and the substance of the matter was, of an enchanter that had forsooth dwelt there long, and by two or three giants in his castle taken divers prisoners Knights and Ladies, and by his doings much endamaged his country, whereupon the Knights of Hessen put themselves in arms and appointed a day for the encountering of the giants and the rasing of the castle, and the giving liberty to a fair Lady that was prisoner there, now for their defence they kept open tent and hung out the Flag of defiance to all knights that passed, who if disposed might by the sounding of a horn first come in, and try their valours and their fortunes, for by both these this Lady was to be delivered, and not otherwise, for trial of their dexterity and valour there were four things to do, first to run at the Quintin. Next the tourney. Then the tilt without a pale: and last the sword and target wherein if the knight were at any overcome he was prisoner, and for their trial there were judges, if he went through, yet had he a point of destiny to prove, whether it were his fate forsooth to draw the enchanted sword out of a pillar that stood by the castle.  
The Knights of Hesse came at their day appointed, not to make devices but to show their manhood, they were many and very gallantly armed and kept in such order as (which graced the triumpth) there was always a continued sport, without intermission or loss of time and three or four actions to be seen at once. The places were divided with rails and as one thing was done, there were wild fellows that losened the chiane of the outer gate and let them by degrees unto the but castle, the fats had appointed it for the Dukes of Luneburgh who drew out the sword, delivered the Lady, and brought out a strange ugly company from the castle which being gone the fire works began for strangeness and admirable device exceeding all the rest, some for mounting, some burnning in the water, some for their strange tearing of the air upright, some turning here and there after an hundred fashions, brustinge out into such noises and spectacles, as though heaven and earth had gone together. These and the rest were surely princely vanities, but betwixt jest and earnest there were two coronets of horsemen set to keep the field, while these things were a doing, for it was late and night before they ended.  
Thus full of entertainment it was time for my Lord (as he did wisely) to speak of parting & not to put this royally minded Prince to too great trouble, who was within few days to go to Amberg and to meet the Paltzgrane. There should have been a dance this night as before, but being late it was performed in like manner as I told the next day being Sunday when the Prince, my Lord, the other Ambassador, the Paltzgrave of Zueinburch, and his Lady dined together in the landgrave's great chamber after a private & domestical manner, for by this time the extraordinary company was retired, the Landgrave supped with him in the Marble chamber where he told him as it was given out before, that the next day morning he meant to ride abroad a hunting with his Lordshidpe.  
Before they set out the Landgrave road with him about his fortress, showed him the secret places of it, with his armory appointing dinner to be served in the garden at the banqueting house, after in a barge we crossed the water, where were coaches ready and the Prince went that night tewo leagues to Milsungen, where he rejoiced and was exceeding merry full of state and grace in speech and beheaviour, his answer unto my Lord I noted who saying to him upon occasion that the Prince of Hessen was not there and therefore would he be the bolder. No my Lord quoth the Landgrave (in english) the prince of Hessen is not here but the great Hunts-master. The next day he carried us to his town of Rotenberg which is so called of the red mould of the hills yet between them runs a very rich vale where this town is situated. Here we stayed two days, & had a fresh fit of entertainment with hunt greater than the first but in that kind.  
The Prince hath here a goodly house, where are one of the five choice things of Germany which are the armory and Stabell at Dresden, the banqueting house at Stutgart the hunts kammer of Munchen and the hall of Rottenberg. Hear called he to his 
The desc. of the Land.  councils his lieutenant Balthasar Gedel a worthy grave wise gentleman, and whom the employed upon the borders of the Abbacye of fuld, which is the Emperors. But to speak at length after a timely observation of this noble Prince whose rare gifts and virtues and discretion in the carriage of himself, and managing affairs sufficiently discover him, he 
His body.  is a perfect man (in my opinion) and a most perfect Prince.  
First a goodly parsonage, of stature tall & straght, for his proportion, of a good presence and a gallant countenance, manly visaged, with a fair big black eye, deep aburne hair, comely in behaviour, gracious and presuasive in speech. And this body hath a mind suitable unto it.  
For his gifts of nature are great, sharp to apprehend, and sound in judgement, mingling his gravity with pleasure, his courtesy with state, and honour, love with stoutness, thereby winning the affection of 
His mind.  strangers, and keeping his subjects in a lovely fear, Master of his affections, temperate, bounded, not to change, in whom the upper parts command the neither.  
His education princelike, generally known in all things, & excellent in many, seasoning his grave & mor important studies for ability in judgement, with studies of pastime for retiring, as in poetry, music, and the Mathemitikes, and for ornament in discourse in the languages, French, Italian & English, wherein he is expert reading much, conferring and writing much he is a full man, a ready man, an exact man, and so excellent a Prince that a man may say of him without flattery as Tully did of Pompey, unus in quo summa sunt omnia, and for my private opinion I think there are but few such men in the world.  
His experience in all good courses greater than his years, though for the inconstancies, advantages, and courses of the bad world, it increase with time in all men. For art doth perfect nature & is perfected by experience. In his government wise, in himself absolutely ruling vehement yet loving & beloved of his sub iectes, void of cruelty or exaction, gentle, gracious, not governed by one nor distracted by many but advised. And as Trajan the Emperor was called paterpatrie by the Romans, so hath this Prince a term among his people of their (Goodness without end.) For his exercise given much to hormanship, and to his lawful pleasures, in the vain of his age, more given to spend then to gather, and whereas his Grandfather advanced his house by matching with Sophia Duchess of saxony, & his father with sabina Duchess of Wurteynberg, he hath married virtue and beauty, following rather the contentment of his mind like a great Prince, than the filling of his purse, or his greater advancement choosing so virtuous and so beautiful as his countese by whom he had first a son named Otto, and now her majesties God daughter Elizabeth: his ways may prosper for they are right, and his counsels take effect, for they tend to piety.  
After his entertainmentes here at Rotenberg, he would gladly have carried my Lord Ambassador to his best house at Smalecole, for as he is goodness without end unto his subjects, so showed he love without end to her Majesty, but his journey of Amberg, would not permit it, therefore we returned back by Spavengberg from whence he suddenly went from us before, where at we marveled but coming to Cassel he met my Lo. Ambassador extraordinarily gallant, and received him so freshly as though he had but now begun his entertainment. This judgement and discretion he used to the last, embracing this favour of her Majesty, in the most estimable and kind manner, that was possible, and showing greater parts then of a dutchman. Upon parting he presented my Lord with Princely gifts, as cups of ivory, Amber & Crystal, & to fit his humour with turks & Ginnets, furnished very richly, whiat other secret gifts were given between them, I know not: but after mutual presents, and gratuities, dispatching of letters, and preparing for our journey to Breme the Prince sent one Master Branch for Frence, who went with us, dined with the Ambassador he and the Dukes of Luneberg and Holsteine, who after dinner in all terms of honour and of courtesy bade my Lord farewell. And so these Princes parted.   

His lordships entertainment in the Low Countries.  
I Cannot but in gratitude insert to this discourse a word or two of my Lords bountiful and loving entertainment going and coming through the low Countries.  
Wherein this good people showed their grateful minds unto her Majesty, as by whose, Sovereign Counsel & assistance (to say truly) they live in that peaceable liberty wealthy and very flourishing estate that now they are in, which is no little honour to her sacred person, throughout the world. That this kingdom which was wont to suffer, and be led by others, is in her time become Active so farforth, as through Christendom to be principal, for the setting up and maintenance of the truth, not only in her majesties own dominions but abroad, in spite of the world and the Devil, Etiam rumpant ur ut Ilia Codre. God Continue her, for his Christes sake.  
The last of july my Lord embarked from Year-month in a ship of the Queens & landed at the Brill where by the Ho. the Lord Burroughs appointment Captain Turner his honours deputies Governor in the Garrison, prevented the Burghmaisters, in my lords entertainment, who were very sorry for it desiring his Lo. to return that way.  
We crossed the water to Maidensluse and went by scute to Delst where her majesties Agent Master Gilpin with Captain I axley and some other gentlemen, met with my Lord and returned with him presently to the Hague.  
The Princes were in service and at Hulst, but five of the states general, one for Gelderland, one for Frizeland, two for Holland Delft and Leadon and one for Ouerissel came and entertained my Lord, feasting and accompanying him, defraying all manner of charges and sent further letters of Commendations unto other towns to do the like taking order by one Captain Corbet that when his Lo. came to Delphzill he should for his Honour's safe conduct procure either a ship of war, or fifty soldier.  
My Lord was at the Hague saluted further by the County Edgment and the French Ambassador & being desirous to fee her, went and saluted the Princess of Orange with her young son.  
From thence we went to Leaden, where my Lord was feasted likewise, and so at Harle and at Amsterdam it cost them two & three hundred guldens at a meal, for there was no spare, and for the most part they defrayed, his Lo. wagons and his carriages.  
From Amsterdam we sailed to Enchusen whither coming late, we came unlooked for, and betimes in the morning went to Harli●●●● and the same day to Lewarden.  
His Honour's entertainment in this Province passed all the rest, for they can better skill of it, Frizeland being the more noble, though Holland be as honest  
At Lewarden Master Docomartin the Here Suasenburch and others gave my Lord Ambassador courtly and gracious entertainment, besides the cost they bestowed of him which for his supper came to twenty pound.  
From hence we went to the territory of Grominoen where the states, keep in continual garisonne eight companies, whereof the one half falied out at my Lords coming, and carried him into the town in great triumph, the Trumpet and a Coronet of hor-men going before him to his lodging on the market place, where above all that I have yet spoken of in these parts, he was entertained and feasted.  
In the morning the Seargent Mayor carried him about the fortress, and showed him of the siege, and manner of taking it by Grave Maurace & after dinner four or five of the principal accompanied him towards Delphzil appointing Captain Gorbet to go with him, where my Lo. was likewise receive at the watch-masters house.  
From hence after having seen the sconce next morning we crossed the water to Embden where my Lord staying for answer from the Grave, for his convoy, he was put to cost and so at Leer Oldenborge and Breme, where he stayed not, but went to Forden Celestina, and so to Brunswick travailed at great charge until he came to Zapponbunch, and so likewise from Cassel till he came back to Lewarden.  
At our return from cassel we came down the wessel by Munden Nuneburg Minden, Breme, where my Lord met a man of war of Frizeland and with him coasting and crossing the islands, came first to the schonse of Northmer Horn, and went from thence to Dockum.  
At Lewarden again they did him courtesy & defrayed his charges where he hoped to have met Grave Willelm but he was at Groningen, we came the same way we went to Amsterdam, where were the states of Holland at their provincial Council, there being a general meeting within few days after at Lewarden.  
From thence his Lordship went to Vtrecht, where he had marvelous entertainment: it were a story alone to report it.  
From Vtrecht we crossed over again to the Hague where Grave Maurice invited his Lo. to dinner, here were the Duke of Bullone, the Graves of Hollac Emden, Egmont and many gallants; returning through we came to Rotterdam where he was entertained, and from thence to Dordred where likewise he was received very bountifully.  
At Dordrech my Lord took ship for Middelburgh having appointed to convoy him two men of war where through Zealand by the towns of Der Go●●e Zerricher Campb●re and Arnhem, we ' arrived and at the English house my lords charges was borne by the Burger-maisters: we hastenned from the sickness to Flushing where the Lord Governor Sir Robet Sidney met and received my Lord into the town accompanied with many gallant Captains and Gentlemen, being by, and provided him of shipping and all things necessary for our passage embarked the sixth of October and with a prosperous wind the seventh arrived in England.  
FINIS.