THE TRIUMPHANT AND SUMPTVOUS ARCH erected by the Company of English Merchants residing in LISBON, upon the Spanish King's entry made thereinto.  
Together with The Architecture thereof described, the painted Quadrants, the Figures of half and whole stature, the Ornaments, jewels, rich vestments, the Histories, AEnigmes therein employed, with their declarations; and the Latin mottoes, and Spanish verses expressed in English.  
Wherein also, Mention is made of the magnificent present the Duke of BRAGANZA gave to the King, the number of the train that followed him, the wonderful provisions, and buildings set up for the Grandes of Spain, with the other Lords and servants of his majesties Court, the salves of Artillery, with the fires and lights that were made all over the City, on the day that he came within sight thereof, to Almada, a place on the other side of the River, half a league distant, and right over against LISBON.  
Faithfully translated out of the Spanish original.  
LONDON Printed by E.G. for Henry Seile, at the tigers head in Paul's Churchyard. 1619.   

THE KING OF Spain's entertainment into LISBON.  
AMongst other assignments and distributions made by the renowned City of Lisbon, (at the request, and for the peculiar offices of some Nations there residing) of certain parts and quarters, by which his Majesty was to enter, and pass, there was allotted to the English, the first Port of the City walls, which is the Arch, called the old Pelourino, for which the two little Arches of stone, and the houses standing thereon, were demolished, leaving some fifty hands breadth of entry, and an hundred & ten in height, the which, with the fifteen, that the Figure takes up, that finisheth the Arch, makes a hundred twenty five, there remaining on the top of the Port, forty four in the concave, twenty four in the entry, and on the sides, fifty in height and twenty seven in breadth.  
In the first Quadrant over the Architecture of the said Port was cut in whole stature the statue of the City of Lisbon, in a rich vestment embroidered, with a Crown on her head, holding in her right hand two keys, one of steel, signifying her strength, and the other of gold, implying her wealth and opulence; who extending her hand, offered them to the King. Her left hand she reposed upon an Anchor of gold, to note, the sustentation, and defence she enjoys by the Sea, with the City arms hanging thereon, which are a ship, in which the glorious Martyr S. Vincent, her Patron, came thither, to take harbour, and underneath it this inscription.  
Lisbon the great, a City of renown,  
The fair Metropolis of Portugal;  
Famous for loyal service to the Crown,  
As likewise for her strength and courage tall:  
To offer to your Majesty is bold  
These keys, this golden anchor, and this shield,  
With all the worth and power she doth hold.  
In which, she gives you, all her bounds can yield.  
In the Quadrants, that comprehend this picture, in the midst was delineated the taking of Lisbon by the King Don Alfonso Henriques, together with the aid of a strange Navy, which being in their course towards jerusalem, miraculously there took Port. On the right hand is portrayed the King with the Prince his son, and some other great personages, & by them his Army: & in the left Quadrant, William Long-Espée Earl of Salisbury, with his English nobility, who accompanied him, to the winning of this City, and over his own, the arms of jerusalem, being a Cross of gold enameled, with other four Crosses of the same: as likewise in the same Quadrant hard by him, is painted and set forth his whole fleet, of an hundred and fourscore sail, with this inscription underneath: 
The faithful English, which with fair pretence  
Do sojourn now within this famous place;  
Because that many of their ancient race  
Did hold therein their noble residence.  
And got this passage like victorious Pears  
joining the strength of Portugal to theirs.  
Though Strangers counted; yet with humble hearts  
Will be the first shall serve your high deserts.   
In the other Quadrant above this Figure, which forms the Arch, there are five personages raised in whole stature, each of them being twelve hands breadth in height. One was Don john of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, son to the King of England, armed only with a gorget, his gauntlets, and coat of male, with his Spanish cape, a hat on his head, and a plume of feathers in it, after the English fashion; at his feet his Scutcheon of arms, which are the golden Lions of England: and for a difference from the Scutcheon of arms royal, a red-rose: he was portrayed, giving with his right hand his daughter Catherine, to King Henry of Castille, and with the left his daughter Philip, to King Don john of Portugal the first, they being very gallantly clad after the English manner, and the King's Statue in the same form as the Dukes, each of them in their usual attire, and habit, and at their feet, their Scutcheons of arms: that of Don john, being a Cross of avis, of which Order he was Master, and this inscription underneath.  
From these two Ladies of Great Britain's Isle,  
The fair remembrance of whose glorious worth,  
Doth now enrich the Kingdom of Castille,  
And sets with honour Lusitania forth;  
Long since did your Progenitors descend,  
As by this story you may plainly know:  
And for this cause, great Monarch we pretend  
That you your Hearts-love to the English owe.  
Upon the Base, which is the full Continent of this Architecture, stood Saint George on horseback treading upon the Serpent, in manner and form as the Kings of England wear him, for their Patron, and beareth such an inscription.  
He did, being Patron to great England's King,  
Assist the Portugal in every thing.  
Alluding to the signal that the portugals made of his name, in company of these Strangers which aided them, as we may see, in the battle of Saint George.  
In the inward parts were two Imprese, and others on the upper part, which expressed the intent of the Quadrants, in this form. On the one part are deciphered two Falcons flying in the air at an Herne, which at last yielding, they seize upon, with this Motto: Eodem parta labour.  
On the other are two trees, which grow from roots conjoined, spreading their tronckes broad and wide, being far distant one from an other, out of their branches come two braces of arms, in form as if they would clasp and embrace, with this Motto annexed; Donec iungantur & ipsae. On the upper part of the Arch there is another Impreze, of the Grandes, or Great-men, of England and Portugal which are painted on the sides of the gate. There is portrayed the Sun beating with his beams from on high upon two crystal Looking-glasses, which with reciprocal beams, reverberate and give light one to another, with this Motto: Altar, alteri lucet.  
On the right side, which answereth justly to the Quadrant of King Don Alfonso, there is placed in four Niches, four demi statues, of brass coloured, which were four famous men of Portugal, that exalted themselves in England, in dignity, and by arms. The first was, the Infant, Don Pedro, son to King Don john of Portugal, who was Knight of the Order of the Garter in England (where he performed many Heroical Acts) with an azure bandell, and English letters, expressing thus much in French: Honi soit, qui mal y pense. Which is the Motto, or Inscription of the said Order, and Garter, and a Scutcheon of his royal Arms: and for his Impress a Crown of Oak with acorns, in the midst of it, a Balance, and at his feet, this Inscription.  
I am Don Pedro, th' Infant of great fame,  
Renowned for Arms in every foreign State;  
None yet my valour ever overcame,  
But the harsh Envy of my cruel Fate.  
Brave England's King, saw my atcheiuments such  
He did me Knight with warlike Hand:  
Nor thought the honour of his Garter much,  
For one so famous in a Stranger-land.  
The second was the Infant, Don Henrique his Brother, Knight of the same Order, and afterwards Master of the Order of the Knights of Christ's in Portugal, with a blue Garter, and the said letters written: a royal Scutcheon or shield, and in the said shield a bar of difference, and at each end thereof three Flowers De luce round about the shield, as it were abroad Belt, which reacheth to the Button, and in it the same Poesy of the Garter written, bearing for a creaft, a Crown of Oak, with the habit of his Order in the midst of it, and at his feet this Inscription.  
Henry am I, who in my bosom bring  
True wisdom with me, courage, hie-command;  
Son to that warlike, and heroic King,  
Who honoured Portugal his native land.  
By my exploits within the English coast  
I there the Order of the Garter gained:  
From thence returned with my victorious Host,  
The Mastership of Christ's I hear obtained.  
The third was john Vasquez, d' Almada, son to Alvaro Vasquez, Count of Abranches, who performed many noble exploits in England, where he died: he weareth the honourable Order of the Garter, whereof he was Knight, and the arms of the Almadas, in his Scutcheon, with these verses underwritten.  
Much celebrated is my worth and fame,  
From the Sun rising to his going down;  
john Vasquez of Almada is my name;  
Who gave one Earl more to the French kings crown:  
Europe hath known the metal of this sword;  
For England and Castille it stoutly stood:  
Fair England me her Garter did afford,  
And sweetly harboured my congealed blood.  
The fourth was airs de silva, who remaining in England as Portugal Ambassador, for his worthy demerit, was made Knight of the Honourable Order of the Garter, he weareth his Order bearing in his Shield a Lion rampant of the Siluas, and at the foot this inscription: 
Airs I am of Sylva by my name  
A Lusitanian borne, & one whose fame,  
In every corner of the world doth ring;  
Sent with an Embassy to Britain's King  
Whose love by courtly carriage I obtained,  
And by my wisdom such acceptance gained;  
That now each Province doth entitle me,  
Saint George's Knight a style of high degree.   
In the Quadrant right against that of William Long-Espée Earl of Salisbury, there are four other famous persons of England which made themselves renowned in Portugal, by their valiant and heroic actions. The first was Edmund son to the King of England, who valiantly aided King Don Ferdinando of Portugal in his wars. He hath his Scutcheon of the arms royal of England, with the difference of a red-rose, and these verses underneath.  
Great Edmund I, the son of England's King,  
Whose valiant arm great victories did bring  
To Portugal, and to his native land,  
Led by the guiding of great Ferdinand:  
With warlike Heart I did myself address,  
To meet my foes, where dangers most did press.  
Whereby much fame to Britain I acquired  
And Spain throughout my Prowesses admired.  
The second was, Aymon Earl of Cambridge, son to the Duke of Lancaster, who achieved marvelous enterprises, in this kingdom, in the vanguard of the Royal battle of Saint George; At his feet he hath this inscription: 

The Poet following some Spanish Author (as it should seem) hath mistaken the right English names, which (gentle Reader) you must pardon.  Sprung from the house of Lancaster am I  
Haymon by name of courage bold, and stout,  
Th' Earldom of Cambridge was my dignity;  
And Portugal did sound my praises out.  
With her I conquered oft, through friendly chance;  
Spain knew my Virtues did so far extend,  
That highly she my glory did advance;  
And joyed that I did from her Kings descend.   
The third was Don Liberche, who assisted King Don Alfonso, at the taking of Lisbon, and from him, and his Followers, the town of Almada took her name, of which they were Lords: In his shield he beareth the arms of his name, and these verses underneath subscribed: 
Full oft made I the proud Barbarian feel  
The keener edge of my well-temp'red steel.  
And made this passage triumph in their blood,  
That sought to force it, 'gainst the public good.  
Since when Almada hath her name retained,  
From him and his who thus her safety gained.  
Great Britain, France and Portugal do know  
What loss the Moors by him did undergo.   
The fourth was Don I'll de Rolim (to whom King Don Alfonso gave the royalty of Azambaia, and from whom, the Rolines, and Moors of this kingdom descend) with his Scutcheon of Arms, and this poetical subscription.  
English by birth, in worth I did abound,  
And was the first, that sought by force of Arms  
To lay these rampires level with the ground,  
Frighting the Moors with many fierce alarms.  
By my renowned and thrice glorious Fame,  
I satisfy the House, which from me came,  
More than Zambaia, which to me befell,  
A petty Lordship, and a little Cell.  
On the back part of this work, there are two Quadrants, which take up the whole Base of the Figures, in the greatest whereof, Corporal Force, or Valour is portrayed in the form of a lusty young man armed, being of robustious members, and haughty aspect, his helmet resting upon a marble Column, his arms powdered over with hearts, trampling under foot, a Trophy, of banners and arms of all kinds; and somewhat lower hard by his side, two women, representing the English and Portugal Nations, to whom, he stands presenting a Palm, and crown of Laurel, and at his feet these verses subscribed, 
That look so much desired, which with smiles  
The hearts of Men combines and reconciles,  
Not suffering Valour to admit Distrust,  
Nor Mildness to be trampled in the Dust;  
Hath now by Force and his Associates made,  
Peace twixt two Nations, which shall never fade.  
And War divides the Laurels, which she brings,  
Alike to England's, and to Castile's Kings.   
In the little Quadrant, which finisheth the whole work on the back part, answering to the Quadrant of the Alliances, and Marriage, is painted a Lion, and a Leopard, one bearing the Shield of Spain, the other that of England, with sharp pointed swords goring and thrusting one at an other, yet in the midst of the same swords towards the points, two Olive branches were drawn, being the symbols of peace, with this motto, jam mutata, quiescunt.  
The conceit of this Impreze is, that the English Nation did hereby intimate to the King, their noble demerit in the Conquest of Portugal, by their ancient descent, and the inviolable amity they have retained with the Kings of this Kingdom, implying further, their desire of love and peace between the Kings of Great Britain and Spain.  
The King entered into Portugal, on the eleventh of May, stilo novo, with extraordinary demonstrations, both of joy and magnificence, (which shall be specified in an other relation) in the number whereof, the greatest and most worthy of note was, that the Duke of Braganza, with his son the Duke of Bracelos, came to entertain him with a 1000 men in their train, betwixt servants & the assistance of his name & family. He presented the King with three hundredth Bucks, an hundred Beafes, two thousand Muttons, two thousand Coneys, four thousand Hens, two thousand pair of Peacocks, four thousand Pigeons, four thousand Chickens, two thousand gammons of Bacon, and a great quantity of sweet meats, with bread, wine, fruits of the season, and many other things of great price, and esteem. He prepared also sufficient provisions for all the King's Courtiers, and servants, so as till this day, there was never a more famous thing seen. The King made his entry into Elves, and from thence he went to Estremos, and so passed to Euora, where the Inquisition presented him, with their acts and ceremonies. On friday being the four and twenty of May, he went to Casillas, and Almada, half a league cross the river, right over against Lisbon, and that night both by land and Sea, there was a triumphant peal of great ordinance in the City, and there were so many fires made, and lights burning in every house, that the whole body thereof, appeared like a burning Globe. A rumour was spread, that he would secretly view the Procession, of the Corpus Domini, and that from thence, he would go down to the Monastery of Belin, where he would remain till Thursday the thirty of june, the Festival day of S. Antony of Padua, on which day it is constantly affirmed, that he will make his solemn entry into Lisbon. Certain advertisements shall be published hereof in due time, and in the mean while, those things which have succeeded and passed, shall be imprinted more at large, according to the form and descriptions sent in writing, from Don Gabriel Formento, Chaplain to the Marquis of Alenquer, Viceroy and Captain General of the Kingdom of Portugal. And because other understanding Gentlemen, and worthy of credit, who have been herein sued unto, to afford their true relations, as eye-witnesses of the King's entries, into Merida, Medellin, Truxillo, Badaioz, and Elves, have not as yet sent these their reports, this present discourse is prefixed, but as they are sent or come to hand, they shall be divulged and made known incontinently.  
FINIS.