A CONTINUATION Of a former RELATION CONCERNING THE ENTERTAINMENT given to the PRINCE His Highness by the King of SPAIN in his Court at MADRID.  
LONDON Printed by JOHN HAVILAND for William Barret. 1623.   

A Continuation of a former Relation, concerning the entertainment given to the Prince his Highness, by the King of Spain in his Court at MADRID.  
ON Tuesday the 18. of March, being the second day after his Highness' entrance into the Palace, diverse Ambassadors and Graundes of Spain, desired leave of the Prince to come and kiss his hands. And that day the Duke of Infantado, and the Duke of Cea, Grandchild to the Duke of Lerma, came accompanied with diverse Noblemen and Cavalleroes of their own Families, to see him, and to offer him their service; after dinner the Prince went abroad, and ran some courses at the Ring.  
On Wednesday the 19 the King being accompanied with his Brothers, Don Carlos, and the Infante Cardinal, came to visit the Prince in his lodgings, from whence they all went into the King's quarter, where he was entertained with music, and saw many rare and curious pictures.  
The next morning being Thursday, the King came again into his Highness' lodging, and conducted him by a private way to his Coach, with whom entered Don Carlos, the Infante Cardinal, the Lord marquis Buckingham, the Conde of Olivares, the marquis of Carpio, and the Earl of Bristol: they went about four leagues from the town to hunt the Wolf, where they found many hundreds of the country people driving the mountains, who brought near unto the several standings of the King and the Prince, where they were placed with their Pieces, some Wolves; but they had not the fortune to kill any. That day his Majesty and his Highness dined abroad in the fields upon the ground, and spent the rest of the day with shooting in their pieces.  
Friday the one and twentieth of March, being the day whereon the late King of Spain died, was spent by the King and those of his Court, in devotion and in performance of such Ceremonies as are usually every year done by them there in remembrance of his Obsequies.  
The next day the Cardinal Spinola, and diverse others, Ambassadors and Graundes came to kiss the Prince's hands in the morning. After dinner the King accompanied with his Brothers, and the Conde of Olivares, came into the Prince's quarter to visit him, with whom he went down into the Gardens, from whence taking Coach, they passed into the fields to see some flights of the Earl of Bristolls high flying Hawks: And afterwards they ran sundry courses at the Ring that day.  
On Sunday the 23. of March, the Prince remained private in his lodging till towards the evening, and then he walked into the Gardens. The Conde of Monterey feasted the Lord marquis of Buckingham, the Earl of Bristol, and Sir Walter Aston, at dinner that day, and presented the Lord marquis with diverse Crystal vessels of great worth. And towards night there arrived the Earl of Carlisle, the Lord Viscount Andouer, the Lord Montioy, with others.  
The next morning the Prince was visited again by the Precedent of Castille, and the Precedents of the other Counsels, who came to let him know, that since the time that the King their Master had given them charge to receive and obey all such Consultas and Commands as shall come from his Highness, there had been a stay made of all businesses in their Courts, for that hitherto his Highness had not been pleased to dispose of any thing; In regard whereof they said they had taken the boldness to put him in mind thereof, and to beseech him to believe, that the Order which they had received from his Majesty was not complemental, but really desired and intended. And therefore they humbly entreated the Prince, that he would vouchsafe to give some speedy order for the dispatch of business, and the bestowing of such places as were then, or should hereafter happen to be void. In the evening of the same day, there was running at the Ring, and at the Está Firmo; his Highness breaking many staffs very well, and with great applause.  
The day following being Tuesday, the King carried his Highness abroad a hunting to the Pardo, where they spent all the day, and had no very good sport, yet they saw many Stags and Boars: They did eat together upon the ground in the open fields with very good appetites.  
The six and twentieth, the Prince spent in dispatching away a Messenger from thence hither. On which day there arrived at Madrid the marquis of Inojoça, who was governor of Milan, and now Vice-King of Navarre, from which place he was sent for, to prepare himself to go into England, as Ambassador extraordinary to the King our Sovereign. The more to honour him in this employment, beside his personal merit, he was sworn a Counsellor of State, he is to depart within few days.  
Thursday the seven and twentieth, was the first day of a Parliament held in the King's Palace, at which his Majesty was present in the morning. After dinner he came unto his Highness, and took him into his own lodgings, where they spent part of that afternoon in conversation, and in beholding diverse Masters of defence, who played at several weapons before them.  
The next day, after dinner, his Highness passed away the time awhile in a Garden adjoining to his lodgings: and about four or five of the clock he was by the Conde of Olivares conducted to a window in the Palace, to see diverse Fencers play; and from thence to the King's Armoury, where (amongst many others which were both rich and curious) he saw the Arms of the Emperor Charles the fifth; and of the French King, Francis the first.  
The nine and twentieth of this month was his Majesty's Birthday, which caused much bravery and gallantery in the Court. In the morning of this day, the Prince sent the Earl of Bristol unto the King, to give him the En hora buena, as also to the Queen and to the Infanta, to congratulate with them (as is the custom of that Court) that his Majesty did on that day cumplir Anos: The same day the Lord marquis of Buckingham had his first audience of the Infanta, who received him and those that went with him, with much courtesy. In the evening the King having with him the Queen, the Infanta, Don Carlos, and the Infante Cardinal, attended on by the whole Court, went in a solemn manner to visit a Monastery of the Descalsas, wherein liveth the Infanta Doña Margarita, Daughter to the Emperor Maximilian, and great Aunt to his Majesty. His Highness to see them went privately in a Coach, and was conducted in such a manner, that at their going thither, and returning, he saw them pass by in four several places.  
The next day being Palm Sunday, his Majesty and all the Court passed through some parts of the Palace, in a solemn and public procession, the which the Prince likewise beheld from a secret place. In the afternoon the King and the Prince met to see the fencing again, with which they entertained themselves some time. And this day his Highness gave one thousand pounds sterling, to be bestowed and distributed in the Holy week in alms, upon prisoners and other poor people of Madrid, which was greatly esteemed, and hath done him much honour with all sorts of people there.  
On Monday the Genoa Ambassador with all the Hombres de Negocios of that State, which were in Madrid, came and kissed his Highness' hands. The rest of that day he spent in reading Spanish and in private.  
Upon the second of April, the Prince having with him the Lord marquis of Buckingham and the rest of the English Nobility that are there, went towards the Pardo to see the Earl of Bristols Hawks fly, where they met the King's Hawks, which were made especially for the Kite and the Crow: But the day proving windy and unfit to hawk in, his Highness went to hunt, at which he had much good sport, and killed two wild Boars. In the evening, as he returned, he was met upon the way by the Conde of Olivares, and the Conde of Monterey, who waited on him to the Palace.  
The next day being Wednesday in the Holy week, the public and solemn exercise of devotion began, and the Procession, and the disciplinants which every year do usually pass through the streets, and likewise (as their custom is) close by the Palace, so that the Prince beheld them out of his own Chamber window. That day his Highness stirred not abroad, but about the evening he was visited by the Conde of Olivares from his Majesty.  
On Thursday his Highness went privately and saw his Majesty wash the feet of the poor, and perform other ceremonies usually done upon that day. In the afternoon there passed by his Highness' window a greater Procession than had done the day before.  
Good Friday was spent by that King in hearing Sermons, and in devotion; and towards the evening when the great Procession was to pass by, the Conde of Olivares, the Conde of Monterey, and others of the Counsel of State, came to the Prince his lodgings, and attended him all the time it was passing by, and afterwards his Highness went down to walk in a Garden.  
Saturday the Prince spent all the morning in private within his lodging, and in the afternoon desiring to give his Majesty the buenas Pascuas, as the use is there, he could not be permitted: But towards the evening his Majesty accompanied with his two brothers, came into the Prince his lodgings, and gave him the buenas Pascuas, where they sat and discoursed a good while.  
The next day being Easter day, the Prince having desired leave to repay the Visit and the buenas Pascuas, was accordingly about four a clock in the afternoon, brought by a private way unto the King, with whom when he had been a short space, and performed that compliment, he intimated a desire to do the like unto the Queen, and was presently conducted by his Majesty, being also privately attended by all the Grandes and great Ministers of the Court, from his own side, unto the Queens, which is on the other side of the Palace, and there he found the Queen and the Infanta together, attended by all the Ladies of the Court; This being the first time that he had personally visited the Infanta. There were four Chairs set; in the two middlemost sat the Queen and the Infanta; on the right hand of the Queen sat the Prince, and on the left hand of them all sat the King. When the Prince had given the Queen the buenas Pascuas, and passed some other compliments of gratitude, for the favours he had received from her since his coming to the Court, he rose out of his Chair, and went towards the Infanta, who likewise rose up to entertain him; and after fitting courtesies on both sides performed, there passed some discourse betwixt them, such as was fit for the interview of two such Princes, in which it pleased the Prince to command the Earl of Bristol to do him service as Interpreter. The Prince then retired himself to his Chair, and sat down again by the Queen, with whom he performed some short compliment. Afterwards they all rose up, and with much courtesy took their leaves: in all which things the Prince his comportment was so natural and suitable to his quality and greatness, that he gave thereby just cause to the Spaniards highly to honour him, as it appears they generally do. From the Queen's side he was conducted by his Majesty, in the same Equipage that he came thither, unto the King's side, where when he had entertained his Highness a while, with beholding from a Window certain Masters and Gentlemen that exercised Fencing before them, his Majesty then led him to another window that looked upon a large place before the Court gate, and telling the Prince that he would only go and see the Queen, took his Brother Don Carlos with him, leaving the Infante Cardinal with the Prince, to expect his return. But before much time was passed, there appeared about threescore of the principal Nobility of that Kingdom in the place before the window, who were all very richly apparelled with Embroideries, and being on horseback ran two and two together their several careeres: they had all their faces discovered, save only the King, Don Carlos, the Conde of Olivares, and the marquis of Carpio, who had vizards.  
On Easter Monday his Highness dispatched hither another messenger, at whose departure (God be thanked) he enjoyed perfect health, having been continually from time to time exceeding much caressed and esteemed by that King, who delighteth extremely in his company, and greatly honoured by all the Court for his brave and Princelike Comportments.  
FINIS.