Horsey then Sunday, he being of the age of twenty-five years, at 1584 which time, Master Jerome Horsey was orderly sent for, and

placed in a fit room to see all the solemnity. The Emperor coming out of his Palace, there went before him the Metropolitan, Archbishops, Bishops, and chiefest Monks, and Clergymen, with very rich copes and priests' garments upon them, carrying pictures of our Lady, etc., with the Emperor's angel, banners, censers, and many other such ceremonious things, singing all the way. The Emperor with his nobility in order entered the church named Blaueshina, or Blessedness, where prayers and service were used, according to the manner of their Church: that done, they went thence to the Church called Michael the Archangel, and there also used the like prayers and service: and from thence to our Lady Church, Prechista, being their Cathedral Church. In the midst thereof was a chair of majesty placed, wherein his Ancestors used to sit at such extraordinary times: his robes were then changed, and most rich and invaluable garments put on him. Being placed in this princely seat, his Nobility standing round about him in their degrees, his imperial crown was set upon his head by the Metropolitan, his sceptre globe in his right hand, his sword of justice in his left of great riches; his six crowns also, by which he holdeth his kingdoms, were set before him, and the Lord Boris Pheodorowich was placed at his right hand. Then the Metropolitan read openly a book of a small volume, with exhortations to the Emperor to minister true justice, to enjoy with tranquillity the crown of his Ancestors, which God had given him, and used these words following:

'Through the will of the Almighty and without beginning God, Which was before this world, Whom we glorify in the Trinity, one only God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, maker of all things, worker of all in all everywhere, fulfiller of all things, by which will and working He both liveth and giveth life to man: that our only God Which inspireth

every one of us, His only children, with His word to discern Horsey God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and the holy quickening 1584 spirit of life, now in these perilous times establish us to keep the right sceptre, and suffer us to reign of ourselves to the good profit of the land, to the subduing of the people, together with the enemies, and the maintenance of virtue.' And so the Metropolitan blessed and laid his cross upon him. After this, he was taken out of his chair of majesty, having upon him an upper robe adorned with precious stones of all sorts, orient pearls of great quantity, but always augmented in riches: it was in weight two hundred pounds, the train and parts thereof borne up by six Dukes, his chief imperial crown upon his head very precious: his staff imperial in his right hand of an unicorn's horn of three foot and a half in length, beset with rich stones, bought of merchants of Augsburg by the old Emperor in Anno 1581, and cost him 7000 marks sterling. This jewel Master Horsey kept sometimes, before the Emperor had it. His sceptre globe was carried before him by the Prince Boris Pheodorowich, his rich cap, beset with rich stones and pearls, was carried before him by a Duke: his six crowns also were carried by Demetrius Ivanowich Godonova, the Emperor's uncle, Mekita Romanowich, the Emperor's uncle, Stephan Vasiliwich, Gregory Vasiliwich, Ivan Vasiliwich, brothers of the blood royal. Thus at last the Emperor came to the great Church door, and the people cried: 'God save our Emperor Pheodor Ivanowich of all Russia.' His horse was there ready most richly adorned, with a covering of embroidered pearl and precious stones, saddle, and all furniture agreeable to it, reported to be worth 300,000 marks sterling.

There was a bridge made of 150 fathom in length, three manner of ways, three foot above ground and two fathom broad, for him to go from one Church to the other with his princes and nobles from the press of the people, which were in number infinite, and some at that time pressed to death with

Horsey the throng. As the Emperor returned out of the Churches, 1584 they were spread under foot with cloth of gold, the porches

of the Churches with red velvet, the bridges with scarlet,
and stammell cloth 1 from one church to another: and as
soon as the Emperor was passed by, the cloth of gold, velvet,
and scarlet was cut, and taken of those that could come by
it, every man desirous to have a piece, to reserve it for a
monument: silver and gold coin, then minted of purpose,
was cast among the people in great quantity. The Lord
Boris Pheodorowich was sumptuously and richly attired,
with his garments decked with great orient pearl, beset
with all sorts of precious stones.
In like rich manner were
apparelled all the family of the Godonovaes in their de-
grees, with the rest of the princes and nobility, whereof one
named Knez Ivan Michalowich Glynsky, whose robe, horse,
and furniture was in register found worth 100,000 marks
sterling, being of great antiquity. The Empress being in her
palace, was placed in her chair of Majesty also before a great
open window: most precious and rich were her robes, and
shining to behold, with rich stones and orient pearl beset;
her crown was placed upon her head, accompanied with her
Princesses and Ladies of Estate. Then cried out the people :
'God preserve our noble Empress Irenia.' After all this the
Emperor came into the Parliament House, which was richly
decked there he was placed in his royal seat adorned as
before: his six crowns were set before him upon a table: the
basin and ewer royal of gold held by his Knight of Guard
with his men standing two on each side in white apparel of
cloth of silver, called Kindry, with sceptres and battleaxes
of gold in their hands: the princes and nobility were all
placed according to their degrees all in their rich robes.

The Emperor after a short oration permitted every man in order to kiss his hand, which being done, he removed to a princely seat prepared for him at the table: where he was

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served by his nobles in very princely order. The three out- Horsey rooms being very great and large, were beset with plate of gold and silver round, from the ground up to the vaults one upon the other: among which plate were many barrels of silver and gold. This solemnity and triumph lasted a whole week, wherein many royal pastimes were showed and used, after which the chiefest men of the nobility were elected to their places of office and dignity, as the Prince Boris Pheodorowich was made Chief Counsellor to the Emperor, Master of the Horse, had the charge of his person, Lieutenant of the Empire and warlike engines, Governor or Lieutenant of the Empire of Cazan and Astrakan and others. To this dignity were by Parliament and gift of the Emperor given him many revenues and rich lands, as there was given him and his for ever to inherit a province called Vaga, of 300 English miles in length and 250 in breadth, with many towns and great villages populous and wealthy: his yearly revenue out of that province is 35,000 marks sterling, being not the fifth part of his yearly revenue. Further, he and his house be of such authority and power, that in forty days' warning they are able to bring into the field 100,000 soldiers well furnished.

The conclusion of the Emperor's Coronation was a peal of ordnance, called a peal royal, two miles without the city, being 170 great pieces of brass of all sorts, as fair as any can be made. These pieces were all discharged with shot against bulwarks made of purpose: 20,000 harquebusers standing in eight ranks two miles in length, apparelled all in velvet, coloured silk, and stammels, discharged their shot also twice over in good order and so the Emperor, accompanied with all his Princes and Nobles, at the least 50,000 horse, departed through the city to his palace. This royal coronation would ask much time, and many leaves of paper to be described particularly as it was performed: it shall suffice to understand that the like magnificence was never seen in Russia. Hakluyt: Navigations.

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A FALSE WITCH

1584 MILDRED, the base daughter of Alice Norrington,

and now servant to William Sponer of Westwell in the county of Kent, being of the age of seventeen years, was possessed with Satan in the night and day aforesaid. About two of the clock in the afternoon of the same day, there came to the same Sponer's house, Roger Newman, minister of Westwell, John Brainford, minister of Kenington, with others whose names are underwritten, who made their prayers unto God, to assist them in that needful case; and then commanded Satan in the name of the eternal God, and of His Son Jesus Christ, to speak with such a voice as they might understand, and to declare from whence he came. But he would not speak, but roared and cried mightily. And though we did command him many times in the name of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ, and in His mighty power to speak, yet he would not until he had gone through all his delays, as roaring, crying, striving, and gnashing of teeth; and otherwhile with mowing, and other terrible countenances, and was so strong in the maid, that four men could scarce hold her down. And this continued by the space almost of two hours. So sometimes we charged him earnestly to speak, and again praying unto God that He would assist us. At the last he spake, but very strangely, and that was thus: 'He comes, He comes;' and that oftimes he repeated; and, 'He goes, He goes.' And then we charged him to tell us who sent him. And he said: 'I lay in her way like a log, and I made her run like fire, but I could not hurt her.' 'And why so?' said we. 'Because God kept her,' said he. When camest thou to her?' said we. To-night in her bed,' said he. Then we charged him, as before, to tell what he was, and who sent him, and what his name was. At first he said, 'The devil,