The Ceremonies of the burials of the Kings of Lacede∣monia.
THE Kings of Sparta when they be dead, Knights and Pursevants declare the death 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Prince throughout all the whole Countrey, the women
Emblems of rarities: or Choyce observations out of worthy histories of many remarkable passages, and renowned actions of divers princes and severall nations With exquisite variety, and speciall collections of the natures of most sorts of creatures: delightfull and profitable to the minde. Collected by D.L.
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- Emblems of rarities: or Choyce observations out of worthy histories of many remarkable passages, and renowned actions of divers princes and severall nations With exquisite variety, and speciall collections of the natures of most sorts of creatures: delightfull and profitable to the minde. Collected by D.L.
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- Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.
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- 1636.
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"Emblems of rarities: or Choyce observations out of worthy histories of many remarkable passages, and renowned actions of divers princes and severall nations With exquisite variety, and speciall collections of the natures of most sorts of creatures: delightfull and profitable to the minde. Collected by D.L." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06471.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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going round about the Citty, doe beate and ring upon basons and pots. And when this chan∣ceth, it is meete that out of eve∣ry house, two which are free, the male one, the female the other, should make a shew of lamenta∣tion and mourning, and for the not doing thereof great punish∣ment is appointed, and the la∣menting & crying out with mi∣serable out-cries, say that the last King ever was the best: whatso∣••ver King perisheth in war, when they have set forth his picture & ••mage, they bring it into a bed very faire and well made, and they consume ten dayes in the Funerals of him: and there is no meeting nor assembly of Ma∣gistrates, but continuall weeping and lamentation; and in this ••hey agree with the Persians, ••hat when the King is dead, he
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that succedeth, dischargeth from all debts, whosoever ow∣eth any thing to the King or the Common-wealth. Among the Persians hee that was created King, did remit to every Citty the tribute which was due.