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DONNA CATHERI∣NA Infanta of Portu∣gal being Queen Con∣sort of England, and the Se∣cond Person in the Kingdom, was Daughter of Don Juan the Fourth of that Name, King of Portugal, descended from our English John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and King of Castile, and Jean Fourth Son of Edward the third King of
England, and of Donna Lucia Daughter of Don Guzman el bueno a Spaniard, Duke of Medina Sidonia, who was line∣ally descended from Ferdinando de la Cerde and his Consort Blanche, to whom St. Lewis King of France her Father re∣linquisht his Right and Title to Spain, descended to him by his Mother Blanche, eldest Daughter and Heir of Alphon∣so the Spanish King.
She was born the 14th of November 1638 at Villa Vicosa in Portugal, she was baptized Catherina, signifying in Greek Pure, her Father being then Duke of Braganza (though right Heir of the Crown of Portugal) the most potent Subject in Europe, for a third part of Portugal was then holden
of him in Vassallage; and is only. Sister at present of Don Alphonso the Sixth of that Name, and 23th King of Por∣tugal, born 1643.
Hath one Brother more cal∣led Don Pedro, born 1648.
Had another Brother called Don Theodosio, the eldest Son of that King, who was the most gallant and hopeful Prince of all Europe, but died 1653, aged but 18 years, yet his life thought worthy to be written by divers grave Authors of Por∣tugal.
Having been most carefully and piously educated by her Mother, and at the age of 22 desired in Marriage by King CHARLES the Second, and the Marriage not long after concluded (by the Negotiation
of Don Francisce de Melo Con∣de de Ponte Marquis de Sande and then Extraordinary Ambas∣sadour of the King of Portugal, and solemnized at Lisbon. She embarkt for England upon the 23th of April 1662, being the Festival of St. George, Patron as well of Portugal as England, and was safely by the Earl of Sandwich conducted by a Squa∣dron of Ships to Portsmouth; where the King first met her, and was remarried.
On the 23th of August 1662 her Majesty coming by water from Hampton Court, was with great Pomp and Magnificence first received by the Lord May∣or and Aldermen of London at Chelsey, and thence conducted by water to Whitehall.
The Portion she brought with her was Eight hundred Millions of Reas or two Milli∣ons of Crusado's, being about Three hundred thousand pounds Sterling; together with that important place of Tangier upon the Coast of Africk, and the Isle of Bombaim neer Goa in the East Indies, with a Privi∣ledge that any Subjects of the King of England may trade free∣ly in the East and VVest Indie Plantations belonging to the Portugueses.
Her Majesties Joynture by the Articles of Marriage is Thirty thousand pounds Ster∣ling per Annum, and the King out of his great affection toward her, hath as an addition settled upon her 10000 l. per Annum more.
The Queens Arms as Daugh∣ter of Portugal,* 1.1 is Argent 5 Scutcheons Azure cross wise, each Scutcheon charged with 5 Plates or Besants Argent Saltier∣wise, with a Point Sable, the Border Gules, charged with 7 Castles Or. This Coat was first worn by the Kings of Por∣tugal, in memory of a Signal Battel obtained by the first King of Portugal Don Alphon∣so against 5 Kings of the Moors, before which Battel appeared Christ crucified in the air, and a Voice heard, as once to Con∣stantine the Great, In hoc signo vinces: before which time the Portugal Arms were Argent a Cross Azure.
Queen CATHERINE is a Personage of such rare per∣fections
of Mind and Body, of such eminent Piety, Modesty, and other Vertues, that the English Nation may yet pro∣mise all the happiness they are capable of from a Succession of Princes to govern them to the end of the World.
Arms.