The order, solemnitie, and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinkes [sic], princes, dukes, popes, and consuls: with the custome, order, and manner of their inaugurations, coronations, and annoynting. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solemnities at some emperours, kings, and princes burials.
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The order, solemnitie, and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinkes [sic], princes, dukes, popes, and consuls: with the custome, order, and manner of their inaugurations, coronations, and annoynting. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solemnities at some emperours, kings, and princes burials.
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Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.
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Imprinted at London :: [By R. Jones and W. White],
1610.
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Rites and ceremonies -- Early works to 1800.
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The manner and order of the Indians in celebrating the natiuitie of their kinges.
THe Indians so honoured the byrth-day of their King, at what time the daies began to lengthen, that the king with all his Nobles went to the riuer Ganges to wash & bathe themselues, where they offered in sacrifice to the Sun a number of blacke bulles, for that collour among the Indi∣ans, is most esteemed.
After sacrifice done to the Sun, the King held a feast, which the Romans called Hylaria, which was woont to be celebra∣ted vpon the eight Calend of Aprill, at what time the Romain Matrones, and the yoong women of Rome crowned with Myrtle, bathed themselues before they sacrificed vnto Venus.
This very time, the yoong men of Athens kept festiual
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daies with myrth and pastime, to honour the Moone for the like cause as the Indians had for the Sunne. This feast Hylaria had all publike and solempne plaies, with all kinde of triumphes,* 1.1 for ioy that the Sun began to turne his face, and to lengthen their daies, tanquam patriae solatium & initium laetitiae: But what may we in England, de Sole & solatio nostro, for this 33. yeare Nonne canemus Io?
* 1.2To sacred CYNTHIA sing we loud,aloud HYPINGOS sing:And sound IÜLOS CERES song,* 1.3ELIZAS byrth to ring.