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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Of the byrth of Xerxes and of the solempne feast thereof.
THe great Xerxes king of Persea vpon the very day that he succeeded his father Darius Hisdaspis as king, hee yearely most solempnly vsed to celebrate such a princelie noble feaste in memorie of that day, which the Perseans so ho∣noured, tanquam imperii natalem, as he would command all the Nobles of Persea to come in the greatest pompe they could, and he himselfe in his most sumptuous Persean robes with his Diadem vpon his head, solempnized the feast with al pompe and glorie. Vpon the which day Xerxes was called of all the Peeres, Nobles, and all his people Titan. This day was so celebrated among the Perseans in remembrance of Xerxes first day to his kingdome, so the Siracusianes honou∣red Timolion for his great victories, in memorie whereof they yeerely vpon the day of his byrth decreed, that plaies and games of musicke, with running, wrastling, throwing of darts swimming, running of horses, with other exercises of the bo∣dy should be celebrated.
In like sort, the Parthians obserued that day, that Arsa∣ces their King had subdued Seleucus with all kinde of ioies,
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myrth and triumphes that the Parthians could inuent: they magnified that day with all games and plaies, & kept a great solempne feast in remembrance of their libertie and deliue∣rance from their bondage and thraldome vnder Seleucus by Arsaces. If therefore they honoured that day, Tanquam i∣nitium libertatis with songes Theogonia, shall we not Ca∣nere Paean, that haue long inioied peace and quietnes of liber∣tie by the natiuity of Eliza.
Let Magi for their Persean states,sound their Theogonian song:Let Egypt of their Isis brag,we sing ELIZA, long,