Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-20
The Meeting Between Mary and
Philip III.

The Meeting Between Mary and
Philip III.
Earl of.Ducie in fortnightly Reyiew.l
According to Holinshed, Mary had
travelled from Bishops Waltham to
Winchester on the preceding Satur-
day. July q. Her ladies travelled
from Windsor in a wagon painted red,
aud covered with fine red cloth. the
harness all of red leather. This
vehicle, as Miss Strickland, quoting
the order for its construction. says,
must have surpassed the splendor of a
modern wild beast show. At 10
O'Clock on the night Of his arrival in
Winchester, Philip paid a private
visit {. the queen, so secret, indeed.
as to escape the research Of Holm
shed, who says that his first visit was
made on the following day. Private
as it was, h6 was accompanied by some
twenty grandees, among them Alva,
Pescara, Feria, HoOrn and Egmont,
names to be heard Of again in far diff
fsrent scenes in the time to come.
Passing through the gardens Of the
Episcopal Palace, which had been
prepared for the queens reception, the
green lawns and flowing streams in all
the glory Of a midsummer night, sug-
costing to the Spaniards the scenes
described IN the books of chivalry,
they reached a small door which led
to the apartments where Mary, at
tended by Gardiner and some elderly
magnates and ladies', awaited her
hitherto unseen bridegroom. As he
entered she hurried forward to meet
him, seizing him by the hand
he, however, putting all cere-
mony aside, kissed her, as, says
Munos, is the custom here. They
then cOnyersed-he in Spanish, she in
Flench-and We are told seemed to
understand one another perfectly.
Lord William Howard, the admiral
who is described as a man who would
have his joke, said among his other
pleasantries. that well as they un-
derstoo1 each other nov, they would
be far more intimate in four or five
days" After a while, Philip, who
had had a long wet ride and a fatigu-
ing day, manifested a wish 10 retire to
his lodging (the Queen from some
feeling of prudery not having allowed
him rooms in the palace. Permission
being granted after some little demur.
he asked how he was to say "buenas
noches to the ladies Of the court
this ~salutation, according to Munos,
is correctly rendered into English by
the words Good night" which were
then and there taught him By the
queen. Forgetting his lesson before
be reached the ladies, he was obliged
to turn back when already in the mid
die Of the hall 10 rel0arl It. This
amused her majesty very much, and SO
ended the evening Of the first inter
view. The next day after dinner,
Philip again visited the Queen, who
received him in an apartment called
tbs room Of Poncia," probably
thus n6mad after an early bishop Of
Winchester, John DE PohtOise, who
died AID. 1904. Considering the
treatment which English names meet
at tho hands Of the author, the re.
semblaRGs IN this case seems sufici-
emily close. The second visit being
of o more eerem0uiOuS nature, the
queen issued from her chamber, PEE
ceded by her ladies. and by two kings
alarms, retiring with Philip TO an
other room, they remained a long time
together, the Spanish attendants en-
deayoring, with no very great success.
to converse with the ladies Of the
court. This pYening, Hgueroa, the
regent OF Naples, agTiyed with the in-
yestiture Of that kingdom, ~ ap.
pointment which was intended to
place Philip on a footing Of equality
with the queen Of England. The fol
owing dig, July 18th, being the day
OF -. james, the patron saint Of
Spain. the marriage ceremony yas
( performed with great pomp. Two
, swords Of state were borbe before
their majesties by p%ersonages whom
Munoz calls the Condos of Puen,
burque and Arbinque, but whom tn,
SeB6F pa Gayangos converts into tn,
! EaFls Sf Pembroke aud Derby. w,
, are told that the iattep could muster
10000 soldiers. aud that, az Nhe Of
certain island (Man), he was e%ntitle,
to wear Il crown of lead.