The master said he would be fure to call Whitelocke early 1654. enough; butt he believed that the danish ambassador would not be there, bicaufe of his ill health.

The mafter told Whitelocke, that Monfieur Bloome had informed him, that fome of Whitelocke's gentlemen tooke exceptions to the presents fent them by the queen. He protefted, uppon his foul and his honor, that he had no hand in the difpofing of thefe prefents, butt that all was done by the officers of the chamber of accounts, and that the queen did not meddle with it; butt when he fhowed her a catalogue of the officers of Whitelocke's house, fhe marked them how fhe would have the prefents bestowed: that, how the matter might be altered afterwards, he was wholly ignorant, and that he had order under the hands of the officers to make the diftribution as he had done; and he hoped none of the gentlemen would be offended with him, who had done nothing butt as he was ordered by thofe over him. Whitelocke told him, that, in fo great a family as his was, it would be difficult to please every one; that thefe prefents were the queen's favours, which the might diftribute as he pleafed, and every one ought to be contented therwith; that fome of his company had difcourfed heerof more than belonged to them; butt that he would take order in it himfelfe.

They had alfo this further difcourfe.

Wh. Doe you expect the arrivall of the prince heer on Friday next?

Mr. The queen is not affured of his arrival that day, butt fhe will goe out on horfeback, accompanyed with all her, nobility, to meet him.

May 9.

1654. Wh. Will it be expected that I goe out likewise to meet w him? Aprill29.

Mr. That cannot be, bicause it will be after your last audience, and when you have taken your leave of the queen ; fo that you cannot then appear in publique, nor in any publique action, bicause it will be to prefent yourselfe before thofe, of whom you had taken your leave before.

Wh. Butt after my laft audience I may in private fee the queen?

Mr. Yes, for that is butt a perticular vifit; and fo you may vifit any of your friends after your last audience.

Wh. I intend likewise to falute the prince after my last audience.

Mr. You may doe it, bicause it will be butt a perticular vifit.

Wh. I hope his royall highnes will treate me with the fame civility and refpect as he ufeth to any other ambaffador.

Mr. That he will infallibly doe. Monfieur Chanut, the french ambaffador, when he was in this court, did alwayes give the right hand to the prince, after the propofall had bin made of declaring him prince heretier of the crowne, though the rickfdagh had not then confirmed it: butt Chanut made difficulty of it at the prince's lodging, bicause he was not the fon of a king; yett afterwards he did it both there and elsewhere.

Wh.

May 9.

Wh. There is more reafon for me now to doe it, bicause 1654. the propofall is to be made of investing him with the crown. What was the manner of the prince's reception of Chanut, where did he meet Chanut att his coming, and how farre did he goe with him att his taking leave?

Mr. The prince received Chanut att the doore of the chamber where he had his audience; and, when the ambaffador went away, the prince brought him to the fame place, and no farther; and, I believe he will give the fame respect to your excellence, and as much to you as to any publique minifter.

Wh. I can defire no more.

Lagerfeldt came to Whitelocke, and acquainted him, that 10. there was a speciall article to be agreed uppon touching the buifnes of Guinee, which the queen and the chancellor were willing might proceed for the difpatch of Whitelocke, and that Grave Eric would have come to him about it, butt that he was ill and had taken phyfick. He told Whitelocke, that the queen faid, he might have his laft audience that day if he pleased; butt if he would be prefent att the folemnity of the nuptialls, which were this evening to be celebrated att court between the baron Horne and the lady Sparre, and if he defired to fee the assembling of the ricksdagh to-morrow, then it would be requifite to deferre his audience till Friday; bicaufe, when he had taken his leave of the queen, it would not be proper for him afterwards to appear in publique. Whitelocke faid, he had rather be difimiffed then to be present att any folemnities; that her majefty had taken him captive by her noble prefents, fo that it was not fitt for him to come abroade in publique: he asked Lagerfeldt, if the prince would be heer on Friday next, if fo,

then

1654. then it would not be convenient to have his audience putt off to that day. Lagerfeldt faid, he doubted that the prince would not be heer fo foone.

May 10.

An officer on horfebacke, accompanyed with feverall other horsemen, with four kettle drummes and eight or ten trumpets, beating and founding before them, made proclamation in severall parts of the town, that all perfons, who were fummoned to appeare att the ricksdagh, fhould give their attendance, att the place appointed in the queen's castle of Ubfale, to-morrow by eight a'clocke in the morning, uppon payne of halfe a dollar mulct for every default.

The mafter of the ceremonies came to Whitelocke from the queen, and acquainted him to the fame effect as Lagerfeldt had done, touching his last audience.

The mafter alfo, by the queen's commaund, invited Whitelocke to the wedding att court this night; and if he pleafed to fee the manner of the affembling of the rickfdagh, that he had order to take the care of it; and that it would be no hinderance to his going away, bicause the prince did not come hither till Tuesday next.

Whitelocke faid, he was forry that the prince would come no fooner to this place; butt fince it was the pleasure of the queen, that he fhould waite uppon her this evening, he would obey her commaunds; and as s; and as to the time of his audience, he fubmitted to her pleasure.

The ricks admirall fent agayne to Whitelocke, to know if he would have any more fhips provided for his tranfportation. Whitelocke returned his thankes, and that he in

tended not to take any of his horses with him, and therfore 1654. fhould not need any more ships then were already ordered.

Studely, one of Whitelocke's fervants, returned to him from Stockholme, with an account, that the ship appointed for his transportation was not yett ready, which retarded his voyage to his trouble.

Between ten and eleven a'clocke att night, the master of the ceremonies came to Whitelocke's houfe, with one of the queen's coaches, to bring him to the wedding att court. He defired Whitelocke's two fons to goe into that coach, who excused themselves, that they had not bin in that coach formerly the master said, that when one went to an audience, there were certain formalities to be observed, butt going to a wedding was another thing; that now the queen had fent her coach for Whitelocke as her guest, and it was proper for his fons to goe with him. Whitelocke wifhed them to obferve the direction of the mafter, who governed in these things.

They went to the bridegroome's house, where were many of his friends; his uncle, the ricks admirall, marefchall Wrangell, and other fenators and noblemen. As foon as Whitelocke alighted out of the coach, the bridegroome's brother was there to receive him, and bid him welcome: neer the doore the bridegroome mett him, and gave him thankes for the favour, in honoring his wedding with his prefence.

Whitelocke faid, he was very ready to teftify his refpects to the nobility of this countrey, and perticularly to himselfe, and tooke it for an honor to be invited into fuch company.

Whitelocke

May 10.