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Ceremonies, was allowed £i']y ^s. "for defraying the 

 charges of his Excellency to and from Newmarket, 

 and for his own expense and attendance upon the said 

 Ambassador during his abode there." * 



Towards the end of the year the king also enter- 

 tained the young Count of Anhalt and the Envoy 

 Extraordinary of the King of Sweden at Newmarket 

 Palace ; the visit of the former having been occasioned 

 by the god of love, the latter by the god of war, 

 although his Excellency's mission resulted in a treaty 

 of peace between his sovereign and the king's 

 brother-in-law, the King of Denmark. f 



The visit of the Ambassador Extraordinary of the King 

 of Sweden to James I. at Newmarket Palace is thus described 

 by Sir John Finet, Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, who 

 was on duty during the occasion :— 



..." The fourth of December, Master Secretary Lake 

 sent for me, and shewed me a Letter he had then received 

 from the Earl of Buckingham (then with the King at Nezv- 

 markcf) signifying in Answer of, and by him from my Lord 

 Chamberlaine, That whereas the Ambassador of the King of 

 Siveden, was desirous of an Audience there, the King was 

 pleased he should have it, but not to be defraied (as that 

 which had never yet been done to any of that Kings Am- 

 bassadors, neither would he bring up any such Custome) but 

 that for Coaches and other things usuall, his Majesties pleasure 

 was that Order should be taken to furnish him. Upon sight 

 of this Letter, I desired Sir Thomas Lake to send to the 

 Master of the Ceremonies, but he was out of Town, as was 

 also the Lord Chamberlaine, whom when he returned I 



* Pells, Order Book. 



t The extraordinary expenses of a state banquet given to the former 

 was £21 IS. yd., and to the latter, ^22 lis. ^d. — Cofiferers' Account, 

 Series II., box E., Rot. 76. 



