WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

Th is Equipage (befides what was alrea- ready prepar'd) conf ided in ftupendous Coaches, moft r i ch Liveries, and ftore of Horfes, of grea t value; and becaufe the Brocard, Imbroidery* g o ld Lace, Fringe, Scarlet, & c . were all to be be- fpoken, 'twas eafily forefeen, that the faid En t ry c ou ld not be at fooneft, before Michaelmas j In the mean time, tho' the Embaflador c ou ld not vifit, and be vi f i ted.wi t h the fame Pomp, as when pub- l i c k, yet his ordinary Expence was the fame ; for he weekly attended the Pope, had the fame n u - merous Fami ly, and Ret inue,kept the fame Table for his Friends and Acquaintance, and had about forty Horfes, ftill i n his Stable. r Art izans in all places have the fame methods, and perform their promifes al ike ,• for how prefl ing foever his Excel lency's Officers were, they cou ld not yet be ready, t i l the end of Olio- her i and juft when every thing was thought fi- nifht, the Pope fell fo i l l of the Gout, and his ufual Defluxions, that two months paft, wi thout G his