of France, and
Margaret, who was the wife of the Emperor Leopold, and who is
consequently spoken of in the Memoirs as the Empress. The ceremony of
her marriage by proxy, and her departure for her husband's dominions,
are afterwards fully noticed.] and the Prince, took his leave. He
returned home in his Majesty's coach, with the Marquis of Malpica
sitting at the same end, accompanied by the same persons that went
with him, having a banquet ready for them at their return. That day in
the evening my husband visited his Excellency the Duke de Medina de
las Torres; and the next morning, all the Council of State, as the
custom of this Court is.
Upon the 21st, all the Ambassadors at this Court, one after the other,
visited my husband, as did also the grandees and nobles; his
Excellency the Duke de Medina de las Torres beginning. On the 24th, my
husband had a private audience of his Catholic Majesty; on the 27th, I
waited on the Queen and the Empress, with my daughters and all my
train. I was received at the Buen Retiro by the guard, and afterwards,
when I came up-stairs, by the Marquesa of Isincessa,[Footnote: Qu.
Inojosa?] the Queen's Camarera Mayor, then in waiting. Through
infinite number of people I passed to the Queen's presence, where her
Majesty was seated at the upper end under a cloth of state, upon three
cushions, and on the left hand the Empress, and three more; the ladies
were all standing.
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