The Prior having
received these three keys, demanded franca [Footnote: i.e., puerta
franca; admittance.] of the Duke and Mayor-domo, that in that coffin
was the body of Philip the Fourth; and when they had done, they there
left the body with the Prior, who after the body's lying some time in
the place where the infants are buried, placed it in his own tomb.
My husband with all his family and coaches were put into mourning for
Philip the Fourth of Spain.
October the 4th following, I waited upon the Queen to give her Majesty
pesame [Footnote: Compliments of condolence.] of the King's death, who
received me with great grace and favour, as likewise did the King and
the Empress, who were both present.
On the 8th of October my husband and I, with all our family and son,
being the first time he went out of doors, went to the Placa Mayor, to
hear and see King Charles the Second proclaimed by the Duke de Medina
de las Torres, who was very richly apparelled in a silk suit,
embroidered with silver and gold, set with diamond buttons: he was
accompanied by most of the nobles in the town on horseback, as he
himself was. In his right hand he carried the King's royal standard,
and by his left side rode the Mayor of the town. The Heralds that rode
before went first upon the scaffold, which was there made for that
purpose before the King's balcony, where he was wont to see the juego
de toros.
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