On the 14th I took my leave of the Duchess de Medina de las Torres,
the Marquesa de Trucifal, and the Condessa de Torres Vedras. On the
15th, I took my leave of the Duchess de Aveiro, who gave my daughter
Katharine a jewel of twenty-seven emeralds; and to my daughter
Margaret a crystal box set in gold, and a large silver box of amber
pastilles to burn; and to my daughter Ann a crystal bottle, with a
gold neck, full of amber water, and a silver box of filagree; and to
my daughter Betty a little trunk of silver wire, made in the Indies.
This day I likewise visited the Marquesa de Liche, and daughter-in-law
of the Almirante of Castilla, the Baron de L'Isola's lady, and Don
Diego Tinoco's lady, who had all visited me.
On the 16th, I took my leave of the Duchess of Albuquerque, and her
Excellency Donna Maria de la Cueva. The Duchess showed me a large room
full of gilt and silver plate, which they said cost a hundred thousand
pistoles, though to my eye it did not seem of half the worth. It was
made for the Duke's journey into Germany, being the principal person
entrusted to dispose of her Imperial Majesty's family and money for a
voyage to that Court; and afterwards he and his lady are to return to
Sicily, and there to remain Viceroy. The same day I took my leave of
the German Ambassador's lady. Easterday being the 25th of April, 1666,
the Infanta Donna Maria was married to the Emperor by proxy, viz.
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