Lives of the last four princesses of the royal house of Stuart

1654.] AT COLOGNE. 71
The following day being Friday, they arrived at
Cologne at five in the evening, and were received with
many shots, to indicate respect and joy for their coming,
joined with the admiration of the people.
" E. C, the Princess-royal, and many others, lodged in
a Protestant widow's house called Cidalbourg, where the
ambassadors of Holland used to lie; a very fair and
curious house, full of decent rooms and with pleasant
gardens. The senate sent two hundred musketers to give
R. C. three volleys of shot at his door after his arrival,
and did him much honour. He and his sister, Saturday
last, were invited by the Jesuits to their college, where
they had a comedy prepared for them and a banquet
lifter ; but the royal brother and sister only eat some
grapes standing, and drank two glasses of wine. The
rest snatched away everything, and I," continues the spy,
** had my share of the spoil as near as I could."*
The Elector of Cologne, who kept his court at Bonn,
paid no attention to the Princess and her brother; but
the people of Cologne were so much delighted with their
visit, that they invited Charles to take up his abode with
them, and offered him all the accommodation their city
would afford. Charles thankfully availed himself of their
welcome civility, and promised to spend the winter in
Cologne.f The kind widow, where he and the Princess
had taken up their abode, offered him and his train the
accommodation of her house, which he accepted for the
coming winter.
Charles scrupled not to send to the German princes,
requesting them to pay up the amount of their sub-
scriptions, which they had voluntarily engaged to pay for
his support.
* Thurloe's ' State Papers.'
f Clarendon's ' History of the Eebellion.'