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

1654.] VISIT TO THE DUKE OF NEWBURGH. 73
and the Duke of Newburgh being a sovereign prince
inferior to none in Germany, and his ambassador always
coming before the Emperor, her royal highness the
Princess consented that the Duke should salute her.
This important punctilio being arranged without any
noise, the King and his sister proceeded by water to
Dusseldorf, where they they arrived between three and
four o'clock in the afternoon, and found the Duke and his
Duchess waiting for them on the water side, where having
performed their mutual compliments, civilities, and salu-
tations, the King and the Princess-royal entered with
the Duke and Duchess into the Duke's coach, and their
followers in the coaches that were provided for them, and
proceeded to the castle, which is very near the shore.
The King was conducted to his quarters, and the Princess
to hers, where they changed their dresses. The Duke and
Duchess did the same, and visited not their royal guests
till half-an-hour before supper, when Charles and Mary
had performed their devotions.
The castle was a very princely house, having been the
seat of the Dukes of Cleves, which duchy, together with
that of Juliers, having lately fallen to heirs female,
whereof the mothers of the Elector of Brandenburgh and
the Duke of Newburgh, were co-heiresses, Dusseldorf, by
agreement, remained to the Duke of Newburgh. His
father being of the reformed religion, finding the Prince
of Orange and the States too strong for him, for they
embraced the party of the Elector of Brandenburgh, he
became a Boman Catholic, that he might have the power-
ful support of the King of Spain and the Emperor.
The Duke was a very learned and accomplished
gentleman, eloquent and graceful. He had been married
to the sister of the King of Poland, who dying, left him
* Clarendon.