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Of the Magnificence of the King when he goes out in public. CHAP. VI. It is a very becoming thing for a great Prince, & for any person of authority, to be honorably dressed & accompanied when he appears in public. For the splendor of the clothes & the pompous train bring incalculable respect and reverence, inasmuch as honor necessitates honor (of which such ornaments are a part) one judges that such persons are also full of virtue & merit since they bear the marks & signs of them. This is why it was ordered that when the King would leave his palace to come to the Council, he would be dressed in a robe of crimson gold cloth, overlayed & embroidered in front and around with the cassock of the same, but lighter; the shirt with collar embroidered with gold and crimson silk, the slippers of embroidered gold cloth, with the crown of gold on the head made with fleurons, speckled with rich diamonds, rubies & pearls baring the scepter in the hand of likewise fabricated. |