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Page 001
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Title_page Half-title, with three ownership inscriptions, the most recent dated 1814.
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Page 003
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Engraved_tp By Cornelis Galle.
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Page 005
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Family_tree Showing Maria de' Medici and her five children.
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Page 007
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Dedication To Maria de' Medici.
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Page 010
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Poem To Puget de la Serre, by Francois de Lisola.
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Page 011
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Into Mons.
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Page 013
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Entry Into Avenes, where she was received by the Baron de Crevecoeur. Among those present were a number of women dressed as shepherds, apparently believing this disguise would allow them greater freedom. Section "Histoire curieuse de tout ce qui c'est passe ... ."
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Page 016
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Entry Into Mons.
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Page 024
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Royal_Meeting Of Maria de' Medici and the Spanish Infanta.
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Page 026
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Into Brussels.
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Page 027
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Entry Into Brussels, where Marie de Medicis was met first of all by the members of the guilds.
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Page 029
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Oration Delivered by Monsieur Charles Schotte on behalf of the Compagnies des Confreries.
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Page 034
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Dance Throughout the streets of the city.
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Page 035
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Oration Delivered by Fernand de Boisschot on behalf of the Conseils du Roy, this is the first of a number of speeches delivered by representatives of the various councils.
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Page 039
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Sacred_music In the court chapel.
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Page 041
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Garden The palace gardens and park are described here in some detail as the scene of a walk taken by Marie de Medicis and her courtiers.
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Page 048
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The arrival of the fleet at Antwerp.
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Page 049
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Regatta Accompanied by music and cannon fire. Entry Into Antwerp.
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Page 054
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Water_spectacle
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Page 064
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Procession With the Queen Mother and the Infanta, including chariots decorated with figurative representations of the Queen Mother's virtues.
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Page 066
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Chariot Sybil and the figure of Fecundity; three nymphs representing England, France and Spain.
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Page 068
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Church The Eglise des Peres Jesuistes.
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Page 069
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Theatrical_Performance A tragedy performed at the Jesuit college.
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Page 071
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Visit Of the Queen Mother and the Infanta to the Plantin press, where this book was printed.
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Page 072
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Poem A series of French and Latin poems by Balthasar Moretus in honour of the Queen Mother and the Infanta on their visit to the Plantin press.
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