Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . ions of his subjects close at hand,he was received with singular demonstrations of honourand rejoicing as soon as he set foot on Lusitanian soil. AtAlmada he made a stay of several days before passing overthe river to make a triumphal entry. We leave the churchand returning to the ramparts look across to the beautifulcity where from this distance the haze of smoke resting inthe hollows mark out the numerous elevations overspreadby the massed buildings. The Tagus is a perfect blue, itscolour enhanced by contra
Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . ions of his subjects close at hand,he was received with singular demonstrations of honourand rejoicing as soon as he set foot on Lusitanian soil. AtAlmada he made a stay of several days before passing overthe river to make a triumphal entry. We leave the churchand returning to the ramparts look across to the beautifulcity where from this distance the haze of smoke resting inthe hollows mark out the numerous elevations overspreadby the massed buildings. The Tagus is a perfect blue, itscolour enhanced by contrast with the orange, old gold, ordove-coloured sails of the numerous sailing boats. Ananimated, lovely prospect; but in spectacular effect thepageant of D. Philippes transit must have been unique. He set out for Lisbon in one of thirty splendid galleyswhich had been sent to convey him across the Tagus. Sixtygilded figure-heads—the number of the oars—ornamentedthe royal galley, while delicate wood-carvings in ebony andsilver decorated the interior. The river was covered with 108. Alfeite sailing craft of all descriptions transformed into the shapesof tritons, sirens, whales, sea-horses, dolphins, in whichindividual taste and caprice let loose the reins of anexuberant fancy. Flags, flowers, trumpets, musicians,dancers, all aided in the curious, imposing and grotesquelypicturesque embarkation of the King. He landed with hisbrilliant suite on a quay made expressly for him at the endof the Terreiro do Paga, adorned with twenty pedestals, onsix of which were statues made of white wax in imitationof marble. One of these represented Lisbon, and theothers zeal, truth, fidelity, love and obedience. All theLisbon nobility received the King, dressed in gala suitsembroidered in gold and jewels. Immense crowds hailedhim in every street with shouts of rejoicing. So charmedwas Spanish Philip with his reception that he exclaimedinvoluntarily: I have never felt myself so much a king assince I
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