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At Elizabeth and her committee sailed up the Rhine, they were greeted by musicians and canon fire. The city councilors honored them with a gift of a barrel wine. Then they traveled on and arrived in Andernach that evening.

The next day, the Elizabeth's party arrived in Koblenz, a beautiful city belonging to the Bishop of Trier, in good time. They were lodged at the bishop’s court and had a stately lunch there of all types of superb fish (because it was a fast day) and stately wines. They were greeted by the city with somewhat threatening canon fire from the bridge over the Mosel and from the fortress Hermanstein. After lunch, the party boarded ships again and passed the night in Braubach, ruled by the Landgrave of Hessen.

As everything was prepared for the journey to Heidelberg, the princess did not want to linger any longer and instead went with just a few horses over the Rhine to “Geylsheim.” Because the Friedrich had a message that the princess was already at Bacharach, she was met there by the count palatinate Johann Casimir and they went on the hunt togehter. They were happy to meet once again and then went together to “Geilzheim.”

Thankfully, on this day, the prince-elector and his wife arrived safely and happily in “Geilzheim.” The elector received Elizabeth in a stately fashion and the alighted the waiting coaches next to the royal commission (who had gotten in their armor and gotten ready at the city hall). They were introduced and greeted by the fully-armored four companies of soldiers and greeted with fire. They spent the night there and after breakfast (where at least 150 tables were fed), they boarded their ships again and arrived safely in Mainz.

The arrival of the new electoress was known by all along the Rhine and therefore, the Archbishop of Mainz also sent ambassadors to Bingen to wait for the princess and invite her to Mainz, which invitation she accepted. ...

Friedrich and Elizabeth and the English commission arrived in Mainz by boat and were greeted by many companies of food soldiers. They were led by the officers of the elector of Mainz into the elector’s palace—Friedrich was lodged in the archbishop’s rooms and Elizabeth in the “emperor’s chamber.” Following the dinner, at which food was abundant, Friedrich and Elizabeth were honored with two staely fireworks, one in the palace and the other ouside on the Rhine. They were also honored with a gift of a ton of wine and twenty-four “Malter” of oats. On the following Wednesday, after Friedrich and Elizabeth had visited some churches and other things and taken breakfast, they returned to their ships and arrived the same day in Oppenheim.