In the afternoon he visited Woolfeldt, who brought Whitelocke into the room where his lady and other ladies of great quality were with her.  Whitelocke imagined some design to be herein, because it was a thing so unusual to bring gentlemen and strangers into the company of their ladies; and it fell out to be so, for Whitelocke, discoursing with the Lady Woolfeldt, who spake perfect French, she complained that she knew not where to have a place to see the entry of the Prince into Upsal.  Whitelocke knowing his house to be conveniently situate for that purpose, and understanding the lady’s complaint, he, to free her from the danger of not seeing that solemnity, offered to her and to the rest of the ladies in her company, to command his house, which if they pleased to honour with their presence to see the entry of the Prince, he should take it as a great favour from their Excellencies; and the ladies readily accepted of his offer.

They presently came to Whitelocke’s house.  With the Lady Woolfeldt was the Countess John Oxenstiern, the Countess Eric Oxenstiern, the Countess Tott, the Baroness Gildenstiern, and seven or eight other ladies of great quality.  Before the Prince came into the town, Whitelocke caused a collation to be set on the table for the ladies, all after the English fashion, creams, tarts, butter, cheese, neats’ tongues, potted venison, apples, pears, sweetmeats, and excellent wine.  They ate heartily, and seemed to be much pleased with it and with the Ambassador’s discourse, who strove to be cheerful with the ladies, and found it not unacceptable to them.

[SN:  The entry of the Prince.]

The Prince’s entry and reception into Upsal this evening was thus:—­The day before, by the Queen’s command, notice was given to all the senators, the nobility, gentry, and persons of quality about the Court and in town, to come in their best equipage on horseback, at one o’clock this afternoon to the castle, to attend the Queen on her going out to meet the Prince.  They accordingly resorted to the Court, a very great number, and attended the Queen forth in this order, all passing and returning by Whitelocke’s window.  First, Major-General Wrangel marched in the head of four troops of horse of Upland, proper men and well armed, their horses not tall but strong; every horseman carried ready in his hand one of his pistols, and his sword by his side, and most of them were well habited.  Then marched Colonel Bengt Horne in the head of the gentlemen and servants of the senators and other volunteers, marching three and three abreast.  After these rode about six of the Queen’s kettle-drums and twelve trumpets.  Then came Mr. Eric Flemming, Governor of Copperberg, Marshal of the Nobility, followed by the heads of the families of the nobles in the same order as they are matriculated in the Ricksdag.  They were generally very rich in clothes and well horsed, lords and gentlemen of principal note and consideration in their country, and members of the