and in a beautiful variety of erudition, both divine and human. He
roamed through the spacious and extensive field of the virtues of
our most serene prince, with so impressive discourse adjusted to the
gravity and meaning of the subject, that he softened the hearts of the
people and even drew tears from their eyes, the faithful witnesses
of their grief. That solemn function ended with a responsary; and
then the procession was again formed, in the same manner and method,
until they left his Lordship at the palace. After having performed
the due courtesies, the gentlemen of the royal Audiencia, and of
the cabildos, tribunals, and religious communities bade one another
farewell, and returned to their houses, for the night had set in.

The following day, Tuesday, November 10, before sunrise, the care and
anxiety of the sacred families were awake, and all went to the royal
chapel with different choirs of musicians. There, at the various altars
assigned to them, they sang first each their mass, and afterward the
responsary in front of the royal catafalque. The mingling of so many
voices with the dead silence and serene quiet of the night made an
indistinct harmony and a confusion of echoes pleasant and agreeable
to the listeners, awakening at the same time in their hearts tender
affection and loving grief, which they consecrated to the glorious
memory of the prince whose obsequies were being celebrated. After
having performed this pious action they went to the palace, where they
waited until all who had taken part in the parade of the preceding
day had assembled. The parade was arranged and directed at the
appointed hour, with the same order and brilliant display as on the
preceding day, and took the same course until they entered the chapel
of the royal camp. There having filled the seats, and the order and
arrangements of the day before having been observed, the office for the
dead was commenced, and then the mass was sung. Doctor Juan de Ucles,
the venerable dean of the holy church, officiated, accompanied with
all solemnity and pomp, at an altar which was erected near the center
of the catafalque in front of the urn. He was clad in his vestments,
with precious ornaments; and on that day the music was better than
ever before, the musicians outdoing themselves in heightening its
beauties, and with the consonance and harmony of their voices rendering
it suitable to the majesty and high dignity of him who filled their
though