f Kolinowicz nova Yngariae periodus anno primo Gynaeco-
cratiae austriacae inchoata, p. 61. Two Protestants were named
ut legi satis iieret, as Kolinowicz says, p. 181, so that no favour
was shown to the Catholic &ith.
332 THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURG. [bOOK VI.
were blended ;* it was only after long resistance, and
in order to cause no delay, that she signed the
diploma at nine o'clock in the evening.
Her coronation took place on the following day.
She appeared in an open carriage, bareheaded, pale»
and i^tated. The reception she met with was, how-
ever, far heartier than she had expected ; the joyous
shouts of an enormous mass of people warmed her
heart and brought back the colour to her cheeks.
The Hungarians rejoiced in the sight when she
stepped forth as their king and their mistress (for
this was the title they gave her),f wearing the crown
of St. Stephen,* and surrounded by the magnates
in their ancient and splendid costumes; and when
on the Königsberg she drew the sword of the Saint,
brandished it towards the four quarters of the globe,
and then rode down the hill, seated gracefully and
fearlessly upon a steed richly caparisoned after the
Hungarian fashion. She herself felt pleasure in the
splendour of the ceremonial : nevertheless, the day
was not without its bitterness.
