[753] The coronation of Charles V. at Bologna, like most of the other striking events in Spanish history, was brought upon the Spanish theatre. It is circumstantially represented in “Los dos Monarcas de Europa,” by Bartolomé de Salazar y Luna. (Comedias Escogidas, Madrid, 1665, 4to, Tomo XXII.) But the play is quite too extravagant in its claims, both as respects the Emperor’s humiliation and the Pope’s glory, considering that Clement VII. had so lately been the Emperor’s prisoner. As the ceremony is about to begin, a procession of priests enters, chanting,—
In happy hour, let this child of the Church,
Her obedient, dutiful son,
Come forth to receive, with her holiest rites,
The crown which his valor has won.
To which the Emperor is made to reply,—
And in happy hour, let him show his power,
His dominion, and glorious might,
Who now sees, in the dust, a king faithful and just
Surrender, rejoicing, his right.