Prince Albert of Brandenburg : Or, Luther And the Cardinal
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He had been urged to haste, and obeyed ; but as the day advanced and the suil blazed down upon him he grew faint, and was compelled to halt at a poor inn by the way, where, upon a miserable bed he passed a sleepless night, and for two days was unable to mount his horse ; but on the morning of the fourth day, the steeples of Augsburg came in sight. As he neared the city he heard the joyous ringing 68 The Cardinal's Hat. of bells, saw crowds of people passing through the gate, and in full gallop ...he reached it, passed through, placed his horse in care of an inn servant and hur- ried to the cathedral; but saw he was too late as the last of the brilliant procession was passing through the portal, and he followed. Under a canopy of crimson velvet sat the em- peror Maximilian, and between the cardinals — Matthias and Cajetan — sat the Electoral Archbishop Albrecht, and back of them were the members of the Imperial Diet. While the choir sang softly the papal legate Caje- tan, from the steps of the altar, read the pope's com- mission, and two priests placed the purple robe upon Archbishop Albrecht, and led him before the altar where he took the oath; after which he knelt upon the steps and the red hat of a cardinal was placed upon his head ;■ then amid the odor of incense the soft tones of the organ and the sweet voices of singers all passed down the aisle, and the ceremony was over.
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