Countesse

There were then alſo preſent (to honor the Infanta) the Counteſſe of Mansfeldt, daughter to the Earle of Egmond, the Counteſſe of Aremberghe, the Marqueſſe of Berghen, the Counteſſe of Egmont, the Counteſſes of Barlaimont, Lalaine, Solue, Boſſu, Fontenay, Berghe, Bye, Eſſingen, Freſſin and Bruay, the Counteſſe of Saint Aldegonde, the Counteſſe of Baſſigny, and the Counteſſe of Maleſpina.

Queene Mary had her education for ſome yeares vnder Margaret Counteſſe of Salisbury the Mother of Poole (who was then a childe) and that by Queene Catharines meanes, who intended (as it was thought) to marry her Daughter the Lady Mary to one of the Counteſſes Sonnes,[…]

Beſides, this is a Counteſſe; and when your Counteſſes are Waiting-women, ’tis either to Queens or Empreſſes, who in their houſes are moſt abſolute, and are ſerved by other Wayting-women.