Charles "laughed longer than he was ever known to laugh before, and all the courtiers (of course) laughed as long as his Majesty." [Badovaro] The success of so sorry a jest would lead one to suppose that the fooling was less admirable at the imperial court than some of the recorded quips of Tribaulet would lead us to suppose.
The transfer of the other crowns and dignitaries to Philip, was accomplished a month afterwards, in a quiet manner.

Spain, Sicily, the Balearic Islands, America, and other portions of the globe, were made over without more display than an ordinary 'donatio inter vivos'.

The Empire occasioned some difficulty.

It had been already signified to Ferdinand, that his brother was to resign the imperial crown in his favor, and the symbols of sovereignty were accordingly transmitted to him by the hands of William of Orange.

A deputation, moreover, of which that nobleman, Vice-Chancellor Seld, and Dr.Wolfgang Haller were the chiefs, was despatched to signify to the electors of the Empire the step which had been thus resolved upon.