THE 
 
 ENTERTAINMENT 
 
 0 F 
 
 His Molt Excellent MAJESTIE 
 
 CHARLES II, 
 
 1 N 
 
 His Passage through the C i t y of 
 
 L O N D O N 
 
 TO HIS 
 
 CORONATION: 
 
 Containing an exaft Accompt of the whole Solemnity » the Triumphal 
 Arches, and Cavalcade , delineated in Sculpture ; the Speeches and 
 Impreffes illuftrated from Antiquity. 
 
 TO THESE IS AWED, 
 A Brief Narrative of His Majesties Solemn Coronation: 
 
 WITH 
 
 His Magnificent Proceeding., and Royal Feast 
 
 WESTMINSTER-HALL. 
 
 By fOH^ Og I LEY. 
 
 L O N DON, 
 
 Printed by Tho : Pv o y c r o f t, and are to be had at the Authors Houfe 
 m L\ings Head Court within Shoe-Lane 3 M D C L X 1 1. 
 
I Have perufed a brief Narrative ofHisMAjESTlES Solemn C 0- 
 3^.0 N AT ION., printed by Af '■ 0G1 L!BY, together with his 
 Defcription of His MAJESTIE S Entertainment pajsing througbtbe 
 OtyofLOKDOtitoHis Coronation, &c. and, in purjmme tj 'His 
 MAJEST1 ES Order unto me direSled , have examined, and do ap- 
 prove thereof-, Jo as the fid M'' 0 GlLBf may freely pHbliff/ the 
 fame. 
 
 From the Heralds - 
 Colli d g this thirteenth 
 
 of Jiae i«2. , Edward W alii 
 
 Garter Trine ipallQng 
 of Arms. 
 
TO THE 
 
 SACRED MAJESTY 
 
 OF 
 
 CHARLES II, 
 
 King of E^gLA^(T> t SCOTLAND, F\A^CE, 
 andlHELzA JsfD, dec. 
 
 This DiSCRIP t i © n of the Solemnity of His 
 BlefTed Inauguration 
 
 Is humbly Dedicated 
 
 By 
 
 His mo/l Obedient, Dutiful, and 
 
 Loyal Servant 
 
 J OGILBY, 
 
9 
 
 > 
 
His Majesties 
 
 ENTERTAINMENTS 
 
 Pafsing through the City of 
 
 LONDON 
 
 TO HIS 
 
 CORONATION, 
 
 WITH 
 
 A Defcription of the Triumphal Arches, 
 and Solemnity. 
 
 IE City of L 0 JA( T> 0 5S(, participating the 
 greateft fhare of that inexprefsible Happinefs, 
 which thefe Kingdoms have received by the 
 glorious Reftaurationof our Sovereign to His 
 Throne, and of us His Subjects to our Laws, 
 Liberties, and Religion, after a difmal Night of 
 Llfurpation, and Opprefsion, and proportiona- 
 bly exceeding in their Loyalty, took the occafi- 
 onofHis t5MAf SSTIE'S Coronation , to exprefs their Joy with 
 the greateft Magnificence imaginable : imitating therein the antient 
 Itymanes, who, at the return of their Emperours, erected Arches of 
 Marble,which though we,by reafon of the ihonnefs of Time,could not 
 
a 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 equal inMaterials.yet do ours far exceed theirs in Number,and ftupen- 
 dious Proportions. 
 
 HE Cuftom of erecting Triumphal tArchet among the 'Ro- 
 mans (a thing altogether unknown to the (jracians, till their 
 acquaintance with them) moft certainly was not coaeval with 
 their Triumphs, which were within four years as long-liv'd 
 as Rome it felf. For among the tjree\, and Latin Authours of the %o- 
 mdn Hiftory, who have been fo accurate in enumerating all their So- 
 lemnities, efpecially which concerned their Splendour , and Magnifv 
 cence.we find not any mention of them till the time of the 'Roman Smpe- 
 tours. Indeed of T numphs, as of all other things, the Beginnings feem 
 to have been but rude. At firft nothing more then the Spoils hung up 
 at the houfe of the Conquerour. 
 
 *&*tm. Virgil, fpeaking of the Palace of King Ticus, 
 Multaque pratered facris in poflibus arma, 
 Captivi pendent currus, cmvxquefecures, 
 Et Crijla capitum, (? portarum ingentia claufira, 
 Spiculdque, cljpetque, ereptdque roftra carinis. 
 
 " Befides, on facred Pillars all along, 
 
 " A World of Arms, Axes, and Chariots hung, 
 
 " Crefts, and huge Bars of Gates the Ports adorn, 
 
 " And Spears,and Shields,and Prows from Gallies torn. 
 
 This rudenefs of the firft Triumphs, even among the Tomans, will 
 fufficiently appear,if we compare the Triumph of "Romulus, mention'd by 
 a,, i. LivyfDionyfius fJalicarnajJcnfis, and 1 Tlutarch,m:h the excefsivePomp, 
 fhk]Lb. and Magnificence of the latter , ofwhich we {hall give an inftance 
 in this Difcourfe. The greateft Monument of which Magnificence, 
 the Triumphal Arches, as we have faid, was not heard of before fulius 
 Cafar. 'Tistrue, there is ftill retained at "Rome the memory of Arcus 
 2fyw«//',and QamiUi. But 'tis certain, it appears not whether they were 
 Triumphal ^Arches, or no ; and it is very queftionable , whether they 
 bear their true Titles. For T'liny, who flourifh'd in the time of Ve- 
 fpajian the Emperour , calls them novitium inventum, a new intention : 
 ™ } ' n ' whofe Authority much out-weighs thofe empty Titlesof Arm %omuli, 
 
 and 
 
pafsing to His Coronation, 3 
 
 and Qamilli, of which there is no ancient Record. Yet.that they were 
 in ufe before fulius Cafar almoft one Century of years, has been conje- 
 ctured out of thefe words of Afconius Fedtanus \ an Authour, againft 
 whom there is no exception , and who liv'd fome years before Wliny ■ 
 Fornix Fabianus, arcus eftjuxtaHegiam in Sacra via, a Fabio Cenjore con- 
 flruHus, qui, a deyiUis eJllobrogibus,A\\obroxcognominatusesl,ibique 
 flatua ejus pofita propterea eftJThe Fabian Jrcb is nigh the Palace of %^mulus 
 in the Sacred way, built by Fabius the Cen/or, Mo, from his Victory over the, 
 Alhbnges, had the firname of Allobrox ; for which his Statue was placed 
 there. That he triumph'd Upon this Victory, we have ample teftimo- 
 ny from the Marbles not long fince digg'd up at %ome, formerly pre- 
 ferved in the Capitol. Neverthelefs, thofc words of Afconius do evi- 
 dently conclude the contrary : for he fays exprefly built by Fabius fan* 
 four. His Cenfourfhip is referred by Sigonius and Fighius to the Year 
 LLC DCXLV. his Triumph happened anno DCXXXIII. 
 as appears from the Marbles now mention'd, 
 
 Q. FABIUS Q.^MILIANI F.QJst. AN. DCXXXIII. 
 MAXIMUS. PROCOS. DE. ALLOBRO gibus 
 ET. REGE. ARVERNORUM. BETULTO. X. K- 
 
 Whence it is clear the Arch was built long after his Triumph. And I 
 conceive his Statue was plac'd there rather in regard of his expences, 
 then of his Victory fo long before obtain'd. Neither is it Arrange 
 after the fpace of above leven hundred years , to find this altera- 
 tion. We may obferve many other, but fhall onely take notice of 
 two. Firftyrhe ancient "Romans granted not the honour of Triumph to 
 any, who had not flain in one pitch'd Field five thoufand of their Ene- 
 mies„^«j triumphi datur ei, qui quinque millia hoflium Una acie ceciderit. 
 Secondly,They allowed not Triumph for aVictory over their Fellow- 
 Citizens; as ^;«/«uriumph'd not over M.Lepidus, orL. Antony r,l ' r m>- 
 over Catilin, or Sjlla over Marias, or Qnna over Carbo, or Gefarover tT%\m, 
 Tompej/i 
 
 Claudian, 
 
 — cum uallica vulgo /»'«"• h>-, 
 
 TraliajaQaret, tacnitTharfalica Cafar. 
 3^amq-^ inter focias acies, cognatagfgna, 
 Vt vinci miferum, nunquam vicifie decorum. 
 
 Of 
 
4 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Of^4//fc^FightsoftathisBoard 
 
 Boatts Qa/ar, of Thar/alia not a word. 
 Though fad the cafe to fall in Civil War, 
 Yet 'tis no honour to the Conauerour. 
 
 which he means too in thefe Verfes, 
 
 D , Bra. Semperab his famie petiere infignia bellis, 
 
 Qute dherja,procultuto, trans aquora virtus 
 Exercere dabat : currm, %egitmque catena 
 Inter abundantis fait ludibria duBee. 
 
 They by fuch Wars fought Fame in Fields remote, 
 Beyond Seas Victory by their Valour got : 
 Hence Kings in Chains and Chariots march in ftate, 
 'Mongft various Sports of their abundant Fate. 
 
 Jhll 
 
 <De civibus triumpbare nefas , faith the fame Valerius Maxmus. In both 
 which particulars the Kfman Hiftory affords exceptions In the firft, 
 liv. m. a. in thc cf riump h without a War, anno VrbU Cond. D L X X 1 11 . In the 
 fecond,in the Triumphal Arch,yet almoft entirely ftanding.of (jnjtan* 
 tine the Great, which the Senate, and People of ^gne dedicated to him 
 upon his Vidory over Maxentius, a General of part of the Imperial 
 Forces. The Infcription this, 
 
 IMP. CES. FL. CONSTANTINO. MAXIMO 
 
 p.F. AUGUSTO S. P. Q. R. 
 QUOD. 1NSTINCTU. DIV1NITATIS. MENTIS 
 MAGNITUDINE. CUM. EXERCITU. SUO. 
 TAM. DE. TYRANNO. QUAM DE OMNI EJUS 
 TACTIONE. UNO. TEMPORE. JUSTIS 
 REMPUBLICAM. ULTUS. EST. ARM IS 
 AR CUM. TRIUMPHIS' INSIGNEM. DICAVIT 
 
 Three 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 5 
 
 Three Triumphs, of the fame nature, in one Century of years, are Dl vi - c "" 
 reckoned by Claudian, who makes Ttpme to fpeak thus, f "'C" H '"°~ 
 
 His annis, qui lujlra mihi bis dena recenfent, 
 ^ofira ter Augujlos intra pomxria vidi, 
 Temporibusvariis: eadcm fedcaufa Tropteis, 
 Chilis dijjenfus erat . 
 
 Luftres twice ten,with annual Springs, and Falls, 
 Pafs'd, fince I faw three Emp'rours in our Walls, 
 At fev'ral times : each.on fad Scores, did boaft 
 Triumphs for Civil Broils — 
 
 Both which particulars comprehend this Triumph of His moft Sacred 
 e5\fajejly, which was upon a Victory over the Enemies of His Coun- 
 trey without a Battle. 
 
 Thefe Aches generally bore the name of him, that rid in Triumph, 
 and had a Title infculp'd,to teftifie for what Victory they were erected : 
 both which appear from this Speech of the City of to Honorius 
 the Emperour, 
 
 zJfl ego franabamgeminos, quibus altior ires, ttmSa Hi 
 
 Sle&i candoris equos, & nominis Arcum 
 fam molita tui, per quern radiante decorus 
 Ingrcderere toga, pugrne monumenta dicabam 
 T>efenjam tituloLibyam tejlataperenni. 
 
 But I put in your Steeds more white then Snow, 
 And of your Name defign'd a ftately Arch, 
 Through which you might in Regal Purple march. 
 The Battle too, and lafiing claim engrav'd 
 Attefting Monuments that you Libya fav'd. 
 
 They were always adorn'd with fome Spoils of the Conquered Ene~ 
 my. Qlauditn, 
 
 Spoliisque micantes 
 
 -g L 1 Pait'g. iv. 
 
 Innumeros anus 
 
 C Innum'rous 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Innum'rous Arches rich with glitt'ring Spoils. 
 
 Prudentius, 
 
 Fruflra igitur curms fummo miramur in Area 
 
 Quadrijugos,flante'sque Duces in curribus altis, 
 
 Sub pedibusque Ducum capt'nos poplite flexo 
 ' Jdjuga de prefios, manibus que in terga mortis, 
 
 Et fu/penfa gravi telorumfragmina trunco. 
 
 We Chariots on the Arch admire in vain, 
 In them their haughty Leaders (landing fee, 
 And Captives ftooping with low-bended knee, 
 Their hands behind them ti'd ; of pond'rous Oke 
 Huge Truncheons hanging of ftrong Jav'lins broke. 
 
 Sometimes they bore infculp'd the Battle, in which the Conquerour 
 had merited his Triumph, as thofe of Septimius Severus, and Conslantine. 
 In others, the whole pomp of the Triumph was reprefentedjas in that of 
 Vejpafian and Titus, where are ftill to be feen led in Triumph the Spoils 
 of the Temple oiferufalem, the Ark of the Covenant, the Candleftick 
 withfeven Branches, the Table of theShew-Bread, the Tables of the 
 Decalogue, with the Veffels of pure Gold for the ufe of the Temple, 
 the Captives chain'd , the Emperour riding in his Triumphal Chariot, 
 &c. The order, and method of a Triumph, among the ^Romans, we will 
 here briefly,but diftinftly deliver, chiefly out oiTlutarch, in the Life of 
 'P. jEmilius. 
 
 The captivated Statues, Pidures, and Colofluffes, lead the Van. Tlu- 
 tarch, of the Triumph of T. Aimilius, ThefirU day (for this Triumph 
 lafted three ) feme fuficed for thepafiingof the Statues fPiUures,and(j^ 
 lofies, lead in two hundred and fifty Carnages. aA ppian fays,that Tompey 
 carried the Statues of the Forreign Gods in Triumph. 
 
 The next followed thechoiceil Arms and Spoils oftheEnemy.Plu- 
 tarch , T he next day were carried thefairejl and richefl of the Macedonian 
 Weapons upon fever al Qarriages , gliflering with the Urafs and Iron new 
 fcowr'd : artificially plac'd, (yet that they feem'd to home been thrown toge^ 
 ther promifcuoujly without any order ) the Head-pieces upon the Shields, the 
 Qorflets upon the 'Buskins, &c. which (Irikjng constantly againfl each other, 
 made fo terrible a noi(e,that the light of them, though now overcome, was a ter* 
 ronrtotbe Spctlatours. Statius, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 7 
 
 Ante Vucem fpolia, & duri Mavortis imagd, xa. & 
 
 Virginei currus, cumulatdque fercula crifiis, 
 Et trisles ducuntur equi, ■ — ~ 
 
 The Gen'raSjSpoils^and Mars dire Shape precedes 
 Chariots and Chargers heap'd with Crefts, and Steeds 
 Mourning are kd 
 Ovid, 
 
 Scuta fed & galeagemmis radientur & auro, l'/T' 
 Ste'ntquefuper yiSos trunca tropaa viros. £/ * "■ 
 
 But Gems,and Gold their Shields,and Helms adorn, 
 The Trophies on the vanquifti'd Shoulders born. 
 
 Next, the Images of the Cities, Towns, Caftles, Mountains, and 
 Rivers, taken. Ovid, n.triji,k 
 
 Lib. iv. 
 Ely. ii. 
 
 Cttmque Ducum titulis off Ida capta legei : 
 Hie lacus^ hi montes, bac tot cajlelk, tot urbes, 
 Tlenaferacedis, plena cruoris erant. 
 
 There taken Towns, and Princes Titles read i 
 
 There Lakes, there Mountains,Forts,and Cities flood; 
 
 Full with dire Slaughter^ full of Purple Blood. 
 
 Trotinus,argento yeros imitantia muros, 
 
 Barbara cumyiBis oppida lataviris : 
 Flumindque in montes, & in altos prcflua Jjlvas, 
 
 Armaquecum telis in ftruejunUa fuis. 
 
 Next, Barb'rous Cities with the Captives paft 
 True Walls refembling in pure Silver caft : 
 And Rivers that 'mongft Woods and Mountains glide, 
 And Arms, and Weapons, rais'd like Trophies, ride. 
 
 Livjtkys thuScipioA/iaticus carried in Triumph the Wesof In ^ 
 hundred and thirty four Towns. "P%t reckons up twenty Zlncl 
 
 ties, 
 
8 HisMAjESTiES Entertainments 
 
 ties,Towns,Nations,Mountains, &c, led before Cornelius Halbus, S'r 
 lius ItaliaiSjOl; the Triumph of Scipo Afncanus over Carthage. 
 
 zZAiox villas tendens Carthago ad ftdcra p almas 
 I bat, & effigies ora jam lenis Iberas, 
 Tcrrarum finis Gades, ac laudibus dim 
 Terminus Herculeis Calpe, Jixtisque lavare 
 Solts equos dulci confuetus flumims undo,, 
 Frondofumquc apicem f ubigens ad fidera mater 
 \Bcllorumfera Pyrene, necmitis Iberus, 
 Cum fimul illidit Tonto quos attulit amnes. 
 
 . Next, lifting to 
 
 The Stars her Conquer'd hands, did Carthage go, 
 Then the Effigies of th' Iberian Land, 
 Now Peaceable ; with (jades, that doth ftand 
 The Periodof the Earth ; and Calpe,thit, 
 Of old, /f/nWwpraife did terminate : 
 Wuh'Batis, which the Horfes of the Sun 
 Is wont to bathe in Streams that gently run: 
 And high Tyrenc, which gives Birth to Wars, 
 And lifts her heavy Head unto the Stars: 
 With rude Iberus, that with Fury flings 
 Againft the Sea the Rivers, that he brings, 
 
 z?Mr. ^OSS. 
 
 Then followed the Moneys of Silver, VefTels, Garments, &c. Plu- 
 uu tarch, vJfter which, three tboufand men carrying the Moneys, of Silver in 
 [even hundred and fifty Silver V r .ffels ; each of them weighing three Talents, 
 four men to a Veffel. 
 
 im Next the Trumpeters. Plutarch, The next day betimes in the Morn- 
 in? went the Trumpeters founding a Charge. After whom were led the 
 Oxen ordain'd for Sacrifice. Livy, Ihe ViHimcs, which go before, are 
 not the least part of the Triumph. Thefe were white, taken out of the 
 Medows of the River Clitumnus. Virgil, 
 
 Hinc 
 
pafsing to His Coronatio 
 
 Hinc albi, CIitumne,j>re£a, & maxima taurus 
 VtUirna, fape tuo perfuji flumine jacro, 
 Ttymanos ad Templa T>eum duxire T numphos. 
 
 Thisfnowy Flocks, and Bulls prime OffVings yields, 
 Which bath'd, Clitumnus, in thy Sacred Floods, 
 Rome's Triumphs dravv to Temples of the Gods. 
 
 Upon which place terms) Clitumnus is a <River in Menavia, which is a 
 part of Umbria ) Arllmbria/j-o/~ Tufcia, whence wbatfocver Uta/ls drink, 
 they bring forth their young ones white. Claudian, 
 
 Quin &• Clitumni fitcras viBoribus undas, 
 Qandida qua Latiis prxbent amenta T numphis. 
 
 Clitumnus facred Streams, whofe Snow-white Breed 
 The conqu'ring Homans in their Triumphs need* 
 Ovid, 
 
 Candidaque adduQa collum percuffa fecuri 
 
 ViHima purpureo J 'anguine tingit humuni. ElrSAL 
 Struck with an Axe the pure white Sacrifice 
 
 Earth with a purple River dies. 
 
 Next the Gold,and Golden VefTels.taken from the Enemy PJ a 
 tarch, after the Sacrifices Went thofe that carried the Gold divided as the 
 Silver was, into Vejfels weighing each three Talents, the number of the FelTels 
 f evenly fevemwith thofe that carried the Sacred Cup, which iEmilius haJiau ' 
 s-d to be made oftenlalcnts of gold, adorn' d with lever al pretwns Stones dec 
 Then followed the Arms of the Conquered Prmce.^/to- Uich he lent 
 the Qhariot of Perfeus, and his Arms, and his Crown placd upon his Arm* 
 
 Next the Captives, richly clad, but laden with Chains . the C ° 
 ptive Prince with Chains of Gold, the reft according to' their qu!' 
 lity. Silius Italicds, " 
 
 DiTrifh. 
 bus, lib. iv. 
 
 Ante Siphax feretro refidens captiva premebat 
 Lumina,<jr aurata Jervabant col/a catena. 
 Hie Hanno,clarique genus T hamifia juventa, 
 Et Macedum primi, atque incoUi corpora Maun 
 
 xvij. 
 
 t unt 
 
IO 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Jjturu Am. 
 
 Turn pomades, notusque facro, cum luftrat arenas, 
 fiammoniGaramas : &c. 
 Sed non ulla magts mente'sque oculosque tenebat, 
 Guam Vifd Hannibalts campis fugientu imago. 
 
 Before him Siphax, Captivate, 
 
 Upon a Beere,his Eyes dejected, fate, 
 
 His Neck in Golden Chains preferv'd. And here 
 
 Hanno, and young Thxmaan Nobles were ; 
 
 Then ^Macedonian Princes ; next to thefe 
 
 The Moors with parched Skins ; then pomades 
 
 And Qaramantians known to Horned fove, 
 
 Where they the Sands furvey, &c. 
 
 Yet nothing more delights their Mind,and Eyes, 
 
 Then Hanmbal, as in the Field he flies, 
 
 Mr. \OSS. 
 
 Propertius, 
 
 Aut T{egum auratis circumdata colla catena, 
 Midque in Sacra currere rojlra via. 
 
 Or elfe their Kings in Golden Fetters bound ; 
 The Sacred way with Mian Wheels refound, 
 
 Ovid, 
 
 Ibant ante duces onerati colla catems. 
 Before.the Princes went in Golden Chains. 
 
 Trebelliiu (peaking of Queen Zenobia,famprimum omatagemmis in- 
 venttbm it* fit ornamentorum oncre labor am : vinUi erant pedes auro mams 
 mam catems aureis, nec collo aureum Vinculum deerat. She was now Jo decKd 
 with neat Gems, that jbe was opfrejsd with the weight of her Ornaments: her 
 Feet Hands and J^eckwere bound with Chains. But this was not con- 
 ftant : for in'a Triumph of Tompeys Appian mentions a great number 
 of Captives, Jw^>*» bmnone bound. 
 
 Next followed the Crowns, which the Cities, Friends of the tip- 
 mans, had prefented to the General. Virgil, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 ii 
 
 Jpfe fedens niveo candentu limine Phcebi 
 
 Tlonarecognofcitf odor urn, aptdtquc fuperbii , 
 Toftibus. 
 
 He in bright Porches of great Thabtis fits, 
 And gifts of Nations to proud Pillars fits. 
 
 Plutarch, After which mere carried 4.00. (golden Crown's, which the Ci- 
 ties hadfent to Paulus ^Emilius by their tA mbaffadours, as a reward of his 
 VtBorj. 
 
 Next, he that rid in Triumph,in his Triumphal habit,elegantly dc 
 fcribed by fuvenal. 
 
 Quid ft vidtjjct Tratorcm in curribus altis 
 
 £xslantcm,& medio fublimeni in puhere Circi 
 
 In tunica Jovis, & piHa Sarrana ferentem 
 
 Ex humerit aulaa toga, magnaque Corona 
 
 Tantum orbem quanta cervix non fufficit ulla 1 
 
 Quippe tenet fudans banc publicus &Jihi Qonful 
 
 D^Q placeat, cum fervus portatur eodem. 
 
 T>a nunc & volucrem jceptro qua jurgh eburnoj 
 
 lllmc CornicineSyhinc pnccedentia longi 
 
 Agminis offtcta, & nheos ad fr,ma Quirites, 
 
 Defojfa in loculis quos fportula fecit ainicos. 
 
 Had he the?r<sforinhis Chariot fpi'd 
 Amidfl: the dufty Qrcque in Triumph ride, 
 Infovcs bright Veil, in an imbroider'd Gown 
 QtTyrian Purple, and a mighty Crown, 
 For any Head too weighty, and too large, 
 That is forfooth a fweating Servants charge : 
 Leaft that the Qonful 'in fuchpomp fhould pride, 
 The Slave and he both in one Chariot ride. 
 On th' Ivory Scepter th' Eagle feen difplai'd, 
 Here Cornets, there his friendly Cavalcade - 
 Romans in white march neer the Horfes Reins, 
 Friends by the Basket and their Belly-gains. 
 
 D» Th« 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 The Army followed the Chariot of their General. Plutarch, 7 he 
 whole Armjwas crmn'dmtb Lame I, following the Chariot of their general 
 in their ranks, and orders. Who dually fang Io Triumphs. Ovid, 
 fpeaking of the Triumph of Drufus (jermanicus ■ 
 
 TemporaTbosbca lauro cingentur, toque 
 Miles, Io magna voce Triumphs, canet. 
 
 Io the Army with frefh Lawrel Crown'd 
 Io Triumphs as they march refound. 
 
 "c^ 5 "' Claudian, 
 
 Ipfe albu teberetur equis, currmnque fecutus, 
 
 Laurigerum fcftofremuijiet carmine miles. 
 
 Drawn with white Steeds ; with Wreaths his Chariot hung, 
 
 The Army follow'd with a joyfullfong. 
 
 vt. vi. oi as by the Speftators alfo. Horace, ofJuguslus, 
 Tuque dumprocedis, Io Triumphs, 
 D^onfemeldicemus, Io Trihmphe. 
 
 Io Triumphe whilft you march in ftate, 
 Io Triumphe we reiterate. 
 
 Thus havingbriefly touched upon the Antiquity,and ufe of Trium- 
 phal Arches, we fhaildefcend to the illuftration of the Defcriptians in 
 
 particular. 
 
 THE 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
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 The firft ARCH. 
 
 |UNDAY, April the two and twentieth, His MAiisTYwent 
 from the Tower, through the City, lolVhitehall. 
 In his paflage through Crouched Fryers, He was entertain- 
 ed with Mufick, a Band of eight Waits, placed on a Stage. 
 
 Near Algate, another Band of fix Waits entertain'd him in like 
 manner with Mufick, from a Balcony, built to that purpofe. 
 
 In Leaden-Hall-iftr eej, necr Lime-Street End,was ereBed thefirfl 
 Triumphal Arch, after the Dorick order. On the 3%orth-fide, on 
 a Tedeftal before the Arch, was a Woman perforating %fB EL' 
 LIO JA£, mounted on an Hydra, in aCrimfon Hobe, torn,Snakes 
 crawling on her Habit, and begirt with Serpents, her Hair fnakj, a 
 Crown of Fire on her Head, a bloody Sword in one Hand, a charm- 
 ing l^d in the other. Her Attendant QO H^FVSI 0 JA£, in a 
 deformed Shape, a garment of fevcrall ill-matched Colours, and put 
 on the wrong way ; on her Head, Twines of Caflles ■ torn Crowns, 
 and broken Scepters in each Hand. 
 
 npHere was no War in the T^man, or (jree\ Common-wealths 
 call'd by any name properly anfwering to Rebellion, which compre- 
 hends only the violation of that Natural duty,which the SubjecT: owes 
 to the fupreme Governour : for though we find %ebellio in T ncitus, of 
 Subjects that rife againft their Prince, and Kfbellis too in Claudian,fyeak~ 
 ing of Africk^ a SubjecT; to %ome, but then in Arms againft the 2^0- 
 man Emperour under Cjildo, as 
 
 —fegetes miranttlr Ibcras i» 
 Horrea : nec Libya: fenferunt damna rebellis 
 fam Tranfalpina contenti mefie Quirites. 
 
 The Roman Grange Iberian Corn admires, 
 Nor did rebellious Libya's lofs refent, 
 But with Transalpinelhxyt&s was content, 
 and in another place, fpeaking of the z5\£ oors, 
 
 S^onne 
 
'4- 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 <?\( onne meam fugiet Maurus, cum viderit, umbram t 
 Quid dubitas exfurge tons : invade rebellem : 
 Captivum mibi redde meum 
 
 Will not the Moor fly when he fees my Ghoft 
 
 Why doubt'ft Thou? rife : ftorm that Rebellious Coaft; 
 
 My Captive me reftore 
 
 Yet we find that word attributed alfo to Alaric\, and his Army, no 
 Subjedsof the'Z^wMH Empire, but only Confederates, by the fame 
 Authour, 
 
 Oblatum Stilico violatofadere zSMartem 
 Omnibus arripuit votis,ubi Roma pernio 
 fam procul, & belli medius Padus arbiter xbttt i 
 fdmque opportunam motu ftrepuijje rebelli 
 (jaudet perfidiam . 
 
 He freely undertook fo juft a War t 
 
 The League being broke, and T^me from danger far, 
 
 While the Armies Toe divides; Stilico Arms: 
 
 Glad of th' occafion thofe Rebellious fwarms 
 
 In fuch a place conjoyn'd. 
 
 Wherefore we mu ft look for its Defcription under Civil Difcord, 
 and Sedition, which Tetron'us tArbiterjn the Civil War betwixt (T*- 
 Jar and Tompej, has very elegantly delivered. 
 
 Infremuere tuba, ac fcijfo Discordia crine 
 Extulit ad Superos Stygium caput. Hujus in ore 
 Qoncretus fanguis, contufdquc Iumina flebant. 
 Stabant atratifcabra rubigine dentes ■ 
 Tabo lingua fluens ■ obfeffa draconibus or a : 
 Atque intertorto laceratam peBore veflem, 
 Saguineam tremula qmtiebat lampada dextra; 
 
 The Trumpets found, and Difcord,with torn hair, 
 Her Stygian front advanceth to the air. 
 
 Ore 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 1 7 
 
 Ore her fmear'd Vifage clotted blood lies fpread, 
 
 Her blubber'd Eyes are beat into her Head, 
 
 Her iron Teeth rough with a rufty fcale, 
 
 Her Tongue drops gore, Serpents her Brows impale : 
 
 Rending her pleited Veft,and red Attire, 
 
 Her trembling Hand brandiflieth bloody Fire. 
 
 But we cannot better take a view of Sedition,and Difcord, then in the 
 Defcription of the Authours of it,feign'd to be the Furies : as Virgil, 
 
 Tu potts unanimes armare in prtelia, fratres, 
 <iA tquc odds verfare domos : tu verbera teclts, 
 Funeredsque infcrre faces : tibi nomina mille, 
 z5Mille nocendi artes : faecundum concute peUus. 
 T)isjicecompo(itampacem,ferecrimina belli : 
 jfrma velit,pofcdtque fimul, rapidtque juventus. 
 
 Unanimous Brothers thou canft arm to fight, 
 And fettled Courts deftroy with deadly fpight : 
 Storm Palaces with Steel, and Pitchy Flames, 
 Thou haft a thoufand wicked Arts , and Names t. 
 Thy Bofom disembogue, with Mifchief full, 
 And Articles concluding Peace annull. 
 Then raife a War, and with bewitching Charms 
 Make the mad People rage to take up Arms. 
 
 Statins gives a Defcription of one of them very cerrefpondent to 
 burs, ^ 
 Centum illi Jlantes umbrabant ora CeraSlec : im,x 
 
 Turba minor dirt capitis ; Sedet intus abaclii 
 
 Ferrea lux oculis, qualis per nubila Phcebes 
 
 Jtracia rubet arte labor : Suffufa veneno 
 
 Tendttur, ac Janiegli/cit cutis, igneus atro 
 
 Ore vapor, quo longa\ttis, morbiquejame'sque^ 
 
 Et populis mors una venit., rigct horrida tergo 
 
 Talla, & cxruhi rcdamt in peBora noda 
 
 Turn 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 lUd. xxii. 1 
 
 T wngeminas quatit ilia mama : b<ec igne rogali 
 Fulminat, bac "vivo manus air a verberat hydro. 
 
 An hundred Snakes up in a Party made 
 From her dire Head, her horrid Temples (hade, 
 Her fix'd Eyes funk, their Brazen Gleamings fhroud, 
 So charm'd bright Tbabc blufheth through a Cloud : 
 Poyfon'd her fwoln Skin fhines with gore, her Breath 
 llfhers in Flame, ThirftjFanuiiCjPlague, and Death : 
 Her dreadful Robes rough on her Shoulders fit, 
 Which on her Bofom Crimfon Ribbansknit : 
 Then both her hands fhe fhakes ; with Fun'ral Fire 
 This thunders, that jerks Air with Serpents dire. 
 
 0[Tif phone Virgil, 
 
 Continud jontes u'trix accinBa flagello 
 
 7 ifipbone quatit injultam y torvosque finijlra 
 
 Intentans angues, vocat agmina fteva fororum. 
 
 Cruel Tijiphone infulting (hakes 
 Her dreadful Whip, and arm'd with twifted Snakes 
 In her left hand, ftraight on the guilty falls, 
 And Troops of unrelenting Furies calls. 
 
 Ttndar calls Sedition *apM>>< ■, a bad H^urfe for Children, The 
 reafon may be taken from thefe Verfes of Homer defcribing the eon- 
 fequents of it; 
 
 'EAlw^ercis ft vutfs oAoms vtio ^pm A^iav, 
 
 My flaughter'd Sons, my Daughters ravifh'd, fee, 
 My Court deftroy'd, and from the Nurfes knee 
 Their tender Babes fnatch'd by the cruel Foe, 
 And in one Sea their Bloods commixed flow. 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 »7 
 
 * In Cm 
 thiacil. 
 t Hid. 
 
 ts£» vi. 
 
 The H YD "RA, on which Rebellion is mounted,the Ancients have 
 very varioufly reprefehted. * Taujantas attributes bat one Head to it, 
 Tijander Camtrenfis * many, Akxus nine, Si'monides fifty, iWlwaltoifjkfc^ 
 whom Virgil follows, 
 
 Quinquaginta atris immanis hiatibus Hydra 
 ' • Savior intiisbabetfedem • 
 
 Hydra with fifty ugly jaws, one more 
 Cruel then this by half,'s within the door^ 
 
 " 0»^f South Pedeftal is a "Reprefentation 0/ Britain's Mo- 
 ua&cri, fupported by Lox alii, both Women • Monarchy, inalargt 
 " Turtle Robe, adorn d with Diadems, and Scepters, over which a loofe 
 " z!M ant le.,edgd with blue and fiker Fringe, refembling Water, the 
 " zZMap 0/ Great Britain draWnon it, on her Bead London, in her 
 " right Hand, Edinburgh • in her lift, Dublin : Loyalty all in White, 
 " three Scepters in her right Hand,three Qrowns in her left. 
 
 Purple is call'd by Tertullian %egite dignitatis infigne, a Hadg of 'Royal 
 Dignity. Lactantius , Et (icuti nunc Romanis indumentum Turpura inn U Uv. a? , 
 figne eft c Regite dignitatis a(jumpU,Jic illis, Sec. Qaudian of'Rujinus, £jijUi 
 
 Lib. ii. 
 
 Imperii certus ; ,tegeret ceu 'Purpura dudum 
 Corpus, & ardentes ambtrent tempora gemma. 
 
 Certain of Empire, as if Purple now 
 Had cloath'dhis Limbs, and Gems impal'd his Brow- 
 So Strabohys , that the Pofterity of -J ndroc'.us, Son of Codrus King of 
 eJthens, had at Sphejus, befides many other Honours granted them , a 
 Turtle 'Robe in token of their Royal defcent. According to which, we 
 finde in Sidonius Apollinaris , TurpuratuS to be equivalent with Impera* 
 tor, Epift. lib. ii. Quiv'tdebatur injugulumTiirpurati jamjdm ruiturus-, Bf>M& 
 Whofeemd ready to murder the Empcrour: &nd,Sero cognofcunt, poffe rcum 
 Majcjlatis pronunciarietiameum, qui non adfcBaffet babitum Twpuratp- 
 rum- 1 hey too late mdcrfland, that even he, that affeHed not the Habit of the 
 Emperours, might be found guilty of Treafon. From whence the Civi- 
 lians obferve, that it was Treafon to aflame the Royal Robes. And Ant* 
 mianus Marcellinus fpeaks of a Woman , who had fuborn'd feveral to 
 accufe her Husband of High Treafon, for having ftoln the Emperour 
 Diocletian's Purple Veft out of his Sepulchre,' and hiding it. Bufebius • 
 
 E Hi 
 
 * 
 
1 8 His Majesties Entcrrainmcnrs 
 
 He (Diocletian) firfl beautified his Shoes with (fold, and Tear Is, and preti- 
 ous Stones. For the Kings before himwere honoured in the fame manner 
 with the Confuls, having onely a Turple Ve(l for a badge of their Tfiyaliy, 
 The fame faith Taanius, who tranfkted Sutropiits • c l he Epyal %obe be* 
 fore was diflinguifh'd only by its Turple colour. Wherefore, when any 
 refolv'd Tyrannically to fieze upon the Royal Dignity, they immedi- 
 ately ufurp'd a Purple Robe • which they fometimes fore'd from a 
 
 ACordi- Standard, as Trebcliius reports of Saturninus. The fame Authour • 
 Gordianum Troconfulcm reclamantem, & fe terra affligcntem, opertum 
 Turpma imptrare co'egerunt primo quidem invitus GordisinmTurpuram 
 fumpferat : poflea ve- 6\ quum vidit neque filio, neque familix id latam effe % 
 volens fufecpit hnpermm • C J he> fore'd Gordian the Proconful, who denied, 
 and cafl himjelf upon th'ground'to be vcfledin Turple, and receive the Title 
 of Emperour : at first he was very unwillingto receive the Turple 'Rgbe, 
 but, when he faw, that that was unfafe for his Son, and Family, hereceiYd 
 the Empire willingly. Where Turpuram fumere, and fumere Impcrium, 
 are the fame. Sometimes they committed Sacrilege upon the Statues 
 
 A^atur- of the Gods. Vopiicus; 'Depefita T 'urpura ex fimulacbro V eneris, 
 cum cyclade ux'oria a militibus circumflantibus amiclut, & adoratus eft- 
 Taking a Turple Robe from the Statue of Yzmis,and hi> Wife's inner Veli of 
 (fold, he was mvefied, and adored bj the Souldicrs as Emperour, Trebellius- 
 Celfum Imperatorem appellaverunt peplo T>e# Coeleflis ornatum ; They 
 put on Celfus the Ve r sl of the (foddefs of Heaven,and call'd him Emperour. 
 Wherefore,when we read of thcConfular Turple %obes under the c Ro- 
 mane Emperours, as in that of Latmus Tacatus, Quorum alter, pofl am- 
 pltfimos Magiflratus, & purpuras Confulares ■ and of Sidonius, 
 
 Tc piBa Togatum 
 
 Turpura plus capiat ; quia res eft ftmper ab avo 
 Tara frequens Qonful: 
 
 Purple mould rather thee affect, fince we 
 
 Oneoft.-n made a Cbn/«/ feldome fee : 
 it mud be underftood either of the Senatorian Segments added to their 
 Qmfular Robes, or of a Turple mix'd with iome other Dye ; which is 
 mentioned in Theodojius's (^ode :as a Warp of Purple, the Woof ot an- 
 other colour, or the like. For the Imperial Interdict comprehends all of 
 whitfoever degree ; Temperent umverfi, cujuscunquc fint jcxiis, digni- 
 tatis, artu , prof ef wilts , & generis, ab huj'usmodi fpeciei pojfeflione, 
 qualoltTrincipi, ejmque domui dedicatur ■ Let everyone, of what Sex, 
 Dignity, Art, Trofifswn, and 'Birth they be, forbear the poffefion of this 
 fort of Turple, which is appropriated to the Trince alone, and his houfe. 
 
 The 
 
 » 
 
/ 
 
 I 
 
 pafsing to His C or on a t i o No t$ 
 
 The firft Imperial Edict of this nature is conceived to be in the time of 
 the Emperour 3\^ero: which is to be underftood de holoveris, ofpure 
 unmix 'd Purple. 
 
 Neither was Purple peculiar to the Imperial Robes onely , but to 
 their Pens too. The Emperour Leo forbad, that any Refcripts of his 
 fhould bear other then a Purple Infcription. So ,7\Qcetas, in the Life 
 of Manuel the Emperour, fays, That, at his entrance upon the Empire, 
 he fent Letters to Qonjhntinople,\\r'mtn with Purple Ccnffantitrus Ma- 
 najjes in his Annals, The Emperour granted the reqnejl of- his Sifter, and ta-* 
 I<ingaT 'en in his band confirm d tbeTaper infurple Letters. And Talao- 
 logus the Emperour , fwearing fubjection to the Ifoman See in the 
 Church of Santo Spirito at TZpme, fubferibed in Letters of Purple. 
 
 The art of making this Purple, both for Robes, and Ink, isftill pre- 
 ferv'd, but we meet not with the materials ; though we have left us both 
 the place,and manner of taking, preparing, and whatfoever is neceffary 
 For that purpofe. 
 
 Monarchy is faid to be fupported by Loyalty ■ becaufe the Love of 
 the Subject is the fecureft Guard of the Prince. Seneca, in a Difcourfe 
 betwixt 3^(ero and Seneca the Philofopher, 
 
 Ne. Ferrum tuetur Trincipem. Se. Melius Fides. 
 Ne- Decet timeri Csefarem. Se- Atplus diligi. 
 
 Ne. Arms Qxfiar guard. Se. But better Loyalty. 
 Ne. Kings mould be fear'd. Se. They rather lov'd fhould be. 
 
 We find not any name for Loyalty in the time of the Tinman Em- 
 perours, except Fides, or Fidelitas : as in the Coyns of the Emperour 
 Thilippus, 
 
 ChroH. }ttr? 
 veronii. 
 
 t. S.ia 
 <U&v„ 
 
 Chad. pV 
 
 which was fignified by the extenfion of the hand- Lucan fpeaking of 
 the Army, promifing Fealty to fulius Qxjar, 
 
 Ez His 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 His cunSis ftmul afenfere cohortes, 
 
 Elatdsque all?, quacimque ad bella vocaret> 
 Tromijere manus 
 
 All rais'd their hands with joint confent, that they 
 Would fight for him, and his Commands obey 
 
 Gainft whomfoe're 
 
 Tfidorus Hifpal. Mos trot MHitaris, ut, quoties confentiret emcitus quia 
 vocenmpotk manu prom.ttat i Him the Military Cujlom, that as often « 
 the dlrmy eonfented, becauje they couldnot -frith tbeirvotce, tbey (houldpro* 
 
 mile "frith their hand. , , ' . 
 
 WhichPoftureisreprefentedin thefe Medatgles of the Emperours 
 
 T rajan, and Hadrian, 
 
 Tab. sxxiir, 
 O- XXXV11J. 
 
 Lit. i. Oi. 
 
 CUMpeakingofa Rebellion in the fFeftern parts of the Empire, 
 
 Inter ea Hi, lata F1T>SS, civiliarurfus 
 "Bella tonantjubiumque quatit THJcordia mundnm. 
 Mean while the Peace wasbroke.Enfignsunfurl'd, 
 And Difcord thundring (hook the ftagg'ring World. 
 
 Loyalty is cloathed in white, to fignifie its purity, and wn«cWj.fi£ 
 lor albus prxcipue decoms Veo esl, turn in extern, mm maxime m texttli, 
 cero, Horace. 
 
 T e Spes, & albo rara Fides colit 
 
 Pelata panno— 
 
 Thee Hope , and Faith embrace 
 
 Cloathed in white. 
 
 "The 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 " The fir JIT 3 ainting on the South-fide is a TrofpeB of His Majefiie's 
 " landing at Dover-Qa/llefibips at Sea, great (funs going off, one kneeling, 
 " and {ijiing the Kjng's Hand, Souldiers, Horje, and Foot, and many 
 " Tcoplc gating '• above, 
 
 ADVENTUS AUG, 
 
 " "Beneath the Tainting this Motto, 
 In Solido Rursus Fortuna Locavit, 
 
 This Infcription Adventus Augusti is often found among the 
 Coyns of the Ionian Emperours upon a peaceable return ; which is 
 
 fignified by the extenfion of the right band : for faith Quintilian,Pit & 
 tile habitus, qui ejfi in Statuis 'Pacificator foist, qui protenfo brachio tnanum 
 inflexo polhce extendi t ; 'That Cjcjhre is ufcd too , which in Statues ii a token 
 of Feace .which extends the drm,and Hand, inflecting the Thumb. In which 
 Pofture there is extant at ''Rome the Statue of the Emperoui M. <tA me- 
 lius Antoninus : and another before the Later ane, mention'd in the Addi- 
 tions to Tierius. Thefame we finde in the Coyns of M fuliits Tbilippus, 
 and Fl. fovianus, with the fame Infcription, Adventus Augusti. 
 
 hftum.Uh. 
 XI. cap. iii. 
 
 Crofiac. 
 Tah Iviii. 
 Ba*cn. Tom] 
 iv.Afinal. 
 
 s£ The Tainting on the North-yfr/e, oppbfttc to this, is a Trophy with decol- 
 " luted Heads, baying over it, 
 
 lit tor A Tergo Deus, 
 
 " T i\en out o/Horace , 
 
 - — fequitur %ebelles 
 
 Vltor d tergo Vetts 
 
 " God's Vengeance Rebels at the Heels purfues . 
 
 The Motto beneath, 
 
 Ausi Imsjane N e f a s, A u s o q_u s P o t i f I,' 
 
 ^ • A 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 A Trophy amongft the ancient itymUii was ordinarily a Trunk of a 
 Tree, fitted with the Arms of the Conquered Enemy, according to that 
 of Virgil, 
 
 .l.Lk. Tngentem quercum, decifis undique ramis, 
 
 Conslituit tumulo , fulgcntidque induit arma, 
 Mezenti Duels exuvias, tibi magne tropaunt 
 Heliipotcns : aptat ror antes [anguine crijlas, 
 T eldque trunca viri, & bis [ex thoraca petitmn 
 Terfojfumque loch , clypeumque ex are fmiftra 
 SMigat, atquc cn[em collo fu/pendit eburmm. 
 
 A ftately Oak on Riling- Ground he plac'd, 
 And Boughs disrob'd.with glorious Armeurgracd ; 
 With King ^Me^cntius Spoils the Trunks he loads, 
 Great Marshy Trophy, Warlik'ft of the Gods ; 
 His Breaft-Plate, run twice fix times thorow, rears, 
 And Plumes bedew'd with Blood, and broken Spears, 
 His Brazen Shield on the left Shoulder tied, 
 Hanging his Sword in Ivory by th 'fide. 
 
 And in the fame Book, 
 
 T>a nunc ,Tybri pater, ferro, quod mifsile libro, 
 Fortunam,atque viam duri per peUui Halefi, 
 Hate arma,exuwsque viri tua querctis babebit. 
 
 Grant, Father Tjber, Fortune to this Lance, 
 And that this Jav'lin, which I now advance, 
 May through Halefus Bofom paffage make, 
 And let thy Oak his Spoils, and Armour take. 
 
 Statins, 
 
 Quercus erat, tenerajamdudum oblita jufenta, 
 Hmc laves galeas, perfofsdque vulnere crcbro 
 
 tnferit 
 
pafsingto His Coronation. 
 
 23 
 
 Infirtt armaferens, kmc trtmcos iBibus enjes 
 Subligat, &fra3as membris fpirantibus baflas. 
 
 There was an aged Oak, on which he put 
 
 Bruis'd Casks, and Corflets, thrulVthrough, hack'd, and cut : 
 
 Next Swords in Battel broken guirds upon, 
 
 And fplinter'd Spears from dying Bodies drawn. 
 
 ,heGiants is ^> M ^ l r 
 
 -Phlegrxis Jyfoa Juperhit 
 
 Sxuviis, totumque nemus viBoria vejlit. 
 Hicpatuli nBus, hie prodigiofa q lg antum^ 
 Tergcra dependent, & adhuc crudele mmantur 
 Jffixafacies truncts : immamdque ojfa 
 Serpentumpalfm tmulu exjangmbu* albent, 
 £t rigid* multojujpirant fulmme pelles, 
 ^(ulldque non magnijaBatJe nommi* arbor, 
 Hteccentum-gemimjlrttos ^"geonis enfes 
 fyrvata vixfronde levat . liventibus iUa 
 ExuhatQonfpoliis : h<ec armaMimzmis 
 Sujlinet- y bos oneratramos exutus Ophion. 
 Mior & cunBis dies, umbrojdque late, 
 tjjwi Enceladi fumantiageslat opima 
 Summi Terrigenum regis, cadere'tque gravata 
 Tondere, ni lapfumfulciret proxima quercus. 
 Inde timor, nume'nque loco, ncmor'uque JeneBa 
 Tarcitur, xthereisque nefas nocmjfe Iropais. 
 
 The Woods in Spoils Thlegraan pride 
 Thcwhole Grove V.dl'rjrcloa.h'd.Here Gapm gswide 
 <Jf horrid Jaws; thercBacksofhideous fi ze 
 Hung, and ftak'd faces threatning ftill the Skies; 
 
 De raptu 
 Troferp. 
 Lib. iii. 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Huge Serpents Skeletons in bloodlefs Piles 
 There bleaching white lay in voluminous Coyls, 
 Whofe fcaly Sloughs fmell with Sulphureous Flame : 
 No Tree but boafts fome mighty Giant's Name. 
 This, loaden, under ftern Mgxon yields, 
 
 Who us'd an hundred Swords, as many Shields ; 
 
 That brags bold (form bloody Spoils: this bears 
 
 The Arms of Mimas - that Ophion's wears. 
 
 But higher then the reft.with fpreading fhade, 
 
 A Firr Enceladus Creft and Corflet lade, 
 
 The Giants King ; which with its weight had broke, 
 
 If not fupported by a neighb'ring Oak. 
 
 Hence a Religious Aw preferves the Woods, 
 
 And none dares wrong the Trophies of the Gods. 
 
 ufc.ft But when the City of %me grew greater in power, the Trophies 
 
 " p i '' were more magnificent. L. Florus, How acceptable thoje two ViBories 
 mere, may be conjeBured from hence, that Domitius Ahenobarbus , and 
 Fabius Maximus ereBed in the fame place where the 'Battels mere fought 
 Turrets of Stone, upon which were Trophies, adorn dwith the <tA rms of the 
 Enemy, a (uttome not in ufe before amongfi us. for the people o/Rome ne- 
 ver upbraided their Conquered Enemies with their ViBories. 
 
 On thefe Trophies was inferibed both the Name of the Conquer- 
 Lb. Il our^and the People conquered . Tacitus, Laudatis pro concione viBori- 
 bus'Cxhr congenem armorum ftruxit fupcrbo cum titulo ; debellatis inter 
 Rh'enum Albima«e natiombus, txzemtum Tfteni Cxfaris ea Monimenta 
 Marti, & Jovi, &- Augufto facravifie : Catfar, having commended the 
 ViBor's, railed an heap of zJ rms with this proud Infcriptwn, The Army of 
 Tiberius Ca^ar, having vanquifh'd theTeople between the Tifver Rhene, 
 and the A\be, confecrates thefe Monuments Jo Mars, Jupiter, _ and Au- 
 gustus. And, to the fame purpofe, Miles in kcopralii Tiberium Impe* 
 ratoremj 'alutavit (abfentem) firuxitque aggerem, & in modum Tropxo* 
 rumarma, fubfcriptisviBarum gentium nominibus, impofuit. There are 
 two Trophies of Marius's ftill remaining at 'Rome , one of which has a 
 Breaft-Plate with Military Ornaments, and Shields, before it a young 
 man captive, with his hands bound behind him ; on each fide of it two 
 Winded Victories. So Tlinj tells us of a Trophie erected to the ho- 
 b nour 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 nour of Augujlus in the Alps with this Infcription,lMPERATORi Cjzs ari nm HiJl 
 
 DIVl F. AUG, PONTIF, MAX. IMPERATORI XIV. T R I BUN IT Iv£ Llb ' "'• 
 
 cap. sx. 
 
 POTESTAT1S. S. P- Q. R, CUJOD EI11S DUCTU AUSP1CIHQVE 
 GENTES ALP1UM OMNES, QV JB A MARl SUPERO AD 1NFIMUM 
 PERT1NEBANT, SUB IMPERIUM P. R. SUNT REDACTS. StobtCU-S Tir.Df.Fv- 
 
 fays, that Otbrvacles, taking the Spoils of fome of his Enemies, erected 
 a Trophy, and writ this Title with the Blood of the wounded , 
 
 THE LJCEDjEMONUKS 0VE\ THE A%G1VES. 
 
 Thefe Trophies were confecrated to the Gods , and therefore could 
 not be demolifti'd without Sacrilege. So'D/jfaysof Ctefar, that, after i&jk 
 his Tonticl^V ictory, he durft not deface the Trophy of zfAdulmdates, 
 it i mi ke»*m>* e»ft uf»f«vw , becaufe f acred to the Gom of War. So, when 
 his Friends had given order, that a Sword, which hung up in a Tem- 
 ple of the drubeni , as a 'Spoil from Qafar, ihould be taken down, 
 xx. Uflt wfru& , be Wjuld notff.fer it, accounting it j acred. Vitruvius, Lib. u. 
 Toftca dutem Rhodii, rcligwne impediti, quod nefas ejjct Tropuca dicata re 
 moyere, circa locum turn tedificium ftruxerunt • 'But afterwards the Rho- 
 dians, out of a re'igious fear, becaufe it mas unlawful to remove the dedicated 
 Trophies, creeled a 'Building about the place. The Gods,to whom the 
 mans confecrated their Trophies, we flnde ii i Livy : Omnis generis arma L,bx,v 
 cumulata in ingentem acermm, precatus Martein, Minervarrw«*, Luam- 
 que Matron, & caterosDeos, quibus fpolia dicarcjus fdsque c(l. 
 
 TheMotto ULTOR A TERGO DEUS, over the 
 Troplne, is in reference to the Coyn of the Emperour Claudius, which 
 reprefents sZMartem Vltorem with a Trophie on his Shoulder, 
 
 but more particularly to that Hiftory of Juguflus, who, after the War 
 was ended, which he undertook for the revenge of his Father's blood, 
 
 F murdered 
 
i6 His M a i e s t i e's Entertainments 
 
 ^ Aa, murdered by feme Commonwealth's men in the Wohoufe, confi* 
 t ;„ ro „i,„. crated a temple MARTI V L TO%I> which he had vowed du- 
 ring the War. Ovid, 
 
 14. lib* Mars 6r /<*fw federate* [anguine ferrum, 
 
 Stetque Favor caujapro meliore tuns : 
 Templa feres ; me fiSore, Vocaberis ULTOR. 
 Voverat, & fufo Utus ab bojle redit. 
 
 Glut Steel, O Mars, with impious Blood 5 incline 
 To my juftCaufe, a Temple (hall be thine : 
 I Conqurour.Thouftialtbc *EVSH<J B % ftil " d ' 
 He vow'd, and glad return'd, his Enemy foil'd. 
 
 The Form of the TEMPLE we have in this Coyn of 
 Augujlus, 
 
 Chin!, Pag. 
 225. 
 
 So when he had re-taken the Colours from the Tartbians, which 
 4^hadloft,hegaveh>mtheTuleofSI^'ULTO^ Ovid, 
 
 1(jte -Deo Templkmque datum, nomenque Bis-ultor 7 
 Emeritus voti debitafolvit honor. 
 
 The God Bis-ultor ftil'ddiis Temple made, 
 So he his Vows devoutly paid. 
 
 We 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. % 7 
 
 We finde alfo mention of MJUS VL TO \ in an ancient 
 Infcription in (jruter. 
 
 D. m. 
 T. FLAViO. AUG. LIB. 
 LI B ERA L I. iEDITUO 
 MARTIS. U L T O R IS 
 CLAUDIA. EX OCH E 
 
 CONJUGI 
 BENEMERENTL ET. 
 S I B I. FECIT. 
 VIXTT. ANN. LV1I. 
 
 The Motto beneath the Tropbj is taken out of Virgil who fpoke it of 
 thole, who were, for the hke Crimes, condemn'd to the Pains of Erebw, 
 as he doles the Defcnption of it in the Sixth of his jEntis, 
 
 Htc quibus mxfifratm, dum vita manebat, 
 Tulfatksve parens, & fraus innexa clienti ; 
 Jut qui divitiis foli incubuere repcrtis, 
 ZViec partem pojuere fuis ; ( qua maxima turba est ■ ) 
 Quique ob aduherium cafi, quique arma fcquuti 
 Impia, nec yeriti dominorum jailer e dextras J 
 Inclujt pcenam expeHant : ne qutere doceri, 
 Quampoenam ■ aut qua forma vivos, fortundve merjlt. 
 Saxum ingens volvuntalii,radiisque rotarum 
 Dtslritti pendent : fedet,teternhmque jedebit 
 Infelix 1 hefeus : Phlegy asque miferrimus onmcs 
 Admonet, & magna teftatur vocejer umbras, 
 "Difcite jufhtiam moniti,6c non temnere Divos. 
 V mdidit hie auro patnam, dominkmque potent em 
 hnpojuit ; fait leges pretio, at que refixit ; 
 Hie thalamum invafit natx, vetitosque Hjmenaos : 
 Jufiomnesimmanenefu, aufoque potiti, 
 
 F z Here 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Here Brother-haters are with Pains repai'd, 
 Who flew their Parents,or their Friends betrai'd ; 
 Or brooding lay on Golden Heaps alone, 
 Thefe thoufands are ; which did impart to none ,- 
 Thofe in AdultVy flairi ; or thofe rebel, 
 And did their native Prince to Traitors fell, 
 Here meet their Dooms ; feek not thefe Woes to found, 
 Nor by what way Fate did their Souls confound; 
 Thefe rowl huge Stones,and ftretch'd on Wheels do li e - 
 There Thefcus fits, and fhall eternally ; 
 Aloud, through Sl .ades, fad Tblcg; as mourning cries, 
 /dmonifhd, fi flue learn, nor (fods defpife. 
 This to a potent Prince his Country fold, 
 And Laws eructed, and repeal'd for Gold; 
 That beds his Daughter,and no lnceftfpar'd : 
 All dar'd bold Crimes,and thriv'd in what they dar'd. 
 
 The Tainting over the Middle Arcb represents the K.mg.mounted in 
 " calm Motion, Li S U R. P A HON flying before him, a Figure 
 "with many ill-favoured Heads, fome bigger, fomeleffer, and one parti- 
 " cularly (hooting out of ha Shoulder , like CROMWEL'S; 
 "Another Head upon hisKjimp, or Toy! ; Two Harpies with a Crown, 
 << chafed by an angel; Hell's f am opening. Vndertbt(aidReprejetw 
 " tatwn of the King; urfuing Usurpation is this Motto, 
 
 V o l v e n d a Dies En Attuut Q l t r o, 
 
 " 7 'afon out of theZMfmth Hoo/^of the J&ntis, 
 Turne, quodoptanti T>iv m jomittcre nemo 
 zAuderet, vohenda dies, en ! attulit ultro. 
 
 " What none of all the Gods durftgrant,implor'd, 
 " Succefsive Time does of its own accord. 
 
 The Harpies were defcribed by the Ancients with the Faces of Vir- 
 gins. Hefiodj 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Ai p a.ny.m attQwjj, £ claims aji trstvjojj 
 
 <tAello 7 and Ocupet^ Harpyes, who, 
 
 Fair hair'd, the Winds, and nimble Birds purfue, 
 
 Born on fwifc Wings,, 
 
 and VirviL 
 
 r v£ncid. iii. 
 
 ' — f/ir<« Celseno, see su/p- 
 
 . »«J, lib. xvi, 
 
 Harpyije^e colunt e»J/<e,Phineia foflquam «p.siyi! 
 
 Qaufadomus, nun/diquenictu iquerepriores, 
 
 Trijlius baudillis monjb urn, r>: c fdvior ulla 
 
 Teftis,& ira c Dsiin 1 Sty an.' fefeextuliimdis. 
 
 Virginei volucrum vuhus, fosdijsima ventris 
 
 Troluvies, uncaquc nunm, (s pallida jemper 
 
 Orafame, 
 
 Where dire Celario other Harp)iet led, 
 When frighted they from Tbineas Table fled. 
 No Monfter like to thefe, no Plague more fell, 
 Nor fharper Vengeance Heav'n e're call'd from Hell. 
 The Fowl have Virgin Faces,and hook'd Claws, 
 Still purging Bellies, always greedy Maws, 
 With Hunger pale.____ _ 
 
 The Form of thefe Harpies is to be feen in Sculpture in the Church 
 of Saint Martin at V cnice, frequente J, as a Mafhr-Tiece to draw thefe 
 Monftersby, both by pfrwrj, and? 3 inters ; lays Siytbram on this 
 place of Virgil. They were exprefledalfo with crooked Claws, from 
 whence they were called > 
 
 Apellonitu, 
 
 'AM* Jlrt leps'aiv alp.a x. o Vc-ai 
 
 'Aparqcq FVtta^® 1 ;£«p*v If ;-v<?jiAmji Lib. it, 
 
 Sute^eai; J'f^rt^ov. 1 — 
 
 But 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 But Harppes,humed fwiftly thr ough the Air, 
 From Mouth, and Hands, with griping Talons tear 
 Still all away. 
 
 IZ.utilius ZhQtmantianus, in his Itinerary, 
 
 Harpyias, quartan difcerpitur unguibus Orbis, 
 Qua pcdc glutineo qua tetigerc trabunt. 
 
 Harpy ies, who rend the W orld, whole Bird-lime Feet, 
 And Talons, bear away whate're they meet. 
 
 There is a Coyn yet extant of L» Valerius, where we have fin Har- 
 pye thus reprefented, 
 
 laEmuM That they had Wings,wc finde in JEfcbylus, who, mentioning the 
 Furies afleep about Orefles, doubting what they mould be, fays, they 
 could not be Harpyies (for he had feen them often painted robbing Tbi* 
 neus's Table) becaufe they had no Wings, 
 
 " Above the Arch, on tm Tedeslals, South-»W, and North-aW, 
 " /land the Statues of King James, and King Charles the 
 " Firft. In the middle fomevpbat higher, jujl over the Arch, the Statue of 
 *' His Sacred Majcjl, . Under that of King James, 
 
 DIVO JACOBO. 
 
 " Vnder tbit of King Charles the Firft, 
 DIVO CAROLO. 
 
 "Vnder 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 3 1 
 
 CAROLO I 
 
 D. G. BRIT ANNI ARUM IMP. 
 OPT. MAX. 
 UBIQVE VENER ANDO, 
 
 SEMPER AUG- 
 
 BEATISSIMO AC PIISSIMO, 
 
 BONO REIP- NATO; 
 
 DE AVITA BRITANNIA, 
 
 DE OMNIUM HOMINUM GENE RE, 
 
 EXTINCTORI T YRANNIDIS, 
 
 RESTITUTORI LIBERTATIS, 
 
 OB FELICEM R EDIT U M , 
 
 EX VOTO L- M 
 
 MERITISSIMO, 
 
 P. P. 
 
 FUNDATORI Q.U1ETIS, 
 
 S. P. Q L- 
 
 The 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 The Title of T> I VV S was conftantly attributed by the Romans to 
 their SmpBrours after their Confecratioiij or WofiiW Ovid } offulws 
 Cafar, 
 
 Hanc animam interca, ctefo de corpore raptant, 
 Fac fubar, ut femper Capitolia no fir a, Foriimque, 
 D iv us a'j excel/a pro[pe3et]n\msade. 
 
 Mean while from his (lain Corps his Soul convay 
 Up to the Stars, and give it a clear Ray : 
 T hat he, now T>1VVS, may with influence 
 Shine on our Qapitol, and Court from thence- 
 
 jElius Spartianus ; Hadrianus, rogante Amomr.c , VI TVS a Senatu 
 appellants eft :": Hadrian, at the request of Antoninus his Succeffour, had 
 the Title of Divus g anted him by the Senate. So CI audi an feigns the 
 Emperour Ibeodofim 10 affume that Title immediately upon his death, 
 
 Cum Divus abirem, 
 
 Itgs incompofitas, fatcor, tumidasque reliqui. 
 
 When I a G o d went hence, ' left, 'sis true, • 
 The buf nefs hard, and much unfettlgd too. 
 
 After which Confccration they had 1 empies dedicated to them,(which 
 Augujtus admitted, while he was yetaiive) Flamens, aniVnder- 
 TrieUs. Seneca of Jugujlus, 
 
 moa.m.,. Tictate gnatifaBus eximia T>cus, 
 
 Toft fata con/ccratus, &Templi> datus. 
 
 Made by his Son's great Piety a God, 
 Temples he built for him, and Altars had, 
 
 lU Sic ille patria primus Auguftusjwcnr 
 
 Complexus aslra eft, colitur & Templis Dens. 
 
 Thus the firft Father of his Countrey had 
 In Heav'n a place,and worfhip'd as a God. 
 
 Spartian, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Spartian, OuiTemplumei pro SepulcbroapadP utcolos conjlituit , & 
 Quinquennale certamen, & Flamen., & Sodales, & multa alia, qua ad ho- 
 norem qnafi ZhQuminu pertinerent. 1 he Senate erecled him (Hadrian) a 
 Temple for a Sepulchre at Puzzolo, mth a Quinquennial Cjame, a Flamen, 
 and $oda\e$,and many other things belonging to the Honour of a Cjod. The 
 Flamen, and Sodales of the deceafed SmpcrourjNt often meet with in an- 
 cient Jnfcn'ptions, as of Qtejar'% Flamen, 
 
 M. PUBLICIO 
 
 M. F. SAB. S E X T I O 
 CALPURNIANO 
 EQ.VO. PUBLICO 
 FLAM. D I V I. J U LI 
 PRyEF. f D1L POT 
 QU/ESTOR. M R A R 
 SACERD.JUVEN.BR1X 
 
 COLLEGI A 
 CENTON. ET. FA BR OR. 
 
 arid of Hadrian's Sodales, 
 
 \ L. FABIO. M. F. GAL. CILONI 
 SEPTIMINO. COS. PRAEF. URB 
 LEGG. AUGG. PR. PR. PANNON 
 SUPER DUCI.VEXI LL.LEG. PRO 
 PR. PROVINCI AR. MOES1AE SUPER 
 PONfl ET BlTHYNLt 
 COMITI.AUG. LEG. AUGG. PRO 
 PR. PROV. GALATIAE PRAEF. 
 AER. MIL1TARIS. PROV. 
 COS. ITEM. Q^LEG. PROV. NARBONENS 
 LEG. LEG. XVI. EL. F. SAMOSATE 
 SODAL. HADRI ANAL 
 PR. URB. TRIB. PLEB. Q, PROV 
 CRETAE. TRIB. LEG. XI. CL. 
 X. VIR STL IT IB. JUDICANDIS 
 MEDIOLANENSIS 
 PATRONO. 
 
 G The 
 
34- His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 t la. 
 
 The manner, and folemnity of their Confecrations is at large delivered 
 by ' Herodiaft. There was a foursquare Pile built of feveral Stones, 
 fill'd with combuftible matter ; in the fecond was laid the Body of the 
 deceafed Emperour : m the tfpermoft, andleajl of the Stones was held 
 an Eagle. As foon as the Tile was Jet on fire , the Eagle was let fly : HVbtcp 
 the Romans think carries the EmperourV Sad from Earth to Heaven 
 From which time he it worfbipd with the reft of the gods. The t orm or 
 the Funeral Tile and the manner of their 1 ranilation into Heaven, 
 wefindeinmany Coy ns of the Emperms t as in thefe of Antoninus 
 T ins, and L. Verm, 
 
 Claudtan has prefumed to tell us the way they went thither, fpeaking 
 
 as. a,-, of the Death of Theodosius, 
 
 . nec plura loquutus t 
 
 Sicut em, liquido fignavit tramite nubes, 
 Jngredithrque globum Lunae, lumenque reUqtut 
 Arcadis, &Venerisclemcntes pervolat auras. . 
 Hinc Phoebi p ermenfus iter, flammdmque nocentem 
 Gra&vi,plactdumque ]ovem,fletit arcejuprema, 
 Jlgenti quo \ona riget Saturnia traUu. 
 Machina laxatur call, rutiUque pate/cunt 
 Sponte fores. Ardoa par at convexa Bootes, 
 Auftrales refer at portas fuccinclus Orion, 
 Invitdntque novum fidus, pendentque vicifsim, 
 
 Ouas partes velit tile Jequi, qmbus ejfefodalis 
 
 Pknetur Mis, aut qua regwne moved. 
 
 nor 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 -~ — . nor more he faidj 
 
 But through the yielding Clouds his paffage made. 
 And 'reach 'd the Moon, then Mercury forfakes, 
 And to the milder Sphere of Venus makes : 
 Thence to the Sun, and Mars malignant fire, 
 Andmilder^ew; then mounts the higheft Sphere, 
 Where in a colder Circle Saturn lords. 
 Heaven's Purple Gates ope of their own accords. 
 Him to his Northern Car ^Bootes courts, 
 Orion girt unlocks the Southern Ports, 
 And the new Star invite : both him intreat 
 He would vouchfafe to nominate his Seat ; 
 What Stars for his AfTociates he approv'd, 
 And in which Conftellation would be mov'd. 
 
 They queftioned not the even of the worft of their Sniper- 
 
 ours ; as we fee in thefe Verfes of Lucan on 3\Qero, that Prodi^ie of 
 ature, 
 
 — Te, cum, Jlatione peraBa, 
 
 JJlra petes fetus, prxlati regia cceli 
 Excipiet gaudente polo : feu fceptra tenere, 
 Seuteflammifcros Phcebi tranfeendere currus'^ 
 Telltire'mque^ nihil mutato Sole timentcm, 
 Igncvago luflrare juvat : tibi J\umine ab omni 
 Qedetur , juriquc tuo S\(jttura relinquc', 
 Quis TDeus effe velis, ubi regnum poncre mundi. 
 Sed neque in Aretoo fedemttbi kgeris or be ■ 
 !A(ec polus adverfi ca'idus qua vergitur Auftri, 
 Vnde tuam videos obliquo fidere Romam. 
 jEtheris immenfi partem ft prefferis unmi, 
 Sentiet axis onus : librati pondera cceli 
 Orbe tene medio : pars athens ilia Jereni 
 Tota vacct , nullaque objlent a Cxfare nubes. 
 
 G l Thee 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Thee, ah ! when, late, thou us {halt leave, 
 
 Courts pav'd with Stars (hall joyfully receive, 
 Inviting thee to govern, or to (way 
 In Thwbus Chariot, and command the day : 
 Earth will not fear to fee a newer Sun 
 With brighter Raies through th'old Eclipticks run. 
 Thee thofe, whom Heav'n's Apartiments enclofe, 
 And Nature leaves unto thy own difpofe, 
 To be what God thou wilt, and where to raign : 
 But not thy Palace near the Northern Wain ; 
 Nor Southern Stars intemperate Heat, ered, 
 'Rome to behold with an oblique AfpecT: : 
 Sit in the middle, left the Pole fhould crack 
 Under thy weight ; poife the bright Zodiack, 
 Clear a Celeftial Houfe, where never Cloud 
 Sball Q4 ar ' s Star with duskie Va P ours ^ rou<1 - 
 We finde like exprefsions to thofe in the Tnfcription under His 
 
 prefent Majefty, in feveral of the old ones collected by (jmter } as 
 
 Tage clii. 8. 
 
 dn;gloriosiss. adq.in 
 
 CLUTUS. REX. THEODORICUS. VICT. 
 AC. TRlF. SEMPER. AUG. BONO RE1P. 
 NATUS. CUSTOS. L I B E R TA T I S. ET 
 PROPAGATOR. ROMAN! N O M I N I S. 
 DOMITOR. GENTIUM. 
 
 And Tare ccxlvii, 3. 
 
 IMP. CAES. NER. TRAIANO 
 AUG. GERM. D AC. PARTH. PON 
 MAX. TR. P. XT: COS. VT. P. P- DE 
 ROM. 1MPERIO. DE. PATERNA 
 ET. AVITA HISP. PATRIA. ET. DE 
 OMNI. HOMIN. GEN. MERITISS 
 POPULARES. PROVINC 
 AREVATUM 
 OPTIMO. PR1NC. Behmd 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 " 'Behind the faid Figure o/Chahles the Second, in a large Table 
 " is deciphered fie Royai Oak hearing Crowns, and Scepters,, 
 " inflead of njcorns • amongjl the Leaves, in a Label, 
 
 • M IRA TU RQVE N OVAS FRONDES ET NO N SUA POM A. 
 
 ■ " Leases unknown 
 
 " aJ dmiring, and ftrange pples not her Own. 
 
 " As defigningits "Reward for the Shelter afforded His Majefty after the 
 " Fight at Worcefter : an expre/sion of Virgil / , fpeaking of the 
 " Advancement of Fruits by the Art of Qraffing. 
 
 "The upper Taintings on the Eaft- fide are Ruinous , reprefenting the 
 " Diforder the Kingdom was in, during His Majeftie's Abfcnce ■ with 
 " this Motto, 
 
 En clvo Discordia Cives! 
 
 11 But on the Weft fide they are fimfhed, to reprefent the Reftauratiort 
 " of our Happine/s by His Majeflies Arrival; the Motto, 
 
 Felix Temporum Reparation 
 " On the Royal Oak in a Label, 
 
 R O B U R BrITANNICUM. 
 
 In allufion to His Majeftie's Royal S^avy, thofe Floating GarrU 
 fonsmade of Oak. For Thcmijlocles has obferv'd , that ' Whofoever de- 
 fir es a fecme Dominion by L and,musl firflget the Dominion of the Sea. And 
 therefore, when the Oracle, in the Median War, wiflVd the Athenians 
 to provide a. Wall of Wood for their Defence, he * interpreted it a * 
 Z\avy. 
 
 1 7V/. ad 
 Attic Lib. i. 
 Ep. vii. 
 
 " Over the Cjreat Table, 
 
 Redeunt Saturn ia Regna. 
 
 Which are at large defcribed by f Cvid, 
 
 Aurea prima fata eU atas ; qua, vindice nulio 
 Spontefua, [me lege , fidem, reBhmque colebat, &c. 
 
 ■tarch. 
 in vita The- 
 txiftcclij^ 
 
 and i)t vi~ 
 
 ttndo Art 
 
 ' AfctJtml 
 Lib. i. 
 
 The 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 7 he Golden Age was firjl ; which, uncompel'd, 
 And without rule, in Faith, and Truth excel' d. 
 ds then, there was nor Tuniflmient, nor Fear, 
 S^or tbreatning Laws in Brajs preferred were. 
 y*(or fuppliant croucbingTrifners (Iwol^tojee 
 Their angry fudge : but all was jafe, and free,. 
 T o vifei other Worlds no wounded Tine 
 Did jet from Hills to faithlefs Seas decline. 
 Then unambitious sZMortdk knew no more, 
 "But their own Countries feature-bounded Shore. 
 
 C\(or Swords, nor Arms Were yet : no Trenches round 
 
 Hcficgcd Towns, nor Jlrifeful Trumpets Jound. 
 
 TbeSouldierof no uje. In firm content, 
 
 And harmkjs eafe,their happy days were [pent. 
 
 The yet-free Earth did of her own accord 
 
 ( Vntorn with T'loughs ) all Jons of Fruit afford. 
 
 'Twos always Spring: warm ZSephyrUs fweetly blew 
 
 On finding Flowers, which without fietting grew. 
 
 Forthwith the Earth Corn, unmanured, bears ; 
 
 eJnd ev'ry year renews her Golden Ears. 
 
 With Mil{, and fr(*8ar, were the levers fill'd, 
 
 sJnd Honey fromgrem Holly-Oakf diftill'd. 
 
 Mr. Sandys. 
 
 < Vnder Kjng Charles the Second, 
 
 Restitutor LIrbis, 
 TheTaintin^on theSomh-^&fidereprefients the Lord Mayor -deli- 
 ^^ringtotheK^he^softheCay ...... .„ 
 
 In the Aches are four Figures ^hefirft on the Son^fide aWornan 
 « in pleat ant Q»m* ; the Emblem on her Shield a Terrestrial Globe-, 
 ^theSunnjingMs.andO^flyingtotheSbadmv-. thWonl, 
 
 Excoecat Candor. 
 
 "The 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 19 
 
 " The Second hath on her Bfcutcheon a Swarm of 'Bees , whetting their 
 " Stings ; the Word, 
 
 Pro Rege Exacuunt. 
 
 Tliny ha's obferved, that of Animals none , but a Bee, ha's a King. 
 Their Loyalty to him he ha's at large defcribed. The Obedience of N*Jsjk 
 the Communal ty is to be admired. Whensoever the King goes ^ caE 
 forth , the whole Hiye accompanie him, gather round about him, enconi' 
 pafs him,prote8 him, andjuffer him not to be feen. Whenjoever the Com' 
 munalty is at wor\_ , he osierfees them , and is alone free from the labour. 
 vAbout him there is conjlanth a certain Cjuard , the daily prefcrvers of his 
 authority. When they go forth, every one defirestobe next the lying, and 
 rejoyces to be feen in his duty. When he is weary , they eaje him with their 
 fhoulders • when he is altogether tired, they carry him. 
 
 Qaudian fays, that they reverence their 'Prince at his Birth ; 
 
 — , — fie molltbiis olim 
 
 Stridula dutlurum pratis examina ^Regem 
 J^jifcentem venerantur apes. , 
 
 So for their new-born King the Bees take Arms, 
 
 Who's through the Meads to lead their humming fwarmsl 
 
 From whence the /Egyptians made a Bm the Hieroglyphic^ of a 
 Loyal People, 
 
 " The Third, on the North fide, hath on her Shield a Mountain bum' 
 " Q ties > dnc ^ ^' ne ~J a, 'ds defrayed, and mined : the Word, 
 
 Impia Foedera. 
 
 The Covenant : in abhorrence of which villainous Combination, 
 according to this Order of both Houfes, it was burnt by the Com- 
 mon Hangman. 
 
 Die 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Die Lunae 20. Maii 1661. 
 
 SltjOE Lords in Parliament aflcmblcD, gating con&OcvcD ofap>apce 
 fentunto them from the tyonk of Commons, foj burning of the 
 ^nftrnmcnt, 0? GSH?iting, CallcO The Solemn League, or Covenant, 
 bp tlic IpanDS of the Common hangman ; 3Do jSDjOcr , that the 
 
 faiO 5nftftimcnt, OJ (Letting, ralUD The Solemn League, and Co- 
 venant, be burncD ftp the IpanD of the Common ftangman in the New-Pa- 
 lace at Weftminfter, in Chcaplide, anD btfOJC the Old E . change On Wcdnefday 
 
 the JItoentp feconb of this tnftant May. and that the faiD Covenant be 
 f02thtotth taken off the Bcco?D in the li>cuf? of l&rers, ana in all other 
 Cotirts,anD plates, toftew the fame is rctojCfD s 2lnD that all Copies 
 thereof uc tafcen Dotonout of all C!)tirthc5f, Chapels, anD other public!? 
 
 plaCCS in England, anD Wales, anD tn tljt JEOton Of Barwick upon Twede, 
 
 toljcre the fame are fct up. 
 
 Jo. Br own 
 
 Cleric. Parliamentorum, 
 
 " The Fourth hath on her Ejcutcheon an zJrm, as it were out of the 
 " Clouds • in the Hand a traced Sword ; the Motto, 
 
 DlSCITE JuSTITlAM M.ONITI. 
 
 Eight Mutes above, on Pedeftals ; four in White, four in Crim- 
 ion. . ■ 
 
 The Mufiek of this Fabrickis ten Drummers,flanking Rebellion ; 
 twelve Trumpets flanking Monarchy. 
 
 Aloft under the two Devastations, twelve Trumpets, four Drums. 
 
 Within the Arch, on two Balconies, fix Trumpets, four Drums. 
 
 While the Train pafleth along, the Drums beat the Marches of fe- 
 veral Countries, and the Trumpets found feveral Levets, At 
 which Time His Majefty drawing near , the Drums turn their 
 March to a Battel, the Trumpets found a Charge, and on a Hid- 
 den Rebellion rowfeth up her Self, at which, Drums, and 
 Trumpets ceafing, Rebellion addrelTes to His Majefty the 
 following Speech. 
 
 Stand ! 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Stand ! Stand ! who 'ere You are ! this Stage is Ours., 
 The 3\(ames of Trinccs are infcnb'd on Floors, 
 And wither with them ! Stand ! You musl Me know, 
 To Kings, and Monarchy a deadly Fo ■ 
 Me, who dare bid You 'midJIYour Triumphs fland. 
 In the great Qity ofYour J^ative Land x 
 lam Hell's Daughter, Satan's Eldest Child, 
 When Ifirfl cry'd, the Towers of Darlqiefs fmil'd, 
 And my Cjlad Father ) Thund'ring at my Birth, 
 Vnking'd the Toles, and jhookjhe fixed Earth. 
 My dear Rebellion C that [hall be thy lh(ame, 
 Said He) 1 hou Smperours, and Kings (Iialt tame, 
 J\(o%igh> Jo good, Succefiion none folong, 
 'But thou (halt vanquifh by thy Topular Throng, 
 Thofe Legions, which t' enlarge our Tow'r we fend 
 Throughout the World, (hall Thee (my Dear) attend. 
 Our mighty Champions, the Sev'n De <dly Sins, 
 By Malice, Trofit, Tleafure, all their Cjins, 
 'Bring to our Kingdom fome few /potted Souls ■ 
 Thou [halt by Treafon hurry them in Shoals, 
 
 Would You now know what Int'refl I have here ? 
 Hydra I ride : great Qties are my Sphear : 
 I Sorc'rj ufe, and hang Men in their Beds, 
 With Commen-wealths, and Rotas /// their Heads, 
 eS\faking the V ulgar m Fanatique Swarms 
 Qourt Civil War, and due on Horrid Arms ; 
 "Twos 1, who, in the late unnatural Broils, 
 Engag'd three K,ingdoms, and two Wealth)/ Jfles : 
 1 hope, at lafl, to march with Flags unfurl d, 
 And tread down Monarchy through all the World. 
 
 H 
 
 Ac 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 At which Words, Monarchy, and Loyalty, unveiling themfelves, 
 Hfbellwn ftarts as affrighted , but , recollecting her felf, concludes her 
 Speech thus. 
 
 zjb! Britain, Ah ! jland'ft thou Triumphant there, 
 Mnnarchickyict I fhakeiwh horrid Fear. 
 Are thy Wounds -whole * Vpon thy Qhee{ fre/h Smiles - ? 
 Is foy reflor'd to theje late mournful I/les ? 
 Ah ! nmjl He enter, and a Kfng be Crown' d . ? 
 Then, as Be tifetbjm{wc under tjround. 
 
 Rebellion having ended her Speech , Monarchy entertains His Majc- 
 £ly with the following. 
 
 T o Hell, foul Fiend, Qmnkjrom this glorious Light, 
 And hide thy Head in everlajlmg J^ight. 
 Enter in Safety, Tfyyal Sir, this Arch, 
 And through your joyful Streets in Triumph march ■ 
 Enter our Sun, our Comfort, and our Life. 
 3\(_omorc theje Walls fball breed Inteflme Strife : 
 Henceforth Your Teople onely fhall contend 
 In Loyalty each other to tranfeend. 
 May Your (jrcat ABions, and immortal D^fanie, 
 He the ■whole c Bufinefs,and Delight of Fame. 
 z5M ay You, and Yours, in a Terpetual (falm 
 He CroWd with Laurel, and Triumphant Palm, 
 AndallConfejs, whilB they in You are Hlejt, 
 1, M o n a r c h y, of (governments am Heft. 
 
 Monarchy having ended her Speech , the Trumpets found pleafant 
 Levels and the Drums beat a lofty Englifb March,whilft His Majefty, 
 the Nobility, and the Rear-Guard pais on. 
 
 The next Entertainment is at Cbr»-M-Conduit , on the top of 
 which ftand eight 3^(jmpbs clad in White, each having an Efcutcheon 
 in one Hand,and a Pendent, or Banner in the other. On the Tower of 
 the faid Conduit, a Noife of feven Trumpets. 
 
 THE 
 
Back of 
 Foldout 
 Not Imaged 
 
pafsin 
 
 g to His Coronation. 
 
 4-3 
 
 THE SECOND ARCH. 
 
 5 S : . Ml the Exchange, in Corn- hill , is creeled the Second Arch, 
 
 0.--'Vv'' which is i\ aval. 
 
 • ( , " 0« //'f Eaft./we ttxvc <»o Stages en <7< d • on each fide of the 
 " Street, one. In that on the South-fide was a Ttrfon repre/enting the 
 " 'K.kcr Thames ■ his Cfarment Loofe, and Flowing, Colour 'Blew and 
 " White, waved like Water, a e5\f anile over, like a Sail; his Head 
 " crom'dwith London 'Bridg, Flags, and Qsger, like long Hair, falling 
 over his Shoulders, his Beard long, Sea-green, and White, curl'd; an 
 " Oar in his right Hand, the Model of a Ship in his left , an Vrn he fide 
 ' ' him out of which ifjucd Water ■ four Attendants in White, reprefent- 
 " ing the four frefl? Streams , which fall into the %iver Thames, vi%. 
 " Charwel, Lea, Coin , and Medvvay. 
 
 The Antients did very much differ in the Defcription of their Ri- 
 vers, as Adlian * relates. Thofe,that worfhip Rjvcrs, and thofe, that make 
 their Images, fome form them in theltkenefs of Men, others in the likcncjs of £tiiu! 
 Oxen. 'J/>e Stymphalians liken the 'Rjyers ErafinusW Metope , the 
 Lacedaemonians Eurotas , the Sicyonians and Phliafians Afopus, 
 the Argives Cephiilus, unto Oxen. The Pfophidians/;^OT Eryman- 
 thus, j/ieHerxans Alphaeus, the Cherronefians, that came front Cni- 
 dus, the c Rner Cntdus, to Men. The Athenians Woi flnp the 'River Ce- 
 phiffus under the form of a Man, but wearing Horns. In Sicily the Syra- 
 cufians liken Anapus to a Man, but the Fountain Cyane to a Woman. Vii'" 
 gil * defcribes Eridanus in the Form of an Ox. * Gfofzi iv. 
 
 Et gemina auratus taurine cornua vu'tti 
 Eridanus, quo non alius per pingma culta 
 In mare purpurettm violentior influit amnis, 
 
 lib. 
 
 tip. 
 
 Hz 
 
 Golden 
 
4-4- His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 1 Pjik 
 *«✓£«. lib. 
 
 Eti/iccxif^ 
 
 Dr vi. Can- 
 /V. Bomm 
 
 Golden Eridanus, with a double Horn, 
 Fac'd like a Bull, through fertile Fields of Corn, 
 Then whom, none fwifter, of the Ocean's Sons , 
 Down to the Purple Adriatic^ runs. 
 
 On which place fays Trobus ; /{'; feign d like a "Bull, either becaufe its 
 noife is like the lowing of aHuU, or becaufe its c Ban{s are crooked like Horns. 
 The fame fays Comutus. The Scboltafl on Sophocles renders other rea- 
 fons either becaufe they cut the ground like Oxen ; or becaufe Meadows, 
 T allure of Oxen, are always adjacent to them. H o r a c e ; tauriformis 
 <iAuMm. So we finde in Tindar that the Bull, f which Terillus gave 
 to the Tyrant Tbalarti, was the Image of the River (felon. Very fre- 
 quently we finde Horns attributed to them : as in Virgil*, 
 
 Qpmiger Hefperidum fluvius regnator aquarum, 
 Adfn o tandem, propius tua num'mafirmes. 
 
 Horn'd Flood,of all th' Hcfpcrian Rivers King, 
 Now fhew thy power,and us afsiftance bring. 
 
 Ovid, 
 
 (ornibiu hie fra3u,viridi male teSusab uha, 
 'Decolor ipfe fuoJanguineRhemis crat. 
 
 Here Ityine with Vine and Reeds ill cover'd flood, 
 His Horns being broke,diftain'd with Native Blood. 
 
 Claudian, 
 
 __ Rhenumipe minacem 
 
 Comibus infraUis adeo mitefcere cogis. 
 
 ___ and threat ning Ttyme, 
 His Horns beingbroke,thou did'ft to Peace.ineline; 
 
 And again efSridanus, 
 
 „ iHe caput placidu fublime fiuenth 
 
 Extultt, & mis lucem fpargentia ripis . <J[ mst 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 4,5 
 
 Aurea roranti micuerunt cornua yultu : 
 2s(on Hit madidum vulgaris arundine crinem 
 V elat honos : rami caput umbravere virentes 
 Heliadum, totisque fluunt eleBracapillis. 
 Talla tegit latos humeros s currkque j?aterno 
 Intcxtus Phaethon glaucos incendh amictus, 
 
 Railing his Head above his Wac'ry Ranks, 
 
 His Golden Horns, reflecting, tip'd the Banks 
 
 With fp rinkled light. Drops trickling from his Face ; 
 
 He his moift Hair veil'd not with Oziers hafe, 
 
 And vulgar Reeds : frefh Pop'lars Shade his Brows, 
 
 And Amber from his curled TrelTes flows. 
 
 A Robe his Shoulders hides ; Thaetbon's wrought there; 
 
 His blew Veft burning in his Father's Chair. 
 
 So we finde them alfo in the form of a Man As the River %hene i 
 as it is fuppofed : which Statue is ftill extant in "Rome lying in a Rock, 
 vulgarly call'd Marformm from Man's Temple in foro rfugufii, his Hair 
 and Beard long, as if dropping with Water 5 juft as Claudmn Mefcnbes t Dr j, n 
 the River Tyber, & ot } b: 
 
 lilt glauca nitent birfuto lumitiavultu,Sic. 
 Difltllant pcrpeBus aqua, from bifptda inanat 
 Imbribus, in liquidos fontcs fe baroa rejelvit. 
 
 His blew Eyes (hine under his beetle Brows, &c. 
 His Fore-head fwims, Water his Breaft difh'lls. 
 And his rough Beard diflolves in Cryftal Rills. 
 
 And 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 And the River Danubiusm the Coyns of the Emperours Trajan,ani 
 
 Con/lantine, 
 
 C ev.irt.p. to. 
 CroJic.Tah. 
 XXXV. 
 
 Their Heads were ordinarily environ'd with Reeds, Oziers, and the 
 'M„.mM. jj]^ Ovid, * relating the Fable of Acts turn'd into a Rir er, 
 
 Jubito media terms extitit alvo 
 
 IncinBus jtaenuflexis nova cornua cannis. 
 
 From whence a Youth arofe above the wafte, 
 His horned Brows with quiv'ring Reeds imbrae't. 
 
 t V iif E '"' lb ' Virgil,'' ofTyber, the King of Rivers, 
 
 HuicVcus ipfe loci fiuvio Tyberinus ammo 
 Topuleas inter Jenior fe attoUere frondes 
 Vtfus. Bum tenuis glauco velabat ami&u 
 Carbajus, & crines umbroja tegebat arundo. 
 
 The Genius of the Place, old Tjber, here 
 Amongft the Poplar Branches did appear. 
 Of finefl; Linen were his Azure Weeds, 
 And his moift Treffes crown'd with fhady Reeds. 
 
 where we may obferve, that Virgil gives him a Sail for his Mantle. 
 
 *»''** Claudtan*o( Tyber, 
 
 crifpo denfantur gramme colla : 
 
 Venice luxtiriat toto crinalis arundo, dec, 
 
 — _ taurina 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 ft 
 
 — O taurina Icvantur 
 
 Cornua temporibus raucos judantia rivos, &c. 
 Talla graves humeros velat, quam neverat uxor 
 Ilia , percurrens vitrecu jub gurgite telas. 
 
 his Neck ripe Harveft bound ■ 
 
 An interwoven Reed his Temples crown'd, &c. 
 
 And from his rifing Horns diftils 
 
 A Sweat, which fwells to Cryftal Rills, &c. 
 
 A Veil he wore, which Ilia, his Spoufe 
 
 With Cryftal Looms wove in her Wat'ry Houfe , 
 
 Ovid, 
 
 Metam, 
 
 , capitis quoque fronde Jaligna 
 
 Jut fuperimpofita celatur arundine damnum. 
 
 — the damage of his Brows 
 He (hades with rlaggie Wreaths,and fallow Boughs, 
 
 The Statue indeed of the River Tybcr, now extant in %mie, has 
 its Head inviron'd with feveral forts of Leaves, and Fruits,to fignifle the 
 fertility of the places near it, caufed by the fame : yet it recedes not fa 
 far from the Fiction of the Toets, but that it holds a Reed in its Hand. 
 And the reafon is, becaufe thefe thrive beft in watry places. 
 
 They are ordinarily defcribed too leaning on an Vrn, out of which! 
 iffues Water. 
 
 Virgil, defcribing the Shield ofTurnus, 
 
 CAataquc amncm fundens pater Inachus Vrna, 
 
 And Inachus powrs Water from his Vrn. 
 
 Glaudian * of Eridanus, 
 
 Fultdque jubgremio aelatis nohiUs aflris 
 JEthercum probatnrna deem. , 
 
 f Tic vi.Cca^ 
 fm. HiHemi 
 
 An 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 An Urn he bore,grav'd with Cceleft&l Signs 
 That prov'd his high defcent- 
 
 So is Vanubius reprefented in the Coyns now mentioned- There is 
 a little Image of^i/e leaning on its right Hand , with its left Hand 
 powring out Water from three Urns with one handle , about which 
 play fixteen little Children. Why JA(z/e fhould be figured with three 
 Urns , this reafon is given i becaufe the /Egyptian Priefts attributed the 
 encreafe of it to three feveral caufes efpecially , rejecting all other opi- 
 nions, which were innumerable. 1 he fixteen Children are the 
 Hieroglyphic^ of fixteen Cubits, the proper encreafe of the River 
 J^ile : for, if it fwelled higher, it caufed dearth : for, by how much the 
 more it fwell'd , fo much the longer it was before it return'd into its 
 Channel, by which means the Seed-time was lofhif much under fifteen, 
 it irrigated not the whole Land , and fo part was unfit to receive Seed. 
 Pliny; fuftum incrementum ejl cubitorum fedecim. Minora aqua non 
 omnia rigant . amplwres dement, tardms recedendo. Ha jerendi tempora 
 abumunt, ilia non dant fttiente. Vtmmque reputat Trovmcia. in duode- 
 am cubttis famem [emit, in tredectm etiamnum ejurit, quatuordectm cubtta 
 * bilaritatem aferunt, quindecim fecuritatem, fexdecim delkias. There was 
 alfonotlongfincea Marble Qolofs of the River 3^ile digg'd up at 
 Home with fixteen Infants playing about it. And fo dothT hilottratus 
 defcribe it. 
 
 Ofthe falling of the <3Ao\e, and Medway into the Thames,Vraigh* 
 ton ha's feigned a pleafant Relation. 
 
 zAtlengthit came to pajs, that Ifis, and herTame, 
 
 0/M.edway undo flood, a Nymph of wond'rous Fame. 
 
 And much deftrom were their Trmcely TaWs fhould prove 
 
 If, as a Wooer, he could win her Matdeiulove. 
 
 That of fogreat dejcent,and offo large a Dower 
 
 Might well allie their Houfe,and much encreafe his Tower : 
 
 And firming to prefer their Son the bett they may, 
 
 Set forth the lufly Flood in rich and brave Array ; 
 
 c Banl(d%vith imbroidered Meads,of fundry fuits of Flowrs^ 
 
 Hishrcaft adorn' d with Swans, oft waft) d with Silver Showrs : 
 
 A 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 A Train of gallant Floods, at fuch a coflly rate i 
 As might bejeem their care, and fitting hit SJlate. 
 
 Attended, and attired magnificently, thus 
 They fend him to the ■ Qourt of great Oceanus, 
 The World's huge Wealth to fee • yet with a full intent, 
 To n oo the lovely Nymph,/<«V Midway, as he went. 
 Who to his Dame and Stre his duty jcarce had done, 
 <tA nd tvbiltf they fadly wept at fatting of their Son, 
 See what the Tames befefwhen 'twas fuffecled leafl. 
 
 As flill his goodly Train yet eVry hour encreaH, 
 And from the Surrian Shores clear Wey came down to meet 
 His Cjreatnefs, whom the Tumtsfo gracioufh doth greet, 
 T hat with the Team-crown' d Flood he^Manion-like^otb play ■ 
 Yet is not this the c Brook^enticeth him to flay: 
 "But, as they thus in pomp came fporting on the fhole, 
 'Cfainsl Hampton-Court he meets the foft and gentle Mole; 
 Whoje eyes fofierc'd his c Breafl,that Jeeming toforeflow 
 The way, which he fo long-intended was to go, 
 With trifling up and down he wandreth here and therei 
 And that he in her fight tranfparent might appear, 
 Applies himfclf to Fords, and fetteth his delight 
 On that, which mofl might makg him gracious in her fight. 
 
 Then Ifis and the Tame from their conjoined 1>ed, 
 'Defirous flill to learn how Tames their Son had fped, 
 (For greatly they had hop'dfis time had fo been Jpentj, 
 That he ere this had won the goodly Heir of Kent} 
 And, fending to enquire, had J^ews return' d again 
 (fBy fuch as they employ' d on purpofe in his Train j 
 How this their onely Heir,the\{[c's imperial Flood, 
 Had loiter' d thus in love,ncgleBfulcf his good. 
 
 ^(o mervailat the U^ews, though O wfe and Tame wer 
 r-SMore comfort of their Son expelling to have had 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 U\(or blame them, in their locks much forrow though they florid, 
 
 Who, fearing leU he might thus meanly be beflow'd, 
 
 And knowing danger fill increased by delay, 
 
 Employ their utmost) pow'r to hajlen him away. 
 
 'But Tames would hardly on : oft turning backjo flow, 
 
 From hii much-Lved Mole horn loth he was to go. 
 
 7 he Mother of the Mole, old Homes-dale, likezrife bears 
 7 he affection of her Childe, as ill as they do theirs : 
 Who, nobly though dcriv'd,yet could have been content, 
 T'have match' d her with a Flood of far more mean defcent. 
 'But Molt rcfpeSs her words, as vain andidleVreams, 
 Qpmpar'dwith that high joy to be belov'd of Tames ; 
 And headAong holds her courfe his Qompany to win : 
 But Homes-dale raifed Hills, to keep the flragler in ■ 
 7 hat of her Daughter's flay fie need no more to doubt : 
 (Yet never was there help, but Love could finde it out!) 
 Mole digs her felf a Bath, by working Day and J^jght, 
 (According to her IN^ame, to /hew her C\(ature right) 
 And underneath the Eat th for three miles fface doth creep, 
 Till gotten out of fight, quite from her Mother's keep t 
 Her fore-intended courfe the. wanton Nymph doth run, 
 As longing to embrace old Tame and Ifis Son. 
 
 When Tames now und-.r flood, what t ains the Mole did take, 
 How far the loving Nymph adventur'd for his fake ; 
 nA hhough with M edway match d, yet never could remove 
 The oftewquickrung (parks of his more antient love. 
 So that it comes to pajs, when by great J\(aiure's guide 
 7 he Ocean doth return, and thrufleth'in the Tide, 
 "Dp, tow'rds the place, where firfl his much-lov'd Mole was Jeen, 
 He eyer fince dvtb flow, beyond delightful Sheen. 
 
 Mr. Drayton in his Toly-Olbion. 
 
kj i ! ' 
 
 pafsing to His Coronation. 5r 
 
 " In the other Stage on the North-/W<>, which is made like the upper T>ec^ 
 " of A Ship, were three Sea-men , whereof one habited like a : Boat- 
 Swain. 
 
 " A Shield, or Table, in the Front oj the Arch, bears this Infeription, 
 
 NEPTUNO BRITANNICO, 
 
 CAROLO I 
 
 CUJUS ARBITRIO 
 
 M A R E 
 
 VEL LIBERUM, VEL CLAUSUM- 
 
 The Dominion of the Sea(fignified here by this lnfcri[itiori)ha's been 
 in all Ages fo remarkable, that, when the Cjrecian (fhronographers could 
 finde no Foot-ftep of Supreme Empire by Land, before the inftitution 
 oftheir Oljnipiads,on whofe Actions they could found their Qhronogra- 
 phj, they directed the Series of Time according to the fuccefsion of 
 thofe Nations, who had the Empire of the Sea : which we fee in t Eu~ tc*** 
 Jebius ; who reckons up nine feveral Nations, who fuccefsively held it, 
 before the inftitution of the Olympiads , and diftindtly enumerates the 
 years they retain'd it. The fame right the (jrecians challenged in their 
 League with Artaxerxes, King of a vaft part of Asia, after the over- 
 throw of his Naval Forces by Gmon the Athenian Mmiral, * 
 
 i'j £ 'EMU«"*>is i-nri^t" S"' l * 0J « 5 , Kuavi'at j XiXlS^iW aJxp^T lit In V*Cl .That 
 
 he [hould not within a HorJeTiace approach the Greek Sea, nor fail within 
 the Cyanean, and Chdidonian f/lands with any Man of War, The fame 
 Dominion of the Sea was afterwards affumed by the T^mans^ we finde 
 by the Commifsion granted to Tompey, "*t _^ <W«»'Hfa**WKriAa! ectAawas ' 
 WpK 3 "* i >» s *»1 r*J>vs Ti-7?4«ii«Si ia&unr That he fliould have the Em- 
 pire of the Sea within the Streights, and of the Continent for four hundred 
 Stadia from the Sea. And not long after 'Dionyjws Halicarnaffaus fays , * *o 
 That r Rpme was Emprefs of the whole S ca , not onely of that within the 
 
 I 2 Streights, 
 
5* 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Screights, but of the Ocean it felf, as far as it was Navigable: Whence 
 Jugujius had a Dolphin in his Coyns to fignifie that Dominion, 
 
 * in jv,*- And * Valerius Max'mus. to Tiberius the Emperour, The Qonfent both 
 of Cjods and Men has cotftitutedjou (jovernour of Sea,and Land. After- 
 t di view- wards Claudian \ 
 
 /til. Honirii. 
 
 terra dominos pelagane futures, 
 
 Jmmenjo decuit rerumde Trincipe najci. 
 
 Thofe, who muft rule both Sea, and Land, 
 Ought to be Princes Sons of great Command. 
 
 And fure, if any Nation may plead Prefcription for this Title, the 
 %jng of England may, having had a longer uninterrupted Suo 
 cefsion in the Dominion of the Bhittisii i^then the Romans 
 in the Mediterranean, or any other Nation, that Hi/lory ha's acquaint- 
 ed us with. The Antiquity whereof being purpoiely, and at large de- 
 clared by Mr. S e l d en, we fhall oneiy take notice of two Tt^cords 
 of it, the one taken out of the Law of Hoelus Pfkicc of Wales, 
 about the Year, 981- viz. Qttos cum Cunadio : R«ge Scotorum, Malcolmo 
 %cve Qambrorum, & Maccufio Archipkata, ad cixitaum L'gionum fibi 
 occurrentes, 'Hex tAnglorum Eadgarus in '1 numpbi pawpaw deducebat. 
 Vna enim impofuos r emigrate eoshanc &igit, dum inTroraip/e Jcdens 
 .TsQa'vis tinnit gubernaculum : nt j choc j]) fit aculo Soli & SaliorbisTiritan- 
 nici Dominum pradicarct,& Monauham. The other is a Record in the 
 lower of London, entituled De jupcrioritate maris Anglia,Scc. in which 
 it evidently appears, that the Dominion of the < Britti(h Seasbelong'd to 
 the Kings of England time out of mind, even before Edward the Firft, 
 and was fo acknowledged by other Neighbouring Nations,- out of 
 
 which 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 which we (Kail onely extrad fo much as may ferve for our prefent 
 purpofe, viz. That thcTrocuratoursof the Admiral of the Sea of En- 
 gland, and of other places, as of the Sea Coafls, as of Genoa, Catalonia, 
 Spain, Almain, Zealand, Holland, Freez land, Denmark, and Norway, 
 dufherp that the I\ings of England, time out of mind, have been in peaceable 
 poffefsionof the Seas of England, in ma(ing,and eflablifhing Lan>s,arid Sta~ 
 tutes, and^cflraints of Arms, and of Ships, <5cc and in talking Surety, &c, 
 and in ordering all other things neceffary for the maintaining ofTeace, %ght, 
 and Equity, dec. and in doing fuflice, >. ujbt, and Law, according to the jaid 
 Lamps, Ordinances, and'Reflraints, and in all other things, which may apper*- 
 tain to the exerafe of Sovereign Dominion in the places aforefaid. 
 
 " The fo il Tainting on the North fide over the Qity- Arms, reprefents 
 tune, vpith his Trident advanced ■ the lnfcription, 
 
 NEPTUNO REDUCI. 
 
 N it tuse's Statue is feldomfeen without a Trident in its hand. 
 ( Paufanias\ Within the Temple there it an ereB Brazen Statue ( of + 
 Neptune) with one Joot upon a Dolphin, and on that fide his Hand 
 on his Thigh; in his other Hand « Trident. Andfo he is everywhere 
 defcribed by the Poets. 
 
 Terque tuum, pater JEgei Neptune, Tridentem. 
 But more of this hereafter. 
 
 The Motto N e p t u n o Reduci we flnde in two Medaigles 
 the one of the Emperour Adrian, the other of ^efpafi : m,wuh thefe Let' 
 on one fide N E P T. RED. and the image of one ftandino- na- 
 ked, a Mantle on his left Shoulder, m his right Hand a Whipwith 
 three Cords, in his left a Trident. 
 
 « On the South'/^, oppofite, Mars, with his Spear inverted, his Shield 
 " charged mth a Gorgon ,• by his I\nees, the Motto, 
 
 MARTI PACIFERO. 
 
 So 
 
54- 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 •In AAm. 
 
 \ In Pace. 
 
 Meum'. 
 lib. v. fab. i 
 
 So Homer defcribes the Shield of zJgamemnon, 
 
 T£« Sable Field chared with a Gorgon'x Head, 
 Mantled about with difmal Flight, and Dread i 
 
 and in another place the Armour of f 'alias, 
 
 '£i J-i Ti ropyWl Kipo>il M en wAapV, 
 Ami ti o-fuf^isTi , Aiis Ayi»;e°»- 
 
 Jmidsl, that horrid <dMonfter Gorgon'* Head, 
 jovt's dircjl Omen, fierce, and full of dread, 
 
 Taufamas; Under the Statue of Victory lies a Golden Shield, with a 
 Gorgon wrought upon it. And it is obferv'd by the Scholia/1 on * tAru 
 M>haneij&» " wasCuftomary among the Grecians to have a Qorgons 
 Head on their Shields, as he reprefents ' Lamachm's. The Form of 
 this Gorgon's Head is mil to be feen at %ome on the Statues of the Em, 
 perours Vefpajian and Vomitian. It was feigned with Wings, to fignu 
 fie theprefent death, that attended it.- for whoever looked on it, im. 
 mediatly was turn "d into Stone. The which at large , and very ele- 
 gantly is declared by Ovid, 
 
 "But when he Jaw his Valour over fit ay d 
 
 TSy cJMultitude ; Imujljaid he,fee{aid 
 
 (Since you your j 'elves compell me') from my Foe ; . , ' , 
 
 friends turn your Hac/^ : then Gorgon'* Head doth [how. 
 
 Some others fee{, faid Theffalus, to fright 
 
 With this thy Monfler, and with all his might 
 
 eJ deadlyVartendeavour'd to have thrown: '.i 
 
 *But in that Tofiture became a Stone. 
 
 y{ext Amphix, full of fpirit, forward preB, 
 
 Jndthrufl his Sword at bold Lyncides 'Breaft : 
 
 When 
 
 t 
 
pafsing to His Coronation, 
 
 When in the Tafsha Fingers Bupidgrow, 
 
 J\(or had the pow'r of moving to or fro. 
 
 'But Nile us Che, who with a forged Jlile 
 
 Vaunted to be the Son of fev'n fold Nile, 
 
 lAndbare fev'nSiher Timers in his Shield ' 
 
 Diftinclly waving through a Cf olden Field ) 
 
 To Perfeus fatd • 'Behold, from whence we fprung 1 
 
 To ever-filent Shadows hear along 
 
 1 ha comfort of thj Death, that thou did'fl die 
 
 Byfuch a brave, and high-born Enemy. 
 
 Ha titt'rance faulter'd in the latter Claufe, 
 
 The yet unfimfh'd Word finely in ha fans- 
 
 Who gaping sloed, as he would fomething Jay, 
 
 vJnd fo had done, if words had found away. 
 
 Thefe Eryx blames • 'Tisyour faint Souls, that dead 
 
 Your ToWrs, faid he, and not the Gorgon'j Head : 
 
 T^fh on with me, and proflrate with deep Wounds 
 
 Thu Youth, who thus with ^Magick^ Arms confounds. 
 
 Then ru/bing on, the ground his foot-fieps flai'd 
 
 ^fow mutely fix d, an armed Statue made. 
 
 Thefe fuffer'd worthily. One, who did fight 
 For Perfeus, bold Aconteus, ai the fight 
 0/ Gorgon'/ Snakes abortive <s5M.arble grew, 
 On whom Aftyages in fury flew, 
 <tAs if alive ^n>uh bis Uvo-hmdled Blade, 
 Which fhnlly twang 'd, but wincifion made. 
 Who, whilfl he wonders, the fame U^ature too^, 
 And now his Statue ha's a wondnng look,. 
 It were too tcdiom for me to report 
 Their ^Qames, who period of the vulgar font 
 
5* 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Typo hundred fcap'd the fury of the Fight 5 
 
 Two hundred turn'd to Jlone at Gorgon's fight-. 
 
 Mr. Sandys. 
 
 ti.;,k The Head is thus defcribed ' bySraoNius Apollinaris, 
 
 Gorgo tenet peBiu medium, faBitra videnti 
 Et truncata moras, nitct inftdioja juperbum 
 Effigies, yiyjque anima pereunte venuflas. 
 Aha cersjlamm fpiris caput afperat atrum 
 Convenes, tor quel maculoja volumina mordax 
 Crinis, & irati dant fibila tetra capilli. 
 
 The (jorgon's, Head, which guards her Bofome, would 
 Change thee to Statue , fhould'ft thou it behold. 
 The treach'rous Face (hows proudly, and, though dead, 
 Life's beauty keeps . Snakes, matted round her Head, 
 In fpeckled Curls voluminoully wreath, 
 And biting Treffes direly-hifsing breath. 
 
 * in Arci. Pauunias * reports , that T alias made a City impregnable , 
 by communicating onely a little Hair cut offfrom her (jorgon's Head. 
 
 The Title of P a c 1 f e r is attributed to Mars in the Itoman 
 Coyns ; as in this of Quintillus, 
 
 HhI/!u). ' 
 
 So we finde, that the Tomans eredted a Temple to Mars Quiritms, as 
 well as Mars (jradivus. The firft had his Temple within the City: 
 
 the 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 57 
 
 the Other without in the Appian-v/ay, not far from the Gate. The one 
 with a gentle, fedate Countenance, to preferve the tranquillity, and 
 peace of the City: the other,to go out with them in their Wars abroad. 
 Gellius * kys.T hat Herfila /f^mg before T. Tatius, and defmngTeace, 
 frayed on thu manner , O Neria, WijeofMavs, I bejeecb the to grant us 
 Teace, that we may enjoy a during, and ptofperous Marriage. And there- 
 fore the Olive, the Symbole of Peace, was confecrated to T atlas, the 
 Goddefs of War ; becaufe War is therefore undertaken, that a fecure 
 Peace may be enjoyed. Ided arma infeni dicuntur, ut poflea in pacevt- 
 yatur,kysTliny. 
 
 " Over the Arch, the Marriage of Thame and Ifis. 
 
 The Marriage of Rivers is a frequent Fiction among the Poets : as 
 of Alphcus and Arctbufa ; therefore feign'd, becaufe Alphcus J a River 
 of Slis in the <£M orea, paffeth through the Ocean, unmix'd, to die Ri- 
 ver Arctbufa in the lflarid Ortjgid, near Syracuje^ City ol Sicily. Whicli 
 paflage ha's been often tried.as by a Cup, fays ' Strabo, let fall iri the Ri- |,ct- 
 ver Alpbeus in £ lis, and found in Art thuja : mail tain'd alfoby an Ora' 
 cle given to Arch'w, a Corinthian, that he (hould thither deduce a Colony, 
 where Alpbeus is mingled with the Fountain of Aretbuja. The Marriage 
 of thefe two we have defcribed by * Ovd, where the Nymph **f'""»- 
 Arctbufa fpeaks, being ready to be tum'd into a River ■ 
 
 Cold Sweats my tben-be/ieged Limbs poffefl : 
 In thin tbick^ falling Drops my Jli cngth d ccreasl . 
 Where e're 1 Jlep, Streams run ; my Hair now fell 
 In t> ickling T^ew ; a "d, fooner then 1 tell 
 My 'Dcfliny , into a Flood I grew. 
 The Hjyer Hi beloved W titers knew i 
 
 And, putting eff th'ajfmned (liape of t5Adan t 
 
 'Refumes his own, and in my (jw rent ran. 
 
 (jhafl Delia cleft the ground : then, through blind Caves, 
 
 To lov'd Ortygia (lie conduBs my Waves , 
 
 AffeUed forbtr j^jame : where firjt I take 
 
 H^yiew of day. This Arethufa fpak?. 
 
 Mr. Sandys? 
 K Thus 
 
5S 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Thus zAnapus, and Cyane are feign'd mutual Lovers ; becaufe their 
 Waters unite, and run together into the Sea. Ovid, 
 
 . quod fi componere magnu 
 
 Tarvamiki ftu cjl ; & me dilcxtt Anapus : 
 Exorata tamen, nec, in beec } cxterrita nupji. 
 
 If humble things I may compare with great, 
 nAndpus lov'dme; yet did he intreat, , 
 And me, not frighted thus, efpous'd. 
 
 The Marriage of Ttbur and Ilia is frequently mention 'd, Ovid, 
 fpeaking of both, 
 
 <iA tque it a fe in rapidas perdita mi fit aquas : 
 Suppojmjse manus adpeBora lubricus amnis 
 Dicitur, & fociijura dedtffe tbori. 
 
 She leap'd amidft the Stream with grief oppreft : 
 The River puts his hand beneath her Breaft, 
 And, as they fay, unloos'd her Virgin-Ceft- 
 
 In another place, 
 
 3\(ec te prater co , qui, per cava faxa yolutus, 
 
 Tiburis Argaei jpumifer arva rigas : 
 Ilia cui placuit. — 
 
 Nor thee, roll'd through worn Rocks, do I pafs by, 
 Who on Tjburtian Grounds dolt foaming ly : 
 Whom Ilia pleas'd. — ._ 
 
 in. A Silius Italicus, 
 
 Ad genitorem Anio labens fine murmure Tibrim. 
 Hi c ) i<t figna ferox, dimenjdque cajlra locavit, 
 
 .... . Et 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 59 
 
 Et ripas tremefecit eques, perterrita puljts 
 Ilia prima vadis facro fe conjugis antro 
 Qmdidh* ; — 
 
 ___ but on, like a rude Storm, he goes 
 To thofe low Banks, where Anio gently flows 
 With Sulph'rous Waters, and with Silence, to 
 Old liber's Arms ; when here the Line he drew 
 Of's Camp, and fet his Standard up, and fhook 
 His Banks with's Cavalry, firft Ilm t ftrook 
 With Fear, flies to her Husband's facred Cave, 
 And all the frighted 3%ympbs the Water leave. 
 
 Mr. Ross. 
 
 The Marriage of Tame and lfts, here mentioned, is pleafantly re- 
 lated by Mr. Drayton' ; 7 
 
 Now Fame had through this He divnlg'd,in every ear, 
 The long-expeeled day of Marriage to be near, 
 That IJis, CotfmldS Heir,Iong-woo'd, was laftly WO n, 
 And inftantly fliould wed with T me, old Qoiltenh Son. 
 
 And now that Wood-man's Wife, the Mother of the Flood, 
 The rich and goodly Vale of Ahsbury, that flood 
 So much upon her Tame, was bufied in her Bow'rs, 
 Preparing for her Son as many Sutes of Flow'rs, 
 At Cotjmld for the Bride, his lfts, lately made ; 
 Who for the lovely Tame, her Bridegroom, o'nely ftaid. 
 
 Whilft every Cryftal Flood is to this bufinefs pr ( fl, 
 The caufeof their great fpeed and many thus requeft. 
 O ! whither go ye Floods * what fuddain Winde doth blow, 
 Then other of your kind that youfo faft (hould flow t 
 
 t hi bit Pa. 
 ly-OIbion , 
 Stmt 15. 
 
 What 
 
6o 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 What bufinefs is in hand, that fpurs you thus away i 
 Fair Windru/h, let me hear, I pray thee, Channel fay : 
 They fuddainly reply, What lets,you fhould not fee, 
 That for this Nuptial Feaft we all prepared be i 
 Therefore this idle chat our Ears doth but offend ; 
 Our leifurc ferves not now thefe Trifles to attend. 
 
 But, whilft things are in hand, old Chiltern (for his life) 
 prom prodigal expenfe ;can no way keep his Wife ; 
 Who feeds her Tame with Marl, in Cordial-wife prepar'd, 
 And thinks all idly fpent, that now die onely fpar'd 
 In fetting forth her Son : nor can fhe think it well, 
 Unlefs her lavifh charge do Cot/wold's far excel. 
 For zAkshury's a Vale, that wallowethin her Wealth, 
 And (by her wholefom Air continually in health ) 
 Is lufty, frim, and fat, and holds her youthful ftrength. 
 Befides her fruitful Earth, her mighty breadth, and length, 
 Doth Chiltern fitly match : v hich mountainoufly high, 
 And being very long, fo likewife fhe doth lie ; 
 From the Hedfordian Fields, where firft fhe doth begin, 
 To fafhion like a Vale, to th'place where Tame doth win 
 His JJts wifhed Bed ; her Soil throughout fo hire, 
 Forgoodnefs of her Glebe, and for her Pafturc pure, 
 That as her Grain, and Grafs, fo fhe her Sheep doth breed, 
 For Burthen, and for Bone, all other that exceed : 
 And fhe, which thus in Wealth abundantly doth flow, 
 Now cares not on her Childe what coft fhe do beftow. 
 W hich when wife Chiltern faw (the World who long had try'd, 
 And now at laft had laid all garifh Pomp afide • 
 Whofe hoar and chalky Head defend him to be old, 
 HisBeechen Woods bereft, that kept him from the Cold) 
 Would fain perfwade the Vale to hold a fteddy rate ; 
 And with his curious Wife thus wifely doth debate : 
 
 Quoth 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 61 
 
 Quoth he, you might allow what needetb, to the moft : 
 But where as lefs will ferve, what means this idle Coft ? 
 Too much a Surfet breeds, and may our Childe annoy : 
 Thefe fat and lufhious Meats do but our Stomacks cloy. 
 The' modeft comely mean in all things likes the Wife, 
 Apparel often {hews us Womanifh precife. 
 And what will Qotfwold think, when he fhall hear of this { 
 He'l rather blame your Wafte, then praife your Coft, I wifij 
 
 But, Women wilful be, and flie her VVill mufthave, 
 Nor cares how Cbihern chides, fo that her Tame be brave. 
 Alone which tow'rds his Love (he eafily doth convay • 
 For the Oxonian Owfe was lately fent away 
 From 'Buckingham, where firft he finds his nimbler Feet ; 
 Tow'rds Wbitilemod then takes : where, paft the nobleftStreetj 
 He to the Foreft gives his farewel, and doth keep 
 His courfe diredtly down into the (jerman Deep, 
 To publifh that great day in mighty J^ef tunes Hall, 
 That all the Sea- gods there might keep it Feftival. 
 
 As we have told how Tame holds on his even courfe, 
 Return we to report, how lfis from her fourfe 
 Comes tripping with delight, down from her daintier Springs \ 
 And in her Princely Train, t attend her Marriage, brings 
 Clear Qhurnet, Qoln, and Leech, which firft (he did retain, 
 With Windrvfh : and with her ( all out-rage to reftrain, 
 Which well might offered be to I/is, as (he wertt_) 
 Came Yenload with a Guard of tatjres, which were fent 
 From Whichmod, to await the bright and God-like Dame. 
 So 'Bernrvood did bequeath his Satjres to the Tame, 
 For Sticklers in thole ftirs, that at tlieFeaft (hould be. 
 
 Thefe Preparations great when Chdnt'el comes to fee, 
 To Oxford got before, to entertain the Flood, 
 folia's Aid he begs, with all his facred Brood, 
 
 To 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 To that moft learned place to welcome her repair, 
 Who in her coming on was wax'd fo wondrous fair, 
 That.meeting, ftrife arofe betwixt them, whether they 
 Her Beauty mould extol,or (lie admire their Bay. 
 On whom their fev'ral gifts (to amplifie her Dower) 
 The Mufes there bellow ; whichever have the power 
 Immortal her to make. And, as (he paft along, 
 Thofe modeft Thejpian Maids thus to their Jfis fong. 
 
 Ye Daughters of the Hills, come down from every fide, 
 And due attendance give Upon the lovely Bride : 
 Go ftrew the Paths with Flowers, by which (he is to pafs : 
 For be ye thus aflVd, in zAlbton never was 
 A Beauty (yet) like hers : where have ye ever feen 
 So abfolute a J^jmfbm all things, for a Queen \ 
 Give inftantly in charge the day be wond'rous fair, 
 That no diforder'd Blaft attempt her braided Hair. 
 Go, fee her State prepar'd, and every thing be fit, 
 The Bride-Chamber adorn'd with all befeeming it. 
 And for the Princely Groom.who ever yet could name 
 A Flood, that is fo fit for J/w,as the Tame? 
 Ye both fo lovely are, that knowledge fcarce can tell, 
 For Feature whether he, or Beauty (he excel : 
 That, ravifhed with joy each other to behold, 
 When as your Cryftal Wafts you clofely do enfold, 
 Betwixt your beauteous felves you (hall beget a Son, 
 That when your lives fhall end,in him (hall be begun. 
 The pleafant Surrian Shores (hall in that Flood delight, 
 And Kjnt efteem her felf moft happy in his fight. 
 The Shire that London loves, (hall onely him prefer, 
 And give full many a gift to hold him near to her. 
 The S{eld, the goodly Afc/e, the rich and Viny %bein, 
 Shall come to meet the Thames in ^eptune's watry Plain. 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 And all the 'Belgian Streams, and neighbnng Floods ofkaul, 
 Of him fhall ftand in aw, his Tributaries all. 
 
 As of fair Jfu thus the learned Virgins fpake, 
 A fhrill and fuddain Bruit thhTrotbalamion brake; 
 That Ifhite-borje, for the love (lie bare to her Ally, 
 And honoured Sifter- Vale, the bounteous /ilesburj, 
 Sent Prefents to the T me, by O^her onely Flood, 
 Which for his Mother- Vale fo much on greatnefs flood- 
 
 From Oxford Ijts hafts more fpeedily, to fee 
 That River, like his Birth, might entertained be : 
 For that ambitious Vale, ftillftriving to command, 
 And ufingfor her place continually to ftand, 
 Proud IVInte-horfe to perfwade much bufinefs there hath been, 
 Tacknowledge that great Vale of Sufbam for her Queen. 
 And but that Eu(loam is fo opulent, and great, 
 That thereby (he her felf holds in the Sovereign Seat 
 This White-borje all the Vales of Britain would or'ebear, 
 And abfolutely fit in the Imperial Chair ; 
 And boafts as goodly Heards, and numerous Flocks to feed, 
 To have as foft a Glebe, as good increafe of Seed • 
 As pure and frefh an Ayr upon her Face to flow, 
 As £u[ham for her life : and from her Steed doth fhow, 
 Her lufty rifing Downs as fair a Profped take, 
 As that imperious Wold . which her great Queen doth make 
 So wond'roufly admir'd, and herfo far extend. 
 But to the Manage, hence, induftrious Mufe defcend. 
 
 The JYjWx, and the Wjmpbs extremelyover-joy'd, 
 And on the winding Banks all bufilyimploy'd, 
 Upon this joyful day, fome dainty Chaplets twine i 
 Some others chofen out, with fingers neat and fine, 
 Brave Anadems do make : fome Bauldricks up do bind ; 
 Sorne,Garlands : and to fome the Nofegays were afsignd ; 
 
 .As 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 As beft their Skill did ferve. But, for that Tame fhould be 
 
 Still ma-like as himfelf, therefore they will, that he 
 
 Should not be dreft with FloWrs,to Gardens that belong, 
 
 ( His Bride that better fit) but onely fuch as fprong 
 
 From the , ,plenifh'd Meads, and fruitful Pafturcs near : 
 
 To fort which Flov/rs Tome fit ; fome making Garlands were 5 
 
 The Primrofe placing firft, becaufe that in the Spring 
 
 It is the flrft appears, then onely fl ourifhing 5 
 
 Theazur'd Hare-bell next with them they neatly mixt : 
 
 Tallay whofe lufhious Smell they Woodbind placd betwixt. 
 
 Amongft thofe things of fcent, there prick they in the Lilly ; 
 
 And near to that again her Sifter Daffadilly. 
 
 To fort thefe FlowVs of (how with th'other that wereiweet, 
 
 The Cowflip then they couch, and th'Oxflip^r her meet : 
 
 The Columbine amongft they iparingly do fet, 
 
 The Yellow King-cup, wrought in many a curious fret, 
 
 And now and then among, of Eglantine a Ipray, 
 
 By which again acourfe of Lady-fmocks they lay : 
 
 TheCrow-flower, and thereby the Clover-flower they fttck. 
 
 TheDayfie overall thofe iundry fsveets fo thick, 
 
 As Nature doth her felf ; to imitate her right : 
 
 Who feemsinthat her Pearl fo greatly to delight, 
 
 That ev'ry Plain therewith fire powdreth to behold : 
 
 The crimfon Darnel Fiow'r, the Blew-bottle, and Gold . 
 
 Which though efteem'd but Weeds , yet for their dainty hews, 
 
 And for their fcent not ill, they for their purpofe chufe. 
 
 Thushaving told you how-the Bridegroom Tame was dreft, 
 lie (hew you how the Bride, fair Ifu, they inveft ■ 
 Sitting tobeattir'dunder herBovv'r of State, 
 Which fcorns a meaner fort, then fits a Princely rate. 
 In Anadems, for whom they curioufly d.fpofe 
 The Red, the dainty White, the goodly Damask Rofe, 
 
 For 
 
pafsing to His Coronation 
 
 For the rich Ruby, Pearl, and Amatift, men place 
 
 In Kings Emperial Crowns, the Circle that enchafe. 
 
 The brave Carnation then,with fweet and foveraign power 
 
 ( So of his colour call'd, although a July-flower ) 
 
 With th other of his kind, the fpeckled and the pale: 
 
 Then th'odoriferous Pink, that fends forth fuch a Gale 
 
 Offweetnefs; yet in fcents, as various as in forts. 
 
 The Purple Violet then, the Panfie there fupports ; 
 
 The Mary-gold above t'adorn the arched Bar - 
 
 The double Dayfie, 7 hrift, theButton-batchelen 
 
 Sweet William, Sops in Wine, the Campion : and to thefe, 
 
 Some Lavander they put, with Rofemary and Bays: 
 
 Sweet Marjoram, with her like, fweet Bafil rare for fmell, 
 
 With many a Flower, whofe name were now too long to ttl! " 
 
 And rarely with the reft, the goodly Flower-delice. 
 
 Thus for the nuptial hour, all fitted point-device, 
 Whilftfome ftill bulled are in decking of the Bride, 
 Some others were again as ferioufly imploy'd 
 In ftrewing ofthofeFIeaibs, at Bridals us'd that be : 
 Which every where they throw with bounteous hands and free= 
 The healthful Balm and Mint, from their full laps do fly, 
 The fcent-ful Caniomil, the verdurous Coftmary. 
 They hot Mufcado oft with milder Maudlin caft : 
 Strong Tanfey, Fennel cool, they prodigally wafte : 
 Clear lfop, and therewith the comfortable Thyme, 
 Germander with the reft, each thing then in her prime . 
 As well of wholefome Hearbs, as every pleafant Flower, 
 Which Nature here produc'd, to fit this happy hour. 
 Amongft thefe ftrewing kinds, fome other wilde that grow, 
 As Burnet, all abroad, and Meadow-wort they throw. 
 
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 " 7 he 
 
66 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 1 t^EniiJ.vii. 
 
 Thq Tainting on the tiorthfide ■ over Neptune , reprefentstb e 
 "Exchange; the Moito, 
 
 GENERIS LAPSI SARC1RE RUIN AS. 
 
 « a* Exprefshnof Vn^intbe fourth of bis Georgicks , M«,f? 
 « oftb Uuflrjofhtts, never dijcouraged by their Lofjes ; hit Dejai- 
 
 " ption of it running thus, 
 
 Quo magis exhaufia fuerint, boc acrius omnes 
 Incumbent generis lapft jarcire ruinas, 
 Compkbkntque Foros, & Floribus Horreatexent. 
 
 How much by Fortune they exhaufted are, 
 So much they ftrive the Ruins to repair 
 Of their fain Nation, and they fill th" Exchange, 
 Adorning with the choicer* Flow'rs their Grange. 
 
 « The Tainting on the South^, over Mars, (hem the Tower 0/ 
 " London ; the lnfcnption, 
 
 CLAUDUNTUR BELLI PORTiE. 
 
 This is in reference to the Temple of J a n u s , never Aiut.but in the 
 t J of Teace • nor opened, but in time of War .Therefore, whea 
 Y^IL had refufed to raife a War agamft M ^ and k 
 Followers, and to that purpofe, to open the Gates of the Temple ol 
 U n u s fuw, reiolvmg to have a War profecuted againft htm, 
 opened them her fclf : mention'd byVuo.L, 
 
 Hoc & turn .flmeadis indicere bella Latinus 
 ^ m jubebatur,triflesque. mclum** portas. 
 Abflmuu taUuTater, averjusque refugit 
 Fasda mimfleria, & cacu Je condidit umbr'u. 
 Turn T^gina Vekm, coelo delapfa, mor antes 
 Jmpuhtipfamanu Portas : &,cardine verfo, 
 'Belli ferratos rupit Saturnia pops. 
 
 The 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 The King was here required by the States 
 
 War to denounce, and O p e n Janus Gates. 
 
 He flies th' Engagement, and fo foul a Caufe, 
 
 And ftraight himfelf to privacy withdraws* 
 
 Then from high Heav'n the Queen of Gods defcends, 
 
 And the refifting Portals open rends. 
 
 She breaks the Hinges, tears down Iron Bars, 
 
 And makes a fpacious way for impious Wars. 
 
 " 7 be Tedeftals, in the Upper Story, are adorned with eight Imng Fi- 
 " gures,repre/entingEuKOPE, Asia, Aerici, and America, mth 
 " E/cutcheons, and Pendents, bearing the Arms of the Companies trading 
 "into thoje parts. 
 
 "Europe, a Woman amid a l'antique ; on her Shield a Woman ri- 
 " ding on a 'Bull j at her foot a Qoney. 
 
 The Effigies of Europe in ArmourTelates to the Warlike difpofition 
 of that part of the World, evidently feen in the (freely and %oman Mo- 
 narchies. We fhall not need to defcribe her Armour m particular, but 
 leave it to be taken from this Defcription of TZjmie, the Miftrefs of Eu- 
 rope, in Claudian, 
 
 Jpfa, triumphatis qua pojsidetatheraregnis, 
 nAfsilit, innupta rittts imitata Minerva;: 
 Njtm neque cuefariem crinali Jlringere cultu 
 Qolla, nec ornatu patitur mollire retorto i 
 'Dextrum nuda latus, nivcos exferta lacertos, 
 Audacem retegit mammam, laxhmque co'ercens 
 Mordet gemma [mum \ nodus, qui fublevat enfem, 
 Album puniceo pcSus difcriminat ojlto. 
 Mifcetur dccori virtus, pulche'rque fevero 
 Armatur terrore pudor^gakxqu.e minaci 
 Flava cruentarum preetenditur umbra jubarum. 
 Et formidato cljpeus Titana lacefsit 
 Lumine, quern toth wiarat Mulciber arte. 
 
68 
 
 His Ma] est i e's Entertainments 
 
 She who by conquering Realms the Sky poffeft, 
 Starts from her Seat, like Virgin-TV^ dreft : 
 Her Hair no Fillet bound, nor was her Head 
 Dreft up, Trefles hung o're her Shoulders fpread, 
 Her right fide nak'd, with ftretch'd out Arms, her Breaft 
 Boldly (he bares, a Jemme clafpt up her Veft, 
 Her Faulchion in a Purple Belt, more bright 
 
 Her Bofom rendred, fetting off the white : 
 
 Valour with Beauty mix'd, a modeftBlufti 
 
 With terrour arm'd, her threatning Cask and Bum 
 
 Of Bloody Plumage caft a dreadful made : 
 
 And qorgon-Shk\d, that Titan fo difmai'd, 
 
 Which Vulcan with fuch art and labour made. 
 
 Whom Sidonius zJpollinaris followed fo nearly, that there will need no 
 other Tranflation then the precedent. 
 
 Seder at exerto bellatrix peSore "Roma 
 Qriflatum turrita caput, cm pone capaa j 
 Cafude prolap/us perfundit terga capiUus. 
 Latitia cenfura manet, terrorque pudore 
 (jefcit,& invito, juperat virtute yenuflas. 
 OJlrtcolor peph textus, quern fibula torto 
 tZMordax dente vorat, turn qmcquid mamma refundit 
 TtgmiMS, hocpatulo conclufn gemma receffu. 
 Htncfakit rutilm fp*"°f° circitelavum 
 Vmbo lams, videas hie craffofufa metallo 
 
 Antra Khexfotamq-lupam.quamfauce reteSa 
 
 <Blandiri quoq- terror er at, quanquamilla vorare 
 
 t Martigenas& piBa timet, pars proxima Tjbrin 
 
 Expnmit; bic fcabrifufus/ub pumice tophi 
 
 Troflabatmadidumpergutturaglaucafoporem, 
 
 Her 
 
pafsing to His Coronation, 
 
 6 9 
 
 Her Shield comprehends the Story from whence Europe had her 
 name, agreeably to the Cuftome of the Ancients : as we finde by this 
 defcription of the Shield of c Rome\n the fame Authour. 
 
 Hie patrius Mavortis amor, fee tusq-^ notantur 
 %omulei ■ pojl amnis ineft, & bellua nutrix. 
 EleSroTjberis, Tueriformantur in duro. 
 Tingunt ara lupam, Mavors adaman'te corujeat. 
 
 Here Mars efcapes, and there the Twins he drew, 
 And next the River, and the Shee-wolfe too: 
 Tyber in Amber, and the Boyes in Gold, 
 The Wolf in Brafs, Marsht in Steel did mould. 
 
 The firft part of which feems to be taken from that of JEneas in firgil, 
 
 lllk res Italas, c R$>manorumque triumphos, 
 Haud vatum ignarus venturique infeius avi, 
 Feeerai Ignipotens, illic genus omnefutura 
 Stirpts ab Jfcanio,pugnataque in ordine beUo 
 Fecerat, & viridi fatam Mayortis in antro 
 TroeubuiJIe lupam • geminos huic ubera circum 
 Ludere pendentes pueros, & lambere matrem 
 Impavidos j tllam tereti cervice reflexam 
 Mulcere alternos , & corpora fingere lingua. 
 3\(ec procul bine, "Remain, <5cc. 
 
 Th' Ignipotent God, well skill'd in Fates to come. 
 
 The Tinman triumphs and affaires Q$%cme, 
 
 There had engrav'd, Afcanius OrF-fpring wrought, 
 
 And all their bloody battels mud be fought. 
 
 The pregnant Wolfe in Mars green Covert lay, 
 
 And hanging at her breads two Infants play: 
 
 Bending her neck (he licks the tender young, 
 
 And quiet, fhapes their bodies with her tongue. 
 
 Not far from this, TZpme, <5cc, . Q r 
 
7° 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Orfromthefeof Siltus Italicus, defcribing the Shield of Flaminius, a 
 l^oman Conful; 
 
 T urn clypeum quatit, afperjum quern cadibus olim 
 Celticus ornarat cruor : bumentique fub antro, 
 Qufwtumjupa permulcens puerilia membra 
 Ingentem Affarici calo nutribat alumnum. 
 
 Next, he aflumes his Shield, where they behold 
 The ftains of Celtic^ blood, winch he before 
 In Battel fhed : and, in it carv'd, he bore 
 A She-Wolfs Figure, in her gloomy Den, 
 Licking a Child's foft Limbs, as it had been 
 Her Whelp, and nurs'd of the JJJaric{L'me 
 A Stem, that afterwards was made Divine. 
 
 Mr. Ross. 
 
 The other, from thefeVerfes of <JM.o[cbus , where he defcribes the 
 Basket of Europa, 
 
 'Ao'p'© 1 flEl '«!» NElAi( po©"' » / WofTIS 
 
 In Silver Putins flood, the Cor» in Brafs, 
 And f upit er in Gold engraven was. 
 
 The Fable prefented in the Shield of Europe is this. f«ro^,Daugh- 
 ter of J«enor, gathering Flowers near the Sea-fide , was carryed away 
 by fuptter, in the Form of a Bull, into Qrete, where fhe became his 
 Spoufe • by whofe Name he caufed that part of the World to bee al- 
 tj^mi led, according to this of Mmlius + , 
 
 Quod fuperejl Europa tenet, qua prima natantem 
 FluBtbus excepttque Jovem, Tduriimque rcfolvit. 
 Itlepuellari donavit nomine fluHus, 
 £f monumenta fui titulo facrayit amoris. 
 
 Europa 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 71 
 
 Europa laft place held, whom fove his Prize 
 Through Billows bearing,caft his Bull's difguife, 
 And gave that Sea, to her eternal Fame, 
 In memory of his Love, the Virgin's Name. 
 
 This Virgin was generally reputed a Tjrian. Euripides, 
 
 Tixvoy Eupaarns " . — - 
 
 Seneca the Tragedian, 
 
 Tyrix per mdas yeBor Europa; nitet t 
 
 Through Waves Tyrian Europa % bearer fhone.' 
 
 And Herodotus 1 conjectures this quarter of the World was named ^ •? * Lil - 
 
 atis ' E "f" OT! C which Valla renders, ab Europa Tyria ) in his firft Book, 
 
 affirming, the Cretans fail'd to Tyre, and ftole her from thence. The 
 
 Qhronogiaphers, that follow Eufebius, rank this about the time of fofhuab, 
 
 but the Arundelian Marbles ( fet forth by Mr. Selden ) mew, that 
 
 mils came to TM*j, and built Cadmea at the fame time,when AmplnUyon 
 
 reign'd in /&/j>en.r,which was before the Israelites forfook Egypt. By this 
 
 it is apparent, that Europa was not of Tyre ; for that was built long af- *^n J: fU 
 
 ter, ^.according to ^o/f^te * before the Temple of Solomon, which £ * vULl ' 
 
 wasbeguninthe 480. Year after the Israelites departure out of Egypt. 
 
 It is fuppofed, that that part of the Fable, which feigns her carried away 
 
 by aBul],figmfies no more, then that fhe was tranfported by Sea in a 
 
 Ship called the 'Bull, from the Figure of a Bull on the Prow of it. So 
 
 Lycophron, 
 
 "El rxvptfu'p;? 7f*^OTjl©' £jpfaA*7r 
 
 it being among the Ancients the ufual Cuftom to nominate their Ships 
 from the WonfMi, or Injigne on the Prow, as the Tiger, Centaur e, and 
 Triton, in the Navy of jEneas, mention'd by V 1 r g i l \ t ^ m a *. 
 
 Mafsicus terata princeps fecat aquora Tigri. ' 
 
 I'th' Brazen Tigre Mafsicus firft ftands. 
 
 Filius 
 
His Ma j tsxi e's Entertainments 
 
 Films aquales comitatus clajfe catervas 
 Ingentem remis Centaurum promovet. — 
 Hunc vehit immtnit Triton, & carula concha 
 Exterrens freta. — ■ — 
 
 His Son attended with an equal Troop 
 Brings, with tuff Oars, the mighty Centaure up. 
 This mighty Triton bore, frighting the Tides 
 With his fhrill Trump, 
 
 We (hall not need give any further account of this Fable, but leave 
 the further Relation of it to this Poem of Mo/cbus, 
 
 Nwt'jos ole TOnxAo hasps' 'iWrai, e>fu()i <A' See. 
 
 A fweet Dream Venus once Suropa lent, 
 In Nights third quarter, near the Morns afcent ; 
 Whilft Slumber which her eye- lids fweetly crown'd, 
 Her Limbs unti'd, and her Eyes foftly bound 
 (That time which doih all truer Dreams beget.) 
 Europa Phccnix-child, a Virgin yet, 
 Alone in a high Chamber taking reft, 
 Beholds two Countries that for her conteft, 
 The tAfun, and her oppofite ;both feem'd 
 Like Women ; that a ftranger, this efteem'd 
 A Native who (a Mother like) doth plead 
 That ftie of her was born, by her was bred ,• 
 The other violent hands upon her laid, 
 And drew by force the unrefifting Maid, 
 Urging (he was as prize to fove defign'd : 
 Out of the bed fhe ftarts with troubled mind ; 
 And panting heart ; the Dream to life's fo near : 
 Long fate (he filent ; long both Women were 
 
 After 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 After (he Wak'd prefented to herfenfe, 
 
 Till thus at length fhe breaks her deep fufpence. 
 
 Which of the Gods, as now I did repofe, 
 Perplex'd my Fancy with delufive Shows i 
 My calmer Sleeps difquieting with fear ; 
 What Stranger in my Slumber did appear I 
 Her love fhot fuddainly into my Breaft 
 And kindnefs, like a Mother, (he exprefs'd. 
 The Gods vouchfafe this Dream a good event ! 
 
 She rofe, and for her lov'd Companions fent^ 
 In Years, and Friendship, equal, nobly born, 
 With them for Balls flic us'd her felf fadorn • 
 Or in rfnaunu current Bathes,with them, 
 She plucks the fragrant Lilly from her Stem 
 Thefe ftraight come to her ; each a Basket held 
 To gather Flowers j fo walk they to a Field 
 Neighb'ring the Sea , whither they often went 
 
 Pleas'd with the Waters noife, and Rofes fcent. 
 A Golden Basket fair Europa bare, 
 
 Rich, yet in Vulcan's Workmanfthip more rare, 
 
 Which ZNjptune firft to Lybia gave, when he 
 
 Obtain'dherBed, to Telephafa (he 
 
 Wife to her Son, from Telephafa laft 
 
 This to unwed Europe her Daughter paft 
 
 Which many Figures neatly wrought did hold. 
 
 Inacbim Is was here carv'd in Gold, 
 
 Not yet in Woman's (hape, but like a Cow, 
 
 Who feem'd to fwim, and force (enraged) through 
 
 The Briny Sea her way • the Sea was Blew j 
 
 Upon the higheft point of Land to view 
 
 The Wave-dividing Heifer, two Men ftand; 
 fove ftrokes the wet Cow with his facred hand, 
 
 M Who 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Who, untofeven-mouth'd Stilus crofsingover, 
 Did caft her Horns, and Woman's fhape recover. . 
 In Silver thQlus Flood, the Cow inBrafs, 
 And fupiter in Gold engraven was ; 
 Mercury figur'd on the furtheft round, 
 And next him lies diftended on the ground 
 Argos, endu'd with many watchful Eyes, 
 Out of whofe Purple Blood a Bird doth rife, 
 Proud of his various Flo wry Plumes, his Tail 
 He fpreadeth like a fwift Ship under Sail, 
 And comprehends the Border with his Wings ; 
 Such is the Basket fair Europa brings. 
 
 All at the Painted Field arive, where thefe 
 With fev'ral Flow'rs their feveral Fancies pleafe." 
 One fweet ^Qarcifus plucks, another gets 
 Wilde Savory, Hyacinths, and Violets, 
 Many fain Spring-born Flow'rs the ground doth (hare, 
 Some ftrive which yellow Crocus fragrant Hair 
 Should fafter pluck ; i'th' midft the Queen doth ftatid 
 Gathering the Rofes Beauty with her hand ; 
 The Graces fo by Venus are out-ihind. 
 Nor muft ftie long with Flowers divert her mind, 
 Nor long preferve unftain'd her Virgin Zone, 
 Votfove, upon the Meadow looking down, 
 By Venus fubtle Darts was ftruck in love, 
 Venus hath power to captivate great fove. 
 Who of frow'rd funo's jealoufie afraid, 
 And that he might deceive the tender Maid, 
 In aHull's Shape his Deity doth vail, 
 Not fuch as are in Stables bred, or trail 
 The crooked Plough, the furrow'd Earth to wound, 
 Or run amongft the Heards in Pafture Ground, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation, 
 
 75 
 
 Or are to draw the laden Waggon us'd, 
 
 Yellow o're all his body is diflus'd 5 
 
 Save a white Circle dunes amidft his Brow, 
 
 His brighter Eyes with amorous Sparkles glow. 
 
 His Horns with equal length rife from his Head, 
 
 Like the Moon's Orb, to half a Circle fpread. 
 
 Into the Mead he comes, nor (feen) doth fright j 
 
 The Virgins to approach him all delight, 
 
 And ftroke the lovely Bull, whofe divine fmell 
 
 Doth far the Meads perfumed Breath excel : 
 
 Before unblam'd Europa's Feet he flood, 
 
 Licking her Neck, and the Maid kindly woo'd : 
 
 She flroak'd, and kifs'd him j and the Foam, that lay 
 
 Upon his Lip, wip'd with her hand away : 
 
 He foftly bellow'd, fuch an humming found 
 
 Forth breathing,as Mygdoniem Pipes refound. 
 
 Down at her Feet he kneels, viewing the Maid 
 
 With writhed Neck, and his broad Back difplai'dj 
 
 When (he to th'fair-haird Virgins thus doth fay ; 
 
 Come hither dear Companions, let us play, 
 
 Securely with this Bull, and without fear ; 
 
 Who, like a Ship, all on his Back will bear. 
 
 He tame appears to fight, and gently kind,; 
 
 Diff'ring from others, a difcurfive mind 
 
 Bearing like Men, and onely Voice doth lack. 
 
 Thisfaid, fhe fmiling gets upon his Back; ' 
 
 Which the reft off 'ring, the Bull leaps away, 
 
 And to the Sea bears his defired Prey ; 
 
 She cals with ft retch'd-out hands, fhe turns to view 
 
 Her Friends, alafs unable to purfu'e j x 
 
 Down leaps he, UolpbinAikc glides through the Seas i 
 
 Up from the Deep rife the J^ereides, 
 
 M z Mounted 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Mounted on Whales to meet her on the way : 
 Whilft hollow-founding U^eptune doth allay 
 The Waves, and is himfelf his Brothers guide 
 in this-Sea-Voyage -Triw«x, on each fide, 
 (The Deep's inhabitants)about him throng, 
 And found with their long fhels a nuptial fong ; 
 She by transformed fupittr thus born, 
 With one hand holding faft the Bull's large Horn 
 Her purple garment with the other faves 
 Unwet by the fwoln Ocean's froathy waves : 
 Her mantle (flowing o're her moulders, fwell'd 
 Like a full fail, and the young maid upheld. 
 Now born away far from her native coaft, 
 Her fight the wave-wafht more and mountains loft. 
 She fees the Hea v'ns above, the Seas beneathe, 
 And, looking round about, thefe Cries doth breathe. 
 
 O whither facred Bull i who art thou, fay i 
 That through ondreaded floods canft break thy way : 
 The Seas are pervious to fwift Ships alone, 
 But not to Bulls is their fear'd voyage known j 
 What food is here t or if tome God thou be 
 Why doft, what misbefeems a Deity i 
 Upon the Land no Dolphins, no Bulls move 
 Upon the Sea ; Thou Sea and Land doft prove 
 Alike } whofe feet like Oares afsift thy haft ; 
 Perhaps tliou'lt foar through the bright Air at laft 
 On high, and like the nimble Birds become. 
 Me moft unhappy, who have left my home, 
 A Bull to follow, voyages unknown 
 To undertake, and wander all alone. 
 But U^jsptune thou , that rul'ft the foaming Main 
 Be pleas'd to help me ; fure I fhall obtain 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 77 
 
 A fight of this great God, who is my guide, 
 Nfflr elfe could I thefe fluid paths have tride. 
 
 The largely horned Bull thus anfwer'd ; Maid 
 Be bold, nor of the fvvelling waves afraid, 
 For I zmfove who now a Bull appear, 
 And vvhatfoever fliape I pleafe ean wear ; 
 In this to meafure the wide Sea conftrain'd 
 For love of thee, thou (halt be entertain'd 
 By Creet my Nurfe ; our Nuptials (ball be there 
 Perform'd, and thou of me great Sons (bait bear, 
 To whofe imperious Scepters all fhall bow. 
 
 What he had faid, event made good • Creet now 
 Appears in view j fove his own form doih take, 
 And loos'd her Zone • the Hours their Bed did make, 
 She late a Virgin, Spoufe to fove became, 
 Brought him forth Sons,and gain'd a Mothers name. 
 
 Mr. STANLEY. 
 
 "Asia, OnherHeadaCjlory,kerStokofSi\, nith fever al Forms 
 "of Wild "Beajls wrought on it. 
 
 Among the Poets, we frequently find Afia called zAurora, from tha 
 rifing of the Sun there: as in Claudian, 
 
 fam Trinceps molitur iter^gente'sque remotas 
 CoUigit Aurora;, tumidus quafcunque pererrat 
 Euphrates, quos luslrat Halys, quos dttat Orontes,«2rc. 
 
 The Prince his Progrefs now defigning calls 
 Remoteft Eaftern Nations, they whofe Walls 
 Euphrates, Haljs } and Ororit improves, 
 The Arabs leave their I ncenfe-bearing Groves, &c, 
 
 Tot am pater undique fecum 
 
 Moverat Auroram : mijlis hie Colchus Iberis, 
 
 Hie 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Hie mitra yelatus Arabs, hie crine decore 
 Armenius.— — 
 
 — — — the Eaftern World he rais'd : 
 
 There with Iberians Qolchians mix'd, and there 
 Wilde Arabs, and fair-hair'd Armenians were. 
 
 And fpeaking of A(ta, going to follicite Stilico for Afsiftance, 
 Tendit ad Italiam fupplex Aurora potentem. 
 To Italy iAurora fupplyant bends. 
 
 From whence they repreiented her like the Rifing Sun. Claudian im- 
 plicitely delivers her ordinary Drefs,though in regard of her calamity ,at 
 that time,, in mourning, 
 
 ^on radiis redimita comam, nee flammea vuhum, 
 JA(Vc croceum vejlita diem ; fiat livida IttUa. 
 
 No Raies, nor Glory drefs'd her Brows, nor clad 
 In Purple day, but pale (he look'd, and fad. 
 
 Her Mantle of Silk fpeaks her ancient Propriety in it : which came 
 fo late into Europe, that we finde no name for ii 'vaHomer, among his fo 
 frequent DefcriptionsoftheVeftmentsbothofGods,andMen. Nay, 
 not in the Poets of the Old, or Middle Comedy, fome hundreds of 
 Years after Homer. Whence we conjecture, it was firft brought into 
 Europe after the Conqueft of Alexander the Great. After it was brought 
 over the.£«rof<e<»»jfeemtohavehad no certain knowledge how it was 
 made. For, by what we can finde, they thought it to have grown na- 
 turally on the Trunk, or Leaves of fome Trees in aA/ta, So Virgil, 
 
 Quidnemora ./Ethiopum molli canehtia lank, 
 VeUerdque ut foltis depeUant tenuia Seres t 
 
 Of Trees in /Ethiopia white with Wool ; 
 How from the Leaves the Seres Fleeces cull i 
 
 Pi i .- f. 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 79 
 
 Pliny, The Seres are the firtt, who are known to have a Woolly fub' 
 Jlance to grow on their Trees, which they comb off after they have /printed it 
 "with W iter. And fulitu Tollux * fpeaks it as a report of fome, that the 
 Seres gathered their Silk from certain Worms, like unto the 'Bombyces 
 of the Ifland Coos. Whence it appears, that in the time of Qpmmodus 
 the Emperour, in vvhofe timcTollux wrote,it was generally believed to 
 have been otherwife : and after that too, for Claudian, whoflourim'd 
 under the Emperour Homrius, agrees with TUny • 
 
 1 — &pollice doBo 
 
 fam par M auratai traheas, currusque micantes 
 Stamine, quod molli tondent de Jlipite Seres, 
 Frondea lanigera carpentes vellera Sylva. 
 
 —flie rarely taught, 
 
 Rich Robes prepar'd, and Golden Chariots wrought^ 
 With Thred, which from the Bark the Seres cull, 
 Shearing from fpreading Boughs the Fleecy Wooll. 
 
 Servius indeed, who lived in the time of Theodofius, as appears by his 
 being cotemporary with t cSXfacrobius, had a right opinion of it, as + <^f"",i. 
 appears from thefe words of his in the fore-cited place of Virgil, 
 
 Amongfl the Indians,<W Sercs,are certain Worms upon the Trees, which 
 are called Bombyces. ; which, like Spiders, [pin a yery fine Thred, from 
 whence is made Si\. 
 
 In the time of fuftinian * the whole Myftery was difclos'd by fome * Zmm „ 
 Monks,v/ho brought frem the Indies fome of the Eggs of the Worms : 
 Since which time that Manufacture ha's been conftantly ufed in Eu- 
 rope. 
 
 That (lie ha's feveral Shapes, or Forms of ftrange Beads wrought 
 onherVeft, is agreeable to the ancient Cuftoms of that Countrey, 
 Arijlophanes \ 
 
 t RAttit. 
 
 6 A v ToTu* nragjtm'jAff/^crj T0T5 M»Afc 7s ypa'ptf<n* 
 
 Myne not li{e your Prodigious Monflers be, 
 Such as are wrought in Median Tapejlrj, 
 
 Petronius 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Petronius Arbiter, 
 
 Tuo paktoclaujm pavo pafcitur, 
 Tlumato amiBus aulao 'Babylonia. 
 
 A Peacock (hall be eram'd for thee, 
 Adorn'd like sSMedian Tapeftry. 
 
 SlDOSIUS, 
 
 Teregrina dct fupellex 
 Cttfiphontis ac Niphatis 
 
 fuga texta bellmsque 
 Hapidas vacante panno 
 Jcuit quibus furorcm 
 "Bene fitta plaga cocco 
 Jacuhque ceuforante 
 Q-uor incruentm exit : 
 Vbi torvus, istper artem 
 Hefupina flexus ora, 
 h equo reditque telo 
 Fugiens fugdnsque 'Parthus. 
 
 From Qcfiphont ftraight get enough, j 
 
 And 3\Qphates fair Houfhold fluff, 
 
 Wrought with Hills, and Wilde Beafts, which 
 
 The empty ProfpeeT: may enrich ; 
 
 Who by wcll-feignd Wounds enrag'd, 
 
 Seem more defperately engag'd, 
 
 From favelins fixed in their fides, 
 
 Blood in Bloodlefs Rivers glides; 
 
 Where the Tartbian with fuch Art, 
 
 O're his Shoulder throws his Dart : 
 
 His Horfe now charging, then retreats, 1 
 
 And flyins, fo his Foe defeats. 
 
 7 5 "Areica 
 
\ 
 
 palsing to His Coronation, & 
 
 ''Africa, a W man, in her Hand a "Pomegranate • on her Head a 
 "from of hoy, and Sars of Wheat ■ at her Feet mo Ships laden 
 "rtitbCorn. 
 
 Thus we finde the Statue of Jfric{at Florence leaning upon its fefc 
 Hand, in which there is a Pomegranate ; in her right Hand an Dm* 
 brella , to defend her from the heat of the Sun ; for her Pillow, two 
 great Watcrs,fignifying the Mediterranean, and Jtlanttc{Ssas. So 
 at Adjcena, the Statue of f$imi(?ietc&xkeo£ Carthage, the Metropolis 
 * eUfrtclQ made by Po^c/«,holds in one Hand a Scepter -in the other, 
 a Pomegranate. Therefore, when the Queen facri ficed'to fv.no, fhe 
 wore a Rod of Pomegranate upon her Head, called by the Ancients 
 Inarculum. Festus; Inarcukm virgulta erat ex malo Tunico incur* 
 vata, quam %egina facrificans in capite gejlabat. 
 
 She is crowned with Ears of Corn, to fignifie the Fertility of the 
 place. Horace, 
 
 Fulgentem imperio fertilis Africa 
 Fallit forte beatior. 
 
 Thou happier art, then he commands 
 Rich AfriclQ, fertile Strands. 
 
 Thus Sidonius introduces Africa, 
 
 fam male fcecundas in vertice f regit arijliu, 
 Et ftc or fa loqui efl. 
 
 Her Wheat-ear'd Wreath now early full (he broke, 
 And thus then fpoke.- 
 
 And Cuudian, 
 
 Dc tand. 
 
 Turn jpicis,& dente comas iUuJlris eburno, 
 Et yalido rubicunda die, Jic Africa fatur. 
 
 With Iv'ry crown'd, and Wheat, red with the Suny 
 And fainting Heats, thus Africa begun, 
 
 N According 
 
 jsriitni. 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 According to which Defection of his , we finde her reprefented in a 
 Coyn of Antoninus Tins, 
 
 'sAlgiiu-.cLufAiLi 
 
 Dr Bills 
 
 Thefame Authour impliedly defenbes her,in the fame manner, in 
 another place, 
 
 mediis apparet in afiris 
 
 Africa, refcifie vejles, & Spicea pajsim 
 Sertajacent, lacerocrinales vertice denies, 
 Et fraUum pendebat ebur. 
 
 Amidft the Stars next Africa appears 
 Her Garments torn, her Wreath of Wheaten Ears 
 Scattered about, Teeth braided on her Crown, 
 And broken Ivory hung. 
 
 The Ivory on her Head, alludes to the great numbe. -of E lephants 
 bred in that Lt of the World 5 efpecially in depart of Mncz hjond 
 ftSi SsyrtS&.W^^^hiopu.Troglodmca, WMauru 
 
 tania. Tetronius, 
 
 Qumturinfihu Mauri fera- & ultimas Amman 
 zJfrorum excutitur, tie defit bellua dente 
 Ad mortes pretioja fuas. •— 
 
 The Libyan Wilds we feek, and th'utmoft South, 
 To finde a Monfter out, whofe pretious Tooth 
 Proves its own bane.-— 
 
 J U V E N AL, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 83 
 
 JUVE N A L, 
 
 T>entibus ex Mis quos mittit porta Syenes, s«t. & 
 
 Et Mauri celeres. " — ■ 
 
 From whiter Teeth, which the Syene fends, 
 And the fwift Moors.— > 
 
 Whence the Tomans, in their Triumphs over Africa, ufually had Ele- 
 phants led before them, to denote the place of their Victory : as L. pi;».uirt± 
 Metellus, in whofe Coyns we finde either an Elephant, or his Trtum- " f ' v "' 
 phal Chariot drawn by two of them, or a Head of one of them under 
 his Chariot. 
 
 Tliny fays, that the Chariot of Tompej was drawn by four Ele- 2<UgJl 
 phants in his African Triumph. And we finde that the Fifth Legion " M '''- 
 bore the Effigies ofan Elephant on their Colours , becaufe they fuc- 
 cefsfully manag'd a Battel againft them, in the War betwixt Ccefar, and 
 L. Scipio, 
 
 The two Ships at her Feet, relate to the Qajsis Frumentaria, which 
 came yearly to %ome from <tAfrkk^t frequently mentioned iathefy- 
 man Writers • which was inftituted by Qommodtu the Emperour. Of 
 whom Lampridius • Qlajkm Africanam hjtitmt qua fubfidw efiet, ft forte 
 Alexandria fmnenta ceffajfent. He appointed an ^African Navy, 
 which fliould furnifh the City , in cafe the Corn from Alexandria 
 mould fail. Of which Claudian, 
 
 TotmibipromcritiiLibyamNilumqnedcdere, „ „ „ 
 
 Vt dominant plebcm bellatoremque Senatum c ' u """ 
 Clajsibus ajlivtf alerent, gemmoque yicifim 
 Littore diver fi complerent horrea venti. 
 
 N z Stabat 
 
And, 
 
 tifde Serc- 
 
 Be Provi; 
 dint 'iA Dei 
 Lib. vi. 
 
 In Sjm~ 
 machum. 1 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Stabat certa falus : Memphis Ji forte negaffet, 
 Tenfabam Tharium Getulis mefsibus annum. 
 Frugiferas certare rates, late'que videbam 
 Punica Niliacis concurrere carboja velis. 
 
 They gave me Libya, and the /Egyptian Shore 
 For my deferts, that they might with their Store 
 -The People, and the VVarlick Senate feed, 
 And with contrary Winds fupply their need. 
 Famine farewel : if Memphis (hould deny, 
 Getulion Harvefts will our Wants fupply. 
 Freighted with Corn, 1 faw the Tunic{ Fleet, 
 And Ships from J^ilus in our Harbours meet. 
 
 Pharia: fegetes & Punica me/sis 
 
 Cajlrorum devota cibo : dat Gallia robur 
 Militis, Sec. — ^~ 
 
 Egyptian Crops, WPunick Cjrain 
 Our Camps with 'Bread, Gaul doth with Men maintain. 
 
 Wherefore Sakian, after he had mention 'd the Deftrudtion of SardU 
 nia, and Sicily, the V ital Veins, he calls Africa the Soul it felf of the 
 Common-Wealth offyme. Trudentius, 
 
 %ejpice nwwLibyci defiftat raris arator 
 Frumentis onerare rates, <st ad Oftia Tibris 
 tfMittcre triticeos in pajlum plebit acervos. 
 
 See if the Libyan Swain negleds to load 
 
 Our Ships with Corn, and to the Oslian Road 
 
 Sends Wheaten Mountains for the Peoples Food, 
 
 "America Crown d with Feathers 0/ divers Colours, on her Stole a 
 [' golden %ver, in one Hand a Siher Mountain. 
 
 So 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 85 
 
 So Tompey, in his Triumph over Metbridates, among the reft of his 
 Silver and Golden Reprefentations carried Montem aurcum, quadratum, Tlill , Na 
 cum cervis (rleonibus, &pomisomnis generis, circumdau vite aurcci, <aA vif.m. 
 fquare (jolden Mountain, enccmpafed with a Vine of (fold, mih Harts and 
 Liens upon it, and all manner of Fruit. The Mountain in her Hand is 
 Totofts in Teru, whofe Treafure has been accounted inexhauftible. 
 ■fofephus Acofta relates, that in that Mountain there was found a Vein 
 of Silver, about the height of a Spear above the Superficies of the NM.imfc 
 Earth, three hundred Foot long, and thirteen broad. The fame Au- 'df'.vt'"' 
 thour witneffes, that the King of Spain receives yearly from thence a 
 Million of Ducats ; and that onely from the fifth part of the Silver. 
 We have read of indeed of Silver Mountains in Europe ; as that men- 
 tion'd by Strabo in Spam ■ 3\(ot far from Coftaon is a Mountain, whence 
 flows the ^ver Bxiis, call d the Silver Mountain, in relation totbeSiker 
 Mines there. And of a Golden Mountain in Afia, mention'd by Me' 
 nander j » Xaj«v^ ia]U Sv, a " f u «! My^im 'tvlly ( prefently after 
 'Bali*} is I, dm, j-pura.m '.f®- ''em!io iA\, Where Kfng Chagar.us him- 
 /elf was, on a Mountain calld Edtag, that is, the Golden Mountain. 
 And Appian before him ; Many Fountains bringdown J 'mall Shavings of 
 (jold from the Mountain Caucafus ; the Inhabitants fining Fleeces of 
 Woolhery deep, takg up what Shavings jlickjotbem : But thefe are all fo 
 confiderable , in relpecl of the ineftimable Treafure of this Mountain, 
 that America may reafonably from hence , as all other Countries from 
 what is moft valuable, and appropriate to them, have its diftinguifhin<* 
 Character. 
 
 The River on her Stole is the Golden River Teru. So Qaudian re« 
 prefents Urittaw with the Flux and Deflux of the Sea on her Veil: ; 
 
 Jnde Caledonio velata Britannia monfl.ro, 
 Ferro piBa genas, cujus vesligia verrit 
 Carulus, Oceanique aflum mentitus ainiilus, 
 
 'Britannia then veil'd in a Boars rough Hide, 
 Walk'd on the Sea, her Cheeks with Iron dy'd, 
 Cloath'd with the changings of the Oceans Tide. 
 
 And Spain, with the Golden River Tagus on her Stole : 
 
 glaucis turn prima Minervx 
 
 ^exa comam foliis, fulvaque intexta micantem 
 Vefle Tagum, tales profe rt Hifpania voces. 
 
 Then 
 
3 6 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 M-ix. cUiif. 
 Lib. ii- 
 
 Then Spain with Olive-Branches crown'd, her Veft 
 With Golden T igus wrought, her felf cxpreft 
 In words like thefe. — ■ 
 
 Which Leaves ofzSMinerva, Mr. Selden miftook for a Vdm.Qlaudian, 
 in feveral places, defcribes the Olive in the fame manner ; as in his Epi- 
 
 ftle to Hadrian, 
 
 Hoc pro fupplicibm ramis, profronde Minerva;, 
 Hoc carmen pro thure damns 
 
 This for Minerva's fupplicating Bough, 
 This Verfe for Incenfe we beftow. 
 
 And in another place, 
 
 pro frande Minervx 
 
 hEunf- 11 
 
 ,.»„,Lit.u. Has tibi. protendo lacrymas; 
 
 for Talks Boughs, 
 
 Thefe Tears we thee prefent, 
 
 L U C A N , 
 
 •— . tamen ante furorem 
 
 Indomitmn,duramqueviridefleUerementem 
 Tacifico Sermoneparant, bojlemque propinquum 
 Orant Cecropix pra lata fronde Minzvvx. [ 
 
 — they to allwage 
 
 His cruel Breaft, accuftomed to rage, 
 Minerva's Branches ftretching forth, befeech 
 The Neighb'ringFoe with a prepared Speech. 
 
 In which places 'tis evident, the Olive is fignified, becaufe carried in 
 the Hands of Suppliants. Statius, 
 
 Dt Sill. 
 Civ.libXu. 
 
 , — ramhmque precantis Oliv.t. 
 
 A fupplicating Olive Branch. 
 
 Vittati 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 87 
 
 Vittatx laurus, & fupplicis arbor Olivet. 
 With Bays and fupplicating Olives crown'd. 
 
 Whence ^Vrgz'/ makes JEneas fend a hundred to King Latinus , all 
 crown'd with Olive Branches, call'd there Talladis rami. 
 
 — ramis velatos Palladis omnes, 
 
 Donaque ferre viro, pacemquc expofcere Teucris, 
 
 And for the Trojans Terms of Peace propound, 
 With Royal Prefents, all with Olive crown'd. 
 
 And Statins makes Tydeui, going in the name of Tolyniccs, to demand 
 the Kingdom of Thebes, carry a Branch of Olive in his Hand, as a to- 
 ken of Peace • and, his Demand being denied , to throw away the 
 fame, to fignifie, and declare a War. So Livy, ^(ot far of was 
 a Skip of the Carthaginians, covered with Mitres, and branches of Olive ; 
 in which mre ten Ambajfadours, chief T rimes of the City, fent to requell 
 Teace. 
 
 Claudia n gives the fame Epithet too, to the Olive-leaves, in 
 his Epiftle to Serena, 
 
 — glauca pinguis Oliva coma. 
 
 The undtuous Olive with a Silver Sprig. 
 
 And Valerius Flaccus, 
 
 glaucdsque comis pratcxere frondes hnperat. 
 
 Commands to braid their Hair with verdant Boughs. 
 
 . The reafon why Claudian fo defcribes it, is, becaufe that Tree was 
 facred to Minerva : which we finde attefted by T liny- The Efculus 
 C a Species of glandiferous Trees ) is facred to Jupiter , the Laurel to ^ff; 
 Apollo, the Olive to Minerva, the Myrtle to Venus, the Toplar to Hercu- 
 les ,• and is known from the Fable of the Contention of Mineiva, and 
 Z\(eptune, concerning the Poffefsion of Athens. And Epopeus, after a 
 Victory, having eredled and confeci ated to her a Temple, and pray'd, 
 that fhe would fho w fome token of her acceptance of it, there prefently U ' "' 
 fprung forth a Branch of Olive before it. 
 
 • f ; • This 
 
88 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 This Errour of Mr. Selden's produc'd another in his following words, 
 when he gather'd from thenGe,that the River T^w, and Palm-Trees 
 were proper to Spain. Hifpanix Talma, & Tagus fluv'ms propria. In« 
 deed the Palm- Tree was the Symbol offudaa, as we fee in the Coyns 
 
 of Vefpajian and Titus, 
 
 Lib. lli. 
 
 Sfigrm 
 Lib. xii. 
 
 from the abundance of them in that Countrey. $TRAto- t 'Befidethe 
 common T aim, it (Judxa) brings forth the Carupta, not trmcb inferiour 
 to the Babylonian. Lucan, 
 
 Et arbujlo Talmarum diyes Idume, 
 
 And ldumea rich with Palm- 
 
 Sil ius It A L1CUS, 
 
 Talmiferdmque fenex bello domitabit Idumen, 
 
 Palm-bearing Idumaa (hall fubdue. 
 
 But Spain was commended for the abundance, and excellency of its; 
 Olives. Martial, 
 
 Bxtis, Olivifera crinem redimite corona, 
 Aurea qui nitidis vellera tingis aquis. 
 
 'Ba tis her TrelTes crown'd with Olive Stems, 
 Dyes Golden Fleeces with herglitt'ring Streams. 
 
 Which Verfes, compared with thefe oiSilius Italicus, evidently evince^ 
 that Talladii rami fignifie the Olive. 
 
 — — genuit quos tibere ripa 
 
 TaUadio Bethes umbratus cornua ramo. 
 
 — both 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 — ,_ both of equal age 
 Born upon 'Betbes Banks,whofe horned Brows 
 Were overfhadowed with fat Olive Boughs. 
 
 And in another place, of Spam, 
 
 3^ec Cereri terra indocilis, nec inbofpitaRaccho, 
 ^{ulla^ue Palladia fefe magis arbore tollit. 
 
 A Land, where Ceres, and Lyaus too 
 
 Do dwell, and Olive- Trees in plenty grow. 
 
 Whence, in a Coyn of Hadrian the Emperour, we finde that Coun- 
 trey fignified by a Woman fitting , with her left hand leaning on the 
 Tyrenean Mountains QAt.Selden calls it a heap of Stones} in her right 
 Hand holding a Branch of Olire; at her Feet a Coney : 
 
 Lib.! 
 
 The Coney we finde too at the Feet of Spain, holding an Olive- 
 Branch on her Shoulder, in a Coyn of the fame Emperour. 
 
 lU. 
 
 The Coney at her Feet fignifies either the incredible number of 
 thofe Animals formerly in Spain (for Varro mentions a Town there 
 
 O undermin'd 
 
9° 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 b , ffica undermin'd, and overthrown by them, as we finde in 'Pliny ) orra- 
 i,;'"' c ' r ' tner m e abundance of Mines in that Countrey • the Latine word \ fu- 
 niculi, from whence the allufion muftbe taken,being scquivocal,and an- 
 fwering to both. From one of which figmfkations a part of Spam is 
 
 Epi P *m. call'd Cuniculoja Celtibena by Qatullus , 
 
 Tu prater omnes, une de capiUatis, 
 Cmiculofa Celtiberia; fill. 
 
 The Mines are mentioned by Qaudian, fpeaking of Spain, 
 
 Dives equis,fr:{gmnfacilis,pretiofa metallis, 
 Trinapibui fcecmaa piis. • 
 
 With Steeds abounding, rich with Corn,andOre, 
 And pious Princes ftore — — 
 
 jxmu And by Si li us Italicus, 
 
 Pm. lib. i. 
 
 — ■ hie omne metallum : 
 
 EleBri geminofallent de jemine vena, 
 Jtque atros chalybu fcetu* bumns horridanutrit. 
 Sed jceleram caufas aperit Deus, Aftur avartis 
 Vijcenbm lacera telluris mergitur imis, 
 Et redit infelix efcjff'o concolor auro. 
 
 here Metals grow 
 
 v Of matter mix'd : EleSrttms pallid Veins 
 
 Produc'd, and daikcr Steel the Earth contains : ^ 
 But Godthofe Springs ofmifchief deeply hides ; 
 Yet Afiur, covetous, the Earth divides, 
 And, in her mangled Entrails drown'd again, 
 Returns with Gold, and bears the pretious Stain. 
 
 But 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 But to return. This River, hysfofephut aJcofla, gave the name to m m 
 the whole Countrey of Tern. Of which Levinus ApoUomus thus, un- hb ' '■ 
 der another name- where he defcribes the Rivers of the Mountain- 
 ons P e r u, The chief eft far is the Kjitr Argyreus (Peru) from k.wwfc 
 tts abundance of Silver, Mich itcafls up in glittering Sandfattdin Spaniih, iS.'" 
 Plata : itu equally liberal, and prof u/eqj its Ireajures unto all parts it 
 pajfetbby, enriching its Inhabitants with an inexhaustible abundance both of 
 Cjold,and Silver. 
 
 '-'The uppermoft great Table in the fore-ground reprefents t\ing 
 " Charles the First, with theTrin'ce, now Charles the Second, in His 
 " Hand, viewing the Sovereign of the Sea, the Trince leaning on a Can- 
 "won j the Injcription, 
 
 O N1MIU1V1 OILH.TE DEO, GUI MI LIT AT 
 
 ylZQUOR, 
 
 ET CONJURATi VEN III N T AD CIASSICA 
 
 VENT I. 
 
 For thee, Ofove's Delight, the Seas engage, 
 And muftr'ed Winds, drawn up in Battel, rage. 
 
 " Above, < ver the Cornich, between the two Qelejlial Hemi-fpheres, 
 " an Atlas, bearing a Terreftrial Globe, and on it a Ship under Sail ■ the 
 " Word, 
 
 U NHS N ON SUFFICIT. 
 
 Thus we findc vjtlas painted in an ancient Temple of fupiter's. in 
 Pausan;as, <>A mongfl the reft, is the PiQure of Atlas, bearingup Heaven, 
 and Earth ; by whom ftands Hercules, already to ajfift him : mention'c! 
 by Qlaudian, 
 
 y^Hercule quondam 
 
 Sujlentante polum, melius librata pependit 
 Machina, nec dubiis titubavu Signifer ajlris, 
 'Perpetuaque fenex fubduBws mole parumper 
 ObUupuit proprii fpeSator ponderis Atlas > 
 
 _fo 
 
pi 
 
 His M a j e s t i e s Entertainments 
 
 — fo Hercules of old 
 
 Suftain'd the P ole, bore better on his Back 
 The poyfed World, and fix'd the Zodiack : 
 Atlas a while, from his great Burthen free, 
 Admiring ttood, the wond'rous Load to fee. 
 
 Of whom thus Homer, 
 
 Daughter of Atlas, who both Depth, andSholes 
 Of th' Ocean plumbs, and holdeth t wo long Poles, 
 That mighty Heaven, and the Earth fuftain. 
 
 In npofr & S C H Y L u s, 
 
 Aso-ffc . \ , / ' , 
 
 who near the Weftern Main 
 
 Bears on his Back that Pillar, doth fuflain 
 Both Heaven, and Earth, not eafie to fupport. 
 
 V I R G 1 L , 
 
 _., — ubi cwlifer Atlas 
 
 Axem bumero torquet ftellis ardenttbus aptum. 
 
 where great zA tlas bears, 
 
 Laden wiih Golden Stars, the glittering Sphears. 
 
 He was thus defcribed from his admirable knowledge in demotions 
 ***** of.heHeavens, andthenature of things here below Paus an .as^ /« 
 
 Mthemsaplaceofgrcundcaltd Pololus, where *>f*^J*M 
 t t heHeayens,andtheBarth.Diouo^ S.cu.us f Ad s) 
 
 vasexcellently skiti'din Aftrology, W»w tbefirjl t tbatfubli[bed the fcphc- 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 93 
 
 ncal Figure of the Heavens '.from whence he was [aid to tear the Heavens on 
 his Shoulders j the Fable figmfymg the Invention, and Ve/cripiion of the 
 Sphere. Which feems not be underftood of a folid Sphere, but a Sphere 
 defcnbed on a Plane : the other Invention.by mod of the Ancients, be- 
 ing attributed to Archimedes, who liv'd many Centuries of Years after 
 him. 
 
 "The greatTaintingontbeWeb-fidereprejents the Tide of York, 
 " habited a l'antique, /% Neptune, (landing on a Shell drawn by Sea- 
 "Horfes, before which a Triton founding, inongHanda Trident, the 
 "Kerns in the other ; his Motto, 
 
 SPES ALTERA. 
 
 We generally finde U^eptune among the Poets drawn by Sea- 
 Horfes. S t a t i u s, 
 
 IllicMgeo Neptunus gurgite feffos 
 In portum deducit equos, prior haurit habenas 
 Vngula,pojlremi fohuntur in aquora pifces. 
 
 Here P^eptune cntring left tk jEgean Flood, 
 Landing his Steeds, their formoft Feet well (hod : 
 The hindmoft cut the Waves with Finny Tails. 
 
 VlR 
 
 OIL. 
 
 His ubi lata Dea permulfit peclora diilis, 
 fungit equos curru genitorjpumantidque addit 
 Frana feris,mambksque omnes effundit habenas, 
 Qaruleoper jumma leVis volat aquora curru. 
 
 When thus her troubled Breafthehad affwag'd, 
 He joyns his Chariot-Horfe, and curbs thenrag'd 
 With Fomy Bits, then gives themlib'ral Rein, 
 With blew Wheels flying ore the A zure Main. 
 
 They were called Hippocampa. No», US; Hippocampi «*i 
 manmjflexu caudamm.quapifcofa junt. Hippocampa: areSe^Hovks 
 
 Jo 
 
 Tkb. Lib. 11. 
 
 <ts£-<uid. v. 
 
94- 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 jo called from the flexion oftbeir T ails, which are like Fijhes. F e s t u s ; 
 Campos marinos equos Graeci a flexwnc poflertorum partium appellant," The 
 " greek) ca\\ Sea-Horfes Camp a, from the bending of their pofteriour 
 " parts: from to bend. , 
 
 In theMedaigles ofCaiia Maritu,anA Qumttu Qepenus, is reprefent- 
 ud : V eptune riding, upon thefe Hippocampte, or Sea-Horfes. 
 
 in Fafti/ ad 
 
 And the Form of aSea-Horfe we have in theCoyn of theEmperour 
 
 galltemu, 
 
 As he holds the Reins of his Horfes in one hand , fo we finde him 
 conftantly with a Triden t in the other. From whence he is ca 1 d by 
 the qreeL 1 taW ^ ^TinJar Ayw'bythe 
 
 n Cr*t. 
 PUtcru'. 
 
 t Milam. 
 hb. viii. 
 
 Lrfftnw, Tridentifer, and Tridentiger. Ovid , 
 
 o proxtma terra 
 
 And, 
 
 ^egn* vaga,dixi,jortite fridentifer undtt. 
 Cumque ¥ ridentigero tumidi gemtore profundi. 
 
 Virgil, 
 
 , Tiique,0,cui prima frementem 
 
 Fudit equum magno tellus percujfa Trtdenti, 
 Neptune. ~~ 
 
 -and 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 — 1 and ^Hjptme, thou,towhom 
 
 The Earth firft Trident ftruck brought forth a Steed. 
 
 H 
 
 O M E R, 
 
 Hy£i1 ' tA a^t arav^tt SeftwAw xujWacJi m^Trs 
 $i7pav, ^ A(£oj*. ■ 
 
 Arm'd mtb bis Trident, Neptune, leading on 
 Impetuous Waves, left neither Tile, nor Stone. 
 
 Callimacbus, Angularly, fays, that his Trident was made by the TeU H >™° ''" 
 ebmes, imnhs in Greet. 
 
 S^eptune the Mountain ftruck 
 
 With's Trident, which the Telechines made. 
 
 Tlutarch tellsj that the Troz^enians mark their Moneys with a Tri- 
 dent, as a Teftimony of their Devotion to ^Qptune. 
 
 Amongftthe reft of J^eptune's Attendants was Triton hisTiunv 
 peter. Ovid, M»m>, 
 
 Qamleum Tritona vocat, conchaque fonanti 
 In/pirare jubet, fluUksque, & fluminafigno 
 fam revocare Atto 
 
 Triton he calls, commanding him to found 
 His hollow Shell, and call the Floods profound, 
 And Rivers back. 
 
 Vubu, fpeaking of a Ship, ^£»«v. 
 — -lmnianis Triton, & cxrula concha 
 Exterrens freta. Cut laterum tenia hijpida nanti 
 Frons bominem prafert ; in Tnflin dejinit alvus : 
 Spumea femifero fub peBore murmurat unda. 
 
 This 
 
9 6 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Btmyfix. 
 xxxv l. 
 
 EiM. 
 
 This mighty Triton bore, frighting the Tides 
 With his fhrill Trump. His Face, and hairy fides 
 Abore prefents a Man, a Whale the reft : 
 And foamy Waves refound beneath his Breaft. 
 
 NoNSUS, 
 
 'A-.^popw, Alitor® 1 ! if' Ji© 1 eV^°©' 'X s ." 5 - 
 
 Broad-bearded Tn'fon founds his Trump atiatc, 
 Half humane Shape, a Fiftv beneath the Wafte; 
 
 Moscaus, 
 
 to A iicf'i fuv J^fi'Soda 
 
 K^aoin KK«ii m-i A"' 1 ®' 
 
 T n'fow on each fide 
 
 (The Deep's Inhabitants) about him throng, 
 And found with their long Shels a Nuptial Song. 
 
 ^Ontbe fourU^mthmthe Arch mreimng Figures, mtb Sfeut- 
 « c heons, andTendents, refrefenting Amhmetick, Ceometry, Aftro. 
 
 ^S^IS'SSL**^^^". ^FngersereB: 
 « „p 0 „ ftW Mufick ^ «« o» i » A" EJcut- 
 
 «cheon a Vootymdpitb * Handjomting to the Figures ,i.v.x.l. c .d.m. 
 "&c. Under, 
 
 PAR ET IMP AR. 
 
 The holding out of her Fingers creel: points out to u^uaut 
 mannei of Supputation, known of old to molt Countries in the World, 
 buuiow out o P fuf e) by the Fingers of both Hands This Supputation 
 was divided into three parts . Digits, Decades, and Compound Num- 
 bers The D.gitscomprehendallNumbersunder ten , the Decads 
 comprehend all tens, /.o, >o, 5 o, 40,50,60,70, 80,90. the Com- 
 pound what was made of the other two, as to, i 7 , &c The D.g»s 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 97 
 
 were exprefs'd by the three laft Fingers, beginning with the little one. 
 The Decads by the Thumb, either fingle, o r in conjunction with the 
 flrft Finger. Thus far reacheth the Aritbmctique of the left Hand ; fo 
 that, removing to the right, the firft Number is an hundred : Vnius mi- 
 merwn, quo geflu Jigmficabantnr in finillra, tranjlatum in dexteram centena 
 conficere. The Number of a Hundred , by the fame gefture, isfigni- 
 fied in the right Hand, that one in the left. And,/f numerononagefimo, ' • 
 quifuit in Uvaser unitis figmficationem, tramferri in dexteram, (y ibi cen- 
 tena conftitui. From which kind of Aritbmetique we muft underftand 
 that (jreel^ Epigram of J'^icarcbus, 
 
 r£*l<t, St Hi NeT-ap Ux. Ml ?rpeo\3uTi*7© J ' 
 H <p&®* iapwnto- ihx.<p% -^Ar.v, ti ^ti A«i«" 
 
 Z^M, & AsVyow, k, apTiTi©'. c'i'a-n NiVpu, > 
 
 Grey-hair'd Qotyttaris, that infernal Scold, 
 Whom J^cflor to compare with was not old ■ 
 Whofemany Years the long-liv'd Harts furmount, 
 She on her left Hand twice begins to count. 
 Swift-footed as a ^ympb, her fight not fails, 
 Sure, I believe ,the Devil fomething ails. 
 
 And this of Juvenal, 
 
 \Rex Pylius, magno fi qmdqnam aedis Homero, 
 Exemplum vitafuit a Cornice fecunda. 
 Felix nunirum ! qui tot per fj cula vitam 
 Dijlultt j atque Juosjmi dextra computat annoi . 
 
 R^eBor, ifthou'It great Homer credit give, 
 As long as did the long-liv'd Raven live; 
 Blefs'd thou ! whoitood'lt fo many Luftres rage, 
 Till on thy right Hand thou did'ft count thy Age. 
 
 So that as the Units were counted on the three Fingers of the left, 
 fo the firft Nine Hundred were counted on the fame three Fingers 
 of the right ; and as the Decads weie counted on the Thumb, and 
 
 P Fore- 
 
oS 
 
 His M a i est i e's Entertainments 
 
 c.ip. vii. 
 
 Plutarch 
 
 Lib. i. ln- 
 
 1 in flfJ/i. 
 
 Fore-Finger of the left, fo were the Thoufandson the fame of the right. 
 Whence we may guefs of the Figure of the Fingers, which Thnj* 
 mentions in the Statue off anus, dedicated by H^ma, with his Fingers 
 fo complicated, that the *{ete of cccav Days, the figmficanon of a Year, 
 (houlddemo-patcbimtbeGodof'lime. 
 
 Of this manner of Supputation muft be underftood that Saying of 
 Orontes, who, upon fome diftaft taken by King Maxerxesh^ fallen in- 
 to difgrace ." As the Fingers of Accountants now reprelent one, now 
 " Mwtads' fo the Friends of Kings now are much in favour.now not at 
 all This manner of Supputation feems to have been ordinary among 
 the 7? 0W ,Hf ,ufed in their Pleadings before the Judge.Qu i N t i l i a n \ 
 Si aBor,non dice, ft circa fummas trepidat, Jed fe digitorum incertoJdum,aut 
 indecorogcBua computation diff mtit judicata wWus '< If the Pleade 
 - not onely trembles about the Sums,but if by a doubtful onely,and an. 
 " comely gefture, he differs from the Computatton, he is efteemed un- 
 « learned. Jtdtmt in his Apologetical Oration before Amuimusjt 
 triginta annosp o decern dixtfes, poffes videri proeompuiamnugejtuerraffe, 
 Jos ctrculare debtmisjigitos aperufe. Ifjouhadnam dti nty Years for 
 ten you might (tern to lave miftaken in thegeflure of jour Computation, to haye 
 circi'd thole Fimers^hichyou/hould have opened. And therefore it is very 
 ftrange that,afterfo common an ufageol this manner of Computation, 
 it fhod'd be'fo far loft, that none can agree what it was. 
 The Authour oUrithmeticjue^ccovdmg, to MJcfyhu \ was Trometheus: 
 
 The chief of Arts I Numbers found, 
 And firft knew Letters to compound. 
 
 According to Tlato, 'twas Talamedes : but Tliny * attributes the Inven- 
 tion of it to Minerya-, bcqueMmevvxTemplodicatam legem, quianu* 
 merus aMimrvAiriventus fit. 
 
 The ancient Mufick-Notes here mention'd, though for many hun- 
 dred Years buried in obfeurity , have been brought to light again out 
 of fome Greek Authours of Muficfo lately pubhmjd hy Meibomms. 
 The Numbers are fufficiently known , though not fo well as thofe we 
 generally ufe, lately brought into Europe from the rahans. 
 
 " Geometry 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 99 
 
 " Geometry , a Woman m a pleafant Green , in her Shield a Com- 
 " pafs, and a Read ; ^elnfcription, 
 
 DESCRIPSIT RADIO TOTUM QUA: GENT1BUS 
 ORBEM. 
 
 (geometry is fuppofed by the Ancients to have had its original in 
 ^Spyf.where, after the yearly overflowings of the River J\ r jle, they 
 were fore'd continually to meafure their ground out anew to diftin- 
 
 guifh Propriety. St r a bo 1 , *Mmt i ? 'aoWI-w V*" f*', ^^ r - u * > 
 
 SOT> £ ^pofu'leLw, Si NaA'^ imp^^e';^ , miy-^nt ris SpVs TO! avxiitt'aus 1 And , 
 
 *'EJVto /J -J «' ii&ife s wra >-'"1«< Sl4' ai< » 5 S>* ™ ""•A!"' 7 ' £ 'f» > <^7X' 3M! ' « ° U ' XV "' 
 
 OTfisTa, iTOpu^av, »Ts ywxa'ulaf m -ii «M»1e»I, h ™ ^* i>*"t™^ 
 
 ich end , becaufe 
 
 they made ufe of a Read, it was amongft them ever after for a Symbol 
 of geometry. So in a Silver Coyn of Q. Mamtltus, in one fide there is a 
 efMercurywhh a Cap, and Caduceus, on the other cjM'amilius, with a 
 Read by him , with this Infcription, LI. METAN. that is,Limi- 
 tibus metandis, where weflnde hs Office of meafuring Land implyed 
 by a Read. 
 
 The Compafs in her other Hand we have defcribed by O v 1 v, MrMm , & 
 
 * Vlil.iw^.H'l. 
 
 & ex uno duo ferrea brachia nodo 
 
 ■funxit, nt aquali fyatio dijlantibus Mis 
 eJltera pars Jlaret } pars altera duceret orbm. 
 
 He two-fhank'dCompaffes with Rivet bound, 
 The one to ftand ftill, th' other turning round, 
 In equal diftances 
 
 The Authourofit, Talus, being envyed by his Llncie Dadalus for 
 this, and other Inventions, was thrown down headlong by him from 
 the top of Mtnerya's Towenbut in the middle of his fall, being favour'd 
 by Minerva,thc Patroneis of Wit : was turn'd into a Bird - which we 
 have in the following Verfes : 
 
 Da;dalus mvidit : facraque ex aire Minervas 
 Tracipitem mifitjapfum mentuus : at Mum, 
 
 P z Qua. 
 
ioo His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Qua fay et ingeniis, except Pallas, ave'mqtte 
 ^Reddidit, & medio vclayit in a'ere pennis. 
 
 — Dxdalus thus began, 
 
 Who from Minerva's facred Turret flung 
 The envi'd headlong; and his falling fains: 
 Him T alias, fautor of good Wits, fuftains. 
 Who ftraight the Figure of a Fowl affumes ; 
 Clad in the midfl: of Ayr with freckled Plumes. 
 
 Mr, Sandys. 
 
 '' Aftronomy, a Woman in a loofe Feflment, Azure, wrought with 
 " Stars of (fi Id, looking up to Heaven : in her Shield a Table, wherein are 
 " divers Agronomical Figures • the Infcription, 
 
 All R.O CIRCUMSPICIT ORIONA. 
 
 Astronomy holding a Sphere in her left Hand , in her right a 
 
 Radius. 
 
 So (he is defcribed by Martianus Qapetia.Thz Sphere.which he gives 
 her, is th&t of zjrcbimedes , as we fee by the Epigram, in which he de- 
 fcribes it, 
 
 Jpfa etiam, lava, Sphara fulgcbat honora • 
 
 ±A Jsimilis mundo, ftdenbltsque fuit . 
 ZNjim globus , & circi, Zonaque, ac fulgida ftgna 
 
 3\(jxarecurrebant, arte locatapari. 
 Tellus, qua rapidum conftjlens fufcipit orbem, 
 
 T until inflar medio hajerat una loco. 
 
 In her left Hand (lie a Qkjlial Sphear, 
 Like the great World, glitt'ringwith Stars did bear : 
 On the vaft Globe the circulating Signes 
 Connexed ran in equidiftant Lines 
 
 To 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 To rapid Orbs ; the Earth, the fixed Bafe, 
 Like a fmall Point, juft in the midit took place. 
 
 " Navigation, a W man in Sea-green Habit ■ in /wEfcutcheon an 
 " Anchor, with a Cable about it > the i nfcription, 
 
 TUTUM T F. L1TTORE S 1ST AM. 
 
 While the Mobility pafFed the Triumphal Arch, the three Sea-men 
 
 entertained them with this Song from the Stage on the NortbMde of 
 the Arch, 
 
 V. 
 
 From NeptuneV Wat'ry Kingdoms, ■where 
 
 Storms, and Tempefls rije Jo often, 
 <lA s would the World in pieces tear, 
 
 Should Troyidence their %agenot /often ; 
 From that fluctuating Sphere, 
 
 Where flout Ships, and fmaller 'Barks 
 Are tojs'd like Halls, or feather d Corks, 
 
 When briny Waves to Mountains [well, 
 Which dimming oftHeay'n's glitt'ring Sparks, 
 Then defcending low as Hell j 
 Through this Crowd, 
 In a Cloud, 
 Hy a ftrange, and unknown Spell, 
 We, newly Landing, 
 Cjot thu Standing, 
 All Merry Hoys, and Loyal, 
 OurTocketsfullof Toy, 
 Thu Triumphal Day, 
 To make of our Skill a Tryal, 
 Of our little little Skill : 
 Let none then take it ill, 
 W ', musl have no Denyal, 
 
 II. 
 
His Ma jest ie's Entertainments 
 
 1 1. 
 
 We, who have rais'd, and laid the Toles, 
 
 T lough' d frozen Seas, and fcalding'Billolts; 
 jA^o» fliffwith Qold, then jcorch'd on Coals, 
 
 Ships our Qradlcs, Decks our Tillows-, 
 'Mongjl threatmng "Rocks, and treach'rous Shoals, 
 
 Through Gibraltar'; contraSed Mouth, 
 And Realms condemn d to Heat, and'Dromh, 
 
 Or Baltick Waves bour.d up in Ice, 
 Or Magellane as Cold, though South, 
 Our good Fortune, in a trice, 
 Through this Crowd, 
 In a Cloud, 
 'Brings us -where, in Taradije, 
 We, neve'y Landing, 
 Cjot this Standing, 
 AH Merry Hoys, and Loyal, 
 OurTocketsfullof Toy, 
 This Triumphal Day, 
 T o make of our Sk^l a Tryal, 
 Of our little little Skill: 
 Let none then take it ill, 
 We must have no Denyal. 
 
 III. 
 
 We, who fo often bang'd the Turk, 
 Our 'Broad-fides fpeakingThunder, 
 
 Made Belgium firike,and Dunkirk, 
 Who liv'd by Tri^e, andTlunder, 
 
 And routed the Sebaftian Shirkj; 
 We paid their T oops, and painted Beaks, 
 
 Qeam'd before and aft their Decks, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Till their Scuppers ran with (jore, 
 Whilflin-as f aft fait Water breaks ■ 
 *But we are Friends of this no more : 
 
 Through this Qowd, 
 
 InaQoud, 
 W have found a, happy Share, 
 
 And, newly Landing, 
 
 (jot this Standing • 
 All Merry Hoys, and Loyal, 
 
 Our Tockets full of Toy, 
 
 This Triumphal Day, 
 To make of our Skill a Tryal, 
 
 Of our little little Skill : 
 
 Let none then take it ill, 
 Ipemufl have no Denyal. 
 
 Befides the three before-named, who fang the precedent Song.there 
 were in like manner habited, like Sea-men, fix other Perfons, whomade 
 a Winde-Mufick. 
 
 The Mufick in the Stage confided of three Drums, and fix Trum- 
 pets. 
 
 On the Ej/2-fide, Winde-Mufick, confifting of fix Perfons. 
 
 On two Balconies, within the drch, Winde-Mufick, confifting of 
 twelve Perfons. 
 
 On the ffe3-Gallery were placed fix Trumpets. 
 
 Thefe, and all the other Mufick, belonging to this Triumph, per- 
 formed their Duty without [ntermifsion, till fuch time, as His Majefty 
 fronted the Figure, which reprefented T/whm, and then ceafed ; upon 
 which, Thames made the enfuing Speech, 
 
 Ten Moons, Great Sir, their Silver Crefcents fill'd, 
 Since, mounted on a Billow, 1 beheld 
 You on the Bridg ; but louder Joys there were, 
 That barr'd my Welcomes from Your Sacred Ear ; 
 
 Now 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Now I above my higheft Bound have rear'd 
 My Head, to fay what could not then be heard. 
 
 Hail, Mighty Monarch ! whofe Imperial Hand 
 Quiets the Ocean, and fecures the Land; 
 This City, whom I ferve with Neighb'ring Floods, 
 Exporting Yours, importing Foreign Goods, 
 With anxious Grief did long Your Abfence mourn ; 
 Now with full Joy (he welcomes Your Return ; 
 Your bleft Return ! by which (lie is reftor'd 
 To all the Wealth remoteft Lands afford. 
 At Your Approach I haften'd to thtDovms, 
 To fee Your moving Forts, Your Floating Towns, 
 Your Sovereigns, big with Thunder, plow the Main, 
 And fwimming Armies in their Womb contain. 
 You are our ^[cptune, every Port, and Bay 
 Your Chambers : the whole Sea is Your High-way. 
 Though fev'ral Nations boaft their Strength on Land, 
 Yet You alone the Wat'ry World command. 
 
 Pardon, great Sir, fair Cynthia checks my ftay ; 
 But to Your Royal Palace, twice a day, 
 1 will repair • there my proud Waves fhall wait, 
 Jo bear our Cafar, and His conqu'ring Fate. 
 
 We finde the Speech of the River Tybcr on the like Solemnity, the 
 Procefsion of the Senate, &e. attending on the two Brothers Trobinm, 
 and Olybrius, newly elected Confuls, in Cuudian ; 
 
 Eft in Komnko pmumbens In/ula Tybri, 
 Qua medius geminas into fu.it alveus urbes 
 T>ijcrctas fubeunte freto, parite'rqueminantes 
 Ardua turrigera jurgunt in culmina ripie. 
 Hicfletit, & lubitum projpexit ab agger e votum • 
 Vnammes fr aires junSos, fttpante S enatu, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Ire forum, flriUdsque procul radian Jecures, 
 dtquc uno bijuges tolli de limine fafces. 
 Obflupuit Difujufpenfdque gaudia vocem 
 Opprejfam tenuere diu, mox inchoat ore. 
 
 e ReJpice>fi tales jaUas aluiffe fluentis, 
 Eurota Spartane, tttti. Quid protulit cequum 
 Falfus olor, valido quamvis decernere caflu 
 ^orint, & ratibus futvas arcere procellas 1 
 En nova Ledaeis Joboles fulgentior attru ! 
 Ecce mei cives ! quorum jam Signifer optat 
 <lA dttntum, jlellisque par at convexa futurts. 
 fam per noUivagos dominetur Olybrius axes 
 Tro Polluce rubens,pro Caftorejlamma Probini. 
 ]p/i vela regent : ipjts donantibm auras, 
 ZNjivita tranquillo moderabitur aquore pinum. 
 ZNJtnc pater as libare Deis, nunc foberemulto 
 U^eUare corda libet : niveos jam pandite ccetus 
 Naiades, & totum "violis pratexite fontem i 
 zIAdella ferent Jjylva: : jamprofluatebrius amnts, 
 Mutatis in vina vadis : jam jponte per agros 
 Sudent h rigua fpirantia balfama vena. 
 Currat, quifociarogetin conyivia tnenfie 
 Indigcnasfluvioi, Italis quicunque fuberrant 
 Montibus, A\pin!\sque bibunt de more pruims : 
 Vulturnus^Kf rapax , & Mar Wttiw odoro 
 Sulfure ,tardatksque Juis enoribus Ufens : 
 Et Phacthontex perpejfus damna ruina 
 Eridanus, _//<«« iJbc terens querata Marica; 
 Lin's, eS\Oebalia; qui temperat arva, Galefus. 
 Semper honoratus noslris celebrabitur undis 
 ljle dies • jemper dapibus recoletur opimis. 
 Sic ait, & Nymphae, patris pracepta jequuta, 
 
 Q 
 
His M a j e s t i es Entertainments 
 
 T efta par ant peplis • oflroque infeSa corufco, 
 Humida gemmiferis illuxit regia men/is. 
 
 An Iile 'midft Tiber s with her fpreading fides. 
 
 The City, and his Silver Waves divides : 
 
 Banks on each Hand, and Tow'r-crown'd Margents rife, 
 
 Threatning with their approach the lofty Skies ; 
 
 Here flanding on a Summit , hefurvai'd 
 
 The loving Brothers, and the Cavalcade , 
 
 As on they march 'd, bright Axes born before, 
 
 And double Rods brought from one fingle Floor. 
 
 Amaz'd he flood, long e're his joy could make 
 
 Way for his ftrugling Voice, at laft he fpake. 
 
 Spartan Eurota, fee, if thou could'ft e're 
 Such Brothers boaft : compar'd to thefe,what were 
 The Swan's fair Race,though well they knew the Ceft, 
 And how to fteer a Fleet with Storms diftreft. 
 New Stars, behold ! out -fhine Lcdaan Fires. 
 Behold my People,whom the Sky defires : 
 For future Flames a place Heav'n ready makes. 
 Olybruu mall rule Night's duskie Ax 
 For 'Pollux, Trobine mine for Qajlor's Star, 
 They Sails [hall fwell, and gently move the Air, 
 That Sailors through calm Seas may fteer the Pine. 
 Now pay Libations, now drink freely Wine. 
 You, .T^aiades, draw forth your beautious Ranks, 
 And ftrew with Violets your Fountain Banks .- 
 Inebriated Streams, now overflow 
 Your Banks,turn'd Wine ; in Woods let Honey grow ; 
 The Meads fweat healing Balm • let one ftrait all 
 The Neighb'ring Rivers to a Banquet call. 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 All thofe, who wafti th' Aufonian Mountain's Feet, 
 And drink cold zJlpine Snow ; Vulturms fleet ■ 
 Strong-fented J^Car i and Vfens Streams ,that grow, 
 By wand'ring through their own Maunders, flow ,• 
 Sridanus too, who makes fuch pityous moan 
 For lofs of his lamented Tbaethon • 
 And LtHs feaking off Marica's Groves • 
 (jalejus, who Oebahan Fields improves. 
 This day our Waves mall always keep in State, 
 This we with annual Feafts will celebrate. 
 This fa-id, the j^ympbs, obeying, thither throng, 
 The Walls, and Roof, with ftately Arras hung : 
 His Wat'ry Court with Royal Purple (hone, 
 And Boards enchac'd with Pearl, and pretious Stone. 
 
 The River Thames having ended his Speecb,the three Sea.men, who 
 entertain'd the Nobility with the former Song , addrcffed the follow- 
 ing to His Majefty. 
 
 I. 
 
 King Charles, King Charles, great Neptune of the Main ! 
 Thy T^yal ZhQvpy rig, 
 And We'll not care a Fig 
 For France, for France, the Netherlands, nor Spain. 
 
 The Turk, who lookj fo big, 
 We'll whip him HheaCfig 
 About the Mediterrane ; 
 His (Rallies nil fun\, or ta'ne. 
 We'll Jei^eon their (foods, and their Monies, 
 Tbufe Algier Sbarfy, 
 That Tlmder Ships, and'Barl^s, 
 Algier, Sally, and Tunis, 
 
 Q * 
 s 
 
io8 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 We 11 give them Juch Tops 
 To the Barbary Coafts, 
 Shall drive them to Harbour, like Qonies. 
 Tan tar a ran tan tan 
 Tan tar a ran tan tara, 
 3\(ot all the World we fear^a j 
 The great Fifb-Tond 
 Shall he thine-a 
 
 'Both here, and beyond, 
 From Strand to Strand, 
 And underneath the Line-a. '■■ 
 
 1 1 
 
 A Sail, a Sail, I to the Offin fee, 
 
 She jeems a lufly Ship ; 
 Hoife all your Sails aArip : 
 We'll weather, weather her; what ere (he be. 
 
 Your Helm then jleady keep, 
 And thunder up theDeep, 
 A Man of War, no Merchant She ; 
 We'll jet her on her Crupper ■ 
 
 (jive Fire, Bounce, Bounce, 
 Tickeering Villains trounce, 
 Till Blood run in Streams at the Scupper. 
 Such a Breal^fatt them we /hall, 
 €jive with Towder, and Ball, 
 They [hall need neither ^Dinner, nor Supper. 
 Tan tara ran tan tan 
 Tan tara ran tan tara, 
 Tickeering Ttygties ne're f pare a-, 
 
 With 
 
pafsing to His Coronat ion. '09 
 
 With "Bullets pin{ 
 J heir Quarters ■ 
 
 Vntil they flink^, 
 
 They (ml^, they fnl^, 
 Farewel the Dcvil'x Martyrs, r 
 
 III. 
 
 "They yield, they yield ; (hall we the poor "Rogues fparei 
 Their ill-gotten (foods, 
 Treferv'd from the Floods, 
 That King G HARLES, and we may (l)are ? 
 With Wine then chear our "Bloods, 
 <tA nd, putting of our Hoods, 
 "Drink^toHU MAJESTY bare, 
 1 he t\ing of all Qompafsion : 
 On our Kjiees next fall 
 T' our "Royal Admiral, 
 A Health for His Trefervation, 
 
 Dear JAMEStfc Duke o/Yokk, 
 Till our Heels grow light as Corl^, 
 The jecond (jlory of our Ration. 
 Tantara ran tan tan 
 Tantara ran tan tara 
 To the "Royal Tair-a, 
 Let every man 
 Full of Wtnea 
 
 Takeoff his Can, 
 Though wan, the ugh wan, 
 To make his "Red 3\(ofe (hine-a. 
 
 The 
 
no His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 The Sea-men having ended their Song, the feveral forts ofMufick 
 performed their Duty, whileft His Maje/ly paffed on towards Cbeap- 
 fide. 
 
 At the Stocfy the Entertainment was a Body of Military Mufick, 
 placed on a Balcony^ confifting of fix Trumpets, and three Drums : the 
 Fountain there being after the Tbufcan Order, venting Wine, and 
 
 Water. 
 
 In like manner, on the Top of the great Conduit , at the Entrance of 
 Cheap'fide, was another Fountain, out of which iffued both Wine, and 
 Water, as in a Reprefentation of Temperance ■ and on the feveral 
 Towers of that Conduit were eight Figures, habited like 3\jmphs } vmh 
 Efcutcheonsin one Hand, and Pendents, or Banners in the other: and 
 between each of th^m Winde-Mufick ; the number, eight. 
 
 On the Standard alio in Qheap-fide there was a Band of Waits pla- 
 ced, confifting of fix Perkins, 
 
 THE 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 THE THIRD ARCH. 
 
 igWSHfe H E third Triumphal tArch (lands near Wod-bxtzi 
 end, not far from the place where the Crofs fonictimes 
 flood, 
 
 " It reprefents an Artificial 'Building of two Stories, one 
 f « after the Corinthian way of ArcbitcEure , the -other 
 
 " after the Compofite, reprefenting the T e m p l e of C o n c o r d 
 " with this Infcription on a Shield, 
 
 IDEM 
 
 CONCORDI 
 
 IN HONOREM OPTIMI PRINCIP1S, 
 
 CUJUS ADVENTU 
 
 BRITANNIA TERRA MARIQ. P A C A TA, 
 
 ET PRiSCIS LEGIBUS RF.FOR M A T A LSI, 
 AMPLIOREM S PL E NU1 [) I OR Eii 
 RES T I T U I T 
 
 S. P. Q. L 
 
 Concord was reputed by the R omans in the number of their 
 Goddeffes , as we finde in Juvenal, 
 
 Cut colitur 'Pax, atque Fides, Concordia, Firms ■ 
 and had feveral Temples , upon various occaiions , vowed, and 
 dedicated to her. There arofe a dangerous Feud , which conti- 
 nued for fome Years, between the Senate, and People of I^ome : 
 whereupon Furius Camillus *, turning himfelf to the Capitol, defired 
 of the Gods, that he might fpeak,andadt that, which might tend to the 
 benefit of the Commoawealth., and reconciliation of the two dilTenting 
 
 Parties s 
 
 •>Ht 
 
 cexxxevi. 
 
IIZ 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Parties ; and to that end vowed a Temple to Concord. Where- 
 fore having called the Senate, after a long, and various Debate, upon 
 certain Conditions, brought the Senate, and People to an Agreement. 
 Which Temple, according to his Vow, by a Decree of the Senate, was 
 erected,and dedicated to Concord. This is mention*d,though ob- 
 *£'#«'■ fcurely, in tabulis Ccipitol'mis • but plainly, by O v i d * ; 
 
 3\(unc bene profpicies Latiam Concordia turbam, 
 
 y^unc te fdcrata conflituere manus. 
 Furius, antiquttspopuli Juperator Etrufci, 
 
 V (Sim fit, &- voti (olverat Me /idem, 
 Qiujfa, quod a Patribus fumptis jecejjerat armis 
 
 Vulgus>& ipfa /«<w Roma timebat opes. 
 
 Now maift thou C o n c o k d, T^owe with kindnefs fee, 
 
 Now facred Hands a Fane erect for thee. 
 
 Furius, who conquer'd the Etrurian, made 
 
 A folemn Vow, which folemnly he paid. 
 
 Beeaufe the People did their Princes beard, 
 
 Taking up Arms • and T^me her own Wealth fear'd. 
 
 u» u.c. The like Vow was made by L, Manlius t , upon a Mutiny of the 
 dxsxv. _^ rm y under his Command, and the Year after the Temple was ere- 
 cted, and dedicated by A?, and Q. Atilw%egnlus, elected for that pur- 
 *a»u.c. pofe. So in the Sedition of (jraccbus *, who encamped on the Aventine, 
 dcxxxii. an d re f u f e d the Conditions offered him by L. Opimius Conful, the 
 Conful immediately vowed a Temple to Concord; and after his 
 Victory over thofefeditiousConfpirators,dedicateditm Foro. Which 
 did highly incenfe the Communalty, who thought that Concord 
 could not be founded on the Slaughter of their Fellow-Citizens : and 
 fome of them adventured to add this Infcription to the Title of the 
 Temple, 
 
 VBC0%piM. Of US. /ED EM. FJCIT. C0NCQ<%p I/E. 
 
 We 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 We finde mention of the like Temples in fevera! Infcriptions, colle- 
 <&edby (jruter; as in this, 
 
 D.N.Constantino.Maximo.Pio.Feuci.Ac. 
 triumphatori. semper augusto. ob. ampli 
 C ATAM.TOTO.ORB e.r em. pub l I cam. f act is. con 
 
 SILIISQ^ 
 
 S. P. Q. R. 
 
 D E D1C ANTE. ANICIO.PAULINO.JUNIORE. C.V. COS 
 ORD. PR^T URBI 
 
 S. P. Q. R. 
 
 iEDEM. CONCORDIA. VETQSTATE CO L- 
 
 LAPSAM. IN MELIOREM. FAClEM. OPERE 
 ET. CULTU. SPLEN D I DIOR E. REST; HE 
 RUNT. 
 
 And in another not unlike the former, 
 
 /ED EM. CONCORDI/E. VETUST ATE. COL LA P S AM 
 AMPL IOR EM.OPE RE. CULTUQ^SP LEN 0 1 D I OR. EM 
 RESTI TUIT. 
 
 S. P. Q. R. 
 
 " In the Spandrils of the Arch there are two Figures, in Female Habits, 
 "■leaning'. Onereprejenting?ihcsL, the otherl 'ruth. That of Peace 
 " hath her Shield cha, >ged mth 4» Helmet, and Hees /ffuingfo r th , and 
 "going into it • the Word, 
 
 PAX BELLO POTIOR. 
 
 "Truth, on the other fide, in a thin Habit, on her Shield Time, 
 " bringing Truth out of a Ca~ve ; the W ird, 
 
 TANDEM EMERSIT. 
 
 R "Over 
 
"4- 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 " Over the great Tainting upon the Arch of the Cupula u reprefented 
 " a large Geryon with three Heads crowned • in his three right. Hands, 
 " a Lance, a Sword, and a Scepter; in his three left* Hands the three 
 " Escutcheons of England, Scotland, and Ireland : before him the Kjng's 
 " Arms with three Imperial Crowns i beneath, in great Letters, 
 
 CONCORDIA I NSUPERABILIS. 
 
 G e r y o Son of Chrjfaor, and Qaliirrhoe , according to Hefiod, 
 was feigned by the To'ets to have three Heads,and as many Bodies,who 
 * was ^bdued by Hercules. Of whom Virgil*, 
 
 viii. 
 
 ■ — nam maximus ultor 
 
 Tergemini nece Geryonis ffolilsque fuperbtu, 
 Alcides iiderat, tamosque hac victor agebat 
 Ingentes, val'e'mque boves amne'mquc tenebant. 
 
 Here the Revenger great Alcides flood, 
 Proud with the triple (jeijon's Spoils,and Blood; 
 The Conqu'rour drave his Cattel to thefe Grounds, 
 Whofe Head polTels'd the Vale,and River's Bounds. 
 
 tLib.xiii. And more largely Silius Italic us', 
 
 Qualu Atlantiaco mcmoratur litiore quondam 
 eS\d onflrum Geryones immane tricorporis irce: 
 Qui tres in pugna dextra varia armagerebant ■ 
 Una ignes favos, ail altera pone fagittas 
 Fundcbat, yalidam torquebat tenia cornum, 
 Atque mo diver fa dabat tria vulnera nifu, 
 
 — — So (famous in a former Age} 
 
 1 hat horrid Monfter of a Triple rage, 
 
 Cjeryon, fought on the Atlantic!^ Shore ; 
 
 Whofe three Right-Hands three fev'ral Weapons bore; 
 
 One cruel Flames, behind him th'other drew 
 
 His Bow, the third his trufty Jav'Iin threw ,• 
 
 And dealt three fev'ral ways, at once, a Wound. 
 
 The 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 115 
 
 The Origination of this Fable, and its Signirkations^re varioufly re- 
 lated. Taltephatus fuppofed him to have been feigned by the 'Toets to 
 have three Heads, becaufe he had his Birth in a City on the Euxine 
 Sea, called Tttwfo, that is, of three Heads. Others, that it related 
 to the three Brothers, whounanimoufly govern'd Spain. And indeed, 
 that Spain, by reafon of its Tripartite Divifion, was fignified by the Hie- 
 roglyphic^ of (jeryon, is not onely the Opinion of fome Authoui s, but 
 appears from a Coyn of the Emperour Hadrian , the third time Con- 
 sul, in which there is a three-headed Image leaning on a Spear • either 
 to fignifie his Peragration of Spain , or his Origination from thence. 
 Others have referi'd this to the Vices of Speech, Body, and Soul, which 
 Hercules overcame; which is confirm' d from the three Apples ordina- 
 rily held in one Hand of Hercules, ftill to be feen in a Statue c f his in 
 the Farnefie's Palace at Home, which, Suidas fays, alluded to the fame. 
 
 " On the top of the Cupula CONCORD, a Woman in her 
 " right-Hand holding her Mantle • inker left-Hand a, Caduceus; un- 
 " der her Feet a Serpent flrugling, which (lie jeems to tread down. 
 
 That a Serpent was a Hierogh phich^ of Enmity, and War, (for which 
 caufe it is prefented trampled under the Feet ofCoscosD) ap- 
 pears from many Writers, Hiftories,and Medaigles.ARTEM idorus *, 
 <tA Serpent fgnifies aDifeafe, and brings Enmity : according as that hurts iffi. 
 dnyonein his 'Dream, fo (hall bitDifeafe, and Enemy. AndAcHMET f , tM^ 
 Serpents generally , according to their proportion , figmfie bncmies. " 
 Nicefhorus, Patriarch of Con/lantinople, 
 
 Killing a Serpent, think your Enemy you kill. 
 
 So Diodorus fays, that, according to the /Egyptians, A Scr ■ 
 pent is the Symbol of Hatred. Virgil, delcribing :JllcU«, endeavour- 
 ing to raife a War betwixt 7 urnus and .Eneas, feigns her with two 
 Snakes erecT: upon her Head ; 
 
 Blammea torquens 
 
 Lumina, cunilantem, & quarentem dicere plura 
 lieppulit, (T qeminos erexit crinibus angues : 
 Vcrberdque infonuit, Validoque hxc edidit ore. 
 
 Rowling 
 
His, Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Rowling her bloody Eyes, me drives him back, 
 Labouring Requefts, and once again to fpeak : 
 Then with two Serpents from her Snaky Hair 
 She fcourging him did thus her Rage declare. 
 
 ./Eschylus, of a Dream of Qytemnejlra, 
 
 i L.v ffjiafyjuowi 7r.qJc; offumi Svtlw 
 
 7TfOS6ff^« IMitpi eV T OiM^'Ji. 
 
 ylAajt^i 9p?/i$ov a^ut - ?'^ crsrafffitf. 
 
 As (lie reported, in her Dream (he thought, 
 Forth to the World that fhe a Serpent brought, 
 ' Swath'd like a tender Infant wanting meat, 
 And, pitying, lays the Monfter to her Teat. 
 Milk iflued forth eommix'd with clotted gore. 
 
 From whence Oretfes immediately conjectured the was to die by his 
 Hand. 
 
 vol M, as t0pe-v|tv t'jtrayA v it&s, 
 KTtfii lit. as TVi«p;v lmz:t* tdJ^. 
 
 So (he,who gave the Monfter life, and breath, 
 Should therefore fuffer by a violent Death : 
 And I, like an enraged Serpent, ftiould 
 Kill her my felf, and her fad Dream unfold. 
 
 Which may further be illuftrated from feveral events, Tib e r i u s 
 
 Gracchus, in his 'Bed, was clasp 'd about by two Serpents. Which TrO' 
 digie when the South-Jayers had cotifidered, they counselled , that he /houldnei- 
 thcr kill both,nor let both efcape : and further faidjhatjf he kilt d the Male,it 
 would co(l his own life . if the Female, bis Wife Cornelia'x.TiBER ius, bear- 
 ing ajfellion to his Wife, and withall thinking it more agreeable, that he, bang 
 the elder, (l)oulddie firjl, kill'd the Male, and let the Female efcape: and 
 
 not 
 
1 17 
 
 not long after died. The fame evil confequence we finde in the Hiftory 
 of C. Hostjlius Mancinus^ who, as Joon as he bad gone aboard a tobfajon 
 Ship, in order to his Voyage to Numantia, on a fuddain heard a Voice cry, 
 Stay, Mancinus. Wureup on he return 'd bac{, and, at Genoa, going 
 aboard again, found a Serpent in the Ship, which cjcapcd from him. He Xros 
 overthrown, and delivered up to his Enemies. And Valerius Maximus * * L ib.i. rap 
 fays, that in the diflenfion of zSM. Fukius Flaccus about making, fame 
 Laws, two blac^Serpenti Riding into the Qell o/Minerva, portended 'inte' 
 Jiine Murders. Thus we finde them generally to portend fad Events, 
 but particularly they were the Hieroglyphic^ of War, and Vcyajla- 
 tton. This appears from that known Story. of Homer, where he tells 
 us, that,while the Cjrecians were facrificing at Julis, they faw a Dragon 
 devour eight young Sparrows, with the Damm, and makes the Pro- 
 phet Calcha 1 interpret it the duration of the War for nine years. * Iliad f 
 
 Oxji, imp /ufaf «i]„ 5i, ;'. ^ u lfyjg 
 
 For, asthisSerpent, which from th'AItar fprung, 
 Devour'd the woful Mother, and her Young, 
 Which with her tender IfTue make up nine : 
 So many Years the Deftinies defign 
 This War (hall laft, and we the Tenth deftroy 
 The lofty Bulwarks of well-builded T rqy. 
 
 Where the Dragon fignified the War ; the number of the Birds, the 
 Continuation of it. So when Hannibal, in a Dream, faw a Serpent of 
 vaft magnitude throwing down Rocks, Woods, and Towns, and en- 
 quired of the Gods the meaning of it,they return'd this Anfvver ' * sum, i,, 
 
 ' lb. 18. 
 
 Bella vides eft at a tibi ; te maxima Bella, 
 Te (Irages nemorum, te toto turbida coelo 
 lempeslas, aede'sque virion, magnaque ruinte 
 Ida:i generis, lachrymofaquefatafequuntur. 
 Quantus per campos pop ulatis montibus ailas 
 Contorquet fylvas fquallenti tergore Serpens, 
 
 Et 
 
n8 
 
 His M a 1 e s t i e s Entertainments 
 
 Et late bumeBat terras fpumante veneno : 
 T int«s,perdomitis decurrens Alpibus, atro 
 Involve! B e l l o ltaliam : tantoque fragorc 
 Eruta convuljts profternes opptda muris. 
 
 — Thou do'ft fee 
 
 The War fo much defir'd, and fought by Thee. 
 Thee greateft Wars attend ; the dreadful Fall 
 Of Woods,and Forefts, with high Storms, that all 
 The Face of Heav'n difturb ; the Slaughter Thee, 
 And Death of Men • the great Calamity 
 Of the Uaan Race, and faddeft Fate 
 Do follow, and upon thee daily wait. 
 
 As great, and terrible, as that dire Snake, 
 
 Which now the Mountains with his Scaly Back 
 
 Depopulates, and drives the For efts through 
 
 The Fields before him, and doth Earth imbrue 
 
 With frothy Poifon : Such thou, having paft, 
 
 And overcome the Alps, with War fhalt waft 
 
 All Italy • and, with a Noife as great, 
 
 The Cities, and their Walls, fhalt ruinate. 
 
 Mr. Ross. 
 
 Which is evidently feen in fome Medaigles of the <Rpman Emperours, 
 as in thisReverfe of AuguJlwS. 
 
 C. GS^S OCTA.Y 
 
 yWtc Ctf- 
 
 Where two S e rpents,thatis,th e Hoftility, and Diffenfion of the T^man 
 Empire.divided into two Fadions, that of Augustus, and Anm *^£ 
 
pafsing to His C o r o n a t i o 
 
 N. 
 
 paratedby an intervening Vidtory ; that of Auguflus at Mum, and 
 
 u n T\ c Tha , r U P° n thefe VuWs this Co Y n ftamp'd, may 
 becolledtedfromtheJnfbr/p^ionontheotherfid^CyESAR IMP V ll 
 that is -.annul U. C. *cc*xi*. in which * Year he triumph'd for the 
 two Vidones beforcmention d. The fame is to be feen in a lleverfe 
 of M, Antony's. 
 
 in 
 
 AXTON1I,, UI VtRL. 
 
 Colli.. 7«/. 
 Cff. pag. 
 xlviii. 
 
 Where a Woman (fuppofedto be QOKCO%T>, with the Face 
 of OBavia Sifter to Augu/lui, and Wife to M. dniony,) in a long Stole, 
 holding in her left Hand a pare Spear, in her right a Pontifical VeiR 
 parts two Serpems/ignifying the Armies oUugtdui^ Antony.Whidi 
 Interpretation of this Coyn is very much confirmed from Hiftory . For 
 this Pacification, obtained by thePrudenceof 08avia, happened anno 
 U. C d c c x v i. Agrippa, and Qallus, being Con/uls. That this Coyn 
 was ftampd after the Year Ohe time of the Peace between 
 
 Sext.Pemfey Q. Cej \ OUavianm , and Anton,,) appears from the In- 
 
 SSSTt %°? n er T fid r' M - ANTOHIUS IMP. COS. DESIG. 
 / rik for a^MB * f ays f that) after that p , he 
 
 Conjjtlfbips were appointed for the next four Years For the firft An* 
 tbnyM 4»Kwhich Antony had been Cb»/«/ before with fulm Ufar' 0 
 next, C4*r, and Tompey ■ after them .Jbenobmbtu, and Jofifr, . feft 
 QJar ^Antony: reft. ,i ^ ,„W« then to become the third 
 
 ftweConluls. 
 
 "OntheWtil-fide, the third great Figure, a Woman ftandw? at the 
 Helm of a Ship • w Act /r/f Btorf, o Cornu-copk ; /£e Vw, 
 
 FORTUN/E REDUCf. 
 
 FO%TVJH' E wa? not more various, and unconftant in her 
 Motions , then thofe, that painted her, in their Defcriptions. The firft 
 
 was 
 
 F7<& pigliii 
 Annal. ad 
 turn unnxm. 
 
 * T>' Civil, 
 ill. Lib. v. 
 
izo 
 
 His M a j e s t i e ' s Entertainments 
 
 tLih. iii. 
 
 Oii. 2?. 
 
 changd.by the miftake of one Vowel, ttto a Foal) on her Head, and a 
 fori^ in her left Hand . as we finde her >n a Reverie of Coyn o( 
 the Emperour Gallienm, mih this Ir.fcr.puon, e* e c i o k i r x h After- 
 wards, lome feigned her either Handing upon a Stone,or the top of feme 
 Mountain expofed to the Wind,, or upon a Wheel : others upon the 
 Prow of a Ship, holding a Sail with both her Hands • which is frequent 
 . in Greek MJkks. P a u s a n , a s makes mention of a Temple of 
 Fortune^ in which therewasher Statue, holding a young "Pto, the 
 God of Riches,inher Hand: as we finde her ,n Arm t o p h an e s*, 
 tofignifie,that Ihe was the Mother, and Nurfeof Wealth. Someat- 
 tributed Wings to her, as E u s e b 1 u s mentions. Horace, 
 
 — jlceleres quatit 
 
 Tennas, refigno qua dedit. — " 
 
 If (he her nimble Pinions wave, 
 1 ftraight refign whate're fhe gave. 
 
 The^»x, both Wings, and Hands but no Feet. When 
 A pel le s was asked, why he made Fortune fitting, he anfwered Be- 
 calk (he never flood. But we (hall onely take not.ee of what is here 
 betreus. In the fame manner we finde her defcr.bed ma Stone, nv 
 Iculpd on both fides, with this Injection on one, 
 
 0^ CAWAWWM. M. WiimS F0HTUN4TUS MAGISTE^ S. P. B. D. 
 
 with the Image ofFortme, holding in her left Hand zfr^copi*, in 
 h rightthe Helm of a Ship : and fo we finde her too m a 2W* o a 
 Corn of T k a ) a N the Bmprmr, mention* by Occo. 1 he hke 
 Ls L a e T A i * « u * * , Effingehmr qu:dm Fortuna cum Cornu- 
 
 Romano- rlous mftances on each liae, ancn B 
 
 lum ' p Tre ought more to Fortune, then to Valour prudence: and thereto e 
 C«hat,having left the<P^, and tffynans, Ihe l.ghtly flew ova 
 
 : Lib. i 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Ill 
 
 zPrtacedonia, and prefently fhe (halted off Alexander; then paf- 
 fing through /Egypt, and Syria, often tryed the Carthaginians : but when 
 fhe had once palled the Tyber,and entered the Palace, (he laid alide her 
 Wings, put off her Talaria, and forfook her unfaithful, and ever-mu- 
 table Sphere, as if fhe intended to flay there for ever. Indeed the '?yo- 
 mans did confefs as much • who, having dedicated fundry Temples to 
 Fortune, with all variety of Honour, in the moft eminent places ofthe 
 City, never erected one to Virtue, or Valour, till the time of Marcellus, 
 that took Sjracuje ; or of Scipio J^umanttnus, about the r five hundred t aiMau 
 fix ty and third year after the building of the City. To Trudence 
 never dedicated to any. Among the reft of Fortune's Titles none 
 more frequent , then this of R e d u x , to whom we read that 
 Do m it ian ihzEmperour built a Temple, mention'd by Martial *, *iflwUi 
 
 Hie »i( Fostun* Reduci fulgentia late 
 Templa nitent. 1 — 
 
 Here, where bright Fanes to Returned Fortune fhine. 
 Temples of the like nature are mention'd too by C l a u d i a n, 
 
 Aurea Fortune Reduci (i Templa priores 
 Ob reditum vermere 'Ducum, non digniits unquam 
 Heee Dea pro meritu amplas fibipojeeret ades, &c. 
 
 If they to Fortune Redux vow'd of old, 
 Their Chiefs return'd with Conqueft,Fanes of Gold ; 
 The Goddefs never more deferv'd then now, 
 That we fhould ftately 7 emples her allow. 
 
 There are alfo many Medaigles, and thofe antient, of feveral Emper- 
 ours with the fame Injcription, 
 
iii His Majestie's Entertainments 
 
 " iJbove there are eight lining Figures with Tennons,and Shields, repre- 
 " fenting the four Cardinal Virtues, each with an Attendant. 
 
 "Prudence, on her Shield Bellerophon on a Pegafus, running his 
 "favehninto the Mouth of a Chimera ; the Word, 
 
 CON SILIO ET VlRTUTE. 
 
 "Bellerophon was the Son of Qlaucus King of Corinth, renown'd both 
 for Prudence, Courage, Beauty , and Modefty. Of whom thus 
 
 t Iliad, vi. HoMSl'j 
 
 'Aulip rAtt;*© 1 inula i/u/ula. BtMifopsllo" 
 T» jl 0eo! xivv'^ 15, i >"P f '"> 'e*T«'» 
 '£l3Ta*K.i- ' • ' 
 
 Glaucus Bellerophon, 
 
 In whom all Cjood concenter d as in one : 
 
 And Heav'n this Trince a Terf nage did afford, 
 
 Which all admir'd. — 
 
 The To'ets feign many Stories of him. They fay.he went to Tratus, 
 Kingofthe Argivt,by whom at firft he was kindly entertain'd. But be" 
 ing afterwards falfly accufed by Anteajat Wife of Ti atus, for offering 
 to tempt her Chaftity, he fent him to lobatcs, KingofI?rM, witha 
 Letter written purpofely to have him kill'd. Mates, toplealure Tnetus, 
 fent "Bellerophon againft the Qbimxra. But Minerva, the (joddefs of 
 Trudence, and ^/o«r,proteded his Innocence. Wherefore fhe bri- 
 dled Tegafus, and delivered it to him. Upon whom being mounted, he 
 flew the Qhimara with his Javelin. After which Vidtory he fent him 
 againft the Sal) mi ( a Nation betwixt Lycia, and Pamphjlia) and the 
 Amazons. From whence he returned alfo Conquerour ■ hbates, mo- 
 ved with his Prudence, and Valour, gave him to Wife his Daughter 
 Thtlonoe, and afterwards dying, left him Succeffour in his Kingdom. 
 * ibM. Of which largely Homsr*, 
 
 rifSlii im fa Xi'(i*f£5" «W( ttIi 1<' keAews 
 SAVfieim' S / if' i'fl 8mm yx&t M «<9p»™>' 
 rifsc&t Aim, !W« jdl Ae^'xai, fawn x'f"es'i 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Kai -dtv [±tv ^It-mpi, 0c J; nation wlSWs- 
 AeuTipo;' *y SoAv/iom ja^Ai/xoitn' 
 
 T«iJ a? ttHfJfltutBf 7WmMv fohoi aMov upatjVc' 
 Kciva? sjc Auxl>i5 eupans pa^as ic.'s~Vs 
 
 nxv7ns jap xgHimQw a.ftufiG>i B.M=popoV]nii 
 ' AM ojs ^ yjyiarxl ©e£ yojoy hiJv est^a, 
 
 -AulS /ay J(anpuy.e, Sl/y tft' 074 Gujaje'c* S 
 
 Firft he commands him ftern Chimiera kill : 
 This hideous Monfter, of no Mortal R.ace, 
 A Dragon's Tail had, and a Lion's F«ce, 
 Back'd like a maggy Goat, ftill belching Flame ; 
 This by Divine Afsiftance he o're-came, 
 Next he againft renowned S.Jym fought ; 
 This Vidtory, he faid> was dearly bought. 
 He laft againft the Amnions prevail'd. 
 
 But, when he faw all open Forces fail'd, 
 He fell to clofe contrivance, and did lay 
 An Ambufcade to kill him in his way ; 
 Not one return'd of all, that were employ'd, 
 All were by bold 'Belleropbon deftroy'd : 
 But when he knew he was of Heav'nly Blood, 
 His onely Daughter he on him befto w'd, 
 Inverting ftraight with half his Regal Power. 
 
 The Qhxmxra. is in the fame manner defcribed alfo by H r s i o d * 
 
 'H J\\ X'lfi&i&t inxflf, mtvem ipaiia.ula -m!>, 
 AmUt. n, /uyahlw n, mStlui n t xe?7 istu n. 
 T»s J\ i,y Tfus MpaAoJ- pU /At jffiMt Asjy'l©'' 
 'H J<i Xiftttlpus' I / Sp® xjjtT^jTo Ay, m 1@: 
 
 *\nTbn- 
 
 S 2 
 
 np'tS-e 
 
His M a J i . s t i e ' s Entertainments 
 
 l\p<Sn Aim, 'im^a Si Aesuuar, ftswn A Xi^es'j 
 
 She bore Chimatra belching dreadful Fire, 
 Mighty, and firong, extremely jmft, and dire. 
 Three Heads the Monger had • a Lion's first, 
 And next a goats, a Serpent's lajl, and mrjl. 
 A Dragons Tad [he kid, and Lion's Face, 
 Hacked % a Cjoat, belching out Flames apace • 
 Whom Pegafus toe^ and put Bellerophon. 
 
 *u V 1 r g 1 l * alfo makes a Chimctra on the Helmet of Turntts , vomiting 
 forth Fire ; 
 
 Cui, triplici crinita juba, galea alta Chimaeram 
 Sufiinet, Mtnxos ejflantem faucibus ignes . 
 Tarn magis ilia fremens,& triftibus efferafiammis, 
 Quam magis effufo crude/cum (anguine pugnx. 
 
 On's Creft Chimara, through a triple Tyre 
 Of bufhy Horfe-Mains, breath'd yEtnaan Fire. 
 Strangely itroars.and Flame more fiercely glows, 
 When in the Battel blood in Rivers flows. 
 
 From that part of the Hiftory, wherein Minerva is faid to bridle Tega^ 
 fus for 'Bellerophon, there was built a Temple,and Statue of Minerva cal- 
 led xa.Am'1.; Fr matrix ; as Pausanias' relates. 
 
 That 'Bellerophon was the Son of Cjlaucus, King of Corinth, appears 
 from a Medaiglc of the Corinthians yet extant, on the Reverfe of which 
 is Bellerophon mounted on Tegafus, faying the Chimxra with his Javelin : 
 on the other fide V E 3\(_V S , with this Infcription losisems 
 becaufe at Corinth FE^(VS had a motHplendid Temple. There 
 is alfo a Coyn of C. Cafar's, in which 'Bellerophon kills the Chimera, 
 with this Infcription COL. JUL. COR. that is , Qrvub the 
 Colony of fulius Cafar. Becaufe C, f. Cajar reftored the City of Co- 
 rinth, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 rinth, utterly deftroyed before by Mumm'ms, as we finde in D i o,and 
 in P a u s a n i a s in the beginning of his Qorinthinca. 
 
 What the Antients did denote by this Triple Form of Chimara, is 
 doubtful. Nymphodorus the Sytacujan fays, that Chimera was 
 a Mountain of Lycia, which perpetually vomited forth Fire, on the top 
 of which lived Lions,in the middle (where were fpatious pleafant Me- 
 dows) Goats, at the bottom Dragons. Which Mountain when St/- 
 lepboronhai rendred habitable,he was faid to have flain Qmrnera. But 
 Antigotms QaryUim fays , it fignified onely the People of three feveral 
 Nations conquered by Belleropbon. 
 
 ''Justic e,o» her Shield a man holding a Sword in one Hand, a 
 " 'Balance in the other ■ the ]V ird, 
 
 Quod Dexti, ra Li brat. 
 
 Though this Defcription of J u s t i c e , with a Balance in one 
 Hand, hath been by late Writers accounted modern , yet it appears 
 from Occo to have been antient, who thus found her reprefented in the 
 Reverfe of a Coyn of Trajan the Empcrottr , with a Qaduceus in the 
 other Hand : if he miftook her not for Moneta Jug. conftantly fo de- 
 fcribed; as may befeen in theCoyns of Antoninus ,and other Empcrours 4 
 
 TEM- 
 
ii 6 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 "Temperance, a Viol in her left Hand, a "Bridle in her' right ' 
 " the Word, 
 
 FERRE LHP ATA DOCET. 
 
 F o r riTDDE, a Lyon haying the Arms of England , in an 
 
 "Efcutcheon; the Word, 
 
 GUSTOS FIDISSIMUS. 
 
 " "I he internal Tart of this Triumph, or Temple, is "Round, the upper 
 " part T>ark , onely enlightened by Artificial Lights ; the lower part divided 
 " into ten'Parts lyTilajlers ivithTedcftals. 
 
 " Within the Temple are five he living Figures, three placed above the 
 « Heft. 
 
 '■ 'The Firs! the Goddefs of the Temple in rich Habit, with a Cadu- 
 " cells in her Hand, and a Serpent at her Feet. "Behind the Goddefs, a 
 " Man in a Turple Cjovm, like a Citizen ofLonionfrefenting the Kino 
 " with an Oaken Cjarland. Over the Kma's Head, 
 
 PATER P A TRIM. 
 
 " Over the Citizen 's j 
 
 S. 'P. Q. L. 
 
 OB CIVES SERVATOS. 
 
 There were feveral forts of Qowns in ufe among the "Romans, ac- 
 cording the variety of the Deferts of thofe, who were rewarded with 
 them • Obfidionales, Murales, Qaflrenfcs, Xjvales, Roflratx, Ct- 
 
 V The Obfidionalis was given to him,who had rais'd a Siege • which was 
 made of the Grafs, that grew in the place befieged : and this was ac- 
 t m. Lib. counted more t honourable then any of the reft. The firft among the 
 «..cap. u. <% omaiU} tnat was rewarded with this fort of Crown, was Q^Cwcinnatm ; 
 after him T. Vecius, and L. Sicinitis "Dentatus, Calpurnius Flamma, and 
 others. 
 
 The Mural Crown was the reward of him.that firft fcal'd the Walls, 
 and entred the place affaulted ; mentiond by Silius Italicus *, 
 
 Fulvius ittfincm fpoliandis xiihm,<tre 
 <Belligerorevocante,dedit ; jublimis ah alto 
 
 Suggcflu 
 
 * Libjii. 
 
pafsing to His Cok on a t i on. 117 
 
 Suggeflu (magnu autor nam futilu aufis) 
 Lavino generate, inquit, quern Sofpita Juno 
 T>at nobis, Milo, Gradivi cape viUor honorem, 
 "Tempera Murali cinBus turrita corona. 
 
 But when, from Plunder of the Town, agen 
 The Cjen'ral, by the Trumpet's found, his Men 
 Had call'd (a Noble Cherifher of great 
 Attempts _) to Milo, from his lofty Seat, 
 He thus began ; Lanuviau Youth, whom we 
 From funo Sofpita receive, from me 
 This Martial Honour for thy Vidtory 
 Accept, and "bout thy Tower'd Temples try 
 This Mural Crown. 
 
 Mr. Ross. 
 
 And in another place \ 
 
 — pbalerii hie peBorafulget, 
 
 Hie torque aurato circumdat bellica col!a • 
 lite nitet celjus AiuraHs honors corona. 
 
 here mining flood 
 
 t Lib. xv. 
 
 One with rich Trappings on his Breaft,and there 
 Another on his Warlick Neck did wear 
 A Golden Chain : this with a Mural Crown 
 Was honour'd, • 
 
 The Ca/lrenfis belong'd to hinyhat firft entered the Tents of the Ene- 
 
 ST : w hl , ch ' m the lnfanCy of the 1<oman Em P irc > was mad ^ of Leaves. 
 With iuch an one Komulus rewarded Hojltus Hosldius, Grand-Father to 
 Ttdus Hojli/w, King of afterwards of gold. This, without que- 
 ition, is the fame with that, which otherwife is call'd Vallaris. 
 
 The Corona ^(ayalis, or l{ofirata, ( for they feem not to be diffe- 
 rent however L//y W i diftinguimeth thenO was the reward of him, that 
 fartt boarded the Enemie's Ship, and took it : with this fort of Crown 
 
 PoMPEY 
 
n8 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 PoMPBitfc Cjreat honoured M, Varro ; and Augustus Jgrippa. 
 The Form of it is ftill preferv'd in the Coyns of Agrippa, 
 
 C»fe. Ah- 
 gnft. xxix. 
 
 * via: This is it, which Virgil * mentions, 
 
 Tempora !h(av alt fulgent roflrata corona, 
 
 His Brows, deck'd with a Naval Garland, fhone. 
 
 But that, which gave us occafion to mention thefe, is the Qorona Ci- 
 vica, given to him, that in fingle Combat had refcued a Citizen, and 
 tLlbi ilain the Enemy on the place : and this was made of 0a\. Luc an ', 
 
 ■ Emeritique gerens in/ignia doni 
 
 Servati civis referentem pramia quercum. 
 
 Crown'd with an Oaken Wreath, 
 
 Rewards for fuch, a T^man fav'd from Death. 
 
 * Lib. iii. ClAUDIAN*, 
 
 Stifcb. , ? Kf^fJ' 
 
 Mos erat in veterum cajlris, ut tempora quercus 
 V claret, yalidis fufo qui viribus bosle 
 Cafurumpotuit morti Jubducere civem. 
 
 Twasth* ancient Guife in Camps, an Oaken Bough 
 Should wreath his Temples,who had flain a Fo, 
 And off a Citizen in danger brought. 
 
 And 
 
pafsing to His Coron ation. 
 
 129 
 
 Lib.i 
 
 And in another place f , 
 
 Hum ctngit Murahs honos, hunc Civica querctts SereltE ' 
 SYjxuit, hunc domitu ambit Rcftrata carinis. 
 
 This Mural Honour crowns, that Qvic^ Boughs, 
 This wreaths his Head with eonquer'd Gallies Trow. 
 
 Thefe were ordinarily prefix'd the Entrance of the Emperour's Pa- 
 laces, as being populi Servatores. Ovid* * 14. 
 
 Ante fores flabis, medidmque tuebere quercum 
 Trotegat & noflras querna corona fores. 
 
 Thou (halt protect the middle Oak before 
 The Gates • let Oaken Garlands fave our Dore. 
 In another place, 
 
 En domus hxc, dixi, Jovis efl • quod ut effeprobarem, 
 Augurium menti querna corona dabat, 
 
 Behold, faid I, this is feme's Houfe ; I know 
 By th'Oaken Wreath,that needs it muft be fo. 
 
 Which feems to be derived from Julius C/esar: of whofe 
 Statues thus Appian, fpeakingof the Honours decreed to him ■ 
 There mere feveral Figures infcribed on his Effigies : on fome a Qroxm of 
 Oal^, as dedicated to the Saviour of bis Qomtrey. And Dio of An, 
 gttftm ; When he denied the ^Monarchy, and difcourfed of dmdmg the fro, 
 vtnees, it was decreed, that Laurels (hould be jet up before his Palace, and a 
 Crown of Oa{ hung over them, to figmfie, that he was conjlantly overthrown? 
 his Enemies, and faving his Fellow-Citizens. The memory »f which 
 Honour conferred on him is preferved in feveral of his Coyns : in one 
 there is a Crown of OA betwixt two Branchesof Laurel. 
 
 7 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 In another the fame Crown betwixt two C AT' < RlCO%^ S(he 
 was born under that Sign ) with a Globe , and the Helm of 
 a Ship. 
 
 i, — ^ 
 
 In one this Injcription, within the Crown of Oak, Salus humani 
 „ ^ generis: to which Pliny*, without queftion , alluded in 
 LK U ' ' t hofe words, Dedit Augustus ^slratam coronam Agsipp^, 
 tap ' fed C i v i c a m a genere humano recepit ipfe. 
 
 There are feveral reafons propounded by Plutarch, and 
 others after him, why this Crown ihould be made of this material ; 
 bat none fo probable as this bccaufe the Oak wasfacred to J up iter 
 and Juno Conferuatortbm, S»«f»» and iWa*- 
 
 The Habit of V b n u s 'tis fomething difficult in particular to de- 
 liver • the antient tJrtifts having been more willing to form her naked, 
 as appears from the Statues of her ftill remaining in '%»«, and from 
 this fct of A^AC'RbO^ upon V8HVS engraved on a 
 Bafia, 
 
 'A&. lis TBfEwtre tfmlo' > 
 "aqi -t6 /awaits ■nx , *> 
 
 What bold Hand the Sea engraves, 
 Whiljl its undermined Wanes 
 
 In 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 In a Difhe's narrow round 
 Art's more pow'rful'H^ge doth bound? 
 See by fome Promethean mind 
 Cytherea there defign'd, 
 Mother of the Deities, 
 Expos' d naked to our Eyes 
 In all parts, [aye thofe alone, 
 Modejly mil not haye [hovtn, 
 Which for Cov'ring onely have 
 The thin Mantle of a Wave: 
 On the Surface of the Main, 
 Which a fmilmg Calm lays plain, 
 She, like frothy Sedges, /vims, 
 And dij plays her Snowy Limbs, &c. 
 
 Mr, Stamijt. 
 
 Yet, becaufe there is fomething of it particular to her, we (hall give 
 fome account of it from CLAVDIA JA(\ who thus defcribes her 
 Drefs , when fhe was going to the Wedding of H 0 0 11 IV S 
 the Emperour: ^ 
 
 natumgremio Cytherea removit : 
 
 St crines fejlina ligat, peplhmque fluentem 
 Allevat, (sr V.anio Jpirantem numine ceflon 
 Cingitur,impu'Jos pluviis quomitigat amnes, 
 Quo mare, quo ventos, iratdque fulmina folvit. 
 
 Venus the Boy Jays from her Breaft ; i 
 Binds up her Hair, and tucks her flowing Veft • 
 Girds on her Ce/lus breathing pow'rful love, 
 Which calms fwoln Rivers by a Deluge drove, 
 The raging Seas, rough Winds, and thund'ring^ow. 
 
 T 2 What 
 
1 3 1 His Majestie's Entertainments 
 
 , . . . , What this Cellos is, may beft be known from Homer*, who is the 
 firft, that mention d it: 
 
 "ei8' hi (u'i f^o'lHj s< A "fuf©S « / oadi5-ls, 
 Tll/fams, St SuTurvJ* '»°» ™W m f ff»>»'<1»'- 
 
 This faying, off (he takes her curious Cejl, 
 Where all Allurements were of Love expreft, 
 Dalliance, Defire, Courtfhip, and Flatfries, which 
 The wifeft with their Sorceries bewitch. 
 
 The "Rofes, and "Dolphin, in the Hands of C u p i d, fignifie his Domi- 
 nion on Land, and Sea : of which there is extant an Bfigram of 
 Palladas, 
 
 •OuSi rnKkm* **1'X" aea*i~na, i "anoos- 
 
 T>T fW y*l T^OJ, tf Si ©aAa-ilw e^a- 
 
 TheX>o/pfo»he, aorHpfes holds in vain : 
 In this Hand Earth, in that he holds the Main. 
 
 Anacreon, 
 
 1 Rofes, of all Flow'rs the King ; 
 Rofes, the frefh Pride o'th' Spring, 
 Joy of ev'ry Deity ; 
 Love, when with the (jraces he 
 For the Ball himfclf difpofes, > 
 Crowns his Golden Hair with Rofes. 
 
 Of the Dolphin largely OTTIA^, 
 
 Pay 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 »33 
 
 O^ra^y, ttV -nV u-OTar7Woy7a ^£gt'j]oc^^ 
 
 'owoy j-»p ycvpaitn //st amoirm <xvxjt1<5 
 Airfsi, » Sgptan fte-r' ipis-J^ Asovles" 
 Oaroy aei5~«tao" tv eprfUf-«pJl A5*xol7w- 
 T»W»> sAEA*l"NBS » /fcSwcrff iwuiSs, &C. 
 
 The Dolphin rules the Scaly Flocks, endow'd 
 With Strength.and Swiftnefs ; of his Beauty proud: 
 He, like a Lance difcharg'd, through Billows flyes, 
 And dazling Flames darts from his glaring Eyes, 
 Finding out Fifh, that frighted fculk in Holes, 
 Or Caves, and bed themfclves in Sand like Moles. 
 
 As Eagles monarch it 'mongft fearful Birds • 
 As Lions Tyrants adt 'mongft fubjedt Herds ; 
 As much as cruel Serpents Worms excel : 
 So "Dolphins Princes in the Ocean dwell. 
 No Fifh dares them approach, nor be fo bold 
 His Eyes, and dreadful Vifage to behold. 
 Far from the Tyrant, fearing fuddain Death, 
 Frighted they fly ; fainting for want of Breath. 
 But when the Dolphin, hungry, hunts out Food, 
 The Silver Frie in Troops amazed feud, 
 Filling each way with fear : then Caves, and Holes, 
 Rocks, Bays, and Harbours fill with frighted Shoals. 
 From all parts driven he feleds the beft, 
 Choofing from Thoufands out a plenteous Feaft. 
 
 << Of the nine leffer Figures • thefirU bears, on a Shield, the Kin Z of 
 btcsfjwg alone ; a 5n>arm foiling at fome di/l.mce: tbe^cri, 
 
 REGE 1NCOLUMI MENS OMNIBUS UNA. 
 
 " The 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 " The Second, on his Shield, a Teftudo advancing againfi a Wall ; the 
 "Word, 
 
 CONCORDI7E CEDUNT. 
 
 " The Third, a Shield charged with Hearts ; the Word, 
 
 HIC MURUS AHENEUS ESTO. 
 
 " The Fourth, like a Spread-Eagle with two Heads , one of an Eagle, 
 " the other o/WEltrich ; in the Mouth of the Eftrich an HorJe-(hoe, in 
 " the Talon of the Eagle a Thunderbolt • the Word, 
 
 PR/ESIDIA MAJESTATIS. 
 
 " The Fifth, aHundle of %vc\ms ; theWord, 
 
 UN1TAS. 
 
 " The Sixth, tm Hands jqyned athwart the Ejcutcheon , as from the 
 " Qouds, holding a Caduceus with a Crown ; the W vd, 
 
 FIDE ET CONSILIO. 
 
 " The Seventh, nJrms laid down, (juns,Tikes, Snfigns, Swords • the 
 « Word, 
 
 CONDUNTUR, NON CONTUNDUNTUR. 
 
 " The Eighth, a Caduceus, with a Winged Hat above, and Wings be- 
 " neath, two Cornu-copixs coming out at the middle, Jupported by a (far- 
 " land ; the Word, / 
 
 VIRTUTI FORT UNA COMES. 
 
 " The S^Qnth, a 'Bright Star Jlrikjng a gleam through the midsl of the 
 " Bfcutcheon - t the Word, 
 
 MONSTRANT REG1BL1S ASTRA VIAM. 
 
 With thefe Figures is intermingled a Band of twenty four Violins. 
 The Bafes, and Capitals within this Triumph, are as Brafs, and the 
 Pillars Steel. 
 
 The Triumph thus adorned, and the feveralMufick playing, all 
 patted through, till fuch time as His Majefty came to the middle of the 
 
 Temple, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Temple , at which time the three principal living Figures, vii*. 
 Concord, Love, and Truth, who till then had not been 
 feen, were, by the drawing of a Curtain, difcovered, and entertained 
 HisMajefty with the following Song. 
 
 I. 
 
 Qomes not here the Kjng of 'Peace, 
 
 Who, the Stars jo long fore-told, 
 Prom all Woes fhould us releafe, 
 
 Converting IronAimes to (jold? 
 
 1 1. 
 
 'Behold, behold! 
 Our Prince confirm d bj Heav'nlji Signs, 
 
 Brings healing Balm, 
 Brings healing Balm, and Anodynes, 
 To clofe our Wounds, and Tain ajjrvage. 
 
 III. 
 
 He comes with conquerhgBays, andTalm, 
 
 Where jrpelling Bilkves us'd to rage, 
 Cjltding on a fiver Calm ,• 
 
 Proud Interefls nolo no more engage. 
 
 Chorus, 
 
 Let thefe arched 'Roofs refoand, 
 
 fojning In/lrttments, and Voice, 
 Fright pale Spirits under (f round • 
 
 But let Heav'n and Earth rejoyce, 
 
 We 
 
3 6 His Maj estie's Entertainments 
 
 We our Happinejs haw found. 
 He, thus marching to lie Qrown'd, 
 
 Attended with thu (jlorious Train, 
 FromcivilBroils 
 Shall free thefe lfles, 
 Whilft He, and His Toflerity (hall reign, 
 
 Who follow Trade, or/ludj sJrts, 
 
 Improving Ta/lure, or the TloW, 
 Or furrow W tves to Foreign Tarts, 
 
 Vfe your whole Endeavours now. 
 
 1 1. 
 
 His 'Brow, His Brow 
 Bids your Hearts, as well as Hands, 
 
 Together jojn, , 
 Together jqyning blefs theje Lands- 
 Peace, and Concord, never poor, 
 Will mal^e with Wealth theje Streets to (bine, 
 Ships freight with Spice, and (f olden Ore, 
 Your Fields with Honey, Mil/{, and Wine, 
 T o fupply our Neighbours Store. 
 
 The firft Song ended, Concord addreffed her felf to His Ma- 
 jefty, in thefe words, 
 
 Welcome, great Sir, ((Concord's Fane ; 
 Which Your Upturn built up again ; 
 You have her Fabric/^ reard (o high, 
 That the proud Turrets kifs the Stye. 
 Tumult by You, and Civil War 
 In Janus Cjates imprifon'd are. 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 — r 
 
 *37 
 
 By You, the Kjng of Truths and Peaee ; 
 <:5\fay allDivifions ever ceafe ! 
 Your Sacred 'Brow the blufhing TZyfe, 
 And Virgin Lily twin'd enclofe / 
 The Caledonian Thijlle-Hown 
 Combine with thefe t' adorn Your Crown ! 
 !?{o T>iJcord in th' Hibernian Harp ! 
 fought in cur Duty flat, or (harp ! 
 But all confpire, that You, as BeH, 
 May 'bove all other Kings be Blefl. 
 
 The Speech ended, His Majefty, at His going off, was entertained 
 with the following Song, 
 
 With all our Wifhes, Sir, go on, 
 
 Our C h a r l b s, three Rations Qlory ; 
 That W orlds of £yes may look upon, 
 
 Behinde, Sir, and before Ye ; 
 (jo great Exemplar of our Britifli Story, 
 'Paternal Crowns affume, 
 That then Your %oyal 3\(ame 
 May, regiflred by Fame, 
 Smell like a fweet Perfume : 
 ^{pt writ in Marble, Brafs, or gold, 
 or J paroling (jems, 
 Such as fhine in Diadems, 
 But where all Stations may heboid 
 With brighter QharaUers enroll 'd, 
 On th' Assure Vellum ofconfigur'd Stars ■ 
 Who fix'd, with gentle Smiles, 
 Two fluSuating IJles, 
 And built well-grounded Peace on Civil Wars . 
 
 V 
 
 On 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 On the little Conduit, at the lower End of Cheap'-fde, were placed 
 four Figures, or D\Qymfbs, each of them having an Efcutcheon in the 
 one Hand, and a Pendent in the other. 
 
 In a Balcony, erecled at the Entrance of Tater'no^er-K.ovr, were 
 placed His Majeftie's Drums, and Fife ; the number of Perfons, eight. 
 
 Between that and Ludgate there were two other Balconies erected : in 
 one was placed a Band of fix Waits ; in the other, fix Drums. 
 
 On the Top of Ludgate fix Trumpets. 
 
 At Fleet Bridge, a Band of fix Waits. 
 
 On Fleet Conduit were fix Figures, or 3\(jmpbs, clad in White, 
 each with an Efcutcheon in one Hand, and a Pendent in the other ; as 
 alfo a Band of fix Waits. And on the Lanthorn of the Conduit was 
 the Figure of Temperance, mixing Water and Wme. 
 
 THE 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 THE FOURTH ARCH. 
 
 N Fleet'ftreet, near JVhite^Friers,(\ands the fourth Trinnv 
 phal Arch, reprefentingthe(^m/e» of P l e n t y ; it is 
 of two Stories, one oftheDcnc^ Order, the other of the 
 Ionicl^. The Capitals have not their juftMeafure, but 
 incline to the Modern Architecture. 
 
 ' Vpon the great Shield over the Arch, in large Capitals, this Infer i- 
 
 option, 
 
 UBERITATI 
 
 AUG 
 
 EXTINCTO BELLI CIVILIS INCENDIO, 
 CLUSOQVE JANI TEMPL O, 
 
 ARAM CELS1SS. 
 CONSTRUXIT 
 
 S. P. Q. L. 
 
 To Vberity, or Tlenty, there are frequent Dedications amongft the 
 
 V 1 Reverfes 
 
His M a j e s t i e ' s Entertainments 
 
 Rcvcrfcs of theCoyns of the Ttynian Emperours; as of Augustus, 
 and G a lie n us, 
 
 She is reprefented in a long Stole, or Mantle.the proper Habit of Wo- 
 men, holding in one Hand a ^Patera, or little Cup in the other a Cornu* 
 copia. The latter is well known to be the Embleme of Tlenty. Its 
 original related by O v i d * : which, though unknown to few, the 
 elegancy of the Relation wi'l not give me leave to omit. 
 
 — 1 rigidum [era dexter a cornu 
 
 Dum tenet, inj regit j truncaque a fronte revellit. 
 Naiades hoc pomis,&odoro flore repletum 
 Sacrarmt ; dive'sque meo bona copia cornu, eji, 
 
 ' my Brow he disadorns, 
 
 By breaking one of my engaged Horns. 
 The ^^aiades with Fruits, and Flow'rs this fill, 
 Wherein abundant Tlenty riots frill. 
 
 The Patera, or little Cup, which fhe holdeth in the other Hand, is 
 frequent in other Figures of Reverfes ; as 
 
 What 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 What'is meant by EXT1NCTO BELLI C1VILIS 
 INCENDIO, the extinSion of the Flames of Civil War, is fortu- 
 nately known to us all, and may ferve to explicate what follows, 
 CLUSOQ.UE fA^l TEMPLO, the (huttmg if 'Janus' s 
 Temple : a Rite inftitutedby Numa, according to Livt : S\(uma 
 "Regno potitus Vrbemnovam,conditam vi & armis, fure earn Legib 'usque ac 
 n5\£oribus de integro condere par at : quibus cum inter bella affuefcere vi- 
 deret nonpoffe (_quippe ejferatis militia antmisj mitigandum ferocem populum 
 armorum defuetudine ratus,]anumadinfimum •Argiietmn , indicem 'Pack 
 Hellique fecit : A p e r t u s , ut in armis effe civitatem ; Clausus, 
 pacatos circa omnes populos jigmficaret. Numa, being poffejs'd of the 
 Kingdom, applyed himjelf to reform the new City, which was built by Force, 
 and Arms, and to build it anew by Rites, Laws, and Injlitutions : with 
 which perceiving, that in the midsl of War it Was not pofiblc to be cjfeBed, by 
 reafonthat their minds were made rou t h and fierce by Arms-, he concerning 
 that the fierce Teople might by their difaccuflomance be made mild, he built a 
 Temple to lanus at the 'bottom of Argiletus, the fignificr of Teace, and 
 War : which being O p e n e v,Jhewed that the City was in Arms jShut, 
 that they were in peace with all Rations. This Varro* confirms, 
 ThejunxalCjateis fo call' d from Janus : and therefore an Image of Janus 
 is plac'd there, and a E^te in f Muted by Noma Pompilius (/a 
 Lucius P 1 s o in his Annals relates ) that it (loould be always Shut 
 but in the time of War. We finde no where, that it was Opened in 
 the time o/Pompilius. Plutarch, in the Life ofNuMA, 
 7 here is at Rome a Temple alfo of J a n u s, with a two-leav'd CJate , 
 which they call Polemopyle, the Gate of War. For it was decreed, that 
 in the time ofW ar that Temple [hould Je Op»n ; in Teace, Shut. 
 Hut Virgil 1 derives this biflitulion higher, 
 
 cSMoscrat Hefperio in Latio, quern protinus ttrbes 
 Albans cohere facrum, nunc maxima rerum 
 Roma celit, cum prima movent in pralia Mar tern ■ 
 Sive Getis inferre manu lachrymabile Helium, 
 Hyrcanisve ArabisTe par ant, feu tenders ad Indos 
 Aurordmquefequi, Parthos^ae repofcere ftgna. 
 
 Sunt gemina BelliPort^C/jc nomine dicunt) 
 Rflligione facra, 6* favi formidtne Martis, 
 
 Centum 
 
i+i His Maj est i e's Entertainments 
 
 Qentum tcrei claudunt veffes, aterndque ferri 
 Hobora, nec cuftos abjijlit limine Janus. 
 Has (ubi certa fedet Tatribus fententia pugnx") 
 lpfe, Quirinali trabea, cinUkque Gabino 
 lnfignis, res e rat Jlridentia limin a Qmjulz 
 Ip/eyocat pugnas,fequttur turn cat era pubes, 
 Mredque affenju conjpirant cornua rauco. 
 
 There was an antient ufe in Latium, 
 
 Which zAlban Towns held facred,and now 'Rome, 
 
 Greateft in pow Y, obferves; when they prepare 
 
 'Gainft Arabs, (jetes, or fierce HjrcaniansWar, 
 
 Or march te India, or the Eajlern Main, 
 
 Or Enfigns from thzT artbians to regain. 
 
 Two Gates there be, are ftil'd the Ports of War, 
 Sacred to Mars with reverential fear, 
 Shut with an hundred Iron, and Brazen Bands, 
 There in the Porch bifronted^v?«# ftands. 
 Here, when the Senate have a War decreed, 
 The Con/til, glorious in his Regal Weed, 
 An&Cjabine Robe, doth groaning Gates unbar, 
 In his own Perfonthen proclaims the War. 
 The valiant Youth , attending, guard him round, 
 And doleful Trumpets Diapafons found. 
 
 This Temple was fliut feveral times, Firft in the Reign of Numa 
 * mm Pompilius, as Plutarch*" teftifies. Next, after the fe- 
 tuCt cond P u n i c k War, by T. Manmus Qonful ', fays L i vy f . 
 Thrice by Augustus: once after the Vidtory at Allium, about 
 the time of the Nativity ofour Saviour ; and then moft juftly, 
 when there was an V&(1VE%SAL TSAC8 over the whole 
 World. 
 
 Of 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Of which laft there is a Monument extant at this day in Spain : 
 
 IMP. C/ES. DIVI F. AUGUSTUS PONT. MAX. 
 COS. XII. TRIBUNIC. POTEST. X. IMP. VIII. 
 ORBE MARI ET TERRA PACATO 
 
 TEMPLO JANI CLUSO 
 
 ET REP-P.R.OP TIM1S LEGIB.ETSANCTISS.1NSTITUTIS REFORMATA 
 VI AM SUPF.RIORUM COSS. TEMPORE 1NCHOATAM 
 PRO D1GN1TATE IMPERII LATIORFM LONGIOREMQUE 
 GADE1S USQUE PERDUXIT. 
 
 And at this time it may properly be faid to be fhut at the fortunate arri- 
 val of our Sacred Sovereign into His Kingdoms, at what time there 
 wmQE^E\AL T SACS throughout all Cbrijlendom. 
 
 There is alfo a Coyn of Augustus, whofe Reverfe is the 
 Temple of J a n u s (but; iht lnfcrtpiion , JAN. CLU, not to 
 mention that of Nero, PACE TERRA MARIO. UE 
 PARTA JANUM CLUSIT. 
 
 C'lli. Ah- 
 
 Z"l f - F a S- 
 iviii. 
 
 Vi'l. v. 
 
 " Over the Poftern, on the Somh^de of the Entrance «Bacchus, 
 " a Youth in a Chariot dram by Tigres ,• the 'Reins, Vine-Branches < his 
 " cJ7vi anile., a Panther's Sfyi; his Qot»n t of (jrapes, and Ivy-, a ITiyrfus 
 "in bis left Hand, a Cup in bit right ; underneath, 
 
 LIBER PATER. 
 
 « The Tainting over this represents S i l e n u s on bis zAfs, Satyres 
 « dancing round about, in Vrtmken and Antic^ To/lures : the TrojpeU, a 
 "Vine-yard. 
 
 The 
 
 / 
 
> 
 
 144 His Maj est i e's Entertainments 
 
 * Sftnr11.1l. 
 lib. r.cap, 
 xviii. 
 
 t ScbJ. in 
 
 The Statues of Bacchus were of a very different form among 
 the Antients. Macrobius* Libert Tatris fimulacra partim pue- 
 rili at ate, partim juvenili fingebantur ;praterea barb at a fpeciejenili quoque, 
 &c. 7" be Images of Bacchus were partly like Hoys, others like Youths, 
 Jome with "Beards, fome like Old men. LUpian', Chorus's of all 
 fjges contended in the Feafls if B a c c h u s , becaufe they framd him 
 D "" jfik of every Shape ; for they paint him a Hoy, an Old, and a Young man. Of 
 which M acro bius gives this Phyfical Realon, efteemmg B a c- 
 c h u s to be the fame with the Sun,- Becaufe the Sun in the Winter Sol' 
 pee may feem a Boy , the days being then the fho'tefl ; but, by continual en- 
 creafes in the Spring M 'quint x „ may feem a Youth ; in the S ummer Solflice, 
 at his full age ; afterwards in bis diminution, an Old man, In the form of 
 an Old man we finde him woi lhip'd by the (fracians, under the Name 
 of Baffareus, and Bryfeus ; and at Staples under the Name of Hebon : 
 Macrobius in the fame place. Of Hebon there is ftill remaining 
 this Monument, 
 
 HBilNI EnltANESTATfli 0 E Qi 
 IOTNIOS AKTAAS NEQTEP02 
 2TPATET2AMENOS EniTPonET2AS 
 AHMAPXHSAS. 
 
 So Pausanias* tells us of a Bearded Statue of Bacchus hold- 
 ing a Golden Cup in his Hand. But moft frequently he is reprefented 
 in the form of a Boy^ or Youth. Tibullus', 
 
 Solisaterna eft Pha;bo Baccho^ae juventus : 
 Zh(am decet intonfus crinis utrumque Veum. 
 
 Tboebus, and Bacchus muft be ever young : 
 For uncut Hair to either God belong. 
 
 Ovid* of Bacchus, 
 
 ■ T ibienim inconfumpta juventa, 
 
 T upuereeternus, tu formofifsimus alto 
 Confpiceris coelo. • 
 
 * In ElUcii. 
 
 : Lib. 
 
 * MttAm. 
 lib. iv.Fab. i 
 
 ftill do'ft thou enjoy 
 
 Unwafted Youth, e.ernally a Boy. 
 
 The 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 14.5 
 
 The To'ets feign him riding in a Chariot drawn either by Tigres, 
 Leopards, or Lynces. Statiuj', t Lib. w. 
 
 Liber pampineos materna ad mania currus 
 Tromovet, effrena dextra lavaquefequuntur 
 Lynces, & uda mero lambunt retinacula tigres. 
 
 Thence to his Mother's City Bacchus rides, 
 Rein'd Lynxes by his Viny Chariot fides, 
 And Tigres lick'd the Harnefsmoift with Wine. 
 
 Horace, * Lib. Hi. 
 
 OtLiv. 
 
 Hac te merentem, Bacche pater, tm 
 Vexere tigres, indocili jugum 
 Collo trabentes. « 
 
 Bleft 'Bacchus thee thy Tigres drew, 
 Who Yoaks and Harnefs little knew. 
 
 O V I D t, t M'ttm. 
 
 lib.iv.^x 
 
 tu bijugum pittis insignia franu 
 
 Colla premis lyncum. -— — 
 
 - — ' thou hold'ft in aw 
 
 The fpotted Lynxes, which thy Chariot draw. 
 
 Thefe not onely drew his Chariot, but were his conftant Compani- 
 ons • as we finde in the Ship of Bacchus, ( taken fromthe Mariners, 
 whom he had turn'd into 'Dolphins') defcnbed by O v 1 d *, * M <um. > 
 
 lib. iii. 
 
 Quern circa tigres, fimulacraqm inania lyncum, 
 TiUarianque jacent fera corpora pantherarum. 
 
 Stern Tigres, Lynxes (fuch unto the eye) 
 
 And fpotted T anthers round about him lie. 
 
 V X His 
 
His Maj estie's Entertainments 
 
 , ,„ ;oMir His Ship is lively fet forth by Thilojlratus 1 ; which, or the like, is flill 
 to be feen in the Church of St. Agnes at Hyrne, formerly a Temple of 
 Baccbus's, in moft exquifite Mofaic{Work. 
 
 He was conftantly crown'd either with Grapes, Ivy, or both. 
 
 m£r- Ovid*, 
 
 lpfe racemiferis frontem circumdattts uvii 
 < Pampineis agitat velatam frondibus haBam, 
 
 He, head'bound with a Wreath of cluftred Vines, 
 A Jav'lin (hook, clasp'd with their leavy twines. 
 
 j^on crines, non ferta loco, dextrdmque relicpv.it 
 Thyrfus, & intaBx cecidemnt cornibus uva. 
 
 His Hair diforder'd now no Wreath adorns, 
 
 His Tbyrfus fell.plump Grapes drop from his Horns. 
 
 1 Lib. ... Ho ilAClt, 
 
 0<i. xi\. . . ■ ' 
 
 — Dcum 
 
 Qngentem yiridi tempera pampino. 
 
 — ■ — — a virdant Vine 
 The God about his temples did entwine. 
 
 TlBULLUS, 
 
 Qandide Liber ades,Jtc fit tibi rnyflka yitis, 
 Sic hedera jemper tempera y'tnUa [eras. 
 
 Bacchus afsift, fo may the facred Vine, 
 So may frem Ivy ftill thy Brows entwine. 
 
 * ?.-4a»u, So in Achaia, at tru* Feafts ofBaccbus *, the Qbildren having mfb'd 
 nAckikis. themjehesin the'Bfver Meilichus, tbtyput on (/ovens of Ivy, and Jogoto 
 the H emplc of Bacchus i&iymnetes. 
 
 3ence 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 '4-7 
 
 Hence M, Antony*, having aflumed the Title of n£& a.»W©', J7\£e» * Dil ,&\,. 
 'Bacchus, caufed the Cops, ftamp'd with his Image, to bear a Crown xlviii 
 of Ivy. 
 
 Xjlm St AJJTONU. til VTRI- 
 
 Ctf. pag. 
 xlvni. 
 
 And the Antients ufed this, as an Argument, to prove that Bacchus of 
 the (jrecians, and Romans, was the fame with Chris of the /Egyptians, 
 becaufelvy, which was facred to Bacchus, was in /Egypt called XooW, 
 that is, TbcTlant of Ofiris. 
 
 Why Bacchus, and thofe that drank , did wear a Crown of Ivy, 
 Athenaus gives this Reafon amongft the reft, becaufe there is great plenty 
 of it, and it grows of it J elf, and is every where to behadjbeing not undelightful 
 for fight, fading the Fore-head with its green Leaves, and Berries, and of a 
 body fit for binding , bcfides that, cooling without any Carotique fmell offenfive 
 to the Head. The Wine-Bowls alfo were ordinarily adorn'd in the fame 
 manner. Virgil, 
 
 pocula ponam 
 
 Fagma, coelatum diviniopus Alcimedontis r 
 Lenta quibus torno facili fuperaddita vita 
 Diffufos hcdera veslit p alien' e corymbos . 
 
 — tv. o Beechen Cups I'll ftake. 
 
 Which the divine Alcunedon did make : 
 Whereon with a fmooth turn foft Vines he fhapes, 
 And with pale Ivy cloaths the fpreading Grapes. 
 
 Anacreon, 
 
 ' Omt :3i£3:ttov 3 Sec 
 
1 4-S His M a j e s t i e ' s Entertainments 
 
 Vulcan come, thy Hammer take, 
 And of burnifh'd Silvermake 
 C Not a glitt'ring Armour, for 
 What have we to do with War i 
 But ) a large deep Bowl, and on it 
 I would have thee carve no Planet, 
 Tletades, Wains, nor Waggoners ; 
 But to life exactly ftiape 
 Clufters of the juicy Grape ; 
 Whilft brisk Love their bleeding Heads 
 Hand in hand with Bacchus treads. 
 
 We finde him cloathed with the Skin of a Tigre ( though that not 
 the onely one Garment he ufed) in- C l a u d i a n * : 
 
 ProfcrfMb.i. 
 
 Lenisque jimttl proccdit lacchus, 
 
 Crinaii florens hedera, quern Parthica velat 
 / tgris, is' auratos in nodum colligit ungues. r 
 
 So Bacchus march'd with I vie crown'd, 
 
 Clad in a 'Parthian Tigre's fpotted Hide, 
 And Golden Claws in neat compofure ty'd. 
 
 A Thyrfus is a Spear adorn'd with Ivy at the upper end, which 
 'Bacchus, and his Attendants, made ufe of to fuftain them in their drink. 
 
 t D! r,.. Fn Claudian >, of Bacchus, 
 
 Ebria Mxoniis fulcit vefligia Thyrfis. 
 
 His Lydian Thyrfe fupports his reeling Limbs. 
 
 Tau famas *, The S tatue (of Jupiter) is life unto Bacchus ; for it hath 
 ■ 'Buskins inflead of Shoes, and it holds in one hand a Cup, in the other a Tbyr- 
 
 '■is. This 5 hjrfus, with nQmu-copia:, is the Hieroglyphic^ of Mirth 
 
 in 
 
pafsing to His Cor o n a t i ok. 
 
 in a Coyn of Faustina's - the lnfci iption HI L AT^l J AS. In one 
 hand (he holds a copia, in (he other a 7 byrfus, on a Spear, cover- 
 ed from one end to the other with Leaves, and Coronets. 
 
 Silenus, andthe&J.ra, were die conftant deboift: Companions of 
 'Bacchus . Of whom Taufanias * relates a Story told him by Eupbemus 
 a Carian, that, in a Voyage to Italy, by crofs Winds, their Ship was for- 
 ced beyond the Streights into the dilantich^ Ocean, and was driven by 
 the Tempeft upon the ! (lands, called, by the Mariners, 7 he Ifl.mds of 
 Satyres. Whofe Inhabitants were of a yellowifh colour, and had Tails 
 not inferiour to thofe of Horfes. Who, as foon as they faw the Ship 
 arrived, prefently entered, and laid hold of the Women : fo that the 
 Mariners were fore'd, outoffear, to land them a Woman, whom the 
 Satyres ufed not onely according to Nature, but abus'd all pans of her 
 body.- Nor were the young Satyres more devoted to Venus, then old 
 Silenus to his Patron Bacchus. Virgil', 
 
 — — ' Chromis & Mnafylus in antra 
 
 Silenum pueri/omno videre jacentem, 
 Infiatum hejlerno venas, ut Jenifer , Iaccho ; 
 Serta procul tantv.m capiti delapfajacehant, 
 Et gravis attrita pendebat cantharus ansa. 
 
 Say Mufe, how Qbromis and Mnafylus found 
 In's Cave Silenus fleeping on the ground, 
 O'th' laft nights Bacchus fwell'd (his ufual guife) 
 Far from his Head his fal'n off Garland lies. 
 
 So O v I D*, 
 
 Bacch£e,Satyri^we fequuntur, 
 
 Quique (enex ferula titubantes ebrius artus 
 Suflinet,&' pando nonfortiter heeret a fello. 
 
 Light Bacchides, and skipping Satyres follow, 
 Whilft old Silenus, reeling ftill, doth hallow, 
 Who weakly hangs upon his tardy Afs. 
 
 Whence 
 
! 5° 
 
 *r«&m*/. Whence the Gleans *, in their Temple of Silenus, make T)runkennefs 
 
 delivering a Cup of Wine to him. 
 
 He was conceiv'd to be the Fofterer,and Educator of 'Bacchus; from 
 » Eciog. a. whence Aurelius Nemuianus' deferibes him with Bacchus 
 
 in his Arms, 
 
 Qui Deus arridens horrendas peSore fetas 
 Fellicat, ant digitis aures adjlringit acutas, 
 Jpplaudifve manu mutilum caput, aut breve mentum, 
 £t fimas tenero collidit pollice nares. 
 
 Smiling on him the God his briftly Hairs 
 Plucks from his Breaft, or nips his pricked Ears, 
 His low Brow claps, and fhort'ned Chin, and grows 
 Familiar, tweaking of his Saddle Nofe. 
 
 *Am 
 Ram. 
 
 i- And thus we finde Silcnus in an antient Statue at Ttyme *.T he Satyres 
 were painted with Goats Horns, and Feet, to fignifie the infatiablenefs 
 lihtu'" 1 ' or " tne ' r Luft. Fulqentius*; Satyri cum caprlnis cornibus depiri' 
 guntur, quia nunquam novere faturari libidine-, The Satyres are painted with 
 * g«* 1,b ' (joats Horns, becauje their Lujl is unbailable. Horace*, 
 
 Capripedum Satyrorum acutas. 
 
 The Goat-foot Satyres pricked Ears. 
 
 " On the North-fide oppojite, Ceres, drawn in a Chariot by winged 
 " Bragons,W crown 'd with Ears of Com : in her left Hand,Toppy ; in 
 " her right, a blading Torch. 7 he Tainting over her is a Dejcnption of 
 " Harveft • with 
 
 ' 7 
 
 CERES AUG. 
 
 That the Chariot of Ceres was feigned to be drawn by T>ra' 
 t Dl „ F „ gons, appears from feveral places in the Toets. Claudun 1 , 
 
 Prijtrp. 
 Bb.5. 
 
 — ——Jinuofa Draconum 
 
 Membra regens, volucri qui pervia nubila traUu 
 
 Signant, 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Signant } & placidis humedant fr<ma yenenis. 
 Frontem crifla. tegit, pingunt maculofa virentes 
 Terga nota, rutilum fquamis intermicat aurum. 
 
 ftie finewy Dragons guides, 
 
 Who at high fpeed cut yielding Clouds in twain, 
 Their Snaffles frothing with delightful bane, 
 Crefted their Fronts, Backs mark'd with freckling green, 
 Their Scales, when briffell'd up, Gold fliines between. 
 
 And immediatly after, 
 
 fdvit Serpentibus attigit Iden. 
 
 With yellow Serpents drawn fhe Ida reach'd. 
 
 Ovid^ 
 
 Dixit, & egrediens nubem trahit, inque Dracones 
 Tranfit, & alifero toUitur axe Ceres. 
 
 Then going forth, a Cloud fl\edraws,through Skies, 
 With Dragons drawn,herfwift-wheel'd Chariot flies. 
 
 And a little before, of the fame Goddefs, 
 
 Quo Jimulac venit fncnatos currihus a n q u e s 
 fmxit, & aquoreas ficca pererrat aquas. 
 
 Her harnefs'd Serpents in her Chariot puts, 
 And dry her way through fwelling Billows cuts. 
 
 Where we fee promifcuoufly ufed angues, and dracones. So the Rod 
 of ^Mercury, which is perpetually reprefented with Serpents about it 
 by z5\dartial is cncompals'dbya.Dragon : ' 
 
 Cyllenes caliquedecus, facunde minifler, 
 Amen mi torto virga Dracone nitet. 
 
 Heaven 
 
151 
 
 *Dc BdU 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Heaven and Cylknes Joy ; Speaker divine, 
 A Golden Dragon on thy Wand doth ftiinc. 
 
 And Claudian * fpeaking of the Golden Fleece kept by a Dra- 
 gon, 
 
 injopttisque refufum 
 
 TraBibus aitrati cuflodemvelleris a n q u e m. 
 
 The watchful Dragon kept the Golden Fleece. 
 
 The memory of Ceres her Chariot drawn by Serpents is preferv'd 
 likewife in feveral old Marbles, and this Medaigle, 
 
 t Gnrg. 
 
 The reafon why Toppy (hould be attributed to Ceres, and from thence 
 becall'd by V i ko i l ' Cereale papaver, is varioufly rendered by 
 S e r v i u s : Vel quod (H efui ficut frumentum : vel quo C eres uja ejl ad 
 oblivionem doloris ; nam, ob raptum Profperpinx vigilm fraUa, gujlato eo 
 aBa ejl in foporem : vel quia pani adjpergatur, Either becaufe it it fit to eat, 
 as Corn :or becaufe Ceresufed if to procure a foigetfulnefs of her grief for, 
 being neariedmth continual patchings in purfmt of her Daughter Proferpi- 
 na fiolnfrom her , upon tafling of it, [he fell ajleep : or elfe becaufe 'tu 
 * cm.»m ff ringed upon 'Bread, But the Mythologifis , who efteem£?wtobe 
 i, mu " the fame with the Earth.mzkt it onely a' Symbol of the Fecundity of it; 
 or, from its orbicular Figure,to fignifie the rotundity of the Earth; from 
 its'inequality, the Vallies, and Mountains; from the multiplicity of its 
 Grains, the vaft multitude of Men, and Animals. For which reafon 
 the fertile Countrey of Sicily was facred to her, which fho contended for 
 with Vulcan ; and, in token of the Victory, the Sicilians dedicated her 
 Statuewith a little Image of Victory on her Hand, Which Statue 
 
 Cicero 
 
. _ f ; _ _ 
 
 pafsing to His Cor on at ion, 153 
 
 Cicjro' makes mention of. Th&kToppies aremention'd by fe- \ Cmr . 
 veral of the Toets • as by rtrr ™>- 
 
 C AL l 1 m a c 11 u i, 
 
 ' " yivlo Sa 
 
 2-re/t^.et'Ja 3 £ fWtonoLZ' 
 
 Poppies me took, and Garlands in her Hand. 
 Thbocritus, 
 
 ' — ' — ' — a -Ti yiAawiq ■ ■ 
 
 In either Hand (he Corn, and Poppies had. 
 
 Torphyry, quoted by Eufebius *, fays, that Ceres was erown'd with 
 Ears of Corn , about which were feveral Branches of Toppy, which f "' '' b ' '"' 
 were the Symbols of Fertility. 
 
 She was accounted by the Antients the Goddefs, that firft delivered 
 to Mankind the Art of Tillage, whence they ufually erown'd her with 
 Ears of Corn. T 1 b u l l u s, 
 
 Flava Ceres, tibifit nojlro de rure corona 
 Spicea- 
 
 O yellow Qeres , round thy Golden Locks, 
 Place Garlands taken from our Countrey Shocks, 
 
 Ovid, 
 
 Flava Ceres, teimes fpicis redimita capillos, 
 Qeres, whofe {lender Hairs Corn-ears do bind. 
 
 Or put them in her Hand. So in the Reverfe of a Coyn of Julia Tia, 
 
 there 
 
154- His Majestie's Entertainments 
 
 there is one leaning with her left Hand on a Spear, holding in her right 
 HandanEarof Wheat, with this Infcription, CE\E^EM. 
 
 She is frequently defcribed with a Torch in her Hand, from that 
 known Story of her fearching after her Daughter,ftoln,and carried away 
 byTlutO out of Sicily. Of which Claudian*, 
 
 Accingor lujlrare diem, per deyia rerum 
 Indefejja ferar: nulla cejjabitur bora. 
 9Vj>n requies,non jomnus erit, dum pignus ademptum 
 Inveniam,gremio quamvis mergatur Iberx 
 Tethyos, & rubro jaceat vallata prof undo. 
 Zh^on Rheni glacies, nonmeKtpxatencbunt 
 Frigora : non dubio Syrtis cunBabitnr aflu&c. 
 Sic fatur, notaque jugis illabitur yEtna:, 
 3\(ocTivago tedas inflammatura labori. 
 
 Ill fearch the day, no hour fhall ftop me hurl'd 
 Unwearied through all Craniesof the World ; 
 No reft, no fleep, till my dear Pledge be found, 
 Though (he lie hidden in th' Iberian Sound, 
 Or the Red-Sea. %iphcem Frofts, nor %byne, 
 Crafted with Ice, (hall hinder my Defign : 
 Nor yet the doubtful Syrts with wallowing Tides. 
 This faid, to ^Etna's Top (lie makes a flight, 
 Kindling her Torch for bus'nefs of the Night. 
 
 So 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. i 55 
 
 SoPausanus* mentions a Statue of £eres, holding in her right * In , 
 
 Hand a Torch, with her left Hand laid upon a Statue adjoyning, cal- 
 
 led De/poina. Statius', t rfetw. 
 
 lib. xu 
 
 Qualis,abJEtnxisaccenfa lampide faxis, 
 Orba Ceres magna variabat imagine flammee 
 .Aufonium Siculum^e latus, vejiigia nigri 
 %aptoris, va/losque legens in pulvere fulcos. 
 
 Rob'd Ceres lo at an Mtnean Stone 
 Kindled her Torch, which blazing (he drires on, 
 Reprinting Tluto's ftepson either Coall, 
 Plowing up dufty Clouds in Furrows raft. 
 
 Ovid*, 
 
 Wtc accendit geminas pro lampade pirns : 
 
 Hinc Cereris Jacris nunc quoque tedadatur. 
 
 There for a Torch two Pines the Goddefs lights : 
 Since, they with Tapers celebrate her Rites. 
 
 From whence (he was call'd T>ea tedi/era : 
 Et per tedifera mjflica facra Dex. 
 
 The like we meet with in the ColIe<aion of Grutir, 
 CERERI AUGUST. 
 MATRI. AGR. 
 L. BENNIUS. PRIMUS 
 
 MAG. PAGI. 
 BENNIA. PRIMIGENIA 
 
 MAGISTRA FECER. 
 GERMANIC O. CiESARE. II.' 
 
 L. SEIO. TUBERONE. COSS. 
 DIES. SACRIFICI. XIII. K.MAI. 
 
 Y % tt Qn 
 
 L4 4 
 
His Maj estie's Entertainments 
 
 ct On the Weft-yWe of the Arch, over the South Toslern, the Goddefs 
 " Flora, in a various -coloured Habit- inoneHand, %ed andWhite 
 " Rofes; in the other, Lilies : on her head, a (farland of feveral Flowers, 
 
 "7 he Taintingover this, a Cjarden withWalks, Statues, Fountains 
 ' 1 FiOWers, and Figures of Men and IV men walking. 
 
 The Story of this Goddefs Flora is varioufly related : we ftiall 
 
 *Lib.ii.ca P , onely take notice of the account LaSantius * gives of her. Flora,. 
 having gain'd a great Fflate by prrjluuimg her 'Body, at her T)ejth left the 
 Tcople of Rome h r Heir, and allotted juch a certain fum of Money j the 
 Yearly ufe of which (hould be expended in the Celebration of her r Birth~Day 
 with feveral sports call d Flo ralia. Whichfeeming a flagitious thing 
 to the Senate, they too{ occajwn, ft om the very name of theiports Flora- 
 l i a, to add fome Dignity to fo /bam ful a bufinefs, to feign a (foddefs 
 FLORA, who had the care of Flowers, whom they fhou d Yearly appeafe 
 for the greater plenty of their (orn, Vines, &C. Her varioias-colour'd 
 Habit, withthereafanofitjismention'd by Ovid' 
 
 tf«j!.r. 
 
 lib.v. 
 
 Cur tamen, ut dantur vefles Cerealibus alba, 
 
 Sic eft huec cultu verf/colore decern ? 
 zAn quia maturis albe/cit me/ sis arijlis ? 
 
 St color, & ffectes floribits omnis inefl ? 
 zAnnuit. 1 — 
 
 In white at (feres Feafts why are they dreft, 
 While Flora wears a party-colour'd Veft t 
 Is it becaufe Corn looks in Harveft white, . 
 Whilft Flowers in various Colours take delight i 
 
 She was crown'd with Flowers, as we finde in thefe following Ver- 
 fes, 
 
 Annuit : & motis flores cecidere capillis, 
 Deciderein metifasiit rofa miff a folet. 
 
 . - 
 
 She 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 '57 
 
 She nods : and Flowers fell from her Head, 
 Like Rofes on a Table fhed. 
 
 AnfwerabletotheLifeofthe Authour were the Sports on her Fe- 
 ftival ; lafcivious, and celebrated by lafcivious Perfons. Ovid^ 
 
 Quierere conabar quare lafcma major 
 
 His foret in ludis, liberibrque jocusfoc. 
 Turba quidem cur bus celebrec meretrtcia ludos. 
 
 I did enquire why a more wanton way 
 Thefe Sports are granted, and a freer Play : 
 Why Proftitutes Ihould at thefe Rites attend. 
 
 Which Qato had no fooner entered, but his Gravity forc'd him to retire. 
 Martial, 
 
 ^CoJJes jocofa duke dim facrum Flora, 
 Fefloique lufus, & licentiam vnlgi, 
 Qur in Theatrum Cato fevere venifli f . 
 An ideb tanthm veneras^ ut exires i 
 
 Thouknew'ft, that Flora's joyful Rites 
 Free Licence had, and all Delights ; 
 Why cam*ft thou Cato to the Play i 
 Cam'ft onely thou to go away 
 
 Which Story is more copioufly related by Valerius tfM aximus. Om - 
 fbrius Tatmnius mentions a Coyn , in which we have the firft, that 
 caufed thefe Sports to be celebrated. Q. <SM E M M I V S FLO* 
 %AllA TBJMVS FECIT. She had her Flamen . mention'd 
 by Varro\ 
 
 " Oppofite to this , on the tionh- fide , the Goddefs Pomona 
 " crown d with a Qarland of feyeral Fruits ■ in her right Hand, a Tru- 
 1 ' mng. Hoo( • in 'her left Hand,ihe Sun ; at her Feet, all Jorts of ^raffing, 
 "and Cjardening^Tools, 
 
 Ovid, 
 
 Lap. 
 
153 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 * Mitum. 
 lib.xiv. Fab. 
 1 £>. 
 
 Ovid * thus defcribes her at large, 
 
 Heve fub hoc Pomona fuit : qua nulla Latinas 
 Inter Hamadryadas colmt folertiiis bortos : 
 3\Qec fuit arborei Jludiofior altera foetus ; 
 Vnde tenet nomen. U^(on fyhas ilia, nec amnes, 
 Hus amat, & ramos felic'ta pomafcrentes. 
 3\(ec jaculo gravis ejl,jed adunca dextera fake : 
 Qua modi) luxuriempremit, & fpatiantia pajsim 
 'Brachia compefcit :fiJfo modi) cor tic e, lignum 
 Inferit, & fuccos alieno praflat alumno. 
 3\(ec jentire fitim patitur, bibuUque recurvas 
 'B^dicis fibras labentibus irrigat undis. 
 
 Pomona flourinYdin thofe times of eafe: 
 
 Of all the Latian Hamadryades, 
 
 None fruitful Hort-yards held in more repute, 
 
 Or took more care to propagate their Fruit; 
 
 Thereof fo nam'd. Nor Streams, nor (hady Grovesj 
 
 But Trees producing gen'rous Burdens loves. 
 
 Her Hand a Hook, and not an Jav'lin bare : 
 
 Now prunes luxurious Twigs, and Boughs.that dare 
 
 Tranlcend their Bounds : now flits the Bark, the Bud 
 
 Inferts, enfore'd to nurfe anothers Brood. 
 
 Norfuffers them to fufFer Thirft, but brings 
 
 To moifture-fucking Roots foft Hiding Springs. 
 
 She had her Flamen too, though the lafl: of the fifteen. Sixrus 
 Pompkius, Maxima: dignationis Flamen T>ialis efl inter X V. 
 Flamines: &,quum cxtcri difcrimina Majtjlatis Jme haleant, minimi babe* 
 iwPomonalis; o«0(/ Pomona levifsimo frudui agrorum prxpdtt. 2 be 
 Flamen o/ Jupiter is of the greatejl 'Dignity amongfl the fy teen Flamens. 
 There is adifiintfion betwixt all of them, but the meanefl is i&eFLmen of 
 Pomona, becaufe [he prefides over the meanefl Fruit of the Cjrounds. 
 
 "Boreas, 
 
pafsing to His Cor on at ion. 
 
 159 
 
 "Boreas, in/lead of Feet, two Serpents Tails, hit Wings covered 
 " with Snow : his Emblem, a roc^ie Mountainous Country, and the Pleiades 
 u ri/ing oyer it ■ his e5\tolto, 
 
 SCYTHIAM SEPTEMQUE TRIONES 
 
 HORR1BER INVADiT 
 
 That the Antients defcribed Boreas with Serpents Tails , in- 
 ftead of Feet, appears out of P a u s a n 1 a s*, 'e« mcMt b^k irin * In m 
 
 *?mw, '£lp«'8aa». Oi^tJ Si ifm iifi mtn u itfS. IfyOU COmpafs it 0)1 the left 
 
 Hand, there u Boreas forcibly taking away Orithyia; He hath Serpents 
 Tails inslead of Feet. 
 
 Thus Ovid defcribes him dealing away Orithyia, 
 
 Hac Boreas, aut his non inferior a loquutus, 
 Excufsit pennas : quarum jaUatibus omnis 
 Afftata ejl tellus, lathmque perhorruit aquor. 
 Tuheredmque trahens per jumma cacumina pallatn, 
 V ?rrit humum,payiddmque metu caligine teilus i. 
 Onthyiam adamans fubis completiitur alis. 
 
 •j-hus 'Boreas chafes, or no lefs ftorming, (hook 
 His horrid Wings ; whofe aiery motion ftrook 
 The Earth with Blafts, and made the Ocean roar, 
 Trailing his dufty Mantle on the Floor. 
 He hid himfelf in Clouds of Duft, and caught 
 Bthv'dOritbyia, with her fear diftraught. 
 
 Virgil', 
 
 Qualis Hyperboreis Aquilo cum den/us ab oris 
 lncubuit, Scythiae^ae hj ernes, atque arida differ t 
 J^ubila- 
 
 As when from Hyperborean Mountains fierce 
 'Boreas doth Clouds, and Scythian Storms difperfe. 
 
 Claudian, 
 
His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 *JHr. V H ClAUDIAN*, 
 
 — ; ecu turbine rauco 
 
 Cum gravis armatur Boreas, glacie'que nivali 
 Hifpidus, & Getica concretus grandine penntts, 
 'Bella cupit, pelagus,fylvas,camposque jonoro 
 Flaminerapturm. 
 
 As with a Whirl- Winde when rough 'Boreas arms 
 Wings ftiffwith Ice,andSnow,and (jotkiif^ Storms, 
 Defiring War, the Woods, and Deeps profound, 
 And Plains breaks thorough with a dreadful found. 
 
 "Auster, in a dar^-coloured Habit , mtb Wings lify Clouds • his 
 " Embleme, a Qoudy Sly, and Sbomrs : his tS\4otto, 
 
 NUBIBUS ASSIDUIS PLUVIAQVE MADESCIT. 
 
 The Authours of Natural Hiftory do attribute a Thunder-Bolt to 
 the South' Winde alone. From whence Virgil, defcribing Vulcan's 
 Shop, 
 
 His informatum manibus, jam parte poltta 
 Fulmen erat, toto (Jenitor quee plurima ccelo 
 Deficit in terras : pars imperfeBa manebat. 
 T res imiris tort 'i radios, tres nubis aquofs 
 Addiderant,rutili tres ignis, & alitis Auftri. 
 
 A Thunder-Bolt half finirti'd now in hand, 
 (Many of thefe by angry fove are thrown 
 From Heav'n to Earth} the reft as yet not done. 
 Three parts of Hail, three of a Wat'ry Cloud, 
 As much of Fire, and three of Winde allow'd. 
 
 Upon which place S s R v i u s. fhQmnulli manubias Fulminis his 
 3\(uminibus, Jovi, Junoni, Marti, & Auftro vento ajjerunt attnbui, 
 quod ex hoc Maronis loco oflendunt, Of this Winde we have the Pi- 
 cture 
 
pafsing to HisCoronatio n. 
 
 dture in z/lntoaiiw's Pillar at Ttymc, remarkable for theHiftory in 
 which is reprefented the Rain.that fell in the Tents of the Romans, 'rea- 
 dy to penih for Drouth, and the '1 hunder.and Lightning,which at the 
 lame time deftroyed the Enemy: obtain'd by the Prayers of a fbri* 
 pan Legion, as the Fathers of thofe times relate it ■ by others attribu- 
 ted either to the Piety of the Emperour, or the IVlagick of Anmphis : 
 of which Claudia n • 
 
 em 
 
 Lans ibi nulla Vttcmn • mm flammeusimber in bqft. 
 Decidit : banc dor jo trcpidum flammante ferebat 
 Jm'uslus fonipes ; hie tabc/ccnte Jolutus 
 Subjedtt galea, lique/aflaque pulvcre cujpu 
 Candmt, & fubttU fluxh e liquoribus eufes. 
 Tunc contenta polo, mortalu nefcia teli, > 
 Tugna fuit. Chaldaea mago feu carmina > itu 
 /frmavereVeos. feu, quodreor, omne Tonantis 
 Obfequium Marci mores potuere mereri. 
 
 The Chiefs no Fame got there; the Enemie s force 
 A fiery Show'r difpers'd : a burning Horfc ' v t 
 Bore this ons flaming Back; this over-turfe j 
 His Cask did melt, in Duft his Jav'iin burnd, 
 .And melting Swords in fmoaking Rivers glide. 
 Heaven's Arcenal did for this Fight provide 
 Weapons deftroying more then Mortal Arms. 
 Either the Gods were arm'd by Magick Charms. 
 Orfoveio mucii to Marcus merits ow'd, 
 That ail this kihenefs he on him beftow'd 
 
 *ndd d: ^ttfcfc ibe Romans ; ^2J£ 
 UMyqutncb'd TbeS^ dme.AdveLL nogooX % ,Z 
 he 0,1 wcreafed thefla They fa f Water, Me th s ^ w Ton 
 them. Some of then, mounded thnn/dva, » asif the, ■ imam toq^ench the 
 
 Fire 
 
I ox 
 
 His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 ft 
 
 t Metam. 
 lib. i, 
 
 Fire wtb their 'Blood ; others run over to the Romans, who alone had the 
 Water could Jave them ; and thofe Antoninus fav'd. The fame Authour, 
 who liv'd in the time of Commodm, Son to Antoninus, mentions, from a 
 Report in his time,the Magick of Arnvep bis, asacaufeofit, as it is deli- 
 ver d by jSpWm«,Patriareb oiConJlantinopk : 'Tis reported, that Ar- 
 nuphis,<j» /Egyptian Magician , then in company of the Emperour Mar- 
 cus Antoninus, had invoked rvith hu Magic{ Art, among other (jods, the 
 aerial Mercury, by whoje ajsijlance he obtain 'd the Showr. And thus the 
 Story is told by Suidas *. Others mention Julian the Magician. 
 The . Lhrijlians had a fair Plea for what they pretended, anacknow- 
 ledgment from the Emperour himfelf, by Letter to the Senate , had 
 not diat Letter, ftill remaining, upon examination prov'd counterfeit. 
 The Picture, being rare,we have caufed here to be publifh'd. 
 
 "Baronius miftook it for fupiter Tkviiu , who is never reprefented 
 with Wings. This Winde is excellently defcnb'd by O v 1 d r , 
 
 — 1 madidis ~biotus evolat alts, 
 
 Terribilempicea te8us caligine yultum ■ 
 
 'Barha 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 Barba gravis nimbis, cants fluit unda capillis, 
 Fronle Jedent nebula, rorant pennaque fimisque. 
 
 With moift Wings S\(ottts flies in fable Bags 
 His fowre Face hid, his Beard with Tempeft fags, 
 His Hair fheds Cryftal Drops, dark Clouds encamp 
 Upon his Brows, his Wings and Bofom damp. 
 
 His Thunder-Bolt is mention'd too by Lucretius ■ 
 
 Altitonans Vokurnus, & Aufter ulmine pollens. 
 
 " Z e f h y r u s, likfan Adonis mthWings ; the Emblem, a Plort" 
 " cry T/ain ; the Word, 
 
 TEPEN riBU S AURIS 
 
 DEMULCET 
 
 So Claud us defcribes * *& "t" 
 
 " Priftrp. 
 _j A '. *< . Tr . '...') V.vlV lib.ii, 
 
 Tater o gratifsime yens, 
 
 Qui mea laf civo regnas per prat a volatu 
 Semper, & ajsiduis irroras flatibus annum, <5cc. 
 
 ille novo madidante's neiiare perinas 
 
 Q>ncutit,& glebas fcecundo roremaritat, 
 Qudque volat, vermis fequitur color : omiiis in herbat 
 Turget humus ,medioquc patent convexa fereno, 
 Sanguineo [plendore rojas, vaccinia nigro 
 Induit, & dulci Violas ferrugine pingit. 
 
 Blefs'd Father of the Spring, all Hail, 
 
 Who ruTft my Meadows with a wanton Gale, 
 
 And dew'ft the Seafonwitha conftant breeze,&V. 
 
 From his moift Wings he richeft 3\(_effar fheds, 
 
 And the hard Glebe with pregnant Moifture weds : 
 
 Colour the Spring attends, and every where 
 
 Earth (wells with Herbage,Heav'n's high Fore-head clear. 
 
 Z i Rofes 
 
1 6> His Majesties Entertainments 
 
 Rofcs in Red, Berries in Black he dies, 
 And gives the Violets Purple Liveries. 
 
 Lucretius calls it the Mejfenger of Venus : 
 
 Et mer,& Venus, & Veneris pranuntius ante 
 Tennatus graditur Zephyrus vefligia propter. 
 
 The Spring, and Venus, warming Zepbyre brings 
 Love's gentle Herbinger on painted Wings. 
 
 t W. PauoiTRATus, reprefents it thus, A Youth fmooth-facd, mtb 
 Wings on his Shoulders, and on his Head a (farland of feveral Flatters. 
 
 The Seat of this Winde was feigned by the Antients to be in Spain. 
 
 *\nH,rc,le SsN» CA*, 
 
 Oui. 1 
 
 — qua Zephyro 
 
 Subdita tellus,Jlupet aurato 
 Flumine clarum radiare Tagum. 
 
 The Lands, where Zephjre dwells,behold 
 With wonder Tagus fhine in Gold. 
 
 tlntadta CLAUDIAN*, 
 Strhu* 
 
 Deferitur jam ripa Tagi, Zephyri que rehBis 
 Sedibus, Aurora; famulas proper atur ad urhes . 
 
 He Tagus banks, and Zephyr's Court forfakes, 
 And hafte to Conquer'd Eattem Cities makes. 
 
 Not fo much from the Vernal temperature of the place , as that it 
 was efteem'd the remoteft place from whence Italy received thefe We* 
 flern Gales. 
 
 " The great Figure on the top of all reprefents Plenty, cromed a 
 " 'Branch of Talm in her right Hand, a Cornu-copix in her left. ' 
 
 The 
 
pafsing to His Coronation. 
 
 The Mufick aloft on both fides, and on the two Balconies within, 
 were twelve Waits, fix Trumpets, and three Drums. 
 
 At a convenient difiance before this Structure, were two Stages ere- 
 cted divided, planted, and adorned like Gardens, each Of them eight 
 Yards in length, five m breadth. Upon that on the MarthGfa fate a 
 Woman reprcfentmg Plenty, crowned with a Garland of divers 
 blowers, clad in a Green Vcftment embroidered with Gold, holding a 
 Cornucopia: her Attendants, two Virgins. 
 
 At His Majeftie's approach to the Arch , this Perfon reprefenting 
 1 l E N T y rofe up, and made Addrefs to him in thefe Words ; 
 
 LJreatSir, the Star, which at Your Happy "Birth 
 f of d with his 'Beams (ai^oon) the wond'ring Earth, 
 Did with aufpicious lujbe, then, pre/age 
 Thegliit'ring TIenty of this Qolden ^Jge ; 
 7 he Clouds blown ore, which long our joys o'recafl, 
 And the fad Winter of Your ab fence pafl, 
 See! the three finding Seafons of the Year 
 tJgree at once to bid You Welcome here ; 
 Her Homage Vutious Flora comes to pay ■ 
 With Her Enamel 'dTreafure Jlrows Your Way : 
 Ceres, and Pales, with a bounteous Hand, 
 T)iffufe theirTlenty over all Your Land ; 
 And Bacchus is Jo lavifh of his Store, 
 That Wine flows now, whcreWater ran before. 
 TbusSeaJons,t5Men, and Cjods their fqy exprefs . 
 To fee Your Triumph, and our Happinefs. 
 
 His Majefty, having paiTed the four Triumphal Jrchcs, was at 
 T e m p l E-Bar, entertained with the View of a delightful Bofcage 
 full of feveral Beafts, both Tame, and Savage, as alio feveral living*' 
 Figures and Mufick of eight Waits. But this, being the Limit of the 
 Cities Liberty, muft be folikevvifeofour Defcription. 
 
A BRIEF 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 O F HI S 
 
 MAJESTIES 
 
 SOLEMN CORONATION: 
 
 WITH 
 
 His Magnificent Proceeding, and 
 R oyal Feast in 
 
 WESTMINSTER HALL 
 
A BRIEF 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 o 
 
 His Majeftie's Solemn Coronation. 
 
 ;Pon the zf ofAfril, being Saint qeorges Day, about 
 feven m the Morning, the l^tng took Water from 
 the Trtvy-Stairs at White-Hatt, and landed at the 
 1 arhament-Stairs : from whence He went up to 
 the Room behind the Lords-Houfe , called the 
 Trtnces Lodgings : where, after He had repofed Himfelf for a 
 while, He was arayed in Royal Robes of Crimfon Velvet furr'd 
 with Ermine : By which time the J^okHty, being come together 
 in the Lord sMouJe, and tainted-Chamber, Robed themfelves 
 
 The>^ alfo wi^ the of the 
 
 "Bath (then in their Robes of Purple Satin, lined with white Taffa 
 ty) and gentlemen of the Tri-vj-Cbamber, met in the Court of %e, 
 quefis. And, after fome fpace, being drawn down into IFeftminlkr 
 Hall, where this great Solemnity (ordered by the Officers at Arms) 
 began ; the S^obiM in their proper Robes, carrying their Coro- 
 nets in their Hands, proceeded according to their feveral Dignities 
 and Degrees , before His tSWajefy , up to His Throne of State • 
 which was railed at the eft-end of that large and noble Room and 
 there placed themfelves upon each fide thereof. 
 
 The 
 
The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 The KJng being thus fet in a rich Chair, under a glorious Cloth of 
 State,Sir filbert Talbot K, Mafier of the yW-#c«</e,prefented the 
 Sword of State,asa\to the Sword called Curtana, and two other Swords, 
 to the Lord High-Con(lable ; who took and delivered them to the 
 Lord High- Chamberlain, and he laid them upon the Table before the 
 
 Then did he alfo deliver the Spurs to the Lord High-Conflable-, and 
 he the fame to the Lord High-Cbamberlain , who alfo placed them 
 upon the Table. 
 
 Immediately after the Dean and Trebends ofWejlminfter, (by 
 whom the "Regalia had been brought in Procefsion from the Abbey. 
 Church unto iVefiminjlerHall^htmg verted in rich Copes, came up 
 from the lower end thereof, in manner following. 
 
 i The Serjeant of the Vellry, in a Scarlet Mantle. 
 % Then the Children of the Ring's Chapel, in Scarlet Mantles. 
 3 Then the Quire of IVeflminsler, in Surplices. 
 4. Then the Cfentlemen of the King's Qhapel , in Scarlet 
 Mantles; 
 
 5 Next the-Turfuivants , Heralds , and 'Provincial Kings of 
 Arms. 
 
 6 Then the ©M« ; carrying Saint Edward's Qrown. 
 
 And after him five of the Trebends of that Church ; the firft car- 
 rying the Sceptre with the Crofs. 
 
 The fecond the Sceptre with the Vove. 
 The third the Orb with the Qrofs. 
 The fourth King Edward's Staff. 
 The fifth the Chalice and Tatena. 
 
 Pafsing thus through the Hall, and making their due Reverences 
 in three places thereof - the Quires, with the Officers at Arms falling 
 off on each fide,towardsthe upper end oftheRoom ; the faid ©<?<«» 
 and Trebends afcended the Steps ; at the top whereof (farter, Trinc'u 
 pal King of zArms {landing, conducted them to the Table placed be- 
 fore the T krone, where they made their laft Reverence. 
 
 Which being done,the Dean firft prefented the Craw,which was 
 by the Lord High-Qmflable, and Lord Cjreat-Cbamberlam, fet upon 
 the Table ; who likewife afterwards received from each of the Tre- 
 bends that part of the Regalia, which they carried, and laid them alfo 
 by the Crown : which done, they retired. 
 
 Then 
 
9 
 
 His Majesties Coronation. 171 
 
 Then, the LordCfreat-Cbamberlain prefenting the Pfgalia feverally 
 to the Kjng, His Majejly thereupon difpofed ef them unto the 
 :?K[oble-men hereafter named, to be carried by them in the 'Proceed' 
 ing to the Abbey-Church, viz. 
 
 Saint Edward's Staff to the Sari of Sandwich. 
 The Spurs to the Earl of Penbroke and Montgomery. 
 The Sceptre with the Crojs to the Sari of 'Bedford. 
 The Pointed Srt>ord ( born on the left hand of Curtana J to the 
 Earl of Derby. 
 
 ThePointed Sword (born on the right hand thereof} tothe&r/ 
 
 of Shrewsbury. 
 The Smrd called Curtana to the Sari of Oxford. 
 The iSW"*/ of Stefe to the of Manchester. 
 The Sceptre with the Dew to the D«^<? of tAlbe-marle. 
 The CM with the Qrojs to the of 'Buckingham. 
 Saint Edward's (/own to the *D«^e of Ormond. 
 The Patcna to the S/^op ol £xefer ; and laftly, 
 The Chalice to the Si/fop of London. 
 
 All things being thus prepared , C it being about ten a Clock, _) 
 
 the Proceeding began from the Hall into the Palace Yard , through 
 the Qate HouJe,and the end of l\ings-Jlreet ■ thence along tue Cjreat 
 SanUuary, and fo to the Wejl-eud the Abbey.Church, ali upsn Blew 
 Cloth,which was fpread upon the Ground,from the Throne in Wefl- 
 minsler-Hali to the great Steps in the fame Abbey-Church , by Sir 
 Q eor g e C arteret Knight.His Majeftie's Vice-Chamberlain, as Almo- 
 ner for that Day by fpecial Appointment. 
 
 The 
 
* 
 
 i7° The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 The Proceeding to the Coronation 
 was in this following Order. 
 
 THE Drums fouu 
 
 The 7 rumpets fixteen, in four Cla] sis. 
 
 The Six (Jerks of the Chancery. 
 
 Ten of the Kmo's Chaplains, having Dignities. 
 
 The tAldermen of London. 
 
 The K 1 n o's Learned Council at Law. 
 
 The K i n g's Soltcitour. The King's Attorney. 
 The K i n g's eldeit Serjeant at Law. 
 
 The Efqmres of the 'Body. 
 
 The sSKfaflers of Requejl. 
 
 The Cfentlemen of the Trivy-Qhamber. 
 
 The Knights of the 2><j/£, in their "Pttrp/e ^kr. 
 
 The 2«wz.f of the Exchequer, and fufiices of both 'Benches, two 
 and two, in order, according to their Seniority. 
 The Lor^/ Chief .Baron. The £«•*/ Chief-fujliceof the Common-TIeas 
 The of the %//;.The W Qhief-fuftice of the Kings .Bench. 
 
 The Serjeant-Toner. Tlie Serjeant of the /^/?r)>. 
 
 The Children of the iQngs Chapel. 
 
 The Qentlemen of the Kjng's Qhapel. 
 
 The 'Prebends of Weflminjler. 
 
 The Ma/ter of thtferveLHoufe. 
 
 The tymghts of the Trivy-Council. 
 
 Tort-cullts, Purfuivantat Arms. 
 TheHarons in their Robes, two and two, carrying their Caps of 
 
 Crimfon Velvet, turn'd up with Miniver, in their Hands. 
 The 2?yfco/tf, two and two, according to their Dignities, and Confe- 
 
 crations. 
 
 tyuge.Coix, Bleve-zlMantk, Purfuivants. 
 
 The Vijcomts, two and two, in their Robes, with their Coronets in 
 their Hands. 
 
 Somerjet, , Chefter, Heralds. 
 The Earls, two and two, in their Robes, holding their Coronets in 
 their Hands. 
 
 T^chmond } 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 Heralds. 
 
 Provincial Kings, 
 
 "Richmond, Wind/or, Heralds. 
 
 The Marque(s of Dorchefler, The Mar fiefs of Worccfler, 
 
 in their Robes, with their Coronets in their Hands. 
 
 Lancafler, °^ or {., 
 3\(orroy, Garencieux, 
 
 carrying their Crowns in their Hands 
 
 The Lord HigkTreafwer, , The Lord High Chancellor 
 
 Saint Edward's Staff, born by the Earl of Sandwich, 
 
 The Spurs, born by the Sari of Tenbroke, and •^Montgomery, 
 
 Saint Edward's Sceptre, born by the Sari of "Bedford. 
 
 if The third Sword, j [ The Sword called ][ The "Pointed Sword, 1 
 I drawn, and born [\Curtana, drawn, 
 j by the Earl of hand born by the 
 [ Derby. J [Earl of Oxford. 
 
 j drawn,and born by 
 I the Earl of Shrews* 
 I buryV 
 
 The Lord Maior of 
 London 
 
 (farter, Principal 
 King of Arms. 
 
 The (gentleman -V (her 
 of the "Black/R^d. 
 
 The Sari of Lindfey, 
 Lord Cjiieat.Cbambcrlain of England. 
 
 jThe fi«r/ of ] [The of State 1 [The Sari of ^(or^ 
 
 . ^#4, £«r/ j in theScabbard.born ! thumberland, Lord 
 | I Marfhal for | j by the Sari of Man- I j Croj/teW* of Eng 
 ^ '.this prefent • < —l—&— t — i n.. 
 
 I occafion 
 
 chetter, Lord Cham- 
 berlain of the Hou- 
 J ,/hold. 
 
 land for this pre- 
 fent occafion. 
 
 1 
 
 His Highnefs the T>uke of Y o r k- 
 
 "The Sceptre , 
 with the Dove, 
 1 born by the 
 j Duke of Albe- 
 marle. 
 
 \ St. Edwards Crownjaom 
 | by theD^eof Ormond, 
 i £ori/ High-Steward for 
 1 this prefent occafion. 
 
 j | The Or,';, 
 j I born by 
 > j the Dtt^e 
 i ! of "Bucking. 
 ; \ ham. 
 
 6-1 
 
 fThe Tatena^om by the " 
 ^Bifhop of Sxceter in his ' 
 (.Cope, 
 
 The R^gale,or Chalice,hom by} § 
 the 2?//^ of £<W<w in his 
 . Cope, 
 
 '5> 
 
 The 
 
'7* 
 
 The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 ^5 > 
 
 The KJ^Q 
 xs 3-1 h> fupported by the Bifhops of 
 
 ~ ! H <X and Wells, and Dure [me. 
 
 C rt nl 
 C u -7; 
 
 Z "■§ bfl His Train born by the Lords 
 
 ^ g Mandevil^ Qavendifh, Offory , and Tercy • 
 
 o 
 
 and afsifted by the Lord Mansfield, < ^" ^ 
 Mafter of the 'Robes. £G 3- 
 
 OS'S 
 
 The £W of Lauderdale, 
 
 one of the Cjmtlemen of the 
 Chamber ' 
 
 I 
 
 _G ^ C 
 
 C"2 j *- Mr. Seamour, Mr. J/bburnham, 
 
 £ J= t/3 O both Grooms of the Bed-Chamber. 
 
 A. 
 
 ;<S\C^ The Ciptain of the (juard. 
 
 w • ™ 
 
 § -S § The Captain of the Ten/ioners. 
 
 gn r§ "3 The Yeomen of Quard, in their 
 
 When the Troccedingwas entered the <tAbbey-Church,a\\, pafsing 
 through the Quire ,' went up the Stairs toward ihtgreat Theatre- 
 and , as they came to the top thereof, were difpofed by the Heralds 
 into two CjaHeries, built on either fide the upper end of the Quire. On 
 the Zh(orth fide, the Aldermen of London, the fudges, and others of 
 the Long.Robe ; as alfo the Quire of Weslminjler, with the Cjentlemen 
 and Children of the /yfl/s Chapel ■ and, on the South, fide, the I\nights 
 of the 2<j^, and (jentlemen of the Trivy-Chamber. 
 
 Near the W/wi flood the Mi/ier of the fervel.Houfe , and the 
 Lord Maior of Loudon 
 
 The J^obilitj were feated on Forms round about the in-fide of 
 the Theater : on the corner whereof, neareft to the ^/tar,adjoyning 
 to the two uppermoft Pi'&rj, flood the Trovincial IQngs, Heralds, 
 
 and 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 and Turfuivants at Arms , within Rails there placed. 
 
 Within the Rails, on either fide the entrance of the Theatre from 
 the 0«/Ve,ftood the Serjeants at Arms ( XVT. in number} with their 
 Maces. And over the Door, at the Weft end of the Quire, ftood the 
 Drums and Trumpets. 
 
 The Kjng, being entered the WeU^oor of the (hurch ( within 
 which a Fald.ftool,A\iil QuQoiws were laid ready for him to kneel at ) 
 was received with an Anthem, begun by the whole Quire, viz , 
 
 The fivft, fourth, fifth, and fixth Verjes of the izi d Tfalm : be- 
 ginning thus ; 
 
 Iwasglad when they faid unto me , We mil go into the Hoti/e of the 
 Lord, &x. 
 
 He kneeled down, and ufedfome fhort Ejaculations; which being 
 finifhed, He thence proceeded up to the Theatre (erected clofe to 
 the four high Titian, ftanding between the Quire and the Altar ) 
 upon which the Throne of Eftate was placed ( being a Square rai- 
 led five Degrees) on the Eaft-fide. whereof were fet a Chair, Foot- 
 ftool, and Cttjhion, covered with Cloth of Gold, whereon for a while 
 He repofed Himfelf 
 
 Immediately after, the Bi/Joop of London (who was appointed to 
 Officiate,^ part,tbat Day,forthe Arch -Hi/hop of Canterbury, whofe 
 age and weaknefs rendered him uncapable of performing his whole 
 Duty at this (joronatim ) having the Lord High Constable, the Earl 
 Mar/hal, the Lord Cjrcat Chamberlain, the Lord High Cbancelloitr , 
 and Lord Chamberlain of the Houfhold before him, went firft to the 
 South, next to the Weft, and laftly, to the 3X_ortb fide of the Thea- 
 tre • and at every of the faid three fides, acquainted thsTeople, that 
 he prelentedto them l\ing C h a r l e s, the rightful lnheritourof 
 the Crown of this "Realm ■ and asked them, if they were willing to do 
 their Homage, Service, and Bounden Duty to Him. 
 
 As this was doing, the ifyjgrofeup, and ftood by the aforefaid 
 Qhair, turning His Face [till to that fide of the Stage, where the faid 
 Bi/hop ftood, when he fpake to the Teople 5 who fignified their wil- 
 lingnefs,by loud Shouts, and Acclamations. 
 
 The fame Queftion was likewife put by the faid Bifhop to all the 
 Mobility prelent. 
 
 Immediately after, this following iA nthem was fung by the gen- 
 tlemen of the Ring's (^hapel : 
 
 Let 
 
174- The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 Let thy Hand bejlrengthened, and thy right Hand be exahed,&zc. 
 
 In which time, a large Qarpet was fpread by certain Officers of 
 the removing Ward robe, from the <iAltar, down below the hault- 
 Taces thereof ; and over that ^fil\ (Qarpet, and Cuflnon , laid by the 
 (jentleman-Dfier of the Hlac^-'Kod , afsifted by the Yeoman of the 
 Ward robe. Which being done, the Htfljop of London went down 
 from the Theatre towards the Mtar j and , having made his Reve- 
 rence, placed himfelf at the jyVf/j-fide thereof. 
 
 Then the King defcended from His 7 krone , and proceeded to- 
 wards the Altar, iupported by the Hif/iops of Durejmc, and Hatband 
 Wells, with the. four Swords-, the grand Officers, the J\Q)ble-men, 2>i- 
 [hops, who carried the 'Regalia before Him, and T>ean of WeflminUer 
 alio attending. Being come to the Steps of the Altar, He kneeled 
 down, and firft offered a Tall of Cloth of Gold ,• next an Ingot of 
 Gold of a pound weight, prepared by the Mafter of the great W M'd- 
 robe,and Ireajurer of the Houfi>!d, by virtue of their Offices. Imme- 
 diately after, His Majeflic retired to a Chair of State, fet on the South- 
 fide of the Altar, a little below the Traverfe of Crimfon Taffaty. 
 
 After this,the 'Biffmps, and thQoble-men, who carried the Regalia, 
 prefented every particular to the PSiJlwp of London,\vho placed them 
 upon the Mtar • and then retired to their Seats. And the King 
 kneeled at aFald-JloolQ fet on the right fide of his faid Chair of State ) 
 whil'ft the \Bifiop of London faid the Prayer, beginning thus , 
 
 0 Cjod, which dofl vifit thofc, that are humble, <5tc. 
 
 Which Prayer ended, the 'Bi/hop of Worcejler went up into the 
 Pulpit, placed on the ^(orth'fide. of the Altar , oppofite to the King, 
 and began his Sermon; the Text being taken out ofthei8 th 
 Chapter of the Troyerbs, and the fecpnd Verje. 
 
 On the Kings right Hand flood the Pi/Iwp of Durefme, and be- 
 yond him the J^oble-men, that carried the Swords, who held 
 them naked, and erecT:. The2)t^eof York fate a little behind' 
 Him on His left Hand ; next to whom flood thcP>i/hop of Hath 
 and Wells, together with the Lord Cjreat-Chamberlain. 
 
 The 
 
His M A 1 E S T I e's C 
 
 a i e s t i e s Coronation. 
 
 The Lord Higb-Cbancellour, and Lord Higb-T reafurer, fate on a 
 Form behind the Duke of Y o r k ; and behind them, in a Gallery, 
 fate the 'Dutchefs of York, 
 
 In the fame Gallery alfo were placed 
 
 'Baron Bateville, Ordinary Ambafeadour from Spain. 
 
 Trince ^Maurice of ^fajfau, Extra-ordinary iAmbaffadour 
 
 from the EleUour of Brandenburgb. 
 elMonfieur Wpmnjfan. SleUoufs Cbancellour,who was joyned 
 
 in Commifsion with him. 
 The Count Coningsmark, Envoy fromSweden. 
 Monfteur Friefendorf Refident of Sweden. 
 Monfteur Tetcom, Refident of 'Denmark. 
 Monfteur Tlefsis Bellieure , Envoy from Monfteur the Duke 
 
 of Orleans. 
 Sigmeur Qiavarina, Refident of Venice. 
 SignieurBernardi, Refident of Genoa. 
 Monfieur La-Motte,') 
 
 and i Envoys from the Trince EleUour. 
 
 Monfteur Frays, ) 
 
 Monfteur qormers, Deputy Extra-ordinary from Hamburgh. 
 An Envoy from the Qardinal of Hefs. 
 The Marquefsde Montbrun, withfeveral other Gentlemen- 
 flrangers. 
 
 ' But £><w Francifco de Mello , the Ambaffadour of Tortuval , was 
 placed in the Lord Chamberlain's Box. 
 On the ^{orthSi&a of the Altar fate the Bifiop of London, dire6t\y 
 oppofite to the KJng in the Arch-BiJbop'sChah, covered with Purple 
 Velvet : the reft of the Bi/hops being placed on Forms behind 
 him. 
 
 And higher, towards Saint Edward's Chapel, flood (^^Princi- 
 pal King of Arms , with the Officers of the (landing and moving 
 Wardmote, in Scarlet Gowns - the Sergeant of the Ve/trj with his gilt 
 Verge, and other Vergers : as alfo fome of the grooms and Ta«es 
 of the Bedchamber , who attended to do fervice, as occafion requi- 
 red. 1 
 
 Oppofiie to them, on the Soutb-tide of the Altar, flood the Dean 
 and Trebends oiWeflminfter. 
 
 -Saint Edwards antient Chair (covered all over with Cloth of Gold) 
 was placed upon the J^ortb-fidi ofrhe Altar, a little lower then that 
 belonging to the <tArcb-Bif,op, but fomething nearer the middle of 
 the ]Jle, and between the Kjng's Chair of State,and the Pulpit. 
 
 B b 2 Sermon 
 
The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 Sermon being ended, the Bifl)0p of London arifing from his 
 Seat, drew near to the Chair of State, and asked of the Kjng (who 
 then uncovered His Head) whether He was willing to take the ufual 
 Oath of His progenitors, vi^. to confirm the Laws to the People, and 
 namely the Franchifes granted to the Clergy by Saint Edward the Con- 
 feffour; to maintain the ^o/pe/eftablifhed in the Kingdom; to keep 
 Peace i execute fujlice, and grant the Commons their rightful Cujloms: 
 unto every of which Queftions His Majefty made particular An- 
 fwers, That He would. 
 
 Then likewife did the Bi(bop of ^ocbefter read the Bi (hop's Peti- 
 tion to the Kjiig ; the Prayer whereof was, That He would preferve 
 unto them, and the Churches committed to their charge, all Canonical 
 Privileges ■ due Law, &nc\fuftice ; as alfo protedl, and defend them, 
 and the Churches, under their Government : which His Maje/ty moft 
 gracioufly by a large Anfwer (which repeated the words of the Pe- 
 tition) granted, andpromifedto perform. 
 
 Afterwards the K*ng t afsifted by the Bi/hops of D««//«e,and Bath 
 and Wells , was led from His Ch.iir up to the tA Itar (the Sword of 
 State being born before Him, and the Lord Cjreat Chamberlain attend, 
 ing ) where He took an Oath to perform , and keep what He had 
 promifed. 
 
 Which Oath taken, the Kjng was led, in like manner, back to His 
 Chair of State ; and immediately the Bi/hop of London begun the 
 Hymn, Qome Holy (jho/l, eternal (jod, <5cc. the Quires finging the reft 
 of it. 
 
 And a little before the ending thereof, the Faldjlool was fet again 
 at the King's right Hand; whereat(as foon as the Hymn was finifhed) 
 He kneeled) the Si/fop of IoWc>» ftanding before Him, and faying 
 the following Prayer, 
 
 We befeccb thee, 0 Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, and everlafting god, 
 for this thy Servant Charles, &c. 
 
 This Prayer ended, the Btftop of London went to the 3\(orthSide 
 of the Altar, the l\ tng (till kneeling ; and forthwith thzPi/bops of 
 Peterborough, and Cjloucefter, went, and kneeled on the upper hault- 
 pace of the Altar , where they began the Letany, the Quires finging 
 the T{efponfes ; the Dean of Weflmwfter, kneeling all the while on the 
 King's left Hand. 
 
 After the Letany followed three Prayers, faid by the B/#o/> of 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 London at the Z\orth fide ohhtAltar • and, a little before the laft of 
 them was ended, the Arch^Bifljop of Canterbury came out at the 
 J^orth-doov of SaintEr> war d's Cbapel, vefted in a rich antient 
 Cope. 
 
 The third Trayer being ended, the faid Jrcb'BiJJiop ftanding be 
 fore the Altar, began the Verficle, 
 
 Lift up jour Hearts. 
 
 Refp. 
 
 We lift them up to the Lord, 
 
 Arch-Bifhop. 
 Let us give thanks unto the Lord our Cfod. 
 
 Refp. 
 
 It is meet and right fo to do. 
 
 Arch-Bifhop. 
 
 It is very meet, and right , and our hounden Duty, that we fhould at 
 all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, 0 Lord, Holy 
 Father, &c. 
 
 Then the l(mg arofe from before the Faid fiool, and went to the 
 Altar, fupported by the aforefaid L>ifhops oiDufefme, and2><?&&and 
 W ells : where He was difrobed by the Lord (jreat-Cbamberlain of His 
 Tibial Tiobes , which were immediately carried thence into the Tra- 
 verfe erected in Saint Edward's Chapel, 
 
 Whilft this was in doing, the Qhair, that was before placed at the 
 entrance of the Theatre was removed, andfetonthe 0\(orihS\&t of 
 the Altar, hzi\v\y.t it,and Saint Edward's Qhair : whereunto the l\ing 
 being come, fate downed was anointed by the faid AcbHifbop, (the 
 Dean of W eslminfter holdingthe iA mpulla, and pouring the Oyl out 
 into the Spoon) firft on the Palms of both His Hands , the Arch 
 e Bi(bop ) as he anointed Him.pronouncing the Grayer, which beginneth 
 thus ; 
 
 Let tbefe Hands be anointed with Holy Ojl , as Kitigs and Trophets 
 baye been anointed, <3cc. 
 
 After 
 
The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 After which, the Quire fung this Anthem, 
 
 Sadoc the Triefl , and Nathan the Trophet anointed Solomon 
 King, and all the People rejoyced , and f aid, Godfavethe 
 Kino. 
 
 At the end of which *dnthem, the Arcb-Bifhopkii. the Trayer, 
 beginning thus ■ 
 
 Loo(down, Almighty (fod, with thy favourable Countenance upon this 
 Cjlorious King, &c. 
 
 And then proceeded with His anointing on the King's Breaft,be~ 
 tween His Shoulders, on both His Shoulders; the two bowings of 
 His Arms, and on the Crown of His Head, in manner aforefaid. 
 
 Which being done, and the Anointing dryed up with fine Linen ; 
 and alfo the Loops of His Shirt clofed up by the Dean oflVcftminjler, 
 the Arcb'HiJhop faid the two Prayers, beginning thus ; 
 
 i (jod, the Son of (jod , Chrift Jefus our Lord, who u anointed of 
 hit bather with the Oylof Qladnefs above his Fellows Sec, 
 
 z (jod, which an the Cjlory of the l\ighteous, and the <t5\£ercy of Sin* 
 ners, Sec. 
 
 During the time of this His Vnclion, a rich Tall of Cloth ofGold, 
 was held over the Kjng\ Head by the 'Dulles of 'Buckingham , and 
 Albe-marle • and the barls of 'Berks and Sandwich, as J\ttights of the 
 moft Noble Order or die (farter. 
 
 After thc(e 'Prayers , the Lord Cjreat-Chamberlain delivered the 
 Coif to the Arch-Bifiop, who put it on the Zing's Head: and imme- 
 diately alter, the 'Dean of Wcflminfler put the Colobium Sindonis, or 
 Surplice upon the King ; the /Jrcb-Bifbop faying the Trayer, begin- 
 ning thus ; 
 
 OCfod, the Kjng of Kings, and Lord of Lords, by whom Kings do 
 reign, and Lawgivers do make good Laws, vouchfafe, we befeech 
 thee, in thy favour, to blefs this Kingly Ornament, &c. 
 
 Then the Dean of W tBminJkr, having likewife fetched the Tifhue- 
 Hofe and Sandals from the Altar, arrayed the Kjng therewith • as alfo 
 with the Supei ^tunica, or clofe Pall of Cloth of Gold , and girded the 
 fame about Him. 
 
 After 
 
His M 
 
 a j e s t ie s Coronation. 170 
 
 After al! this, the faid Dean took the Spurs from off the Altar, and 
 delivered them to the Lord great-chamberlain, who.having touched 
 the Kings Heels therewith.forthwith fent them back to the Altar. 
 
 Then the <tArcb- c Bijlwp received the Sword of State. in the Scab- 
 bard from the Lord-Chamberlairioi the Houfiold , and laid it upon 
 the eJltar, faying the Trayer, beginning thus, 
 
 Hear our Trayers, we befeech thee, 0 Lord, and vouchfafe , hthj 
 right Hand of ^Majefiy, toblefs, and fanBifie this Sword 
 &c. 
 
 This "Prayer finimed,the Jrcb-'Biftop, and "Bijhops afsifting, deli- 
 vered the Sword back to the Kjng, faying, Accipe gladium per mantis 
 Spijcopomm. 
 
 Whereupon, the Lord greaUbamberlain girt it about the Kin? 
 and the Arch-'Biflwp faid, v s ' 
 
 "Receive tbu Kjngly Sword , which it hallowed for the defence of the 
 Holy Church, &c. 
 
 After this, the Dean of Weftminfler took the * Armil made 
 
 Cloth of Tifhue, and put it about the Kmg's Neck, tying it to the & 
 bwings^fHisArrnsj the Arcb&i/hop banding before the 
 
 with the /Ji/eop or London on His right Hand, and fa vine- " rv "" d 
 
 ° / O ' Compares 
 
 Brachiorttm 
 
 'Receive the Armil of Sincerity, and Wifdom, &c. S*,lT 
 
 '/'/'"-r Cow- 
 
 Next the M«t/^ or e^nP^ being made of Cloth of Gold !&£ 
 and lined with red Taftaty, was put upon Him by the faid Dean • 
 the Arch-'Biflwp likewife ufing the words of Signification, vm 
 
 Receive this Tall, &c. 
 
 In the next place, the ArcbJBiflwp took Saint Edward's Crown 
 and bleiied it, laying, r 3 
 
 (/o</, Crown of the Faithful, &c 
 
i8o 
 
 The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 In the mean time, Saint Edward's Qhair was removed into 
 the middle of the Ifle, and fet right over againft the Altar , whither 
 the King went,and fat down in it : and then the ArchBifhof brought 
 Saint Edward's Crown from the Altar , and put it upon His 
 
 ^Whereupon, all the Teople,mth loud and repeated (houts.cryed, 
 god fine the Kino; and, by a Signal then given, the great Ordu 
 nance from the Tower were alfo (hot off. 
 
 At the ceafmg 0 fthefe Acclamations , the Arch^Bt/hop went on, 
 
 faying, 
 
 god cream Thee with a Crown of glory, andlljgbteoufnejs, flee. 
 Adding thereunto the Trayer, beginning thus . 
 
 * At which O qod of Eternity, Sec. Blefs this thy Servant, who * howetb His 
 words the fl eae { mt0 t hy Majejlie <Stc. 
 
 King bowed 
 
 His Head. . - , 
 
 After which TV*yer, the Arch-'Bifhop read the Confortare, 
 
 Beflrong, and of a good Courage, andobfene the Commandments of the 
 Lord, towall{jn his ways, &c. 
 
 In the mean while, the Quires fung this Anthem, 
 
 TbelQngfkallrcjoyccin thy ftrength, 0 Lord. Exceeding glad /hail 
 He be of thy Sahacivrt, dec. 
 
 Upon this, the 2M«, Marqueffes, Earls, and Vifcomts put on 
 their Coronets ■ the 'Barons their Caps : And Mr.^r/er.and the i ro- 
 vincial Kings put on their Coronets. 
 
 Then the Afcyier of the ftweUHouje delivered to the Arcb/Bi/bo? 
 the ^'"g, who confecrated it, faying, 
 
 <Blejs, 0 Lord, and fanilifa this T^ng, &c. 
 
 After which, he put it upon the fourth Finger of the Kings right 
 Hand, and faid, 
 
 <Rpuoe this %wg of Kingly Vignitie, and by it the Seal of C"tholic{ 
 Faith, &c. 
 
 And then ufed the Trayer, beginning thus; q 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 *. . 
 
 0 (jod, to ^hom belongeth all Tower, and Dignity, give unto thy Ser- 
 vant Charles the Fruit of His Dignity, &c. 
 
 Which Trayer being finifhed, the Linen (j loves were delivered to 
 the King by the Lord Cfreat-Qbamberlam. Then the K i n q 
 went to the Altar, ungirt His Sword, and offered it : which, being 
 redeemed by the Lord-Chamberlain of the Houfkold , was drawn out 
 of the Scabbard, and carried naked by him all the following part of 
 the Solemnity. 
 
 .Then the oArcb-Bifhop took the Scepter, with the Crofs, from 
 off the Altar , and delivered it into the K i n q's right Hand, 
 faying, 
 
 "Receive this Scepter, tbe Sign of K^ingly Tower , the T$d of king- 
 doms, the Hod of Virtue, <3cc. 
 
 Whilft this was pronouncing by the Arch-Bifhop, Mr. Henry 
 Howard ( Brother to Thomas Duke of 3sQorfo\ } delivered , by 
 virtue of his Tenure of the z5\danour of Wirksop, in the County of 
 3\(orfoll{, to the Kfng a rich (flove for His right Hand • which ha- 
 ving put on, He then received the Scepter. And after that the Arch- 
 Bifhop faid the Trayer, beginning thus, 
 
 0 Lord, the Fountain of all good things, &c. (jrant, we befeech thee, 
 to this thy Servant Charles, that He may order aright the 
 'Dignity, which He hath obtained, Sec. 
 
 Duringwhich time, the faid Mr. Howard performed the Service, 
 ratione tenura dilTi Manerii dc Wirkfop, of iupporting the Fling's 
 right Arm. 
 
 Next of all, the Arch-'Bifhop took the Scepter with the Dow, and 
 gave it into the lying's Hand alio, faying, 
 
 c R$cc'mtbe%odofVeriue, and Equity , learn to make much of the 
 (fodly, and to terrific the Wicked, &c. 
 
 After which, the l\mg kneeled, holding both ths Scepters in His 
 Hands, whilft the ArcVBiflmp thus bleffed Him, 
 
 C c The 
 
The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 T be Lord bkjs Thee, and l^eep Thee ; and as He hath made Thee 
 King over his Teople , jo he flill projper Thee in this W orld, and 
 makf Thee partaker of his Eternal Felicity in the World to come. 
 Amen. 
 
 Then the King arofe, and fet Himfelf again in Saint Edward's 
 whil'ft the <-J rcb-'Bifliop and 1>i(hops prefent,one after another, 
 kneeled before Him, and werekiffed by Him. 
 
 Which done, the King returned to that Qbair, placed on the 
 Theatre behind His Throne , having then alfo the /o«r bmrds born 
 naked before Kim, (the Arcb c Bifl?ops, c BiJbops, and (freat Officers at- 
 tending^: whofe arrival there,the Jrcb-'Bifhop faid this Prayer, 
 
 Cjrant, 0 Lord, that the Clergie and Teople, gathered together by thine 
 Ordinance for this fervice of the King, &c. 
 
 Then the Kjng repofed Himfelf in the faid Chair, vvhilft both the 
 Quires lung TeDeum. 
 
 When Te Deum was ended,the Kfng afcended His Throne placed 
 in the midft of the Theatre (the Swords, and Great < fficers {landing 
 on either fide ; as alfo the Hi/hops') the Arch-\Bifbop then faying, 
 
 Stand, and bold f aft from henceforth that Tlace, whereof hitherto You 
 haye been Heir by the Succejnon of Your Fore-Fathers, Sec. 
 
 After this, ihzHi/hops , and J^Qobility did their Homage to the 
 King in manner following. 
 
 And firft the Arcb-Hifbop of Canterbury kneeled down before the 
 Kfng's Knees, and faid, 
 
 I, William Arch-Bilhop of Canterbury, (ball be 
 Faithful, and T rue, and Faith, and Truth bear unto You, Our 
 Sovereign Lord, andYour Heirs, Kjngs of England, and /ball 
 do, and truly ackpowledg the Service of the Land, which I claim 
 to hold of You, in right of the Church : So help me God. 
 
 Which faid, he luffed the Ring's left Cheek. 
 The like did all the other Tiiflwps, that were piefent. 
 Then came up the Dukeoi York, with (jarter, Principal Kfng 
 of zArms, before Him.and His Train born by two Gentle-men/who, 
 
 being 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 being arrived at the 7W,kneeled down before the I\ing, put off 
 
 His Coronet,and did His Homage in thefe words • 
 • I, James T>u{e of Y o r k, become Your Lieglman , of Life and 
 
 Umbjmd of Earthly Wore flip: and Faith and Truth 1/hallbejr uritoYou 
 
 to live and dieagamjlall manner of Fol{ : So God me help. At 
 
 which iheDrums be^,Trumpets [ounded,andal\t\isTeople fhouted. 
 The like did the Dukes of ''Buckingham, and Albe- marie, for thefn- 
 
 felves, and the reft of the 'Dukes. 
 
 So alio did the tZWarquefes of Worccsler, and DorcheHer 
 Next, ihz Earl oi~ Oxford did Homage after the fame manner for 
 
 himfelf, and the reft of the Earls, who attended upon him to fignifie 
 
 their Confents. 
 
 After him, Vifcount Hereford did the like for himfelf, and the reft 
 of the Vf counts-, and then the Drum, beat, and Trumpets founded 
 again, and the Teople fhouted. 
 
 Laftly, the Baron Audley in like manner did Homaoc for himfelf 
 and all the Baronage, who alfo accompanied him to the Throne, in 
 testification of their Confents • which being finifhed, Drums Trum- 
 pets, and Shouts followed. 
 
 Afterwards the Du{e of YonK.and all the Mobility fingly afcended 
 the Throne, and touched them's Crom, promifing by that Cere- 
 mony to be ever ready to fupport it with all their power. 
 7 During the performing of this Solemn Ceremony,the Lord Hwh 
 Chancellor went to the South (Ve/l,md 5V( ortb-Gdes of the Stage and 
 proclaimed to the Teople the King's QeneralTardon, being attended 
 by Mr. garter to the South fide,and by gentle-man .% Vfket , and two 
 Heralds to the other two Sides. 
 
 And at thefe three Sides, at the fame time, did the Lord Cornwall 
 Treasurer of His Majesties Houjbold, fling abroad the Medals both 
 of Gold,and Silver, prepared for the Coronation, as a Princely Do 
 nation,or Largefs,among the Teople. An SBype of which is this 
 
 C c i 
 
 The 
 
The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 The Kjng being thus enthronized, the gentlemen of His Chapel 
 began this following Anthem, 
 
 "Behold, OLord, our Defender , and look^upon the Face of thine 
 Anointed. 
 
 At the ending of which AnthemM Trumpets founded,and Drums 
 beat again. In which time the Bijlnp of London went up to the High- 
 Altar and began the Communion ; and immediately the I\ing took off 
 His Crown, and delivered it to the Lord High-Chamberlain to hold ; 
 the Scepter with the Crofs to Mr. Henry Howard, and that with the 
 Dove to the Duke of Albemarle. 
 
 The Epistle (_ taken out of the Firft Epiftle of St. Teter, the 
 fecond tfjfopttr, and beginning at the eleventh Verfe ) was read by 
 thsBifoopoiChichcfler. 
 
 The Gospel ( being part of the twenty fecond Cfopttr or 
 St. Matthew, beginning at the fifteenth Perfe)bj the Sj^op ot&y. 
 
 After which, the UsQcene Creed was began by the Bifhop of Lo»- 
 don, and fungby the gentle-men of the Ckpe/. 
 Al 1 which time the /<>? ftood b Y His Throne. 
 But towards the end of the Creed He took again His Crown from 
 the Lord great- Chamberlain , and put it on His Head ; as alfo the 
 Scepter with the Qrojs from Mi . Howard , and that with the Dot* from 
 the Duke of Albemarle, and prepared for His Detent trom His 
 Throne towards the /#«r, to receive the Communion. 
 
 And, as foon as fmging of the Creed was fully ended , the I\mg 
 defcended with the Qrown on His Head, and Scepters mhoth Hands, 
 (the Bijhops ofDurefm, and Bath and fff fl/,fupporting Him ) with 
 the four Swords naked before.all the great Officers attending. In the 
 time of which Proceeding the Quire fung, 
 
 Let my Trayer come up into thy prefence, as the Incenfe,and the lifting 
 up of my Hand be as an Evening-Sacrifice. 
 
 Here the Arch-Bifhop of Canterbury retired from the Qeremonies 
 into Saint Edward's Qhapel, and thence went home, leaving the re- 
 mainder of his Duty to be performed by the Bifhop of London. 
 
 At the Kjngs approach to the Altar, the Bijhop of Ely delivered 
 unto Him Bread,and Wine, which He there offered, and then re- 
 turned to the Fald /W,on the South fide of the Altar, near His Chair 
 of St ate ■ before which He kneeled down, and laid His Crown upon 
 ' the 
 
I 
 
I 
 
 His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 'he Cujhion before Him, towards His right Hand ; anc\tiic Scepter 
 with the Dove, on His left ; and gave again to Mr. Howard the Seep* 
 ter with the Crofs, who held it.kneeling on the Kings right Hand; the 
 (fraud Officers, and the Wj>ble.mtn,mih the four Swords naked, and 
 erect, {landing about Him. 
 
 Then the Bifhop of London faid this Trayer • 
 
 Blefs, 0 Lord, v»e bejeecbthee, theje thy Gifts, and fanWfie them unto 
 this bolyVfe, dec. 
 
 At the end of which, the Lord Corrmallis , Treafurer of the Hou- 
 [bold, delivered another Wedg of q 0 ld ( which goeth under the name 
 of the Mar {of Gold) to the Lord great-Chamberlain, who preferring 
 it to the Kjng, He offered it into the 2*/o»,kneeling ftill at His Faid- 
 ftool, whil'ft the Bifhop of London faid the following Trayer, hzzxamnz 
 
 thus ; 
 
 Almighty q 0 d, give Thee the T)evp of Heaven, and the Fatne/s of the 
 Earth, and abundance of Corn,and IVine, &c. 
 
 And next pronounced this Blefsing, 
 
 Blejs, 0 Lord, the virtuous carriage of this Km a, and accept the 
 Wor{ of His Hands, &c. 
 
 Then the 'Bifhop proceeded to the Confecration of the Sacrament : 
 which being finiffied. he firft of all received ; next, the Dean of Weft, 
 minfler f then, the Bifhop of Bath and Wells ■ and laftly, the BiLp of 
 Durefm. 
 
 Thefe four Trelates having communicated,and Preparation made 
 for the King's Receiving ( who kneeled all this while before the 
 Fald-fioolj thtBifiop of London gave the the 2>-<W, and the 
 Dean of ' lVeftmin(ler the Qip. 
 
 As foon as the Kjng had received , this Anthem was begun by the 
 upper Quire, 
 
 0 hearken unto the voice of my Calling, my Kjng, and my (/o^&c. 
 
 In themean while, the King returned to His Tfow;* upon the 
 Tbeatrc,with the Qown on His Head,and bearing the Scepters in His 
 Hands, 
 
 When 
 
,86 The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 When He came thither, He firft put off His Crowned delivered 
 it to the Lord great. Qhamberlain : then the Scepter with the Crofs to 
 Mr. Howard ■ and that other with the Dow to the D«% of Albemarle. 
 
 After this the Hi (hop of London went on with the Communion ; 
 which being finifhed, the 7<wg (attended as before) defcended from 
 His Throne crowned, with both the Scepters in His Hand, (the reft 
 of the 'Regalia being carried before Him ; and thence proceeded into 
 Saint Edward's Chapel, where He took oft Saint Edward's [rown, and 
 delivered it to the Bifhop of London ■ who immediately laid it upon 
 Saint Edward's Mar , all the reft of the Kcgalia being given into the 
 hands of the Tkah of Wcftmmjler, and laid there alfo.Then He retired 
 into a Traverfe,where He was difrobed of the Robes He was crown- 
 ed m,which were delivered to the Dean of IVeftminjler to lay up with 
 the reft of 'kfgSa ) and inverted with His Royal Robes of Purple 
 Velvet, He came near to Saint Edward's Mar, where the Hi/hop of 
 London (landing ready with the Imperial Crown in his hands, fet that 
 upon His Head. All which being performed, He took the Scepter 
 with the Crofs in His right Hand.and the globe in His left ; and pro- 
 ceeded to IVtjhmnfkr-HallM fame way that He came • and attended 
 after the fame mariner,faving that the Hoblemen, and Hijhops, who 
 brought the Kcgalia to the tAbbey Church, went not now immediately 
 before Him.as they did ihtn ; but were ranked in places according to 
 their Degrees : all ihe ^Qllc-men having their Coronets ,&t\& Caps on 
 their Heads . and the I\ings of Arms their Coronets. 
 
 T he Troleeding being enti ed into Wcjlmtnjler-HaU, the Hobility, 
 and others,who had Tables afsigned them, went, and placed them- 
 felves thereat ; but the Kjrig, ( attended with the Cjreat Officers ) 
 with-drew into the Inner-Court of Wards, for half an hour. 
 
 In the mean time, all the Tables in the Body of the Hall were fer- 
 ved • vi%, before the Ring's Service came up, and were placed in this 
 
 "^On the right hand ( ?/^. the Soi^-Eaftfideofthei&/0 were 
 fet two Tables, one beneath the other : at the upper end of the firft 
 (which had two Side-T ables to ferve it) fate the c BiJhops • and below 
 them the fudges, with the reft of the Long-Hobe. 
 
 At theiecond Table (which had two Side- board Tables likewife to 
 ferve it) fate the Masters of the (Jbancery and the Six Qler{s. At 
 which likewife the Barons of the Qnque-Torts were then necefsitated 
 to fit ( by reafon of a Uiftuibance which lome of the KJng's Foot- 
 men made in offering to take the Canopy from them ) although the 
 upper end of the firft Table was appointed for them. 
 
 On 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 On the other fide of the Hall was placed likewifea long Table, 
 which reached down near to the Common .Tleas-Qourt, whereat the 
 ^(.obilky dined. 
 
 And behind this, clofe to the Wall, ata (horter Table, fate the 
 Lord Mmor^Aldermen/^ccorder^ndiwtWt chief Citizens 6SLondbn t 
 
 Laftiy , within the Court of Common-Tleas was a Table fet for the 
 Ojf<wj-atifmx,whereattheyalfo dined. Each Table being furmfhed 
 with three Courfes anfwerable to that of the Kings, befides the "Ban- 
 quet. 
 
 At the upper end of the Hall f where, upon an afcent of Steps, 
 a Theatre was raifed for His Majeflie's Royal Seat at this great So- 
 lemnity) a large Table being placed, the Serjeant of tl le Ewy, two 
 Serjeants at Arms with their Maces going before him , bringing up 
 the Ccwn'ng, was fpread by ihtCjentlemen-VJhers, and Serjeant of the 
 Ewry. 
 
 This being done,the O^'cerr of the Tantry, with two Serjeants at 
 Arms alfo before them,brought up the Salt ofState,an& Caddmct. 
 
 A little before the lying returned to Diner, two 6J quires of the 
 Hodjjcok their Seats upon two little Foot-ftools, on either fide of 
 the Foot of the King's Chair , ( placed oppofite to the middle of the 
 Table ) and there fate until the l{jng came in to Diner ; when rifing, 
 and performing their Duty in placing the Kings "Rgbes for His bet- 
 ter convenience of fitting , they fate down again at the Ring's Feet 
 fome part of Diner-time,until the King gave them leave torile. 
 
 On the right Side of the Throne was ere&ed a gallery for the Of- 
 ficers ai Arms. And oppofite to that, on the other fide, another for 
 the Mufic{ : and below, on the old Scaffolds, next the Court of Cora- 
 monTleosftoodthe King's Trumpeters. 
 
 The Troceeding at carrying up of the Firjl Courfe 
 to the K i n o's Table. 
 
 The two Qlcrl^s Comptrollers, 
 
 The two Qerks of the Cjreen Cloth, 
 
 A nd the Cofferer of His Majeflie's Houfhold. 
 
 All in Black Velvet Gowns, trimmed with Black Silk, and Gold 
 Lace, with Velvet Caps raifed in the Head. 
 
 Six Serjeants at Arms, two and two. 
 
 The, 
 
The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 The SarlMarfbd The Lord-High- The Lord High • Qonflable 
 on the left Hand. Steward. on the right Hand, 
 
 All three mounted on Horfeback in their Robes, and with their 
 Coronets on their Heads- having their Horfes richly trapped. 
 
 Six Serjeants at Arms, two and two. 
 
 The Comptroller of the Houfiold, The Treafurer of the Hou/hold, 
 with their White Staves. 
 
 EarloiDorfct, Sewer. 
 EtrlotQiesierfitld, his Afsiftant. 
 
 The Knights of the 2Wj,carrying up the Service.two and two to 
 a Difh, which was fet upon theTable by the Earl of Lincoln Carver, 
 afsifted by the £«r/.Sevvers. 
 
 In the Rear came up the three Clerks of His Maiejlie's Kitchin, 
 all futed in Black, Fugar'd, Satin Gowns,and Velvet Caps,in fafhion 
 like thofe worn by the Clerks Comptrollers: 
 
 Diner b^in- fet on the Iable,the King came forth from the Inner- 
 Court oflVards, in His li^yal *efo\r,with the Qroxm on His Head, and 
 Scepter in His Hand, having the three Svpordshom naked before 
 Him , and having wafh'd, fate down to Diner, the Hi/hop of London 
 faying Grace. 
 
 On the Kings right Hand, the j^obk-men, that carried the three 
 SnW^ftood.holding them naked,and ejected, all the Diner-while ; 
 at His left Hand flood the Lord High'Chamlerlain,tovihom the King 
 had given the Scepter to hold. And at the Table's end,on the King's 
 left Hand, fate the 'Duke of Y o r k, in his Robes,and Coronet. 
 
 Soon after Diner was begun.the Lord Allington, by virtue of his 
 tenure of the Manor oiWymundeley, in the County of Hertford, fer- 
 vid the King of His firft Cup (which was of Silver Cjilt~) and after 
 the 2\»;ghad drank, he had the Qup for his Fee. 
 
 "Ntxt.Lhomas Leigh Efquire was brought up to the Table with 
 a Mefs osTottage^lkd T>Megrout^ reafon of his tenure of the Ma- 
 nour of Addington,\n the County of Surrey. 
 
 Afterwards, a little before the fecond Courfe was ready, Sir Ed' 
 Ward Vymoc{ Knight (being the King's Champion, as being feized of 
 the c5\<fanor of Scr'welsbyjn the County of Lincoln ) entred the Halt 
 on a goodly White Courfier,armed at all Points : and there having 
 made a ftand for fome time, advanced in maner following ; 
 
 " Firft, 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 Firft, Two Trumpets. 
 
 Then the Serjeant-Trumpeter with his Mace. 
 After him two Serjeants at tdrms, with their Maces. 
 
 rThen one EJquire carrying his Target,~)( Another Efquire carry- ) 
 ^having his Arms depicted thereon ; Xing the Champion's Lance s. 
 C an d Xupright. ) 
 
 After them Yor K-Herald at Arms. 
 
 The EarlMarfhal The Qhampion. The Lord Htgb-Conftablc 
 on his left Hand. on his right Hand. 
 
 Both Iikewife on Horfeback. 
 
 Being come on fome few fteps, he made a ftand : whereupon the 
 faid Herald proclaimed his Challenge in thefe following words ; 
 
 IF any Terfon of what degree Joever, high or low, /hall deny, or gain-Jay 
 Our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second , Kjng of 
 England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Son 
 and next Heir to Our Sovereign Lord Charles the Firft, the lasl 
 iCjng deceafed, to be right Heir to the Imperial Crown of this Realm of 
 England; or that He ought not to enjoy the fame : here is His Cham- 
 pion,)}^ faith, that he lycth, and is a falje Tray tor, being ready in perfon 
 to Combate with him, and in this Quarrel will adventure his Life againsl 
 him, on what day foevcr he [ball be appointed. 
 
 Whereupon the Champion threw down his Cjantlet, which lying 
 fome fmall time,and no body taking it up, it was delivered unto him 
 again by the fame Herald, Then he advanced further forward, 
 until he came to the middle of the Hall ; where the Herald having 
 reiterated the fame Proclamation , the Cjantlet was again thrown 
 down, taken up, and returned unto him. And laftly, advancing to 
 the Foot of the Steps to the Throne of State, the faid Herald again pro- 
 claimed the fame Challenge, whereupon the Champion threw down his 
 Cjantlet again, which no body taking up,it was delivered unto him. 
 
 This being done,the Earloi Tenbroke and Montgomery ( afsifted 3 
 as before) prefente'd on the Knee to the Brings. Gilt Qup with aCo- 
 ver,full of Wine,who drank to the Champion ; and, by the faid Earl 
 fent him the Cup, which having received,he, after three Reverences, 
 drank it all oft, went a little backward, and fo departed out of the 
 Hall, taking the laid Cup for his Fee. 
 
 D d All 
 
The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 Ml which being performed,^*" Principal King of Arms, with 
 the two Provincial Kings of ^rm.baving their Coronets on their 
 Heads • and likewife all the Heralds, and Turjmvants at Jrms, came 
 down from the Gallery , and went to the lower end of the Tables, 
 where they made their firft obey lance to His Majejly. Then advan- 
 cing up into the midft of the Hall, they did the like, and afterwards 
 at the Foot of the Steps towards His Majcfttcs Throne ^txt (farter 
 being afcended, proclaimed His Majefiie's Stile in Lame, French 
 and irf,according to antient ufage,cry.ng Largef, i thrice. W hich 
 done they all retired backward into the midft oftheiM-and 
 there,' after crying Largefs again thrice he proclaimed the King's 
 Style as before. And laftly.thev went yet backwards to the end of the 
 faid ^cblc .mens Table, and did the fame again ; and from thence 
 into the fommon-'Pleas-Ccurt, toDincr. 
 
 Immediately after this, the fecondCourfe wasbrought up by the 
 Gentlemen- e Penfio«ers,mth the former Solemnity • the laft Uilh be- 
 ing carried up by Erafmm Smith Efquire who then prefented the 
 Km with three Maple Cups, on the behalf offybert <Bamham Efq ; 
 inrefpedof his tenure of the Manor of J^ethcr-Vufingtonmxhe 
 County of Kjnt, by performance ofthatferviceontheDayorthe 
 Kim's Coronation. , jr . ., 
 
 Laftly the Lord Maior of London then prefented the l\tng with 
 Vftncii& Qolden Qf, having a Cover ; ofwhichthe /^having 
 drwkMhid Lord Maior received it for his Fee. _ 
 
 Bythistimethedaybeingfarfpent, the A,ȣ ( having Water 
 brought Him by the Earl ofPenbrokc^nd his Afsiftants ) warned 
 a „d rofc from Diner before the third Courfe was brought : in ; and, 
 retiring into the Inner-Court cAWards , He there difrobed Himfclf : 
 and from thence went privately to His 2^,wh.ch waited for Him 
 at the ParltamenuStam , and fo to the Troy-Stairs at Wbue-Hall, 
 
 where He landed. 
 
 It is a thing very memorable,that,towards the end of VmcrAimt 
 C although aU the former part of the day,and alfo the preceding day, 
 in which the Kmg made His Cavalcade through London , were the 
 onely fair days, -that we enjoyed of many both before and after; « 
 began to Thunder and Lighten very fmartly : which however fome 
 fort of People were apt to interpret as ommow, and tU.boilmg , jet it 
 will be no difficult matter to evidence from Antiquity ,that Accidents 
 of this nature, though happily they might aftonifh, and amaze the 
 common Droveofmen, were by the moft Prudent and Sagacous, 
 look'd upon as a profperomM happy pre/age. And of this VirgtlgLves 
 
His Majesties Coronation. 
 
 Usa very pertinent Example ( in the eighth Book of his /Eneids ) 
 where Svander having addreffed himfelf in a Speech to ./Eneas for 
 aid againft the Hetrurians, and He being follicitous how to anfwer 
 his requeft,mark what Sign was immediately fent from Heaven. 
 
 th(Jmque improvijd vibratus ab JEthere fulgor 
 Cum (onitu venit, Sac. 
 
 For fuddenly from Heav'n a brandifh'd Flafh 
 Wiih Thunder came, (?c. 
 
 And prefently after the foet adds, 
 
 Obflupuere animis alii, fed Troius Heros 
 Agnovit jonitum, 6* 'Diva promijfa Tdrentis. 
 
 While others flood amaz'd, the Hero knew 
 His Mother's Promife by the Sound that flew. 
 
 The fame zJ uthor, in another place * , mentions the fame thing * Lib. u 
 as a Teftimony ol~Trayers heard,and anfwered ; as when Old Ancb'w 
 fes, feeing the lambent Flame upon his Grand. Child lulus his Head, 
 lifted up his Hands to Heaven, and prayed to fove for help, and dire- 
 ction, he was thus anfwered, 
 
 Fix ea fatus erat Senior, fubitoque fragore 
 Intonuit larvum, Sec, 
 
 Scarce had the grave Sire fpoke, when fuddenly 
 It thundered profperous, &c. 
 
 For fo Intonuit lavum is interpreted by Seryius, according to the' 
 Maxim of the Ancient Augurs, who interpret Thunder from the 
 [N^nrth, that is (as they, contrary to the common Ajlronomers, ac- 
 counted if) the left part of Heaven, for a profperous Omen. 
 
 But, in reference to our prefent Purpole, we may proceed to a 
 larger Interpretation, and conclude, that the Heavens, with Vollies 
 of Thunder , and nimble Flafhes of Lightning, feenied to give a 
 Tlaudite, and Acclamation, to this Grand and Sacred Solemnity • in 
 like manner as we Mortals ufe to clofe our greater Triumphs with 
 Fire-works, Bonfires, and the loud Report of our great Ordnance : 
 
 this 
 
191 The Proceeding on the Day of 
 
 this Terreftrial Thunder being but the Imitator, and Counterfeit of 
 the Heavenly Artillery. 
 •ckudA And fo 1 obferveit expounded by Qaudian'xn^atit Verfes *, 
 
 ni 0-Olybrii 
 
 nr. 205. i)t jceptrmngefiere manu, membrisque rigentes 
 
 Aptatere togas, Signum dat fummus hiulca 
 3\^ube Tater,gratamque facemfer inane rotantes 
 Trofpera vibrati fonuerunt Omina J^Qmbi. 
 
 As foon as rob'd, and fcepter'd,^flw aleud 
 His Signal Favour thunders from a Cloud, 
 Succefsful Lightning through Heav'n's Arches mines • 
 Both at His Coronation happy Signs. 
 
 F I JAC I S. 
 
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