.\^' -^'-^ £%- mmc'sm >n; % \ THE MAGNIFICENT Entertainment: Giuen to King Tamc!^ yQuccnc ^wie his wife, and Henry Fredmck the Prince^, vpon the d Ay oFhis Maiefties Trviinnphanc Pall -Jgcffroni the Tower) through his Honourable Citic (and Chai'nbLr)of Z.^/?^£?^?,(H'ing tlie 15. of March, i 603. Ai ^-^eUhy t'-e Enghfljo^hy the Strangers : f^P^ith thejpecches and 6*0?/^ ey, ddiuendin thejmc^ rail Pageants. Mart. Temp fa D eis , mores popuUs dedit^ otiaferro, yijinjju/s^ C£lofydera,le/ ta lout, Tho. Dckker. ^^i% Imprinted ar London by T. C.for Thc^Man theyongcr. 1604,. *^S •'Vi/ tJ*'\2> «7*15 t/^'vS t^*\S t^^ tU^I» ^A DEVICE (proie(5led downe , but till now not piblijht^) thatfloould haue fcmed at his MAttJittsprfi accejje to the Cstie, He forrow and amazement, that Ifkc an earthquake began to fliakc the diftcmpcrcd body of this Had (by rcafon of our late Soueraigns departure J being wifely and mi- raculoufly prcuented,and the fea- red wounds of a ciuillfword, (as /ilexjnders fury was with Muficke) being ftopt from burfiing forth, by the found of Frompets that pro- claimed King lames : All mens eyes were prefently lurnd to the North,flanding cuen flone- ftil in their Circles, like thcpoynts of fo many Geomctricall needles , through a fixed & Adamantine dcfire fy behold this 45. yeares wonder now brought forth by Tyme : their tongues negledbng all language elfe, faue that which fpnke zealous prayers, and vncea- fable wiflics, for his moff fpeedy and longd-for arnuall. Infomuch that the N ight was thought vn- worthy to be crownd with flcepe , and the day not fittobelookr vpon by the Sunne, which brought not Ibmcfrcfli ty dings of his Makfticsmore nearc A i and T7;f I'Qn^s Entertainment and ncererapproach. At the length Expechuon (who is cuer waking ) and that fb long was great, grewncarcthctitne of her dcliiicry, Rumor comming all in a (vvcatc to play the Midwife , whole firO comfortable words were, xbatihisTr^/?//^rf ofaKingdomcfaiMan Ruler j hid fornany yearcslromvs, was now brought to lighr^ and at hand. Mar till!. Et populi vox erat vna,Vemt» And that he was to be condu(5i:ed through (omQ vrt> they are now quartered/ r<^ telhHe tlieir leagued Combination, and newc fworne Brother-hood. Thefe two armed Knights, encounrrlngoneanntheronihcway,wcre to ride hand in hand, till they met his CMaieJlie. But the flrinEjeneirvOf ttiis newly-begottenamirie, flying oucr the eanh, Itcallcs vpthe Genius oi theCittie, who (not fo much mazde , as wondring at the Nor ueltie)Interrepts their PaflJge. Andmoft aptly ('mourludgemcntj might this Do>^elltcumNu?n€n (the Genius o\ theplacejlayiufl: claymctothispriheminenceof firft beftowing Sa- luraiionsand welcomes on his Mmpe, Gentus be- ing held { Inter fcios Deos")^x.oW God of Hofpitali- tie and Pleafure : and none but fuch a one was meet to receiuc fo excellent and princely a Guef}. (.)r if not worrhy, for thofe two former refpe(f^s.' Yer being Deus Ce*ierationu, and hauing a power af^ well oucr Countries, hearbs and trecs,asouer men, and the Citric hauingnow putona Begencrafion^or new birth; the indudi^nof (uch a Per.on, might (without a Warrant frum the court of Critifs) pallc very currant. 1 o 7);f IQn^s Entertainment To make a fallc florifli here with the !)orrowed weapons ofall the old Mailkrs of rhe noble Science of Poefie,and tokccpea tyiannicall coyle, in Ana- tomizing GciTiuiy from head to foote, (only to fi e\v how nimbly wccancarucvp the whole mtff^ of the Poetsj were to play the hxccutioncr,and to lay our Cities houfhold God on the i ack,to make him con- f cdc, how many paire of Latin Iheets, we hauefha* ken & cut into ihreds to make him a gvirment. Such leatesof Adiuitic are dale, and common among Schollers, ( before wliome it isproteftcd we come not now (in a Pageant )«to Piay aMaiftersprize) For Tiunc ego ventofi Pleb^ fufjragU venor, ThemulriiudeisnowtobcourAudience,whofe heads would miferablyrunne a wooll-gaihering, if we doo but offer to breake them with hard words. Butfuppofe (by the way J contrary to the opinion of all the Dodors) that our Geniw (in rcgardethc place is Ftmrniney and the pcrfon it fclfe, dra wne Fu gura Humdrjd , (ed Ambiguo fcxu) (houldatthis time beihruft into womans appafell. Iris no Schifmc* be it fo : our Genim is then a Female, Antique^ and reuerend both in ycarcs and habit : a Chaplct of mingled flowresjnterwouenwirhbranches of the Plane Trccfcrowning her Temples . her hairc long and white : her Vefturealooferoabc, Changeable and powdrcd with Starres : And being (onhoHe- backe likcwife) jthus fiirnifbcd, this w^u^he tuneof hcrvoycc. through the (^ittte of Lomon. Genius Locj. STjj : rveecon'mre youj bj th.%t potent TSl^me, Of which each Letter's (new ) a triple charme: StAj-^and deiiuervs^ of whence yeu are ^ j4ndwh>fjou beare (alone) th'^ftent of Warre^ when all hands elfe reare O line boughs and Palmc : Jnd Halcyofican Aajes ajjure alts calme. When euery tongue fpcdkes CMnftck : when each Pe;t ( Dutdanddyde hlacke in Galle)is white agen. And dipt in Ne(fi3r, which by Dclphicky/W Being heated j melts into an Orphean- quire. When Troves preud buildings fjevf like Fame- bowers^ And Streets (like Gardens) ar e per fum'd with F lower n AndWittdowes gla7^e onely with wondnng eyeS'^ . {/n a Kings lookefnch admiration lyes \ ) Andivhenjoft handed Pcac€^/ofwe€t/y thriues^ That Bees /* SovXd'iQVi Helmets build their Hiuen When loya tip-toe fiands on Fortunes Wheele, Jnfilken Ejbes : How dare you jh/ne in Steele,^ B Sam Th^ ^«J^ Bitertalnmettt Saint George. ' LadU, What are you that foqucAionvs? i:^.-;.. Genius. - T Am the f laces Gtm\x%^rvherJcenowJprwgs ^ AWmt^ivhefeyongefi BrAHnchp)aU produce Kht^sz This (ittU woridofmen • thisfreciMs Stone, That fits out Europe : thti (t he glafje alone ^) where the neat Sunne each Morne himjelfe attires, And glides it with his repercufsiuefres, ThislexvellofthtLand'^ Englandsr/^^/^f : Altar of LouC; and Sfheare sfMaieJfir, ' *" Greene Ncptunes Af/;?/^»;?, bou't vfhofeVifgirt'Wajley ids is like a CriHallgirdle ca/l. Ofthis arervetheGcmuS'^herehauel, Slept{bythe/a»ourofa Deity) -Fortie-foHre Summers and a>s many Springs, , Jf^ot fraightedrviththe threats of Jofraine Kings»' But heldvpinthat gowned State I haue J Sy twice Twelue- Fathers politique andgraue: }Vho with aJheathedSwordy and JiHi:en Law, Do keepe (within weake Walles) Millions in awe. I charge you therefore fay, for what you comcf What are you ^ gfftk Knights at Armcs. S. George. Saint George. SMMt An" Saint Andrew drew, Por Scotlands honour T. S.Georie, For England s I Both fworne into a League of Vnitie.^ Genius. through cheQttie o/ London Genius. T CUpmjkwdsfor lo'j^dndfeatfjouhoth * Next to my heart : In Uaues of ^urejigolde^ This mofi aufpicioui hue \hallbe cnroid. Beioyndeto vs ; ^dnd as to earth we hexve, SOytothoferoyallfeetybendyourJleeldehrorv, Innameojall thefeSQX\2itoxSy(on\vhom ^ ; /• Vertue builds more, then the(e of Antique R o m C j shouting a. cheerefull welcome : Smce no clyme, lior Age that hasgon or'e the head of Time, Did e're cajl vp fuch loyes nor the like Summe (But here) jhallftand in the world yeares to come^ DreadKlng, our hearts makegoodjWhM words do want,- To btdthee boldly enter Troynouant. ^rum certa falu^, Terra) urn gloria Ga^far / ^^^* Solpite cjU9, magnos credtmus efle Deos : t>€lexerepnuspnerij homielque Jem/qtic^, Idem, ^t nunc Lif antes te quoque Casrfar mnant. This fhouldhauc bcene the firft OfFring of the Ciftics Louc : and his Maiejiie not making his En^ trance ('according to expe<5lationJIt was (not vtterly tbrownc from the Akerj bat lay d by, B 2 lam JIh l^n^s Eatcrtmmmt Mart, lam Qrefcunt media ^dgmata cel/a yia. Y this time Imagine , that Pofis f who drawc fpciiking Pidures) and Painters (who make dumbc PocficJ had their heads & hands full- ihconcfornatiuc andfwect Inucntion : the other lor huely IllufI ration of what the former fhould dcLiife/ Both of them emuloufly conten- ding (but not ftriuing) with the proprcft and brigh« tcft Colours of Wit and Artjtofctout thcbeautic of the great Triumfhunt diij. For moreexnd and formall n^anagingof whtdi- Bufinefle, a Seledriun:^berbothof Aldeimen and Commoners flikefo many. Rortvme KtdtUs) were {Comrmmi Cof^fiZ/o) choicix fort h> to whofe difcrcti- on,the Charge ^ ContriuingSy Proiecls^ and all other* Dependences^ owing to fb (roublcfomc a vy oikc, was intircly, and ludicially committed. Many daycs were thriftily confumcd^ to molde the bodies of ihefe Tryumphes comely, and to the honour of the Place: & at laft, the ftuf!e whereof to frame them, was beaten out.TheSoulc thatflioufd giue life , & a tongue to this Ffitertamment^hcwg to breathe out of Writers Pens. TheLimmesof itto lye at the hard- handed mercy of Myclwnitiens. In a moment therefore of Time,arc Carpenters,. . Ioyners,Carucrs,and other Artificers fweaiing at- $heirChizzell$.^ Mcingunt : through ihe Qtle of London. Vir, Accingunt Omfies operi, Nota finger but had an Officct'l-Fc washcldvn- U'oithycuer after to (nckethe Honj-ilhsi of Puce^ that {a^ai»/I hii comming, hj whfi.'n our Peace nwares a triple Wreathe) would offer to play the Droane. The Jiitrccts are furueyedj heigthcSjbreadths^and diflan- a*s taken, as it were to make ForttjicMhns^ for the Solemnities. Scauen pieces of ground, (like fo ma- ay ficldes for a battailc) are plotted foorth, vppon which thefc Arches of Tryumph mufl iTiew than- fflucs in their gloricaloft, in the endcdocthey ad» uance their pi oudc fore-heads. _ yirg-.-^Circttmpueriylnmtpt^qnc PueiUy SAcra CnhUtit yfunem^manu contingeregAudent. . Euen childref might they hauebinfufFred) would gladly haue fpenc their little ftrength, about the En. ^V»f;,thatmoLintcdvp the Frames: Such a fire of" loue and ioy, was kindled in eueryiiref!. ^ ' * ''''^ The day (for whofe fake, thefc wonders of: Wood,cly mdc dius into the clowdes) is now come* being (o carely vp by reafon ot Artificial! Lights, which wakened it, that the Sunne ouer flept him- felfe,and rofe not in many houres after, yet brin- ging with it into the very bofome of the Cittiej a world of people. The Streets feemdc to beepaued with naen: Stalles in ftead of rich wares were fet out Yvith children, open CaTcmentsfild vpwith wo- men. Bj At T7;e I\mgs Entertdminent ; All Glade windowcs taken downe , burin their places, fparkeledfo many eyes, that had it riot bene ihcday, the light which rcfleded from them, was fufficient to hau^O-inadc one : hcethat fliouldhaue compared the etijptie and vntroden vyalkes of Z<>;7- doffy which were to be (een in that late mortally- de- ftroying Deluge, with the thronged ftreetcs now, might hauebeiieued, that vpon this day, began a new Creatio»j3c that the Cirie was the ondy Work- houfe wherein fundry Nations were made. A goodly and ciuil order was obferued^in Mar- tialling all the Companies according to their de- grees ; The firft beginning at the vpper end of Saint (Marks Lane, and the laft reaching aboue the Con- duit in J'/(fe/y?rf^/^: their ScatSjbeingdouble-raildc: vpon the vpper part wheron rheyltancd,the Strea- mers, Enfigncs, and Bannerets, ofeach particular Company decently fixed : And diredly againft them, (euen quite through the body of the Citie,iro hie as to Temple- Barre ) a fingle Raile ( in faire di- flance from the other) was likewifc ereded to pvut , ofFthe multitude. Amongft whom,tQngucsCwhich infuchConfortsneucrlyeftillJtho there were no Muficke, yet as the Poet fay es : through the Citie ofLmdon. Mart. yoxdiuerfafonatyf)9fttlorumeflvoxt4met» Nothing that ihcy fpeakc could bcc made any thing , yet all that was (poken , founded to this porpofeathatftiil hisMaieftie wascomming. They hauc their longings : And behold, A farrc off they fpiehimjichly mounted on awhitelcnner, vnder a rich Canopy, fuftained by eight Barons of the Cinqueparts -^ the Tower fcruing that morning but for his with-drawing Chamber, wherein hee made him ready : and from thence ftcptprefently into his Citie of London, which for the time might worthily borrow the name of his Court RojaH: His paiTuge a* longft that Court , offering it felfc for more State) through feuen Gates, of which the firfl was creeled at ^Mchurch, Thus prefentmg it fdft, ' IT was an vpright Flat-fquare, f for it contained fif- j:^church. ■*tiefooteintheperpendiculer, and fiftiefootein theGround-lyne) thevpper roofe thereof (one di- ftind Gatej bore vp the true moddells of all the no- table Houfes, Turrets, and Steeples, within the Ci- tie. The Gate vnder which his Maicftiedidpaffe, was i2.footewide,and is.footehie : APofternc Kkewife (at one fide of it j being fourcfootc wide, and 8. fbotcinheigth : On either fide of the Gate, ftooda great French Terme, of ftonc,aduanced vp- on woddcn Pcdeftalls^two half Pilafters of Rudick, {landing. Tlye ^n^s Entertahmient ftanding ouer their heads. I could fliootc more Ar- rovyes at this markc, and teach you without the Carpenters Rule how to meafure all the proporti- ons belonging to this F^^w/t. But an excellent hand bcingatthis inftant curiouOydefcrlbingall thefe- uen, and beftowing on them their faire profpcdiuc limmes, your eye (hall hereafter rather be delightj^d inbcholdirgihofePidmcs, tlian now bcwcaiicd in looking vpon mine. The 5%,? The PcrfonagesCas well Mutes as Speakers) in this Pageant, were thcfc ; yiz* 1 'T^He higlicfl Pcrfon was The ^rittayne Unidr^ 1 ^h 2 At hcv feet, fate Biuine Wifd^rne^ 3 Beneath her,ftood The Genius of the Cityy A man. 4 At his right hand was placcda Pcrfonage, figu- ring, Tht Counfcllof the City, 5 Vndcr all thefc lay a perron reprcfenting Thdme* JisihcRiuer, Sixe other perfons fbeing daughters lo Gtnius) W ere aduaunced abouc him, on a fpreading ^fcent, of which the fit fl was, 1 Gladm[Je. 2 The fecond, Vemration, 3 Thcthird,fr<»»?^//W^4 4 Thcfor,rih, Vigilance, ty Thefift, Louittgdffe^ion, 6 The fixih, Vnanimitj. Of all v/hich perfonages, Genim and Thamefis were the only Speakers : Thame fts being prefentcd by one of" the childrca of her Maieftics Reuels: Geriiuibyyi. (^///«('fcruant to the young Prince) his gratuljtory fp?ach (which wasdeliuercd with excellent Adion, and a well tun*de audible voycc) being to this cfFc*5l: That London may be prowd to behold this day, and therefore in name of the Lord ^ Expkri mentem nequit, ardefcit^s tuend^, ytr^^ TheftreetjVpon vvhofebteaft, this Italian Jewell Gracious was worne, was ncuer worthy of that name which it A^*^'* carries, till this houre/ For here did the Kings eye mectc a fccond Obieand receyucs a Sccpter,ouer both their heads thefe words being written, HIC VIR, HIG EST. Bctwccac through the City of London. Bctwecnc two of the ColumntSy (on the right handj was fixed vp a Square table, wherein , in Jiuely and excellent colours, was lim'da woman, figuring P€4cey her head (ccurcly leaning on her left hand , her body modcftly beftowed Cto the length) vpon the earth: In her other hand, was held an Olitte branch, the Enfignc of Peace , her word was out of f'/r^//, being thus, .— Vtm nobti hu oth fecit. Beneath that peece, was another fquare Table, reaching almoft to theBafcsofthe two ColurKnen Jn which,24 (fceming)Sta pcrfonages, were drawne to the lite, both of them lying^or rathe r Icaningon the bofomeof thcearth,nakedjthcone a woman, her backconely lecne; the other a trap, his hand ftret- chingandfaftning it fclfc vpon her fhcuider: the word that this dead body rpake,was this, ID ecus, INoJhum, Vpon the left-hand fide of the Gate , bctwecne the other two Columnes^ were al(o two fquare Ta- bles: In the one of which were two perlons portray- ed to the life, naked, and wilde in lookcs,thc Word, Exp^5iatejolo Trinobanti, And oucr that, in another fquare, carying the fame proportion, floodca woman vpright^holding in her hand a Shield , beneath whom was infcri- bed in golden CaraSferSy Spesofidifsima rerum» And this was the (hape and front of the fir ft great if^Mr^, whofetop being flat,was garniflicd with P/. Ufters^ and vponthcrootewasdirciS^cda great /*tf- dtffaliy on which flood a Pcrfoncaaicd out to the C 3 life, The Kin^s tnfcrtjtynmatt lifcCa woman) her left hand leaning on a fword, with the poync downeward, and her right hand reaching foorth a Diadem, which iTiccfcemclcby bowing oi her knee and head, tobeftowvpon his Maieftic. On the foure corners of this vpper part , ftoode foure naked portraytures (m great) with artificiill Trumpets in their hands» In the Arch of the Gate, wasdrawne (at one fide) a companic of Palme trees 5 yoiin^, and as it were but newly fpringin?, outrwhofe branches, two naked winged Angels, flying, held foortha Scroll, which (eem'd to ipeakethus, SptsdtfTA, .r:;T. On the contrarie fide , was a Vine, fprcading it feUc into many branches, and vvinding abvUtO tue^ and Palme tvees: two naked winged AngcU hanging like wife in the Ayre ouer thcm^and holding a Scroj betweenc them, fii^ wuh chis infcription, yxoy tua^ ficiit vitis a'otmdanSy Etfilii tutyficut palmttes Oltuxrum. Ifyourim agination sfafcer the beholding ofthefc obicds) will fuppofc,that his Maicftic is now gone tothcothcrfidcofthii//4//4»7';^^/'^^^5 doe but cafl your eyes bade, and there you llialJ tindeiuOthe lame proportions , which the fore-part, or Bred of our Arch carrieth, withcquall number of Co* lumnes, Pedcftal>, Pilafters, Li:n'd pecces» and Or- ued Statues . Ouer the Gate , this Difiichom prc- fentsitfelfe. Nonnt tU9 Jrftferiofatis eft lacohepotiri} ImfertftmmMuj4s,ji(mitU^u£nil HAhes, Vndcc through the City of London. Vndcr which verfes, a wreathe ofUwrefi fecnVd to be ready to be let fali on his Maicftics head,as hec went vnder it, being held betweenc two naked An- tique women j their bodies ihetchingCat the full lengthj to compadc ouer the Arch of the Gate. And abouc thole verfes, in a faire Azure table» thisin- fcription was aduanc*d iq golden C^ptAkX .:. .w bd gor.i?ccicjfc'ns?5f:' riii.^;;ir. EXPECTATION! ORBIS ' TERRARVM, REGIB. GENITO NVMEROSISS* REGVM GBNITORI FAELICISS. REGI MARTIGENARVM AVGVSTISS. REGI MVSARVM GLORIOSISS* Italijlatucrunt UtitKs: er cuitus Signum. On the right hand of this backc-part, betweenc two ot the Columnes was a fquarc table, in which was diawne a VV oman,crown'd with beautitull and frcfh ^o\sxtSi^Caducaus\n her hand/All the notes of a plenteous and liuely Spring being cacied about her , thcfeule that gaue life to thisfpcaking pidurc^ Wfas; ' ' '■>'"■' ■■-' ; ^- ■ ' •_' ; w\ ■ . . ■■■^ ...^ \: ' Ommferet omnia Telhsi ^ i-^nv esii Aboue this peece, in another (quarc, was por- tnyed a Tryton, h\s Trumpet at his mouth, ftcming to-vttcnhus much, DumCalumflclUs^ Vpor the left hand of thisback-pai t.in rroO exccl- kni coIouis^Ai.tikdy t tiji'd,i.ccd ihe4,kjrgd( ms, C 4 EttgUhd^ TTbe Kin^scntcrtdynrntttt EngU4d^SC9tUnd^ FrMct and IreUni^ holding hands together , this being the language of them ill) Concordes fiAhlU FMorum Numine, The middle great Square, that was aduaunced oucr the -Fr^^a^ of the Gate, held i^ polity with all his Enfignesand properties belonging vnto him, as a Sphere, Booket^ a Cdduc^ns^ an O^oedroa^ with other GeometricAll Bodies, and a Harpe in his left hand.* his right hand with a golden Wand in it,poynting to the battel of Lepaffto fought by the Ttfrl';,(ofwhich his Maieftie hath written a Poem) and to doc him Honour, (^^<^/A;himrdfe doth here feeme to take vpon him to dcfcribe: his word, Fortunate Puer, Thefe were the Mutes, and properties that helpt to furniih out this great Ualian Theater: vpon whofc Stage, the found of no voice was appointed to be heard>but of one, (and that,in the prefence of the //4//4;»;themfeIucsJwho in two little oppofitegallc ries vnder & within the Arch oft he gate, very richly and neately hungjdcliucred thus much Latincto his -Maieftie/ . ^ :.i {2£nqin ^rnx through the Citj of London, The Italians Ipeach, S^/uc^Rcx maj^nCyfalucSalutcm Makjlati tua Itdliyfielictjsimum ^^duentum lati ,/iuc^Rcx potcncifsimcfcelicit er. Rcgna,Rcx fapKntilsimc.falKitcr , Itahopta^ mus omnesjtali clamamus omncs : Omncs, ont- ttcs. Hailing hoyflcd vp our Sailcs , and taken Icauc of this J(aifan{hoiCykt our next place of cafting anker, be vpon the Land of the ly.Prouinccsj where the r^^/rf»5/attired in the coftly habits of their own na- tiiicCouiurey, without the fantartickc mixtures of other Nation$)but more richly furniilied with loue, (land ready toreccyuc hisMaieftie: who(according to their expedation ) does moft gratioufly make himfelfe & his Royal! tiaine their Princely ghefts. Thehoufe which thefc Strangen hauc buildcd to cncertaine him in^is thus contriu'de. D The TTjc Ki.i^s entertainment The Pageant of the Dutch-men, b^ the Ro'ja-l E>:chdn^e, 'T~'He Foundation orrhi*s,was(as it were by Fate}- I layd neere vn?a a royail place; for it vvas a roy- all and msgnifictnt labour.* It was bounded in withthchourcs on bo:h fides theilrcet, fo prowd- ly^'as ?Xi the reft alfo did^ did this extend her body in bredth.ThepafTdgeofSraiCjVvasaGancjIarge, afce- dmg eight ecnc foot high, aptly proporrion'd to the other lynnmcs, and twelue foot vvydc, arched; two leflTer Pofterncs were for common feet, cut out and " open'd on the fides of the othcr^ Within zixmViFreeze^ (andkiiTingthcvcry for- hcad of the Gate)thc K^edifice (ptike thus, VmcHi ^ Fulo^urgomn Degentr H&res, VVhiril: lifting vp your eye to an vpper larger Freeze,you may there be enriched v/ith thefe gol-» den Capitalls> lACOBO, ANGL. SCOT, FRANC, HiBERN. REG[ OPT. PRING. MAX, BELGAE ded. * But beftowing your fight vpon a large Azure Ta- ble>lynei quitethrough with Caraders ofgoldjlikc. wiieyou may for your paynes rccciuethis infcripti- on, ORBIS RESTITVTOR. PAGIS FVND. RBLIG. PROPVG. D. lAC. P. R REGI. P. P. D. through tht Citj of London, D. ANNAE REGIAE CONIVC SOR. FIL, NEPTI, ET D. HENRI- CO, I.FIL. PRINC. IVVENT. IN PVBL. VRBIS ET ORBIS LAETI- TIA, SECVLTQVE FAELICITAT. XVIL BELGIAE PROV. MERCA. TORES BENIGNE REGIA HAG IN VRBE EXCEPTI, ET S. M. VESTRAE OB ANTIQ^ SO- CIALE FOEDVS, ET D. ELIZ. BE- NEFICE NT. DEVOTi. FAVSTA OMNIA ET FOELIC^A AD IMPERH AETERNITAT. PRE^ CANTVR. Abouc which (being the heart of the Tr-ophee ) was a rpjcious (qii.uc roome, left open, Silkfc Cur- taincsdra>vnebc-toreiijwhich(vpo.uheapprochof his MaicfticJ being; put by, i 7. yong Damfe/s, (all of ihem (limptuoudy adorned , a'fcer their countiey /aihion,) fate as it were in (o many Chaircs of State, and figuring in their pcrfons, the %j, Prcuifices of £r/^i4,of which cucry one cariediii a Scutchion (ex- cellently pcncilJe,the Amies and C^ateotonc. Aboue the v^ppcr edgs of this large Square Roome,iridouei:the fiift Batdcmetu , in another front,3 iuanc'd for the purpofe, a fquare Tabic was faftened vpright, in which was dracvne (he Hiiely pi^f^ijre of the Kin^M his Imperial Rob es; a Crownc on his hcadj the Sword and Scepter in his handcs : D 2 vpon The Kirigs entertainment vpon his left fide ftood a woman, her face fixed vp- on his,a burning hart in bcr right hand, her left han- ging by, ai/^(?»ftandtngclolcvnco her.' vpon his b- ther fide flood vpright(with her countenance direc- ted likcwifc vpon himj another woraan,winged,and in a ^="^^^2:^ beneath them , which tooke vp the full length of this Square : thisinfcriptioafetoutitfelfe in golden wordes ; Ftrcque SatetliU Tutus, Suffer your eyes to be wearied no longer with ga- zing vp (b high at thofe Sun-bedms ):)Ui turne the afidc to tooke below through the little Poflernes*, whofc State iwcid quickly vp to a greatnes, by rcafon of 2. Ci^/,not fully fo antique , but as rich in their Ornamentsjboth of them,out of golden letters, compofing thcfe wordcs, Lucm Ante alics^ B^tPdrdus^d' inde I A C O B V S Sextusy(jr bicfanxitj fextus ^ ilUfidtm, And thcfe were the Ntruts , by which this great Tr/ji^wp^rf/ZBody was knit together, in the irferiour parts of it,vpon the (houlders whereof,(which were gamiflied with rowes o{ViUHtrs^h^x. Supported Li- ons rapant,bearing vp Banners) there ftood another lefIcrSquarc,thc head of which wore a Coronet of Ptlafiers aKo'jind abouethe,vpon a Pedelidl^cutioudy clofed in betwcene the tayles of two Dolphins, was aduancedaWoman,holdinginone hand, a golden Warder, and poynting with the fore- finger ot the o* D 5 ther Tht Kinqs cntcruynfitmt ther hand vp to hcaiien. S 'ic figur'd Dims Prm- denccyioiio at her feete was written, ^ PromditMcmCtxli^ SoTicwhat beneath which > was to bee fcenean Imperiall Crowiie , two Scepte;rs being faftencd CcrolTe^wirc) vnto it, and deliaer ing this (peach, ^* — S centra hxcconcredidit ynu At the clbowes ofthis vpper Square, flood vpon the fburc corners of a sreir Peaell.t(l,io'Sxt Pyramides^ hollow, and lo neaiely concriu'dc ^ that in the night time (for anger that the Suniie would no longer looke vpon thefe earthly beauties) they gauc light to ihemfelues,andthe whole place about them : the windowcs, from whence thefc arrificiall bcame$ were throwne, being cut out in fuch a falhion , that f as Od/^jdefcribing the Palace of iheSunne,faycs) CUumicante Awo, FUmmifq^imitantePfropo,' SodidtheyfliineafArrcoff, likeCryfolitcs, and fparklcdlike Carbuncles: Bctwcene thole two Py- r4w/i/(f5 that were* lifted vp on the right hand, ftood Fortitude., htr Pilkrreftingit felfe vpon this gol* den linC; Perfcro curarumpondm^ DlfcrMna Umno^ Betweene the two Pyr Amides on tie other fide, lufticc challenged her place,6cing knowne both by Iier throuqb the City of Lcndott, her Iiabk an Bcholde, hcc h in an inftancc psfTed thorough j The Ob- iccls ihat thercoflcrthcmfclucs before him J being ihtlc: .. .,T...^,fj. Our Bdgick Sutue of Trininph, weares on hc^ backe, as much riches^as Ihe caned vpon herbrcft, being akogeiher 5s g'crious in Cchn^ms , landing en Tip- toe, en aslufriearic! as proude Pjijwj/^^j her walkescrcompa'fl with as (irongandasneatc Pjliffitrs ; tl jc cQiOurs of her garments arc as bright, hei adcrneircnts as n:any: For, r> ■ In the fquarc Field, ntxtandicwcfl, cueroncof ihePortals, were the Dutch Ccur.tre^ people, toy- ling at their Husbandrie ;. Women cardirg of their Hen-p, themcnbcatiDgir, fuchfxceJlenr Art being exprcft in their faee5,-th elf (IcopingSa bcndirgs, fv, eatings > &€. thSt noihirg is wanting in then) but life (which no cclouis. ear. giucj 10 make them bee thought rhcrc than the P^orkcs ol Payntcrs . Lift Vfi yt tr Eyes a Httle sloue ihcnj3ai?<^ bc- holde their Fx-dan^e^ the courKnaiinces of the Marchar.is there being To liuely, that bargaines (ecme to come from their lippcs. D 4 But 7ht Kin^s cntcrtdynmtnt But in {lead of other fpeach^thU is onely to bee had^ PIO INVIGTO, R. r AGO BO, OyOD FEL. EIVS AVSPIGIIS VNIVERSVM BRIT. 1 M- PERIVM PACAT,MARE| TVTVM PORTVS APERIT. Oucr the other PortalI,in a fquarcCproportiori'd, to the bigncs of thofe other) incn,womcn & childre (in Dutch habits) arc buficat other wor kcs ; the men Weaning J the women Spinning, the children at their Hand-Ioomcs,&c, Aboue whofc heads, you may with little labour, waike into the LMirt, where as well the Froe , as the Burger , are buying and fcl- liog, thepraife of whofeinduftric/bcing worthy of it) (lands publifht in gold, thus, Q.VOD MVTVIS COMMER^ CI IS, ET ARTIFIGVM, N A V T A R V M av E S O. LERTIA GRESCA T,DE^ SIDIA EXVLAT, MV- T V A CLV E A M I C I T r A CONSERVETVR. the Citt'ie of London, luftin the mi'Ul: of theie fbure Squares, anJdi- rc£lly ouer the Gate, in a Urge Table, whofe fccte arc faftncd £o ihe Freeze^ is their fiflimg & (hipping liiicly an(i fwectcly let do wne : The SkipperUuen though he be hard tugging at his Net)loudly linging this : ^upd Celeb : hoc Emporium prtidenti wduftriafuoSy ^uouis Terrdrum l^egotiatores emittat^ exteros Humaniter admit tat, jonsfamamydomi diuitias mgeat, Letvs now clime vp to the vpper batdcmentes; whcre,at the right hand Time ftandes : at the left (in a dire£b line) his daughter Truethj vndcr her footc is written, Sincera^ Andvnderhis, Dttrant, Sincere Durant. InthcmidH: of thcle two, three other perfons are rancked togeathcr, i^rt, Sedulitie^ and Labour : be- neath whom, in a Freeze rouing along the whole breadth ot that Square, you may find thefe wordes in gold. K^rteSyPerfedtySedulitate^Labor, As on the forefidcjfo on this^and cquall in heigth to that o^Diitine Prouidence,\s the figure of a V\' oman aduaunccd : beneath whom, is an imperiall Crowne, with branches of OIiue,fixcd (croflc-wilejviito ic,and giues you this word. Sine Ctide at Sanguine^ E. And The Khms EntcrtAwement thror^zh And thus haue we bcftowcd vpoii you. all the dead Cullours ofthis Pidturc, (wherein notwithftandiag, waslefcfomuch life) as can come from Arc. The rpcaking inftrumcnt, was a Boy, attyred all in white Silke,a wreath of Lawrell about his temples : from his voycc came this found* Scrmo ad Regcm, )y£ tot Sceptra tenes forti^Rex maximfy dextrd^ Prouida Mensfummi Tiummis ilia, dedtt, Kyifpice ridsntempergJiudia. Plebis Olympttt»^ keddentem etp/aujus adfm verba fuos^ T ant us homspaucis^primi peftfecula mttndi ohtigit^tpaucis tantum vnasincubuity 7{am Regere imper^s populumfaUcibtis vnum^- Ardua,res^magnis res tamen apta viris, i^t non vnanimes nuttt cowpefcere gcntes^ 7i(ftt homines penfttm^fed labor ilie D ei^ lUe idea ingentes qui temperet or bis habenas^ Adiwagit tongas adtuafnzna mantts. JEtmeiiti de mentefuaprtelucetyet Art em Regnandi/egnum qui dedit illa^docet. Crefcentes varijs 04m'4lat virtutibm annos^ ^uas inter pietttSyCulmind/umma tenet, Hacpro^uos reddis patrix,qKi bar bar a Gcntit Flexere induBo ISljminey corda fera, Hac animos tracts rigidos^fubigifqi re belles, Et leiie perpiades quodtrahis ipfe iugum^ the Cittie ofLondon. lUifda comes ttrram wciigrtutAprofti^aw^ Aut nunc te tanto Regc reuerja ThsmU. i^jiidiit et rohti^ d foror jngentibui aujis Pro poptdo cartim trada e prompt a caput, <^tiin it KcgUamor^mnjx et cidcclm Apillo^ Regali gaudent fubd:re plccfra manu, K^urca et vbcrtiti (olerti nata Ul/ore^ Exhibit AggeHits Ruris et vrbu opes. Sunt h£C don where (at the Citties coll) to delight the Qucene with her ownc country Mulickc,nine Ti unipetSsand a Kettle Drum, did vety fprighdy 5c attiucly found the Damp^ march-, E^, Whoic The Kingcs Entertainement through Whofe cunning and quickc ftops,by that time they had toucht the laftLadyes care in the trainc, behold, the A'/Vi^wa-saduau need vp (o hie as to Cheap fide: into which place (if £tf«^ himfclfc had entered, and fecnelomany gallant Gentlemen, (o many Ladyes, and beautiful! creatures,in whole eyes glaunces(mixc withmodeftlookesjfeemde to daunce courtly Mea- furesm their motion) he could not hauc chofcHito haue giuen the Roomc any other name, then,T^e Prefence Chamber. Soper lane. Thcftately entraunce into which,wasafaire Gate in height iSiootc. In breadth 12. The thicknefle of the pallage vnder it, being 24. Two Poftcrnes ftoodc wide open on the two fides, either of them being 4. footc widc,and 8. toote high . The two Portals that icttcd out before thefe Poftcrnes ,had their fides open foure feuerall wayes, and ferued as Pedefialles (of Rufticke)to fuppoittwo Pyra^ides, which floods vpon foure great Balles, and foure great Lions : the Pedeftalles,Balles,and Pyramides,dcuoyvnng in their fuUvprighthcigth, from the ground line to the top, iuft 60. toote. But burying this Mechanicke Body in fcilcnce, let vs now take note in what fafliiou it flood attyrcd* Thus then it went appareled. The the Cittie $f London, The Deuice ac Soper-Ianc end. Within a large Compartimenr,mounted aboiic the forehead of the Gate,ouer the Freeze, in Capitallcs was infcribed this Title: TipVA Fty£LlX k^RABIA. Vnder that fhape of i^rabia^ this Hand being figu- gured : which two names of 2N^«?, ^nd Happie, the Countrey could by no merit in itfelfe, challenge to beherduCjbutonclybymcanesof that fecret influ- ence accompanying his Maieflie wherefocuer hec goeSjind working fuch effe^es* The moft worthy perfonage aduaunced in this place, was i^rahia Britannica^ a W oman, actyred all in White, a rich Mantle of Greene cart about her, an imperiall Crowneon her head, and a Scepter in one hand, a Mound in the others vpon which fhe fad- ly leaned: a rich Veyle (vnder the Crowne) (hado- wing her eyes,by reafon that her count enaunce(which till his Maiefties approach,coald by no worldly obieft be drawne to looke vp ) was penfiuely dcie6bed : her ornamcntes were markes of CA>^/?e//^ and Tonth: the Crowne, Mound, and Scepter, badges of Soue- raigntic. Dirc^ly vnder her in a Cant by her fclfe, Fame Ej# ftood The Km^es Ent^rtAinement through flood vpiight : A Woman in a Watchct Ro^be, thickly et with open Eycs,aDd Tongu« , a payrc of largcgolJcn Wingcsathcrbacke,a Tiumpecin her hand,a Mantle of fundry eullDurs traurriing her bo- dy : alhhefe Enfigncs defpbymg bLit thcpropcrtieof her fwifcacfTcjand apcnefle to diipcrfc Rumors. In a Defccnt beneath her, being a fpntious Concauc roomc, were exalted fine Mounts, (welling vp with different afccnfions : vpon which (ace the hue Sences^ drooping :r/,c. J Auditw^ Hearing. 2 FijMy Sight* ^ Ta^ftts^ Feeling. ^ Olfa^us, Smelling S Gufius^ Tafte. Appareled in Roabcs of diflindt cu!lour$, proper to their natures» and holding Scutchions in their handcs : vpon which were drawne Hcrogliphicall bodyesjto exprcfTc their qualities* Some prcttiediilaunce from them (and as it were in the midft before them j an artificial! Lauer or Fount was eredlcd, called the Foum ofArate (Fertue.) Sundry Pipes (like veines) branching from the body of it : the water recciuing libertie but from one place, and that very flowly. Atthcfoote of this Fount,twoperfbnages(in grca^ t€X - l^rr^'f^h zittk $f London. ter fiiapes then ihe.cP.) lay flecping: vpon their brcftcsftucke their names, Detraftio^obliuio : The oncholdcs an open Cuppej about whofc brim, a wreath ot curled Snakes were winding, intimating that whatlocucr his lippcs touchc, was poyloncd: the other helde a blackc Cuppc couerd, in token otaa CDuious dcfirc to drowne the worth and memoric ot Noble pcrloiis. Vpon an Arcent,on the right hand of thefc, flood the three Charites or Graces^ hand in hand, attyccd like three Sifters* K^gUia^ "j ["BrightncflcjOrMaicflic. Thalia J > Figuring*^ Youthfulucs,©! florifhing. Zuphrofmc^J (_ChearfulneSjOr gladnes. They were all three Virgins : their countcnaunces laboring to (mother an innatcd (weetnes and cheare- fulncSjthat appareled their chcekes; yet hardly to be hid: their Gartnentes were long Roabcs of fundry coloures, hanging loole : the one had a Chaplct of fundry Flowers on her head, cluftard heereand there •with the Fruites of the earth. The {econdc, a Gar- land of cares of Cornc. The third,a wreath of Vinc- branchcs,mixt with Grapes and Oliucs. Their hairc hung downe oucr their (houldcrs loofc, and ofa bright cuHour, for that Epithite is properly beftowcd vpou them, by Homer in his Himnc to jfpo//o. PrLCHRICOMt,£ CHARIT£S. The the Kinges Entertalnemsntih^/y^^^ jhr Bnght Hajrde Graces^ They hclde in their handcs penfild Shif Ides : vpon the firrf, was drawne a Ro(e : on chc Tecond, 3, Dycc : on the third,a branch of Miitle. ^Pleafantrjejfe, Figuring < Accord. t.FloriJhmg, In a dirc£l line againft them, ftoode the three H^n'rr/>?|,) the other full of rypened FiggeSjihc Cognilance oi Summer, c' '■'■ '*'■ ' ' '■■ • ijruri > ^\ Vpon the approch of his Maieftie (fad and folemnc Muficke hailing beaten the Ayre all the time of his abfencc, and now ceafing,) «F^w^fpeakes. Tama, through the Citie of London» .. Fawa, Turneinto Ice mine eye-balls, whilft the found Flying through this brazen trump^niay back rebound Toftop -Frfw^j hundred tongues, leauing them mute. As in an vntoucht Bell, or ftringlefle Lute, Forrftrumentes^ in their \ Erato, 1 Polymma, • yranio, \Calliope, At the other end. Y Grammer. "| .' Loaique, ' I Rhetorique, \ Holding fhieldcs in The 7 hbcrall^ Muficke, J>thcir handsjCxprefsing Artes. I jirithtneticke i their (cuerall offices. j Geometry. i^Jlrolo^, J Vpon the vcrie vpper edge of a fairc large Freeze, running quite along the full breadth of the Arbor, and iuft at their fecte were planted rankes of artificiall Artichocks and rofcs. Todefcribewhatapparrell thefcArts, andMufcs ■ worCj were a hard labour,and when it were done , all were but idle. Few Taylors know how to cut cut their garments : they haue no Wardrob at all, not a Mer- cer, nor Merchant» though they can all write and read veric excellently well, will fuffer them to bee great in their bookes. But (as in other countries ) foin this of ours,they goe attirde in fuch thin clothes, that the windc eucric minute is readie to blowe through them : happy was it for them, that they tooke'vp their through the Citie of London. their lodging in a fiimmer arbour, and thatthcjr had fo much muficke to comfort chem, their ioies (of which they do not euerie daie taftj being not- withftandingnow infinitehe multipliedjinthiSjthat where before they might haue crycd out till they grew horfc5& non would heare the, now they fing. AderitcjnevocntHS ^^oHo. Chorus in full voices anfwering it thus. "Er^o dacris Sylttas, ^ cetera rura volitptas Panaquepafiorefq ue tenet ^ Drndafquepneilas, Nee Lupus infidtASpecori^ nee retU Ceruis ylU dolum meditantur^ antat bonus otia Daphnis j Ipft Lttitia voces adfidera iaBant Jntonfi montes : tpfx iam carmina RupeSy Jpfafonar/t Arbujia^ Deus,Deusille\ Syluanus (as you may perceiue by his office be- fore) was but fent of an errand : there was another of a higher calling, a Trauailer, and one that had gon ouer much grownd, appointed to fpeake to his Maiefty, his name yertumnus^ihc maifter Gard- .ner, and husband to Pomona : To tell you what cloathes hee had on his backe were to doo him wrong, for hee had (to fay truth) but onefuitc: homelie it was, yet meetc and fit for a Gardener: Inftcadd of a hat, his browes were bound about with flowers, out of whofe thicke heapes,here and there peeped a queeneapplc,acherie,or apeare, this boon-grace hee madeofpurpofetokeepehis face from heatc, (becaufe he dcfired to looke louc- he) yet the fiinne found him out, and by cafting a continuall eye at him, whilft the old man was dref- fing his arbours,his chcekcs grew tawnie , which ,G 3 colour Tt)e Kings entertainment colour for the better grace, he himfelfe interpre- ted bliifhing. A w hite head he had, & funne-burnt hands : in tlie one he held a weeding hooke, m the other a grafting kniferand this was the tenor of his foeech.That he was bound to giuc thanks to heauc. In thatthearbour and trees which growing in that fruitfuUCynthian gardenjbeganto droop and hang downe their greene heades, and to vncurle their crifped forlocks^as fearing and in Tome fort, feeling the iliarpeneffe ofAutumnian malice, are now on the fudden by the deuine influence apparelled with a frefh and more liuely verdure than euer they were before . The nine Mufcs that could expedt no better entertaincmcnt than fad baniilimentjiauing now louely and amiable faces : Arts that were threatned to be trod vnder foot by Earbarifme^now (euen at fight ofhisMaieftiewhoistheDelianPa- tro both of the Mufes & Arts)being likewife aduan- ced to moft high prefermct whilft the very rurall & Syluane troopes dancd for ioyrthe Lady therfore of the place 'Eirene^ (his mitl:ris)in name ot the Prartor,* Confuls ^Senators of the Ciry,who carefully pru- ine this garden.(weeding outal hurtful & idlcbran^ ches that hinder the growth of the good,) and who are indeede, 'Er^atai PiJIoi^ faithfull Laborers in this peiceofgroundjSheedothin al their names, (&he in behalfe of his Lady)offer them felues^this Arbor, the bowers & walkes.yea her children gold & filuer, with the louiijg & loyall harts of all thofe the Sons of peace , (landing about him, to be difpofcle after his royal pleafure. And fo wifhing his happie Ar- riual^at a more glorious bowcr^to which he is now going through the Citk of London. going, yet welcoming him to this, & praying his- Maielly not to forget this poore Arbor of his La- dy, Miificke is commanded to cary all their praicrs for his happie rcignCjWith the loud Amen of all his Sub^eds as hie as heaucn. Cant, Shine Titan fhine. Let thy fliarpc raies be hiirld Not on this vndcr world, For now tis none of thine, Thefe lirft4. lines were fung byonealonc^thc fingle lines following,by a Chorus m full voices. chor. No^no tis none of thine. z Butinthatfphearc, Where what thine armesinfolde, Turnes all to burniflit gold. Spend thy guilt arrowcs there, Chor. Doe^doe^ flioote onelic there. 3 Earth necdcs thee not: Her childbed daies are done. And Shee another Sunne, Faire as thy felfe has got. Chor, A new new Sunnc is got. 4 O this is had ! Whofe new beamcs make our Spring, Men glad and birdes to Sing, Hymnes of praifc,ioy,and glec Singj Singj O this is bee ! $ That The Kings entenainment That in the North Firft rizing : fhonnc (fo far) Bright as the morning Starre, , At his gaie comming forth . Chor, Sec/ce,he now comc$ forth» 6 How (bone ioies varie? Here ftaide had ftiUlO then Happic both place and men. But here had Hft not tarrie. Chor. Ogriefe! had lift not tarrie. 7 NojnOjhisbeamesj Muft equall deuide, Their heatc to Orbes bcfidc, Like nourifhing filuer ftreames. Chor, Ioies Aide awaie like ftreames. 8 Yet in this lies Sweete hope: howfarfocuer, Hee bides, no cloiides can feuer^ His glorie from our eyes. Chor, Drie, drie,)? our weeping cics. • _ And make heauen ring. His welcomes (howted ioudelic. For through the Cttte of London, For Heaiien it felf c lookes proudly. That earth has (iich a King. Chor, Earth has not fuch a King. His Maieftie dwelt here a rcafonable longtime, giuing both good allowance to the fong S^Mufick, and hberally beftowing his eye on the workeman- fhip of the place.-from whence at the length dcpar- ting,his next entrance wasjasit were^into the clofet or rather the priuy chamber to this our Court roy- all : through the windovves of which he might be- hold the Cathcdrall Temple of Saint Paule : vpon whofe lower bailcmcnts an Antheme was fungjby the Qiiirifters of the Church to the muficke of loud inftrumctsrwhich being finifht, a latineOratio was Viua vcce deliuered to his grace, by one maiftcr Mulcafters Schollers, at the dore of thefrec-fcliole fownded by the Mercers, H Oiatio O ratio habita^ 6^ ad Rc- gem, 6c coram Rege pr^ fcho^ a Paulina, BKeuis ero^ne ingratus/im/B^xfereniJftme^ licet ^(^ fUne^^flenefutem ^gem tarn frudentem^ tn tarn frofufa fuorum Uti^ M-iitafe hediefatientia contra taedium arma- mfe^ne njUim toedij iffumpofet tcedere^AEdi- ficium hoc magnofumftufuo extruSium T>o^ rninus 'Johannes CoUettiu Ecclefiae Faulina DecanfiSy /uh Henrico feftimo^ maieHatls tux frudentijjmo ahauo^erudiendae puerttia con-* fecrautt^ '-ut huimJchoU infantia tuo in Keg- num tAfigitcanum iure coetanea exiftat. Tan- ta magmficentia conditum par'tque magmfi- cent ia dot at urn fidelifima Mercerorum hmpis ijrbis prima ijia femper^ hodie etiamFrteto- ria /ocietati tuendum tefiamento woriens commendautt . ^a /octet at ^ t£ de mortui fundatorisfpCy t^nofra edHcattonisjludio fi- dem fuam fanSHjfime exolmt. Hie nos cum multis alijs erudimur , qui communi nomine totim pmntme Angltcana^ a Domino Rege, iicet OratioJ licet ff ante Jua ad omnia optima farts incitatOy humiUime tamen contendtmtis , yt quemad- modumjua At at is rat'ione^ m omni re adult to-- ribtts frofpicit y it a in fummaffei IPrtficifii Hefirictgratiam tenenonbt^-ifariqtie cum tp^ fo atatepueris , injcholarum cur a y'elit etiam confulereXJirga enim ob/eqummjceptrl obedi- entia ^parity ^prait mquit preceptor mens, ^tque metu didicit iuuenis parere puerque^ grandtbfis impenis officiofus erit, Habeftt fchoU lAngiicanae mult a ^ m quibHsRegiam maieflatis correSiionem ejflagitant^ne inde in tAcademias tmflumes euolent ynde in l^m- publicam imptumiores ettam e prima nu- dttate emittuntur, ^od malum ^^ Vrecep* tore ftoftro accepimus : qui annas iam quatuor Jupra qumquaginta pubtice ^ pri- uatimque erudtendde pueritiae praefuity t^ hac fcholarum errata^ cum aliquo ettam iotore fuo^^pajftmyt^fparfimdeprehendit. Nofira hac fchola fundatorem Cotlettum hominetam pium ] tut ores Mercer as homines tarn fidos coufequutay quam ejjet foelix^ fi placeret, ^Domino etiam ^gtj quod^gibus Angliae , ad/ummam apud/uos char it at em JaepijSime profuity huic Mercerorurn principi /ocietatiy Oratio. fratrem fe , (^ conciuem adfcr'tbere. Slum- turn hutc njrbt ornawentum^ quantum I ocie- ratr honefiamentum^ §luantum fchoU noflr^ emolumentumf ^antm etiam Regi ipft honos inde accederet^ mauutt^ qui hoc njuit alt as inter alia, fer otium Kegi /uoafferire^ quam hodte cum tadio ^ pr^eter aream eidem expltcare, Ommpotes Deus lejkt ChriBptrt^cum eo^acper eum nofiery et Tater^ et ^eus ferenil^tmum Kege lacohum^honoratilftmam l{e^inam iAn- nam nobilif^imumVrincipem Henrtcum^ relm^ quamque Regi£ ftripis ad omnia /ummam na" tarn fobolem diu nobis it a mcoiumes tueatur^ njt cum huius ^vita fecundiftmum currtcu- lum coufeceritis y beatiftmam Vita ca/efiis atcrnitatem coufequamini^'^Dixi* " ' Oiir through the C'tty ofLoftdofi, Our next Arch of triumph, was crc(5led aboiic the Condm't in Flectftrectc , into which ( as into the long md beauteous gaJlcry of the Ciric) his Maieft ie beeing entered ; a fane ofFcas if it had bccne fbmc fvvelling Promentory, or rather fonie inchan- ted Caftle guarded by tennc thoufand harmeleilc fpirits ) did his eye encounter another Toi\re of PJcafure. frefentmgitfelfe, Fourcfcorc and ten foote in height, and fiftie in breadth j the gate twentie foote in the perpendicular line, and fourteenc in the ground line : The two Po- fterncs were anf verabJe to thcfc that are fcc^iowne before : ouer the pofterncs. r/z-.Vp in proportionable n^.eafures, two turrets , with battlementes on the tops : The iniddefl of the bnilding was laid open to the world , and great reafon it fhould be lb , for the Globe ofthe world, was there iecne tomooiic, being fild with all the degrees, and ftates that arc in the land: , and ihefe were the mcchanicall and dead limmcs of this earned bodie, Astouchingthofe that had the vfe of motion i\\ it, and for a minde diirft haue /poken, but that, there was no ilufife h't for their mouthes, Iheprincipall and worthiefl was k^JIyaa^ (7«- Jiicc) fitting aloft J as being newly defcended from heauen, gloriouily attirdej all her garments beeing thickely (hewed with ftarrcs : a crowne of ftarres on her head; a Siluer veile coueringher eyes. Ha- iling tolde you that her name was Itifiice , I hope you w'lil not put mee to dcfcribe what properties H 3 {hc: The Kings enter tainement fhe held in her hands , (ithence eiiery painted cloadi can informe you. Dire-fily vnderher,in aCantbyherfelfCjwas Arate ( vertne ) inthronde , her garments wh te, her head crowned, andvnder haFortuna : her footc treading on the Globe , that moudc beneath her : Intimating, that his Maiefties fortune , was aboue the world , but his vertucs aboue his fortune. Jnufdia. JEw/^^^vnhandfomely attirde all in blackejher hairc of the fame colour, filletted about with fnakes , flood in a darke and obfcurc place by her felfe, necrc vnto f?r- ^«^5 but making fhcw of afcarcfiilnefle to approach her and the light: yet ftill&: anon , carting her eyes, fomctimcs to the one fide beneath, where on fcuerall Grccccs fate thefoure cardinall vertues ; y- ^Fortituda, {" In habilimentSj fit- • ^emferantU^ Aing to their natures. PrudentiA, J And fomctimes throwing a diftorted and repining countenance to the other oppofite featc, on which, his MaielUes fourc kingdomes wercaduanccd, \Scotland, '^*' ^>Frame, ^Ireland. All of them, in rich Robes andMamtes ; crowncs on their heads , and Scepters with penfild fcutchions in through the City ofLoftdo», in their hands, h'ncd with the coats of the particu!er fcingdomes; forvery raadnsflfe jthat fhc beheld thelc glorious obicdis, (he flood feeding on the heads of Adders. The foure Elements in properfhapcs3( artificially and aptly exprefsing their qualities) vpon the approch of his Maieftie, went round in a proportionable and cuen c ircle^ touchin g that cantic of the GlobCj(whicfc was open ) to the full view of his Maieftie, which be- ing done 3 they beftowed thcmfelues in fiich comely^ order, and ftoodiojas if the Eronie had beene held vp on the tops of their fingers. vpon diftind: Afccnfions, (neatly railde within the hollow wombe of the Globe ) were placed all the ftates of the land, from the Nobleman to the Plough- man, among whom there was not one word to bee heard, for you muft imagine as Virgtl faith : iEgl4. MAgnus Ahintegrofedorum nafciturcrdo, Aftra^a. lam reJit at vir^o redeuntSfitarnia re^na. That it was now the golden world , in which there were few parts. Allthe tongues that went in this place, was the tongue of Z^4/tf, whofcperfonagewas put on by IV, BourM, one of the (cruants to the young Prince. \^nd thus vpent his fpench, THe populous Globe of this our Englifh Ilc^ * Seemde to mooue backward, at the funeral! piley Of her dead female Maieftic, All flatcs From Nobles downc to ipirits of meaner Fates, Mooude The Kings enter tainewent Mooude oppofite to Nature and to Pcace^ As if thefe men had bin Th* Antipodes, But fee, the vertuc of a Rcgall ey c, Th'atcradtitiC wondcrcf mans Maicftic, Our Globe is drawne in a right line a gen, And now appeare new facesjand new mca TIk ElcmcniSj Earth, Water, Ayre,and Fire, ( Which eiier dipt a natural] delire, To combat each with other, being at firft,) Created enemies to fight dieir worft, Seeat the peaceful! prefcnce of iheir King, How quietly they moude,without their fting: Earth not deuouring. Fire not defacing, Waternot drowning,& the Ayre not chafing: But proping the queintFabrick: that heerelhnd?^ Without the violence of their wrachfail iiands. Mirror of times, lo where thy Fetune fits, Aboue the world, and all our humainc wits. But thy hye Vertue aboiic that : wlia(pen, ^ ; Or Art,orbrainc can reach thy vertue tlieh.? At whofe immortall brigknes and vX\t light,' ' tnuies infe(5tious eyes hauc loft their ftght, i '^' '' "' Her fnakcs ( not daring to llioot- forth tl leir flings Gainft fuch a glorious obied ) downe flie 6iiigs Their forkcs of Vcnbipeinrphcrovvne mavyc, Whilft her ranke teeth the glittering poifons chawC3 For tis tiic property <»£ "Enuies blood , To dry away at cuery kingdomes good, Efpccially when fhec had eyes to view, Xj[\ck foure maine venues tigurde all in you, JuBice in caules, Fortitude giinft foes, T€m^rame in ipleenc, and Prudence in all thoft, '.L: And throu^tbe cine ej London, And then {o rich an Empyre, whofe fay re brcfl:, Contaynes fourc Kingdomes by your entrance blefl By "Brute diiiided, but by you alone, All are againe vnited and made One-y Whofe fruitfull glories Ihine fo far and euen, They touch notonely earth, but they kiile heauen. From w hence Ajiraa is dcfcended hither , Who with our lafl: Queenes Spirit, fled vp thither, Fore-knowmg on the earth, ftic could not reft, TiUyou had lockt her in your rightful! brcft. And therefore all Eftates^whofe proper Arts, Line by the breath of Majcftie , had harts Burning in holy Zcales immaculate fires. With quenchles Ardors, and vnftaind dcfires. To fee what they now fee, your powerRil Grace, Refleding joyes on every fubje6ts face.* Thefe pay nted flames and yeUow burning Stripes, Vpon this roab, being but as fhowes and types. Of that great Zealc . Arid therefore m the name Of this glad Citie, whither no Prince euer came. More loii'd, more long*d for, lowely I intreate, You'ld be to her as gracious as y'are great: So with reucrberate ftioutes our Globe fliall ring, The Muflcks dofe being thus : God faue our King- If thcrebeanyglorieto be won by writing thefe lynes, I do freelie bcftow it (as his due) on ^ho-Mtd' dletovy in whofe braine they were begotten , though they were deliueredhcere •.QuAnosnonfecimtts ipfi^vix eanoflrdvoco. But hauing peiced vp our wings now againe with our owne feathers; (uflervs a while to be prtining them,and to lay them lmooth,whijft this fong,which I went I be Kings tntertawmefjt went foorth at t/ic found of Hault-boyes , and other lowdeinftiunientSjflyes along with the trayne. , Cant. W here are all thefe Honors owing > Why arefeas of people flowing > Tell mee.tcll me Rumor, Though k be thy Humor More otten to be lying. Than from thy breath to haue trueth flying: Yet alter, now that fafliion, Aiid without the ftreame ofpafsion. Let thy voyce fwim fmooth and clcare. When words want gilding,dien they are moll deere Behold where loue and all the States, Of Hcau'n, through Heau ns feauen filuer gates. All in glory riding ( Backs of Clo wds beftriding). Themilky waie do couer. With flarry Path being meafur'douer» The Dei ties conuent. In loiies high Court of Parliament. Rumor thou doeft loofe thine aymes. This h not loue^ but One,as great. King I A M E S. And now take we our flight vp to Temple-bar, (the other endeofthis our Gallery) whereby this time,his Majcllie is vpon the poynt ofgiuing a grati- ous and Princely Fare -well to the Lord Major, and the Citie • But that his eye meeting a feauenth beau- tifiill obje£t,is invited by that,to delay awhile his (la- mented) depariure. , The through tfctf Citic ofLonion. The Building being /et out thus. The Front or Surface ofitwas proportioned i'J cuery rerpe£llike a Temple,being dedicated to lanm» as by this infcriptio ouer the Uuh t head may appearc» lano §)uairifronu Sa crum. The height ofthc whole Aedificc,from die grownd line to thetop,wasy7.foote,theftillbredthofit i8. foote: the thickncs of the Pafsagc 12 . The perfbnagcs that were in tliis Temple, arc theje, 1. The principal! perfon,Pr4r^. 2 . By her flood , JVealth. 3jBcneaththe fcctofPeaceJay M^rs (War) groue^ 4. A nd vpon her right hand(but with fome litdc dc-* £ccnt) was fcated c^Vr^che firft hand-maid OiPtdcc* 5. Shcc had lying at her feete^ Tumnh. ^. On die other fide was the feconde hand-mayd. Liber tie at whofc teett lay a Cattc . 7. This perfon trod vpon Seritittaie. 8. The third handmaid was .S'd/i/^. ^. Beneath her was Ddf^er^ 10 The fourth attendant wasj ^^licitic: 11 Athcrkac, rnhappinct. Within the Temple was an Altar, to which, vp- on the approch of the King,a FUmin appeares,and to him>the ^rmer Genius of the Gtie. li. The The Kings Entertainment The eff ed of whole (peech waSj that whereas the Fl^rntn came to pcifoume rices there , in honour of one A/jna a goddcfle of the Rommnei , the Genius vowes, that none lliall doe Sacrilice there, but him^ felfe^the offring that he makes being, the Heart of the Citiej Sic. And thus haue wee (lowcly andaloofe) followed ourSoueraigne through thefeauen Triumphal gates of this his Court Royall , which name , as London re- ceiued at the ryfing of the Simne '■> (o now at his going from her (euen in a moment) She loft that honour: Andbeing(likean Adoron a Stage) ftriptoutof her borrowed Majeftie , llie rcfignes her former fliape& title of Citie;nor is it quite loftjconf idering it went a- long with him^to whom it is due • For fuch Vertue is begotten in Princes , that their verie prcfencc hath power to turnea Village to a Citie , and to make a Citie appeare great as a Kingdome . Behold how glorious a Flower , HappinelTc is, but how fa- ding . The Minutes ( that lackey at the hecles of 'Ttmi)twn not fafter away then do our joycs. What tongue could haue expreft the raptures on which thefoule of the Citie was carried beyond itfelfe j for the ipace ofmanic houres? W hat w ealth could haue allurde her to haue clofdc her eics , at the comming ofher King jandyet See, her Bridegrome is but ftepc from her,and in a Minute (nay infhorter time,then a thought can be borne) is Ihe made a Widdow. All her confolation being now,to repeate ouer by roatc thofe Honors, which lately flie had perfedly by hare: And to tell of thoic joyes , which but euen now^fhee rcallie beheldei yet thus of her abIeat,bdoued, do I " ' ^ hearc through the Cme of London. h?are her gladly a;id heartily fp^aking. Jtifretaduf» Fluvii (^nrrent: dum montibn$v>nbra Virg. Lufirabvnt (}rjuex4^Toius dftmfidera pafcit , Semfer Honos^lS(omtnque tHstm, Landef^fie manebant The Pageant in the Strond. THe Citie oi^^firninfter and Dutchy ofLanca/rer, perceiuing what preparation their neighbor citie made to entertain her Soueraigne; though in grcatnes they could not match her j yet in greatnes of Loueand Duetie, they gaue teflimonie,that both were equall. And in token they were Co , hands and hean s went together : and in the Strond, erededvp ' a Monument of their affection. The Inuention was a Rayne-bow , the Moone, Sunne,and the feauen Starres , calledthe Pfeiadcsy be- ing aduaunced betweene vwoPyr4midfs:El(5lra(on2oC thofe feauen hanging in the aire, in figure of a Co- met) was the fpeaker^hcr woi'ds carrying this effe6t. That as his Majeftiehad l^tt the Citie.of London^ happy, by deliucring it fro thenoyfeoftumLilttfo h;: would crowne this place with the like joyes ; which being done, thee reckons vpanumberofblefsingSy that will follow vponit. The worke of this was thought vpon 3 begun and made perfed in xij .daies. As touchiiig thofe hue which the Citie builded >, the j^rbor in Cheap-fide, and the Temple of Lwhs^ ac Temple-bar^were both ofthem begun and finifhc ia fixeweekes . The rell were taken in hande, firil ia March jaft^ after ks MajcHie was proclaymcda. The KingsEntertAinment vpbn which,at that time, they wrought till a Moneth atter S.Jamtshxs day following,and then gaucoucrby reafon ofthe ficknes: At this lecond fctting vpon the, lixweekes more were Ipent. The Citie elefted fixteenc Comitties, to whom the Mannagingofthewhole bufmes was abfolutely rcfer- red:of which niimber,foure were Aldermen, the other graue Commoners. There were alfo Committicsappoyntedas Oucr- feers, and Serueyors ofthe workes . Artificttm Operarium S Of s.-r'S 3 S r> « f» «^ o 2 § § tA ^ O » = » =8 °^ ^ » S* » s ♦^' -3 2. ^ 2 =3 rt" O H. O 3 S^ a» r> ^^» 3" sa o cr 2 rt a 77///^ .7^' J5 a 3 3- :? « ,Ej r» <~i- 5 o 0» ^^ sr 2 3« ■ O r^ r^ i2 3 s» ta S S ^ S « s- Of f»» r> ff 2. » r? 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