Reader^ 
 
 THe Authr Wcr^an c 
 traordinary Perlon ' 
 the Tranflator a well qua- 
 lified Judge j the Tranila 
 tion is Curious ; And the 
 Book Entertaining to anv 
 fovtoi Reader. 
 
 Sufpenpt hedera nihil o^um 
 
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X ki K^ 
 
 HERMETICK 
 
 ROMANCE^ 
 
 OR THE 
 
 c tir M I C AL ^ 
 
 vv^edding"^ 
 
 Written in high Diitch By 
 Cl^iftiatt mof«ncwtttj. 
 
 Tranflated by E. Foxfreft^Mit Fellow of 
 Kings Coikdge ia C/imbridgc. 
 
 j.it«tfea,& Entrcd according to^lOrCj 
 
 I*rintedi by A Sowie, at the Croo^ed-BiUet in NoU ■ 
 lovfty-Lane Sboreditcb : And fold a: tVicThree^i^yei 
 
h 
 
(?) 
 
 The Hermetick 
 
 ROMANCE,c3rf. 
 
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 isf an Evening before £^7?fr- 
 Day^ 1 fate at a Tabl?, and 
 having (as my Cuftom was) 
 m my humble Prayer fufEciently con- 
 vcrfed with my Creator^ and confider- Mcdiutiti 
 cd many great Myfterics (whcreoif 
 the Father of Lights his Majefty had 
 fhcwn me not a ft w) and being now- 
 ready to, pi^parcih my Heart, toge- 
 ther with my dear Fafihal Ldmh^ i 
 fmall u^ileavencd, undeEled Cake v All 
 on a fudden arifeth fo horrible a Tern* 
 jjcft, that I imagined no other but 
 that through its tnighty force, the Hill 
 vhercbn my littFc Houfe was founded^ 
 vould flycin pieces. But in as much 
 iS this, and the like froin the Devil 
 who had dbn« mc many a fp^ht J was 
 40 new thing tome^ I took courage; 
 Kz ami 
 
and pcrfilled in my Meditation, til. 
 fomc body (after an unufual manner, 
 touched me on the Back ; .. whereupon 
 I was fo hugely terrified, that I durit 
 hardly look about me •, yet i fhpwcd 
 itiy felf as cheerful as "(in the Itke Oc- 
 currcncesj humane frailty would pcr- 
 rair ^ Now the fame thing ftill twich- 
 ijjg.inc.rcYailximcs by-thcXoat, I 
 
 . looked back, and behold it was a fair 
 
 Fr*com.a. ^nd gloY lous : Lady ^ whbfc Gaj'jn^ints 
 
 were all Skye-toloHr^ and cnrioij^ (like 
 
 HeaycnJ befj^anglcd <yith goldfei 5m/*/, 
 
 in licr rrght H^nd Ihe bare a irHmfct 
 
 . of beaten Gold, whereon a Name waj 
 ingravcn f which I could well read iij 
 but am 95 yet forbidden to rcved it. 
 In her left H and flie bad a great bundle 
 o[ Letters of all LungMgts^ which fhc 
 (S$ I afterwarcfs tindcrftood/Vas to 
 Carry into z}\,(^mnrits. She had.alfo 
 Urge and beauti'ful W\ngs^ full of £jr/ 
 t'hroaghout,wherV^With fhe could mount 
 aloft, and fl^cfwifter than any E^glt, I 
 Ttilght perhaps been able to tike fur- 
 ther notirc of her, but bccaufc fhc 
 ftnid fo fmal) a time with me, and 
 terror and. amazement flill pofleffcd 
 me, I was ftiitt to bc"coriunt. For as 
 •:. ' * -^ -" ' foon 
 
foon as I turned about, fhe turned her 
 Letters over and over, and at length 
 drew out a fmall one, which with 
 ^fiAt Reieririce fhe laid down upon the 
 Table J and without giving one word, 
 departed from rae. But in her mount- 
 ing upward, fhe gave fo mighty a hUji 
 on her gallant Trumpet, that the whole 
 Hill ccchoed thereof, and fcr a full quAr^ 
 ter of a hour after, I could hardly hear 
 my own Words. 
 
 In fo unlooked for an advcntwre I 
 was at a lofs, how cither to advifc, or 
 alTift my poor felf, and therefore fell 
 upon my Knees, and /^e/6;i'^k my Crea- 
 tor to permit nothing contrary to my 
 £rffrwW Happinefs to befall mt\ where- 
 upon with fear and trembling, I went 
 to the Letter, which was now fo heavy ^ Epiftoia, 
 as had itbecn mcer Gold^'it could hard- 
 ly have been fo weighty. Now as Iwas sigiiium. 
 dilig;ently viewing it, I found a little 
 SeA^ whereupon a curious Crofs with 
 this Infcription, IN HOC SIGNO f 
 yiNCES^ wasingravcn. 
 
 Now as foon as I efpicd this Siga 
 1 was the more comforted, as not be- 
 ing ignorant that fuch a Seal was little 
 acceptable, and much Icfs ufeful to the 
 A I ■ Dcvtl. 
 
(6) 
 Devil. Whereupon I tenderly open- 
 ed the Letter, and within it, in an 
 ^zHre Field, in Ciolden Letters, found 
 
 the following Verfes written. 
 
 * 
 
 This ddy^ this day^ th'is^ this 
 
 The Royal H^cddw^^ is. 
 Art thoH thereto by Birth inditrd^ 
 A*}dnnto 70)' of G^d defigfPd^ 
 Then may'^j} tl^jQU to the Muuvta'ui teridy 
 Whereon three (lately Templesy/4^^, 
 And there fee all from end to errd. 
 Keep watchy aod ward^ 
 Thy feif rigard ; 
 XMefsvpiih dillgertce thou batlic. 
 The Wedding cant thee harmlrfs fdve *. 
 he'^l dammage ha.ve that here delays \ 
 Let him bevr^rey too light that weighs. 
 
 Underneath ftood Sfonfus and Sfonfd. 
 
 r>4 Nu ^tTs ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Letter, I 
 was prefently like to have fainted a- 
 way, all my Hair flood an end, and 
 a cold Sweat trickled down my wb©lc 
 Body. For akhouch I well perceived 
 that thi<; was the appointed Weddings 
 whereof fcven Ycnrs before I was ac- 
 quainted in a bodily Tifujn^ and which 
 now fo long time I had with grcr.i 
 
 carnelt 
 
carneftncfs attended, and which laftly, 
 by the accQunt and calculation of the 
 FUnntts^X had moft diligently obferved, 
 I found fo to be, yet could I never 
 forC'fec that it muft happen under fo j^^^^^i^^^^ f„ 
 gricrous and perilous conditions. For hofnitibu* 
 whereas I before imagined that to be ^^^^^"^^^^^^^^^ 
 a wcll-comc, and acceptable Gyeft, I 
 needed only be ready to appear at the 
 Wcddiag ; 1 was noNV direftcd to Di- 
 vine Pr&vidcfjce^ of which until this i 
 time \ was never certain. I alfo found ^^«5^'" '^^" 
 by my felf,the more I examined my felf, 
 that in my Head there was nothing - 
 hut nofs mifunderlbndin^^and blind- ^"^*^'^'> J^' 
 nefs m mylterious tnmgs,lo that I w^s drasmcr.ni 
 not able to comprehend even thoi 
 things which lay u^^er my Feet, ani 
 which I daily convcifv.d with, much 3- 
 Icfs that I ibould be born to the fearch- *• 
 ing out, andundcrftanding oftheSe- NaruraSc- 
 crets of Nature; finceia my opinion ''^"''' 
 Nature might every where find a more 
 vertHOn: Difciple, to whom to intruH J' 
 her precious, though temporary, and 
 changeable Treafurcs. 1 found alfo 
 that my bodily behaviour, and out* 
 w^ard good Convcrfatioa, and Brother- Mif?!ana 
 ly LovQ toward my Neighbour, was 3f«ai»» 
 A 4 '^»% 
 
(8) 
 
 liot duly purged aixl clcanfcd ^ More^ 
 over the tickling of the Flefh manifcft- 
 ed it felf, whofe affedtion was bent on- 
 ly to Pomp and Bravery, and Worldly 
 Pride, and not to the good of mankind ; 
 And I was always contriving how by 
 this art I might in a fhort time abun- 
 dantly increafe my profit and advan- 
 tage, rear up ftately Palaces, make 
 ray fclf an everlafting Name in the 
 World, and other the like CarnAl de- 
 figns. But the obfcure Words con- 
 cerning the Three Tcmfles did particu- 
 larly afflid me, which I was not able 
 to make oHt by any after-Speculation, 
 ^d perhaps fhould not yet, had they 
 Bot been wonderfully revealed to rat. 
 Thus fticking betwixt Hope and Fear, 
 examining my fclf again and again, 
 and finding only ray own Fraiky and 
 JmptcTcy^ not being in any wife able 
 to fuccour my felf, and exceedingly 
 amazed at the fore-mentioned thrcat- 
 ning; at length 1 betook my fclf to 
 my ufual and mofl fccure coaifc ^ af- 
 ter I had finiftied my carnell and moft 
 fervent Irt^ytr^ I laid me down in ray 
 Bed, rhar fo perchance my good yii.gd 
 by' the Divine permiiTion mii^ht ap- 
 pear 
 
pear, and (as it had fometifnes jormmy 
 happened) infh-ud me in this doubt- 
 ful affair, which to the praifc^ of God, 
 my own good, and my Neighbours 
 faithful and hearty warning and a- 
 mendment did now likewife fall out. 
 For I was yet fcarce fallen aflcep,whcn 
 mc-thought, I, together with a nhinher- 
 kfs mnltitudc of men lay fettered witK vifio per- 
 great Chains in a dark Dnngetn^ where- ^omnium. 
 in without the lead alimps of Light, T^ '^'^ c?- 
 we fwarmed like Bees one over ano- , 
 
 ther, and thus rendred each others 
 afflidion more grievous. But although 
 neither I, nor any of the rell could /ec 
 one jot; yet I continually heard one 
 heaving himfelf /r^ei/e the other, when 
 his Chains or Fetters were become ever 
 fo little lighter, though none of us 
 had much reafon to (hove up the o- 
 thcr,lince we were all Captive Wretches. 
 Now as I with the reft had continued 
 a good while in this affliction, and each 
 wasf ftill reproaching the other with 
 his blindmfs and captmry^ at length we 
 heard many Trtimffts founding fo- 
 gether, and Kettle Drums beating fo 
 artificially thereto, that it even revi- 
 \fedsnd rcjoyced us in cur Calamity. 
 
 During 
 
fio; 
 
 During this Noife the cov:r of the 
 ^ ^ . Dungeon wa.. from above lifted up, 
 and a little light let down nnto us. 
 Then trft might truly have been ^i£- 
 ccrned the bufllc we kept , for all 
 ivcnt peflc, racfle, and he whp per- 
 chance had too much hcAved up him* 
 felf, wajforccd down again under the 
 others Feet. In brief, each one ftrovc 
 to be f^fpermofij neither did I my fclf 
 lingci-, but with my weighty Fcttei-s 
 flipt up from under tlx rcfl, and th^a 
 Uf-'i heaved my felf upon a Stoncy which I 
 fi^Qis, jjj.^ j^y ^f . howbeit, I was feveral 
 
 times caught at by others, from whom 
 yet as well as I might, with Hands 
 and Feet I ftill guarded my felf For 
 we imagined no other but that wc 
 Aiould all be fet at Lib my ^ which yet 
 fell out quite other wife. For after 
 the Nobles, who looked upon us from 
 above throwgh the Hole, had a while 
 rea'eated thcmfelves with this our 
 Maf/fVr ftrugling and lamenting, a certain 
 Cafccriy. hoAry-headcd Ancunt Man Ci^llcd to us 
 to be quiet, and having fcarcc obtain- 
 ed it, began (as I Hill remember) thus 
 to fay on. 
 
vldes. 
 
 Brrnhard. 
 
 Ifioretched Mankind WQuld forhur 
 
 Themfdves fo to uphold^ 
 Then fare on them mnch good cQvftr^ 
 
 My righttOHS Mother Vdonld : 
 Bfit pace the ftme wiU not infttc. 
 They mufiin Cure And Sorrow, rnCy 
 
 j4nd fiill in Prifon lie. 
 fdowhclt^ my dear Mother wiU 
 * Their foilies over- fee^ scrm. :?rdc 
 
 Her choiccfi Qeods fermitting fiiil ^if"'"'"*' 
 
 Too mtcth in th"* Light to h» 
 Though very rarely it mayfetm 
 That they may ft ill keepfome eflem-. 
 Which elfe vreald.pafs for Forgery- 
 Wherefore in hononr of the Feafi 
 
 We this day fohmniz.e^ 
 yiiotfo her Graie may he incr^aft^ 
 
 Agood deedjl:e^l devife. 
 For nuv a Cord^mll be kt dovnj 
 And who foe* er cAtt hang thereon^ 
 
 Shall freely he reUuft, 
 
 Hehadfcarc done fpeaklng, vyhcn 
 an Anticnt Matron commanded her Ser- 
 vants to let down the Cord fcvcn times r^dil,^ ^ 
 into the Dungeon, and draw up who-scptios. 
 fbcvcr could hang upon it. Good God / 
 that I copld fufiicicntly defcribe the 
 
 hurry 
 
hurry and difquict that fbcnarofe a; 
 
 niongft us ^ For every one itrovc to 
 gcc to the Cord, and yet only hindrcd 
 each other. But after feven Minutes 
 a fign was given by a little Bcli, where- 
 
 ^m» upon at tht firft Full the Servants drew 
 ^A'^ up/o;<r. At that time I could not 
 -come near the Cord by much, having 
 (as is before-mentioned) to ray huge 
 mif-fourtune, betaken my fclf to a 
 Stone at the Wallet the Duffgeon^ and 
 thereby was difabled to get to the Cord 
 which dcfccnded ia the middle. The 
 
 sccimda. Cord was 1-t down the fecond time, 
 but divers, becaufe their Chains were 
 too heavy, and their Hands tco tender^ 
 could not keep their hold on the Cord, 
 but with thcmfclves beat down many 
 another^ who clfe perhaps might have 
 held faft enough ; Nay, many an one 
 was forcably pilled off by another, 
 who yet could not himfclf get at it •, fo 
 mutually envious were we even in 
 this our great mifery. But they of all 
 others moil moved my CompaiTion, 
 whofe weight was fo heavy, rhatrhcy^ 
 tore their very hands from thcirHodies, 
 2nd yet could not get up. Thus it 
 came to pafs that at thcfe five tmies 
 
 very 
 
very few were drawn up. Forasfooii 
 as the fign was given, the Servants 
 were fo nimble at the dratight, that th^ 
 moil part tumbled one upon another, 
 and the Co^d,' this time cfpecially, was 
 drawn up:TCry empty. Whcfcu pon the 
 greateft part, and even I my fclf, de-' 
 Qiaired of Redemption, and called up- 
 on (/o^that he would have pitty onus, 
 and (if poflTible) deliver us out of this 
 obfcurity, who alio then heard fome 
 of us .* For when the Cord tame down 
 thefixth time; fome of them hung' sextan 
 thcmfelves^fafl'upon it ^ iild whilft ini'' 
 the drawing up, the CofdiWudgfiom" 
 one fide tb the other, ' it (perhapi by 
 the will of God) came to me, which L 
 fuddainly catching, got upperrrioil i-^ 
 boTe all the reft, and fo at length be^) 
 yond hope Caitie put ; whcrek T exceed-t 
 mgly rejoyced, fo thattperceived not^' 
 the iVoHnd^ which in the drawins;- up 'V^, , 
 rcceived on my; Hctidb^z inarp Stone, .t«rro cxd-r 
 till I with tl^^ Veil who were rclcafed'«*'« 
 : (as was ahVays' before done) was faiii .. 
 I to help at thefeventh and laft pull, at s«ptina- 
 which time through. ftrainingjtlis Blood 
 ; r|n down all over my Cloathes, whicli? 
 I ncTcrthdefs for joy regarded not. 
 I ' Now; 
 
Kow when the laft draught whereon 
 the moil of all hung, was finiihed; 
 The Matron caufcd the Cord to be laid 
 Magiftra ^way, , arid willed her aged Son (tCt 
 iiiias. which I much woiidrcd J to declare her 
 Refolution to tfic reft of ihe Prifoners:^ 
 who after he had a little bethought hirii>S 
 iclf ijpoke, thus linto them. 
 
 Te ChUdren dcAr . 
 
 IVhkt is VHtnm comfleM and iionc^ 
 Was Jong before refolye'd o;;> , ^' 1 . 
 What er'r my Mother of great i^raci 
 To edehpn hq^b fides here kaphjUmn^ 
 May never IMcomefit mtf-flaee , 
 The pyftU time is drawing w^ 
 When every prie palle^M hcy 
 None Wet^thy^ none in FthHry.' . 
 Who er^e receivith great Ce 
 ffathw&r% ehongh tdfitl hi f^Jtnds^ 
 Wh6 er\ with rnUfh hath trfAed'ieeh^ 
 
 As foon kihe fad Enilficd thcj^ 
 tVords, the CbVer was agam put to 
 ind locked dPi*fl, ajid ch? Ttumpcts 
 =1 and 
 
and Kettle-Drums began afrelh, yet. 
 could not the noife thereof be fo loud, 
 but that the bittet Lamentation of the 
 Prifoncrs which arofe in the Dungeon 
 was heard above all, which foon alf6 
 caufcd my Eyes to rm-over. Prefently 
 after the Antient Matron, together 
 with her Son fate down upon fpats be- 
 fore prepared, and commanded the 
 HedeemeA fhould be told. Kow as fooii ^f^^il'V 
 a&fhe underflood the number, and hac^ vs^os. 
 written it down in a GoH-yellow 
 rj'ablct, (he demanded every ones 
 ^Jame, which were alfo written down 
 by a little pagejliaving viewed us all,onc jecrctu^i; 
 after another, flic fighied, and Fppke to 
 her Son, foas^Icould well hear h(i;r^ c -^a 
 
 • * Ah how b^ir tily am I grieved for tfic '" ^ 
 
 • V poor Men in the Dungeon ! 1 would -^ 
 **toGod Idurft releafc tliein all, - ^^ 
 whereuntp her Son replyed; * It is "^iSft, 
 
 • Mother thus ordained of God, agiinft «°^«'^ 
 
 • whom we may not contend. In ^fc 
 
 • we all of us wereLor,ds^ ahd pofleffed 
 *all the Goods upon Earth,; and were 
 ^feafcdat Table, who vyoiild there 
 
 ^ th«n be to be bring up thi Serviced 
 whereupon his Mother nejd her peace, 
 but foon after Ihe faid ; il Wtll,how. 
 
 ever 
 
(i6) 
 
 ^'evcr, let tliefe be freed from their 
 
 ^ Fetters ^ whichwas likewife prcfently- 
 
 dbne, and I, except a few wasthelaft;- 
 
 Oratitudo yet could I not refrain, but (though I 
 
 A^«ris e- f^iii looked jipoil thc rcftj bowed my 
 
 tt\f before' the Anticnt Matron, and 
 
 thanked /God that through her, had' 
 
 graciouily aftd fatherly vouchfafcd M 
 
 bring mfe out o'ffach Darknefsinto the 
 
 r*v;«M Light : 'After me the reft did lik^wifey^ 
 
 ^ ^^ ^ ' to the fatisfadion of the Matron: Laft- 
 
 Nummas ly, to^Vjcr^Mfe was gircna piccc-of 
 
 iurcus. ^^j^ for^a Rerfierfibrance, ' ar^ tb fpend 
 
 o by'thcwSy, on phe'orie fid^ whereof 
 
 was flaraped the rifiSg Svitij on th'l 
 
 -*'i- -' bthcr r^s Vfetii^mb^|:).'thefe^thre« Let* 
 
 / . ter$,yj&;A:' S; 'Arid llrerewith every 
 
 Soils* vti0ne IraiJ Lrcc'iife, to d(^par t^ and' was 
 
 Deo iau$ f^httblri^ crnhBoffinefi^Wfth this'anne^- 
 ^^^ 'cd Intimation^ ThkrPf'i^hik^hrydf 
 
 'Jitf^ ; Gdd !\idkldl7srjcfti' oi&_ '' ^el^hhonri^ ahU 
 
 ^^r::: jtejifve ifyfiitncc\ vp&i'rce^Mb^tH immp¥d 
 
 yitt)^ ^hith Wdalfo^^otrfil^^ to 'do, 
 
 'land fo departed one ^frSm'*' another 5 
 
 • But rn regard' of tfhe^Vonrids'^ wMcli 
 
 ^theFtttirs/ftatfcSiifcd mei' i V'dlild^iiot 
 
 well go forward, but halted -6ri bbfh 
 
 Feet, which the Matron^ pr^fentty 
 
 ffpyii^gr bcghing ait itj and ca'llrtfg 
 
(1?) 
 
 hie again to her faid thus to mCjMy Son, DifwOUsAu; 
 let not this defed afflid: thee, but call^^'^'"' 
 lo mind thy hifirmitics^ and therewith 
 thank God who hath permitted thee 
 cvenin this World, and in theftateof 
 chy impcrfedlion to come into iohi^h 
 alight, and keep thcfe wounds for my^^pldibu'j 
 fake. Whereupon the Trumpets began 
 again to found, which fo affrighted mc 
 chat 1 awoke^ and then firfl perceived ^^J^^^f*' 
 that it was onely a Dream^ which yet 
 was fo flrongly imprelPed npon ray ima- 
 gination, that I was ftill perpetually 
 troubled about it, and me thought I was 
 yet fenfible of the wounds on my Feet. 
 Howbeit, by all thcfe things] well un.- ^^^^"^*r 
 derftood that God had vouchfafed that 
 1 fhould be prefent at this myficriout .vnd 
 hidden IVedding \ wherefore with Child- ' 
 like confidence! returned thanks to his 
 Divine Majefty,&: bcfought him^ that he ^"^"^^-^ 
 would further preferve me in his fear, 
 that he v/ould daily fill my Heart with 
 Wifdom and Underftanding, and at 
 length graciouily (without my dclcrt) 
 condu<rt me tothedcfiredend. Here- Pr*pafa:i^ 
 upon I prepared my felf for the rc^.y^" ^^^^^ 
 put on my white iinnen Coat, girded 
 my Loyns, with a Blood-red Kiohoii 
 bound crofs-ways over my Shoulder: 
 B Im 
 
(i8; 
 
 Inm y Hat I lluck four red Rofes, that I 
 mighc the fooncr by this Token be taker! 
 notice of amongft the throng. For food 
 1 took 5re^^,Salt, and Water, which by 
 thecouftfcl of an undcrftanding pcrfoa 
 1 had at certain times ufed, noi without 
 profit, in the like occurrences. But: 
 before I parted from my Cottage^ I 
 ^rft in this my drcfs, atid wedding Gar-. 
 mcnt, fell down upon my Knecs^ and 
 befought God^ tljat in cafe fuch aching; 
 were, he would vouch fa fe me a good^ 
 ilTue. And thereupon in the prefencc. 
 of God I made a vow, that if any thing 
 through his grace ftiould be revealed un- 
 to me, I would employ it neither to my 
 own honour nor authority in the World,: 
 but to the fpreadingof hisA^^w^ and 
 the fervicc of my Neighhonr,, And w ith 
 this vow, and good hope 1 departed out 
 of my Ceil witk joy- 
 
 The 
 
(i9) 
 
 The Second Day. 
 
 I was hardly got- out of my Cell intd Tripodium 
 a Forrefk^ when me thought that the creatwaf, 
 whole Mavgn and all the Elements had ^^-^^ 
 already trimmed thcmfelyes againft" 
 this Wedding, For even the Birds in 
 my opinion .chanted more pleafantly 
 then beforejand the young Fawns skip- 
 ped fo merrUyjthat they rcjoyccd my old 
 Hearty and moved me xollng : where- 
 fore with a loud Voice I thus began : 
 
 With mirth thoufrttty Bird rejoice^ 
 
 Thy Maktr^s frAifs in^hanctd. i 
 
 Lift Hp thyjhrill andpleaftrtt Foicf^ 
 
 Thy God is high ^dvAnctd, 
 Thy food beforf hi did provide,^ 
 Aud gives %t in a fitting ftdcy 
 
 : Therewith be thou fnfficcdl 
 Why fijohld'* (t thoH now mpleafant be^ 
 
 Thy wrath againft God venting ? 
 That he a little Bird rndde thee^ 
 
 Thy filly hgad tormeming\ 
 Becdiifc he m^de thee not a Marty 
 Opeace^ he hnth well thought thereon* , 
 Therewith be thou fh^ceJk 
 B z Wbai 
 
C20) 
 
 Whdt isU Pdhave fo$r earthly worm^ 
 By God(di ^twerc) inditing^ 
 That JJhould thm ^gAinfl Hedvenflorm 
 
 To force great arts by fight wg ? 
 Gtdx»lll out > braved be by none^ 
 lVh0^s good for nnught^ may hence he gonty 
 
 O man h* herewith [nfficed* 
 That he no Caefar hath theefranPij^ 
 
 Topwe therefore' tU needle fs 
 His Name ferhaps rhoH hadft defamed 
 
 Whereof he was not heedlefs, 
 Moft clear and bright Gods eyes do (hine^ 
 He pierces to thy heart within^ 
 
 And cannot be deceived. 
 
 This fang I now from the bottom of 
 my Heart throoghout the whole Forrcfl:, 
 • fo that it rcfounded from all partSj and 
 the Hills repeated my laft words, until 
 ■ at length I efpyed a curious green 
 Heath, whither I betook my felf out of 
 the Fcrrefi. Upon this Heath flood 
 three lovely tall Cedars^ which by rea- 
 ibn of xhtiv breadth afforded an excel- 
 lent and defired /fc^^f^ whereat I great- 
 ly rejoyced •, for although 1 had not hi- 
 therto gone far, yet my earneft longing 
 made me very faint, whereupon I hailed 
 to the Trees £0 reft a little under thcni, 
 
 bur 
 
but as foon as I came fomcwhat nighcr, J^^/j*{|'^^r. 
 lefpyed a Tablet faftned to one of them, T'^^'' 
 on which fas afterwards I read) in cu- 
 rious Letters the following word.s were 
 written : 
 
 Hofpes falve : fi quid tibi 
 forfitaii de nuptijs Re^is au- 
 dituiDy Verba haec perpenr 
 de. Quatuor viarum optio- j. 
 nem per nos tibi Sponfus otV 
 fcrt, per quas omnes, modo 
 non in devias delabaris, ad 
 Regiam ejus aulam perveni- 
 re poffis. Prima brevis eft, 
 fed periculofa, et quse te in 
 varios fcopulos deducet^ ex 2. 
 quibus vix te expedire lice- 
 bit. Altera longhr^ quae cir- 
 cumducct te, non abducet^ 
 flana eft et facilis^ fi tt Ma- 
 gnetU auxilio neque ad dex- 
 ' B :^ trum 
 
f 24 ); 
 
 trum 9 neque iiniftrum ab- 
 duci patiaris. Tertia vere 
 Regia elV, qii^ per Virias Re- 
 gis noftri delicias et fpe(f^a- 
 cula viam tibi fcddct jUcun- 
 dam. ' Sed quod vix millefi- 
 mo ha(3enus obtigit* Per 
 quartam ^nemini 'homihum lice^ 
 bit ad Regiam pervenire,ut- 
 pote qu^ confumeris et non 
 nifi corporibus^ ihcorruptibili- 
 bus convertkns eft.Elige nunc 
 ex tribus qUam veils, et in ea 
 tonfidris petrmn^. Scitoau- 
 tern quamctinqac ingrefTiJs 
 fueris, ab iinmutabili fato tibi 
 ita dejiin&tum^ nee nifi ciim 
 maximo vit^e periculo fegre- 
 di fas efle. Hnt^c funt qu^e te 
 fcivifle voluimus; fed heus 
 
 cave.* I 
 
cave ignores, quanto cum ]m- 
 culo te huic vise commiferis, 
 nam £ te v.cl minimi delifii 
 contraRegis iioftri leges nofti 
 pbnQxium, quaeib dum adhuc 
 licet per eandem .viam qua - 
 acceffifti domum te confer 
 quam citiffime. 
 
 Now as foon as I had read this Wri- 
 ting, all my joy was near vanifhed again, 
 ind I who before Sang merrily, tegafl y.a Avitons 
 now inwardly to Lament.' For al- '^^'^^'^''' 
 rhopgh I faw all the ihree ways before 
 riie, and nnderHood that hence forward 
 It was vouch fa fed nie, to n akc choice 
 bfone of them ; "yet it troubled me 
 that in cafe I went the ftony and reeky 
 way,l might get a mlfcrabie ?.nd deadly 
 fall, or taking the lon^ one, I njight wan- 
 der out of it through by-vrays^ or b^ 
 Ctherway's detained in the great Jour* 
 liey. Neither durft I hope, that 1 a- ' 
 mohgfl thoi]fands (honld be the very 
 He, who fhould choofe the Royal v:2\\ 
 : 1 faw like wife the Fourth before me, 
 but it was fo invironed with Fire and 
 
 J2X>0A- 
 
Exhalatiojis^ that 1 durU not (by rtmch) 
 draw near it, and therefore again and 
 again confidered, whether 1 fhould re- 
 turn back, or take any of the ways be- 
 u mm. ^^^^ ^^^ J well weighed m/ own «a/- 
 worthinefs^ but the Dream ftill com- 
 forted me, that I was delivered out oV 
 the Tower, and yet I diirfl nocnx)nfi- 
 Confirmaiio.dently rely upon a Dream ^ whereup- 
 on I was fo varioufly perplexed, that 
 for very 'g;reac wearincfs, hunger and 
 thirfl: feifcd me, whereupon 1 prc- 
 coiumba fently drew out my Bread^ cut a llice of 
 MmuTiaif it, which arnow-whiteZ)oz;(?of whom 
 ifiiidecs. I was not aware, fitting upon the Tree, 
 efpycd and therewith f perhaps accord- 
 ing to her wonted manner^ came down, 
 and betook her fclf very familiarly to 
 me, to whom I willingly imparted ray 
 food, which fhe received, and fo with 
 her prettincfs did again a little refrefh 
 corvus Nl- me. Butas foon asher enemy a moil 
 ^^^' black Raven perceived it, he Itreight 
 
 darted himfelf down upon the Dove, 
 and taking no notice of me, wonld 
 needs force away the Dove's meat, Vv'ho 
 could no.othcrwiie guard her felf but 
 by flight ; whereupon • they both fo^f- 
 vcr^uoierl- ^^^^'^ llcw towafd the Soitth^ ^t which I 
 <i:an. was fo hugcly inccnfed and grieved, 
 
 . -that 
 
that widioiit thinking what I did, I 
 made haft after the filthy Raven, and 
 fo againft wj will ran into one of the 
 forementioned ways a whole Fields 
 length-, and thus the Raven being chafed 
 awayiy and the Dove delivered, I then 
 firftobferved what I had inconiiderately 
 done, and that I was already entred in- 
 to a way, from which under peril of^i^^l^^^.^ 
 great punifhment I durfl not retire, viam in- 
 And tlfoagh i had ftill wherewith in'^^'^^^'^'* 
 fome meafure to comfort my felf, yet 
 that which was worft of all to me, was^ 
 that I hzd left my Bag and Bread 2tihQ 
 Tree^ and could never retrieve them : 
 For as foon as I turned my felf about, a 
 contrary wind was fo ftrong againft me, 
 that it was ready to fell me. But if I 
 went forward en my way, I perceived 
 no hinderance at all .* From whence I 
 could eafily conclude, that it would coft 
 me my life, in cafe I ihould fee my felf 
 againft the Wind • wherefore I patient- 
 ly took up my crofs, got upon my feet, 
 and refolved,fince fo it muft be, I would 
 ufe my utmoft endeavour to get to my . 
 Journeys end before night. Now al- . 
 though many apparent hy-ways fhewed 
 themfelves, yet I ftill proceeded with 
 my Co/9jpaJsj and would not budge one <"ompanus. 
 
 ftep 
 
ri6) 
 
 ftep from the Meridian Line; .howbc- 
 
 it the way was oftentimes fo r//£^^^tnd 
 uripaflablc' that I was in no little doubt 
 onr. ' On tfiis way I conftantiy thought 
 upon the Dove and Raven^ and yet could 
 not fearch out the meaning, until at 
 length upon a high Hill afar of I efpy- 
 
 Divcrforium ed a ftatcly Portal,' to which not fc» 
 garding hbw far it was diHant both 
 from me and the way } was in, I bailed, 
 
 occafus o bccaufetheSunhad already Uhimfelf 
 under the //;7/.f,and I (by far) could elfc- 
 where efpy no abiding place,and this ve? 
 rily I afcribc only to God, who might 
 well have permitt d n>c to go forward 
 in this way,and with-held my Eyes that 
 -fol might have gazed befide this Gate. 
 To which(as w^s Gjid)i now made raigh= 
 ty hafte, and reached it by fo much D.^y- 
 light ^z% to take a very competent" vie w of 
 it. Now it was an exceeding RoyM hc4u^ 
 tifid Portal^ whereon were carved a mul- 
 titude of mofl: twbU Fignres and Devices'", 
 every one of which(as I afterwards lear* 
 ned jhsd its peculiar Signification^Abov6 
 tabvia In- was fixed a pretty large Tablet, with 
 
 fcri^aom.. thefe Words, TrecHlhinc^ froculite yro- 
 
 fanh and other things more, that I 
 
 wasearneftly forbidden to relate. Now 
 
 i^titor. as foon as I was come under the Portal, 
 
 there 
 
(»7) 
 
 there ftreight ftcpped forth one in a 
 ^Sky*coloured habit, whom I in friendly 
 manner falutcd^which though he thank- 
 fully returned, yet he inflantly demand- 1-'"^ p^*- 
 cd of me my Letter of Invitation/^^""^^' 
 'O how glad was I that I had then 
 brought it with me! For how eafi- 
 ly might I have forgotten it (as it 
 alfo chanced to others) as he himfelf 
 .told me f I quickly prefentedit, where- 
 with he was not only Satisfied, but fat 
 which J much wondredj Ibewcd me 4 
 
 abundance of refpe(ft, faying, Come in 
 .my Brother^ an acceptable Gueft yoa 
 are to me ; and withal intrcated me not 
 to witli-hold my Name from him. Now 
 having rcplycd, that I was a Brother of 
 tht Red-Rojte Crofs^ he both wondrcd, 
 and fccmcd to rejoyce at it, and then ^j;^'" ^"' 
 proceeded thus, My Brother have you 
 nothing about you wherewith to pur- 
 chafe a Token f I anfwcred ray ability 
 was fmall, but if he faw any thing 
 about mc he had a mind to, it was 
 at his fcrvice. Now he having requeft-' 
 ed of me ray Bottle of Water, and I ^^ff^ra- 
 granted it, he gives itc z golden Teh^n qua Te/iera. 
 whereon ftood no more but thefetwo 
 Letters, S. C. intreatmg me that when^^^^^^"J':'^« 
 it Itood me in good Itead, I would s^i^u?* 
 
 remem- 
 
spcs?"'' remember him. After which I ask- 
 chvitas. cd him, how many were got in be- 
 foriB me, which he ilfo told me, and 
 laitly out of meer Fricndfhip gave mc 
 Diploma, a jfg^^i^j igffcr to thc fecond Porter. 
 Now having lingered fome time with 
 him, the Night grew on .* Whereupon 
 a great Beacon upon the Gate was im- 
 mediately fired, that fo if any were flill 
 Bpon thc way, he might make haftc 
 thither. . But the way where it finifticd 
 attheCaftk,wasonboth fides inclofed 
 Thecaftie. ^-jth ^F^Z/j, and planted with all forts 
 of excellent Fruit-Trces, and (till on 
 every third Tree on each fide Lant- 
 horns were hung up, wherein all the 
 Candles were already lighted with a 
 vtrgo Luci- glorious Tofch by a heAHti[nl V'trgw^ 
 habited in Skyt-colour^ which was fo 
 noble and Majeftick a Spcftj^cle, that I 
 chambe:-*.'^^ y^^ delayed fomewhat loTi^er then was 
 iain or Con. rcquifite. But at length after fiiiEcient: 
 trouior. Information, and an advantageous In- 
 . ftrudion, I friendly departed from thc 
 firfl Porter. On the way, though 1 
 would gladly have known what was 
 written in my Letter, yet fince I had no 
 reafon to miflruft the Porter, I forbade 
 my purpofe? and fo went on the way, 
 >3ntil I came likcwife tothcfecor?dGare^ 
 
 which 
 
(29; 
 Tifhich although it wa$ very like the 
 other,y et was ic adorned with Images & ^J^^^ 
 myftick figmfications. In the affixed TMet 
 jftood Datt & dahifHrvthu. Under thisTabella, 
 Gate lay a terribje grim Lyon chainM, 
 who as loon as he efpiM me arofe & made ^^°^ ^^®* 
 at rae with great roaring : whereupon^ ^^j^^^ 
 the fecond Porter who Jay upon a Stone ^ 
 of Marble, awaked, and wiftied me not 
 to be troubled or affrighted, and then 
 drove back the LioT?^ and having re* 
 ceived the Letter which I with trem- 
 bling reached him, he read it, and with 
 very great refpedt fpake thus to me ; 
 Now well-come in Gods Name unto me 
 the man whom of long time I would 
 gladly have fecn. Mean while he alfo 
 drew out a token y and asked me whe- 
 ther I could purchafc it ? But I having 
 nothing elfc left but my Salty prefented Tedcra 
 it to him, which he thankfully accep- ^^p^* ^*^^' 
 ted* Upon this token again jftood on- studio 
 ly two Letters namely, S.M, ^^'^^g^^^^f^lt 
 now juit about to enter difcourfe with ib"mi'ttenduy 
 him, it began to ring in the Gallic, ^l^}^ "''"^" 
 whereupon- the Porter counielled me sai menfHii- 
 to run tpace, or elfe all the paines and *^^** 
 labour 1 had hitherto taken would ferve 
 to no purpofc, for the Li£hts above 
 began already to httxtingHt^hed-^ where- 
 upon 
 
^on I difpatchcd with fuch haftc that h 
 heeded not the Porter, in fuch anguilh. 
 xivzs I, and truly it was but neceffary,^ 
 fori could not runfo fall but that the- 
 Virgin,, after whom all the %ktf were 
 preut, was at ray heels, andllhould 
 never have found the way, hadnotfhc 
 with her Torch afforded me forae light^^ 
 1 was more-over conftrained to enter 
 the. very next to her, and the Gate was; 
 
 S *'^*"' ^0 fuddainly clap't to, that a part of my. 
 coate waslocked out, which I verily was 
 forced to leave behind me-, for neither? 
 I, nor they who flood ready without 
 and called at the Gate could, prevail 
 with the Porter to -^ojitn it again, but 
 he delivered the Keys tb the Virgin, 
 who took them With her into the Court, 
 Mean time 1 again furveyed the Gate, 
 which now appeared fo rich\ as the 
 whole World could not equal it *, jufl: 
 Vyramkiesby the Door were two Column«,on one 
 
 Port*. of them flood a pkafant Figure with 
 this Infcription,Ce;f^r4f«/^r. The other 
 having its Countenance vailed was fad, 
 and beneath was written, Candoleo, In 
 brief, the Infcriptions and Figures 
 thereon, were fo dark and myflerioui, 
 that the molt dextrous man upon Earth 
 
 could 
 
c»iiM not have expounded them. But 
 ailthcfc rifGod pcrmiE; Iftialle'crS 
 long pablilli and explain. Under this 
 Gate I was again to give my Naitic, 
 which was this laft time written down 
 in a little Vcllum-Book, and immedi- 
 ately with the rell; difpatchcd to the 
 Lord Bndt^ro»m. Hctc it was where 
 I firfb received' the fr«^ Giic ft- token, 
 which was ibmcwhat Icfs than the for- 
 nier, but yet much heavier, upon this 
 ftood thefe Letters S.f.N. Befides 
 ihh-i a new pair of Shoes were given sM«s pec^ 
 ^^je,. for the Floor of the Caftle was !^p'47™;,: 
 i'4d with pure Ihinidg Marble j my old f^^ntandux 
 •^'hoisl was to give away to one of the ^"^''^** 
 Poor (whom I would) who fate in 
 vbrongs, howbeit in very good order, 
 .);:dcf the Gate. Ithcnbeftowed thcirr ^^^^^ 
 ; ; ah old Htan : after v/faich two Pages pucr. 
 wtth as many Torches, conduced me 
 into a litltc Room; there they willed 
 mc to fit down on ^ Form, which Idid, ' 
 but they flicking their Torches in two 
 holes, made in' fie Pavement, departed 
 ind left rac,tho$ iictiflg alone. Soon 
 ifcer I heard a noife, but faw nothing, 
 jnd it proved to be certain men who 
 X t*tabkd in upon mc \ but fine? I could 
 
 fee 
 
(32) 
 
 fee nothing, I was fain to fufFer, and 
 attend what they would do with me j 
 but prefently perceving them to be 
 Iftlncatorcs, Barbers ^\ intreated them not to juftle me 
 foi for I was content to do whatever 
 they dcfired, whereupon they quickly 
 let me go, and fo one of them (whom 
 I could not yet feej fine and gently cut 
 
 capiiius ^^^y ^^^ ^^^^ round about from the 
 dctoniu5 af- Croim of my Head^ but on my Fore- head, 
 fcrvatus. £2^5 gj^j £yg5 |^g permitted my Ice- 
 grey Locks to hang. In this firfl in- 
 counter Cl maflconfefs) I was ready 
 to difpair, for inafmuch as fome of them 
 fiaoved roe fo forceably, and I could yet 
 fee nothing, 1 could think no other but 
 that God for my Curiofuy had fufFcred 
 me to mifcarry. Now thefe invifible 
 Barbers carefully gathered up the Hah 
 which was cut off, and carried it away 
 pueri blni ^^^^ them. After which the two Pages 
 cntred again, and heartily laughed at 
 me for being fo terrified. But they 
 had fcarcc fppken a few Words v;itl 
 me, when again a little Bell began tc 
 ring ^ which (as the Pages iij^rmed me^ 
 was to give notice for aflembling ; 
 whereupon they willed pnetorifc, and 
 through many Walks, Doors and wind 
 
ing Stairs liglfited me into a fpacious ' 
 
 HaU. In this Room was a great mul. '^"'^^^'"^ 
 titude of guefts , Emperors , Kings, 
 Princes, and Lofds, Noble and Ignoble, 
 Ricfi j and. Poor, and all forts of Peo- 
 pie, at which I hagely marviled, and 
 
 ' thought to my felf, ah, how grofs a 
 fool haft thou been to ingage upon this 
 Journey with fo much bittcrnefs and 
 toil, when (behold; here are even thofc 
 fellows whom thou well know'ft, and 
 yet hadft never any reafon to efteem. 
 
 ' Tlicy arc now all h^re^ atid thbu with 
 all thy Prayers and Supplications arc 
 
 ( hardly got in at laft. This and more 
 
 \ the Devil at that time inj:<^cd, whom 
 I notwithftanding fas well as I could) 
 directed to the ifiue. Mean time one 
 or other of my acquaintance here and 
 there fpake to me; Oh Brother 
 RofgttcreutTL I art thou here too '•, yea, 
 (ray Brethren) replyed 1, the Grace 
 of God hath helped me in alfo *, at 
 which they raifed a mighty laughter, 
 looking upon it as ridicubus that there 
 fhould be nted of God in fo flight an j^.,:^^^ 
 occafion. Now having demanded each hofpitum 
 of them concerning his way, and found "J?^ '^^3: 
 that moft wereforcedto clamber over (brum. ' 
 Q the 
 
Qhidara 
 r>rfce<; neg- 
 
 Coinme!ia» 
 rio. 
 
 Minifiri 
 
 , (?4) 
 
 r.hc Kotks, certain Trumpets (none of 
 
 which wc yet faw^ began to found to , 
 the; Table, whereupon they all fcatecj 
 thcmfelvcs, every one as he judged 
 himfeif above the reft ; fo that for mc 
 ^nd forae other forry Fellows there was 
 hardly a little Nook left at the lower-? 
 moft Table. Prefently the two Paget 
 entred, and one of them faid Grace in 
 fo handfom and excellent a manner, 
 as rejoyced the very Heart in my Body. 
 Ho wbcit, certain great Sr 7r>;?'s made 
 but little reckoning of them, but fleired 
 and winked one at another, biting their 
 Lips within their Hats, and ufing more 
 the like unfeemly Geftures. After this 
 Meat was brought in, and albeit none 
 could hefeen^ yet every thing was fo 
 orderly managed , that it fecmcd to 
 jne.as if every Gueft had had his pro- 
 per iMtcndant. Now my Artifts ha- 
 ying fbmewhat recruted themfclves, 
 and the Wine having a little removed 
 ihame from their Hearts, they pre- 
 fenrly began to vaunt and brag of their 
 abilities : One would prove this, ano- 
 ther that, and commonly the moRforry 
 ^Idioti made the loudcfb noife. Ah, 
 when I call to mmiryihit^fretcrrj/iiural 
 
 and 
 
(35) 
 
 md irapofiibk cnterprifcs I then heard, 
 
 m {till rcddy to vomit at it. In fine, 
 
 hey never, kept; in their order, but 
 
 vhcn ever one Rafcal here, another 
 
 her^, couid 'infmuate himftlf in be- 
 
 tvedh the NoUcs-^ Then pretended 
 
 bey the finishing of fuch Adventures as 
 
 ibrthcr Sartfffon^ ' JUDr yet Hercnks with 
 
 iir their ftrength could ever hare at- 
 
 :-hievcd j This would difchargc AtUs 
 
 tflfts bardeav The otherwould again 
 
 ii-aw forth the threcrheaded Cerberw 
 
 mt of Hell. : In brief, every man had 
 
 liiy^own Prate, and yet the great Lords 
 
 mtt fo fimple that they believed their 
 
 jj'rtt^nces, and the Rogues fo audacious, 
 
 hataithougii oneor other of them waii 
 
 leN'aAd there rapped over tiae Fin- 
 
 |;ers with a Knife, yet they, flinched 
 
 ''tftat it, but when any on« perchance 
 
 -^d filched a Qold-Ghain, thtnwould 
 
 . hazard for the like. I favr one who 
 
 eard the rullling of tlv:. Heavens: 
 
 ri^e fecond- could fee PUto^,% Ideas - 
 
 l^third coUkl nwmhzx' DtrmcrltHs'*'^ A- 
 
 oitts/ There were alfo not a few prc- 
 
 enders to the ferpetnal motionv Many 
 
 riionc (in my opinion) had good m- 
 
 erflAndinj^^ but affamed too to much to 
 
 '4 C 2 him* 
 
Miniftri iii« 
 rifibiles. 
 
 ModeUla 
 
 Vroborum 
 hofpitum. 
 
 ilimfclf, to his own dieftriiaian. LaA- 
 ly, there- was one calfo who would 
 needs out of handi perfvyadc us thrtc 
 he faw the Ser.vttofs who attended^ 
 and would ftill have purfued. his^Cort- 
 tention, had not one of thole invifibk 
 waiters reached him fo h^ridfom a cuff 
 upon his lying Muzzle, that not only 
 he, but many who were by him, be- 
 came as mute as Mice. . i But it belt oi" 
 all pleafed me, that all tljofe, ofwhttf;'* 
 I had any efteem^ wctc very quiet i 
 their bufinefs, and made no Ipud ci 
 of it, but acknowledged thcmfelvesJ.o , 
 be mlf-'underftanding men, to whom tl 
 mylleriesof Nature were too high, ar 
 they themfclves much too fmall. In-th 
 Tumult I had almoft curfed the.ds^j 
 wherein! came hither \ For I couldiiot 
 but withanguifh behold that thofe lew 
 vain People were above at the Boan 
 but I in fb/orr^'a place could not, how 
 ever reft in quiet, oncof thcfe Rafca 
 fcornfully reproaching me for a motl, 
 FoDl. Now I thought not that thei - 
 was vet one Gate ^e^i»^,throvigh whit 
 we multpafs, but imagined I was di 
 ring the whole Wedding, to contini 
 in this fcoro, contempt and indignity 
 
 whic 
 
( if) 
 
 fi hich yet I had at no time deftrved, 
 ■ thcr of the Lord Bride-groom or the 
 ride; And therefore (in my opinion) 
 c fhould have done well to have fought 
 •t fonie other Fool to his Wedding 
 m me. Behold, to fuch impmerjfc 
 th the Iniquity of this World reduce impatiw- 
 , .iplc hearts. But this really was one qoitaJc'h^ 
 |'2rt of my LAmenefs^ whereof (as is n^^n«m. 
 ore mentioned) I dreamed. And 
 ily this clamour the longer it lailed, 
 iC more it increafcd. For there were 
 ready thofc who boaftcd of falfe and 
 mginzr f .nfiorjs , and would per- 
 yaric us of palpably lying Dreams. 
 ■ow there fate by ine a very fine 
 net M^n^ who oftentimes difcourfed f^^^ ^-^^ 
 Fcxcellent matters, at length he faid, 
 ihoid my Brother^ if Any one Jhonld now 
 me who were willing to inftruU thefe 
 ockijl} People in the right way^ would he 
 'hedrdl No, verily, replyedl. The 
 orldy faid he, is now refolved (what- 
 'cr comes on it) tohe chcAttd^ and can^ ^^^^^ °^'^-.y^ 
 t abide togiv£Ear to thofc wh$ intend 
 r good. See ft thou alfo that fame r;t^/- 
 mh^ with what whimftcM Flgnrts and 
 oliflj Conceits he aTiHres ethers to him. 
 lere one makes Mont he s at the People with 
 C 3 HvMard* 
 
unhear'd.of lifter ious 'Words,. Tei ht-^, 
 lievt fnt in tfefcr, the time is now comir ' 
 Vfhen thofe j})4meftd Fiz^ards jljail be finch . 
 ojf^ and all the World fhdil bjQ'V whm f^/r^ .| 
 gayond Imfoflers were concealed bthh ' 
 them. Then ferhafs that wiH he vain 
 which atfrefent is not efieemed. Wliiiit j 
 he was thus fpeaking, and the clampn : 
 the longer it laflcd, the worfe it was, 
 all on a fuddain there began in the HalA 
 . fuch excellent and (lately Mafick^ as 
 
 all the days of my Life I never heard the 
 like-, iwhereupon every one held his 
 peace, and attended what would be- 
 come of it: Now there were in this 
 Mufick all forts of/nw^c^Inltrumcnt^- 
 imaginable, which founded together 
 in fuch harmonv, that I forgot m: 
 felf, and fate fo unmovably, that 
 thofe who fate by me were amalcd at 
 me, and this lafted near half an houi , 
 wherein none of us fpake one word, ' 
 For as foon as ever any one was about 
 M.jiaa, nnftto opcn his Mouth, he got an unex- 
 attcuden^i. peftcd blow, neither knew he from 
 "'^' whence it came : Me thought fince wc 
 
 were not permitted to fee the Mufi- 
 tians, 1 fliould have been ghd to viev 
 only all the Inflrumcnt*^ they made uft 
 
 of 
 
09) 
 
 of. After half an hour this MuCck 
 ccafed unexpcdly, and wc conld. ^ei- 
 ther fee war hcir any thing further. 
 Prefently after, before the Door of 
 the Hall began a great noifs found- 
 ing and beating of TrumfttSy Shalms 
 and Kettle-Drums, alfo Maftcr-like, 
 as if the Emperor of Romt had beca 
 entring ; whereupon the Door open- 
 ed of it fclf, and then the noife of the 
 Trumpets was fo loud, that wc were p^^„^^ ^^ 
 hardly able to indure it. Mean while uetzm. ^ 
 (to ray thinking; many thoufand /;;;/»// 
 Tajcts) came into the Hall, all which 
 of themfclves marched in fp very cxaft 
 an order as al'ogetheramazed us, till 
 at lad the two fore mentioned Pages virgo luci- 
 with blight Torcbes, lighting in a ^'^a^ 
 moft beautiful V^t gt^^ all drawn on a chambe/- 
 glorioutty gilded Triumphant Self- '^'^J^^^^^* 
 moving Throne^ cntred the Hall. It 
 feemed to me (he was the very fame 
 who ^)efore on the way kindled, and 
 put out the Lights, and that thefe her 
 Attendants were the very fame whom 
 fhe formerly placed at the Trees. She 
 was not now as before in Skye-colour, ^^^^^'^ 
 but arrayed in a fnow-whiu glittering 
 Robc>, which fparklcd of pure Gold, 
 C 4 and 
 
(4o> 
 
 and cafl; fuch a lufbre that we diirfl: not 
 fleadily behold it. Both the Pages 
 yjcYQ after the fame manner habited 
 if albeit fomewhat more {lightly; as 
 foon as they were come into the middle 
 of the Hall^ &: were defccncjed from the 
 Throne,al] the fmallTapers madcobci- 
 fance before her.- Whereupon we all 
 ftood up from pur Benches, yet every 
 one llaid in his own place. Now (he 
 having to us, and we again to her, fhew- 
 cdall Kefpcctand Reverence ;in a moft 
 pleafanr Tone fnc began thus to fpcak *, 
 
 The Kiy!g r>ff Lord-mofi gr^^^ciom-, 
 {V^o Kow'^s hot very far rrom us. 
 y^s alfo hii moft lovely Bride ^ 
 To him in troth and honour ti^d v 
 jilreAdy^ with great joy indn^dy 
 Haveyohr arrival hither vicvp^d • 
 And do to every one^ and all 
 Prcmife their Grace in fpecial *, ' 
 And from their very Hearts defire^ 
 Ton rnay it at the time ac-quire ; 
 That [o their future Nuptial joy 
 M^y mixed he with nonets annoy^ 
 
 Here- 
 
Hereupon with all her fmall Ta- 
 pers fhe again courceonfly bowbd, and 
 prcfcntly after began thus .• 
 
 Jn th^ In'vitmon wrlt^ yeu know, proppfitio 
 
 That no man' called was hereto Aaio^:s. 
 
 Who of Code's rareft gift s good J! ore 
 Jiadnot received lo>ig before^ 
 Adorned v^ith all' requifit's, 
 ]/4s infneh cafes it befit'*:, ' 
 How though they cannot well conceit 
 That any marPs fo dcfftrate^ 
 IJndtr conditions fo hard^ 
 Hereto mtr lids without regard \ 
 Vnl-fs he have hccnfirft- of ally 
 Prepared /or this JViiptial ; 
 And therefore in good hopes do dwell 
 That with all yon it will he well : - 
 Tit men are grown fo bold^ and rude^ 
 Not weighing their ineftitHde^ 
 Asfiill to thraft themfdves in place 
 Whereto none of them called woi: 
 No Cocks-comb here him fclf may fell ^ 
 No R/ifcal in with others ft- eat ; 
 for they refolvc mahout aH let 
 A Wedding p u r c ro c tie brat e . 
 So then the Arttftsfor to weigh^ Probatio 
 
 Scales fi^all be fixh th' enfnirg day ; • ^"'**""^ 
 
 Wl)^yehy 
 
(42^ 
 
 I0jcnby CAch ont may Ughtly p7id ^ ^ 
 What he h^th left At home behind. 
 If here be any of that Rout 
 Wh» have good CAufethemfclves to doi4bt ^ 
 Let htm fack qukkly hence AJide ; 
 For that in cafe he lofiger hide^ 
 Of grAce foreior'^n^ And quite undone 
 Betimes he mnfi the Gantlet rutt : 
 If any now hu Cofifiieace gall^ 
 He jhAll to night be left in th^ Hall 
 And be Again rdeas'^t by morn^ 
 Tetfo he hither ne'er return. 
 Jf any man have corfidcnce^ 
 JHe with his WAiter m^y go hence ^ 
 Whofiiall him to his Chamber light 
 Where he may reft infeai e to night ; 
 jind there with praife await e the Scdle 
 Or elfe his Slerp may chance ofaile. 
 The others here may tah it well^ 
 For whe aim'^s'^bove what's pofliblc, 
 ^Twe^e better much he hence had pafty 
 But ofyoH allwceH hofe the beft. 
 
 As foon as (he had done fpcaking 
 this, ihc again made reverence, and 
 fprung chcarfully into her Throne, af- 
 ter which the Trumpets began again 
 to found, which yet was not of force to 
 reke from many fhnr rjicvous Sic;hs 
 
 So 
 
(4?) 
 
 So they again conduced herinvifibly 
 away , but the raofl part of the fmaU 
 T^crs remained in the Room, and ililj 
 one of them accompanied each of us. 
 In fuch perturbation 'tis not well pof- 
 libletocxprcfswhat pcnfive Thoughts 
 and Geflures were amongft us. Yet 
 the.moft part rcfolved to await the 
 Scale, and in cafe things forted not 
 well, to depart (as they hoped) in 
 peace. I had foon call up my reciQmng^ ^^^^. ,^^^j 
 and being my Confciencc convinced mciiat .■. 
 of all ignorance, and ur.worthimfs^ I 
 purpofed to flay with the reft in the 
 Hall^ and chofe much rather to con- 
 tent my felf with the Meal I had alrea- 
 dy taken, than to run the Rifcoofa 
 JMHre rtfhlfe. Now after that every 
 one by his fmall Taper had feverally 
 been conduced into a Chamber (each 
 as I fince underflood into a peculiar 
 one) There flaid w^f^of us, and amongll 
 the reft he alfo, who difconrfcd with 
 me before at the Table. But although, 
 our fmall Tapers left us not, yet foon 
 after within an hours time one of 
 the fore-mentioned Pages came in, and ^ 
 bringing a great bundle of Cords 
 with him, firft demanded of us wlic- 
 
 thec 
 
( 44 ) 
 
 thcr wc had concluded to ftay there, 
 which when wc had with Sighs affirm- 
 ed, he boHtjd each of us in a fcveral 
 l»emo«'atio placc^and fo went away with our fmall 
 ■ H!^"- Tapers, and left us poor Wretches in 
 Barkriefs, Then firft began fome to 
 perceive the imminent danger, and I 
 my felf could not refrain Tears. For 
 although wc were not forbidden tp 
 fpeak, yet afsgmjh and ^ffliShion fufFer- 
 cd none ofus to utter one word. For 
 the Cords were fo wonderfully made, 
 yet none could cut them, muchlefs get 
 them ofFhis Feet .* yet tliis comforted 
 me, that ftill the future gain, of many 
 an one, who had now betaken himfelf 
 to reft, would prove very litjtle to his 
 fatisfadion. But we by one only 
 Nights Pennance might expiate ill our 
 prefumpticn : till at length in my for- 
 rowful thoughts I fell afleep ^ during 
 ftjmnium which I had a Dreamy Now although 
 Typicum. ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ g^^g^ matter in it, yet I 
 
 efteem it not impertient to recount it : 
 Me thought I was upon. an high Monn- 
 tain^ and faw before me a great & large 
 Valley, in this Valley were gat her- 
 K^ Tffke ^ together an unfpeakable mHltitude 
 cY'the^rloi People, each of which h^d at ^is 
 
 Head 
 
Head a Thready by which hp was hang- *^^^>*^^'"- 
 ed up towards Heaven, 'Tko^w, one hnngc/^/i wgb 
 high, anot;he^ lowj. • ^omo^&qo^ cven.^^Jj''^^'''*^ 
 quite upon the Earth. But in theAir 
 there fievy- up and do w n an ancient Man, . 
 who • had in his hand a pair of '^Ijpers, 
 wherewith here he e nt ont\ .zii^ 
 there another's thread. Now he that 
 was nigh the Earth was fo much the 
 readier, & fall without noirc',but when 
 it happened to one of the hi^h ones, he 
 fell, fo that the Earth quaked. To 
 fome it came to pafs that their Thread 
 was fo ftretchcd, that they came to the 
 Earth before the Thread was cut. I 
 took plcafurc in this tumbling, and it 
 joyed me at the Heart, when he who 
 had over '.exalted liimfelf in the Air, of 
 his Wedding, got fo Ihamcful a fall^ 
 that it carried even fonic of his Neigh- 
 bours 9long with him.In like manner it 
 alfo rejoiced me^that he who had all this 
 while kept himfelf near the £4rr^,covild 
 come down fo fine and gently, that - ,,-.-> 
 even his next men perceived, it not. ^ 
 
 But being now in jny highefl fit of Jol-: 
 lity, I was unawares jogged by oQe of 
 my fellow Captives, upon which lExpergef 
 was awaked, and was very much dif- 
 < >- conteEted 
 
contented with him^ Howbcit, Icon 
 fidcrcd niy Dream, and recounted it 
 to my Brother, who lay by me on the 
 other fide \ i&vho was not dilfatisfied 
 with it, but hoped fomc Comfort 
 niieht thereby be pretended. In fuch 
 dilcourfe we fpcnt the remaining 
 part of the Night, and with lodging 
 cxfpedled the Day. 
 
 
 N 
 
 The Thifi Day. -J^ol 
 
 ^ ■:.] . v/ 
 Ow as foon a^ the lovely day^w^S 
 broken, and the bright Sun^ hai. 
 ving raifed himfclf above the Hills,had 
 again betaken himfelf, in the High 
 Heaven, to his appointed office; Mf 
 good Champions began to rife out of 
 their Beds, aftd leifiircly to mate them- 
 felves ready xant^ the Inquilltion. 
 Whereupon, one after another, they 
 coiioqumm came again irito the Hall, and giving 
 Cjrgentium. gj g g^Q^^ morfow, demanded how wc 
 h^d Slept to Night ; and having cfpicd 
 our Bonds, there were fome that re- 
 J)roved us for being fo cowardly, and 
 that wc bad not «f much rather) as they. 
 
(47^ 
 
 'hAx.Ardcd Hfon all adventures. HoWbc - 
 it, fopic of them whofc Hearts ftill 
 rmote them made no loud cry of the 
 bttliieb. ; . Wc ex'cufed our feWes with 
 Q\iY' ignoy^fjcey hoping we &ould aov^- 
 foonbe ftt at Liberty, and learn wit 
 ty this difgrace ? that they on the con- - 
 trary had not yet altogether efcapcd, & 
 perhaps their grcatcfl ^//^w^frwas ftijl to 
 be cxpeded : At length each one being 
 again aflemblcd, the Trnrnpts began caatttj, 
 now again to found & the Kettle Drums 
 to beat as formerly, and we thea ima- 
 gined no other but that theBride-groom 
 was ready to prcfcnt himfelf, whicb 
 aevcrthelefs was a huge miftake. For ^.j^.^^ ^^^ 
 it was again the yeftcrtUy^s F/rfi»whocifera. 
 fiad arrayed her felf allin rtd Felvit^l^^^J^^! 
 and girded her felf with & nhite Scarf c. lain or coo- 
 Upon her Head (he had z green Wreash "°"^°'' 
 of Laurel, which hugely l?ecamc,J[er>. 
 Her tafain was now no more of jmaH 
 T^fers^ but confifted of two hundred 
 Men in Hamisy Who were all (like her) 
 fcloathed in reci znd rvhite^ Npty as 
 foon as they w^re alighted from the 
 liirone, fhc comes" llreight to us Pri- 
 ners, and after ihe had Saluted us, 
 Ihc fa id in fevf words; Thatfomc iof 
 
 you 
 
(48 ) 
 
 you have been fenfible of your wrctclK 
 
 cd condition is hugely pleaTingto, my 
 
 fiaoft/mighty. Lord, arid he is alfa lic- 
 
 soiituf folvedjou^fhall fare the better for jt j 
 
 fcomijes. /^nd h^v,ing cfp^eil rrie in my HaJDii, "me 
 
 laughed „ai^.; fp^ke,, good lack ! . hall 
 
 th6u!^//p fubmitted tjiy.felf to the Yoke, 
 
 1 imagined thou wouldH have made, thy 
 
 felf rery fraug \ with which Words fhe 
 
 caufcd my Eyes to run over. After 
 
 Which fhe commanded we fhould be 
 
 Unbound, and cuppled together and 
 
 placed in a ftation where we might well 
 
 behold the Scales* For, faid fhe, it 
 
 may yet fare better witii them, than 
 
 With the Prefumptious, who yet flands 
 
 ■ ' here at Liberty. Mean time the Scales 
 
 txhtt au- which were intirely of Gold were hung 
 
 fca. " up m the midflof the Hall v There was 
 
 alio a little Table covered with red 
 
 ^ vondcta Velvet f and/et/^»w«^fcfj placed thereon . 
 
 'Firft of all flood a pretty great one, 
 
 next four little on^ s ; laftly, tw6 great 
 
 ones fevcrally *, Ajid thefe Weights in 
 
 proportion. to their bulk were fo heavjf. 
 
 that no man can believe or comprehend 
 
 Satellites, it;. But each of the*H/«r«^cf^ »«f« had 
 
 ^tpgfthcr. with . a naked Sword ^firong 
 
 ■X^fi.J'ht& (hz diftributed according 
 
 :i(: 
 
(49) 
 
 b the j;iumbcr of Weights into fcrcn 
 •ands, and out of every band chofc 
 •nefor their proper weight j and then 
 gain fprung lip into her high Throne, 
 Jow as iR>on as Ihe had made her revc- 
 :nce, with a very Shrili Tone fhc be- 
 an thus to ipcak : 
 
 , W:o irtt* « Pinters room doagti 
 i»d nothing does of painting know^ 
 *.t docs in framg thereof^ pride it j 
 74U be of all the World derided. 
 
 Who into th^ Jirtifis order gee s^ 
 bid thereunto was never chofe ^ 
 •r with pretence of skill does fride it 5 
 mil be of all the World derided. 
 
 Who At a Wedding does appear^ 
 
 fid yet was ner'^e intended there j 
 t dots in corning highly pride it j 
 all be of ail the World deried. 
 Who now into this Scale afcends^ 
 le weights not proving hi^fa/t Friends^ 
 id that it bounces fo does ride it % 
 all be of all the World derided. 
 
 As foon as the Virgin had done fpeak- norJeran. 
 g, one of the Pages commanded J^'^'^*^' 
 ch one to place himfclf according 
 his order, and one after another to 
 ;p in: which one of the Emferori i/^£iu 
 D made 
 
irtidc no fcruplc of, but firifc or alt 
 iidwed hiitifelf a little . towards the 
 Vitgin, and afterwards m all his ftate- 
 t^ Attire went up: where upon each* 
 "Captain laid In his weight*, which (to 
 ttie wonder of all) hcfto^dout. But 
 the ^/? was too heavy for^hrfn, fo that 
 Ibrth be mud ; and that witR fuch an- 
 gttiih thatfas it fcemcd to me) the Vir- 
 gin hex fclf had pitty on him, who alfa 
 beckncd to her -people to hold their 
 peace, yet was the good JEmperor 
 bound and delivered over to the Sixtl\ 
 band. Next him again came forth a^o- 
 (her Ef?ipe7-cr^ who ftcpt hautily into 
 the Scale J and having a great .f/i;c^i5oo^ 
 under his Gown, fee imagined not to 
 fail , But being fcarce able to abide ^he' 
 Uiird .vcight, arid being unmercifully 
 ilung down, andhis Book' in that af - 
 frightment flipping from him, all the 
 Soldiers began to laugh, and he was^ 
 ilelivered up bound to the third band. 
 / Thus it Went alfb w^th fbme others of 
 ] thcEmperori, v? ho were all Inameful- 
 
 - . -- - ;-y'iaHglied at an4xaptived. . Afer thefe 
 * *'caincs forth a littlf {l;on Ma?i with-a 
 (^-^ Tjul^ brov/n Beaird m Emperor too,. 
 
 •U^^S^N-^-f^^- U]- q&4;.r€|r€rgnccgpt up ; 
 
 **^ ' .> — '. :': alio 
 
(50 
 
 aljfo, and held out ibfteadfaftly, that 
 mc thought, had there been more 
 weights ' ready, he would have out* 
 flood them' ; To whom the Virgin im- 
 mediately • arofc, and bowed before 
 l:iim,-;ciurmg- him to putoaa GovsTn 
 of red^th'ct^ and at laft reached him 
 a braiich of L^wrel, having good ftore 
 of them upon her Throne^ wpon the 
 'ft'eps whereof -Ihe willed him to iif 
 down.' Now how, after him it fardd 
 with the reft of the Emperors, Kings 
 and Lords, would be tbo long to re- 
 count ^ but I cannot leave unmentionedT 
 that few of thofc great 'ferfonages held 
 out. Howbeit fnndry cm'mcnt vermes 
 (beyond my hopes) were found in itia- 
 ny. One could ftand out this, the fccond 
 anptHcf, :lbme two, fome three, four 
 or five,'li^ few could attain to the }uft 
 perfe(^oh ; But every one who ftiled; 
 was mirerabiy laughed at by the bands 
 After the Inquilition had aifo pafled 
 lover the Gentry, the learned, and i:n- 
 Icarned, and the reft, and in each con- 
 dition perhaps owe, it may be, tvpo^ but 
 for the mod part none, was found 
 perfeftj'it came at length to thofe 
 "onefl Gcnriemcn -the Tagabond Chsa- 
 
 proba hi 
 rlotum, 
 
(0) 
 
 ters^ and rafcally L^pidem SfitHlanficUpt 
 makers, who were fet upon the Scale 
 with fuch ftorn, that I my fclf for all 
 my grief was ready to biirft my Belly 
 with laughing, neither could the very 
 Prifbners themfelves refrain. For the 
 moft part could not abide that fevere 
 trial, but with Whif s znd Scourges 
 were jerked out of the Scale, and led 
 to the other Prifoners, yet to a fuite-* 
 able band. Thus of fo great a throng 
 fb few remained, that I am afhamed 
 to difcover their number. Howbeit 
 th€re were Perfons of quality alfo 
 amongft them, who notwithftanding 
 were Hike the reft) honoured with 
 Velvet Robes and wreaths of Law- 
 rel. 
 
 Tlfle Inquifition being complcatly fi- 
 niflied, and none but we poor coupled 
 hounds ftanding afide; At length one 
 of the Captains Hepped forth, and 
 faid^Gratious Madam, if it plciife your 
 Ladyfhiplet thcfe poor men, who ac^ 
 imwlcdgedthdv mif- under ftanding, be 
 fct upon the Scale alfo without their 
 incurring any danger of penalty, and 
 only for recreation's fake, if perchance 
 any thing that is right may be found 
 
 amongft 
 
amongfl them- In the firft place I 
 was in great perplexity, for in my an- 
 guiitthis was my only comfort, that I 
 was not to Hand in fuch ignominy, 
 or to be laflied out of the Scale, For I 
 nothing doubted bat thac many of the 
 Prifpners wifhed that they had flayM 
 ten Nights with us in the Hall. Yet 
 fincc the Virgin confented, fo it muft 
 be, and we being untied were one af- 
 tcr another fet up : Now although the 
 mofl part mifcarricd, yet they were 
 neither laught at, nor fcoiirgcd, but 
 peaceably placed on one fide. My seuusAuw, 
 Compamoft was the fifth, who held out »"'"'=• 
 bravely^ whereupon all, but cfpccially 
 the Captain who made the requcft for 
 a$, applauded him, and the Virgin 
 (hewed him the ufual rcfpe^. After 
 him again two more were difpatcheij 
 in an inftant. But Iwasthe eigh-h-^' 
 Now as foon as (with trembling) lAutorS, 
 ftcppcd up, my Companion who alrea- 
 dy fat by in his P^dvtty looked friendly 
 jpon me, and the Virgin her felf fmi- 
 led a little. Put for as much as I out- 
 itayed all the Weights, the Virgin com^ 
 Tiandcd them to drawrae up by force, 
 r^'hercforc three m^n moreover hufi^ on 
 D 3 the 
 
m^ 
 
 Probaturi- 
 inus. 
 
 ffic otKcf fide -bf^t lie Bcam^ iiitf.'^et 
 0pld npthing ^^tevail. WffiT^'iif^ofi 
 64e of thcTagcs kiimcdiateljr fi'otid up^ 
 in^ "crycd oii.t' ekcecdifag," loud'i 
 
 That's he. t K A T\ h:E: Ut>^n.;WlficIi 
 
 d>c.9.Hier fepWi^dj fhtti lei hmr^va^fiiX 
 ^^r(yr whicfi; ; the"^ Virgirt ' a^&taeiJ | 
 a4a. beingrccfeiYed. wi'th due "'CJ^Ytnia^ 
 nies/.X^^ chO-jicc^vf ai.giveii 'nfc^ t3 fV-, 
 kife w fi/yic Cdrjtives,' wlrcf'fpfcv&r ^'1 
 
 ,., , deCferation/tut clcftcd tlie-^^ Em- 
 
 I. cseia- peror whom I; bad lofig pitcicd,. 'who 
 
 '*'^ w^^ i-m mediately. |itfree, and^ wftii all 
 
 refpecl fcatpd . ^mongft us. ' . ^Jbv^'-^thc 
 
 lalt being fet ifpj and thc.\y'c)glirs 
 
 pr-oviag coo heavy for hiin, in tlie rricnn 
 
 wHile the Virgin efpicd my Rofcy^Mhk\\ 
 
 Autorrofam 1,'had taken out _bf my Hat i 11^0 mj* 
 
 vfrgiai!"''^ Hands, and thereijpoit'prefenfly }/^ ^ 
 
 Fage gracion^y rcqiieftcd thcni/bf 'fedy 
 'Which Tyeadilyfcni: her. And To t'fiis 
 Horai5. fvvft ^<^ vTas flninild .about ffwjn fhq^ 
 ^'~^^'- fbrc-hoon. ' W iietaLppn the Trii mr/'er^ ' 
 began , tp Ton hd again, ^ Which nevc'rtlip-*; 
 kl^'w.c, coiild not ax J^ct . fee. ; '^fcaa| 
 tfpic t^e Bands were tjotlcp aOdf ylth' ., 
 their' Prifoners, * and'cxpcdt th>c -Ji^dg- 
 nicnt. After winch' a Coimcil of the 
 
 fcvcu 
 
(55) . 
 
 ftren ,(Japtains and US was fct, and tli^ 
 
 bufincfs- was propounded by theVirgin as 
 Prefidcnt^ wlio dclired each one to give 
 his opimQ5T, how the Prifoners were 
 to be de^c vrith. The iirfl opinion jujicu,ru 
 was, That they (hould all be put tp^;^^^ ?<^rrob<- 
 Dedth^ yet one more fevci-ely than antsi- "' 
 ther : naiaicly thofc w bo had prefu mp/ vorum i. 
 tuouily intruded thcmfelves contrar^ 
 to the Exprefsconditions'; other^would! 
 have them kept ciofc prilbnersi Both' 
 which pieafed neither the Prsfdent^ nof^^'"^'-^ 
 me. At length by one of tFk Empcror$| 
 (the fame whom I had freed) "my Com- 
 jianion, and my felf the alf dir wa'^ 
 bj'ought to this point --, That^ftrft of all"' 
 the principal j^;Wj Ihould- with a be- 
 fitting refpcd be \k:A out of the CaHlc ^■ 
 oEhcrs might be carried outfornle what 
 more fcornfuliy. Thefe .iHoiiId ^e 
 ftripped, and caufcd to run dut naked ^' 
 The fourth with Rod?y Whijps, or^ 
 Dogs, fiiould be him ted oi!t. Thole 
 Tvhothe day before wiliingly furrcn - 
 d red them fch^es, Trti;:iht be'fuftered to 
 dc^pirt without any blame. A^.d h?i of 
 all thofe Prefu mpLUOKSGne^ and rhov 
 who behaved them fclvesfo unfecmiy nt 
 Dinner the day before, should be "pun- 
 Dx in^rd 
 
tr2.:.-th-^m. 
 
 iVxd in Body and Life according to each 
 Mans demerit. This opinion plcafed 
 ^hc Virgin wclj, and obtained the up- 
 per hand^ There was moreover ano- 
 ther Dinner vouchfafcd them, which 
 they were foon acquainted with. But 
 the Execution was deferred till twelve 
 at noon, Herewith the Senate arofe^ and 
 the nr^in airo,tog€thcr with her Atten- 
 dants returned to her ufual quarter. 
 But the uppermoft Table in the Room 
 vras allotted to us,they requeuing us to 
 take it in good part till the Buhnefs 
 were fully difpatched. And then we 
 fhould be condutaed to the Lord Bride* 
 groom and the Bride^ with which we 
 were at prefent well content-Mean time 
 thePrifoners v/erc again brought into 
 the Hall, and each Man featcd accord- 
 in,^ to his Qiiality ', they were like wife 
 cnjoyned to behave themfclves fome- 
 v;hat more civilly than they had done 
 the day before, which yet they needed 
 jior to have been admonifried/orr with- 
 out this, they had already p\it up their 
 piprs. And this I can boldly fay, net 
 with flattery, but in the love of trnt!i, 
 that commonly thofe per fens who were 
 nf the / '^'/?// i^^?/A', belt undcrrtood how 
 
 ^■' ' to 
 
fo behave themfelves in \o nnexpcacd 
 a misfourtune. Their Treatment was" 
 but indifferent, yet with rcfpesfl, nei- 
 their conld they yet fee thtir Act en Jams ^ Miniftr/ 
 buttons they were vifiblc, whereat viHtof 
 1 was exceeding joyful . Now although 
 Fourtune had exalted us, yet wx took 
 not upon us more than the reft, advi^ 
 fing them to be of good' Chea , the' 
 event would hot be fo ill. Now al- 
 though they would gladly have under- -. 
 f^ood the Sentence ofiis, yet we vvcref} 
 fo'dccply obliged that no-ne durft opert-' 
 his Mouth ab<^ut it. -Nevcrthelcfs wc 
 comforted them as well as we conl i- 
 drinking with them to try if the Winei'^ 
 might m-^ke them any thing cheerfuller.-' 
 Our Table was'covcred with reti K^^rob^^'v^ 
 v?t, befetwithdiinking-Cups of pure '''^ 
 Si.^vtr and GcU-^ which the left could 
 net-behold without amazemcntand ve- 
 ry great ariguifli. But e'rc we had featcd 
 our fclvcs, in came the two Pages, 
 pVefcn>ing every one. in the Bride^ 
 croci/Ps behalf, the CoU n Fhece with a 
 flying Lyo^^ fcqucfting us to wear them B«rrwr>?rt, 
 at the Table, and as became us, toj^^^^^^ 
 obfer\ c the Rcphration and Dig! ity of' ' 
 theQvder, whiqh his Majefly had now 
 ' . •*•' vouch- 
 
r5«) 
 
 voiichfafcdus, and /hould fuddcnly be 
 ratified with futablc Ceremonies. This 
 we received with profoundeA: fubmif- 
 fion, promifing obediently to i^erform 
 , Whatfoevcr his Majefly (hould pleafc. ' 
 '' jBefides theft,- the, noble Page had a 
 Schedule, wherein we were ict down 
 in order. And for my purt I ihould 
 not otherwife. be dcfirous to- tonceai 
 my place, if perghance it might not be 
 — initerpreted to, Pride in me, whiph yet, 
 is cxprefly againft thc/o;«rr/? Weight^*? 
 •Now becaufc our entertainment- was"- 
 exceeding ftatcly, we demanded one 
 of the Pages, whether we might not 
 ' have leave to fend fome choice bit to 
 bur Friends and Acquaintance, who 
 '• malting no difficulty of it, every one 
 • ' fcnt plentifully to his acquaintance by 
 the waiters, iiowbeit they faw none of 
 them y and forafmiich as they kncvy not 
 whence it came, I was my Jdf defirous 
 Aut^^rl de- to carry fomewhat to one of them, 
 'l^^V., but as f)on as I was rifen, one of tic 
 tioerga re- Waiters was prefcntly at my Elbow, 
 ^\^?^'..,., faying, tt dcfiredme to take f'y'iaidly 
 •tpayKtng^ for hi cafe one ef the l^^tges hrid 
 fcc'ri ity it vconld have come to the- Kvti£s 
 Eat^ who would ccrta'vily havi; tahii it 
 
 amifs 
 
.V,; 
 
 )im 
 
 dWfs oft&i ^ ' '' \fii'jince mhe^ hi*i obferveef 
 nliit hitnjil^; mfieypofedttdf to betrajf 7h€, 
 yU th/tt J y^tfvr the tilfk ib ume to 
 have hctiif're^tA to the/ dighity «/ the 
 ch'dcr : With which woi.;d§ ■ the Ser- -. / suu-v.^ 
 r^ti.t dia r^ally^ToJaitonilh-rrt^, that fof ''"'* 
 a long timfe'^OTfet-l^ mofed upoii 
 
 nii; Seat, Jfct^ 3F^^fiirnctf Him Thanks 
 fdr^his fi'ifhfiil warning,- as wcir as ill 
 lial^c and'rlftRgh^ 1 '^as^;' ableC 
 Sdori .afte/'/'tifie'l^h.Tnis be^inrtb beat 
 agairi; ' t6 i^lucH "^c- werfc^ We&dy ac- 
 cuft'6nted*r;^^ttr ^'t^'wellk^ew R was 
 the '^p^aj'^fy' ^^.^ftfo{Qr wt '; ■ prepared 
 bjjt'feiv^cs ta teccire her,, who was now 
 c^MngfilVftj^'^^htf "Erdin, upon 
 .hei::f^gh 3e2L:;bHc:of the. Pages bear- ^^-^ ^"<^'- 
 ing before her 'a ^'try tall Goblet of The Ladv 
 Gad. :. An4;:p()thcr, i^f ate^rt in £^2;, 
 Parchmeiit :;*.;; nci\\'^ how after -a mar- troujcf.. ,.,^5 
 vellotis^rff/rW manner alighted front ■:--•'-•'"•> 
 the Seat, (lie t^^cs the Goblet from. the ... 
 Page, and- pi:Wcnts the fatne "in' the ' .' ' ■.-; 
 Ring's beh.4'lp[iiyiilg,TM-7f it in^a's hrm^ht •«'** 
 
 u^^fygm his A^tiijcP)'-, '^nd'thkt in-homur of caiii 
 hm wefljoicld a^nfcit togorowM. "Upon Qbambuians 
 the cover of tl^is:(5bblrftobdF(^m/w 
 ciirioui]y cifliri GoM, whohad^iiVher 
 HliVd a red fiyifig Enlign, fdn Which 
 
 cauie 
 
(6o) 
 
 ctufe I drunk fomcwhat the i^ore fadf- 
 ly,a9 having been but too Vvell acquaint- 
 ed with Fortune's way-wardncfs. But 
 the Virgin 4s well as we, w?is adorn - 
 ftrnaru$vir.ed with the Golden F/tffce an^ Lyon^^ 
 «'"" whence I obfcrved, that perhaps (he 
 was the prefident of the Ordcn Where- 
 fore we demanded of hor how the Or-? 
 der might be named ? ftie anfwered. 
 That it was not yet feaibnable to dif?, 
 cover it, till the affair with the Prx*,, 
 foners were difpatchcd. And tiierc^'^ 
 fore their Eyes were ItilJ heldj and 
 what had hitherto happened to us, was 
 to them only for an Offence and Scan- 
 dal, ^1 chough it were to bs accounte4 
 as nothing, i.i regard of the honou^, 
 that attefidcd i:s. Hereupon fhe began «^ 
 to diftinguifh the Farm which the other 
 Kep-obi Page held into two different parts, out 
 civiuuntur. of wbich about thus much was read 
 
 before the firft company. 
 i^iufpa?. ^^^^ ^h (^onld conftfs M they had 
 t:». too lightly ^izvn Credit to falji fiiftiiious 
 
 Books, hnd /iffptmed too much to them- 
 ft'lvesy and [0 carnt ifJtp this C/iJllc^ albeit 
 they were mter invited into if, and fer^ . 
 hafs the mofi f4rt had f re fented them [elves 
 VT'tth defign to male their Markets hcr#, 
 
 and 
 
(6i) 
 
 4f!daft€rlVArds to live in the greater Pride Aflfe^ibttf 
 fiftd Lordlinefs'^ jindthns one hadfedn" 
 ced another y ^ndflnnged him into this dif- 
 grMce dnd ignominy^ wherefore they were 
 defervedly to he fonndly fhnifhed. 
 
 Which they rvith great humility rea- 
 dily acknowledged , and gave their 
 Hands upon it. After whi^h a fererc 
 cheek was given to the reft, much to 
 thispurpofe. 
 
 That they very well Jtnew^ and were in Alrerios 
 their Conf$ien€es convinced^ that they had P^""' 
 forged falfe fi<flitious Boiks^ had befooled 
 other Sy and cheated themy and thereby had 
 diminifhed Regal dignity amongjt all. They 
 knew in like manner what ungodly deceit- 
 ful Figures they had made nfe efy in fo 
 much M they fpared not even the Divine 
 Trinity, bat- accnflomed themfelves t9 
 ^heat People all the Conntry over. It was 
 dfonow as clear asDay with what T radices 
 'hey had indeavenred to enfnare the trne 
 jHcfisy and introduce the Ignorant', in 
 ike manner^ that it was manifeft to ak the 
 Vorldy that they wallovved in open Whore ' 
 \iomy Adultery J Gluttony j and other Vn* 
 leannejjes: jiU which was againft the ex*' 
 refs Orders of our Kirgdom. In briefs 
 hey knew they had difparaged Kingly Ma» 
 
mvita. 
 
 jefiyr cvtn amofi^fi tht commm fort^ tsH^ 
 therefore they' fiiodd confefs: themfctvcs f^* 
 be manifcft.cpnvided Yagabdnd'Cheai ^ 
 tcrs, Knaves; arjj Raicsls, whereby they. . 
 defervedfto be cAJhier.ed from the comfmy* 
 Gf civil People J and fevenly to he jnmfiied. 
 ^onfciTio xhe good Artifts were loath to come 
 to this Confcfilon, but inafmuch as not 
 onlv the Virgin her fclf tHreatncd, and 
 fware their death 3 but the other part^ 
 alfo vehemently raged -at them, and 
 litianimoufly cryed out, that they had 
 inoll wickedly feduced them out of 
 the Light : They at lengthy to prevent 
 a huge misfortune, ccnfcflcd the fam^ 
 with dolour, and yet withal allcdgcd 
 ihat what had herein happened was rot 
 to be animadverted upon them in the 
 worft icnfe. For in a$ miicii as the 
 Lords were abfolutely refolved to get 
 into the Caftic, and hid -promifed gvczt 
 fums of Mopcy to that effcdV, each one 
 liad ufcd all Craft to fcizc upon fomc- 
 thing, and fp things were brought to 
 that pafs, as was now manifcft before 
 their Eyes. But that it Ciccee'ded nor, 
 *' Tbty ui their opinion had difdtftrvedvo 
 '•^ more than the Lords themfelves\ As 
 *' who fhould have had fo mnch under- 
 :'/■- - frandnl- 
 
 iteulatro 
 
(63) 
 
 briSing as to confider that in caf« 
 ny one had been fure of getting in, 
 le would not,in fo great Peril, for the 
 ike of a llight gain> have clambered. 
 »Ter the Wall with them. Their 
 3ks alfo fold fo mightily^ that who- 
 T had no other mean to maintain 
 ifelf, was fain to ingage in fuch a 
 afenagc. They hoped moreover, 
 t if a right Judgment were made, 
 fhould be found no way to have 
 carried, as . having behaved them- 
 es towards the Lords, as became 
 vants, upoil their earxej}: entreaty. 
 ; anfwer was made them, that his Rcfutas'io 
 yal Majcfty had determined to pus . 
 I all, and every man, albeit one 
 re feverely than another. For al- 
 ugh what had been allcdged by 
 m was partly traa, and therefore the 
 ds [hrnid not whoRy be indulged^ yet 
 y had good reafon to prepare them- 
 res for Death, who had {o prcfump- 
 ufly obtruded themfelves, and per- 
 »s fcduced the more ignorant againft 
 ir will ; As likewife they who with 
 e Books had violated Royal Ma jelly, 
 the fame. might be evinced out of 
 ki'VerylFri'.i'rrcs ^nd Books. 
 
 Here* 
 
(64) 
 
 Doior d« Hereupon many began raoft pitteoudy 
 iVa^cniia. to lament, cry, weep, intreat, and pro- 
 ftrate thcmfdves, all which notwith- 
 ilandmg could avail them nothing, and 
 I much marvelled how the Virgin could 
 befo refolutej when yet their mifery 
 caufed eur Eyes to run over, and moved 
 our Companion ^although the moft 
 part of them had procured us miich 
 trouble, and vexatibn) For (he pre- 
 fently difpatched her Pagc,who brought 
 wirh him all the Chri^fiers which had 
 this day been appointed at the Scales, 
 who were commanded each of them to 
 take his own to him, and in an orderly 
 Pf occffion, fo ts ftill each CuriafTier 
 tuaitio Iho'ild go with one of the P>ifoners^ to 
 ^Dtcntu- ^.Qj^^y^t^ j.|^^^ jjjj^j j^gj, gxt^x. Garden. 
 
 At which rime each one fo exadly re- 
 cogniftd his own Man, that 1 marvel- 
 led at it. JUave alfo was likewife gi- 
 ven to m^ yelterday Cvn.pamons to gO 
 out into the Garden unbound, and to 
 be prefent at the Execution of the Scn- 
 5peftatofcvtence. Now as foon as every Mail 
 was come forth , the Virgin mounted 
 up into her High Throfie^ requeuing \^t 
 to fit down upon the Steps, and to ap- 
 pear at the Judgment,which we rcfufed 
 
 not 
 
(6^ 
 
 nor, but left all Handing upon the Ta- 
 ble (except the Goblet, which the Vir- 
 gin committed to the Pages keeping) 
 and went forth in our Robes upon the 
 Throne, which of itfelf 7:^:oz/f^fo gent- 
 ly as if we had pafTed in the Air, cill iii 
 this manner we came ir.to the Gar^en^ 
 where we arofe altogether. This Gar- „ 
 den was not extraordmary curious, on- 
 ly it pleafed me that the Trees were 
 planted in fo good order. Befides there 
 ran in it a moft coflly Fount a'wy adorn- 
 ed with wonderful Figures and Infcrip- 
 tions, and ftrange Charaders, (which ^^ 
 God willing I fhail mention in a future i^brum. 
 B90IO In this Garden was raifed a 
 wooden Scaffold, hung about with cu- 
 rionfly painted figured Coverlets. Now 
 there were foar ^'^//crzV/ made one over 
 another, the firll was more glorious 
 than any of the rcH, and therefore 
 covered with ^white'T.fjf, ^ Cmtairj^ fo 
 that at thaaaiime wecoaM lot perceive 
 who wss^ehind it. The fecond was 
 empty and uiicovered. Agsin the two 
 hft v.erc covered wieh /'f^and hlex\> Tuf- 
 fcita. Now as focn as wc were come 
 to the Scaffold, the Virgin bowed her 
 ftlf down 10 the ground - at which we 
 E were 
 
i66j 
 
 were mightily terrified : For we might 
 cafily guefs thacthc Kin^ and Qw^en 
 muft not be far off*^ Now we alfo ha- 
 ving duely perforacd our Reverence^ 
 The Virgin lead us up by the winding 
 Stairs into the fecond Gallery, whert 
 (he placed her felf uppermoft, and us in 
 our former order. But how the Emjt*' 
 rorwhom I had releafed, behaved him- 
 cSSstrga ^^^^ towards me, both at this time, as 
 iibeAtorcm. alfo before at the Table, 1 cannot, 
 without flander of wicked Tongues. 
 well relate. For he might well imagine 
 in what Anguifh and Sollicitudc he now 
 Ihould have been , in cafe he were at 
 prcfent to attend the Judgment with 
 fuch ignominy, and that only through 
 vrjecomina.^^^^ had DOW attained fuch Dignity 
 and Worthincfs. Mean time the Vir- 
 gin whofirft of all brought me the In-' 
 vltation, and whom hitherto I had ne- 
 ver fince feen, ftepped in \ Firft (he 
 gave one blaft upon her Ifrumper, andi 
 then with a very loud Voite declared| 
 the Sentence in this manner. 
 
 2'lS^''^ 2^« ^i»g^ Majefiy my moJ> gr.ttiou: 
 Lord could from his heart ntjhy thut all 
 and CLsry one here j^Jjcrnhlcdj had ifpoi 
 
 hu 
 
(67 ) 
 
 his Majefties luvitation prefented them* 
 /ftej/b qualified, a^ that they might (to 
 his honour) mth^reatefi frequency have 
 adorned this his appointed Nuptial and joy- 
 ful Feafi, But fince it hath othermfe 
 f leafed Almighty Cod^ his Aiajefty hath 
 ^QT whereat to mitrmur^ bht mftfi he forced^ 
 .contrary to his own Inclinmon^ to abide by 
 the amient and Undable Confiitations of 
 this Kingdom. But norVy that his Ma- 
 j^fiys innate CUmeney may be celebrated 
 over all the Worlds he hath thus far ab^ 
 f&lutely dealt with his Coun<;il and Eflates^ 
 that the ttfuAl Sentence fhall be conpderabiy 
 Icnified, So that in phefirfi place he is wiU 
 ling tovoitchfafe to the Lords and Poten- ^a-^.atii'ii; 
 tates, not only their lives intirely^ but aU 
 fo freely and frankjy to difmjfs them ; 
 friendly and eonrteonfly intreatiag your 
 Lordflnps not at aH to take it in evil part 
 that you Cannot he prefent at his Ai.ijejlics 
 Feafi of Henonr ^ But to remember that 
 there is notrviihfianding more impofed up- 
 en your Lordflnps by God M mighty (ivho 
 in the diftribution of his Gifts hath an i>;- 
 comprehenfible Con fide ration) iktn yon 
 can dnely and eafily fiifiain. Neither ts 
 your Rep it.ni^:>n her thy prejudiced^ c.hhouch 
 yo.t be rfjtcted by th:s our Order^ J nee kg 
 E 2 era- 
 
(68) 
 
 cannot at once all of us^ do all things, Bhf 
 for asmnch as your Lordpips have teen fe- 
 duocd by bafe Rafcals, it fhallnot en their 
 fart^ fafs unreven^ed, j^nd furthtrmore 
 his Majefly refolveth jhortly to communicate 
 with yoHT Lordfljips a Catalogue of Hcrc- 
 ticks or index Expurgatorius, that you 
 may henceforward be able with better judg- 
 ment to difcern between the Good and the 
 EviL And becanfe his Afajefty e'*re long 
 alfo purfofeth to rummage his Library^ and 
 cjfer Hp the ftdk^lve Writings to Vulcan, 
 he friendly y humbly ^ and courteoujly in^ 
 treats every one of your Lordflnp to pit 
 the fame in Exec-ution with ytur own^wheye- 
 by it is to be hoped that all evil and Mif- 
 chief may for the time to come be remedied, 
 And you are withal to be admor;ifl}edy ne- 
 ver henceforth fo inconfiderately to covet an 
 entrance hither^ haft the former exciife of 
 Seducers be taker.'"fro?n yoity and yen fall 
 i?7io Difgrace a!*d Contempt wifh all Men. 
 In fine-, for as much as the Efiatcs of the 
 Land ha'^/e flill fomcwhnt to demand of 
 your Lordilnps^ his Al.ijcfty hopes that no 
 A fan will thir,k^mueh to redeem him felf 
 vith a Ch;:iin or what elfe he hMh about 
 him^ arid fo in friendly manner to depart 
 frimuS'i an i through our f .if i^ condiiB: to 
 betake liiinfAfhome uiniru The 
 
3- 
 
 (69) 
 
 The others who flood not at the fir II, Senfentia. 
 third, ^»^ fourth weight, his Majefly 
 will not fo lightly dlfmifs. But that they 
 alfo way now exftrknce his MAj€fty*s gen^ 
 tUhefs^ it is his Command^ to firip them 
 Hark naked, andfo fend them forth. 
 
 Thofe who in the fecond and fifth weight 
 xoere found too light ^^aU he/ides Stripping^ 
 he noted with one^ two or more Brands 
 marks y according as each one was lighter^ 
 or heavier. 
 
 They who were drawn uf by the flxth er 
 Icventh, and not by the reft^ fmll befome- 
 what more gV2t\oui\Y d^^lt withalj and 
 fo forward. For unto every combination 
 there was a certain pnnijhment ordained^ 
 which were here too long to recount. 
 
 They who yefierday ftparated themf elves 
 freely of their own accord., Jhall go ont at 
 Liberty without any blame. 
 
 Finally., the conifi^ed vagabond-Chea- 
 ters who could move up none of the weights^ 
 Jhall as occafion ferves., be punijlied in 
 Body and Life, with the Sword., Halter^ 
 Water and Rods. Jndfuch Execution of 
 Judgment jhall ht inviolably obferved for 
 an Example unto others. 
 
 E 3 t-c> 
 
r 7^ ) 
 
 Herewith our Virgin hrokehtvWaind\, 
 and the other who read the Sentence, 
 blowedher Trumpet, and Itepped with 
 Fmi. bnbiti i""o^ profound Rcverence tov^ardsthofc 
 [udicij./ vvho ilood behind the Curtain. But 
 here I cannot omit to difcQver fome- 
 what to the Reader concerning the 
 number of our Prifonersj of whom 
 thofe vvho weighed onexyiCVQfeverjythorc. 
 ^x:m'.-ni pen- who Weighed two^ were tmr/ty one ; they 
 ^lu^^-^. "^^^^o three^ thirty five i they who fmr^ 
 -21.7.1.1^0. thirty five »y thofe who ^fe> twenty one-y 
 ^^^' thofe who fixy feven ; but he that came 
 to the feventhy and yet could not well 
 raife it, He, was only one, and indeed 
 the fame whom I relcafcd. Befides, of 
 ihem who wholly failed there were ma- 
 ny: But of thofe who drew all the 
 weights from the ground j but .few. 
 And thefe as they flood feveraDy before 
 us, fo I diligently numbred, and noted 
 vdiietat.s them down in my Table- Book ; And it 
 is very admirable that amongft ail thofe 
 who weighed anything, none was equal 
 to another. For although amongft thofe 
 who v;eighed three, there were thirty 
 five, yet one of them weighed thefirft, 
 fccond^ and third, another the* third? 
 fourth, and fiph-, a thrid, tkc lifth, 
 
 llxth. 
 
 modi. 
 
fiith, and fcventh and fb on. It is 
 likewifc very wondcrftl that amongft 
 one hundred twenty fix who weighed 
 any thing, noae was equal to another ; 
 And I would very willingly name them 
 allj with each Mans weight, wc^e it not 
 as yet forbidden me. » But I hope it 
 may hereafter be publilhed with the In^ 
 terpretation. 
 
 Now this Judgment being read over^ 
 the Lords in the firft place were weH ReorummiK 
 fatisfied, bccaufe in fuch feverity they ^^^' 
 durft not look for a mild fentence. For 
 which caufe they gave more than they 
 were defired, and each one redeemed 
 himfelf with Chains, ^weh. Gold, 
 Monies and other things, as much as 
 they had about them ^ and with reve- 
 rence took leave. Now although the 
 King's Servants were forbidden to jear 
 any at his going away, yetfomeun- Miuiftrori^f 
 lucky Birds could not hold laughing, mores, 
 and certainly it was fufficiently ridicu- 
 lous to fee them pack away with fuch 
 fpecd, without once looking behind 
 them. Some defired that the promifed 
 Catalogue might with the firft be dii- 
 patched after them, and then they 
 would take fuch order with their Eook^ 
 
 a»^ 
 
(72) 
 
 as ftould be plealing to his Majefly ; 
 
 which was again afTured. At the Door 
 was given to each of them out of a Cup 
 a DvAuclot of FORGET FVLNESS^ 
 that fo he might have no further me- 
 mory of misfortune. 
 
 After thefe ijne VotHntiers departed, 
 who becaufe of their ingenuity were 
 fufftTcd to pafs, but yet fo as never to 
 return again in the fame fafhion ; But 
 if to them Cas likewife to the others) 
 any thing further were revealed, then 
 they (liouid be well-come Guefls. 
 
 Mean vvhile others were ftripping, in 
 which alfo an inequality (according to 
 each mans demerit) was obferv'd.Some 
 were fent away naked, without other 
 ivurt. Others were driven out with 
 fmall Belh. Some were fcourged forth. 
 In brief the punifhments were fo vari- 
 ous, that I am not able to recount them 
 all. In the end it came to the lad alfo 
 with whom fomcwhat a longer time 
 wasfpent, for whilfl fome were hang- 
 ing, feme beheading, fome forced to 
 ieap into the Water, and the reft other- 
 wife difpatching, much time was con- 
 fljmed. Verily at this execution my 
 Eyes ran overj not indeed in regard of 
 
 the 
 
(7? ) 
 the puniftiment, which they otherwife 
 for their impudency well deferved, 
 but in contemplation of hnmane hlind- 
 7jefs^ in that we are continually bufi- 
 ingour felves in that whichever fince 
 the firflFall hath been hitherto ^i^/r/^^commU^sra- 
 uptous. Thus the Garden which fo fuia ^^^°" 
 lately was quite full, was foon empti- 
 ed ^ fo that belides the Souldiers there 
 was not a man left. Now as foon ?$ 
 this was done, and filence had been kept 
 for the ipace of five minut's •, There Eoteriaiiv 
 came forward a beautiful ^viovf-white ment at 
 Vnicorn with a golden coller (having in uifcJ;^.^. 
 it certain Letters^ about his neck-* In 
 the fame place he bowed himfelf down 
 upcn both his fore-feet, as if hereby he 
 had fliown honour to the Lyon, who Leo. 
 flood fo immoveably upon the foun- 
 tain, that 1 took him to be of (tone 
 or brafs, who immediately took the 
 naked 5 W which he bare in his Paw, w^^^^^"- 
 and brake it in the middle in two, the 
 pieces whereof to ray thinking funk in- 
 to the Fountain : after which he fo long 
 roared, until a white-Dove brought a ^^'"^^/'^ 
 branch of Olive in her bill, which the 
 Lyon devoured in an inftant, and fp was 
 quieted. And fo the Unicorn returned 
 
 to 
 
(74) 
 to Ilis place with joy. Hereupon out 
 Virgin kad us down again by the win- 
 ding ftaires from the Scaffold, and fo 
 we again itiade our reverence towards 
 ab^hofaW^^e Cortain. We wfere to wafh our 
 hands and heads in the Fountain, and 
 there a lirtlc whik to wait in owr order, 
 till the King through 2 certain feciet 
 Gallery were again returned into his 
 Hall f and then we alio with choice 
 MufiCk^ Pomp, State and plealant dif- 
 courfe were conduced into our former 
 lodgit5g: And this was done about four 
 in the afternoon- But that in the mean- 
 whiletlictime might not feem too long 
 touSy ihe Virgin bellowed on each of 
 usanobk ^*<^<', who were not only 
 fichly habited, but alfo exceeding 
 learned, fo that they could fo aptly 
 difcourfe opon all fubjedls, that we had 
 goodreafon to be afhamed of our felves. 
 "sifcefru* Thefe were commanded to lead us up 
 virgmisLu. anddowu the Caltle vyet but into cer- 
 '' "'^' tain places) and if poflible, to fl^orten 
 the time according to our deftre. Mean 
 time the Virgin tock leave with this 
 confolarion, that at Supper /he would 
 be with i:«irgain> and after that cele- 
 • Lrate the Ceremonies of the hanging up 
 
 of 
 
(7S) 
 
 of the Weights , requeuing that wc 
 
 would in patience waite till the next 
 day, for on the morrow wc muft be 
 prefented to the King.- She being thus Hofpirum 
 departed from us, each of us did what ^'^^ '"^«^e- 
 belt pleafed him. One part viewed ^ ^"^°'''° 
 the excellent paintings, which they 
 copied out for themfclves, and confi- 
 dered alfo what the wonderful Cha- 
 rafters might lignifie. Others were 
 fain to recruit themfelves again with 
 meat and drink* I indeed caufed my 
 Page to condUi^ me (together with my 
 Companion) up and 3^Ton the Caftle, 
 of which walk it will never repent me ^^^'^'^^ 
 as long as \ have a day to live. For 
 befidcs many other glorious Antiqui- 
 ties, the Roy al5f;>///(r^fr was alfo (hew- 
 ed me, by which Ilearned more than 
 is extant in all Books, There in the ' 
 fame place (lands alfo the glorious 
 Phanix (of which two years lince Ii'Musdc 
 publifhed a particular fmall difcourfc; ^'^'''^''' 
 And am refolved (in cafe this my nar- 
 ration (hall prove ufeful) to fet forth 
 feveral and peculiar Treatifes, con- 
 €f:rning the Lyo^?^ ^^g^^-t ^rijfony F'^/- 
 con and Other like, together with their 
 JDraughts and Infcriptions. It grieves 
 
 me" 
 
(7^ 
 
 tne alfo for my other Conforts, that 
 they ncgleftcd fuch prctioas Treafures. 
 And yet I cannot but think it was the 
 fpecial will of God it Qiould be fo. I 
 indeed reaped the mod benefit by my 
 Page, for according as each ones Renins 
 lay, fo he led his intrufted into the 
 quarters and places which were pleafing 
 to him. Now the Kyes hereunto be- 
 longing were committed to my Page, 
 and therefore this good Fortune hap- 
 ned to me before the reft \ For although 
 he invited others to come in, yet they 
 imagining fuch Tor}7hs to be only in 
 the Church-yard, thought they ftiould 
 well enough get thither, when ever a- 
 ny thingwastobefeen there. Neither 
 (hzWihzh Monuments (as both of us co- 
 pied and tranfcribed them) be r^ithi 
 held from my thankful Schollars. The 
 other thing that wa$ fhewcd us two was 
 the Noble Z-J^r^r)' as it was altogether 
 before the Reformation. Of which (als 
 beit itrejoycesmy Heart as often as I 
 call it to mind J I have fo much the Icfs 
 10 fay, becaufc the Catalogue thereof 
 is very fhortly to be publifhed. At the 
 entry of this Room (lands a gr^.at 
 Book; the like whereof I never faw, 
 in which all the Figures j Rooms, For* 
 
 tals, 
 
( n ) 
 
 ta]% (Stlfoall the Writings, Riddles and 
 the like, tobefeen in the whole Gaflle, 
 arc delineated. Now although we have 
 made feme promife concerning this aifo, 
 yetatprefentlmuitcontflinmy feif, and 
 firft learn to know the World better. 
 In every Book ftands its Anthor painted^ 
 whereof (as I underflood) many were 
 tobe^//r;7f, that fo even their memory 
 may be blotted out from amongft the 
 Righteous. Now having taken a full 
 view hereof, and being fcarcc gotten 
 forth, another Pa^e Qzm^ lunnmg to 
 us, and having whifpered f. me what in 
 our Pages car, he delivered up the Kyes 
 to him, who immediately carried them 
 up the winding Stairs^ Bdt our Page 
 was very much out of Connttinunce^ and 
 we fetting hard upon him with Intrea- 
 ties. He declared to us that the Kui^fs 
 Maj.fly would by no means permit that 
 eitlier of the two, namely the Library 
 andSipHichers^ !l)OUi!d b^ fcen by any 
 Maaand therefore he befbught us as we 
 tendered his Life, todifcovcr it to no> 
 Man, he having already utterly denycd 
 ic: Whereupon both of us flood ho- 
 vering between Joy and Fear, yet it con^ 
 tinned ia filence, and no Man m^dc fur- 
 ther inq'iiry about iC. Thus in both 
 
 places 
 
( 78 ) 
 places wa confumed three hours^ which 
 does not at all repent me. Now al- 
 though it had already flrucken Stvtn^ 
 yet nothing was hitherto given us to t^t^ 
 howbeit our hunger was eafie to be aba- 
 ted by conltant^m'^z;?^/, and I could 
 Faftidiam be wellcontcntto fail all my Life long 
 gJ'egijTfp'ec vvitu fuch Entertainment. About this 
 tacuiis. time the Ci,3n<3^ws F(?w;if^i;7x, Mines, anci 
 all kind of Art- Shops, wercalfo (hown 
 us, of which there was none but furpaf- 
 fed all our Arts, thoagnthey (hould all 
 be melted into one Mafs. All their 
 pfficinarum Chambers were built in /t/^f-fiVc/f, that 
 ^Sr ^^ ^^^y might have before their Eyes the 
 ^^ ""* coftly Clock-work which was erefteci 
 upon a fair Turret in the Center, and 
 regulate thcmfelves according to the 
 coorfeof the FUnets^ which were to be 
 feenonit in a glorious manner. And 
 hence I could eafily conjs(n:urc wherein 
 our ^Kfj/?j failed, howbeit its none ot 
 ray duty to inform them. At length I 
 came into a ipacoius Room jffhowa in- 
 Globus ter- deed to the reit .a great wliik before) in 
 '^""*" the middle whereof flood a tercflrial 
 Globe, whofe Di^imctcr contained thirty 
 Foot, albeit near half of it, except a 
 little which was covered wiih the Heps. 
 
 w as 
 
was let into the Earth. Two Men 
 might readily turn this Globe about 
 with all its Furniture, lo that rriOrc of 
 it was never to be feen, but fo much as 
 was above the Horizon. Now although 
 Icouldeafily conceive that this v^asof 
 fomc fpccial ufe, yet could I not under- 
 (land whereto thofe Rir^^hts of Gold 
 /which were upon it in ftveral places) 
 ferved ; At which my Page laughed, 
 and advifed mc to view t^em nrore nar« 
 rowly. In brief, I found there /??;' na- 
 five Coimiry noted with Gcldalfo : Where- 
 upon my Companion fotigbr Ms, and 
 found that fo too. Now for ds much as 
 the fan.ie hapcned in like manner to the 
 reft who flood by, The Page told us 
 of a certain that it was yefterday decla- 
 red to the King wMajtft^y by their old 
 Atlas (foisthe Afi:ronomer named jthat 
 all the gilded pointisdid cxadly anfwer 
 to their native Countries, according as 
 had been fiiown of each of them. And 
 therefore He alfc, as foon as he percei- 
 ved that] //;7^fr^'^/«c<5^^^/y felf'i and that 
 ficverthelefs there fiood a poi?Jt upon my ntir 
 %\vc Country^ moved one of the Cap- 
 tains to intrcat for us, thatv^e (hould 
 be fee upon the Scale (^without ourPc- 
 
 ril) 
 
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 ril) at all Adventures ^ Efpecially fee- 
 ing one of Gur Native Conntries had a 
 notable good Mark^: And truly it was 
 not without caufe that He, the Page 
 who had the preateft power of ail the 
 reft, was bcftowed on me. For this I 
 then returned him thanks, and imme- 
 diately looked more diligently upon my 
 native Country, and found more OTcr 
 that befides the Ringlet-, there were alfo 
 pf'rf ^"^'^ certain delicate ftrcAks upon it, which 
 tllll^ " neverthelefs I would not be thought to 
 fpcak to my own praife or glory . I faw 
 much more too upon this Globe than 1 
 am willing to difcover. Let each Man 
 take into confideration why every City 
 produceth not a Philofopher. After 
 this he lead us quite into the Globe, 
 which was thus made ; On the Sea(there 
 being a large fquare bcfides it^ was a 
 Tablet, whereon ftood three Dedica- 
 tions, and the Author^s name, which a 
 Man might gently lift up and by a lit- 
 tle joyned Board, go iinto the C^^^^^^, 
 which was capable of four Perfons, 
 being notLing but around Board where- 
 on we could (it and at eafe by broad- 
 ^^^' davlieht (it was now alfeady dark) 
 contemplate the Siais, to n'jy thinkinj^, 
 ^ they 
 
they were mere Carbmclcs which glit- 
 tered in an agreeable order, and mo- 
 ved fo gallantly, that I had fcarce any 
 mind ever to go out again, as the Page 
 afterwards told the Virgin, with which 
 fhe often twitted me : For it was al- 
 ready Supper time, and I had fo much 
 araufed my fclf in the Globe, that I 
 was almoft the laft at Tables wherefore 
 I made no longer deliy, but having a- 
 gain put on my Gown (which I had be- -^^H'^^ 
 fore layd afidc) and jflepping to the «hibi"a' ** 
 Tablc-f the waiters treated me with fo Auaorii. 
 mach reverence and honour, that for 
 fhameldurft not look up, andfo.una- 
 wars permitted the Virgin, who atten- 
 ded me on one fide, to ftarfd, which 
 fte foon perceiving twitched me by the 
 Gown, and fo led me to the table to 
 fpeak any further concerning the 
 Mufick, or the rell: of that magnificent • 
 entertainment, Ihold it needlefs both 
 becaufeit is not poffible fufEeicntly to - 
 
 exprcfs it, and I have above reported i 
 
 it according to my power. In brief, ^ 
 
 there was nothing there but Art and A- 
 msenity. Now after we had each to 
 ©ther related our employment fincc 
 
 f JIOOB 
 
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 noon (howbeit, not a word was fpoken 
 of the Library and Monuments) be- - 
 ing already merry with the Wine, 
 The Lady the Virgin began thus : My Lords, I 
 Chamber- i^ave 3? great contention with one of my 
 Ser.^'" Sifters : In our Chamber we have an 
 „ , , Eaflf^ Now wechcrlfh him with fuch 
 Speeches, or diligence, that each or us is dilirous 
 ii"'"''!'^ to be the beft beloved, and upon that 
 fcore have many a Squabble. On a day 
 we concluded to go both together to 
 liim, and toward whom he fhould fhcvr 
 himfelf mofl friendly, hers fliould.hc;: 
 properly be*, this wc did, andl (as^ 
 commonly J bare in my hand abrancK*'^^ 
 of Law r el, but my Siller had none.'*- 
 Now as foon ashecfpyed iifrboth, he^' 
 immediately gave my Sifter another 
 branch which he had in his Beak, and 
 offered at mine, which I gave him. 
 Now each of us hereupon imagined 
 her felf to be belt beloved of him; 
 which way am 1 to refolvc my felf? 
 This modeft propofal of the Virgin 
 /plea fed us all mighty well, and each one 
 would gladly have heard the Solution, 
 but in as much as they all looked upon 
 me, and defircd to have the beginning 
 
 from 
 
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 from mc, my mind was ip cxtrcamljr Autons 
 confounded that I knew not what elfe Jr/p^. 
 to do with it but propound another ^ 
 in its ftcad, and therefore faid Gracious 
 Lady, your Ladyihips queftion were 
 eallly to be rcfol^red if one thing did 
 ,not perplex me. I had two Compani- The Authors 
 bns, both which loved mc exceedingly; ccumcr-dk-^ 
 now they being doubtful which of them "''*'^; 
 was moll dear to me, . concluded to 
 run to me unawars, and that he whom 
 1 fhould then embrace fliould be the 
 rights this they did, yet one of them 
 could not keep pace with the other, fo 
 he ftaid behind and wept, the other 1 
 embraced with amazement. Now 
 when they had afterwards difcovercd 
 the bulinefs to me, I knew not how to 
 refolve my felf, and have hitherto let 
 it; reft in this manner, until I may find < 
 fomc good advice herein. The Virgin 
 wondered at it, and well obferved 
 where about I was, whereupon Ihe re- 
 plied, well then let us both be quit 5 ' 
 and then dcUrcd the folution from the ' 
 reft. But I had already made them 
 wife. Wherefore the next began thus, ^^^c"' i 
 In the City v;here I live, a Virgin was 
 lately condemned to death, but the' 
 F 2 Judge 
 
/«p 4. 
 
 («4; . 
 
 Jtidgc being fomcthing pittiful towards 
 her, caufcd it to be proclaimed that if 
 any Man dcfircd to become the Virgins 
 Champion, he fhould hare free leave 
 to do it. Now fhe had two Lovers, 
 the one prefently made himfclf ready, 
 and came into the lifts to exped his 
 adverfary, afterwards the other alfo 
 prcfented himfelf, but coming fome- 
 what too late, he refolved never^ 
 thelcfs to fight, and willingly fufFcr 
 himfelf to be vanquifhcd, that fo the 
 Virgin's life might be prefer ved, which 
 alfo fucceeded according. Wherenp^ 
 on each challenged her : Now my Lords 
 infirhEl me^ to Vfhkh of them of right hc' 
 hfigeth jlje ? The Virgin could hold no 
 longer, but faid, I thought to have gaim 
 cd much information, and am ray fclf 
 gotten into the Net, but yet would 
 gladly hear whether there be any more 
 behind ^ yes, that there is, anfwcred 
 the third, a Stranger adventure hath 
 not been yet recounted then that which 
 happened to my felf. In my Youth I 
 loved a worthy Maid : Now that this 
 my love might attain its wiflied end, I 
 was fain to make ufe of an ancient Ma- 
 troHjWho ealily brought mc to her.Now 
 
 it 
 
it happened that the Maid's Brethren 
 came in upon us jufl as wc three were 
 together, who were in fuch a rage that 
 they would have taken my Life, but up- 
 on my vehement Supplication, they at 
 length forced me to fwcar to take each of 
 them for dTe4r^x.o my wedded VVife.iVbiP 
 till me myLords^ fwttld I take the old^ or 
 theyounj^onefirp. We all laughed fuffici- 
 cntly at this riddle, and though forac 
 of them muttered one to another there- 
 upon, yet none would undertake to 
 unfold it. Hereupon the fourth be- 
 gan. In a certain City there dweltan^;>7^, 
 honourable Lady, who was beloved 
 of all, but cfpecially by a young noble 
 Man, who would needs be too impor- 
 tu^iate with her *, at length fhe gave 
 him this determination) that in calc he 
 " would, in a cold W' inter, lead her into 
 a fair green Garden of Rofes, then he 
 fliould obtain, but if not, he mufl re- 
 folvc never to fee her more. The no- 
 ble Man travelled into all Countries to 
 find facha Man as might perform this, 
 till at length he lite upon a little old 
 Man that promifcd to do it for him, in 
 cafe he would alTure him of half his 
 Eftate •, which he having confentcd to, 
 
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 tbc other was as good as his word^ 
 \^herciipon be invited the forefaid 
 Lady home to his Garden, where con- 
 trary to her expe(fti'ition Ihe found all 
 things gr-een, pkafanr and warm, and 
 withal remcmbring her promifc, ihc 
 only rcquelled that (he might once 
 more return to her Lord, to whom 
 with Sighs and Tears fhc bewailed her 
 lamentable condition : But for as much 
 as he fufficiently perceived her faithful- 
 nefs, he difjiatched her back to her Lo- 
 ver, who l^ad fo dearly purchafcd h^r, 
 that ihe might give him Satisfa(^ion. 
 This Husband's integrity did fo migh- 
 tily afFcft the noble nian,that bethought 
 it a fm to touch fo honefl: a Wife-, fo 
 he fcnt her home again with honour to' 
 her Lord. Now the Ijttle Man per- 
 ceiving fuch Faith in both thefe, would, 
 not, how po6r focver he were, be the 
 kail, but rellorcd the nobk Man all 
 his Goods again, and went his way. 
 Now Cmy Lords) I know not which of 
 thcfe pcrfons may have fhown the grea- 
 tcft ingenuity ? Here ovir Tongues 
 were quite cut off. Neither would 
 the Virgin makcsny other reply, but 
 Only that another fhould gO on. \V'hcrc= 
 
 fore 
 
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 f ire rte fifth, without delay, 'began. ^j>;^. 6. 
 My Lords, I defire not to rhake long 
 work^ who hath^'the greater joy, he 
 that beholdethuvj^^hat he loveth, or he 
 that only thinlcctft onit? He that be- 
 holdcth it, faid the Virgin ; 'nay an- 
 fwered I ; hereupon arofe a c6nteil:, 
 wlierefore the fixth called out, iMy 
 Lords I am to cake a Wife'; now I 
 have before me a niaid, a married 
 Wife, and a Widdow •, eafe me of 
 this doubt, and I will afterwards help 
 to order the rcfl. It goes wcUthere, 
 reply ed the feventh, where a m^n hath ^ 
 his choice, but with me the cafe is q- 
 therwifc; in my youth I loved, a fiir 
 and vertuous Virgin from the bottom 
 ©f my Heart, and ihc me in like man- 
 ner : howbcic ^.becaufc of her Friends 
 denyal we-goald not come together m 
 wedloclc : Whereupon fh* was married 
 to another, yet ah honeft and difcrcet 
 Pcrfon, who miintaincd her honoura- 
 bly and with affeflioii, until fhe came 
 into the paines of Child-birth, which 
 went fo hard with her that all tho-jght 
 Hie had been deid, fo wi:h; much Itatc, 
 and- great mourning Ihe was interred/ 
 Now I thought with my Telf, during 
 
 her 
 
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 her Ijfothou couldft have no part in 
 this Woman, but yet now deid as fhe 
 is thou mayft embrace and Rifs her 
 fufficiently •, whereupon I took my 
 Servant with me, who dug her up by 
 Night V Now haviag opened the Coffin 
 and locked her in my Arms, and feel- 
 ing about her Heart, I found ftill fome 
 little motion in it, which increafed 
 more and more from my warmth, till 
 at lalt 1 perceived that (he was indeed 
 ftill alive ; wherefore I quietly bare her 
 home, and after I had warmed her chil- 
 led Body with a coftly Bath of Herbs; 
 I committed her to my Mother until 
 fhe brought forth a fair Son, whom (as 
 the Mother) I caufed faithfully to be 
 nurfcd. After two days (fhe being then 
 in a mighty amazement) I difcovcred 
 to her all the forepaflcd affair, requeu- 
 ing her that for the time to come fhe 
 would live with me as a Wife, againft 
 which ifee thus excepted , in cafe it 
 fliould be grievous to her Husband who 
 .'-■had well and honourably maintained 
 her. But if it could othcrwifebe, fhe 
 was the prefent obliged in love to one 
 as well as the other. Now after two 
 Months Cbeing then to make a Journe/ 
 
 elfe where) 
 
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 elfcwherc) I invited tier Husband as « 
 
 Gucft, and amongft other things de^ 
 manded of him, whether if his deceafed 
 Wife (hould couie home again, he 
 could be content to receirc her, and he 
 affirming it with Tears and Lamenta- 
 Uons, at length I brought him his Wife 
 together with his Son, and an account 
 of all the fore-pafTed bufmeis, intreat- 
 ing hin^ toratifie with his confent my 
 forc-purpofed efpoufals. After a long 
 difpute he could not beat me from my 
 right, but was fain to leave me the 
 Wife, But ftill the contelt was about 
 the Son. Here the Virgin inrcrrupied 
 him, and faid. It makes me wondtr how 
 you could double the afflic"ted Mans. 
 grief How, snfwercd he, was I not 
 then concerned ? Upon this there arofc 
 a difpute amongft us, yet the moft part 
 affirmed that he had done bit right. 
 Nay, faid he, I fieely returned him 
 both his Wife and Son. Now tell me 
 (my Lords) was ray honefty, or this 
 Man's joy the greater ? Thcfe wordsi 
 had fo mightily cheared the Virgin that 
 (as if it had been for the fake of thefc 
 two) fhe caufed a health to go round. 
 After which the reft of the propafals 
 
 went 
 
frcrit oil for^cwhat perpfe.tcdly ^ fo 
 ttolcoald not rctli'n them all, yet 
 ihis Gontcfi to ifcyiftiiftd, tliac (>ne 
 
 6. f?iidy' that a few years before he had 
 feen a Phyfithn, who bought a parcel 
 of Wobd agilinft Wifiter, wjth which 
 he warmed hirrifelf all Winter longv 
 biit ni foon as the Spring returned he 
 fold the very fame Wobd again, and fq 
 Kid the ufe of it for nothings Here 
 mufl: needs be skill, faid the Virgin,^ 
 bu-t the time is liow paft. Yea, rcplytd 
 my Companion, who dver undevltands 
 not how to relblve all the Riddles, 
 iftay give each Man notice of it by a 
 proper Mellenger, 1 conceive he will 
 not be denied* At this time they be- 
 gan to fty Grace, and wcarofe altoge- 
 ther from the Table, rather fatisficd 
 aVid-inerry than glutted'; and it were to 
 be vvifhcd that all Inzntatiuns and Fcalt- 
 ings were thus to be kept. Having now 
 taken fbmc few turns up and down the 
 _ Hall again, the Virgin asked us whether 
 
 chambjl--^ vvc dcfircd to begin the VVcdding. 
 kin ..Yes, faidone, noblcand vcrtuous Ln- 
 crdnvrua's. dy ^ whcrcupon fhe privately difpatch- 
 cd a Page, and yet in the m'eantime 
 proceeded in difcourfe ;vith us. In 
 
 brief 
 
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 brief fhc was already become fo fami- 
 liar wicli us, that I adventured and rc- 
 qucftcd her Name- The Virgin fmiled 
 
 ^yUmy Curiofity, buc yet was not mo- 
 
 'ved, but reply ed, My N^me contains Bn\%mt d« 
 five n^dfifty^ and yet loAth only eight Let- onimc, 
 ters^ the thud is th<; third part of thefifth^ 
 whi^ch added to the jlxth will prodnce a 
 
 . jSlumber^ whofe root fmll exceed the third 
 ft ftlf by jnft the fir fi^ And it is the hklf 
 of the foHTth. Now the fifth and the fe- 
 . ver^h are tqhal^ the laji and the firfi are 
 .aifv e^kdl^ and make with the fcond as 
 Xn ichas the fixth hath^ which cont^iins jujj: 
 fo^^r more than the third trirPd. Now 
 tdl me^ my Ltrdy how am J called ? The 
 jiafwer was intricate enough to me, yet 
 I left not off fo, but faid, noble and 
 
 f Hncrtuous Lady, may I not obtain one 
 
 •only Letter? Tta (faid flie) that //:/ty 
 w^llbedonc. What then (replyed I a- 
 
 ' gain J may the feventh contain ? It con^ ^^' 
 fins { faid fhe J ^.f ma»y as there are Lords''^^^!^^^^^^^' 
 htre. With this i was content,and eii.ly , 
 found hcr'Name, at which fhc was well ^eddunccr 
 pleafcd, with adurance that much wo^-c c^or.? vir> 
 (hould ycc be revealed to us. Meano'""^^"* 
 time certain Virgins had made them- 
 
 Weivcs ready^ and came in with great . 
 
 N Cere- 
 
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 2. juvenos. Cercmony. Firft of all two Youths 
 carrded Lights before them, one of 
 thciA was .of a jocond Countenance, 
 fprighily Eyes and gentile Proportion, ; 
 The other lookt fomething angerly, 
 whatever he would have, rruftbe, as I 
 
 4. virgincs. afterwards perceived." After them firft 
 followed four Virgins •, one looked 
 fhame-facedly towards the Earth, very 
 huml)le in Behaviour ^ The fccond alfo 
 was a modefl, balhful Virgin ; The 
 third, as ihe entered the Room fccm- 
 cd amazed atfomewhat, and as I un- 
 der flood, ftie cannot well abide where 
 there is too much Mirth. The fourth 
 brought with her certain fmall wre^ths^ 
 thereby to manifefl her Kindnefs and 
 
 %, virgines Liberality, After thefe four came 
 two which were fomewhat more glori.- 
 oy fly Apparelled ; they faluteduscour- 
 teoufly ^ One of them had a Gown of 
 SMye coulour fpanglcd with goldeu 
 Stars ^ The others was ^rti??, beautifi 
 cd with red and white ftii'pes. On 
 their Heads they had thin flying Tif-- 
 /^f^f/,which did mofi: becomingly adorn 
 them. At laft came one alone, who had 
 
 ^^^i^'"^'^r'^^-onhcr heada Coronn^ bur rather look- 
 ed up towards Heaven, than toward-^ 
 
 Eai th. 
 
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 Earth. Wc all thought it had beeia the 
 
 ,^e Bride, but were much rniftaken, 
 
 ":hough othcrwife in Honour, Riches 
 
 -id State ftie much furpaficd the Bridt ; theDuteln 
 
 iind ihc afterwards ruled the whole 
 
 Wedding* Now on this occafion wc 
 
 all followed our Virgin, and fell down 
 
 on oar Knees, howbeit fhe Ihewcd her 
 
 fclfextream humble, offering every one 
 
 her hand, and admonifhing us not to be 
 
 to<y much furprizcd at this,for this was 
 
 ofte of her fmalleflBountieSjbut to lift up 
 
 niir Eyes to our Creator, and learn heix- 
 
 ,,/to acknowledge his Oranipotcncy, 
 
 and fo proceed in our enterprifcd 
 
 tcourfc, employing this Grace to the 
 
 pralfe of God, and the good of Man. 
 
 In fum, her words were quite diffe- 
 
 iiZ fromthofe of our Firgin^ whb 
 
 was fomewhat more worldly. They 
 
 pierced even through my Bones and 
 
 Marrow. And thn^ faid fhe further to 
 
 haft- received more than otherSj fi6 
 
 , .^t thou alfo make a Urger return. This 
 
 4> me was a very ftrange Sermon ; for 
 
 isfoon as we faw the Yirgins with the 
 
 ^ "i^ick, w^e immagined wcmuft pre- 
 
 ly fall to Dancing, but that time 
 
 ^' not as yet come. Now the Weights, 
 
 whereof 
 
whereof mention hath been bcfoie^' 
 feKu'ja m^^c, flood ftiU iu the famc placc. 
 locum fu.im. whereforc the Queen (\ yet knew l' 
 thcDutches-whofhewas) commanded each Virgu 
 to take up one, but to our Virgin ihc 
 gave hsr own, which was the laft and 
 greatefi^ and Com mended us to follow 
 behind ; our Majefly was then fomc- 
 what,abated,for 1 well obferved that Oviir^ 
 Virgin wab but toogoodfor U5,5fthat wc [ 
 were not io highly reputed as we OaFj 
 felves were alnioffc in part wilUng tQ- 
 phantlic. So we went behind in oiirA 
 kcgiQihabi- order, and were brought into the firil ' 
 5*^'?- Chamber, where our Virgin in the firil , 
 theDucches. pj^^^ hangup xh^Qjitcnh weight^during/ 
 which an excellent fpiritual Hymn was i 
 Sung ; there was nothing coftly in this \ 
 Room f^ve only ceit? in curious liti^le^ 
 Fraycr Books which fhould never be : 
 jupeiicx. rnifling. In the mid ft, was ere6tcd a 
 Pulpit, very convenient for Prayer 
 thcD-jtchcs. where in the Qji^en kneeled down, aboi 
 her we were all fain to kneel and pra; 
 after the Virgin,who read out of a Bool^ , 
 That this Wedding might tend to th : 
 Honour of God, and our own benefit. 
 Afterwards we came into the fecond 
 Chamber, where the frft Fi'ginhn:^^ 
 
 Uv> 
 
in) 
 
 ;phtr weight alfo, andfo for ward till 
 dl thcCeremonfes were finifhed. Hcrc^ 
 iipon the ^cfTf again prefented her 
 Hand to every one, and departed 
 i:hencc with her Vifgih. Our Prefi- . , .,, 
 dent ftaied yet a while with us. But diiccdit 
 becaufe it had been already two howrs '"^^^"™- 
 night, fhe would no longer detain us *, 
 ;nc thought fhe Was glad of our Com- 
 pany, yet Ihc bid us good night, and 
 wilhedus quiet reft, and fo departed 
 friendly, although unwillingly from us. 
 Our Pages were well inftrudcd in their Pufrorum 
 •)urinefs, and therefore (hewed every officiuS 
 Man his Chamber, and ftayed alfo with 
 •js in another Pallet, that in cafe wc 
 wanted any thing we might mak? ufe of 
 them. ' My Chamber ^gf tl\e reft I im 
 not able to fpcak) was royally furniili'' ^^j^ris 
 ed with xdiX^Tafi^rits^ and hung about thiamu^/ 
 with Paintings. B-^t above ail things 
 I delighted in my Page, who was fo 
 excellently fpoken, and experienced ia 
 :he Arts^ that he yet fpcnt me another 
 hour,and it was half an hour after three 
 .vhcn firft I fell allsep. And thisindecd 
 v/as the firft night that I flcpt ia quiet, 
 ♦ ind yet a fcurvy Dream would not fuf • 
 fer me to reft ; For 1 was all the night 
 
 troubled 
 
somnium ^^^^^^^^ With 3 Doo- which 1 could not 
 de^orta get Open, butatlaftl did it. With 
 thcfc phantafies I paflcd the time, till 
 at length towards day I awaked. 
 
 difficlli. 
 
 The fourth Dky, 
 
 .Alitor Tiong. T Stilllay in my Bed, and leifurcly 
 ^^t^ X TurYicghcd all the noble Images 
 pcrgcfit. and Figures up and down about my 
 Chamber, during which on a fuddcn I 
 heard the Mu^ck of Coronets, as if 
 tkey had been already in ProcelTion. My 
 Page skipped out of the Bed as if he 
 had been at his wits end, and looked 
 more like one dead than living *, in 
 whht cafe 1 then was, IscaTly immagi- 
 nablc, for, fa id he. The reft are already 
 frefemedtotheKing i I ki.ew not what 
 elfeto do, but weep ont-right, and 
 Cmfs mv own Po-ithfulncfs ; yet I drcf- 
 fcd my felf, but my Page was ready 
 loRg before me, and ran out of the 
 Chamber to fee how affairs might yet 
 ftand. But he foon returned, and 
 irought with him this joyful news, 
 
 that 
 
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 that the time: Ihdeed was not yctpaft,^^;^^ 
 only I had OYtr-Jleft nry Ercakfall, they 
 being unwilling to waken me bccaufe of 
 piy Age \ Bucthiatnowit wytimc for 
 hie to go with him to t\\tF$nntAin where 
 the moft p»rt were aflembled j With 
 this Confolation my Spirit returned a- 
 ^gain, wherefore I was foon.r^ady with 
 my Habitj and Went after the Page to 
 ^t TQimuin in the aforc-mcntion<:d 
 Garden, where I found ttfat t\[t Lyon 
 inftcad of his Sword had a pretty large leoius t«* 
 Tablet by hifn. Now Having welP^*' 
 viewed it, I found that it was taken 
 out of the ancient Monuments, arid 
 placed here foiLfomc "efpccial ilonoiir. 
 The Infctrpition was f^pfcwhat worn ' 
 
 ©ut with age, and therefore lam mind- 
 ed to fet it down here, as it is, and give 
 every one leaye %q confider it. 
 
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 v-HER-MES PRINCEPS.: 
 
 >POSTTQTrLLAt# 
 
 - AkTte<^E ADMlNICUtO,;^ 
 
 • WEDX'eiNA^ S ALUBRIS F actus 
 
 .^■' • /^'iurket qui a^et: ''^'' 
 V BIBIT£ JiatRES, 'CT VlViTE. 
 
 
 cv/^bifiv 48IjI^ , ;. - 
 
 .scriptura 'f h isV^v iling flight wdH'^bc feadirici 
 
 ^^"'^''' iinderitood, and may therefore .fitly 
 
 be here placed, bccaufc cafier than any 
 
 of the reft : Now after we had firfl 
 
 wafhed our fclves out of the Fountain, 
 
 and every Man had taken a draught out 
 
 pctcj. Qf an intircly Golden Cup, wc were 
 
 ^oijiccmqi-c again t^^/ollow the Virgin 
 
 ^Mo'^e'Hall, and "there put on new 
 
 Apparel, 
 
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 Apparel, wlilch was all of Cloth of vefti 
 feo/rf^glorionfl/.fet out with Flowers. 
 There was alfo' given to every one ario- 
 th^rGolden Fleect^ which was feC about 
 With pretious Stones, and various 
 Workman flilp according to the utmolt 
 skill df each Artificer. Ori it hung a 
 weighty Medal of Gold, v\^hercon Were 
 figured the Sh^i and Moon in oppofition$ 
 but on the other fide flood this Pocfie, 
 The light of the Moon jh all be as the light: 
 of the, Sim^ and the- 4i^ht of the Sun jhaU 
 hefevsntifnes ■lighferthm ^t fi-efent. But c]j'no«^ia. 
 our former Jewels were layed in a lit- 
 tle Casket, and committed to one of the 
 Waiter^. After this tlie Virgin lead 
 us out la our ord^r, where the Mufiti- u^dci 
 ans waited ready at the door, all appa- 
 vilhi'inred Telyet with whitt Guards. 
 After'' iyhich a Door {whvth I never faw Accpff-is 
 open before) t6 the Royal winding- AdaS" 
 Stairs w;^s unlocked; There the Vir- . 
 gin Ted lis together with the MuiickjUp 
 three hnndred fixtji five Stairs, there we 
 faw-not*hing but what was of extrcam 
 coftly and artificial Work'manfliip ; 
 and ftiil the further wfe went, the more 
 glorious Hill was the Furniture, until 
 at length at the top we came under a 
 . G 2 faimd 
 
(ibo) 
 
 Liborato- fainted kxz\ whcrc the fixty Virgins 
 t!mT^'o!vir- attended us, all Richly Apparelled 5 
 gines. jsjow as foon as they had bowed to u$, 
 and we as well as we could, had rer 
 turned bur reverence, our Mufitians 
 were difpatched away, who were faia 
 to go down the winding-Stairs again, 
 the Door being jfhut after them. .Af- 
 ter this a little Bell was tolled ; then 
 came in a beautiful Virgin who brought 
 every one a wreath of Laurel *, But ottr 
 
 vir" lucif.^^^S'^^ ^^^ Branches given them; 
 
 ' °* ' ' Mean while a Curtain was drawn up ^ 
 
 Whcrc I faw the King and Q^uecn as 
 
 V' they fate there in their Majefly,and had 
 
 not the yefterday Queen fo faithfully 
 
 warned me, I fhould have forgotten 
 
 giS^gtr?/.' "^V ^^^^> ^"^^ have equalled thisunfpeak^ 
 able glory to Heaven. For befides that 
 the Room gliftered of mecr Gold and 
 pretious Stones ; xhtQucen^s Robes were 
 moreover fo made, that I was not able to 
 behold them. And whereas 1 before 
 eilecmcd any thing for handfom, here 
 all things fomuch furpalTcd the reft, as 
 the Stars in Heaven are elevated. In 
 the mean time the Virgin fteptin, and 
 fo e3ch of the virgins taking one of us 
 % the hand, with moil profound Rc- 
 
 v«rencc 
 
(lOl) 
 
 Terence prcfcntcd us to the K'wg ; ^2^nut'^' 
 Whereupon the Virgin began thus to hoipites 
 (peak. Th^tttohdrtour yonr Royal A/4^^^' 
 jeftiesy {m^fi grstious King and QHccn) 
 thefe Lords hen frtfcnt have adventured 
 hither with ferilof Bod^ and Life j yonr 
 A^jcfiics have reafon to rejoyce^ ef^ecia/iy 
 fincc the great efi fart are (jnalified for the 
 inUrging ofyonr Majtfties Efiates and Ern^ 
 pirCj A6 yoK will find the famn hy a mefl 
 gratioHs and particular examination of each 
 of them. Herewith J was defirdm thus to 
 have them in Humility prefented to your 
 Majefties^ with moft- humHe fuit to dif- 
 charge me of this my Commijfion^ and 
 mofl gratloujly to takefiijficient informaticn 
 from each of thcm^ concerning both my 
 jiBions and Omijfims, Hereupon fhe 
 laid down her Branch upon the ground. 
 Now it would have been very fitting 
 for one of us to have put in and fpokcn 
 fomewhat on this occafion, but feeing 
 we were all troubled with the falling of J?p^p»'« nc 
 the Viiila^ at length the old Jtloi ftcpt i-^Tdcrc-At- 
 5)rward and fpoke on th^King's behalf, las refpoo- 
 Their R$yal Majefties ds Tnofigratioufly re- ''^** 
 Joyce at your arrival^ and Trill that their 
 Royd .Grace be ajfuredto ally and every 
 Jlian: And mh thy Adminifiratio'/hgcn" 
 Q ^ ' t'^ 
 
(ioi) 
 
 tk y^'^g^fU t^^^y ^^^ moft\rAt'mijly fatufed^ 
 & accordingly aRoyfilRcwardjiiall there fort 
 be provided for thec\yet it is (iill their mc»» 
 tiorj^ that thoH Jh^li this day aifo contimig 
 TPith them^ in as 7/1 nch £U they hsve no rcA^ 
 fqntemflrnfi thee, ' Hereupon the Vir- 
 gin humbly took up the Branch again. 
 And fo vve for this firfl: time were to' 
 ^. . fi:epa(ide with our Virgin. This room 
 
 LaborTtorij. ^^^^ rquaic on the front, five, timd 
 broader than it v/as-Iong-, but towards 
 the Wcfl it had. a great Arch like a 
 Porch, wherein ftopd iri circle thiec 
 
 subfleiiia^ glorious Royal Thmes^ja the middle- 
 niofl was fomewhac higher than the reft. 
 fsFow in each Throne fate two perforis,^ 
 
 :. Bex fc^ in tlie firfl fate a very antient i^rV?^ with 
 
 JuJcr:°"^"^ a gray Beard, yet his Confort was c.t-; 
 traordinary fair and young. In the 
 
 q. »cx et third Throne fate a black Kiw of mid-, 
 
 ^^"'" die Age, and by hhn' a dainty old Ma'^^ 
 tfon, not Crowned^' tut' covered with' 
 a Vail. Fut in the middle fate the two 
 
 ■^ ScM^ics.yoHng Terjcns^ who t ho' they had like- 
 wife Wreaths of Laurel upon their 
 Heads, yet over them hniig a large ^nd. 
 coflly Cro7V7. Now 'albeit they were 
 not at irhis time fo fair as I liad befchc 
 i.Tia,7i::ed to-'ray f:U\ yet fo it was ro be. 
 
 i::ehin<i 
 
rioj) 
 
 Behind them on a round Form "fat for^^^JJJ"^- 
 the moft part antkm Men, yet none of* 
 them (at which I wondered) had any. 
 Sword, or other Weapon about him JiCoyaief- 
 Neither fa w I ^ny othef Life-guard, iij^^V^J^;;"'^ 
 but certain Virgins which were. with us tum ? 
 the day before, who fate on tiii^fideis of 
 the Arch.' Here can I not pafs in iilencc 
 how the little Cnpidfi^w to and ragain^^^ i^V"'h> 
 there, but for the moil part he Jiavcr. "^' °' 
 red and played the wanton about; the 
 great Crown ; fomctiraes he feated bim- 
 ielf in between the two Lovers^ fome- 
 what fmilingupon them with Jiis Bow. 
 Nay, fometimes he made as if he Avould 
 fhoot one of us ; ' In brief, this Km,vc. 
 was fo full of ■ his waggery^ that hQ 
 would not fpair even the little Bir^s^ 
 which ill multitudes flew up and down Aves, 
 the Room, but tbrmented them all he 
 could. The Virgins alfo had their pa- vlrgines. 
 ilimcs with him, but when foe ver they 
 could catch hiir, it v/asnot fo.c^iie a 
 matter for him to get from thern againi 
 Thus this little Kmve made all the 
 fport and mirth. Before the Queen supeiiex ... 
 ftood a fmall, but unexpreffibly curious Aula 
 uStar;': ' wherin lay a Bo^k covered with i. boS. 
 black •^'e/ycf, only a little overrilayed 
 G 4 AyIc! 
 
¥ountaino 
 
 Scull. 
 
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 with Gold ; by this flood a fmall Ja- 
 
 «. Taper, per in an Ivory C^rtdlefiUfif now air 
 though it vftrcvcTYfm^fiy yetitburnl, 
 contimally^ and flood in that manner, 
 that had not Cufid^ in Tport, now and^ 
 then puffed upon it, we could not have 
 
 i.Sphacrf. conceivcd it tobeFire. By thisftood 
 a Sphere or Cckftial Globe, which of 
 
 4.;watcb. it$ felf turned elearly a^bbut. Next 
 this, a f^all ftriking- Watch, by that 
 
 ?. KttTc a little ChriHal Pipe or Syphon- FomtAW^ 
 out of which perpetually ran a clear 
 ilood-red Liquor *, and lall of all a Scully 
 or De4th^s'Head ^ ' in this was a vhite 
 
 serpect. Strjcpit^ which was of fuch a length,thac 
 though fbe crept circle- wife about the 
 reft of it^yct her Taile flill remained in 
 one 6f the Eye-holes, until her Head 
 again entered at the other, fo fhe ne- 
 ver flirred from her Scull , uniefs it 
 happened that' C//^i<i twitched a little 
 at her, for then (he flipt in fo fuddenly, 
 that we all could not choofe but mairvcl 
 at it : Together with this yf/Mr,therc' 
 were up and down the Room wondcr- 
 
 r:n3£ioc5. jfyj Images, which moved thcmfelves, 
 as if they had been alive, and had fo- 
 flrange a contrivance, that it would 
 be impofliblc for me to relate it all -, 
 
 like- 
 
ykewifc aswc were paffing oat, there 
 began fuch a marvellous kind of Tocal 
 M«rick, that I could not certainly tell/^'^ 
 whether it were performed by the Vir- 
 gins who yet flayed behind, or by the 
 Images themfclves. Now we being for 
 this tireie facisfied, went thence with ex laboSto- 
 our Virgins, who, thcMufitians being ^^^o. 
 already prefent, led us down the 
 winding Stairs again, but the Door was 
 diligently locked and bolted. As fooa 
 as vvc were come again into the Hall;' 
 one of the Virgins began : / wonder^ 
 Sffier, that ygii diirfl adventure your felf 
 4mo77gfi [9 many FerfoKs : My Stfitr^ rc- 
 plyed our Pfcfldent, I am fear fd of none vIrgJacsjo;. 
 jQ muehas ef thts Mart:, pointmgat me^ nioAutoris. 
 This fpeech went to the Heart of me : 
 For I well undcrftood that fh€ mocked 
 at my y^^e^ and indeed I was the oldefl 
 of them all . Yet fne comforted me a- 
 gain wich promife, That in cafe I be- 
 haved niy fclf vVell towards her, (he 
 Would caHly ^rid me of this burden. 
 Mean time a Collation was again convivjurti^ 
 brought in, 2nd every one's virgin ^^^''S'""*^ 
 feated by him, who well knew how 
 .tofhorten the time with handfom 
 difcouifcs : But what thcii' difcourfes 
 
 an4 
 
(ic6) 
 
 3ermones ^^ fports T vcre 1 darc not blab out of * 
 
 conviv4ies. School. But moft of thcqueftions vverd^*- 
 about the Arts, whereby I could light-' 
 ly gather that both young and old were 
 converfant in the Sciences. Butflill it 
 run in my thoughts hovv I might be- 
 come young again, whereupon I was 
 Autor fomcvvhat the faddcr ^ This the Vir- ' 
 
 Marfti.s Ob gin perceived, and therefore began, F 
 ™' dare lay t^ny things if I lye with him to 
 ntght^ hejhall be fkafant'Cr in the morn^ 
 irg. Hereupon they began to laugh,^* 
 and albeit 1 blufhed all over, yet 1 was 
 fain to laugh too at my own ill-luck. 
 
 iariulIT °' Now there was one there that had a- 
 
 sxcipit a niind to return my difgrace again upon 
 
 '^°^^''^* the Virgin^ whereupon he fi^d, / 
 
 ho^e mt Qtily irf, hm the Virgiru too them- 
 
 fehes rcill hear wit nefs in behalf of mr 
 
 Socio. Brother^ that our Lady Trifidi nt hath fro- 
 mfed herfelf to be his Bed-felhw to Ntght : 
 Ifkould be well content with />, replycd the 
 Virgin, if J had r^et reafon to be afraid of 
 thefe my Sifers^ there would be no hold with 
 
 y^^ themjljonldlchtifethebefiand har:dfomeji 
 
 ' ■' formyfdf^ agawft tketrwilL ■ ^1y Sifter 
 
 prefcntly began rtnother, ir> fii'dhere- 
 
 by that thy high Of ice makes thee not frond '^ 
 
 wherefore tf by thy^ermijfiOf? we might by 
 
 ht 
 
Idt^M't the Lords here frefent:^"A7Korgflu4^^ 
 for Btd-fellox0Sj thou \ljOHldfl with ourgood^ 
 mil have ' Jilqh n Prtroga.the\ We let* ' 
 this pa Is thus for a J'caft, alid'b^an a-, 
 gain to difcourfc together. '. But pur . 
 virgin could not leave tormenting tis, 
 rfrid therefore bcean asain'-^y Z/ordfj'^"^j*^* , 
 
 r' c ' n 1 i ^ ' % r , . ' e;e<ftio ur.a- 
 
 liow tj we Jhoula permit iQiirtuneta decide dormientiM 
 i^hich of Its miifl lie together to Night f ,' 
 Well, (aid J ^ if ir may be no other- 
 Tjvife, we cannot refufe fuch a proffer. 
 Now bccanfe it was concluded to make 
 this tryal after Meat, y re refolved to 
 fit no longer a't Table, fo we arofe, and 
 each one walked up and down with 
 his Virgin. Nay^ faid the Virgin, It 
 fhdllnot be foyety bnt let hs fee how For- 
 tune will co^iple Its y upon which we 
 were fcparated afunder .-But now firfl 
 firofe a difpnte-hovr the bulinefs fh^ali 
 &e carried, but this was orlv a pre- 
 meditated device,for theVirgin inftantl'y^ 
 made the propofal th^t we ihould mix 
 oar fclves together in a Ring, -md that 
 (he beginning to count from her felf, 
 the f event h J was to br content .with the 
 following ftvaith^ whether it were a^ 
 Virgin, or man ; for our pirts we. 
 ?S'cic not aware of anyc^raft, and 
 
 therefore 
 
( loS ) 
 
 therefore permitted it fo to be ; but 
 when we thought wc had Tcry wcli 
 mingled ourselves, the Virgins never- 
 thelefs were fo fubti^ that each one 
 knew her ftation before-hand : The 
 yirgin began to reckon, the feventh 
 next her was again a Virgin, the third 
 feventh a Virgin likewife, and this hap- 
 ned fo long till (to our amazement) all 
 the Vtrgihs came forth, and n^ne of us 
 was hit; Thus wc poor pittiful 
 Wretches remained ftanding alone, and 
 were mpreover forced to fuffer ©ur 
 felves to be je/irf i too, and confcfswe 
 were very handforaly cou^^^ncd. In 
 fhort, who ever had fecn us in our or- 
 der, might fooner have expedcd the 
 Skyeto fall, then that it fhould never 
 have come to our turn. Herewith our 
 l|)ort was at an end, and we were fain 
 to fatisfie our felves with the Virgins 
 Waggery. In the interm, the little 
 wanton Cupd came alfo in unto us v 
 Butbecaufehe prefentcd himfelfonbe- 
 A Health half of their Royal Majefties, and de- 
 livered us a Health (as from them) out 
 of a golden Cup, and was to call our 
 Virgins to the King, withal declaring 
 he could at this time tarry no longer 
 
 ' with 
 
with them, wc could not fufEciei>tly 
 fport our fclvcswith Jiin^- So with a 
 due return of our molt humble thanks 
 wclct him flyc forth again. Nowbe- 
 ciufc (in thclntermj the mirth begai^ 
 to fall into my Confort's Feet, and the 
 Virgins w^re nothing forry to fee it, a merry 
 they quickly lead up a civil Dance, "^^"^ 
 whom I rather ^eheld with pleafpre, 
 fchcn alTifled. For my Mercurialifts 
 were fo ready with their Pofturcs> 
 as if they had been long of the Trade. 
 After fomc few Dances, our prcfident ^^l^ll^l^ 
 came in a-gain, ,and told ils how thcavirgiac 
 Artiils and Students had offered them* fomL^o*' 
 felves to their Royal Majefties, for their 
 Honour and Plcafbre, before their de- 
 parture to ad a Merry Comedy t, arS'if 
 we thought good to be prefent at it, 
 and to waiteupon their Royal Majefbies 
 to the Houfc of the Sun, it would be 
 acceptable to them, and they would 
 luoft gratioufly acknowledge it : Here- 
 upon in the firit place we returned our 
 mod humble thanks for the Honour 
 Youchfafed us, hot onlyfd, butmore^. 
 over moft fubmiffively tendered oili* 
 foiall fervice, which the Virgin related 
 again, and prefcatly brought word to 
 
 sittend 
 
(no) 
 
 ^attend their Royal Ma jefljesXin our or- 
 der) in the Gallery, whither we were 
 foon led, and ftaid not long there ; 
 rrocenus for the Royal ProGelTion was jult rcady^ 
 fr^^i'^A yet without any Mufick at aH. The 
 - com*diam.unknown Q]iecn, , wno was Yeiterday 
 with us,went (ovcmoi^^^mth 2. fmall and 
 coflly Coronet, apparr^lled in white 
 Sattin, fhc. carried nothin'g but a fmall 
 ;Grucifix wi&^icii was made of", a Pearl, 
 and this very .day wrought between the 
 young Kiag^a'ndhis* Bride,': After her 
 • ^;;>:Vh jwent the'iix fore-m^ntr6ncd Virgins iri 
 - *tr^'''v '' i^o^ raiik's',,' who carriect . th;e King'$ 
 Jfewels helonging to thc,iittle Altar i 
 ' '"" ' next ..^o'tfieije j'came tli^ three Kings; 
 ^^he :!6fid^^ro6m was ih the midfl of 
 ttenv la.r.aVplain drcfs, only in bUck 
 "S/^rm/^ifjter.tJi.ejtaiian Mode. He had 
 OR a fmallrbnM^blaCk^Hat^W.ith a little 
 i)Jack' p'oint^d Feather, Which' he' cbiir- 
 jteobfly puj; of to U^, th«2re;by' to figni- 
 fie his favour; to wards us. .^To him we 
 Jbowcd bur' f^yes,a§ alfo ro;tKe fir ft, a5 
 .we had been before.inllrtift'e.d. Aifter the 
 Kings came the three Qii^ens, two' 
 .whcrcpf were' richly habited, only Ihe 
 in the middi^ werit likeWifeall mbla.k, 
 and Cupid held up her' Train ; after 
 
 thit 
 
ihis: intimation Was given to us. to fol^b 
 lowy and after us the Virgins^ till at 
 lad old jit las brought up the rean In 
 iiich., Proceffion, through many Ilately 
 >^aiksy we at length came to thcf Houfe 
 of the S/^«, therenfext totjheKingand 
 jQueeJij upon a-yichiy furnilhed Scaffold, V^^^^^^ 
 tQ behold the foi:e-ordained Comedy : r^L^^^ 
 We Indeed, though Separated, flood 
 on the right Hand of the Kings^ but 
 the Virgins on the left, except thofc, to 
 whoip the Royal Enfignes were commit- 
 ted. To them was allotted a peculiar 
 iftandtng at top of ,^11., But the rcH of 
 the attendants were fain to fland below 
 between the columns^ and therewith to 
 be content. Now becaufe there are ma- 
 ny remarkable PafTages in this Comedy, ^^J^^''^ 
 I will not omit in brief to run it oy^r. ageb^ntur^' 
 luMFirftofall came forth a very afjcjexzt ^^""'''.t' 
 ^ng^ with fbme Servants ^ before ' 
 whofcr/?rowe was brought a little chsft-y 
 with lyiention. that iF was found upon ^^ 
 die. Water, Now it being opcned,there 
 appeared in it a lovely Bahs^ together 
 ^Ath certain Jewel?, and a fmall Letter 
 af .farchmcnt fealcd, and ftipcrfcribed 
 to tjhc;King. Which the King there- 
 fore prefently opensdy^and having r^aid 
 
 it 
 
it, iFTC^t'^ and then declared to his Sa^T 
 vants how injurionfly the Kingof thi 
 9f^tMitt^ had deprived his Aunt of her 
 Country, and had cxftinguiflied all the 
 Royil Seed even to this lnf?nt,with the 
 Daughter of wliich Country he fead 
 now purpofed to have matched his Son 
 Hereupon he Swore to maintain pcrpe 
 tual enmity with the Mosrcy and his Ai- 
 lies,and to revenge this upon him ; and 
 therewith commanded that theChil! 
 ftould be tenderly nurfed, and to mak: 
 preparation againft the Mo9re. Nowth ; 
 proviiion and thedifciplirie of the young 
 Lady (who after the was a little growi 
 up was committed to ail ancient Tutoi ) 
 continued all the firll JUr, with mar 
 very fine and laudable fports bcfidcs. 
 Wiindi- , In the interlude a Lyo;? and Griffoaj 
 ^ were fet at one another, to fight, anr^j 
 
 the Lyon^ot the vidtory ; which wis aLc 
 a prtt4:y fight. 
 Aav$2. In the fecond yf^, tht Moere^ a vci^ 
 
 black treacherous Fellow, carte for^i 
 alio ; who having with vexation un 
 derflood that his Murder was difo 
 vcred, and that too a little Ladyw? 
 craftily Hollen froqi him ; began theit 
 Xipot to confulthowby ftratagem ■ 
 
 ^lig^? 
 
rii? ) 
 
 inight be able to encounter fb )30werfut 
 ah adverfary, whereof he was at length, 
 advifed by certain f;/^/>/i/ej who by cca- 
 fon of Famine fled to him : S6 th^ 
 young Lady contrary to all mens ex-, 
 pedtation, fell again into his Hands : 
 Whom, had he not been wondcrfuily- 
 deceived by his own Servants, he had 
 like to have caufed to be flain. Thus 
 this j4Si too was concluded with a mcrt 
 vcldus triumph of the Meore. ? r 
 
 In the third J^ a gredt jimy on the ^^^^* 3^ 
 King^s^zrVf was raifed againfl: t\\zMo(yn\ 
 and put under the condud of an anti> 
 cnt valiant Knight, who fell into rhc 
 A^QQres Country, till at length \\^ force* 
 s^bly refcued the young Lfuly out of 
 the Tower, and Ap^rrellcd her a nt w. 
 After this in z trice they erected a glori- 
 ous Scaffold, arid placed their young 
 Lady upon it: p^efently came 'tv^^he 
 Eoyal EmbafladoTS, amongft whom the 
 fore-mentioned Knight made a Speech^ 
 alledging that theKing his moil gracious 
 Lord had not only heretofore delivered 
 her from death, and even hitherto cau^ 
 fed her to be royally brought vipf though 
 fhe had not behaved her felf altogether 
 as "became her^ But moreover Ms Rpyai 
 
(.'m4) 
 
 Majefly bad, before others, cleftcd 
 her, to be a Spoufe for the young Lord 
 bis Son; and moll gratiouily defired 
 that the faid efpoufals might be really 
 executed in cafe they would be fwrorn. 
 to his Majelly upon the following Arti- 
 cles. Hereupon cot of aPatcnt he cau- 
 fed certain glorious conditions to be 
 read, which if it were not too long, 
 were well worthy to be here recounted. 
 In brief, the ydnng Lady toqk an Oath 
 inviolably to obferve the famf ; return- 
 ing thanks withal in moK fcemly fort 
 , for this fo high a Grac^. Whereupon 
 they began to fing to the Praife of God, 
 of the King, and the young Lady *, and 
 ^ , ., fo for this time departed. • yj-.r^, 
 
 four Beads of SDatliet, as he faw thcq 
 in the Vifion, and hath at large dcRri- 
 bed them, w^re brought; in, all whidi 
 had its certain fgmficmon. ,,i^ 
 
 ^^^ *' in the fourth /^c? the young Lady was 
 again re(lorcdtohtvlQiit Kingdom, and 
 Crowned^ and for a fpace, in this arrays 
 condudled about the place with extra- 
 ordinary joy.- after this many 5c variolas 
 Embalfadors prcfentcd themfelves, hq^ 
 oiiiy towilh ter profperity, but aifo 
 ^' •■ to 
 
to beliold Jier Glor5r. Yet it was not 
 jongtliat fhe prefcrved her Integrity ^ 
 put foon.began again to looj^ wantoni/ 
 about her, and to'^wink at the EmbafTa- 
 dors and Lords; wherein Jfhe^^trnly 
 '^cd her part to the Life. ' .. ': - , 
 
 ^ «-. ."Thefe her manners were foonlinowii 
 *t6 the' Afoarc, who would by no means 
 ^iicgl€(ft fuch an Q.pportunicy,a^id bccaufc 
 her Steward hacTnot fajicient regard to 
 her, ftie was eadly blinded with great 
 promifes, fo that fhe had no good con- 
 fidence in her King, but privily fub- 
 rnitted her felf to the intire difpofal of 
 the Moore, Hereupon the Moore made 
 jiaftc, and having (by her confeat)' got- 
 ten her into his Hands, he ga^vc; her 
 . good words fo long till all her KingdQcn 
 had' fubjcifted it felf tp him : After 
 \vhith.lh the third Sc^ne of this ^f?, he 
 caufcd her to he Ted forth, and fir It to 
 be feiptftaik naked, and then upon a 
 fcurvy wooden Scaffold to be bound to 
 a Poft, and well fcourged, andatUlt 
 fentehccd to Death. This was fo wcfiil 
 ^^Jipeftaclc, that it made the Eyes of 
 niiny. to run over. Hereupon thus na- 
 ^e4|s''ibewas, (he was cafl into Pri Ton, 
 ti^arctae^cpq&.her Death, w^icjjwas 
 
...jm^. ,. . 
 
 tb fee procured by T^yfo^, which ^et 
 kijled her not, but made her Lcprodk 
 all 6Ver ; Thils this»-/0^ w^is for ^thc 
 itttcriudium. i^o^ P^rt lamentable, '.'j '*^", / 'i.^.-r 
 ^ Between, thsy brotighi forth 'j|j2efitt-. 
 C|)atitie33ar'SIniage,which wasadbrn'd 
 With ail manocirof Arms, oh.thc tfcad,' 
 :^rcaft, Belly, Legs arid Feet,, ; and tit 
 ilkfe ) of which top more fliall be fbbkcb 
 iri the future.cxpticitibh. ;: '' t"r^ ' " 
 A^. 5. ■ in the fifth J4i^ ^ihe^Ouiig'kirig iSvas 
 "^cqu^iritcd with all that had pafTcd be- 
 tween the Meorc and his future Spoiire, 
 who fifft interceeded with hia Fattier 
 for bar, intrcatlng thatflie might nbt 
 be left in that condition; Which his 
 father having agreed to, EmbafTiciors' 
 Were dirpatched to comfort her in her 
 Sicknefs and Captivity, but ^^t with- 
 al to give her notice of her incicin'ifidera- 
 tednefs. But 'flie would not yet receivfe 
 ihciiiy but coilfented to be the Mdotc^s 
 (^cncnh'we^ which was alfo done, and the 
 young King v/as acquainted with it. ; 
 . . .. After this comes a band of Fools, each 
 4CX.UU.UU). ^^ vyhich brought with him a Cudgel,' 
 where with in a trice they made a great 
 . Globaof the World, and as fobn undidl 
 \ At again .Itwasa Sne.fpdttiV'cPhintfic.' ■ ' 
 
 • In 
 
(lT7) 
 
 . Inthe (ixth >athe young King re- ^^'•*' 
 folved to bid battle to the Moore^ which 
 alfo was done. And albeit th^ Moore was 
 difGomfitted^yet all held the young King 
 too for dead. At length he came to him- 
 felfagajn^ releafedhis Spoufe, and com- 
 mitted her to his Steward andChaplain* 
 
 The firfl: whereof tormented her 
 imightily, at lift the leaf turned oycri, 
 and thePrieft was fainfolently;wicke^, 
 that he woulfi aeeds be abpvcall, Until 
 the fame was reported to the young 
 king, who haftily difpatched one vyho 
 broke the Neck of the Prieft's inighti- 
 nefs, and adorned the Brides in fomc 
 meafurc for the Nuptials. , /, , 
 
 After the j4^ a vaft artificial Elepham mteriudiui^^ 
 was brought forth. He carried a great 
 Tower with Mufitians : which was alfo 
 iven-l;)learingtoall. 
 
 In thchft ^t"? the Bride- groom ap- 
 peared in fuch pomp as is riot well to 
 be believed, and I was amazed how it Aft. 7^ 
 was brought to pais: The Bride n^et 
 him in the like Solemnity. Whereup- 
 on all the People cried out /^//'^T^comatom 
 SPdNSVS,nrJT SPONSji. SothateKcgem 
 by this Comedy they did with all con- ^ ^^s^" 
 gratulatc our King and Que^ m the 
 H i moft 
 
rnofl: fldtely manner .; Which (aslwel 
 
 obferved) pkafed them mofl: extraordJ 
 
 nary well. ' '^"''\.. ' ' 
 
 ^ 'At length they Wadc fortie pard 
 
 about the flagc in fach ProccITion, till; 
 
 laft' they altogether began thus ' 
 
 Sing- 
 
 CantHicna. cT^fjli jfrtse firll of tcve 
 
 ■ Dm mr :joy much improve 
 
 BfC'twfi' of the King's NnftUliy 
 ' "^Jj^nd. t^kyefore let^s Sif7g 
 ' Th\itfrcm all parts V may rwg^ 
 ^'BtcJ} he he that granted lis all. 
 
 The BrUe mo ft- e^c'qHiftely faire : 
 ^•^'/ ::'•:! ^''If^hQmvie attended with long care 
 
 To him in troth'^s now flighted : 
 ^ We fully haiie at length obtained ^ 
 
 The fame for which we did contend : 
 -^ITt'^hapfy^ that's foye^fghtcd 
 oj[:v,: •• .. . .Ill 
 
 - \ • :" ^ N6wthe -Tarents Kind and good 
 By inifeaties are fubdu'd : 
 Ler/g endMgh in hold w^ fjc meixPd \ 
 In henoiir increafe^ 
 Till -arijDUfi^n&g arife- 
 And [pi in^from your own proper Blood. 
 Epiiogus. -After this thanks^ were returned, and 
 
 the 
 
 ^TCnr' 
 
(lis*) 
 
 Llie Comedy was finilhed with joy, and 
 l:he particular good liking of theRoy- 
 lal Pcrfons wherefore (the Evening alfo 
 'being already hard by) they departed 
 [together in their fore-mentioned order: Hofpitcsin^ 
 
 Jut we were to attend the Royal Per- vitantur ad 
 lions up the winding Stairs into the gisctue*. 
 forcmentioned Hall, where the Tabled «"^^- 
 were already ricbly furnidied, and this 
 was the firft time that we were invited' 
 to the Kings table. The little Altar was 
 placed in the midfl of the Hall, and the 
 fix fore-named Royal Enfignes were 
 .laid on it. At this time the young King j^^^* ^*^* 
 behaved hirafclf very gratioufly towards 
 us, but yet he could not be .heartily 
 Merry •, But howbeit he now and the& 
 difcoarfcd a little with us, yet he ofteii 
 figbed, at which the little Cupid only 
 mocked, and playd his waggifh tricks. 
 The old King and Queen were very fe- ., 
 Tious, only the Wife of one of the an- ^^^ 
 dent Kings was gay enough, the caufe 
 whereof I yet underftood not. Du- 
 ring this,the Royal Perfons took tip the ordodiv 
 firlt Table, at the fecond we only Sate. ^^'^""^ 
 At the third, fdmc of the principal 
 yirgins placed thcmfelves : The reft of 
 the Virginj, and Men, were aU fain to 
 H 4 wait 
 
I 
 
 ( 120 ; 
 
 wait. This was performed with fu 
 Hate and folemn flilnefs, tfeatlamafi; 
 ^ fraid to make many words of it. Here 
 
 vcft?u*i^ I cannot leave untouched how that ^S 
 .r* the Royal Perfons, before Meat, ntu\ 
 
 red themfelves in Smw-v/hitt glitter* 
 ing Garments^ and To fate down to Ta- 
 ble. 'O^rcr the Table hong the fore- 
 <^^roai fncatione(i great Golden Crown, the 
 s^iii^r ' ^retious Stones whereof, without any 
 ^'"^'"'- other Light, would have fufficientiy 
 Jlluminatcd the Hall. However all the 
 Ligfets were kindled at thtfm^l Taper 
 *^ ' ^Upoa the Altar ; what the reafon was I . 
 didi ' not certainly know. But this f 
 took very good notice of, that the youngr 
 King frequently fent Meat to the white 
 Serf em upon the little Altar, which, 
 caufed me to mufe. Almoft all the 
 cupJdo was Pi'attle at this Banquet was made by lit- 
 tle Mcrricft tic Cupid, who could not leave us (and 
 me indeed efpccially) untormentcd. 
 He was perpetually producing fomc 
 Strange matter. However, there was 
 no confiderqble Mirth, all went fiiently 
 onj from whence I, bymyfelf, could 
 imagin fomc great imminent Peril*. 
 For there was noMufickat all heard ;.^ 
 but if we were demanded any thing, 
 
 we 
 
ri2i ; 
 
 7e were fain to give (hort round an- sermodw 
 wers; and fo let it reft. In Ihort, all 
 i?ings had fo llrangc a face, that the 
 'miiatkegdn to trickle down all over my 
 kxiy V •'^fl<i I am apt to believe that the 
 fcout-heartedft Man alive would then 
 V€ loft his courage. Supper being 
 w almoft ended, the young King 
 ommanded the Book to be reached him 
 &-om the little Altan This he opened, q^^^j^ ^^^ 
 fad can fed it once again by an old Man gis Adoief- 
 :o be propounded to us, whether wc*^^"* 
 *eroIved to abide with him in Fr§ffmty 
 ind Adrcrfity ; which we having with 
 irembiing confented to, he further 
 afed us fadly to be demanded, whc- 
 erwe would give him our Hands oa 
 it^ which, when we could find no cvafi- 
 on, was fain fo to be- Hereupon one 
 nicer another arofe, and with his own 
 Hand writ hirafelf down in this Book^ 
 When this alfo was performed, the 
 tie Chriflal FoHntam^ together with a 
 ry fmall Chriftal Glafs was brought a Health, 
 ;-ar,out of which all the Royal Perf^s 
 "One after another Dr/tnk^ afterwards it 
 ♦yas reached to us too, and fo forward 
 '•> all Perfons, and this was called, the 
 Jranght of Silence: Hereupon all the J^"^;" 
 
 Koyal 
 
 ienno» 
 
( 125 ) 
 Royal Pcrfons prefented us .their 
 Hands,dcclaring that in cafe We did not 
 now (tick to them, wc fhotild now and 
 fc-j • t *. ftf'ver more liereafter fee them ; which 
 virg.Lucif- vcrily made oiir Eycs ruo over. But 
 our prefidcnt engaged her felf and pro.w 
 mifed very largely oi) our behalfywhieh 
 guvc them Sati-sfadion. Mean timca 
 Jittle Eell was tolled, at which all the 
 Royal Pcrfons waxed fo mighty bleak,^ 
 that we were ready latterly to dcfpaip; 
 They quickly put off their white Q?i^ 
 ments again, and pnt on intirely hlaoh 
 ones ^ The whole Hall; like wife was 
 Mors Re- \[x\v\g about w ith' black Yeivct, the Floor 
 gu orum. ^^^ covered with black, Velvet, withj 
 which alfo the Cieling above (all thia 
 being before Prepared) was overJ 
 fpread. After that the Tables wj 
 alfa removed away, and all had feat4^ 
 themfelves round about upon th« 
 Form^ and wc alfo hnfl put on hU^ 
 habits ; in comes cur Prefident agaifl 
 who was before gone out, and brougji 
 with her fix black Talfata Scarffs, wiij 
 which (he bound the /.v Koyd Perfoij 
 Eyes. Now when they could no longf 
 fee, there were immediately brought 
 by the Servants fix covered Coffins^ an<i 
 
 f< 
 
 
im ) 
 
 et doirn in the Hall, alfo a low black 
 jeat placed in the midft. Finally,therc 
 l:cpt In a very vole-hUck tall Man, who 
 Dare in his hand a Iharp Ax. Now af- ^^ donatio 
 ccr that the old King had been firft ^'^"'• 
 brought to the Seat, his fJead was in- 
 lftantlywhiptofF,and wrapped uj)in a 
 black Cloth, but the jB/oo<^ was received 
 into a great ^o/^«6'ol?/cr, and placed 
 ilfvith him in the Coffin that ft ood by^ 
 ^hich being covered, was fet afide. 
 Thus it went with the reft alfo, fo 
 that I thought it would at length have 
 rome to roe too, but it did not ^ For as 
 loon 8s the fix Boyal Pcrfons were Be- 
 headed, the black Man went out again ; 
 after whom another followed, who 
 Beheaded himtoo juft before the Door, 
 and brought back his Head together 
 with the Ax, which were laid in a ^^"^ ^'*' 
 little Chcft. This indeed to me feem- 
 ed a bloody Wedding , but becalife I 
 could not tell what vvould yet be the 
 event, I was fain for that time to cap- 
 tivate my underftanding until I were 
 further refolved. For the Virgin too, ^^f^^^ 
 feeingthat fome of us YYcrciamt-^hcarud 
 and wept, bid us be content. For, 
 faid Ihe to us, Th^ Life ofthefe fifindeth solatium 
 
 nQW 
 
( 
 
 mw in your h^nds^and in foftyoufollm mel 
 this Death P^all make mmy sUvt, Hcre;with 
 ftic intimated wc ihbuld go llccp,& troii'^ 
 blc our fcl vcsno fur thereon our part,foif 
 they fliould befurc tdhavc their due 
 right ; And fo fke bad us all good night^ 
 cnra No- fay ing, Thatjhc mnfi voanh the dead Corps 
 aurni mor- ^^-^ ^-^^ . y^^ ^jj^ ^ ^^ werccach 
 
 tuorum. . <;> 1 rv i 1 V* 
 
 of US conducted by our P^ges into our 
 Hofpitw lodgings. My Page talked with me oif 
 jantcubi- fundry and Yarious matters (which t 
 ftill yery wcfll reracmbcr) and gave nit 
 caufe enough to admire at his under- 
 ftanding : But his intention was t© 
 lullme aflecp, which at laft I well ob- 
 ;fervcd, whereupon 1 made as though 1 
 was fall: afleep, but noflcep came into 
 ray Eyes, and I could not put the Be- 
 headed out of my mind. Now my 
 Lodging was dire<ftly over againfc 
 cubicuium the great Ldke, fo thiic I could w?ll 
 look upon it, the Windows being nigh 
 the Bed. About midnight, asfoonas 
 it liad ftruck .twelve, on a fudden I 
 vifionoaur-efpiedon the Lake a, grt'^t Fire ^ where- 
 ^\ fore out of fear I quickly opened the 
 
 Window to fee what would become of 
 it J Then from far I iaw fcvcn Ships 
 making forward, which .were all ftiick 
 
 fuU 
 
full of Lights, >b6Vc 6h the ta]*) of 
 each of them hpf fcrcd a F/^^e, that paf- 
 Jcdto and ftd. ^nd tometimcs defcend- 
 fcd quite dbW^fl.'io that I could lightl/ 
 ludge that it muft tieeds be the Spirit^ of 
 ^he Beheaded^ JNiOW thefe Ships gent- 
 iy approached t:6 La'nd,aiid each of theiti . 
 tad ho mbre^th^brie MiViner. As foon 
 as they were no W gotten to Shore, I 
 prefently efpied our Virgin with a 
 Terch going tp wards tha Ships, after 
 whom the fix covered Cofferis, together 
 with the little Cheft, were carried ; and 
 each of tlie^a ' privily laidm a Ship. 
 Wherefore I awaked my Page too, who ^acfaver^^ 
 hugely thank(?d me,for having run much tr^u<^ 
 lipand.dowhifl the day, he might quite 
 pave over.flept-this, tho' he well knew 
 It. Now as foon as the CoiRns were 
 laid in the Sh^s, all the Lights v^ere ex- 
 ftihguiihed, and ^ the fix Flames pafTed 
 back together over the Lfike, . ib that 
 there was ho more but one Light in each 
 Ship for a Watch. There were alfo 
 fome hundreds of Watch-men who had 
 encamped thcri\felyes on the Shore, and 
 fent the Virgin back again into the Ca- 
 ^kj who cAicfully bolted all up again ^ 
 
 fo 
 
( la^ ) ,i 
 
 fbthat Icottld well judge that tl^r^ j 
 was nothing more to be done this night, . 
 but that we mull cxpcft the day ; fp t 
 we-again betook our felvcs to reft. And 
 1 onlv of all my Company had a Cham- 
 ber towards the Lake, and faw this, fp 
 that now I was alfo cxtrcara weary^ani 
 fo fellaflcepia my manifpld Specula^ 
 
 THe tiiight wa^ ovcr,'^ and the deat 
 wiihed for day broken, wli^^i 
 haltily Igotmcout of ;fic TBcd; more 
 defirdiis** to learn what might yet infill, 
 than i^hat i hadfufHcicntlyflept; Navy 
 after tl^fc Fhad put on nry Cloaths; and | 
 according' to TTiy cullom was gone dp^n 
 the Stairs, ic wasltill t6o tarly, and.I 
 found no body elfe in the Hall, where- 
 fore I intreated 'my Page to lead mc.a 
 little abfe^ut in the Caftlc,- ahd ftiev\r iVie 
 •fomewhat that was rare, who was now 
 (as always) willing, and prcfently lead 
 m« down certain fteps tinder gr6uitd,tOL 
 a great Iron Door, on which the follow- 
 ing Wprds in great Copper Letters, 
 Vkiere fixed. This 
 
, ^ ^ 'VSNV5 .. 
 
 o 
 
 This I thus copied, and fet dbwn in ^^Qe^He- 
 roy Table-Book. Now after this Door puk*. ■ 
 vyasqpened, the Page ledjiic by tht 
 hand throiagli.a very d^rk Paflage, tifl 
 we came again to. a very^ little 0001"^ 
 ^hatwas now only put too. For fas* 
 the page informed me) it ' vfUi firft 
 opened but ycfterday when the Coffins 
 were taken out;, and had not beei,i fince 
 ft'Jt.' Now as foon as we flapped in, I 
 ^fpied the ihoft prctious thing that Na- 
 ture ever created : ' For tliis Vault Had 
 ho other light but from certain' " huge 
 ^vtatCarhumlej ^ And this fas I Was in-? '''\ 
 formed) w^s f he Ki"^''^,TyeafHryJ Bilt 
 the moft glorious ^nd principal thing, 
 that X here faw, vyas a SepUkhcrX}^'^Ach l,^,"^' 
 flood in the midile) fo rich thatl won- 
 dred it was no better guarded ; where- 
 
 \?nto 
 
 •ntb 
 
Hnto the Pageanfwered me, That I hd^ 
 good reafott to ie thankful to tny TUnet^ ijjf 
 whofe ipflnence it was^ that I h<td nov:> feen 
 iertain peas which no humAUi Eye elfe (^at- 
 eept tbs K'w£s Family) had ever had 4 
 view of. This Scpulcher was triangHlar, 
 and had in the middle of it ^ Rcttlc of 
 polifhcd Copper, the rcll was of pure 
 Gold and pretious Stones 5 In the Ket- 
 tle ftood an Angel, who held in his 
 Arms an unknown Tree, from which 
 it continually dropped into the Kettle ? 
 and as oft as the Fruit fell into the Ket- 
 tle, it turned into ff^/cr too, and ran 
 out from thence into three fmall Gol- 
 den Kettles ftariding by. ' This little 
 Altar was fupportcd by thefe three Ani^ 
 mals, an £x^/e, an Oat and a Lyon,whicK 
 flood on an Exceeding coflly Bafe. 'f 
 asked my Page what this might figniSe; 
 i^ere^ faid he, lies Buried Lady V^nus, 
 that Beauty which hath nntione many agreift 
 Many both, in FonrtHne^ HprnHYy Bitting 
 and Profferity. Aftet which he fhe wed 
 niea Copper Door on the Patrem^nt.^ 
 Here (laid he J if yotf fkafe^ we fn ay go 
 further down'yl ftill follow you( reply cd 1) 
 fo I went down ihe flcps, where it was 
 exceeding dark, but; the Page immedi«. 
 / ' aiely ' 
 
diatelf opened a little Chcft, whereia 
 ftood a fraali evcr-lfurniNg Tafgr^ at 
 which he kindled one of the many 
 Torches which lay by. I was mighti- 
 ly terrified, and ferioufly asked how he 
 durft do this ? He gare me for an- 
 fwcr, As long as the Royal Ptrfons arc 
 ftill/itrefiy J have nothing to fear. Here- 
 with I efpied a rich Bed ready made, 
 hung about with curious Curtains, one 
 of which he drew, where I faw the 
 Lady Ftmts fiark^nAhd(Jov he heaved up 
 the Coverlets tooj lying there in fuch Dcfcnpn* 
 Beauty, and a fafhion fo furprizing, that '^ofp^^* 
 I was almoft befidcs my felf, neither ^S^' 
 do I yet know whether it was a piece 
 thus Carved , or an humane Corps 
 that lay dead there \ For The was alto- 
 gether immoveable, and yet I durft not 
 touch her. So file was again covered, 
 and the Curtain drawn before her, 
 yecfhewas ftiH (asitwere)in my Eye. 
 But I foon efpycd behind the Bed a Tab-, 
 let, on which it was thus written* 
 
. xvjivoomjyo v'6 i^p »\ o 
 
 •rt^h;' ^ ' l asM my Page , concerning this 
 ««V' • :Wr.i:ing, .but he laughed, with pro- 
 ^'^*:.' niife that I (houkl know it too. So he 
 putting out the Torch:, we again afcend- 
 . ,ed :_ Then I better viewed all the lit- 
 tle Doors, and firft found, that on c- 
 yery corner there burned a fmall Taper 
 of Tyrites^ oi which i had before ta- 
 ken no notice ; for the Fire was fo clear, 
 tliat it looked much liker a Stone than 
 a Taper. • From this heat the Tree was 
 ' j^^^'^^;"'': ^3- forced, continually to melt ^ yet it Hill 
 busf* ^'^' produced new Fruit. Now behoU (^{siid 
 the Page J wh^ I heard revealed to the 
 King by Atlas, Whe7J the Tree (fa id he) 
 jlialL be tjnite melted down^ Thet7JJjall L^dy 
 Venus anale^andhf the Another of a King. 
 
 " Whillt 
 
Whilfl: he was thus Ipeaking, • iqi^pw 
 the little Cupid, who at firll was fomc- 
 what abafhed at our prefence, but fee- 
 ing us both look more like the- Dead j^^i^, fe. 
 then the Living, he could not ^t length <^a hums 
 refrain from Laughing, BemAndedwhAt °J*j. 
 Spritb/td hr ought me f^?>^r,wIiom I with 
 trembling anfwered, that I had lofl my 
 way in the Caflie, and was by chance 
 come hither, and that the rag,e like- 1 
 wife had been looking up and down for 
 me, andatlaft lited upon mq i|^^,;;I ; 
 hoped he would not.paike it amifs. \Nay. , 
 then '^Hs well enough ya'y laid Cupi^yjW^y 
 M bnfe Granflr^ but yon might lightly have 
 ferved me a [curvy tricky had you. been a- 
 ■ ftfArcof^this Door. Now I tnitjlkokbetr' ; 
 terto it]^ and fo he put a ftrongLock on 
 the Copper Door, where. we before de- 
 fcended. I thtnked God that he lited 
 wpon us no fooncr, my Page too was 
 tftc more jocond, becaufe 1 had fo well 
 helped him at this pinch. Tet ,can J • 
 not (faid Cupid) let it -p.ifs unreve^ged^ : 
 that yon wcrefo near flumbi'wg upon my dear 
 Mother ^ with that he put the point of . 
 his Dart into one of the little Ta|',ers, 
 5ind heating it a little, pricked mc with 
 it on the hand, which at that time 1 lit-. 
 
 12 ■ UC 
 
(tl2 ) 
 
 tic regarded, but was glad that it went' 
 fo well with us, and that we came off, 
 williout further dan'ger. Mean time my ' 
 Coiiipanions were gottca our of Bed 
 t66,^ ^nd were agaiA returned into the 
 Halli* To* whom I alfo joyncd my fell,. 
 making aj if r were then firfl: rifcn. 
 After Cupid had carefully made all fall 
 again, he came likcwife to us, and 
 would ' needs have me Ihc w him my 
 handy where he dill found a little drop 
 
 di't Auwri?" of blood, at which he heartily laughed,, 
 aiid baki^ the reft have a care of mcj I 
 would fhortly end my days. We all 
 wondred how Cupid could be fo merry, 
 
 fi:msi«tftia. 2"^ ^^vc no fence at all of the yeftcr- 
 day's fad paffages. ^ But he' was no whit 
 troubled. Now our Prcfident had in 
 
 ^J.fif'^'.'^^ the mean time made her felf ready for 
 
 gui»rL? "" the Journey, coming in all in bUck f^el- 
 'vet^yct file ftill bare her branch of Lau- 
 rel, her Virgins too had their Branches.. 
 Now all things being in readinefs, the 
 Virgin' bid us firftdrink fomevvhat,and 
 then prefently prepare for the proccf- 
 lion v wherefore we made no long tar- 
 rying , but follovvcd her out of the 
 Hall into the Court. In the Court flood 
 fix Coffins,and my Companions thought 
 no other but thatthc fix Royal Pcrfons 
 
 lay 
 
lay in them, but I well obfcrvf d the de- 
 vice. Yet I knew not what was to be 
 <dbne with thefe other. By each CdfTin 
 '"trerta^htTnHffleclMtn* Now as foon 
 "as the Mufick went (it was fo mournful 
 & dolcfoine a tunejthat I was aftoriifhed 
 ^ it) -they took np the Coffins, and wc 
 (asWevvere ordered) were fain to go 
 rfter them into the formentioned Gar- 
 den^ in the mid ft of which was crcftecl 
 a wooden Edifice, having round about 
 the Roof a glorious Grown, and (band- 
 ing «p^ fevert Columns ^ within it were 
 formed fix Sepulchers, and by each of 
 thcm^ a ftone, but in the middle it had a 
 round hollow rifmg ftoaciInthefeGravcs 
 the Coffins were quietly and with many 
 Cerimonies layed : The ftones were flip- 
 ved over them, and they fliut fall. But 
 thelittlc Cheft was to lie in the middle. 
 Herewith were my Companions de- 
 ceived, for they imagined no other bujt 
 thatthcDead Corps were there. Upon 
 tfie'tpp of all there was a great Flag, ha- 
 ving a P^^w/.v f4wted onitj perhaps 
 tjierewith the more to delude us. Here 
 I had great occafion to thank God that I 
 had fcen more than the reft. Now af- Hofpite^vo* 
 
 ter the Funerals wea-c done, the Virgin,^tiTeTprol'i; 
 I 3 havingtaRc^m. 
 
virgmcs re 
 nianen; in 
 4rcc. 
 
 ' ( M4 -> 
 
 having x^^^<^^^ ^""^^ T^l^ upon the middle 
 moft Stone, made, a Ihort Oration, Ths 
 rue jhoidd be conflapt to oar wgAgemeT^ts^ 
 and not repine at fhe pmns wc were heresfte 
 to undergo^ hat \;e hdpfd in reftoring th 
 frefent hnried Jloyal Perfons foLife ^g^in^ 
 and therefore without delay to rife up wit 
 her^ to make a Journey to the Tower of 
 ply^ipus, to fetch from thence Medicines 
 nfefnl and negeffAry for this furpofe. This 
 yvc . foon agreed tp.^ and followed her 
 through another little door quite to thp 
 Shore^ There the feven fore-mention- 
 ed Ships Jtood all empty ^ on which all 
 the VirginS; itiK;^:, up their Laurel 
 Br/inchcs^ and afte^r they had diftributed 
 us in the {\x Ships, they caufed- us in 
 Gods name ^ thus to begin our Voyage, 
 and looked upon usas long as thcy,^ould 
 have us in fight, ' after which they with 
 all the AVatch-mea, returned into the 
 Caftte. Our Ships had each of thcra a 
 peculiar device. Five of them indeed 
 h^^lhthy^regHUr Bodies^ each a fever 
 ralonc , but mine in which the Virgin 
 too" fate, carried a, Globe. Thus we 
 failed oh in a lingiilar order, and each 
 had only two Mariners;, Foremofl went 
 the Ship /fj,iaAj(jijch,,>^ I conccivc.thc 
 ' , ;■ " "^ ; \ ^' Jlloor 
 
M60Y lay, in this were twelve Mitfitians^ ^ 
 •who played : cxcclleiic welf, its dmrke 11 
 wasa Pyrtmid.. Next followed three b|| c|| di} 
 2> .'brcaft:, h^ f , and d^ in which we were * ,f ru ' 
 difpofcd, I fate in r. In the inidll be- ^'^ " 
 "hind thefc caiiiethc two fairef^ and s!l 
 ftatcUeil Ships, > and ./, Aik::^i about 
 with many Branches of Laurel^ \^:^"^\'^^ 
 no Paflengersin them •, their Flags were 
 the Sm and Mom. But in the rear on- 
 ly one Ship gy in this vv ex c Forty: Vir- 
 gins, Now- beirtg. thus palTed'Oyer this 40 virgincs 
 Lake, we firft came througte a natrOvy *'^'"'^'^'- 
 Arm, into the -right Sea, where' all the 
 Syrens, Nym'phs,iand Sea-GoddelTcs.had Exci>,juntur 
 attended us v -wh^t-x:fore thejr immedi- ^ Nympini. 
 ately difpatched^ ^^ S^a-Nymph to us to 
 deliver their Prcfqnt and Oifcring of 
 Honour to t^i^- W.edding. -.il^.vvias ^ 
 coftly, great, fety:.>rpundj/ and'Oricnt 
 Peart ; the Ujii^^t^ ^-^yhicti hath 95P.t;,;;iiC;a- 
 ny time been fecn^: either^ in ours, or 
 yet ih thcrneiy vr W^vi4« ^PYiYfpH? Nl^A 
 gin having fiiend^\ received it, the 
 Nymph furOh^y intreated thapavidi^nce 
 might be given tO:th>ir Divertifements, 
 and to make a littlp ftand, y vhich the 
 Virgin yvas cpncciii to do,^.a^d com- 
 mand'ed tlic 
 
 t^;jp^great .Ships to ftand 
 
5^ into the middlc,i*d 
 
 b/ "^d with the reft to in- 
 
 e||' II f corapafs them in 
 
 Tenugon, After 
 
 'g\ /a which the Nymphs 
 
 fell into a ring a- 
 
 bout thcmt awd with a moll delicate 
 
 f vveet voice began thus to ling. 
 
 I 
 
 There's nothing better here hthv^ 
 Than heHuttOHs^ nohle^ LqvC v 
 Whereby we like to God do. grorVy 
 And none to grief do move, • 
 Wherefore lets chttnxit to tk King^ 
 Thst all the Sea thereof r^^y ring. 
 We ijHefiiqn ', Anfwer yon, 
 
 II 
 What was it that atfirfi tismadf ? 
 
 ' ^Twas Love, ■ ■-' - ('''■■ 
 'And what hath Grace a frefix €0nvetgh'*d1 
 
 ■■-■ '■ 'TisLove, ■ 
 Whtnce tvas^t (fray tell hs) wemreborn ? 
 
 OfUve-^^ 
 Uevp famet$e then again forlorn^. 
 Sans Love', ' 
 
 Who wits it ( fdy) that us conceived^}: 
 
 ^TwMsLcve. '■'■'■—-' 
 
 Who 
 
^%o Snclkd^ Ntirjedj ^HdRtHcv^d> 
 
 ^TvpM Love* ^ 
 
 M^hat is it wc to enr Parents tv^ef 
 
 ^Tis Love, 
 Why do they Hs fiichkindnefs ^mcft 
 OfLeve. 
 IV 
 WhQ gtt'^s herein the Viiioryl 
 
 '^TifLovs. 
 Can Love by Jiarch obtaimd ^ ? ; 
 ]; By Love. 
 
 How may a> Man good worh ferform^ 
 ' oo: Throt^h Love* bi\t Si^ 
 Who mo one can. tvf9 transform ? 
 ^Tis Live. _ _ 
 
 V, iiioii I; 
 
 Then let our Song fomdy- ^'^^ 
 Till it's Eccho rebonnd,- - '^ -- 
 To Loves honour and fraife^ 
 Which may ever encreafe - '■■ 
 With our mbkFriticeT^theKing^fif' the^jieen^ 
 The Soul if defarted^their Body^si^it^, 
 ^^ ■ -J \- ■• 
 
 And as tong"^^rxi^.e /ji'c,. ',", 
 Cod grationjly give\j ~. .V/.^"l ... .. 
 That 04 great Love anJJmity;l;^^^^;;; I;;. 
 Xhey bear each other mightily : "'\ "; 
 Spm Hhwifc^ by Loves ovc^ Flante'^. . 
 may ' 'reconjoyn them once again,' 
 
 vir. 
 
CM 
 
 Then this 4nfidy 
 Into great Joy 
 (^If many thoufand younglings deign) 
 SMI change^ and ever fo nmain, 
 
 Autoripcr. The/ having wkH raoft admira- 
 
 p'a«"j^ ble concent and malody finifhcd this' 
 
 «SuT. Song, I no more Wondrcd at Vltfcs 
 
 for ftopping the Ears 'of his Com* 
 
 paalons ; for I fecmed to my felf 
 
 the moft unhappy man alive,- th^t 
 
 Nature had not m^de me too fo 
 
 trim a creature. But the f^trgin fooii 
 
 difpatchcd them, and commanded to 
 
 fetSail from thence v wherefore the 
 
 TheNimphs^y^^P^^^^^^ after they had been pf ^v 
 
 are reward- fcated with 3 long red Sp^rff iov ,^ grar 
 
 ^' tuity *, went off, and difpcrfcd tbtr^V 
 
 felves in the Sea. I was at thistim.q 
 
 fenfiblev that Cnfid begeti] to work witt\ 
 
 me too, which yet tci^dcd but very lit\ 
 
 tic to my Credit, and, for as much as 
 
 -"^qSuc ^y giddinefs is likely ti be nothing-bc- 
 
 i»Jo. * ncficial to the 'Reader',* i dm refolvedYp 
 
 let it rcll as it is. ^.BiJt'this was the Ve-f" 
 
 ry wound that in the ^foit Book';l1rcT. 
 
 ccired on the head' in a Dream \ arid 
 
 let every bhc take "warrfing by mt qt 
 
 .^ • ' ^ joitenng 
 
rn9; 
 
 loitering about Vmi^ss Bcdy for Cupd 
 prn by no means brook it. After fome 
 Hours, having in friendly difcourfci 
 piadc a good way, we came within Kctf 
 of the Tower of 0/)'77;p;»^,w;hcrefore thcf 
 Virgin commanded by the tiifcharge o£ 
 fbmc Pieces to give the iignal of oun 
 approach, which was alfo donc^ And 
 immediately we efpycda great t9hita 
 Flag thruft out, and a finall- gilded^f;^^^ 
 Pinnace fcnt' forth to meet us. Now ' " 
 asfoonas this was come to us,, weper^' 
 oeived in it a very anciepct man, the 
 Warden of the Tower,. with certaimcurios. 
 Guards cloathed in white ^ of' whom wc 
 were Friendly received, antii fb con-y ^.'" 
 dueled ta the Tower. ' This' Toweti 
 was Situated upon aa i^'*?^' cxadlyi- 
 ^^^re, which was invironed With a f^^^^tm^bjim* 
 io firm and thick, that I any . fdf coun^Tt 
 ced two hundred and yZjcf^^palTes orer.iP^* 
 Op the other'fide of the wa:ll was a fine' 
 IVjeadow with certain little Gardens, ia- 
 which grew fhrange, arid to me un^- 
 kriowa. Fruits^ and then again am 
 inner Wall round about, BhccTower-;! 
 The Tower ,. of; it • felf vtBs.Jtift as ; if/ 
 fe^vAn round. TovecKs hz<i b^cg:built onCii 
 by another,: yet the raiddkmoft was:') 
 
 fomc^ 
 
foracwhat the higher, and ^idiin they 
 all cntrcd one into another, and had 
 fevcn Storys one above another. Being 
 thijs come to the Gates of the Tower, 
 we were led- a littic afide on the Wall^, 
 that fo, as I well obfcrved, the Coffins 
 might be brought into the Tower with- 
 out our taking notice ; of this the reft 
 knew nothing. This being done, we 
 ivtrc condu&cd into the Tower at the 
 r.CoAcioave very bottom, which albeit it wcreci:- . 
 ccllently painted, yet we had herelit- 
 til recreation, for this was nothing but 
 .iK^AiCZLAbsratoryy where we were fain to beat 
 ;ind wafh Plants, ^nd pretious Stones,' 
 lofykum, *^4 all.Sorts of Things,; and extra^:' 
 their Jiiici: and Eilence, and put up the- 
 fame in Gtaflcs, and deliver them to be' 
 ,;..'. :4aid up. And truly our Virgin was. 
 fo bufic with MS, and fo full of her dii* 
 "'■"'t^^ionSr'that flic knew how to give each' 
 of us employment enough, fo that ii^' 
 this Iflahd'Jv^ were fain to be me^l 
 Amdgss^uli wehad atcheived ail that wa$' 
 necclTsry. far the reftoringof the Re J 
 headed Bodies: Mean time (as I afccisl 
 virgmum wards underftood) three Virgins wer^' 
 in the firfb Apartment wafhing the 
 Corps with all diligence. .Now having: 
 
<i40 
 
 at length filmcfi done with this our pre* 
 
 radon, nothing marc was brought us, . 
 t fome broath with a little draught of pitui 
 Wine, whereby I well obfcrvcd, that 
 T* e were not here for our pleafure ; for 
 when we had finiihcd our days work too, 
 every one had only a Mattrefs laid on Leaus. 
 the Ground for him, wherewith we ^''°"**' 
 were to content our felves. For my 
 part I was not very much troubled with: 
 ^:ep, and therefore walked out into" 
 c Garden, and at length came as far: 
 the Wall ; and becaufe the Heaven 
 r. as at that time ve-i-y clear,I-c6uld well ^"torspe- 
 d.iive away the time in contemplating fum'proi^' 
 V:\cSt4rs ^ By chance I came to a greaf^omoo. 
 ' lir of Stone-Stairs, which led up to 
 le top of the Wall. And becaufe the 
 Moon fhone very bright, I was fo much 
 * he more confident, and wtntup, and 
 oked too a little upon the Sea, which 
 as now exceeding calm •, and thus ha* 
 inggood opportunity toconfidcr bet- 
 •r of Aflrononty, I found that this prc- 
 fent Night there would happen fuch a 
 conjundtion of the Planets, the like to 
 .'vhich was not other wife fuddcnly to be 
 jfci'ved. Now having looked a good 
 ;/hile into the Sea, and it being juit a- 
 
 bout 
 
bout Midnight, as loon as it had ftruck 
 Twelve, I beheld from hv the fezen _ 
 
 r F//t>wcj pafling over Sea hitherward,and 
 betakeing themfelvcsto the top of the 
 Spire of the Tower. This made mc' 
 fomewhat affraid ^ for as foon as the' 
 
 -Flames had fetlcd themfelvcs , the 
 Winds arofe, and began to make the 
 Sea very Tcmpeftiiotis. The Moon al- 
 £) was Covered with clouds, and my" 
 }Qy. ended with fuch fear, that I ha4 
 fcarce time enough to hit upon the Starrs 
 again, and betake my felf again to thc^ 
 Tower. Now whether; the Flames' 
 tarried any longer , or pafTed a- ' 
 way again, I cannot fay: For in this" 
 ohfcurity I durft no more venture a- 
 broad : So I laid me down upon my 
 Mattrefs, and there being befidcs in the 
 Laboratory a pleafant and gently purling 
 Fountain, I fell n Sleep fo much the 
 fooner. And thus this fifth day too was 
 concludfd v/ith Wonders^ 
 
 The 
 
CM?) 
 
 The Sixth Day. 
 
 NExt morning, after we had awak- 
 ed one afiorfier, we fate together ^^^^^''['^ 
 a while to difcbiirfe what might yet be Jgafs.^^'" 
 ' the event of tilings. For fome were of 
 opinion that theyftiould all beinlivened 
 again together; Others cohtradidcd 
 it, becaufc the dcceafeof the ancients 
 -was not only to tejiore life, but increafc 
 ' too to the young ones. Some imagined 
 \ that they were not put to death, but 
 r that others were beheaded in their ftead. 
 
 I We having now talked together a prct- 
 t' ty while, in comes the Old Man to us, 
 
 II and firfb fainting las, looks about him 
 [I to fee if all things were ready, and the 
 i proccfTcs enough done. We had herein 
 
 lb behaved our felves, that he had no c^Qors. 
 fault to find with our diligence, where- 
 upon he placed all the Glafles together, gjf^j^^^^'''* 
 and put them into a cafe. Prefently laudatur 
 come certain youths bringing with them 
 fome Ladders^ Eoafes^ and large Wings, Jy^'t«», 
 which tiief laid down before us, and 
 departed. Then the old Man began 
 
 thus. 
 
(U4) 
 
 thus.^ My Dear Sons, one of thcfc 
 three things rauft: each of you this day 
 conftantly bear about with him. Now 
 it is free for you either to ttiake a choice 
 of one of them, or to call lots about 
 it. We replied, we would choofc. 
 Nay 9 faid he, let it rather gO by lot^ 
 Hereupon he made three little Sche- 
 dules, in one he writ Ladder^ on the 
 fecond Rope, on the third Wirt^s ; Thefc 
 he laid in an Hat, and each man mull 
 dfaw, and whatever he happened upon, 
 that was to be his. Thofe who got the I 
 Kopesy imagined thcjnfelves to be in the I 
 bell cafe, but I chanced on a Ladder. I 
 jvhieh hugely afflidted me, for it wa?- 1 
 twcive-footlong, and pretty weighty,, I 
 and I mull be forced to carry it, where- 1 
 ^s the others could handfomly coy lei 
 their Ropes about them : and as foil 
 the IVings.^ the old Man joyned them fci ' 
 .neatly on to the third fort, as if theyl ^ 
 iad grown upon them. Hereupon he/ ^i 
 turned the Cock, and then the Foun^l ^i 
 rain ran no longer, and we were fail/ ^^'^ 
 to remove it, from the middle out ol ^^e 
 the way. After all things were carrieJ ^'f 
 off, he taking with him the Caskel p] 
 wiU\:the Glalle^, took leave, andlocJ ^^n 
 
 / kii 
 
( HS ) 
 
 cd the Door fail after him,fo that we im^ 
 agincd no other but that we had been 
 imprifo"'*d in this Tower. But it was ^^'^^^^^^'^ 
 hardly t quarter of an Hour before a JLve. ""^ 
 round Hole at the very top was uncover- 
 ed, where we faw our Virgin, who cal- 
 led to us, and bad us good Morrow, 
 deflring us to come up. They with the 
 Wings were inftantly above through 
 the hole. Only they with the Ropes 
 were in evil plight. For as foon as c- 
 vei'one of us was up, he was command- 
 ed to draw up the Ladder to him. At 
 lafleach mans Rope was hanged on an j^^^J^^'j^ 
 Iron Hook, fo every one was fain to 
 climb up by his Rope as well as he could, 
 which indeed was not compalTed with- 
 out Blifters . Now as foon as we were 
 all well up, the hole was again covered, 
 and we were friendly received by the 
 Virgin. This Room v/as the whole 
 breadth of the Tower it felf, having 
 Six very ftately Vejlries a little raifed 
 above the Room, and to be entrcd by 
 the afcent of three Steps. In thcfe pef^^ip^f^ 
 yrftries we were diftrihuted, there t0.2CoriC.au 
 pray for the Life of the King and Queen, 
 mean while the Virgin v/cnt in and 
 out at the little Door /z^till we had done. 
 For as foon as our procefs was abfolved, 
 K there 
 
there was brought in, and placed in the 
 middle tlirough the little Door, by 
 twelve pcrfons (which were formerly 
 our Mufitians) a wonderful thing of a 
 lorjgijh fhape, which my Companions 
 took only to be a Fountain. But I well 
 obferved that the Corps's lay in it, for 
 tht inner Chell was of an oval Figure, 
 ib large that fix Perfons might well lie 
 in it one by another. After which they 
 aga'm went forth, fetched their Inllru- 
 ments, and conduced in our Virgin, to- 
 gether with her fhe-attcndants, with a 
 moll delicate noife of Mufick. The 
 Theiitd9 Virgin carried a little Casket, but the 
 Casket. j-gj^ Qjjly Branches, and fmall Lamps, 
 and fome too lighted Torches. The 
 Torches were immediately given into 
 our Hands, and we were to ftand about 
 the Fountain in this order. 
 Gi ic chori. ooooooooa ^'^^^ ^ood ther/r. 
 000 i^^ ^ w^^^ hcrat- 
 
 ^ tcndants in a Ring , 
 
 coeooooo round about with 
 
 O .-^ C) <» 
 
 ^ ^ /^ o o . the Lamps & bran- 
 2 t^ tl ^ chcsr,nextftoodwc 
 2 oc Ojdo <a v/ith ourTorches ^, 
 
 oooooood '"along rank, kft 
 
 of 
 
of all the reft of the Virgins dm another 
 long rank too. Now whence the Virgins 
 came, or whether they dwelt in the 
 Caftle, or whether they were brought 
 in by night, I know not, for all their 
 IFaccs were covered with delicate white 
 JLinnen, fo that I could not know any virgin« 
 of them* Hereupon the Virgin open- "^^°' 
 cd the Casket, in which there was a q^j^ 
 round thing wrapped up in a piece of wis, 
 green double Taf&ta. This fhe laid in 
 the uppermoll Kettle, and then cover- 
 ed it with the Jid, which was full of 
 holes, and had befides a Rim, on which 
 Ihe poured in fomc of the Water 
 which we had the day before prepared, 
 whence the Fountain began immediate- 
 ly to run, and through four fmall Pipes 
 to drive into the little Kettle \ beneath 
 the undermoll Kettle there were many 
 (harp points,on which the Virgins ftuck 
 their Lamps, that {o the heat might 
 come to the Kettle, and make the Wa- 
 ter Seeth. Now the Water beginning 
 to Simper, by many little holes at ^, it 
 fell in upon the Bodies, and was fo hot, 
 that it dijfoivtd them all, and turned them 
 into Liquor. But what the abovefaid 
 round wrapt up thing was, my Com- 
 panions knew not, but I undcrftood 
 K ^ ' that 
 
 inar< 
 
(i4S ) 
 that it was thcMoor's Head,from which 
 the Water conceived fo great heat. 
 At b round about the great Kettle, 
 there were again many holes, in which 
 thev ftuck their Branches ; now whe- 
 ther this was done of ncceflity, or only 
 for Ceremony, I know not ; However 
 thcfc Branches were continually be- 
 fprinkled by the Fountain, whence it 
 afr^.rwardsdropt fomcwhatofa deeper 
 lelioTP into the Kettle. This lailcd for 
 near two Hours, that the Fountsiin ftiU 
 conilantlyran of it fclf; but yet the 
 longer , the fainter it was. Mean time 
 the Mufitians went their way, and vvc 
 walked up and down in the Room ^ and 
 truly the Room w^as fomade, that we 
 had opportunity enough to pafs away 
 our time: There was, for Images, 
 Paintings,Clock- woiks,Organs , Springs' 
 Ing Fountains, and the like, nothing 
 forgotten. Now it was near the time 
 that the Fountain ccafed, and would 
 Tun no longer : upon which the Virgin 
 commanded a round Golden Globe to 
 he Isrought. But at the bottom of the 
 Fountain there was a Tap, by which 
 fte let * out all the matter that was dif- 
 fovled by thofchot Drops (whereof cer- 
 
 taia 
 
Cain quarts were then very Red) into 
 the Globe. The reft of the Water 
 which remained aboye in the Kettle, 
 was poured out. And fothis Fountaia 
 (which was now become much lighter) 
 v^as again carried forth. Now whe- 
 ther it was opened abroad, or whether 
 jany thing of the Bodies that was fur- 
 ther ufeful, yet remained^ 1 dare not 
 certainly fay i But this 1 know, that 
 the Water that was emptied into the 
 Globe was nluch heavier thcnyTAr, or yet Gravity 
 ihore of us were well able to bear, al^aqu*- 
 beit for its bulk it fhould have fecmcd 
 hot too heavy for one man. Novv this 
 Globe being with much ado gotten out 
 of Doors, we again fate alone. But 
 r perceiving a trampling over head; 
 had an Eye to my Ladder, Hear one 
 might take notice of the flrange opinio- 
 bns myCompanions had concerning this 
 Fountain : For they not imagiiring but ^^^^^^ j:^y 
 that the Bodies lay in the Garden of novi?rer^ 
 theCaflk, knew not what to make oq^^^^^i^^ 
 this kind of working, but I thanked 
 God that I awaked in fo opportune a 
 time, and faw that which helped me 
 the better in all the Virgins bufmefs. 
 After one quarter of an hour ihe cover 
 K 4 abQVC 
 
above was again lifted of, and wccont- 
 
 ^cSciavi^ mandcd to come up, which was done as 
 
 ^" "^ ' * before with Wings, Ladders , and 
 
 Ropes. And it did not a little vex me, 
 
 that whereas the Virgins could go 
 
 rip another way, we were fain to 
 
 f;ik? fo much toil', yet I could well 
 
 «!! ige ihere muft be fomeypem/ reafon 
 
 ir. It, and we muft leave fomevvhat 
 
 , for I he Old Man to do too. For even 
 
 rhorn'-vith the Wings had noadvan* 
 
 tage l>v them but when they were to 
 
 rnouni through the Hole. Now being 
 
 gjtten up thither alfo, and the Hole 
 
 i^cfcriptio fhut again, I faw the Globe hanging by 
 
 Rooni. In this Room was nothing elfc 
 but mecr Windows, and ftill between 
 t tvo Windows there was a Door, which 
 vvas covered with nothing but a great 
 jxjlilhed Looking-GIafs *, and thefe 
 Windows and Looking-Glafles were 
 fo optically oppofcd one to another, 
 that although the Sun f which now 
 Ariif.optic fhined exceeding bright) beat only u'p- 
 on one Door, yet (after the Windows 
 towards the Sun were opened, and 
 the Doors before the Looking-GlalTes 
 <iravvn afidc) iu all quaiicrs of the 
 
 Room 
 
Room there was nothing but SufjSj 
 which by artificial RefraUions beat upon 
 the whole golden Globe hanging in the 
 midft ^ and for as much as the fame 
 (befides that brightncfs J was poliihed^ 
 it gave fuch a Luftre, that none of us 
 could open our Eyes, but were there- 
 fore forced to look out at Windows till . ^ , 
 the Globe was well heated, and '^*^*p^ 
 brought to the delired effcd. Here I 
 may well avow that in thefe Mirrours 
 1 have feen the mofl wonderful Specta- 
 cle that ever Nature brought to light ; 
 for there were Suns in all places,and the 
 . Globe in the middle Ihined yet brighter, 
 fo that, but for one twinkling of an 
 £yc, we could no more indure it than 
 the Sun it felf. At length the Virgiii 
 Commanded to fhut up the Looking- 
 GlalTes again, and to make fall the 
 Windows, and fo let the Globe cool 
 again a Httle ; and this was done about 
 fevcn of the Clock. Wherefore we 
 thought good, fince we might isovv 
 have leifure alittletorefrelhourfelVes' 
 with a Breakfaft : This Treatment 
 agaifi was right Philofophical, and vvep^j,^,.^^ 
 had no need to be affraid of Intempe- phiiofoph.' 
 ranee, yet vvehad no want. And the 
 K 5 hop^ 
 
hope of the future joy (vrith which 
 the Virgin continually comforted us) 
 made us {o jocond that vvc regarded 
 not any pains, or inconvenience. And 
 this I can truly fay too concerning my 
 Compaaions of high quality, that their 
 minds never ran after their Kit chin or 
 Tablcy but their pleafurc was only to 
 attend upon this adventurous Phifick, 
 and hence to contemplate the Creator's 
 W ? [doir. and Omnipotency. After we 
 iflaa i:kcn our Refe<^ion, we again fet- 
 tled 01. r felves to work, for the Globe 
 was fufficiently cooled ^ which with 
 toil rind labour we were to lift off the 
 Cnamand fct upon the Floor. Now 
 the difpute was how to get the Globe 
 in funder, for we were commanded to 
 divide the fame in the midft. The con- 
 clufion was that a fharp pointed Dia- 
 ciobi"'"' raond would bcfl: do it. Now when we 
 had thus opened the Globe, there wa$ 
 nothing of rcanefs more to be fecn, but 
 aiovely great fnovv-vvhite Egg: It 
 moft mightily rcjoyced us, that this was 
 fo well brought to pafs. For the Vir* 
 gin was in pevpetuall care, leaft the 
 Shell might ftiii be too tender. We 
 flood round abQULthis Egg as jocond as 
 
 Kefolutio 
 
( <'5? ) 
 
 if vVe our felvcs had laid it. But the 
 
 Virgin made it prefently be carried 0^^,^^^^^^^. 
 forth, and departed herfclf too from didum, 
 us again, and (as all ways) locked the 
 Door to. But vvhat (he did abroad 
 with the Egg, or whether it were 
 fome vyay privately handled, IknovT 
 not, neither do I believe it. Yet wc 
 were again to paufc together for one 
 quartet of an hour, tilJ the third hole 
 were opened, and we by means of our 
 inftrumcnts were come upon the fcutth 
 Stone or Floor. In this Room we'^^'^'^' *'^ 
 found a great Copper Kettle filled 
 with ytllow Sand^ which was warmed 
 with a gentle Fire, afterwards the 
 £gg vyas raked up in it, that it might 
 therein come to perfed maturity. This 
 Kettle was exadly fquare, upou one 
 fide flood thefe twc^ verfes. Writ ioi 
 great Letcfs. 
 
 O. BLI. TO. BIT. MI. LI. 
 KANT. I. VOLT. BIT. TO. GOLT. 
 
 On the fcGond (idc vvece thefe three 
 Words, 
 
 SANITAS 
 
SANITAS. NIX. HASTA. 
 
 The third had no more but this one 
 JWord. 
 
 F. I. A. t. 
 
 But on the hindefmoffi part flood an 
 intire Infcription running thiis. 
 
 qlvod. 
 
 Ignis : Aer : Aqua ; Terra : 
 
 SANCTIS REGUM ET REGi- 
 NARUM NOSTR: 
 
 Cineribus. 
 
 Eriperc non potuerunt. 
 
 Fidel is Chymicorurn Turba! 
 
 IN HANG URNAM 
 
 Contulit. 
 • Ao. 
 
 Now whether the Sand or Egg were 
 jhereby meant. Heave to the learned 
 to difputCs yet do I my part, and omit 
 nothing umicclarcd. Cur Egg being 
 
 novv 
 
 I 
 
<M5) 
 
 now ready was taken out ; But it need- 
 
 >':d no cracking, for the Bird that was in 
 kfoon freed himfelf, and (hewed him- 
 felf very jocond, yet he looked very 
 Bloody and unfhapcn .• Wc firft fet him puIIus im* 
 upon the warln Sand, fo the Virgin p^"°^'*- 
 commanded, that before wc gave him 
 .my thing to eat, wc fhould be fure to 
 make hinl faft^ other wife he would give ^.^ . ; 
 iis all work enough. This being done 
 too, food was brought him, which fure- 
 ky was nothing clfe than the Blood 6f the Pafcitur. 
 Beheaded^ deluted a^ain with prepared' j^^S"}"*- 
 
 1 1 • 1 1 °r^. 1 ^ r- r n decollator- 
 
 water, by which the Bird grew fo faft um. 
 jnder our eyes, that We well faw why 
 ;:he Virgin gave us fuch warning of him» 
 He bit and fcratcht fo devillifhly about 
 him, that could he have had his will up- 
 on any of us, he would foon have dif- 
 patched him. Now he was wholly bUei^ 
 ind wild , wherefore other meat wa5 
 brought himi perhaps the blood ofa-^j^ j^^ 
 lotherof thi Royal ferf$ns^ whereupon alius Regis 
 ill his black Feathers moulted again, p^^^'^^^^' 
 ind inftead of them there grew out 
 Snovf -white -^Feathers, He was fomewhac 
 :amertoo, and fuffercd himfclf to be 
 more tradl^ible, neverthelefs we did 
 aot y€C trijft him. At th<J third feed- 
 ing 
 
tridefclt. 
 
 tibcratur. 
 vincuiti. 
 
 U^6) 
 
 ing his Feathers began to be fo curioufly 
 coloured^ that in all my Life I .never favv' 
 the like colours for Beauty.. Me was slU 
 fo exceeding tame, and behaved him- 
 felf fo friendly with lis, that (the Vir- 
 gin confenting) we releafed him froth 
 his Captivity. '*Tis mwreafon (^bcgari 
 our Virgin ) fince by your diligence^ and 
 :'ur old mar^s ccnfcnty th? Bird has attkirteJ 
 hcth his tifCy and the highefi PerfecliofJj 
 that he be alfo joyfully Confecrated by hs. 
 Herewith flie commanded to bring in 
 Dinner, and that we fhould again rc- 
 frefh our felves, Jlnce the moft trouble- 
 fcAie part of our Work was now over, 
 and ic was fit we fhould begin to enjoy 
 our p^fTcd Labours. We began to make 
 our felves merry together. Hovvbeit 
 we had Hill all our Mourning Cloaths 
 on, which feemed fomewhat reproach- 
 ful to our Mirth. Now the Virgin 
 was perpetually inquifitive, perhaps td 
 find to which of us her future purpofc 
 might prove ferviceablc. But her dif- 
 courfc was for the moil part about melt" 
 i»gj and it pleafed her well when any 
 one feemed expert in fuch compendious 
 Manuals, as do peculiar ly commend an 
 Arti/t. This Dinner kited nor thowt 
 
 ihrei 
 
^57) 
 
 three quart:crs of an hour, which wc 
 yet for the moll part fpcm; with our 
 Bird, whom vvc were fain conftantly 
 ;:o feed with his meat : But he ftill con- 
 tinued much at the fame growth. Af-» 
 ::cr Dinner vvc were not long fkfFercd 
 *o digeft our Meat ^ but after that the 
 Virgin together with the Bird was de- 
 parted from us. The fifth Room wass-'C^iare. 
 fet open to us, whither we got too ^f- 
 cer the former manner, and tendred our 
 Service. I n t h i s Room' a Bath w as pre- -^''^ ^*^* 
 pared for our Bird, which was fo co- '''^''^* 
 loured with a fine white Powder, that 
 it had the appearance ©f meer Milk. 
 Now it was at firft cool when the Bird! 
 was fet into it : He was mighty well 
 pleafed with it, drinking of it, and 
 pleafantly fporting in ir. But after it 
 began to heat by reafon of the Lamps 
 that were placed under it, we had e- 
 nough to do to keep him in the Bath* 
 we therefore clapt a cover on the Ket- 
 tle, and fuffered him tothrufl his head 
 out through a hole, till he nad in this 
 f®rt loft all his Feathers in this Bath, 
 and was as fmooth as a new^borii 
 Child, yet the heat did him no further 
 haim,' ap which 1 much marvelled ; for 
 
 in 
 
(m8) 
 
 in this Bath the Feathers were quite con- 
 fumed, and the Bath was thereby tin- 
 ged into blew ; at length we gave the 
 Bird air, who of hiipfclf fprung out 
 of the Kettle, and was fo glittcringly 
 fmooth, that it was a pleafarc to be- 
 hold k. But becaufe he was (till fome- 
 what wild, we were fain to put a col- 
 
 Vlttcii^f. lar,with a Chain,about his Neck, and fo 
 led him up and down the Room. Meaa 
 tinie a ilrong Fire was made under the 
 
 Eaifi«um; -Kettle, a^d thc Bath fodden away till 
 
 ^?ld«n/'° ^^^- .ametoai'/ew Stone, which we 
 *" took out, and having firft pounded it, 
 vv€ were aiiervf ards fain to grind it 
 on a Stone, -^nd finally with this co- 
 lour to paint the Bird's whole Skin over: 
 Now he lookt much more fl:rangcly,for 
 he was all blew, except the head, which 
 remained white. Herewith our work on 
 this Story too was performed ; And we 
 (after the Virgin with her hkw Bird 
 was departed from us) were called up 
 through the hole to the fixth Story •, 
 
 ^.Conclave, ^j^l^l^ was done too, there we were 
 
 mightily troubled, for in the midll a 
 little Altar, every >vay like that in the 
 King's Hall above defer ibed, was placed 
 Upon wliich ftood the fix fore-mention^ 
 
 ec 
 
tdfArtkhlars^^ndht him fclf f the Bird) 
 made the feverith. Firft of all the little 
 Fountain was fct before him, out of 
 which he drunk a good draught, after- 
 wards he pecked upon the white Serfen$ 
 until fhe bled mightily. This Blood 
 we were to receive into a Golden Cup^ 
 and pour it down the Birds Throat, 
 who was mighty avcrfe from it, then 
 we dipt the Serpents head in theFv«»- 
 Mf'«, upon which fhe again revived, and 
 crept into her Deaths- head, fo that I faw 
 her no more for a long time after. Mcaa 
 time the Sphere turn«d cor llantly on, j 
 
 until it made the delired conjurdioHc ^ 
 
 Immediately the watch Struck one,upoi; 
 which there was a going another conjm" 
 IHon. Then the Watch ftruck two. Fin- 
 ally,whilft we were obferving the third 
 conjundion, and the fame was indica- 
 ted by the Watch, the poor Bird of 
 himfelf fubmiflively laid down his Neck 
 upon the Book, and willingly fuffercd 
 his Head (by one of us thereto chof-n . 
 by lot) to be fmitten of Hovvbeic he f^";;*^^^> 
 yielded not one drop of Bloody till he 
 was opened on the Breaft, and then the 
 Blood fpun out ^o frelh and clear as if it 
 had been a Fountain^ of Rubies. His 
 
 Pcatb 
 
Citfo) 
 
 Death went to the heart of us, md yet 
 we might well judge, that a naked Bird 
 would ftand us in little ftead, So we 
 let it reft, and removed the little Altar 
 Av^ cambu- away and affiftcd the Virgin to burn the 
 pw- Body Ttogcthcr with the little Tablet 
 banging by) to Aflies, with Fire kind- 
 led at the little Taper ; afterwards to 
 clcanfc the fame fcvcral times, and to 
 lay them in a Box of Cy prefs^ Wood. 
 Joe- Here I cannot conceal what a trick I 
 and three more were ferved 5 After we 
 had thus diligently taken up the Afhcs, 
 The V.'^in begjin to fpeak thus. My 
 ^^ydsf we are here in thefixth Roovty and 
 have only one more before HSy in which our 
 trouble will be at an endy attd then we Jhall 
 retHrn hom^ again to our Caflle, to awaken 
 our moji gratioHS Lords and Ladies, Now 
 albeit J conld heartily wijh^ that all of yoHy 
 as yon dre here together^ had behaved your 
 f elves in fitch fort ^ that I might have given 
 you Commendations to qht moft renowned 
 Xing and Queen^ and yon have obtained a 
 f nit able Reward ^ yet becanfe^ contrary to 
 my deftre^ J have fomd amougfl yon thefe 
 four (herewith fhe pointed at me and 
 three more) laz,y and jln^gijh Lahonrators^ 
 andye^t according to my good- will to all and 
 
 ev. n 
 
tvny 9nc^ Am n%t wiltwg to acltver them uf 
 to condign funifimsnt • However ^ that fnck 
 Negligence may not remain wholly HnpHmfJi- 
 td^ I am vnrpofed thns concerning them^ 
 that they jhaU only he excluded from the 
 future fcvcnth and mofi Glerions action of 
 all the rejl-^andfo too they jl:all insur no fur- 
 ther blame from their Royal Majefiics. Iii 
 wlitt a cafe wc no^v were at this Spcccb, 
 I leave others to confidcr : For the Vir- 
 gia fo well knew how to keep her coun- 
 tenance, that the Water foon ran over 
 our Baskets^ andweeftc^med ourfclves 
 the moft uhhapp7 of all men. After 
 this the Virgin by one of her Maids 
 (whereof there were many always at 
 hand) caufed the Mulitians to be fctchr^ 
 tvho where with Cornets to blow us out 
 bf Doors with fuch fcorn and derifioii, 
 that they thenifelves could hardly found 
 for langhing' But it didfarticuLrly raiph- 
 tily afflid us that ihtf^irgin fo vehement- 
 ly laughed at our mefwg^ anger & »wp- 
 fif;fcf,and that there might well perhaps 
 befomeamong,ft our Companions who 
 were glad of this our misfortune. But 
 It proved other wife. For as foon as wc ^p,^^'* 
 were come out at the Door, the Mufi- 
 tians bid us be of good checrc jind fol- 
 L lo^ 
 
r 198 > 
 
 low them up the winding Staircs*^ 
 8 . conclave. They led us up to the feventh Floor un- 
 der the Roof, where wc found the 0/^ 
 Man^ whom we had not hitherto feen. 
 Handing upon a little round Furnace. 
 Hvt received us friendly, and heartily 
 congratulated us, that we were hereto 
 chofen by the Virgin ^ but after he un* 
 <icr flood the affright we had conceived, 
 I is belly was ready to burft with Laugh* 
 Lt^, that we had taken fuch good For- 
 tune To hainoufly. Hence faid he. My 
 Dear Sons learn, That Mm never knoxQ^ 
 crh how ivcll God imendtth him. During 
 this difcourfe the Virgin alfo with her 
 iiuLlc -SoA came running in, who (after 
 i\\z had fufficiently laughed at us ) emp- 
 tied her Aflyes out into another Veflel, 
 vjrw L-cir: and filled hers again with other matter, 
 luJiLcvrc- faying, Ihc mull; now go caO: a Mill be- 
 fore the ether Artills Eyes, that we in 
 the mean time fhould obey the old Lord 
 in vvhatfoevcr he commanded us., and 
 not remit cue former diligence. Here- 
 jxonciavc. with (he departed from us into the fc- 
 . ^ venth Room whither fhe called our 
 
 Companions. Now what fhe firfl did 
 with them there, I cannot tell, for they 
 were not only moil earncflly forbidden 
 
 to 
 
( 199 ) 
 
 to fpeak of it, but wc too by reafon of 
 our bufmcfs, durft not peep on them 
 through Che Cicling. But this was om^^^^^^ 
 work, wc were to woiJ/?e«;kAfhcs with 
 our fore-prepared W^ter till they became 
 altogether like a very thin Dough. 
 After which we fet the matter over the, 
 Fire, till it was well bested^ then we 
 cad it thus hot as it was into two little 
 forms or moulds, and fo let it cool a 
 iittle(here we had leifure to look a while j ib^rfpu- 
 upon. our Companions through certain ''"^^J^^,j^^ 
 crevifcs made in the Floor) they were ^'^"^^^ 
 now very bufie at a Furnace,&c each was 
 himfelf fain to blow up the Fire with a 
 pipe,and they flood thus blowing about 
 it, as if they were ready to loofe their 
 breath. Howbeit, they imagined they 
 were herein wondroully preferred be- I 
 
 fore us. And this blowing lailed fo 
 long till pur old Man rouzed us to our 
 work again j So that I cannot fay what 
 was done afterwards^ We baving 
 opened our little forms,there appeared 
 two beautiful bright and almoIbrr^/^HomuncuB 
 fdrt^vt little Images, the like to which ^""^^ 
 Mans Eye never faw, a Male and a Fe- 
 male, each of them only fenr inches 
 long ^ and that which moft mightily 
 hz furprifed 
 
(too) 
 
 turprifed mc, was, that they were not 
 hard, but Umber and flefhy, as othet 
 human Bodies^ yiet had they no Life : 
 So that 1 do ttiofl: alTuredly believe that 
 the Lady P^cnut^s Image was alfo midc 
 after fomc fueh way: Thcfc Angeli- 
 cally fair' Babe$ we firft laid upon 
 "^vo little Sattin CuQionct^, and beheld 
 
 ^«ni a gbod while, till nc were almott 
 
 fottcd upon foexqiiifite an objeft: 
 
 \c old Lord warned us to forbiear^ and 
 
 tinitally to inftill the Btiod of the 
 
 ird (vYhich had been received iflto a 
 JiCtlc Golden Cup) drop after drojp int6 
 i;he ^t6tlths of the little Images, {torn 
 vVhence they . apparently to the Eye 
 eticreafcd 5 and yrhcrea^ they were be- 
 fore very fmal!, thty \Verenow (ac- 
 cording to prap6Ytioh) much more 
 beautiful; fo that Worthily aR Limners 
 ought tahave been here, and have been 
 afhamcd of their Art in refped of thefc 
 produdions of Nature. Now thcy^ 
 began to grow fo %, that we lifted 
 from the lirtleCunionets, and were fain 
 to lay therrvupoil a long Table, which 
 was covered with white VelYct. The , 
 oM man atTo coramacdedus to cover 
 fihem over up to the Bread, with a piece 
 
( 2P1 ) 
 
 of fine whsti/hfAle Taffata, which bc- 
 caufe cf tb«ir unfpeakablc beau^y,almofl: .^ / 
 went againft us •, bu^ ^hat 1 may be mus. *"^^^ 
 brief, before wc had in this manner 
 quite fpcnt the Blood, they were alrea- 
 dy in their pcrfeQ; fnlt growth, they 
 had'Gold*yeUow curled Hair, and the 
 above-mentioned figtire of rcfius was 
 nothing to then?,. But there was not 
 yet any natural warmth, or fenfibility 
 inihem, they were dead Figures, yc. 
 of a Uvcly and natural colour .* and 
 fincc care was to be taken that they gre; 
 riot too great, the old Man would not 
 permit apy thing more to be given them, 
 but quite covered their Faces too with 
 the Silk, and caufed the Table to be 
 Jfi4ck round about with Torches. Here 
 i mufl; warn the Reader that he ima- 
 gine not thefe Lights to have been of 
 ;;ecfjfJtf^,for the old Man's intent hereby, 
 was only that we Hiould not obfcrve 
 when the 5o«/entred into them, a» in- 
 deed we (hould not have taken notice 
 of it, in cafe I had not twice before 
 fecn the F/4wjf J j However, I permitted * 
 the other three to remain in their be- 
 lief, neither did the old Man know 
 ttotl had fecn any t'.ungmorc, Herc- 
 ■^ L 3,, upon 
 
( 1o^ ) 
 
 upon he bid us fit down on a Bench 
 over againit the Table : prefcntly the 
 
 Veftluntur. Virgin eame in toowith the Mufick and 
 all furniture, -and carried two curious 
 white Garments, the like to which I 
 had never feen in the Caftle, neither 
 can I defcribc them, for 1 thought no 
 other but that they were meer Chnflal^ 
 h\ii they were gentle, and not tranfpa- 
 f ^nt, fo that 1 cannot fpeak of them * 
 Theie fhe laid down. upon a Table, and 
 aftci' flic had difpofed her Virgins 
 ipori .a Bench round about , fhe and 
 the i6ld. jyian began m2iV[y Ltger-demain 
 Uicks about the Tablc,which was done 
 
 Pf^^n^ only to M'wd us. .This (as I told you) 
 was managed under the roof, which 
 
 Dcfcriptio was. wonclerfuUy fprnied, for on the in- 
 
 "^* fide it rWas, arched Into fcven Hemifphe- 
 i:e$, of which the raiddlcmoll was fomc- 
 whatthe highell, ancl had at top a lit- 
 tle rpuncj.hole, \yhich was neverthelefs 
 ihut, fifti was obferVed by none dfe. 
 Af^er'niany Ccreti\Qnies,(lept iny?;^ Vir- 
 gins, ejich of which b^re a large Trum- 
 pet^'. which were rouled about with a 
 green. ^^littcring . and l)urnrng material 
 like a wreath, one of which the old 
 Maa tpdi^, aad aft;er"lvs had removed 
 
(20^) 
 
 fomc ef the lights at top, and nncove- 
 red their Faces, he placed one of the 
 Trumpets upon the Month of one of the 
 Bodies in fuch manner, that the upper 
 and wider part "of it was dire(fted juH 
 againft the forementioned hole. Here 
 my Companions always looked upon ufns tuba- 
 the Images ; but I had other thoughts*, ''""'' 
 for asfoon as the foliagecr wreath about 
 the fliank of the Trumpet was kindled^ 
 I faw the hole at top open, and a bright 
 fiream of Fire fhooting down the Tube, [.^ii^%^^. 
 and pafTmg into the Body : whereupor en*); 
 the hole was again covered, and the 
 Trumpet removed. With this device 
 my Companions were deluded, fa that 
 they imagined that life came into the 
 Image by means of the Fire of the foli- 
 age, for as foan as he received the Soul Homunc 
 he twinckled with his Eyes, hovv beit JoTraniV 
 hefcarce Hirred. The fecond time he t-ri^ntyr, 
 placed another Tube upon its Mouth, 
 and kindled it again, and the Soul was 
 let down through the Tube This was 
 repeated upon each of them three timts^ 
 after which all the Lights were exftin- 
 guillied and carried away. The Velvet 
 Carpets of the Table were call toge- 
 ther o/er th^fn, and immcdi-ately a tra- 
 L 4 villing 
 
0o4 ) 
 
 Villing Bed was unlocked and made rea- 
 dy, into which thus wrapped up they 
 were born, and fo after the Carpets 
 t^rerc taken off them, th<:y were neatly 
 LM by each otber,where with the Cur- 
 ttiins drawn before them, they flept a 
 good while. (Now wasit alfo time for 
 the Virgin to fee how our other Artifls 
 behaved thcmfelvcs,they were well plea^- 
 ^f d, bj'caufe (as the Virgin afterwards 
 informed me) they were to work mGoUy 
 ^fiichis indeed a piece alfo of this art, 
 bdt not the moit Prwcip/tl^ 'mod ncceffa- 
 ry, and bcfl : Ihey had indeed too a 
 part of thcfe Jpcs^ fo that they ima- 
 agincd no' other, but that the whole 
 Bird was provided for the fake of GoU^ 
 and that life muft thereby be rcftored 
 to the dcc^afed) during which we fate 
 Yery ftill, attending vvhcnour married- 
 couple would av/akc, thus about half an' 
 hour Was fpcat. For then the wanton 
 Cfipid prefented him felf again, and, af» 
 tcr he had faluttd. us all, flew tothcnt 
 behind thcCurt3in,tormcnting them fo 
 long till they awaked. This happened to 
 them with. very great amazement, for 
 thev imagined no other but that they 
 had hie her to llcpt from ihe very hour 
 
In which they were beheaded. CnpU^ 
 
 ^ after he had awaked them, and renews 
 cd their acqaaintance one with another,, 
 
 ^ ftepped a fide a little, and permitted 
 them both fomewhat better to recrmt 
 themftlves, mean time playing his tricks 
 with us J and at length he would needs 
 have the A/iM|/Fci^f€tcnt to befpmewhat 
 themerrief.' Notlongafter the Virgin 
 lier felf comes : And after flie had mofi: 
 
 'humbly fainted the young King and 
 Q)ieen f \Vho found themfelves fome- 
 what faint) and kifled their hands, fhci'^nfogc* 
 broaght them the two for emehtidncd ;"j;i;^^j, 
 carious G^rmtn^s^ which' they put on, utfeeonfpi- 
 and fofleppcd forth. Now there were ^^'3^^°' ?'"=; 
 already prepared two very curious 
 Chains J wherein they pbced them- 
 felves : and fo were by us with moft 
 profound Reverence congratulated ; 
 
 ' for which the King in his own Perfbn 
 moft gratiouQy returned his thanks, and 
 
 ' igain re-ajfured us of all Grace. It was 
 already about five of Clock , where- 
 fore they could make no longer ftay, 
 but as foonasever the chiefefl of their p"i"g««^«' 
 rurniture could be laden, we were to marc, 
 ittend the young Royal Perfonsdowil 
 
 -^the winding Stairs, through all Doors 
 '■• and 
 
( 206) 
 
 and watchesuntothcShip,in which they 
 inbarqued themfclvcs, together with 
 certain Virgins^ and Cupid, and failed 
 fo mighty fwift that we foon ioft fight 
 of thcQi, yet they were met (as 1 was 
 informed; by certain ftately Ships ; 
 Thus in four Hoars time they had 
 made many Leagues out at" Sea. After 
 »fv!vc< five of V. lock the Mufitians were char- 
 e,fd 'C carry all things back again to the 
 n; ., and to make themfelvcs ready 
 .nr che Voyage* Butbecaufc this was 
 ^binewhat long a doing, the old Lorci 
 cuftosi''^'- ^nimanded forth a parry of his con- 
 TurmcuOo-'caled Soldicrs, who had hitherto been 
 ciiaaituiiti^planted in the Wall, fo that we had ta- 
 ken no notice of any of them, whereby 
 I obfervcd that this Tower was well 
 provided againft oppolition. Now 
 thefe Soldiers made qi:ick work with 
 our fluff, fo that no more remained 
 further to be done, but to go to Supper. 
 Now the Table being complcatly far- 
 
 f ues'ck^' ^^^^^> ^^^ Virgin brings us again to 
 
 e^s^conciJvi our Companions where we were to 
 
 eomcflantur. carry our felves 35 if we had truly 
 
 been in a Lamentable condition, and 
 
 forbear laughing. But they were 
 
 always liniling one upon another, 
 
 how- 
 
( lOJ ) 
 
 hoyvbeit fomcef them too llmpatliized 
 with us. At this Supper the old Lord 
 was with us too, who was a moft 
 iharp Infpcdor over us : For none could caftoseftin. 
 propound any thing fo difcrectly, but*^*^^°'* 
 that he knew how either to confute it, 
 or amend it> or at leaft to give fome 
 good document upon It. I learned mofl |f^^^^"^"^ 
 by this Lordly and it were very good ^^^' 
 chat each one would apply himlelfto 
 !.ini, and take notice of his procedure^ 
 ^or then things would not fo often, and 
 1.) untowardly Mifcarry. After we 
 1 ad taken owr nodurnal refedion, the 
 .)ld Lord led us into his Clofets of Ra- 
 rities, which were here and there dif- 
 pcrfed amongft the Bui works, where jJ^^J^'^^r*, 
 we faw fuch wonderful produdlons of 
 iNTature, and other things too which 
 nans wit in imitation of Nature had 
 invented, that we needed a Year more 
 fufficicntly to furveigh them : Thus wc 
 fpent a good part of the Night by Can- 
 dle-light. At lall, bccaufe. we were 
 more inclined to Sleep than fee many 
 Rarities, wc were lodged, in Rooms m 
 ihc Wall, where wc had not oi;Iy coftly 
 , good Betls,but alfo beHdes extvaordina- 
 iy handfom Chambers, wh-ich made 
 
 us 
 
ustfie more wonder why we were the 
 day before forced to undergo fo many 
 hardfhips. In this Chamber I had good 
 reft •, and being for the rn6(^ part with- 
 out care, and weary with continual La- 
 bour, the gentle rulhing of the Sea help- 
 ed n^e'toa found andfweet Sleep, for 
 I continued in one Dream from eleven 
 setn^^un,, Qf tlock till eight in the morning. 
 
 A 
 
 The Svtnth D4y» 
 
 Fter eight of clock I awaked, and 
 quickly made my fe\f ready, be- 
 irfg dcfirous to return again into the 
 Tower, but the dark parages in tlKf 
 Wall were'fo many, arid various, that I 
 wandred a good while before I could 
 find the way but. The fame happened 
 Hofpitw to the reft too, till at lafl: wt all met a- 
 ^lu^. gain in the neither moft Vault, and hi- 
 brc*. bits ihtirely^e/^oiP were given US, toge- 
 ther with our golden Fleeces. At that 
 time the Virgin declared to iis that wc 
 , . ^ were Knights of the (BoIDtn ^tmt, 6f 
 Eq^itcJ. which we were before ignorant. Af- 
 ter wchad now thus made ourfclyes 
 ready, and taken dur Btcakfafl", the' 
 
 old 
 
( 209) 
 
 old Man prcfentcd each of us with a ^^!^' 
 liicdal of Gold j on the oilc fide ftood 
 thcfe Wbrds^ 
 
 Ars natura 
 
 AR. NAT. mi: 
 
 Tfmporl* 
 
 On the other thefe, 
 
 TEM: NA. F. 
 
 Exhorting us morcoTcr we fhonld 
 entreprize nothing beyond and againlt 
 this token of rcqiembrance. Hcre^iith 
 we went forth to the Sea, where our 
 Ships lay fo richly equipped, that \t 
 was not well poCTiblc but that fuchbrarc 
 things mufl firft have been brought 
 thither. The Ships were ixxKlve in mm" 
 ^«rr,rix of ours, and fix of the old Lord's^ 
 who caufed his Ships to be freighted 
 with well appointed Soldiers. But he 
 betook himfclf, to us, into oUr Ship, j^^^j^^ 
 where wc all were together; In the firft * 
 thz Mufitians Seated themfelvcs, of 
 which the old Lord had alfo a great 
 number, they failed before Us to ihortca 
 the time. Our Flags wer^ the twelvt ^^^^^^ 
 C^kflUl Signs, and wc fate in Libra, ^ figpl * ^*\ 
 bcllds other things, our Ship had alfo a j!j^j[ibra'^^ 
 ^r^';>\t and cirrous Clock, whi^ Ihewr d Horoiog. 
 
 us 
 
(ilo) 
 
 us all the Minntes. The Sea too was fo 
 calm, that it was a fingular pleafure to 
 Sail. But that which furpaflcd all the 
 
 Faajnda rcft^was the old Man's difcourfe, who fo 
 
 laai. ^ell knew howr to pafs away our time 
 with wonderful Hiftories, that I could 
 have been content to Sail with him all 
 
 ^. :'^^^!'' my Life long. Mean time the Ships 
 t^ajQTcd on amain^ for before we had fail- 
 ^ two hours the Mariner told us that 
 he already faw the whole Lake almofl 
 
 / covered with Ships, by which we could 
 
 'x>njttbire they were come out to meet 
 zv.^ which alio proved true : For as 
 loon, as we were gotten out of the Sea 
 into the Lake by the forementioned Ri- 
 ver^ there prefently flood in to us five 
 hundred Ships, one of which fparkled 
 
 ^oo Naves with mere Gold and prctious Stones, 
 in which fate the King and Queen, to- 
 gether with other Lords, Ladies, and 
 Virgins of high Birth. As foon as 
 they were well in Ken of us the pieces 
 were difcharged on both fides, and 
 there was fuch a din of Trumpets, 
 
 A laufus. Shalms, and Kettle Drums that all the 
 .Ships upon the Sea capered again.Final- 
 ly, as foon as we came near they 
 brought about our Ships together, and 
 
 fo 
 
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 fo made a Hand, Immediately the old 
 jitUf fteppcd forth on the King's be- 
 lialf, making a fhort , but handfora 
 oracion, wherein he wellcomed us, Atlas era- 
 and demanded whether the Royal Pre- '^^, 
 fents were in readinefs. The reft of 
 my Companions were in an huge 
 amazement, whence this Kingfhould 
 arife, for they imagined no other buc 
 that they muft again awahn him* We 
 fuffered them to continue in their won- 
 cierment, and carried our felvesasif it 
 feemed ftrangc to us too. After Adas''' 
 oration out fteps our old Man, mailing 
 fomewhat a larger reply, wherein he At'anti 
 wifhcd the King and Qiieen all happi- ^lenS? * 
 nefs and iacreafe, after which he deli- 
 vered up a curious fmuU Casket, but ?^^?/'^*'?"" 
 what was m It, I know not; only itrumatfert 
 was commited to Cupid, who hovered ^"p^^<»« 
 between them both to keep. After 
 the oration was finillicd, they again let 
 ofFa joyful Voile of Shot, and fo we 
 failed on a good time together, till ac 
 length we arrived at another Shore. 
 This was near the firlt Gate at which I 
 firft entred : At this place again there 
 attended a great Multitude ofthcKing's 
 Family together with fome hundreds of 
 
 Horfes 
 
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 Horfcs. Now as foon as wc were come 
 
 to fhorc, and difcrtibarqued, the King^ 
 
 and Queen prefcnted their Hands to 
 
 all of us one with another with fingu- 
 
 lar kindncfs v and fo we were to get up 
 
 on Horfeback. Here I defirc to have 
 
 the Reader friendly intreatcd ndt to 
 
 interpret the following Narration to 
 
 any vain glory or pride of miile, but to 
 
 credit me thus far, that if there had 
 
 rci been a fpecial nccefllty in it J could 
 
 v-:i y well- have utterly concealed this 
 
 ?ooordc honour which was fhewed nte. We 
 
 i'ui vr ce all one after another diftributed 
 
 , ,. ,^ ..iiougft the Lords. But oiir o/V Lord, 
 
 ^.uratjuT. and I molt unworthy, were to ride 
 
 n r r. i. ^^^^ ^j^j^ ^^^ King, each of us bearing 
 
 afnovv whitcEnilgriy With a ^e^Crofs ; 
 
 I indeed was made nfe of becaufc of my 
 
 Age, for we both had long ^rty Beards, 
 
 and Hair. I had befidcs fafbencd my 
 
 tokens roundabout nty Hat, of which 
 
 the young Kiqg fooil took notice, and 
 
 demanded if I rttre he, who cohU At the 
 
 Cats redeem thtft tohns ? I anfwcrcd in 
 
 ^cl?>ra^^oI moft humble manner. Yea. But he 
 
 morale cr jaughed en me, faying. There hefice^ 
 
 forth needed no Ceremony ^ / X9^s H I S 
 
 Partr. Fnther. Then he asked me, Wheremtfy 
 
 I 
 
^ ( 21? ) 
 
 ihad redeemed thetn ? I replied, with Wm^ l^^l'^^ 
 ' ircr and Salt : whereupon he wondred 
 \vho had made me fo wife ; upon which 
 i grew fomewhat more confident, and 
 recounted unto him how it had happen- 
 ed to me with my Bread^th^ Dove, and 
 the Raven, and he was pleafed with itf 
 and faid exprefly. That it mufi needs he^ 
 that God hxd herein vouch fafed me afm^ 
 gnlar happnefs. Herewith we came to the 
 £rft gate where thePorter with the blevr 
 Cloaths waited, who bare in his Hand i 
 fupplicatiori. Now as Toon as he fpied 
 tne even with the King,hc delivered mc 
 t\^z[ufpll9Mien^ moft humbly befeeching 
 mc CO mention his ingenuity towards 
 me before the King .* Now in the firfb 
 place I demanded of the King,what the ^'"^55^*^^^^ 
 condition of this Porter was?who friend-- 25. puis. 
 ly anfWered me^That he woi a iieryfat^»0Hs ^]j,Jy[^ 
 And rare h^xolo^tx^and always in high re- fa^«« p«»^ 
 
 , gardvfiththe Lord his Father. Bnt having 
 
 on 4 time committed a fault againft Venus, 
 and beheld her in her BedofreJl'^Thisfunifhi 
 mem was therefore imfofed yfon him^that he 
 pjouldfo long wait at the fir fi Gate^ till feme 
 one (hould releafc him from thence.l repli- 
 cd,may he then be releafed?rej/aid the 
 King, ifartyontcaniff found that hath Ai 
 M highly 
 
 titer. 
 
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 ^^tiioi* ei«'. /j/^Wy tranfgrcffcd^i hlmfclf^he mtifijlanaf 
 rcmprodi! inhts fit^d^and the Other ^^Ehc free. This n 
 tur a porti- v7 ord wciitto my Heart,for my ConfcL- ■ 
 *^^'^' cncc convinced me that I was the offend- 
 ,€r jet I held my peace,& herewith deli= 
 Vered the fupplication.As fbonas he had 
 reaH it,hc was mightily tcrrified,fo that 
 tlie Queen, who (with bnr Virgins,and 
 that other Queen bcfides, of whom I 
 itjade mention at the hanging of the 
 v' 'eights)rid juft behind us obferved it, 
 , therefore asked him,what this Letter 
 .night fignifie. But he had no mind that 
 he fhould take notice of it, but putting 
 up the Paper,began to difcour fe of other 
 matters, till thus in about three hours 
 time we came quite to the Caftlc^whcrc 
 Afius in ^^ alighted, and waited upon the King 
 arc«. into his fcrementioned Hall. Immedi- 
 ately the Kng called for the old AtUs to 
 come to him in a little Clofct,and fhews 
 cd him the writing, who made no long 
 tarrying, but rid out again to the Por- 
 ter to take better Cognizance of the 
 matter. After which the young King 
 with his Spoufe, and other Lords, La- 
 viVgLutlf. dies and Virgins fate down. Then 
 began our Virgin highly to commend 
 the diligence we had ufed, ^nd the- 
 V .. ' '* pains 
 
h 
 
 'pnrns and labaur we had undergone, 
 requcfling we might be royally rcward- 
 ded, and that fhe henceforward might 
 be permitted to enjoy the benefit of her 
 commiflTion. Then the old Lord flood 
 up too, and attcftcd that all that the 
 Virgin had fpoken was true, and that 
 it was but equity that we fhould on 
 both both parts be contented. Hereupon 
 we were to ftcp out alittlc ; and it was 
 concluded that each man fhould make 
 fomc pofTible wifh, and accordingly ob- 
 Uinif,for it was not to be doubtedjbut 
 that thofe of nnderft ending would alfo 
 make the hsp wilh: So we were to 
 confider of it till after Supper. Mcaniud-jsRc- 
 time the King and CLuecn for recrca-?'>cu^Rc* 
 tions fake, began to fall to play toge-^"^** 
 ther. It looked not unlike Chelle, on- 
 ly it had other Laws ^ for it was the 
 Venues and Vices one againfl another, 
 where it might ingenioully be obfervcd 
 with what Plots the Vices lay in wair 
 for the Vertues, and how to re-encoiin- 
 ter them again. This was fo p^op^r-^rtlfic'ofi 
 ly and artificially performed, that it 
 were to be wilhed, that we had the 
 like game too. During the game, in 
 comes ^tUs again, and makes his re- 
 M 2 port 
 
]>orMrf)ris 
 Traoirum 
 
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 port in pnvjite, yet I blulhed all ov-n 
 For my Confcience gave me no reft , 
 after which the King prefentcd me the 
 si'ppiicifio fiippiication to read , the Contents 
 xvhercof were much to this purpofc : 
 Firft he wifhed the King profperity, 
 and increafe^ that his feed might be 
 fpvead abroad far and wide: After- 
 wArdsT he remonftrated that the time 
 V. as now accomplilhed, wherein accor- 
 c'nig to the Royal promife he ought to 
 le reknfcd. Bccaufe Vetms was alrca- 
 ly uncovered by one of his Gucfts, for 
 his obfervations could not lie to him. 
 And that if his Majefty would plcafe to 
 make a ftrid and diligent enquiry, he 
 would lind that fhe had been uncove- 
 red, and in cafe this fbould not prove 
 fo to be, he would be content to re- 
 main before the Gate all days of hisf 
 life. Then he fued in the moft hum- 
 ble manner, that upon peril of Body 
 and Life he might be permitted to be 
 prcfent at this Nights fupper^ he was 
 in good hopes to fpye out the very Of- 
 fender, and obtain his wifhed freedom* 
 This was exprcfly and handfomly 
 indided, by which 1 Could well per- 
 ceive his ingenuity, but it was too 
 
 iharp 
 
jfharp for me, and 1 could well have 
 endured never to have fecn It. Nosv I 
 was calling in my minJ whciher he 
 might perchance be helped through my 
 wifh, fo I asked the King, whether he 
 might not be releafed fome other way ? 
 No,replyed the King, bccaufe there is 
 a fpecial confideration in the bufinefs. 
 However, for this Night, we may well 
 v;ratifie him in his defire; fo he fcnt one 
 forth to fetch him in. Mean time the 
 Tables were prepared in a fpatious 
 Room, in which w^e had never been be- 
 fore, which was fo compleat, and in TricimJum 
 fuch manner contrived, that it is not 5''^'.' "''^'* 
 pofTible for me only to begin to defcribe 
 it. Into this we were conduded with 
 fmgular Pomp, and Ceremony. Cupid ^"P'i^'^j'' 
 was not at this time prefent. For fasnere^inLv.: 
 I was informed ) the difgrace which had ^^ '^^'^''^*- 
 bappened to his Moiher,had fomevvhnt 
 angred him. In brief, my offence, and 
 the Supplication which was delivered 
 were an occafion of much fidnefs, for 
 the King was in perplexity how to^-'j"'.^- 
 make inquifition amcngft his Gueds,'^'' ^*'^' 
 and the more bccaufe thus even they 
 too, who weie yet ignorant of the 
 matter, would come to the knowle.lge 
 
 M 3 of - 
 
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 of it. So he caufed the Pertcr himfclf^ 
 who was already come, to make his 
 ftrid fnrveigh, and fhewed hirrifclf as 
 pleafant as he was able. Howbcit at 
 length they began again to be merry, 
 laetitiadi- and to bcfpeak one another with all 
 icimiben- forts of rectcative and profitable dif-- 
 *'""^* courfes. Now how the treatment and 
 other Ceremonies were then perform- '' 
 e:\ it is notncceffary to declare, fmce' 
 lis neither the Reader's concern, nor 
 f:rviceable to my defign. But all ex- 
 ■^teded more in art, and human inven- 
 t'on, than that we were overcharged 
 with drinking. And this was the hR^ 
 and nobleft Meal at which I was pre- 
 fent. After the Bancket the Tables 
 were fuddainly taken away, and cer- 
 tain curious Chairs placed round about 
 in circle, in which vvc together ivith 
 the King, and QLueen, both their old 
 Men, the Ladies and Virgins, were td 
 fit. After which a very handfom Page 
 opened the abovemcntioned glorious 
 Pcfv coenam little Book, when A'las immediately 
 e^!u.^Tie! pl:^cing himfclf in the midit, began to 
 gibus fuis. 1 efpeak ns to the enfuing purpofe- That 
 his Royal Majcfty had not yet commit- 
 ted to oblivion the fervice wc had done 
 ' him;, 
 
(219) 
 
 bim, and how carefully we had attend- 
 ed our duty, and therefore by way of 
 retribution had eleded all and each of 
 us Knights of the Golden Stone- That 
 it was therefore further ncccfTary not 
 only once again to oblige our felves to- . 
 wards his Royal Majefty, but to vow 
 too upon the following Articles, and 
 then his Royal Maje/ty would likewife 
 know how to behave himfclf towards » 
 his liege People. Upon which he., 
 caufcd the Page to read over the Arti- 
 cles ; which were thefe. 
 
 T. You my Lords the Knights^ fhall, 
 fwear, that you fhall at no time afcribe 
 your order. cither unto any Dm/, or 
 Spirit, but only to God your Cnaior^ 
 and his hand-maid Nature. 
 
 IF. That you will Abominate all 
 Whoredom , Incontinency and Un- 
 cleanefs, and not defile your order with 
 fuch Vices. 
 
 III. That you through your Talents , 
 will be ready to afllll all thaL are wor* r 
 thy, and have need of them. 
 
 M 4 iV, 
 
IV. That you dcfire not to employ 
 this honour to wordly Pride and high 
 Authority* 
 
 V. That you fhall not be willing 
 to live longer than God ^will have 
 you. 
 
 At this laft Article we could not 
 fhoofc but laugh fufficiently, and it 
 may well have been placed after the 
 reft, only for a conceit. Now being to. 
 prmi«gia. vow to them all by the King's Scepter, 
 vre were afterwards wjth the ufual 
 Ceremonies inftallcd Knights , and 
 amongft other Privilcdges fet over Ig- 
 norance^ Poverty ^and Siclnefs ^ to handle 
 them at our pleafure. And this was 
 afterwards ratified in a little Chappel 
 (whither we were coududcd in all Pro- 
 ce.inon) and thanks returned to God 
 for it; Where I alfo at that time to 
 the honour of God hung up my Golden 
 Fleece and Hat, and left them there for 
 an eternal memorial. And becaufe 
 every one was there to write liis Name. 
 Iwritthusj 
 
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 SitmnjA Sciema nihil Scire] 
 rr,CHRISTIJNVS ROSENCREVTS. 
 Ec^HCS Aurti Lapidu. 
 Anno,, 1459, 
 
 Others writ othcrwife, and truly each ^ am i^ofte- 
 asfccmed him good. After which wcianturda- 
 were again brought into the Hall^J^iiOTuiS 
 where being fate down, we were ad- 
 moniflied quickly to bethink our felves 
 what every one would wifh. But the 
 King and his party retired into a little . 
 Clofet, there to give audience to our 
 willies. Now each man was called in 
 feTerally, fo that I cannot fpeakof any 
 man's proper wifh, I thought nothing 
 could be more praife-worthy than in 
 honour of my order to demonftrate 
 fome laudable vertue, And found too 
 that none at prefent could be more 
 famous, and coft me more Trouble than 
 CrAtitHcle, Wherefore not regarding Autor op- 
 that I might well have wilhcd fome- ^.^f ^'^e^a- 
 what more dear and agreeable to my litori^ T"^* 
 felf, I vanquilhed my fclf, and conclud- g"»tudiac, 
 ed,evcn with my own pcril,to free the 
 Toner my Bencfaftor, Wherefore be- 
 ing 
 
ing now called in, I was firft of all 
 demanded, whether, having read the 
 lupplication, I had obferved, or fuf- 
 l^eded nothing concerning the pf^cn- 
 doV-? ^on which i began undauntedly 
 to relate how all the bufinefs had pafled. 
 ri^w through Ignorance I felj into that 
 miftake, and fo offered my felf to un- 
 dergo all that I had thereby demerited. 
 Th^ King, and th« reft of the Lords 
 wondered mightily at fo un-hoped for 
 confelTion, and fo wilhed me to ftep 
 afidc a little. Now as fooa as I was 
 cjled for in again, JtUs declared to 
 me, that although it were grievous to 
 the King's Majefty, that I whom he 
 loved above others, was fallen into 
 fuch a mifchance, yet becaufe it was 
 not poffible for him to Tranfgrcfs his 
 ancient ufages, he knew not how elfe 
 to abfolve me, but that the other mufb 
 be at Liberty , and 1 placed in his 
 Head, yet he would hope that fome 
 other would foon be apprehended, that 
 fo I might be able to go home again. 
 However, no releafe was to be hoped 
 for,till the Marriage Feaft of his future 
 Son. This Sentence had near coft me 
 
 ■ my 
 
my life, and I firft hated my felf and 
 my twatling Tongue, in that I could 
 not hold my peace, yet at laft I took 
 courage, and bccaufe I confidered there 
 was no remedy, I related how this Por- 
 ter had bellowed a token on mc, and 
 commended mc to the other, by whofe 
 affiflance 1 flood upon the Scale, and 
 fo was made partaker of all tkehon- 
 our and joy already received. And d^i^rtho-* 
 therefore now it was but equal that I ^»*' 
 ihould fhew my felf grateful to my 
 Benefador : and becaufe the fame coulu 
 no way elfc be done, I returned thanks 
 for the fentence^ahd was willing gladly 
 to fuflain fome inconvenience for his 
 ..fake, who had been helpful to me in 
 coming to fo high place. But if by 
 . my wiih any thing might be efFeded, 
 i wilhcd my felf at home again, and 
 that fo he by me, and 1 by my wifli 
 might be at Liberty. Anfvvcr was 
 made me,that"the wilhing llretched not 
 io far. However I might well wifh him 
 free. Yet it was very pleafing to his 
 Royal Majelly, that I had behaved 
 my felf fo generoufly herein, but he 
 
 was 
 
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 was afFraid I rnijht 9:i\\ be ignorant, 
 into what amiferable condition I had 
 plunged ray felf through this my cu-. 
 riofity. Hereupon the good man was 
 pronounced free, and i with a fad heart 
 was fain to ftcp afidc. After me the 
 reft were called for too, who came 
 jocundly out again, which was ftill 
 more to my fmart -, for I imagined na 
 other, but that I muft finifh ray life 
 pnder the Gate. I had alfo many pen- 
 five thoughts running up and down in 
 
 Uncboiiiat rijyHead, what 1 fhould yet undertake,, 
 and wherewith to fpend the time, at 
 length Iconfidered that I was now old, 
 
 ^.^^. and according to thecourfeof nature, 
 had few years more to live ; And that 
 
 Metus- thisanguifh and melancholy Life would 
 eafily difpatch mc, and then ray door- 
 keeping would be at an end : And that 
 by a moft happy Sleep I might quickly 
 bring my felf into the Grave. I had 
 fundry of thefc thoughts. Sometimes. 
 it vexed me that 1 had fcen fuch galant 
 things, and mufl be robbed of them. 
 Sometimes it rejoyced mc that yet be- 
 fore my end 1 had been accepted to. 
 
 all 
 
 Jlui\>Y me- 
 
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(225) 
 
 all joy, and fliould not be forced fd 
 (hamcfully to depart. Thus this was '{ 
 
 the laft and worfl fhock that I fuftained: * ^ 
 
 During thefe my Cogitations the reft 
 were ready. Wherefore after Chcy, 
 had received a good night from the 
 King and Lords,each one was conduced 
 into his Lodging* But I moft wretched 
 Man had no body to fhew me the way, 
 and yet mufl moreover fofFer my fclf 
 to be tormented, and that I might be 
 certain of my future fundion, I was Autor ac- 
 fain to put on the Ring, which the ^ipitAnnv:' 
 other had before worn. Finally, the '''"*' 
 King exhorted me, that fiflce this was 
 now the iaft time I was like to fee him 
 in this manner : 1 fhould however be- 
 have my felf according to my place, 
 and hot againll the order : Upoa 
 which he took me alfoin his Arms, and 
 Ji-fed me, all which I fo underllood, 
 as if in the morning I mull fit at my 
 Gate. Now after they had all a while 
 fpoken friendly to mc, and at lafl pre-- 
 fented their Hands, committing me to 
 the divine protedion ; I was by both 
 the old Men, the Lord of the Tower, 
 and Adas conducted into a glorious ^utordw 
 
 Lodging 
 
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 ..bdglng, in which Hood three Beds, 
 and each of us lay in one of them, where 
 v\re yet fpent almoft two, &s. . 
 
 Here ire wamtJg ^bout two Leaves in 
 qMrt9j and he (the Anthor hereof) 
 whereas he imagined he mnft in the 
 morning he Do^r^Keejer^ returned 
 
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