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CHESTER'S
TRIUMPH
IN HONOR OF HER.
PRINCE
AS IT WAS PERFORMED UPON ST. GEORGE'S DAY
1610
IN THE FORESAID CITIE.
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INTRODUCTION.

THE ancient city of Chester, celebrated for its early
religious dramas, known by the name of Mysteries,
was also, as we see from the present work, not without
its later Pageant or Triumph ; and while the one may be
considered as the true source and origin of our national
drama, the other is also deserving of our attention as con
nected with the courtly movements of our different sove
reigns, and the political history of our country. They are
both highly characteristic of the manners, the customs, and
habits of the times, and also of the literary tastes and skill
of our ancestors. It is with this view, and as being
connected with the capital of one of "the two counties,
whose historical and literary remains the Chetham Society
professes to illustrate, that the present extremely rare pub
lication is reprinted, rather than from any literary or
poetical merit that it possesses.

IV introduction.
It was formerly the custom to receive Royal Personages
in their Progresses through the kingdom, or on a return
from abroad, with the exhibition of an extended Pageant,
which is described in some cases as embracing even the
entire length of the metropolis ; and it is to this custom
that we are indebted for the earliest notices of the Triumph,
in the genuine acceptation of the term. It is true that the
name was more latterly given to similar demonstrations
which were independent of their primitive import, but their
distinctive character remained nearly the same ; nor must
we fall into the error of confounding them with the Masque,
a different species of entertainment, which is said to have
been introduced into this country from Italy, under the
patronage of our "bluff King Hal." The Pageant bears
an earlier date. When King Henry VI. returned from
Paris, he was received in London with a Triumph, or
Pageant, to describe the magnificence of which, employed
the pens of contemporary poets and historians. At a later
period we find shows of the same kind annually exhibited
in our large towns, the feast-day of the Patron Saint of
England, St. George's day, April 23, being generally the
period selected for their performance.*
Large sums of money were frequently expended upon
these annual shows and entertainments, which were highly
attractive to the multitude. And if we may judge from the
description of the programme of the Pageant, at the com-
* The ancient religious dramas were usually performed at Whitsuntide ;
and from thence called " The Whitsun Playes :'; sometimes also on Corpus
Christi day, a great festival in the Romish Church, held annually on the
Thursday after Trinity Sunday. — See Nares's Glossary.

INTRODUCTION. V
mencement of the volume, the present " Triumph," as it is
called, must have been attended with considerable expense,
though small in comparison with many of the Masques and
Pageants during the reigns of Elizabeth and James, which
for richness and splendour were never surpassed. "Nor,"
says an elegant writer on this subject, " were these fanciful
and ever-varying Pageants productive merely of amusement ;
they' had higher aims and more important effects, and, while
ostensibly constructed for the purposes of compliment and
entertainment, either indirectly inculcated some lesson of
moral wisdom, or more immediately obtained their end by
impersonating the vices and the virtues, and exhibiting a
species of ethic drama. They had also the merit of con
veying no inconsiderable fund of instruction from the stores
of mythology, history, and philosophy." — Drake's Shdksp.,
vol ii. p. 190.
It has been shown by Mr. Markland, in his learned and
elegant disquisition on the Chester Mysteries, prefixed to
two of them which he printed for the members of the Rox-
burghe Club, that from so early a period as 1268, during the
mayoralty of John Arneway,* the citizens of Chester were
* Mr. Wright, in his Introduction to " The Chester Plays," printed for the
Shakespeare Society, 8vo. 1843, is of opinion that these plays are not earlier
than the end of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century : and
that "the traditions which carry their composition so far back as the
mayoralty of John Arneway (1268 to 1276) appear too improbable to
deserve serious consideration, unless they were founded on more authentic
statements, or on more substantial arguments." He also observes that " the
oldest account of these plays now known, is found in a proclamation of
24 Hen. VIII. (1533.)"— See " The Chester Plays" edited by Thomas
Wright, Esq. Introduction, p. xvi.

VI INTRODUCTION.
entertained with the exhibition of these Miracle Plays, which
were continued with occasional interruptions until the year
1577, although an inhibition had been sent from the Arch
bishop of York in 1571, forbidding their performance. —
Mr. Collier also has shown, in his Annals ofthe Stage, vol. i.
p. 113, that during these interruptions, in consequence pro
bably of the religious controversies of that period, dramatic
entertainments of a different kind were occasionally presented
to the inhabitants of Chester, and mentions one alluded to
by King in his Vale Royal, p. 194, as played in 1529, founded
on the Romance of Robert of Cicily, the title of which was,
Robert Cecill, or Kynge Robart of Cicyle. See Pennant's
Tours, vol. i. p. 183, ed. 1810. Warton's Hist. Eng. Poetry.
King also, in his local chronology, mentions the exhibition
of other plays not of a religious kind ; such as The History
of ^Eneas and Queen Dido, which was played on the Rood-
Eye,* in the year 1563, on the Sunday after Midsummer-day,
in the mayoralty of Sir Lawrence Smith.f These were " set
* The Rood-Eye, the scene of the annual Races and other city sports, —
frequently termed the Roodes and the Roodee, but more correctly the
former, was so called from an ancient Rood, or cross, in the centre, the base
of which was lately remaining, — and Eye, a meadow surrounded by water.
"The Rood-Eye/' says Mr. Ormerod, "on which the City Races are
annually run, is a large level plain on the bank of the Dee, and immediately
under the walls, stretching to their south-west angle from the Watergate.
The whole ground was formerly covered by the waters, as appears by an
award in 1401, that it could not be tithed by the Rector of Trinity, in con
sequence of its being land recovered from the sea. It is at present used as
a ley for cattle, and is the property of the corporation." — See Ormerod's
Cheshire, vol. i. p. 291.
t Sir Lawrence Smith appears to have served the office of Mayor of
Chester four times, viz. in 1540, 1558, 1563, and 1570.

INTRODUCTION. Vll
forth by one William Croston, Gent, and one Mr. Man,
Master of Arts: on which triumph there was made two
forts, and shipping on the water, besides many horsemen
well armed and appointed." These were probably Pageants
made for the exhibition of some warlike engagements, or
feats of chivalry. In 1577, "the Shepherd's Play was per
formed at the High Cross, and other triumphs at the Rood-
Eye," before the Earl of Derby, the Lord Strange, and many
others. — See Pennant's Tours, vol. i. p. 197, and Lysons's
Chesh., p. 596. One called "King Ebranke with all his
Sonnes,"* was performed in 1589, and it is probable that
others of a similar kind were at times represented afterwards.
It would appear from these circumstances, that there was
a continued series of performances, of a dramatic nature, in
the city of Chester, from a very early period, though with
some interruptions, down to the time when the Pageant and
the Triumph succeeded to the Miracle Play.
There is no doubt that the progress of the Reformation
put a stop to the ancient religious plays, which were then
thought profane and licentious, and savouring of popish
superstition. A different taste arose, and the literature of our
country improved in learning, in spirit, and in delicacy. But
while to our more refined tastes these things appear coarse
and licentious, we must call to our recollection the times
when they were written, and the manners which then
* For an account of, King Ebranke, who is said to have been one of our
early British. Kings, and to have had 20 wives, 20 sons, and 30 daughters,
and to have founded the cities of York and Edinburgh, the reader may
consult Harding's Chronicle, 4to. 1521. chap. xxi. fol. xx.; Holinshead's
Chronicle, &c.

Vill INTRODUCTION.
prevailed. The same correct writer, quoted above, has justly
observed, that " in judging of the form, incidents, and lan
guage of these productions, we must of course carry our
minds back to the period when they were written or
represented ; we shall then find that much that now seems
absurd, ludicrous, or profane, was then pious, awful, and
impressive." (Vol. ii. p. 136.)
These remarks will, in some degree, apply to later times,
and to the present work, in which, although the represen
tation is classical rather than religious, the personification
of the passions, and the words put into the mouths of some
of the characters may to us appear somewhat coarse and
vulgar. Allowance, however, must of course be made for
the time in which it was written, and the difference of the
manners which were then in vogue.
Of Mr. Robert Amery, or Amory, sheriff of Chester in
1608, and "the author of this pleasing show," we are not
able to communicate many particulars. In Mr. Ormerod's
Hist, of Cheshire, vol. ii. p. 442, there is a notice of an old
and respectable yeomanry family of this name living at
Coghall or Coughall, in the parish of Backford near Chester,
whose descendants are still occupants of the same farm;
which family is supposed to be identical with that of our
sheriff. Of this family, one of the same names, Robert
Amery, was sheriff of Chester in 1554. See Pennant, vol. i.
p. 197. And the same names occur also as sheriff again
in 1586. Thomas Amery was mayor in 1783. Robert
Amery appears to have been a munificent and public
spirited character, and to have benefited his fellow towns
men in more ways than this. The following mention of

INTRODUCTION. IX
his liberality, which contains also a notice of the present
Pageant or Triumph, is taken from an account of the
ancient shows and customs of Chester, which was originally
collected by the Rev. Robert Rogers,* Archdeacon and
Prebendary of Chester, and Rector of Gawsworth, who died
in 1595, and afterwards enlarged and reduced into order
by his son, and which is now among the Harl. MSS.
(1948, 42) in the British Museum. After describing "the
laudable Exercises yearly used within the Cittie of Chester,"
in speaking of St. George's Race, of late time invented,
and when altered, it is observed: "In a. d. 1609, Mr.
William Lester, mercer, beinge mayor of Chester, one Mr.
Robert Amerye, ironmonger,! sometime sherife of Ches
ter, (a. d. 1608,) he, with the assente of the mayor and
cittie, at his own coste chiefly, as I conceive, caused three
* The Rev. Robert Rogers, „B.D., Archdeacon of Chester, was an intelli
gent antiquary, of much research and good judgment, and left behind him
collections relative to the local history of Chester and its ancient customs
and amusements, still extant in MS. and classed under nine heads by his son;
a copy of which was among the papers of the late William Nicholls, Esq.,
F.S.A., and another in the Harl. MSS. 1948. In addition to his Arch
deaconry, Mr. Rogers held the 6th stall in the Cathedral of Chester, and
was Rector of Gawsworth, in Cheshire. He appears to have died in 1595,
and his will is extant in Harl. MSS. 2037. He married Elizabeth, one of
the daughters of John Deane, of Wallingford, in the county of Berks. Gent.
by whom he had ten sons and five daughters. She survived her husband
twenty-two years, and dying in 1617, in the 72nd year of her age, was
buried in the Church of Eccleston, near Chester, in which was formerly
existing a monument to her memory, descriptive of her many virtues and
pious life. — For this account of Mr. Rogers we are indebted to Mr. Ormerod.
See Hist. Cheshire, vol. i. p. xix. and p. 89, and vol. ii. p. 448.
t A descendant of this Robert Amery is still carrying on business at the
present time as an ironmonger in Chester. " b

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silver cupps (or bells) of good value to be made, the whiche
saide silver cuppes were, upon St. George's daye, for ever to
be thus disposed : — all gentlemen that woulde bringe their
horses to the Rood-dee that daye, and there rune, that horse
which with spede did over-rune the reste, shoulde have the
beste cuppe there presently delivered, and that horse which
came seconde, nexte the firste, before the reste, had the
second cuppe there also delivered : and for the third cuppe
it was to be rune for at the ringe, by any gentleman that
woulde rune for the same, upon the said Roode-dee, and
upon St. George's daye ; being thus decreed, that every horse
putt in soe much money as made the value of the cuppes or
bells, and had the money, which horses did winne the same,
and the use of the cupps, till that day twelve month, being
in bond to deliver in the cupps that daye ; so also for the
cuppe for the ringe, which was yearely continued accordingly
untill the yeare of our Lord 1623. — John Brereton,* inn-
holder, being mayor of Chester, he altered the same after this
manner, and caused the three cupps to be sould, and caused
more money to be gathered and added, soe that the intereste
thereof woulde make one faire silver cuppe, of the value of
£8, as I suppose, it maye be more worth, and the race to be
altered, viz. from beyonde the New-towerf a great distance,

* John Brereton was Mayor in 1623.
t The New Tower is now called the Water Tower. It is a circular
building of red stone, embattled, standing at the north-west angle of the
walls, and was erected in 1322. It is thus described by Webb, in his
Itinerary: — "From the North-gate westward to the turning of the wall
southward, at which corner standeth another fine turret, called the New-
Tower, and was pitched within the channel of Dee water; which new

INTRODUCTION. XI
and soe to rune five times from that place rownd about the
Rood-dee, and he that overcame all the rest the last course,
to have the cuppe freely for ever, then and there delivered,
which is continued to this daye." He then describes the
present Pageant : — "But here I must not omitt the charge,
and the solemnitie made, the first St. George's daye ; he had
a poet, one Mr. Davies, whoe made speeches and poeticale
verses, which were delivered at the High-crosse,* before the
mayor and aldermen, with shewes of his invention, which
booke was imprintedf and presented to that famous Prince
Henry, eldest sonne to the blessed King James, of famous
memorie. Alsoe, he (i. e. Mr. Amery) caused a man to goe
upon the spire^: of St. Peter's steeple in Chester, and by the
fane, at the same time he sownded a drum, and displayed a
baner upon the top of the same spire. And this was the

tower was built, as it is reported, in or near to the place in the river, which
was the key whereunto vessels of great burden, as well of merchandize as
others, came close up ; which may the rather seem probable, as well by a
deeper foundation of stonework, yet appearing from the foot of that tower,
reaching a good distance in the channel ; as also by great rings of iron, here
and there fastened in the sides of the said tower, which if they served not
for the fastening of such vessels, as then used to approach to the same key,
I cannot learn what other use they should be for."
* The High-Cross formerly stood at the intersection of the four principal
streets in Chester, and was the usual place of exhibition of the shows and
pageants, and in later times of the bull-baits. It was destroyed in 1646,
during the Civil Wars. A woodcut representation of it is given in
Ormerod's Cheshire, vol. i. p. 289.
t It was entered at Stationers' Hall by John Browne, June 12, 1610.
% The spire is now taken down ; but there exists a drawing of it by one
of the Randle Holmes in the Harl. MSS. 2073, of which there is a woodcut
fac-simile in Ormerod's Cheshire, vol. i. p. 259.

Xli INTRODUCTION.
original of St. George's race, with the change thereof, as it is
now used."
Amery's gift of the cuppe or bell is alluded to by King in
his Vale Royal, under the year 1609. " The bell or bowl,
which are run for on St. George's day by horses, were pro
vided by Mr. Robert Amery, sometime sheriff of this city,
who the same day in this year brought them down to the
Rood-Eye with great triumph." — See Orm. Chesh., vol. i.
p. 202.
The last recorded act of Amery's munificence to the citi
zens of Chester was in 1612, and is thus mentioned by
Rogers: — "Also the said Mr. Robert Amorie caused the
jacks* or boyes, which strike quarterly at St. Peter's at
High-crosse, to be made and erected in a. d. 1612."
* A jack was a figure made in old public clocks to strike the bell on the
outside at the quarters ; of the same kind as those formerly at St. Dunstan's
Church in Fleet-street, and at Carfax Church in Oxford. " Jack, being
the most familiar appellative, was frequently bestowed upon whatever bore
the form, or seemed to do the work of a man or servant." Thus
Shakespeare : —
K. Rich. Well, but what's o'clock ?
Buck. Upon the stroke of ten.
K. Rich. Well, let it strike.
Buck. Why let it strike %
K. Rich. Because that, like a, jack, thou keep'st the stroke,
Betwixt thy begging and my meditation.
Richard III., Act iv. Scene 2.
So, also, Decker : —
" But howsoever, if Powles jacks be once up with their elbowes, and quarelling
to strike eleven, as soon as ever the clock has parted them, and ended the fray with
his hammer, let not the duke's gallery conteyne you any longer." — Decker's Ghd'a
Hornbook, 1609.
See other examples in Nares's Glossary. See, also, Fr. Junii Etymolog.
Anglic, v. Jack; and Douce's Illustr. of Shakesp. vol. ii. p. 38.

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Mr. Amery died the following year. King, in alluding to
this last generous act of his, gives the date of his death. " The
jacks were set up at St. Peter's church, and the quarters
were made to strike upon the clock, at the cost of Mr. Robert
Amery, who died the 21st of September following." He
was buried in the Church of St. Bridget, at Chester, on the
26th of the same month, as appears from an entry in the
Parish Register : — "Burials 1613. Robertus Amery, 26th
Sep." He left one son, Robert Amery, and two daughters,
Alice and Ann. His will bears date the 8th Sept. 1613,
and directs that he should be buried in the Parish Church
of St. Bridget, Chester, in the same grave as his late father,
Robert Amery, was buried — mentions his son Robert and
his daughters Alice and Ann, his brother-in-law Edward
Wall, his cousin Rowland Johnson, his sister Margaret Wall,
his cousin Peter Drinkwater, one of the sheriffs of the said
city — appoints his said son Robert, Trustee, and his said
cousin Peter Drinkwater, and his brother-in-law Edward
Wall, Executors — names his uncle, John Stone, of London,
Esq., and his friend John Ecclestone, &c. The will was
proved at Chester the 20th December, 1613, by the said
Executors. Of Richard Davies, the poet who wrote the verses, we
know of no other work produced by him, nor are we able
to furnish any particulars, beyond the fact of his being an
inhabitant of Chester, or as he describes himself "her ill
Townesman." The Editor, in this dearth of information,
may perhaps be allowed to hazard a conjecture that he
was a herald painter at Chester. He has in his posses
sion a folio volume, containing a manuscript collection of

XIV INTRODUCTION.

arms of the gentry of Cheshire and Lancashire emblazoned,
having on the first page the arms of Charles I., and the
date 1629, which formerly belonged to Dean Cholmondeley
of Chester, who believed it to be a copy of some Herald's
collection of arms at Chester. The volume, -which is in
the original binding, is lettered on the back, "Davies's
Heraldry;" and it is not unlikely that such a pursuit
would bring the poet in contact with Mr. Amery, the
generous and public spirited sheriff of Chester, in mar
shalling and contriving those various Shows and Pageants,
which he was so liberal in enacting for the amusement
and delight of his fellow citizens at Chester. This, how
ever, is mere conjecture, and to be taken only for so much
as it is worth.
It might be thought from some parts of this Show, and
especially from the speech of Mercury, that Prince Henry
was present in Chester at its representation, but we know,
from other sources, that this could not have been the case,
and that he was at this time at his own residence at
Richmond. This excellent and much lamented Prince, Henry Frede
rick, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of James I., by his Queen,
Anne of Denmark, was born at Stirling Castle, Feb. 19,
1594, and was the first prince ever baptized in this realm
with Protestant rites. He was the subject of frequent dis
putes between Queen Anne and her husband respecting the
care and education of his early years, but grew up, under the
direction of his father, remarkable for his wisdom and pru
dence, and distinguished for his manly and chivalrous spirit.
It was for him that his royal and learned father wrote

INTRODUCTION. • XV
BASIAIKON JI2PON, or his Majestie' s Instructions to his
dearest Sonne Henry the Prince. 4to. Edinb. 1599 ; and 8vo.
Edinb. and Lond. 1603 ; which has been highly commended
by several writers of the first distinction. In the same year
that this Triumph was performed at Chester, and little more
than a month after, Prince Henry was a delighted spectator
of a much more splendid Pageant, given by his mother, in
honour of himself, on his creation as Prince of Wales, which
was celebrated with all the pomp of pageantry and show,
aided by the poetical genius of Ben Jonson and Daniel,*
and adorned by the exquisite taste of Inigo Jones.
But, in little more than two short years from that period
the hopes of the people, which had rested on this promising
prince, were destined to be destroyed, and the whole nation
plunged into a state of grief, by his untimely death, of a
putrid fever, (supposed to have been brought on by over
exertion,) on the 6th November, 1612, in the eighteenth year
of his age. His excellent and manly qualities had made him
the hope and favourite of the nation, and few royal deaths
have occasioned more general sorrow. Indeed, " in every

* "The Order and Solemnitie of the Creation of the High and Mightie
Prince Henrie, Eldest Son to our sacred Soueraigne, Prince of Wales, and
as it was celebrated in the Parliament House, on Monday, 4 June last past.
Together with the Ceremonies of the Knights of the Bath, and other
matters of special regard incident to the same. Whereunto is annexed the
Royall Maske presented by the Queene and her Ladies, on Wednesday at
night following. — 4to. Printed at Britaines Bursse for John Budge, 1610.
Tethys Festival : or the Queenes Wake. Celebrated at Whitehall, the
fifth day of June, 1610. Deuised by Samuel Daniel, one of the Groomes
of her Maiesties most Honourable priuie Chamber. 4to. Lond. Printed
for John Budge, 1610."

XVI INTRODUCTION.

respect," says the historian, " his merit seems to have been
extraordinary. He had not reached his eighteenth year, and
he already possessed more dignity in his behaviour, and com
manded more respect than his father, with all his age, learn
ing, and experience. Neither his high fortune, nor his youth,
had seduced him into any irregular pleasures : business
and ambition seem to have been his sole passion. His
inclination, as well as exercises, were martial."* The num
ber of testimonials to the merits and virtues of this Prince,
or of mournful tributes in commemoration of the public
calamity of his death, were so great, that a mere enumera
tion of them would extend to a considerable length. Mr.
Park has given a list of twenty-six in the fourth volume of
Restituta, but it might be very considerably extended.
Mr. Ormerod has slightly mentioned this " Triumph," in
p. xii. of the Preface to his History of Cheshire, among a list
of other publications relating to that county. He has also
given an account of Amory's show of 1609, from King's Vale
Royal, in the Hist. Chesh., vol. i. p. 202 ; and another
account of the same show from Rogers's MS. vol. i. p. 299.
The reader may also compare Mr. Lysons's citations of the
same show from other and varying copies in his Magn.
Britan., p. 588, with the programme of an intended show in
1610, in the note below. Robert Amery is also mentioned
in some of the MSS. of the Holmes, in the list of city
sheriffs. There is no copy of this extremely rare Pageant in the
British Museum. In the Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica, there
was one, No. 223, marked at £25, which was probably that
from Reed's Sale, 6712, purchased by Mr. Hill. There is
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INTRODUCTION. XV11
another in the Bodleian Library, among the rich collection
of books given by Mr. Gough to that institution. It was
reprinted by Mr. Nichols, in the Progresses, fyc, of King
James the First, 4to, 1828, vol. ii. p. 291, from a transcript
taken from a copy of this rare tract, formerly belonging to
Mr. Strettell, at whose sale in 1820, No. 816, it was pur
chased for £11, by William Barnes Rhodes, Esq., of Lyon's
Inn, (by whom it was lent to Mr. Nichols,) whose curious
and extensive dramatic Library was sold by auction in 1825,
when this copy, marked No. 462 in the catalogue, was sold
for £8 12s. There were copies also in the Libraries of Mr.
Dent, see Cat. part i. 985, and Mr. Heber, Cat. part iv.
1825. The present reprint is made from a copy in the pos
session of Edward Hawkins, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Keeper of
the MSS. in the British Museum, kindly lent to the Editor
for the purpose by that gentleman ; to whom the members
of the Chetham Society have been already indebted for a
former publication, and whose kindness on the present occa
sion the Editor begs most gratefully to acknowledge. To
George Ormerod, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. F.S,A., his sincere
thanks are also due, for directing his attention to some
sources of information relating to this Pageant.
T. C.

CHESTERS
TRIVMPH IN
HONOR OF HER
Prince.
As it was performed vpon S. Georges
Day 1610. in the for ef aid
C I T I E.

LONDON
Printed for I. B. and are to be Sold in Saint Bunjianes
Church-yard in Fleete-ftreete.
1610.

To the High and Mightie Prince,
Henry Prince of Wales, Duke of
Cornwall and Rothfay, Earle of Che-
fter, Knight of the moft noble Order
ofthe Garter, &c.
CHES TER to her Prince.
Nto the boundlejfe Ocean, moft dread Prince,
Of thy furmounting Great magnificence,
j Doe we (poore Palatines,) from our beft hearts,
' (Enlarged with Loue of thine admired Parts)
Blufhing, obiect to thy deepe Judgements eye,
The fruit (though poore) of rich Loues indujirie.
Not that we are Ambitious, or that wee
Can thinke it worthy; of (moft worthy) THEE.
But, with our bejl integritie, tofhow
The Awfull Duetie which our Loues doe owe,
To thy great Greatnejfe; who (beyond compare)
Dothfhinefo bright in our Loues Hemifphere
That, in thy right, our Hearts, Liues, Limmes and Swords,
Shall ftretch our Actions farre beyond our Words.
Her ill Townefman,
Ri. Dauies.

TO THE READER.

Eader, to make a large Narration
of nothing, were fcarce woorth any
thing; Yet, fmce it hath pleafed the
great giuer of all things, to infufe
life into poore Animals (as well as
Spirit into more worthy Creatures)
I haue by the importunitie of fome
friends (vpon honeft conditions) let
flip this prifoner, who like a poore
Peregrinator (to purchafe enlargment) is contented to paffe
through the Purgatorie of the Printing-houfe: Where (if by
his good behauiour, he doe not merit Redemptio) let him be
preft without pity a Gods name, and like a vituperous offender,
be Stamped and Stared at, by the seuereft Corrector, and
trueft Compofitor. To be briefe, what was done, was fo done,
as being by the Approbation of many, faid to bee well done,
then I doubt not, but it may merit the mercifull Conftruction
of fome few, who may chance to Sweare t'was moft excellently
ill done. Zeale procured it; Loue deuif 'd it; Boyes perform'd
it; Men beheld it, and none but fooles difpraifed it. As for
the further Difcription of the busineffe, I referre to further
relation ; onely thus: The chiefeft part of this people-pleafing
fpectacle, confifted in three Bees, viz. Boyes, Beafts, and Bels,
Bels of a ftrange amplitude and extraordinarie proportion ;
Beafts of an excellent fhape, and moft admirable fwiftneffe,
and Boyes of rare Spirit, and exquifite performance. Which
glorious Triumph, with much more, was meerely intended (as
it was then thought) for the ioyfull celebration of Cambers
boundleffe glory.
R. D.

^]A briefe Relation of the moft delightfull,
pleafant and rare Shewes, the which haue beene
Enacted, fet forth, and performed, within the moft Aun
cient renowned Citie Caer-leon, now named Chester, vpon
the Feftiuall of our moft worthy approued Englifh Ohampian S.
George his Day, being the 23. of Aprill 1610. and fhall remaine
and continue perpetually to future ages, as a memorable and
worthy proiect, founded, deuifed, and erected onely by the moft
famous, generous, and well deferuing Citizen, Mr. Robert
A m e r i e, late Sherieffe of the faid Citie, redownding to the
glory and praife of Almightie God for his benefits, immediately
and bounteoufly powred vpon vs Chriftians, and alfo in liew of
the Homage, Fealtie, Alleagance, and Duetie, which wee doe owe
and attribute vnto the Kings moft Excellent and magnificent
Maieftie, his Crowne and dignitie, and to the moft vertuous
and hopefull Heire Apparent, the Prince of Wales, with
that Noble victor Saint George, our aforefaid Englifh Champion.

I Jk Man by Jirange deuifes clyminq to the toppe of a
/-^ very high fpire Steeple (/landing at the Market
-^^Croffe, called S. Peters Steeple) carying an Aun
cient of our Colours of S. George, difplaying the fame vpon
the faid Steeple, and fixing the fame to the barre of Iron, that
the Vane hangeth vpon : Likewife, founding a Drumme, Jhoot-
inq off a Peece, and flourifhing a Sword, and Jiandinq vpon
the Crojfe of the faid barre of Iron, flood vpon his hands with
his feete into the Ayre, very dangeroujly and wonderfully to the
view of the beholders, with cq/linq Fire-workes very deliqhtfull.
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2. Two difguifed, called Greene-men, their habit Embroy-
dred and StitcKd on with luie-leaues with blacke-Jide, hauing
hanginq to their fhoulders, a huge blackefhaggie Hayre, Sauage-
like, with Iuie Garlands vpon their heads, bearing Herculian
Clubbes in their hands, an artificiall Dragon, very liuely to be
hold, purfuing the Sauages entring their Denne, cqjling Fire
from his mouth, which afterwards wasjlaine, to the great plea-
fure of the fpectators, bleeding, fainting, and flaggering, as
thouqh hee endured a feeling paine, euen at the lafl gafpe, and
farewell. 3. One mounted on Horfebacke, bearing the Helmet and
Shield ofS. George, attended by three : One leading his Horfe,
a Drumme founding before him, with S. George his Scutchin
in the forehead of his Horfe.
4 Fame mounted on Horfebacke, with a Trumpet in her
hand, pronouncing an Oration.
5. Mercurie, defcending from heauen in a cloud, artificially
Winged, a Wheele of fire burning very cunningly, with other
Fire-workes, mounting to the height of the forefaid Steeple vp
on Coardes : with moft pleaj ant and mellodious harmonie at his
approach. 6. Another reprefenting the forenamed and moft worthy
Citie Chefter, mounted on Horfebacke : two Drummes foun
ding before him, with the Armes of S. George vpon a Scutchin
in the forehead of his Horfe.
7. Another with the Kings Armes, very richly Haroldi-
zed vpon a Shield: Alfo mounted on Horfebacke, with the
Kings Armes vpon a Scutchin in the Horfes forehead.
8. Another, making an Oration, in Honour of the
King his Crowne and Emperiall Monarchie, likewife mounted
on Horfebacke, with the Armes correfpondent in the forehead of
his Horfe. 9. Another

of the Triumph.
9. Another, mounted on Horfebacke with a great Bell
double Gilt, fuppor ted by f oure Lyons Rampant, Jianding vpon a
lejfer Bell with a Clapper in it, the Kings Armes engrauen there
on, caried vpon a Scepter, Dedicated to the Kings moft Excellent
Maiejlie, with many Trumpets founding cheerefully before him,
with the Kings Armes vpon a Schutchin in the Horfes forehead.
10. Another with the Princes Armes vpon a Shield, very
richly Haroldized, mounted on Horfebacke, with the Princes
Armes vpon a Scutchin in the Horfes for etoppe.
11. A nother mounted on Horfebacke, deliuering an Oration
in Honour of the Prince his Birth-right, and magnificent Cre
ation, viz. To the High and Mightie Prince Henrie,
Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothfay, Earle
of Chefter, &c. with the Princes Armes vpon a Scutchin in
the Horfes forehead.
12. Another mounted on Horfebacke, with a majfie Bell of
Siluer, parcell Gilt, with the Princes Armes engrauen vpon it:
Likewife fupported by three Lyons Rampant, Jianding vpon a
lesser Bell, with a Clapper in it, caried vpon a Scepter, a noyfe of
Cornets before the Bell, Dedicated to the Prince, with the Princes
Armes vpon a Scutchin in the Horfes forehead.
13. Another mounted on Horfebacke with the Armes of S.
George vpon a Shield, with the Armes of Saint George vpon
a Scutchin in the forehead of the Horfe.
14. Rumor mounted on Horfebacke, pronouncing an Ora
tion in Honour of the moft worthy Chriftian Englijh Cham-
pian S. George, mounted on Horfebacke with the Armes ofS.
George, vpon a Scutchin in the forehead ofthe Horfe.
15. Another mounted on Horfebacke, with the mofl ancient
and famous Standard of S. George, with the Armes of Saint
George vpon a Scutchin in the Horfes forehead.
16. Another mounted on Horfebacke, bearing vpon a Scep ter

The Particulars
ter a great piece of Plate, parcell Gilt, Bellfajhion, Dedicated
to the Honour of Saint George, with the Armes of S. George
in the Horfes forehead.
17. Another, reprefenting S. George, Accoutred and Ar
med at all points, attended by two Squires : Alfo in compleat
Armour, a noyfe of Drummes before them, likewife mounted
on Horfebacke, with the Armes of S. George vpon a Scutchin
in the Horfes forehead.
18. Another on Horfebacke, reprefenting Peace, who made
a Speech agreeable to her nature.
19. Another on Horfebacke, reprefenting Plentie, made like-
wife a Speech, fyc. A Wreath of Wheat-eares vpon her head,
with a Garland of the fame athwart her body, cafting and
firewing VVheate abroad among fl the multitude, asfhee roade
along. Garbe or Wheatrfheffe Ore, in a Scutchin vpon her
Horfes forehead.
20. Another on Horfebacke, reprefenting Enuie, with a
Wreath of Snakes about her head; another in her hand, her
face and armes befmeard with blood.
21. After her (on Horjback) came one, reprefenting Loue,
who finding Enuie difmounted from Horfebacke, and mounted
on a Stage tofhew her nature, was coniured by Loue to depart,
and not to interrupt (with her detractions) that dayes Triumph,
vndertaken and performed through Loue, which done, Loue
and Ioye mar/hall the fucceedinq fport.
22. Laftly, Ioye mounted on Horfebacke, reioycing . at fo
great a concourfe of people, neuer there before feene, and pray-
Jing the good meaning of what there was vndertaken and per
formed: Whereupon all departed for a while, to a place vpon the
Riuer called the Roodes, Garded with one hundred and twentie
Halberders, and a hundred and twentie Shotte, brauely furni-
fhed. The Mayor, Sheriffs and Aldermen of Chefter, a-
rayed

of the Triumph.
rayed in their Scarlet, hauing feene the faid Jhewes, to grace the
fame, accompanied, and followed the Actors vnto the faid Roode,
where the Ships, Barques, and Pinifes, with other vejfels, Har
bouring within the Riuer, dif playing the Armes of S. George,
vpon their maine Toppes, with feuerall pendants anfwerable
thereunto; dif charged many voleyes ofShotte in Honour ofthe
day. The Bels Dedicated (as before is remembred) being pre-
fented to the Mayor, Proclamation being generally made, to
bring in Horfes to runne for the f aide Bels, there was runne
a double Race, to the great pleafure and delight of the fpecta-
tors : Men of great worth, running alfo at the Ring for the faid
Cuppe,Dedicated to Saint George, and thofe that wonne the Pri-
fes, according to the Articles agreed upon in that behalfe, had
the fame with the Honour thereunto belonging : The faid feue
rall Prifes, being with Speeches, and feuerall Wreathes
fet on their heads, deliuered in ceremonious and Try-
umphant maner, after the order ofthe Olim-
pian Sportes, whereof thefe were
an imitation.

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CHESTERS TRIVMPH
IN HONOVR OF
HER PRINCE.

Fame.
Rom blisfull Bowres of faire Elizian fields,
: (The happy harbour of loues deereft Deere)
i From thence thefe Worthies (noted by their
' Are (by my conduct) thus ariued here, (fhields)
I Fame that with a trice, doe ouer-fill
The Worlds wide eares with what I pleafe to fay,
Haue brought them thus, as t'were againft the hill
Of higheft Lets, to celebrate this Day !
This Day, that I so farre haue famouzed
That not a nooke of Earths huge Globe but knowes,
How in great Britaine t'is folemnized
With diuine Offices, and glorious Showes.
Then for th'encreafe of this triumphant Mirth,
I'le inuocate the Gods Embaffadour,
To be the Prefident of Heau'n to Earth ;
And, from the Gods, falute your Gouernour.
Then come great Nuntius of th'immortall Gods,
From that all-fwaying Senate of their State ;
Come, I inuoke thee, with thy charming-rod
In glory come, this Day to celebrate.
The nine-fold Orbes of Heau'n, my words doe pierce ;
Defcend then, Tongues-man of the Vniuerfe.
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Chefters Triumph.

A Song of eight voyces for the fliew in Chester
on S. Georges day.
COme downe thou mighty mejfenger ofbliffe,
Come : we implore thee,
Let not thy glory be obf cur1 d from vs
Who mojl adore thee :
Then come, 0 come great fpirit
That we may ioyfulljing,
Welcome, 0 welcome to earth
loues dearejl darling.
Lighten the eyes thou great Mercurian Prince,
Of all that view thee,
That by the luftre of their optickfenfe
They may purfue thee :
Whilfl with their voyces
Thy praife they fhall Jing,
Come away
loues dearefl darling.

Mercvrie comes downe in a Cloude
andfpeakes thus.
DOwne from the Throne of the immortall Gods,
From out the glorious euer-during Heau'ns,
And from the facred Powres celeftiall
From thence I come, commanded by them all
To vifite Him whofe rare report hath rung Within

Chefters Triumph.
Within their eares, and fcal'd the lofty clouds :
His erned fame on earth hath pierc'd the skie,
Afcending vp vnto the higheft Heau'ns ;
And therewithall procur'd the facred Senate
In great regard to hold his worthineffe :
For which intent, They all (with one accord)
To manifeft the Loue to Him they owe,
Haue fent me Mercurie, their Meffenger,
To bring him ioyfull tydings of the fame.
And to this place, directed by their Powres,
I am ariu'd (in happy time I hope)
To finde this happy God-beloued Man.
And loe behold on fuddaine where I fpie
This Fauorite fo fauor'd of the Gods :
I will falute him with fuch courtefie
As beft befeemes a wight of fuch account.
All haile to thee high Iuftice Officer ;
Mercurie, Nuntius to the Powres diuine,
Hath brought thee greetings from their Deities.
And know (deere Sir) thy deedes and good deferts,
Thy well difposed Nature, Minde, and thought,
Thy zealous care to keepe their Lawes diuine,
Thy great compaffion on poore wights diftreft,
Thy prudence, iuftice, temp'rance, and thy truth,
And, to be briefe, thy vertues generall,
Haue mou'd them all from Heau'n, with one affent,
To fend Me downe, to let thee vnderftand
That thou art highly in their Fauors plac'd :
And, for the more affurance of the fame,
Loe here a Fauour fauourably fent
From them, by me, to thee, that thou maift know
Thy vertues here fhall there rewarded bee
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Chefters Triumph.
With endleffe ioy, and perfect happineffe.
Receaue the fame, returning naught but thankes,
Which is as much as they require of thee,
My meffage done, my taske thus brought to end,
I muft returne and to the Heau'ns afcend.

Chester.
HAile fage Spectators, haile yee reu'rend Sires,
Haile yonger Brutes, whofe worth felf Worth admires,
Whofe ardent Loues both to the place, and vs,
Conftraines our Loues to entertaine yee thus.
Welcome ten thoufand times yee blisfull criew,
Whofe light lends lufter to the vulgar view.
Whofe feuerall vertues, link'd with seuerall Graces,
Deferues the Beft, of our beft Loues embraces.
The Romaine Curtius Romes great Fauorite,
(Whofe daring Death did her from feathe acquite)
Was ne're more Welcome to the Romanes fights,
Then are your felues, to thefe our choife delights.
To which kinde purpofe our defire intends
To entertaine you as our fafteft friends,
With such Olympian fports as ftiall approue
Our Beft deuotion, and fmcearest Loue.
Such entertaine as beft befeemes your Rancks,
Wee'le ftriue to giue you with our hartieft thankes.
And fo, to pleafe your nicer appetites,
Wee'le feaft youre paines with Pleafures honied Sweets.
The rareft viands Choife it felfe affords,
Shall o're abound vpon our bounteous bords,
And in the midft of all our Iouiall folace, We'le

Chefters Triumph.
Wee'le fucke fweet Nectar from the Paps of Pallas.
Wee'le cozen France of thofe delitious Vines,
Where-hence they draine their brain-enchanting Wines
To cheere our hearts, and make you frolique fo
As you fliall fwim in ioy, though funke in woe.
Wee'le Banquet you with fuch variety
Of dulcet Fruites, whofe fweete Satiety
Shall feeme fo pleafmg ; as it fliall intice
The Gods themfelues to furfet on their iuice.
Our beft Pauilions, in their beft attire,
Remonftrate fliall how much we doe defire,
To fatisfie your Expectations eyes,
With all that Arte can poffibly deuife.
Wee'le paue our Streetes, with that Eye-pleafing sand,
Which is of powre whole Kingdomes to command :
And for your more delight perfume we will
The Aire : nay, it fweete Aires fliall ouer-fill.
Our verdant Paftures three pil'd greene in graine
Shall weare, to honour fo your entertaine.
And round about the Meadowes as yee goe,
For peeping flowers the Graffe shall fcarfely ftiow
What may be done, and willing hearts can doe
Shall be effected with aduantage too.
Wee'le furrow vp thofe pety hills or heights,
That lie but in the way of our delights,
And with the Surpluffe of this furquedrie,
Fill vp the places that too lowly lie
Within the lift or profpect of that place,
Aflign'd this Triumph and triumphant Race.
What e're our more then ftrained vtmoft-All,
Can poffibly performe ; performe we fliall. B R I T A I N E.

Chefters Triumph.

Britain e.
ILluftrious Britaine, ftately Seate of Kings,
Whofe boundleffe glories inequiualent,
Doe fo reflect on Fames orientall wings.
That o're the world they fpred their blandifliment.
Whofe influence (paft compaffe of conceit)
Endarts fuch Sun-beames to obfcurer places,
That all the world by that relplendant light,
Deriues from her their moft peculiar graces.
Whofe royall, clement, chaft, and bounteous King,
(King ; 0 too bafe a ftile for his great worth)
Such radiant lufter to the Earth doth bring,
That like the Sunne it cheeres the totall North.
Then yeeld him honor Kings that glorious be ;
Vaile to this (next the high'ft) great King of Kings :
Who by his vertues graceth your degree,
And to the fame immortall glory brings.
Great Britaines Greatneffe (wonder of the North :
Admir'd of All whom vertues height admires)
We doe afcribe vnto thy Match-leffe worth,
Surmounting praife, to mount thy vertues higher.
And while me (Britaine) Neptune flial embrace,
He ruine thofe, that fpight thee, or thy Race.

Cambria.
REnowmed Camber, Britaines true repofe,
Whofe ardent zeale to her admired Prince,
Hath euer beene approu'd to friends and foes

To

Chefters Triumph.
To facrifice her bloud in his defence.
With high-fwolne words of vaunt to thunder forth
How much we dare to doe in this refpect,
Were more then meerely idle ; fmce our worth
Shall fliew it felfe in fuch words true effect.
Our hopefuU Prince whilft Cambers Race doth Breath,
Shall they with faft vnited might,
In his iuft caufe will their beft Swords vnflieathe
Againft the ftout'ft Oppofer of his Right.
We fcorne that Wales fuch weaklings fliould afford,
That dare not brauely front the eagerft foe
At any Weapon (Piftoll, Pike, or Sword)
And (like ftout Warriours) giue him bloe for bloe.
But to our Prince (Great Britaines matchleffe Heire)
As humbly low, as is his Greatneffe high,
Our liues wee'le proftrate with our beft Deuoire,
To doe what may vndoe the Enemie.
Whose Grace is thought vpon this prefent day,
Which day Saint George hath blisfully created,
To take his Birth-right ; with fuch great ioy,
As fuch a day was neuer confecrated.
To memorize which more than blisfull Feaft,
We are incited by the loue we owe him,
The fame to celebrate, or at the leaft
Our great, great ioy moft thankfully to fliew him.
Then naught remaines but that we all doe pray,
God bleffe Prince Henry Prop of Englands ioy.

R VM 0 R.
SAint George for England, is the Patrone Knight,
Whofe euer-conquering? and all-daring hand,
Did put whole Hoafts of Heathens foes to flight,
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Chefters Triumph.
That did the vigour of his ftrength with-ftand.
He that did euer liue (a Champion ftout)
With fuch vndaunted holy-high refolue,
That through the earth his fame did flie about,
Which fliall not die till heauen and earth diffolue.
Againft the Heathen folke his force he prou'd,
By which he did decline their higheft pride :
For which of heau'n and earth he was belou'd,
And made a glorious Saint when as he dide.
Vpon a hideous Dragon (whofe thick fcales
Like fliields, that nought could pierce by force nor Arte
Did Bulwarke him) fo fast his Faulchion falls,
That he through them made way vnto his heart.
Whose rare atchiuements and whofe rich renowne
(Flowing from matchleffe Magnanimity)
Still makes them owners of great Britaines Crowne,
As in this day to crowne his memory.
Whofe Fames bright Splendor, rarely to depaint
In colours rich according to his worth,
Would try the tongue of Hermes, fith this Saint
Thus trauels Britaines glory to bring forth,
Many a Monfter he by force fubdude,
And many a fiend incarnate he fuppreft,
Whofe Sword did ftiU mowe downe their multitude,
So to imbarne them in hells restleffe reft.
When loe at length returning to the foile,
Wherein he firft receau'd his vitall breath,
He fpent his time religioufly a-while,
Till Death had flaine him, who now conquers Death :
So, Britaines when they fight with cheere, they fay,
God and Saint George for England to this day.
Peace.

Chefters Triumph.

Peace.
TO bring glad newes of future happy yeares,
Peace is the Nuntius that fuch tydings beares.
Who while the Scotch the Englifh faire entreate,
And me embrace withall, I'le make them great.
No forraigne Nation fliall affront their force
As long as I direct them in that courfe.
All rafli diffentions and litigious braules,
I fliall expell from their vnfliaken walls.
All ciuill Mutinies fliall then furceafe,
And Peace fliall bring them euerlafting Peace.
Inueterate hate fo will I turne to loue,
As with one motion both fliall iointly moue.
Brother with brother, nay, the foe with friend,
For mine and thine fliall neuer more contend.
No maffacre nor bloudy ftratageme,
Shall ftirre in Peaces new Ierufalem.
No ciuill Difcord, nor Domeftick ftrife
Shall e're annoy their Peace, much leffe their life,
For (like to Oliue branches) they fliall beare
Fruite that giues loue an appetite to beare.
Which mutuail concord dateleffe fliall endure
As long as loue can Peace to loue procure.
I'le binde their Loues with true Loues Gordian knot,
That rude Diffentions hands vndoe it not :
And with a Wreath of euer-during Baies,
Crowne all your browes with peace-procured praife,
I'le rend the close-mouth'd rage of emulous ftrife,
And wound Diftraction, with Connexions knife.
And when damn'd Malice comes but once in fight
I, with a vengeance, will fuppreffe her ftraight.
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Chefters Triumph.
I'le fend pale Enuie downe to hell with fpeed,
Where flie vpon her Snakes fliall onely feed.
And with fome pois'nous and inuenom'd Toade,
Her much more poyfonous felfe fliall make aboade.
Which being done I'le fend that bafe infection
(Whose onely vertue is but bafe) Detraction
Her to affociate ; where they both fliall liue
As long as hell can life with horror giue :
And thus fliall Peace their ioy perpetuate,
That loue (in loue) to ftay this bleffed State.
Plentie.
Since Plenty ftiU co-operates with Peace,
Plenty fliall bleffe your bafket of encreafe.
From whofe aboundant ne're exhaufted ftore,
You fliall receaue much more then had before,
I'le ftuffe your Barnes vp to the throat with graine,
Which fliall all yours, and others ftiU fuftaine.
I'le fructifie the earth with rareft fruites
Of fundry fliapes, and feuerall kinde of fuites,
So as the Soile (that beares feed timely fowne)
Vnder the burthen of their waight, fhall groane.
In all aboundance I will reare your Beafts,
Which fhall maintaine your o're abounding Feafts,
Fifh, fowle, hearbs, graffe, and all things whatfoere,
Shall at your dore be cheape, and nothing deere
I'le finke into the concaues of earthes molde,
And there hence pull and cull her pureft golde,
And then will diue into the Ocean Deepes,
To raife the Treafure which their Neptune keepes.
I'le fraight your fhips with fuch o're-fraighting ftore,
That greedineffe her felfe fliall feeke no more.
No

Chefters Triumph.
No fcarfity fliall in your Land be found,
As long as I with Nature till your ground.
What fhall I fay ? your life-fupporting ftaffe,
The ftaffe of bread ; I'le throw abroad like chaffe.
Then fee how gracioufly the High'ft hath sent yee
Peace, in all fulneffe, in all fulneffe Plentie.

Enuie.TTlffe. (bus?

E n v i e and Love.
HI Why how now Enuie ? do'ft thou hiffe at Phce-
E. Yes ; and at Cinthia too, if fliee anger vs.
L. Your reafon Enuie ?
E. Why? My reafon's this,
To heare a Cat cry mewe, who can but hiffe.
L. Out hiffmg Scorpion :
E. Out yee filthy Foole,
Enuie hath wit, to fet fuch Apes to fchoole.
L. Malitious Monfter, thou incarnate Diu'll,
Whofe bafe condition, is the fource of euill.
Thou enuious Bandogge, fpeake and doe thy worft,
He that regards it ; is the moft accurft.
E. And he that thinks that Loue can e're be wife,
Hath neither iudgement, wifedome, wit, nor eies.
L. Say thou abortiue, men-detefted slaue,
Whofe onely vertue is, but to depraue
Mans beft proceedings, fpeake thou fquint-eide Monfter,
What is the caufe which makes thee ftill mifconfter ?
E. Becaufe I hate to heare a want-wit preach
Beyond wits bounds, and wifedomes boundleffe reach :
To fee a fuperficiall Sot make ihow
Of deeper skill then wit it felfe doth know.
C 3 L. What

Chefters Triumph.
L. What is the folace Enuie counteth deepe ?
E. Marie to fee a Wolfe deuoure a Sheepe.
To fee men-diuels breeding ftill diffention
Is fport (me thinks) beyond all comprehenfion :
Or elfe a rich man hunger-pin'd with want,
To fee an Army (when their foode is fcant)
Eate their owne excrements ; 0 this is fport
For Enuie, that without this is all amort.
To fee a droue of Drunkards like to Swine
Swilling their foules, in foule-o're-whelming wine.
To fee a City burnt, or Barnes on fire,
To fee a Sonne the Butcher of his Sire.
To fee two Swaggerars eagerly to ftriue,
Which of them both fliall make the Hang-man thriue.
To fee a good man poore, or wife man bare,
To fee dame Vertue ouer-whelm'd with care.
To fee a ruin'd Church, a Preacher dumbe,
A Kings childe perifli in the Mothers wombe.
To fee a Mifer, who to haue his pelfe,
Will take a rope and (defp'rate) hang him felfe :
To fee a virgine by a varlet vs'd,
Till flie by him to death be fo abus'd.
Or elfe to fee a Father fucke the blood
Of his owne Spawne, 0 ! thefe would doe me good.
But to behold a ranke of ruftick Boyes
Shewing as childifli people childifli toyes
To grace a day with ; 0 it grates my gall
To heare an apifli Kitling catterwall.
Is it not harfli to heare a Marmefet fqueake
Vpon a ftage a moft vnioynted fpeake ?
And then to heare fome ignorant Baboone,
Sweare that this Monky did furmount the Moone.
When

Chefters Triumph.
When as the Infants beft is too too bad,
And which to heare would make a wife-man mad.
L. Thou damn'd Infection ; damned from thy birth.
Abhor'd of heau'n, and odious to the earth,
How canft thou euer hope to merit grace,
When thy delight is but detraction bafe ?
But fince there is no figne of grace in that
Damn'd face of thine, which hell doth wonder at,
Loue fliall coniure thee ; that from this time forth,
Thou ne're frequent this Hand of the North.
Diue to the depth of deepeft Stigian flood ;
There fucke thou Snakes, and Snakes there fuck thy blood.
Or fmke thou quite to the infernall deepe,
Where crawling Scorpions may about thee creepe.
And there among thofe vermine vile beneath,
Belk vp that poifon which thou here doll breath.
Goe, I coniure thee, leaft I make thee feele
The keeneft edge of Wraths reuenging fteele.
Burthen the earth no more, thou hatefull Toade
With fuch a pondrous earth-anoying loade,
Goe with a vengeance goe, and ne're retire,
But weare out Time in euerlafting fire.
Enuie. 0 I could grind and grate thee with my teeth,
L. No more thou Monfter ; hence be gone forthwith ;
E. Confufion, death, plague, peftilence, and piles,
Confound their foules who at mine anguifti fmiles,
Yet, ere I goe, I'le bid the beft farewell,
Hoping ere long to meete their Ghofts in hell.
L. Goe vgly Monfter, Loues Mifanthropos,
Sinke downe to tortour and continuall woes.
Heau'n excludes thee ; Earth abhors thy fight,
And greeues to beare the burthen of thy weight. Sinke

Chefters Triumph.
Sinke to her center, there's thy Natiue reft,
And neuer more be feene to fpot her breft :
So, haft thee hence ; and hence-forth I'le direct
My fpeech to thofe, whom I doe beft affect :
Loue bids you welcome that are come in loue,
To fee our fports that Enuie doth reproue.

Ioy.
ENuie auaunt, thou art no fit Compeere
T'affociate thefe our fweet Confociats heere.
Ioy doth exclude thee, who (to thy difgrace)
Here fpets Defiance in thy vgly face.
And that is more ; thy euerlafting fliame
Shall be still blafted by the Trumpe of Fame :
The powrefull tongue of facund Mercury,
Shall to the world difplay thy Infamy.
Chefter abhors thy prefence ; Britaine hates thee ;
And for a damned fury, Camber takes thee.
Peace, as arHerrald, fliall proclaime to All,
That thou art damn'd by Iuftice-Generall.
Plenty detefts thy bafe Society,
Who fcornes thy hell-bred groffe impietie.
And laft of all, My Loue, in Loues defence
In fpight of Enuie, thall fend Enuie hence.
Wherefore auaunt ; that all the I'le may fing,
Now Enuies gone, in peace w'enioy our King.

After

Chefters Triumph.

After the running of the Horfes Fame fpeakes.
With rich Characters of refplendant gold,
Fame hath your names within her booke enrold :
Which till Time ftayes his courfe fliall glitter bright,
Maugre Detraction and fell Enuies fpight
Britaine to him that wan the beft Bell.
IN figne of victory which thou haft gain'd,
This Wreath by thy faire front fliall be fuftain'd.
Whofe greene leau'd branches vnto Fame fliall tell
That thou didft beft deferue the better Bell.

Camber to the fecond.
TO crowne thy Temples with a fecond wreath,
Loe here doth Camber vnto thee bequeath
This fragrant Garland : fith thou didft excell
The beft that ran but at the fecond Bell.

R v m o R to him that wan the Ring.
THou that by either cunning, or by chaunce,
Didft take the Ring with thy thrice happy Launce :
Here take of me (to raife thy vertues vp)
This vvreath of Balme, and polliflit filuer cup.
All together.
And fo we all in all your feuerall Graces,
Will with your fame o're-fill all times and places.
D Chesters

Chefters Triumph.

Chesters lafl Speech.
NO Action, though admir'd for Excellence,
No Practize, though of high'ft preheminence
That can efcape the Poliphemian eye
Of Enuie, that for euer lookes awry :
Yet notwithftanding on your Loues depending,
Whofe patient eares excludes all reprehending,
We here fubmit our felues in humbleft wife
Before the barre of your iudicious eyes,
What we prefent vnto your dainty eares
Is freed from fcandalls : fo is free from feares.
Onely your Loues which are our faireft markes,
Muft muzzle Enuie, when the Fury barkes
Vnto the beft, we doubt not but our beft
May purchafe fauour ; and for all the reft
We doe expect but this poore kindneffe from them,
That they would fpeake but what fliall well become them.
This being graunted : Chefter doth inuite
Each noble worthy, and each worthy Knight,
To clofe their ftomacke with a finall repaft,
Which may content a temperate curious taft.
Meafure our ardent Loues, with fuch kinde meafure,
As we afford you fport, and giue you pleafure :
And fo wee'le leaue you with this folemne vow,
That whilft we breath, our hearts fliall honour you.

F any Reader fliall defire to know
.Who was the Author of this pleating fhow : Let it

Chefters Triumph.
Let him receaue aduertizement hereby
A Sheriffe (late of Chefter) Ameeie.
Did thus performe it ; who for his reward,
Defires but Loue, and competent regard.

Robert Amerie.

FINIS.

NOTES

NOTES.
Dedication, I. 3. "Palatines,"] i. e. Inhabitants ofthe Palatine city of Chester.
Address, I. 28. " Camber,"] i. e. Cambria, Wales.
Briefe Relation, I. 4. " Caer-leon."] Chester derived its name of Caer-leon,
according to Higden in his Polychronicon, from an imaginary giant, called Leon
Gawr or Vaur, the supposed founder, who is thus alluded to by Henry Bradshaw,
a Benedictine monk of St. Werburgh's abbey, in that city, in his metrical Life
and History of St. Werburgh, 4to, Pynson, 1521 : —
'* The founder of tlie city, as saith Polychronicon,
Was Leon Gawr, a mighty strong giant."
It was also so called from Caer and Leon, the city of legions — or Caerleon ar
Dufyr dwy — the city of legions upon the waters of Dee, from the circumstance of
the twentieth legion of the Romans being stationed here for so long a period, of
whom the giant above mentioned is supposed to be a mere personification. Thus
Bradshaw again : — " Another city of legions we find also
In the west part of England, by the water of Dee,
Called Caer-Leon of Britons long ago,
After named Chester, by great authority."
So, also, Harding, in his metrical Chronicle, 4to. 1543, chap. 89, fol. lxxxiiii.
" In that same yere (603) of Chrystes incarnation
The Brytons all, dyd set their parlyament
At Carlion, by good information
Cairlegeocester hyght, as some men ment
That Westchester is become of entent
Where thei dyd chose, Cadwan unto their Kynge
Them to defende, fro their fooes warryng."
Drayton has thus alluded to these traditions in his Polyolbion : —

' Fair Chester ! call'd of old

Caerlegion — whilst proud Rome her conquests here did hold
Of those her legions known, the faithful station then,
So stoutly held to tack, by the near North- Wales men.

NOTES.
Yet by her own right name, she'd rather called be,
As her the Britons term'd, the fortress upon Dee,—
Or vainly she may seem a miracle to stand,
Th' imaginary work of some huge Giant's hand."
Particulars, 1. " carying an Auncient."] An ancient was a flag or standard.
Thus Shakespeare, 1 Hen. iv. act. iv. sc. 2 : —
" Ten times more dishonourably ragged than an old fac'd ancient."
It was sometimes used for the officer who bore it, the ensign or standard bearer.
Skinner, in his Etymolog. Ling. Anglic, says that the word ancient is a corruption
from ensign, signifying the same thing.
2. " called Greene-men"] The Green-men, or Savage men as they were called,
were frequently introduced in the public shows or pageants, and appear to have
been very popular. They were sometimes clothed entirely with skins, and some
times they were decorated with leaves of oak, or covered with ivy. It was in such
a character that Gascoigne, the poet, appeared on a sudden before Queen Elizabeth
during her entertainment at Kenilworth Castle, to take her, as it were, by surprise.
"For aboot nien a clock, at the hither part of the Chase, whear torchlight
attended ; oout of the woods in her Maiesties return, rooughly came thear foorth
Hombre Saluagio, with an Oken plant pluct up by the roots in his hande, himself
forgrone all in moss and luy ; who, for parsonage, gesture, and utterauns beside,
countenaunst the matter too very good liking, and had speech to effect." — See
Robert Laneham's or Langham's Letter from Killingwoorth Castle, 8vo. b. 1. 1575,
p. 18.  Strutt, speaking of these Green-men, says they "were men whimsically
attired and disguised with droll masks, having large staves or clubs, headed with
cases of crackers.'' In his thirty-second Plate he has given at the bottom a repre
sentation, from Bate's Book of Fireworks, 1 635, of a green-man, equipped in his
proper habit, and flourishing his fire-club ; and at the top a savage man, or wode
house, a character very common in the pageants of former times, and probably
resembling the wild men.  In the second part of George "Whetstone's very rare
play of The Historic of Promos and Cassandra, 4to. 1578, after introducing some
preparations for a pageant, act i. sc. 4., it is thus described in sc. 5 : —
" Be. The Wardens of the Marchantaylers are
Where (with themselves) they shall their Pageaunt place :
Photf. With what strange showes, doo they their Pageaunt grace.
Be. They haue Hercules, of monsters conqueryng,
Huge great Gia/nts, in a forest fighting,
With Lyons,. Beares, Wolves, Apes, Foxes, and Grayes,
Baiards, Brookes, fyc. v
Phal. O wondrous frayes.
Marry Syr, since they are prouided thus
Out of their wayes, God keepe Maister Pediculus."

NOTES.
Then enter, Sc. 6, " Two men apparrelled, lyke greene men at the Mayor's feast,
with clubbes of fyre worke, —
Phal. This geare fadgeth now, that these fellowes peare,
Friendes where waight you ?
First. In Jesus streete to keepe a passadge cleare
That the King and his trayne, may passe with ease.
Plial. O, very good.
Second. Ought else Syr, do you please ?
Phal. No, no : about your charge.
Both. We are gone.  Exeunt."
It appears from this that the green-men were frequently employed to attend the
pageants, and to clear the way for the royal and other principal personages in the
procession. — See Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 4to. 1810,
pp. 224 and 334, and the Introduction, p. xxiv.
2. "an artiflciall Dragon."] An artificial dragon was as necessary and
important a figure in these ancient Pageants, as a giant was in the procession at a
Lord Mayor's Show. Representations of this kind found particular favour in the
eyes of our ancestors, and the lively and graphic description of the dragon's death
here given, "bleeding, fainting, and staggering, as though he endured a feeling
paine, even at the last gaspe," and pursued' by the " huge, savage-like Greene-men,
bearing Herculian clubbes in their hands,'' no doubt contributed much "to the
great pleasure of the spectators." Among the payments for these shows, still
existing in the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum, there are several entries
relating to this subject of the dragon. Among others, is an agreement between
Sir Lawrence Smith, mayor of Chester, and two artists —
" For the annual painting of the city's four giants, one unicorn, one dromedarye, one
luce, one asse, one dragon, six hobby-horses, and sixteen naked boys."
" For painting the beasts and hobby-horses, 43s. Od."
In 1657 —
" For the making new the dragon, 5s. — and for six naked boys to beat at it, 6s."
See Lysons's Chesh. p. 583-4. " On Midsummer eve it was customary annually at
Burford, in Oxfordshire, to carry a dragon up and down the town, with mirth and
rejoicing ; to which they also added the picture of a giant. Dr. Plot tells us, this
pageantry was continued in his memory, and says it was established, at least the
dragon part of the show, in memory of a famous victory obtained near that place
by Cuthred, King of the West Saxons, over Ethelbald, King of Mercia, who lost
his standard, surmounted by a golden dragon, in the action." — See Strutt's Sports
and Pastimes, p. 319. We afe informed that at this day a dragon is still con
tinued to be carried before the mayor at the annual procession in the city of
Norwich, which is afterwards laid up and preserved in St. Andrew's Hall. The

NOTES.
reader may see more on this subject in the Introduction to Mr. Pairholt's inter
esting volume on The History of Lord Mayors' Pageants, printed for the Percy
Society in 1841. See pp. xxxvii. &c. &c.
7. " Haroldized,"] i. e. heraldized or blazoned.
22. "the Roodes."] From the Anglo-Saxon nobe, Crux, a cross or crucifix.
See Note in the Preface, p. vi.
Fame, I. 8. "Lets,"] i. e. hindrances or impediments.

' All lets are now removed." Micocrosmus.

See Nares's Glossary.

L. 9. "famouzed,"] i. e. celebrated.
" The painfull warrior famosed for worth."
Shakesp. Sonnet 25.
See Nares's Glossary for other instances.
L. 14. "the Gods Embassadour,"] i. e. Mercury.
Chester, I. 2. '• whose worth self Worth admires"] i. e. Worth itself.
L. 10. "scathe."] Hurt, destruction.
L. 17. "entertaine"] i. e. entertainment.
L. 41. " three piled green."] A metaphor from the pile of velvet, signifying the
finest and most perfect green. Thus Shakesp. Love's Labours Lost. Act v. sc. 2 :
" Three-piled hyperboles."
See Douce's Illustrations, vol. i. p. 240.
L. 49. " surquedrie."] Pride or presumption, from the old French word sur-
cuiderie. "Hoc a Sur, super, et cuider, cogitare, imaginari sc. vitium ejus qui
nimis magnifice de se sentit." — Chaucer thus defines it in his Persone's Tale:
" Presumption is when a man undertaketh an emprise that him ought not to do, or
elles that he may not do ; and this is called surquidrie." — It is used here for ex
cess, as in the following passage : —
" That which I deemed Bacchus' surquedry,
Is grave, and staged, civill sobrietie." Mwrston's Sat. i. 5.
See, also, other instances in Nares's Glossary.

NOTES.
Britaine, 1. 14. "vaile."] To bow with submission, to yield, to give place.
Cambria, 1. 19. " Deuoire."] Duty or service.
L. 25. "memorize."] To record, to render memorable. Thus Shakespeare : —
" From her
Will fall some blessing to this land, which shall
In it be metnoriz'd. Hen. viii. act iii. sc. 2.
Rumor, I. 28. " imbarne."] To enclose or shut up.
Peace, I. 9. "surcease."] To cease; a common Shakesperian word, though
now obsolete : — " I will not do't
Lest I surcease to honour mine own truth."
Coriolanus, act iii. sc. 2.
Enuie, 1. 12. " Thou enuious Bandogge."] A mastiff or bull-dog, kept chained
or tied up on account of his ferocity, and therefore, properly band-dog. — Cole, in
his Dictionary, 1679, renders it canis catenatus. — Thus introduced by Shake
speare, in his description of night : —
" The time when screech-owls cry, and ban-dogs howl,
And spirits walk, and ghosts break np their graves."
2 K. Henry vi, act i. sc. 4.
L. 31. "all amort."] "All amort, ut dicimus de viro prae nimis profundis cogi-
tationibus quasi obstupescente, et ecstasi abrepto, a Fr. G. amorti part, verbi
amortir, morte extinguere." Skinner.  Half dead, drooping, dejected, from the
French a la mort. — Thus used by Shakespeare : —
Tal. " What all a-mort ?" 1 K. Henry vi. act iii. sc. 2.
" How fares my Kate ? What, sweeting, all amort."
Taming ofthe Shrew, act iv. sc. 3.
L. 52. " Marmeset.."] A marmoset, a small monkey ; from the French
marmouset, marmot, It. Marmotta.
L. 84. " tortour."] Torture.
Britaine, 1. 4. " thou didst best deserve the better Bell."] The Bell appears to
have been first given as a prize to be run for during the mayoralty of Henry Gee,
in the 31st year of King Henry the Eighth, a.d. 1539. It is probable that the old

NOTES.
adage, " to bear the bell," was derived from this custom of running for a bell as a
prize, from whence the following epitaph : —
" Here lyes the man whose horse did gaine
The bell, in race on Salisbury plain."
Camden's Rem. p. 348.
The races were formerly called bell courses, because, as we see above, the prize was
a silver bell. The bell and the bowl formerly contended for at the ancient Chester
races have long since been changed into the ordinary prizes at such meetings.
If any Reader shall desire to know
Who was the Author of this pleasing show :
Let him receaue aduertizenent hereby
A Sheriffe (late of Chester) Amerie.
Did thus performe it; who for his reward,
Desires but Loue, and competent regard. Robert Amerie.]
These last six lines were probably composed by Amery himself, as the address or
l'envoy to the reader, at that period frequently subjoined to poems and other works
from the author. They are not intended to convey to the reader the idea that he
was the writer of the verses in this little work, which we have already shown were
composed by Richard Davies " the poet," but that he was " the author " or " con
triver of this pleasing show," and that it was celebrated under his superintend
ence. Without giving the whole account of the exhibition, as drawn up in the
hand-writing of Mr. Amery himself, and still preserved among the Harl. MSS.,
No. 2150, folio 356, which varies in some degree from the one in the present
volume, and which may be seen both in Lysons's Mag. Brit., p. 589, and more
correctly in Ormerod's Hist. Chesh. vol. 1, p. 297, we quote the concluding
address by Amery, because the lines are totally different from tlie present : —
" Wheu all is done, then judge what you have seene, and soe speak on yor mynd, as you
fynde. The actor for the p'sent Robert Amory.
Amor is love and Amory is his name
That did begin this pomp and princelye game,
The charge is great to him that all begun,
Let him be satisfyed now all is done."
Mr. Ormerod says, " The last line has been erased, and in the hand- writing of one
of the Randle Holmes is substituted this line, not very creditable to the corrector —
" Who now is sattisfiied to see all so well done."

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near Blackburn
Barrow, Peter, Manchester
Bartlemore, William, Castleton Hall, Rochdale
Barton, John, Manchester
Barton, R. W., Springwood, near Manchester
Barton, Samuel, Didsbury, Manchester
Barton, Thomas, Manchester
Bayne, Rev. Thos. Vere, M.A., Broughton, Manchester
Beamont, William, Warrington
Beard, Rev. John R., D.D., Stony Knolls, near Man
chester
Beardoe, James, Manchester
Beever, James F., Manchester
Bellairs, Rev. H. W., M.A., London
Bentley, Rev. T. R., M.A., Manchester
Biriey, Hugh Hornby, Broom House, near Manchester
Biriey, Hugh, Didsbury, near Manchester

Biriey, Richard, Manchester
Biriey, Thos. H., Manchester
Bohn, Henry, London
Booth, Benjamin W., Manchester
Booth, John, Barton-upon-Irwell
Booth, William, Manchester
Boothman, Thomas, Ardwick, near Manchester
Botfield, Beriah, M.P., Norton Hall, Northamptonshire
Bower, George, London
Brackenbury, Ralph, Manchester
Bradbury, Charles, Salford
Bradshaw, John, Weaste House, near Manchester
Brooke, Edward, Manchester
Brooke, James Brown, Ashton-under-Lyne
Brooks, Samuel, Manchester
Broome, William, Manchester
Brown, Robert, Preston
Buckley, Edmund, M.P., Ardwick, near Manchester
Buckley, Bev. Thomas, M.A., Old Trafford, near Man
chester
Buckley, Nathaniel, F.L.S., Rochdale
Burlington, The Earl of, Holkar Hall
Calvert, Robert, Salford
Cardwell, Bev. Edward, D.D., Principal of St. Alban's Hall
and Camden Professor, Oxford
Cardwell, Edward, M.P., M.A., Regent's Park, London
Chadwick, Elias, M.A., Swinton Hall, near Manchester
Chesshyre, Mrs., Pendleton, near Manchester
Chester, The Bishop of
Chichester, The Bishop of
Chippindall, John, Chetham Hill, near Manchester
Clare, Peter, F.R.A.S., Manchester
Clarke, George, Crumpsall, near Manchester
Clayton, Japheth, Pendleton, near Manchester
Clifton, Bev. B. C., M.A., Canon of Manchester
Consterdine, James, Manchester
Cook, Thomas, Gorse Field, Pendleton, near Manchester
Cooper, William, Manchester
Corser, George, Whitchurch, Shropshire
Corser, Rev. Thomas, M.A., Stand, near Manchester
Cottam, S. E., F.R.A.S., Manchester
Coulthart, John Ross, Ashton-under-Lyne
Crook, Thomas A., Rochdale
Cross, William Assheton, Redscar, near Preston
Crossley, George, Manchester

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Crossley, James, Manchester
Crossley, John, M.A., Scaitcliffe House, Todmorden
Currer, Miss Richardson, Eshton Hall, near Skipton
Daniel, George, Manchester
Darbishire, Samuel D., Manchester
Darwell, James, Manchester
Darwell, Thomas, Manchester
Davies, John, M.W.S., Manchester
Dawes, Matthew, F.G.S., Westbrooke, near Bolton
Dearden, James, The Orchard, Rochdale
Dearden, Thomas Ferrand, Rochdale
Delamere, The Lord, Vale Royal, near Northwich
Derby, The Earl of, Knowsley
Dilke, C. W., London
Dinham, Thomas, Manchester
Driver, Richard, Manchester
Dugard, Rev. George, M.A., Birch, near Manchester
Dyson, T. J., Tower, London
Earle, Richard, Edenhurst, near Prescott
Eccles, William, Wigan
Egerton, The Lord Francis, M.P., Worsley Hall
Egerton, Sir Philip de Malpas Grey, Bart., M.P., Oulton
Park, Tarporley
Egerton, Wilbraham, Tatton Park
Ely, The Bishop of
Eyton, J. W. K., F.S.A. L. & E., Elgin Villa, Leamington
Faulkner, George, Manchester
Feilden, Joseph, Witton, near Blackburn
Fenton, James, Jun., Lymm Hall, Cheshire
Fernley, John, Manchester
Ffarrington, J. Nowell, Worden, near Chorley
Ffrance, Thomas Robert Wilson, Rawcliffe Hall, Garstang
Fleming, Thomas, Pendleton, near Manchester
Fleming, William, M.D., Ditto
Fletcher, John, Haulgh, near Bolton
Fletcher, Samuel, Broomfield, near Manchester
Fletcher, Samuel, Ardwick, near Manchester
Flintoff, Thomas, Manchester
Ford, Henry, Manchester
Fraser, James W., Manchester *
Frere, W. E., Rottingdean, Sussex
Gardner, Thomas, Worcester College, Oxford
Garner, J. G., Manchester
Garnett, William James, Quernmore Park, Lancaster
Germon, Rev. Nicholas, M.A., High Master, Free Grammar
School, Manchester
Gibb, William, Manchester
Gladstone, Robertson, Liverpool
Gladstone, Robert, Withington, near Manchester
Gordon, Hunter, Manchester
Gould, John, Manchester
Grant, Daniel, Manchester
Grave, Joseph, Manchester
Gray, Benjamin, B.A., Trinity Coll. Cambridge
Gray, James, Manchester
Greaves, John, Irlam Hall, near Manchester

Greenall, G., Walton Hall, near Warrington
Grey, The Hon. Booth
Grosvenor, The Earl
Grundy, George, Chetham Fold, near Manchester
Hadfleld, George, Manchester
Hailstone, Edward, F.S.A., Horton Hall, Bradford, York
shire
Hardman, Henry, Bury, Lancashire
Hardy, William, Manchester
Hargreaves, George J., Hulme, Manchester
Harland, John, Manchester
Harrison, William, Brearey, Isle of Man
Harter, James Collier, Broughton Hall, near Manchester
Harter, William, Hope Hall, near Manchester
Hately, Isaiah, Manchester
Hatton, James, Richmond House, near Manchester .
Hawkins, Edward, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., British Museum,
London
Heelis, Stephen, Manchester
Henshaw, William, Manchester
Herbert, Hon. and Very Rev. Wm., Dean of Manchester
Heron, Rev. George, M.A., Carrington, Cheshire
Heywood, Sir Benjamin, Bart., Claremont, near Man
chester
Heywood, James, F.R.S., F.G.S., Acresfield, near Man
chester
Heywood, John Pemberton, near Liverpool
Heywood, Thomas, F.S.A., Hope End, Ledbury, Hereford
shire
Heywood, Thomas, Pendleton, near Manchester
Heyworth, Lawrence, Oakwood, near Stockport
Hibbert, Mrs., Salford
Hickson, Charles, Manchester
Hinde, Rev. Thomas, M.A., Winwick, Warrington
Hoare, G. M., The Lodge, Morden, Surrey
Hoare, P. R., Kelsey Park, Beckenham, Kent
Holden, Thomas, Summerfield, Bolton
Holden, Thomas, Bochdale
Holme, Edward, M.D., Manchester
Hughes, William, Old Trafford, near Manchester
Hulme,' Davenport, M.D., Manchester
Hulme, Hamlet, Medlock Vale, Manchester
Hulton, Rev. A. H., M.A., Ashton-nnder-Lyne
Hulton, Rev. C. G., M.A., Chetham College, Manchester
Hulton, H. T., Manchester
Hulton, W. A., Preston
Hunter, Rev. Joseph, F.S.A., London
Jackson, H. B., Manchester
Jackson, Joseph, Ardwick, near Manchester
Jacson, Charles R., Barton Lodge, Preston
James, Rev. J. G*, M.A., Habergham Eaves, near Burnley
James, Paul Moon, Summerville, near Manchester
Jemmett, William Thomas, Manchester
Johnson, W. R., Manchester
Johnson, Rev. W. W., M.A., Manchester
Jones, Jos., Jun., Hathershaw, Oldham
Jones, W., Manchester
Jordan, Joseph, Manchester

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Kay, James, Turton Tower, Bolton
Kay, Samuel, Manchester
Kelsall, Strettle, Manchester
Kendrick, James, M.D., F.L.S., Warrington
Kennedy, John, Ardwick House, near Manchester
Ker, George Portland, Salford
Kershaw, James, Green Heys, near Manchester
Kidd, Rev. W. J., M.A., Didsbury, near Manchester
Langton, William, Manchester
Larden, G. F., M.A., Brotherton, Yorkshire
Legh, G. Cornwall, M.P., F.G.S., High Legh, Cheshire
Leeming, W. B., Salford
Leigh, Rev. Edward Trafford, M.A., Cheadle, Cheshire
Leigh, Henry, Moorfield Cottage, Worsley
Leresche, J. H., Manchester
Lloyd, William Horton, F.S.A., L.S., Park-square, London
Lloyd, Edward Jeremiah, Oldfield House, Altringham
Lomas, Edward, Manchester
Lomax, Robert, Harwood, near Bolton
Love, Benjamin, Manchester
Lowndes, William, Egremont, Liverpool
Loyd, Edward, Green Hill, Manchester
Lycett, W. E., Manchester
Lyon, Edmund, M.D., Manchester
Lyon, Thomas, Appleton Hall, Warrington
McClure, William, Peel Cottage, Eccles
McFarlane, John, Manchester
McKenzie, John Whitefoord, Edinburgh
Mc Vicar, John, Manchester
Mann, Robert, Manchester
Mare, E. R. Le, School Lodge, Cheshire
Markland, J. H., F.R.S., F.S.A., Bath
Markland, Thomas, Mab Field, near Manchester
Marsden, G. E., Manchester
Marsden, William, Manchester
Marsh, John Fitchett, Warrington
Marshall, Miss, Ardwick, near Manchester
Marshall, William, Penwortham Hall, Preston
Marshall, Frederick Earnshaw, Ditto
Marshall, John, Ditto
Mason, Thomas, Copt Hewick, near Ripon
Master, Kev. Robert M., M.A., Burnley
Maude, Daniel, M.A., Salford
Millar, Thomas, Green Heys, near Manchester
Molyneux, Edward, Chetham Hill, Manchester
Monk, John, Manchester
Moore, John, F.L.S., Cornbrook, near Manchester
Mosley, Sir 'Oswald, Bart., Rolleston Hall, Staffordshire
Murray, James, Manchester
Nield, William, Mayfield, Manchester
Nelson, George, Manchester
Neville, James, Beardwood, near Blackburn
Newall, Mrs. Robert, Littleborough, near Rochdale
Newall, W. N., Wellington Lodge, Littleborough
Newbery, Henry, Manchester
Nicholson, William, Thelwall Hall, Warrington
Norris, Edward, Manchester

Norwich, The Bishop of
Ormerod, George, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., Sedbury
Park, Gloucestershire
Ormerod, George Wareing, M.A., F.G.S., Manchester
Ormerod, Henry Mere, Manchester
Owen, John, Manchester
Parkinson, Rev. Richard, B.D., Canon of Mauchester
Patten, J. Wilson, M.P., Bank Hall, Warrington
Pedley, Rev. J. T., M.A., Peakirk-cum-Glinton, Market
Deeping
Peel, Sir Robert, Bart., M.P., Drayton Manor
Peel, George, Brookfield, Cheadle
Peel, Joseph, Singleton Brook, near Manchester
Peet, Thomas, Manchester
Pegge, John, Newton Heath, near Manchester
Percival, Stanley, Liverpool
Philips, Mark, M.P., The Park, Manchester
Philippi, Edward Theod., Belfield Hall, near Rochdale
Phillips, Shakspeare, Barlow Hall, near Manchester
Phillipps, Sir Thomas, Bart., Middle Hill, Worcestershire
Piccope, Rev. John, M.A., Farndon, Cheshire
Pickford, Thomas, Mayfield, Manchester
Pickford, Thomas E., Manchester
Pierpoint, Benjamin, Warrington
Pilkington. George, Manchester
Pilling, Charles R., Caius College, Cambridge
Plant, George, Manchester
Pooley, Edward, Manchester
Pooley, John, Hulme, near Manchester
Porrett, Robert, Tower, London
Prescott, J. C., Summerville, near Manchester
Price, John Thomas,, Manchester
Radford, Thomas, M.D., Higher Broughton, near Man
chester
Raffles, Rev. Thomas, D.D., LL.D., Liverpool
Raines, Rev. F. R., M.A., F.S.A., Milnrow Parsonage,
Rochdale
Reiss, Leopold, High Field, near Manchester
Rickards, Charles H., Manchester
Ridgway, Mrs., Ridgemont, near Bolton
Ridgway, John Withenshaw, Manchester
Robson, John, Warrington
Roberts, W. J., Liverpool
Roby, John, M.R.S.L., Rochdale
Royds, Albert Hudson, Rochdale
Samuels, John, Manchester
Sattersfield, Joshua, Manchester
Scholes, Thomas Seddon, High Bank, near Manchester
Schuster, Leo, Weaste, near Manchester
Sever, Charles, Manchester
Sharp, John, Lancaster
Sharp, Robert C, Bramall Hall, Cheshire
Sharp, Thomas B., Manchester
Sharp, William, Lancaster
Sharp, William, London
Simms, Charles S., Manchester

LIST OF MEMBERS.

Smith, Rev. Jeremiah, D.D., Leamington
Simms, George, Manchester
Skaife, John, Blackburn
Skelmersdale, The Lord, Lathom House
Smith, Junius," Strangeways Hall, Manchester
Smith, J. R., Old Compton-street, London
Sowler, R. S., Manchester
Sowler, Thomas, Manchester
Spear, John, Manchester
Standish, W. J., Duxbury Hall, Chorley
Stanley, The Lord, M.P., Knowsley
Sudlow, John, Jun., Manchester
Swain, Charles, F.R.S.L. Cheetwood Priory, near Man
chester.
Swanwick, Josh. W., Hollins Vale, Bury, Lancashire
Tabley, The Lord De, Tabley, Cheshire
Tattershall, Rev. Thomas, D.D., Liverpool
Tatton, Thos., Withenshaw, Cheshire
Tayler, Rev. John James, B.A., Manchester
Taylor, Thomas Frederick, Wigan
Teale, Josh., Salford
Thomson, James, Manchester
Thorley, George, Manchester
Thorpe, Robert, Manchester
Tobin, Rev. John, M.A., Liscard, Cheshire
Townend, John, Polygon, Manchester
Townend, Thomas, Polygon, Manchester
Turnbull, W. B., D.D., Edinburgh

Turner, Samuel, F.R.S, F;S.A., F.G.S., Liverpool
Turner, Thomas, Manchester
Vitre, Edward Denis De, M.D., Lancaster
Walker, John, Weaste, near Manchester
Walker, Samuel, Prospect Hill, Pendleton
Wanklyn, J. B., Salford
Wanklyn, James H., Crumpsall House, near Manchester
Warburton, R. E. E., Arley Hall, near Northwich
Ware, Samuel Hibbert, M.D., F.R.S.E., Edinburgh *
Wareing, Ralph, Manchester
Westhead, Joshua P., Manchester
Whitehead, James, Manchester
Whitelegg, Rev. William, M.A., Hulme, near Manchester
Whitmore, Edward, Jun., Manchester
Whitmore, Henry, Manchester
Wilson, William James, Manchester
Wilton, The Earl of, Heaton House
Winter, Gilbert, Stocks, near Manchester
Worthington, Edward, Manchester
Wray, Rev. Cecil Daniel, M.A., Canon of Manchester
Wright, Rev. Henry, M.A., Mottram, St. Andrew's, near
Macclesfield
Wroe, Thomas, Manchester
Yates, Joseph B., West Dingle, Liverpool
Yates, Richard, Manchester

DR. WILLIAM LANGTON, Treasurer, i
1843. l. s. d.
To 22 Compositions @ £10  220 0 0
„ 328 Subscriptions  328 0 0
Dec. 31. „ Interest from Sir B. Heywood
and Co., Bankers  4 16 0

account with the Chetham Society, 1843. CR.
1843. l. s. D.
April 13. By Expenses incurred by Honorary
Secretary  2 12 4
May 6. „ Ditto ditto 14 4
23. „ Stationery  0 2 0
July 25. „ Paid Sowler, printing andadver-
tising  6 18 6
„ „ „ Taylor and Garnett  1 10 6
„ „ „ Bradshaw and Co., Circulars ..090
Aug. 26. ,, Remitted to Mr. Hawkins, for
transcribing Sir W. Brereton's
Travels  5 5 0
Dec. 12. „ Richards, printer, viz. Sir W.
Brereton's Travels, and gene
ral printing  81 19 0
„ 28. „ Stamped Envelopes  2 4 6
„ 31. „ Postages  0 14 6
1844.
Jan. 16. ,, Simms and Co., carriage of pack
ages and Stationery  0 15 0
103 14 8
Mar. 1. „ Balance  449 1 4
£552 16 0

1844.
March 1. To Balance.

£552 16 0

£449 1 4

Audited, JOHN MOORE.
GEORGE PEEL.
EDWARD WHITMORE, in place
of T. W. WINSTANLEY, deceased.

WORKS PUBLISHED BY THE CHETHAM SOCIETY FOR
THE YEAR 1843.
Brereton's Travels.
Chester's Triumph in Honor of her Prince.
The Lancashire Civil War Tracts.

WORKS IN THE PRESS.
Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster, from the edition of 1613.
The Life pf the Rev. Adam Martindale, Vicar of Rostherne, in Cheshire, from the MS. in
the British Museum. (4239 Ascough's Catalogue.)
Dee's Compendious Rehearsal, and other Autobiographical Tracts, not included in the recent
Publication of the Camden Society edited by Mr. Halliwell, with his Collected correspondence..
Iter Lancastrense, by Dr. Richard James ; an English Poem, written in 1636, containing a
Metrical Account of some of the Principal Families and Mansions in Lancashire ; from the
unpublished MS. in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

WORKS SUGGESTED FOR PUBLICATION.
Selections from the Unpublished Correspondence of the Rev. John Whittaker, Author
ofthe History of Manchester, and other Works.
More's (George) Discourse concerning the Possession and Dispossession of Seven Persons in
one Family in Lancashire, from a Manuscript formerly belonging to Thoresby, and which gives
a much fuller Account of that Transaction than the Printed Tract ~of 1600 ; with a Biblio
graphical and Critical Review of the Tracts in the Darrel Controversy.
A Selection of the most Curious Papers and Tracts relating to the Pretender's Stay in
Manchester in 1745, in Print and Manuscript.

Proceedings of the Presbyterian Classis of Manchester and the Neighbourhood, from 1646 to
1660, from an Unpublished Manuscript.
Catalogue of the Alchemical Library of John Webster, of Clitheroe, from a Manuscript in
the Rev. T. Corser's possession ; with a fuller Life of him, and List of his Works, than has yet
appeared. Correspondence between Samuel Hartlib (the Friend of Milton), and Dr. Worthington,
of Jesus College, Cambridge (a native of Manchester), from 1655 to 1661, on various Literary
Subjects. " Antiquities concerning Cheshire," by Randall MinshuU, written A.D. 1591, from a MS. in
the Gough Collection.
Register ofthe Lancaster Priory, from a MS. (No. 3764) in the Harleian Collection.
Selections from the Visitations of Lancashire in 1533, 1567, and 1613, in the Herald's College,
British Museum, Bodleian, and Caius College Libraries.
Selections from Dodsworth's MSS. in the Bodleian Library, Randal Holmes's Collections for
Lancashire and Cheshire (MSS. Harleian), and Warburton's Collections for Cheshire (MSS.
Lansdown). Annales Cestrienses, or Chronicle of St. Werburgh, from the MS. in the British Museum.
A Reprint of Henry Bradshaw's Life and History of St. Werburgh, from the very rare 4to.
of 1521, printed by Pynson.
The Letters and Correspondence of Sir William Brereton, from the original MSS., in 5 vols.
folio, in the British Museum.
A Poem, by Laurence Bostock, on the subject of the Saxon and Norman Earls of Chester.
Bishop Gastrell's Notitia Cestriensis, on the subject of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the
Diocese of Chester, from the original MS.
History of the Earldom of Chester, collected by Archbishop Parker, entitled De Succes
sion Comitum Cestrise a Hugone Lupo ad Johannem Scoticum, from the original MS. in Ben'et
College Library, Cambridge.
Volume of Funeral Certificates of Lancashire and Cheshire.
Volume of Early Lancashire and Cheshire Wills.
A Selection of Papers relating to the Rebellion of 1715, including Clarke's Journal of the
March ofthe Rebels from Carlisle to Preston.
A Memoir of the Chetham Famity, from original documents.
The Diary of the Rev. Henry Newcome, M.A., from the original MS. in the possession of
his descendant, the Rev. Thomas Newcome, M.A., Rector of Shenley, Herts.

Lucianus Monacus de laude Cestrie, a Latin MS. of the 13th century, descriptive of the
walls, gates, &c, of the City of Chester, formerly belonging to Thomas Allen, DD., and now in
the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Richard Robinson's Golden Mirrour, Bk. lett. 4to. Lond., 1580. Containing Poems on the
Etymology of the names of several Cheshire Families ; from the exceedingly rare copy formerly
in the collection of Richard Heber, Esq., (see Cat. pt. iv. 2413,) and now in the British Museum.
A volume of the early Ballad Poetry of Lancashire.
The Coucher Book of Whalley Abbey.

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