Troia-Nova Triumphans, or London Triumphing
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Troia-Noua
Triumphans.
London Triumphing,
OR,
The Solemne, Magnificent, and Me-
morable Receiuing of
that worthy Gentle-
man, Sir IOHN SVVINERTON Knight, into
the Citty of LONDON, after his Returne
from
taking the Oath of
Maioralty at Weſtminſter,
on the Morrow next after Simon and
Iudes day, being the 29. of
October. 1612.
All the Showes, Pageants, Chariots of
Triumph, with
other Deuices, (both on
the Water and Land)
here fully expreſſed.
By Thomas
Dekker.
LONDON,
Printed by Nicholas Okes, and are to be ſold by Iohn
Wright dwelling at Chriſt Church-gate. 1612.
Epistle Dedicatory
To the Deſeruer of all thoſe Honors,
which the Cuſtomary
Rites of this Day,
And the generall Loue of this City beſtow
vpon
Maior of the renowmed City
of London.
HONOR (this day) takes you by the Hand, and giues you welcomes into your New-Office of Pretorſhip. A Dignity worthie the Cities beſtowing, and moſt worthy your Receiuing. You haue it with the Harts of many people, Voices and Held-vp hands: they know it is a Roabe fit for you, and therefore haue clothed
you in it. May the Laſt-day of
your wearing the ſame, yeeld to
your Selfe as much Ioy, as to Others does this Firſt-day of your putting it on. I ſwimme (for my
owne part) not onely in the Maine Full ſea of the General
praiſe and Hopes of you. But powre out alſo (for my
particular) ſuch a ſtreame as my Prayers can render, for a ſucceſſe anſwerable to
the On-ſet: for it is no
Field, vnleſſe it be Crowned with
victory.
I preſent (Sir) vnto you, theſe labours of my Pen, as the
firſt and neweſt Congratulatory Offrings tendred into your hands, which albeit I
ſhould not (of my ſelfe) deſerue to ſee accepted, I know
notwithſtanding you will giue to them a generous and gratefull
entertainement, in regard of that Noble Fellowſhip and Society, (of which you Yeſterday were a Brother, and This Day a Father) who moſt freely haue beſtowed theſe
their Loues vpon you. The Colours
of this Peece are mine owne; the Coſt theirs: to which nothing was wanting, that could
be had, and euery thing had that was required. To their Laſting
memory I ſet downe This; And to your Noble Diſpoſition, this I Dedicate. My wiſhes being (as euer they haue bene)
to meete with any Obiect, whoſe
reflexion may preſent to your Eyes, that Loue and Duty, In which
Introduction
Troia Noua Triumphans.
London Triumphing.
TRyumphes, are the moſt choice and
daintieſt fruit that ſpring from Peace and Abundance; Loue begets them; and Much Coſt brings them forth. Expectation feeds vpon them, but
ſeldome to a ſurfeite, for when ſhe is moſt full, her longing wants
ſomething to be ſatiſfied. So inticing a ſhape they carry, that Princes themſelues take pleaſure to
behold them; they with delight; common people with admiration. They are
now and then the Rich and Glorious Fires of Bounty, State and Magnificence, giuing light and
beauty to the Courts of Kings: And now and then, it is but a
debt payd to Time and Cuſtome: And out of that dept come
Theſe. Ryot hauing no hand in laying out
the Expences, and yet no hand in
plucking backe what is held decent to be beſtowed. A ſumptuous Thriftineſſe in theſe Ciuil Ceremonies managing All. For it were not laudable, in a
City (ſo rarely gouerned and tempered) ſuperfluouſly to exceed; As contrariwiſe it is much
honor to her (when the Day of ſpending comes) not to be ſparing in any thing. For the Chaires of Magiſtrates ought to be adorned, and
to ſhine like the Chariot which caries the Sunne; And Beames (if it were poſſible) muſt be
thought to be ſhot from the One as
from the Other: As well to dazle and
amaze the common Eye, as to make it
learne that there is ſome Excellent,
and Extraordinary Arme from heauen
thruſt downe to exalt a Superior
man, that thereby the Gazer may be
drawne to more obedience and admiration.
In a happy houre therefore did your Lordſhip take vpon you this
inſeperable burden (of Honor and Cares) becauſe your ſelfe being Generous of mind, haue met with men,
and with a Company equall to your
Selfe in Spirit. And vpon as
fortunate a Tree haue they ingrafted
their Bounty; the fruites whereof
ſhoot forth and ripen, are gathered, and taſte ſweetly, in the mouthes
not onely of this Citty, but alſo of
our beſt-to-be-beloued friends, the Nobleſt ſtrangers. Vpon whom, though none but our Soueraigne King can beſtow Royall welcomes; yet ſhall it be a
Memoriall of an Exemplary Loue and Duty (in thoſe who are at the Coſt of theſſe Triumphs) to haue added ſome Heightning more to them then was
intended at firſt, of purpoſe to do honor to their Prince and Countrey.
And I make no doubt, but many worthy
Companies in this City could gladly be content to be partners
in the Diſburſements, ſo they might
be ſharers in the Glory. For to haue
bene leaden-winged now, what infamy could be greater? When all the
ſtreames of Nobility and Gentry, run with the Tide hither. When all Eares lye liſtning for no newes but
of Feaſts and Triumphs: All Eyes ſtill open to behold them: And
all harts and hands to applaud them: When the heape of our Soueraignes Kingdomes are drawne in
Little: and to be ſeene within
the Walles of this City. Then to
haue tied Bounty in too ſtraight a
girdle: Proh ſcelus infandum! No;
ſhe hath worne her garments looſe, her lippes haue bene free in
Welcomes, her purſe open, and her hands liberall. If you thinke I ſet a
flattering glaſſe before you, do but ſo much as lanch into the Riuer, and there the Thames it ſelfe ſhall ſhew you all the Honors, which this day hath
beſtowed vpon her: And that done, ſtep againe vpon the Land, and
Fame
will with her owne Trumpet
proclaime what I ſpeake; And her I hope you cannot deny to beleeue,
hauing at leaſt twenty thouſand eyes about her, to witneſſe whether ſhe
be a Truetong’d Fame
or a Lying.
By this time the Lord Maior hath taken his oath, is ſeated in his barge
againe; a lowd thundring peale of Chambers giue him a Fare-well as he paſſes by. And ſee! how quickly we are in ken
of land, as ſuddenly therefore let vs leap on ſhore, and there obſerue
what honorable entertainement the Citty affoords to their new Prætor, and what ioyfull ſalutations
to her noble Viſitants.
The firſt Triumph on the Land
THE Lord Maior, and Companyes being landed, the firſt
Deuice which is preſented to him
on the ſhore, ſtands ready to receiue him at the end of
Pauls-Chayne
, (on the ſouth ſide the Church) and this it is.
A Sea-Chariot artificially made,
proper for a God of the ſea to ſit in; ſhippes dancing round about it,
with Dolphins and other great Fiſhes playing or lying at the foot
of the ſame, is drawne by two Sea-horſes.
In this Chariot ſits
Neptune
, his head circled with a Coronet of ſiluer, Scollup-ſhels, ſtucke with branches of Corrall, and hung
thicke with ropes of pearle; becauſe ſuch things as theſe are the
treaſures of the Deepe, and are
found in the ſhels of fiſhes. In his hand he holds a ſiluer Trident, or Three-forked-Mace, by which ſome
Writers will haue ſignified the three Naturall qualiies proper to Waters; as thoſe of fountaines to bee of a delitious taſte,
and Chriſtalline colour: thoſe of the Sea, to bee ſaltiſh and
vnpleaſant, and the colour ſullen, and greeniſh: And laſtly, thoſe of
ſtanding Lakes, neither ſweet nor bitter, nor cleere, nor cloudy, but
altogether vnwholeſome for the taſte, and loathſome to the eye. His
roabe and mantle with other ornaments are correſpondent to the quality
of his perſon; Buskins of pearle and cockle-ſhels being worne vpon his
legges. At the lower part of this Chariot ſit Mer-maids, who for their excellency
in beauty, aboue any other creatures belonging to the ſea, are preferred
to bee ſtill in the eye of
Neptune
.
At
Neptunes foot ſits
Luna
(the Moone) who beeing
gouerneſſe of the ſea, & all petty Flouds, as from whoſe influence
they receiue their ebbings and flowings, challenges to herſelfe this
honour, to haue rule and command of thoſe Horſes that draw the Chariot,
and therefore ſhe holds their reynes in her hands.
She is atired in light roabes fitting her ſtate and condition, with a
ſiluer Creſcent on her head,
expreſsing both her power and property.
The whole Chariot figuring in it ſelfe that vaſt compaſſe which the ſea
makes about the body of the earth: whoſe Globicall Rotundity is Hieroglifically repreſented by the wheele of the Chariot.
Before this Chariot ride foure Trytons, who are feyned by Poets to
bee Trumpeters to
Neptune
, and for that cauſe make way before him, holding ſtrange Trumpets
in their hands, which they ſound as they paſſe along, their habits being
Antike, and Sea-like, and ſitting vpon foure ſeuerall fiſhes, viz. two Dolphins, and two Mer-maids, which are not (after the
old procreation) begotten of painted cloath, and browne paper, but are
liuing beaſts, ſo queintly diſguiſed like the natural fiſhes, of purpoſe
to auoyd the trouble and peſtering of Porters, who with much noyſe and
little comlineſſe are euery yeare moſt vnneceſſarily imployed.
The time being ripe, when the ſcope of this Deuice is to be deliuered,
Neptunes breath goeth forth in
theſe following Speeches.
Neptunes Speeches.
WHence breaks this warlike thunder of
lowd drummes,
(Clarions and Trumpets) whoſe ſhrill eccho comes
Vp to our Watery Court, and calles from thence
Vs, and our Trytons? As if violence
Weere to our Siluer-footed
Siſter done
Twice euery day to our boſome, and
there hides
( * )
Her wealth, whoſe Streame in liquid Chriſtall glides
Guarded with troopes of Swannes?
what does beget
Theſe Thronges? this Confluence? why do voyces beate
The Ayre with acclamations of
applauſe,
Good wiſhes, Loue, and Praiſes?
what iſ’t drawes
Clapping her infinite wings, whoſe
noyſe the Skyes
From earth receiue, with
Muſicall rebounding,
And ſtrike the Seas with repercuſsiue ſounding.
Oh! now I ſee the cauſe: vaniſh vaine
feares,
*Iſis no danger feeles: for her head
weares
Crowns of Rich Triumphes, which This day puts on,
And in Thy Honor all theſe Rites are done.
Thus farre-vp into th’ Land to make him ſwell
Beyond his Bownds, and with his Sea-troops wait
Thy wiſh’t arriuall, to
congratulate.
Goe therefore on, goe boldly: thou
muſt ſaile
In rough Seas (now) of Rule: and euery Gale
Will not perhaps befriend thee: But
(how blacke
So ere the Skyes looke) dread not Thou a Wracke,
For when Integrity and Innocence ſit
Steering the Helme, no Rocke the Ship can ſplit.
Nor care the Whales (neuer ſo great) their Iawes
Should ſtretch to ſwallow thee:
Euery good mans cauſe
Is in all ſtormes his Pilot: He thats ſound
To himſelfe (in Conſcience) nere can run-a-ground.
Which that thou mayſt do, neuer looke
on’t ſtill:
For (Spite of Fowle guſts) calmer Windes ſhall fill
Thy Sayles at laſt. And ſee! they home haue
brought
With richeſt Iuice of Grapes,
which thy Friends ſhall
Drinke off in Healths to this Great Feſtiuall.
If any at Thy happineſſe repine,
They gnaw but their Owne hearts,
and touch not Thine.
Let Bats and Skreech-Owles murmure at bright Day,
Whiles Prayers of Good-men Guid Thee on the way.
Sownd old Oceanus Trumpeters,
and lead on.
The Trytons then ſownding, according
to his command,
Neptune
in his Chariot paſſeth along
before the Lord Maior. The foure Windes
(habilimented to their quality, and hauing both Faces and Limbes proportionable to their
bluſtring and boiſterous condition) driue forward that Ship of which
Neptune
ſpake. And this concludes this firſt Triumph on the Land.
Theſe two Shewes paſſe on vntill they
come into
Pauls-Church-yard
, where ſtandes another Chariot; the former
Chariot of Neptune
, with the Ship, beeing conueyd into
Cheap-ſide
, this other then takes the place: And this is the
Deuice.
The ſecond Land-Triumph.
IT is the Throne of
Vertue
, gloriouſly adorned & beautified with all things that are fit
to expreſſe the Seat of ſo noble and
diuine a Perſon.
Vpon the height, and moſt eminent place (as worthieſt to be exalted) ſits
Arete
(
Vertue
) herſelfe; her temples ſhining with a Diadem of ſtarres, to ſhew
that her Deſcent is onely from
heauen: her roabes are rich, her mantle white (figuring Innocency) and powdred with ſtarres
of gold, as an Embleme that ſhe puts
vpon Men, the garments of
eternity.
Beneath Her, in diſtinct places, ſit
the Seauen liberall Sciences, viz.
Grammer, Rhetoricke, Logicke, Muſicke, Arithmetike, Geometry,
Aſtronomy.
Hauing thoſe roomes alotted them, as being Mothers to all Trades,
Profeſsions, Myſteries and Societies, and the readieſt guide to
Vertue
. Their habits are Light
Roabes, and Looſe (for Knowledge ſhould be free.) On their
heads they weare garlands of Roſes,
mixt with other flowers, whoſe ſweet Smels are arguments of their cleere and vnſpotted thoughts,
not corrupted with uice. Euery one carrying in her hand, a Symbole, or Badge of that Learning which ſhe profeſſeth.
At the backe of this Chariot ſit
foure Cupids, to ſignifie that Vertue is moſt honored when ſhe is followed by
Loue.
This Throne, or Chariot, is drawne by foure Horſes: vpon the two formoſt ride
Time
and
Mercury
: the firſt, the Begetter and
Bringer forth of all things in
the world, the ſecond, the God of
Wiſedome and Eloquence. On the other two Horſes ride
Deſire
and
Induſtry
; it beeing intimated hereby, that
Tyme
giues wings to
Wiſedome
, and ſharpens it,
Wiſedome
ſets
Deſire
a burning, to attaine to
Vertue
, and that Burning Deſire
begets
Induſtry
(earneſtneſtly to purſue her.) And all theſe (together) make men
in Loue with Arts, Trades, Sciences, and Knowledge, which are the onely
ſtaires and aſcenſions to the Throne
of
Vertue
, and the onely glory and vpholdings of Cities.
Time
hath his wings, Glaſſe, and
Sythe, which cuts downe All.
Mercury
hath his Caduceus, or Charming Rod, his fethered Hat, his Wings, and other properties fitting
his condition,
Deſire
caries a burning heart in her hand.
Induſtry
is in the ſhape of an old Country-man, bearing on his ſhoulder a Spade, as the Embleme of Labour.
Before this Chariot, or Throne (as Guardians and Protectors to
Vertue
, to Arts, and to the reſt; and
as Aſsiſtants to Him who is Chiefe within the Citty for that yeare) are mounted
vpon horſebacke twelue Perſons (two
by two) repreſenting the twelue ſuperior Companyes, euery one carrying vpon his left arme a faire Shield with the armes in it of one
of the twelue Companies, and in his
right hand a launce with a light ſtreamer or pendant on the top of it,
and euery horſe led and attended by a Footman.
HAile (worthy Pretor) ſtay, and do Me grace,
(Who ſtill haue cald thee
Patron) In this place
To take from me heap’d welcomes, who
combine
Theſe peoples hearts in one, to make them thine.
And therefore (ſpying thee) downe ſhe
leapd to earth
Whence vicious men had driuen her: On her
throne
The Liberall Arts waite: from whoſe breſts do runne
The milke of Knowledge: on which, Sciences feed,
Trades and Profeſſions: And by Them, the ſeed
Of Ciuill, Popular gouernment,
is ſowne;
Which ſpringing vp, loe! to what
heigth tis growne
In Thee and
( * )
Theſe is ſeene. And (to maintaine
This Greatneſſe) Twelue ſtrong Pillars it ſuſtaine;
Vpon whoſe Capitals,
( * )
Twelue Societies ſtand,
(Graue and well-ordred) bearing chiefe Command
Within this City, and (with Loue) thus reare
All arm’d, to knit their Nerues (in One) with Thine,
To guard this new Troy: And, (that She may ſhine
In Thee, as Thou in Her) no Miſers kay
Has bard the Gold vp; Light flies from the Day
Not of more free gift, than from them
their Coſt:
For whats now ſpar’d, that only they count Loſt.
As then their Ioynd-hands lift Thee to thy Seate.
(Changing thereby thy Name for one More
( * )
Great
And as this City, with her Loud, Full Voice,
(Drowning all ſpite that murmures at the Choice,
If at leaſt ſuch there be) does Thee preferre,
So art thou bound to loue, both
Them and Her.
For know, thou art not like a Pinnacle,
plac’d
Onely to ſtand aloft, and to be
grac’d
With wondring eyes, or to haue caps
and knees
Heape worſhip on thee: for that
Man does leeze
Himſelfe and his Renowne, whoſe growth being Hye
In the weale-publicke (like the
Cypres tree)
Is neither good to Build-with,
nor beare Fruit;
Thou muſt be now, Stirring, and Reſolute.
To be what thou art Sworne, (a waking Eye)
A farre off (like a Beacon) to deſcry
What ſtormes are comming, and (being
come) muſt then
Shelter with ſpred armes, the
poor’ſt Citizen.
Set Plenty at thy Table, at thy Gate
Bounty, and Hoſpitality: hee’s moſt Ingrate
Into whoſe lap the
Publicke-weale hauing powr’d
Her Golden ſhewers, from Her his wealth ſhould hoord.
Be like thoſe Antient Spirits,
that (long agon)
Could thinke no Good deed ſooner, than twas Don;
Others to pleaſure. Hold it Thou more Glory,
Than to be pleas’d Thy Selfe. And be not ſory
If Any ſtriue (in beſt things) to
exceed thee,
But glad, to helpe thy Wrongers,
if they need thee.
Of her inuenomd Arrowes, which at
the Seates
Of thoſe Who Beſt Rule, euermore are
ſhot,
But the Aire blowes off their
fethers, and they hit not.
Come therefore on; nor dread her, nor
her Sprites,
The poyſon ſhe ſpits vp, on her
owne Head lights.
On, on, away.
The third Deuice.
THe third Deuice is a Forlorne Caſtle, built cloſe to the
little
Conduit in Cheap-ſide
, by which as the Throne of
Vertue
comes neerer and neerer, there appeare aboue (on the battlements)
Enuy
, as chiefe Commandreſſe of that infernall Place, and euery part of it guarded
with perſons repreſenting all thoſe that are fellowes and followers of
Enuy
: As
Ignorance
,
Sloth
,
Oppreſsion
,
Diſdaine
, &c.
Enuy
her ſelfe being attired like a Fury, her haire full of Snakes, her countenance pallid, meagre
and leane, her body naked, in her hand a knot of Snakes, crawling and
writhen about her arme.
The reſt of her litter are in as vgly
ſhapes as the Dam, euery one of them
being arm’d with black bowes, & arrows ready to bee ſhot at
Vertue
. At the gates of this Fort of
Furies, ſtand
Ryot
and
Calumny
, in the ſhapes of Gyants, with
clubs, who offer to keep back the Chariot of
Vertue
, and to ſtop her paſſage. All the reſt likewiſe on the battlements
offering to diſcharge their blacke Artillery at her: but ſhe onely
holding vp her bright ſhield, dazzles them, and confounds them, they all
on a ſudden ſhrinking in their heads, vntill the Chariot be paſt, and then all of
them appearing againe: their arrowes, which they ſhoote vp into the
aire, breake there out in fire-workes, as hauing no power to do wrong to
ſo ſacred a Deity as
Vertue
.
This caue of Monſters ſtands fixed to
the Conduit, in which
Enuie
onely breathes out her poyſon to this purpoſe.
The ſpeech of
Enuy
.
ENVY.
ADders ſhoote, hyſſe ſpeckled
Snakes;
Sloth craule vp, ſee Oppreſſion
wakes;
(Baine to learning)
Ignorance
Shake thy Aſſes eares, Diſdaine, aduance
Thy head Luciferan: Ryot ſplit
Thy rancke-rotten gall vp: See, See,
See,
That Witch, whoſe bottomeleſſe Sorcery
Makes fooles runne mad for her;
that Hag
For whom your Dam pines, hangs out her flag
See, ſee, how braue ſhee’s, I am
poore.
ENVY.
Snakes, from your virulent ſpawne
ingender
Dragons, that may peece-meale rend
her:
Adders ſhoote your ſtings like
quils
Of Porcupines, (Stiffe) hot Aetnean hils
Vomit ſulphure to confound
her,
Fiendes and Furies (that dwell
vnder)
Lift hell gates from their hindges:
come
You clouen-foote-broode of
Barrathrum,
Stop, ſtay her, fright her, with your
ſhreekes,
And put freſh bloud in
Enuies cheekes.
OMNES.
Shoote, Shoote, &c. All that are
with
Enuy.
Either during this ſpeech, or elſe when it is done, certaine Rockets flye
vp into the aire; The Throne of Vertue
paſſing on ſtill, neuer ſtaying, but ſpeaking ſtill thoſe her two
laſt lines, albeit, ſhee bee out of the hearing of
Enuy
: and the other of Enuies
Faction, crying ſtill, ſhoote, ſhoote, but ſeeing they preuaile not, all
retire in, and are not ſeene till the Throne comes backe againe.
And this concludes this Triumphant aſſault of
Enuy
: her conqueſt is to come.
The fourth Deuice.
THIS Throne of Vertue paſſeth along vntill it
come to the Croſſe in Cheape, where the
preſentation of another Triumph attends to welcome the Lord Maior, in
his paſſage, the Chariot of Vertue is drawne
then along, this other that followes taking her place, the Deuice
bearing this argument.
Vertue
hauing by helpe of her followers, conducted the Lord Maior ſafely,
euen, as it were, through the iawes of
Enuy
and all her Monſters: The next and higheſt honour ſhee can bring
him to, is to make him ariue at the houſe of
Fame
, And that is this Pageant. In
the vpper ſeat ſits
Fame
crowned in rich attire, a Trumpet in her hand, &c. In other
ſeuerall places ſit Kings, Princes, and Noble perſons, who haue bene
free of the Marchant-tailors: A
perticular roome being reſerued for one that repreſents the perſon of
Henry the now Prince of Wales.
The onely ſpeaker heere is
Fame
her ſelfe, whoſe wordes ſound out theſe glad welcomes.
The ſpeech of
Fame.
Thy footing; for the wayes which thou haſt
paſt
Will be forgot and worne out, and
no Tract
Of ſteps obſeru’d, but what thou
now ſhalt Act.
The booke is ſhut of thy precedent
deedes,
(Aloud) the Chronickle of a dangerous yeare,
For Each Eye will looke through thee, and
Each Eare
Way-lay thy Words and Workes. Th’haſt yet but gon
About a Pyramid’s foote; the Top’s not won,
That’s glaſſe; who ſlides there, fals,
and once falne downe
Neuer more riſes: No Art cures
Renowne
The wound being ſent to’th Heart. Tis
kept from thence
By a ſtrong Armor, Vertues influence;
Erect thou then a Serious Eye,
And looke
That now (thine owne name read there)
none may blot
Thy leafe with foule inke, nor
thy Margent quoate
With any Act of Thine, which may diſgrace
This Citties choice, thy ſelfe,
or this thy Place:
Or, that which may diſhonour the
high Merits
Of thy Renown’d Society: Roiall
Spirits
Of Princes holding it a grace to weare
That Crimſon Badge, which theſe about them beare,
Yea, Kings themſelues ’mongſt you
haue Fellowes bene,
Stil’d by the Name of a Free-citizen:
For inſtance, ſee, ſeuen Engliſh
Kings there plac’d,
Cloth’d in your Liuery, The
firſt Seate being
grac’d
Richard the third, next him, and then that
King,
Who made both Roſes in one Branch to ſpring:
A Spring of which Branch, (Higheſt now but One)
IsHenry Prince of
Wales,
followed by none:
Who of this Brotherhood, laſt and beſt ſteps forth,
Honouring your Hall: To Heighthen more your worth.
I can a Regiſter ſhow of ſeuenteene
more,
(Princes and Dukes All:) entombed long before,
And Barons ſixty ſix that path haue gone:
Of Viſecounts onely one, your
Order tooke:
Turne ouer one leafe more in our vaſt
booke
And you may reade the Names of Prelates there,
Of which one Arch-biſhop your cloth did
weare.
And Byſhops twenty foure: of Abbots
ſeuen,
As many Priors, to make the number
euen:
Of forty Church men, I, one ſub-prior
adde,
You from all theſe, Theſe from you honour
had:
Women of high bloud likewiſe laid
aſide
Their greater State ſo to be
dignified:
Of which a Queene the firſt was, then a
paire
of Dukes wiues: And to leaue the
Roll more faire
Fiue Counteſſes and two Ladies are
the laſt,
Whoſe Birth & Beauties haue your Order gracd.
But I too long ſpin out this
Thrid of Gold;
On a Large File (with Others,) And their Story
The world ſhall reade, to
Adde vnto thy
Glory,
Which I am loath to darken: thouſand
eyes
Yet aking till they enioy thee, win
then that priſe
Fame
ſhall the end crowne, as ſhe hath
begun.
Set forward.
Thoſe Princes and Dukes (beſides the Kings nominated before) are
theſe.
In the time of
Richard the
ſecond.
In the timeof
Henry the the
fifth.
In the time of
Edward the 4.
In the time of
Richard the
third.
- Duke of Suffolke
- Iohn D. of Norfolke
- George D. of Bedford.
Edward D. of Buckingham, In the time
of Henry the 7. with others, whoſe
Rol is too long, here to be opened. The Queene ſpoken of, was Anne wife to Richard the 2.
Dukes wiues theſe, viz.
The Dutcheſſe of Gloſter. In the time of Richard the 2. Elionor
Dutcheſſe of Gloſter. In the time of H. the 5.
Now for Prelates, I reckon onely theſe,
- The Prior of Saint Bartholmewes,
- And his Sub-prior.
- The Prior of Elſing-ſpittle,
- Thomas Arundell Arch-biſhop of Canterbury
- Henry Bewfort Biſhop of Winton.
- The Abbot of Barmondſey.
- The Abbot of Towrehill.
- Philip Morgan Biſhop of Worſter.
- The Abbot of Tower-hill.
- The Prior of Saint Mary Ouery.
- The Prior of Saint Trinity in Cree-church.
- The Abbot and Prior of Weſtminſter.
- Kemp Biſhop of London.
- W. Wainfleete B. of Wincheſter.
- George Neuill Biſhop of VVincheſter, and Chauncelor of England.
- Iohn May Abbot of Chertſay,
- Laurence Biſhop of Durham.
- Iohn Ruſſell Biſhop of Rocheſter.
If I ſhould lengthen this number, it were but to trouble you with a large
Index of names onely, which I am loath to do, knowing your expectation
is to bee otherwiſe feaſted.
Troia-Noua Triumphans, or London Triumphing
The Speech of
Fame
therefore being ended, as ’tis ſet downe before, this
Temple of Hers takes place next before the
Lord Maior, thoſe of
Neptune
and
Vertue
marching in precedent order. And as this Temple is
carryed along, a Song is heard, the Muſicke being
queintly conueyed in a priuate roome, and not a perſon diſcouered.
THE SONG.
HOnor, eldeſt Child of
Fame,
Thou farre older then thy
Name,
Waken with my Song, and
ſee
One of thine, here
waiting thee.
Sleepe not now
But thy brow
Chac’t with Oliues, Oke
and Baies
And an age of happy
dayes
Vpward bring
Whilſt we ſing
In a Chorus altogether,
Welcome, welcome, welcome
hither.
Longing round about him
ſtay
Eyes, to make another
day,
Able with their vertuous
Light
Vtterly to baniſh
Night.
All agree
This is hee
Full of bounty, honour,
ſtore
And a world of goodneſſe
more
Yet to ſpring
Whilſt we ſing
In a Chorus altogether,
Welcome, welcome, welcome
hither.
Enuy
angry with the dead,
Far from this place hide
thy head:
AndOpinion, that nere knew
What was either good or
true
Fly, I ſay
For this day
Shall faireIuſtice, Truth, andRight,
And ſuch happy ſonnes of Light
To vs bring
Whilſt we ſing
In a Chorus altogether,
Welcome, welcome, welcome
hither.
Goe on nobly, may thy
Name,
Be as old, and good as
Fame.
Euer be remembred
here
Whilſt a bleſsing, or a
teare
Is in ſtore
With the pore
So ſhall
SVVINERTON
nere dye,
But his Vertues vpward flye
And ſtill ſpring
Whilſt we ſing
In a Chorus ceaſing neuer,
He is liuing, liuing
euer.
And this concludes this fourth Triumph, till his Lordſhips
returne from the
Guild-hall
.
Returning Backe from the Guild-hall
In returning backe from the
Guild-hall
, to performe the Ceremoniall cuſtomes in
Pauls Church
, theſe ſhewes march in the ſame order as before: and comming with
the Throne of Vertue, Enuy
and her crue are as buſie againe,
Enuy
vttering ſome three or foure lines toward the end of her ſpeech
onely: As thus:
ENVY.
FIends and Furies that dwell vnder,
Lift Hell-gates from their hindges: Come
You clouen-footed-brood of
Barathrum,
Stop, ſtony her, fright her with your
ſhreekes,
This done, or as it is in doing, thoſe twelue that ride armed diſcharge
their Piſtols, at which
Enuy
, and the reſt, vaniſh, and are ſeene no more.
When the Lord Maior is (with all the
reſt of their Triumphes) brought
home, Iuſtice (for a fare-well) is
mounted on ſome couenient ſcaffold cloſe to his entrance at his Gate, who thus ſalutes him.
The ſpeech of
IVSTICE.
MY This-dayes-ſworne-protector, welcome home,
The world giues out ſhee’s blinde;
but men ſhall ſee,
Her Sight is cleere, by influence drawne
from Thee.
For One-yeare therefore, at theſe Gates ſhee’l ſit,
To guid thee In and Out: thou ſhalt commit
(If Shee ſtand by thee) not One
touch of wrong:
And though I know thy wiſdome
built vp ſtrong,
Yet men (like great ſhips) being in
ſtorms, moſt neere
To danger, when vp all their ſailes
they beare.
And ſince all Magiſtrates tread ſtill on yce,
From mine owne Schoole I reade thee this aduice:
Do good for no mans ſake (now)
but thine owne,
Take leaue of Friends &
foes, both muſt be knowne
But by one Face: the Rich and Poore muſt lye
In one euen Scale: All Suiters, in thine Eye
Welcome alike; Euen Hee that ſeemes moſt baſe,
Looke not vpon his Clothes, but on his Caſe.
Let not Oppreſſion waſh his hands ith’ Teares
Of Widowes, or of Orphans: Widowes prayers
Can pluck downe Thunder, & poore Orphans cries
Are Lawrels held in fire; the violence flyes
Vp to Heauen-gates, and there the wrong does tell,
Whilſt Innocence leaues behind it a ſweet ſmell.
Thy Conſcience muſt be like that Scarlet
Dye;
One fowle ſpot ſtaines it All:
and the quicke Eye
Of this prying world, will make that
ſpot thy ſcorne.
That Collar (which about thy Necke is worne)
Of Golden Eſſes, bids thee ſo to knit
Men hearts in Loue, and make a Chayne of it.
That Sword is ſeldome drawne, by which is
meant,
It ſhould ſtrike ſeldome: neuer
th’innocent.
Tis held before thee by anothers
Hand,
But the point vpwards (heauen muſt that comand)
Snatch it not then in Wrath; it muſt be giuen,
But to cut none, till warranted
by Heauen.
The Head, the politike Body muſt aduance
For which thou haſt this Cap of Maintenance,
And ſince the moſt iuſt
Magiſtrate often erres,
Thou guarded art about with
Officers,
Who knowing the pathes of Others
that are gone,
Should teach thee what to do,
what leaue vndone.
Nights Candles lighted are, and burne amaine,
Cut therefore here off, Thy
Officious Traine
Which Loue and Cuſtome lend thee: All Delight
Crowne both this Day and Citty: A good Night
To Thee, and theſe Graue Senators, to whom
My laſt Fare-wels, in theſe glad wiſhes come,
That thou & they (whoſe ſtrength the City
beares)
May be as old in Goodneſſe as in Yeares.
Epilogue
THe Title-page of this Booke makes promiſe of all the Shewes by water, as of theſe On the Land; but Apollo hauing no hand in them, I
ſuffer them to dye by that which fed them; that is to ſay, Powder & Smoake. Their thunder
(according to the old Gally-foyſt-faſhion) was too lowd for any of the Nine Muſes to be bidden to it. I had
deuiz’d One, altogether Muſicall,
but
Times Glaſſe could ſpare no Sand, nor lend conuenient Howres for the performance of it.
Night cuts off the glory of this
Day, and ſo conſequently of
theſe Triumphes, whoſe brightneſſe
beeing ecclipſed, my labours can yeeld no longer ſhadow. They are ended,
but my Loue and Duty to your Lordſhip ſhall neuer.
---Non diſplicuiſſe
meretur,
Feſtinat (Prætor) Qui
placuiſſe Tibi.
FINIS.
- [marginal note] Ebbe
- [marginal note] The Aldermen,
- [marginal note] The twelve Companies
- [marginal note] Lord Maior.
- [marginal note] Henry the 4.
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