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TO
THE HONOR OF HIM,
to whom the Noble Fraternity of
Drapers, his Worthy Brothers haue
Conſecrated their loues in Magnificent
Tryumphs, the Right Honorable
Cuthbert Hackey Lord
Major of the City of
London.
THE Cities choyce, thy Companies free loue,
This Dayes vnlookt for Tryumph, all three
The Happineſse of thy life to be moſt great; (proue,
Adde to theſe, Juſtice, and thou art Compleate.
At your Lordſhips
Command,
Thomas Middleton.
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The Triumphes of

Health and Proſperity.
IF you ſhould ſearch all Chro
nicles, Hiſtories, Records, in
what Language or Letter ſoe
uer; if the Inquiſitiue Man
ſhould waſte the deere Trea
ſure of his Time and Ey-ſight,
He ſhall conclude his life onely with his cer
tainety, that there is no Subiect vpon earth re
ceiued into the place of his Gouernement with
the like State and Magnificence, as is his Maie
ſties great Subſtitute into his Honorable charge
the Citty of London, bearing the Inſcription of
the Chamber Royall: which that it may now ap
peare to the world no leſſe illuſtrated with bro
therly Affection then former Tryumphall
times haue beene partakers of, this takes delight
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The Triumphs of
to preſent it ſelfe.
And firſt to enter the worthy loue of his ho
norable Society, for his Lordſhips returne from
Weſtminſter, hauing receiued ſome ſeruice by
water, by the Triumphant Chariot of Honor, the
firſt that attends his Lordſhips moſt wiſhed Ar
riuall, beares the Title of the Beautifull Hill, or
Fragrant Garden, with flowry bankes, neere to
which, Lambes and Sheepe are a grazing, this
platforme ſo caſt into a Hill, is adorned and
garniſht with all variety of Odoriferous flow
ers, on the top Archt with an Artificial and curi
ous Raine-bow, which both ſhewes the Antiqui
ty of colours, the diuerſity and Nobleneſſe, and
how much the more glorious and highly to be
eſteem’d, they being preſented in that bleſſed
Couenant of Mercy, the Bow in the Clouds,
the worke it ſelfe incompaſt with all various
fruites, and beares the name of the moſt plea
ſant garden of England (the Noble City of Lon
don) the flowers intimating the ſweete odors of
their Vertue and Goodneſſes, and the fruites of
their workes of Iuſtice and Charity, which haue
bene both Honorable Brothers, and bounteous
benefactors of this antient Fraternity, who are
preſented in This text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.a deuice following, vnder the
types and figures of their Vertues in their life
time,
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time, which made them famous then, and me
morable for euer, and ſince we are yet amongſt
the woolly Creatures that graze on the Beautie
of this beautifull platforme, come we to the
moderne vſe of this Noble myſtery of Antient
Drapery, and we ſhall find the whole Liuery of
this renowned and famous City furniſhed by it,
it clothes the honorable Senators in the high
eſt and chiefeſt wearing, all Courts of Iuſtice,
Magiſtrates and Iudges of the Land. But for the
better expreſſion of the purpoſe in hand, a Spea
ker giues life to theſe following words.
The Speech in the Hill where the
Raine-bow appeares.
A Cloude of griefe hath ſhowrde vpon the face
Of this ſad City, and vſurpt the place
Of Ioy and Cheerfulneſſe, wearing the forme,
Of a long blacke Ecclipſe in a rough ſtorme,
With flowers of Teares this garden was oreflowne,
Till mercy was like the blest Rain-bow ſhowne.
Behold what figure now the City beares,
Like Iems unvalued, her beſt joyes This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).ſhe weares;
Glad as faithfull Hand-mayde to oThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type apparently malformed or fractured. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.bay,
And waite vpon the Honour of this Day;
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The Triumphs of
Fixt in the Kings great Subſtitute, Delight,
Triumph, and Pompe had almoſt loſt their right:
The Garden ſprings agen, the Violet Beds,
The lofty Flowers beare vp their fragrant heads;
Fruit ouer-lade their Trees, Barnes cracke with ſtore,
And yet how much the Heavens wept before:
Threatning a ſecond mourning, who ſo dull,
But must acknowledge Mercie was at full.
In theſe two mighty bleſsings; what’s requir’d?
That which in conſcience ought to be deſir’d;
Care and Vprightneſſe in the Magistrates place,
And in all men Obedience, Truth and Grace
After this awaites his Lordſhips approach, a
Maiſter-peece of Triumph, called the Sanctuary
of Proſperity, on the Top Arch of which hangs
the Golden Fleece, which raiſes the worthy me
mory of that moſt famous and renowned Bro
ther of this Company, Sir Francis Drake, who
in two yeares and ten moneths did incompaſſe
the whole world, deſeruing an eminent remem
brance in this Sanctuary, who neuer returned
to his Countrey without the Golden Fleece of
Honour and Victory. The foure fair Corinthian
Columnes or Pillars, imply the foure principall
Vertues, Wiſedome, Iuſtice, Fortitude, Temperance,
the eſpeciall vpholders of Kingdomes, Cities
and
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and Honorable Societies.
The Speech in the Sanctuary vpon
the Fleece.
IF Iaſon with the noble hopes of Greece,
Who did from Colchis fetch the Golden Fleece,
Deſerue a Story of immortall fame;
That both the Aſiaes celebrate his name,
What Honor, Celebration and Renowne,
In Vertues right, ought juſtly to be ſhowne,
To the faire memory of Sir Francis Drake;
Englands true Iason, who did boldly make
So many rare Adventures, which were held
For worth, vnmatcht, danger, vnparaleld,
Neuer returning to his Countries Eye,
Without the Golden Fleece of Victory.
The World’s a Sea, and euery Magiſtrate
Takes a yeares Voyage, when he takes this state,
Nor on theſe Seas, and there leſſe dangers found,
Then thoſe, on which the bold Adventurer’s bound:
For Rockes, gulfes, quicke ſands, here is This text has been supplied. Reason: Smudging dating from the original print process. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.malice, ſpite,
Enuy, Detraction of all Noble RighThis text has been supplied. Reason: Smudging dating from the original print process. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source.t;
Veſſels of Honor, thoſe doe threaten more,
Then any Ruine betweene Sea and Shore.
B
Sayle
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The Tryumphes of
Sayle then by th’ Compaſse of a Vertuous name,
And ſpite of Spites, thou bringſt the Fleece of fame.
Paſſing from this, and more to encourage the
Noble endeauours of the Magiſtrate, his Lord
ſhip and the worthy Company, is gracefully
Conducted toward the Chariot of Honor, on
the moſt Eminent ſeate thereof is Gouernement
Illuſtrated, it being the proper Vertue by which
we rayſe the noble memory of Sir Henry Fitz
Alwin, who held the Seate of Magiſtracy in this
City twenty foure yeares together, a moſt re
nowned Brother of this Company: In like
manner, the Worthy Sir Iohn Norman firſt row
ed in Barge to Weſtminſter with ſilver Oares,
vnder the perſon of Munificence: Sir Simon
Eyre that built Leaden Hall, a Granary for the
poore, vnder the Type of Piety, Et ſic de cæteris.
This Chariot drawne by two Golden pellited
Lyons, beeing the proper Supporters of the
Companies Armes, thoſe two that haue their
Seates vpon the Lyons; preſenting Power and
Honor, the one in a little Streamer of Banneret,
bearing the armes of the preſent Lord Maior;
the other This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).of the late, the truely Generous and
Worthy, Sir Allen Cotton Knight, a bounte
ous
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ous and a Nobe Houſe-keeper, one that hath
ſpent the yeare of his Magiſtracy, to the great
Honour of the City, and by the ſweThis text has been supplied. Reason: Heavy type or writing on reverse obscuring text. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).etneſſe of
his Diſpoſition, and the vprightneſſe of his
Iuſtice and Government, hath rayſ’d vp a fayre
laſting Memory to himſelfe and his Poſterity
for euer; at whoſe happy Inauguration, though
Tryumph was not then in ſeaſon, (Deaths Pa
geants being onely advanc’ſt vppon the ſhoul
ders of men,) His Noble deſervings were not
thereby any way ecllipſed.
Eſt Uirtus ſibi Marmor, et Integritate Triumphat.
The Speech of Gouernement.
VVIth juſt propriety dos this City ſtand,
As fixt by fate, ith’ middle of the Land,
It ha’s as in the body the Heartes place,
Fit for her workes of Piety and Grace:
The Head her Soueraigne, vnto whom ſhe ſends
All duties that juſt ſeruice comprehends:
The Eyes may be compar’d (at wiſedomes rate)
To the illustrious Councellors of State,
Set in that Orbe of Royalty, to giue light
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That pronounce Lawes Diuine This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).or Temporall;
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The Tryumphs of
The Armes to the defenſiue part of men,
So I deſcend vnto the Heart agen:
The place where now you are, witneſſe the loue,
True Brother-hoods coſt and Tryumph, all which moue
In this moſt graue Solemnity, and in this
The Cities generall loue abſtracted is:
And as the Heart in it’s meridian ſeate,
Is ſtil’d the Fountayne of the bodies hThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).eate:
The first thing receiues life, the laſt that dyes,
Thoſe properties experience well applies
To this moſt loyall City, that hath beene
In former ages as in theſe times ſeene;
The Fountayne of Affection, Duty, Zeale,
And taught all Cities through the Common weale,
The first that receiues quickning life and ſpirit,
From the Kings grace, which ſtil ſhe ſtriues to inherit
And like the Heart will be the laſt that dyes,
In any duty toward good ſupplies:
What cen expreſſe affections nobler fruite,
Both to the King, and You, his Subſtitute.
At the cloſe of this Speech, this Chariot of
Honor, and Sanctuary of Proſperity, with all her
gracefull Concomitants, and the two other parts
of Tryumph, take leaue of his Lordſhip for that
time, and reſt from ſervice till the great Feaſt at
Guild
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bricke of the Triumph attends vpon his Ho
nour, both toward Saint Paules and homeward,
his Lordſhip accompanied with the graue and
Honourable Senators of the City, amongſt
whom the two worthy Shrieffes, his Lordſhips
Graue Aſſiſtants for the yeare, the Worſhipfull
and generous Maiſter Richard Fen, and Maſter
Edward Brumfield ought not to paſſe of my re
ſpect vnremembred, whoſe bounty and No
bThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).leneſſe for the yeare, will no doubt, giue the
bThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).eſt expreſſion to their owne Worthineſſe. Be
tweene the Croſſe and the entrance of Woodſtreet,
that part of Tryumph being planted, being the
Fragrant Garden of England, with the Raine
Bow to which the concluding Speech hath
chiefly reference, there takes its farwell of his
This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).Lordſhip, accompanied with the FountThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph is not clear, out-of-focus, etc. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.).ayne of
Vertue, being the fourth part of the Tryumph.
The laſt Speech.
MErcies faire Object, the Cæleſtiall Bow,
As in the morning it began to ſhow,
It cloſes vp this great Tryumphall day,
And by example ſhowes the Yeare, the Way,
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Which if Power worthily, and rightly ſpend,
It muſt with Mercy both begin and end;
It is a yeare that crownes the life of man
Brings him to Peace with Honor and what can
Be more desir’d, ’tis vertues harveſt time,
When Grauity and Iudgements in their prime,
To ſpeake more happily, ’tis a time giuen
To treaſure vp good Actions fit for Heauen,
To a Brotherhood of Honor thou art fixt
That has ſtood long faire in juſt Vertues eye;
For within twelue yeares ſpace, thou art the Sixt,
That has bin Lord Major of this Company:
This is no vſuall grace, being now the laſt,
Cloſe the Worke Nobly vp, that what is paſt
And knowne to be good in the former Fiue:
May in thy preſent Care be kept aliue;
Then is thy Brotherhood for their Loue and Coſt,
Requited amply; but thy owne Soule moſt.
Health and a happy Peace fill all thy dayes,
When thy Yeare ends, may then begin thy prayſe.
FOR
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FOR the Fabricke of Structure of the
whole Tryumph, in ſo ſhort a time, ſo
gracefully performed, the Commendation
of that, the Jnduſtry of Maiſter Garret
Chriſmas may justly Challenge, a man
not onely excellent in his Arte, but faith
full in his Vndertakings.
FINIS.
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