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Commemorative pageant book prepared for the inauguration of Ralph Freeman as Lord Mayor of London in 1633. Pageants coordinated by Thomas Heywood on behalf of the Worshipful Company of the Clothworkers. Book printed by Nicholas Okes. Diplomatic transcription prepared by the MoEML Team. See https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/EMPO1.htm for full credits and editorial procedures.
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King of Scotland
God of the sea in Roman mythology.
Personification of the Thames. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Personification of lawfulness and fairness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows and
God of merchandise and merchants in Roman mythology. Equated with
Playwright and poet.
Sheriff of London
Personification of honour. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows and
Personification of love. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Printer and Publisher. Member of the
Personification of time. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral
shows and
Greek philosopher.
Personification of charity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral
shows and
Carver and sculptor. Artificer of mayoral shows.
Personification of faith. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Personification of fortitude. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Personification of hope. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
God of the sky in Roman mythology. Father of
Sheriff of London
Stock shepherd character. Appears in mayoral shows.
Sheriff of London
Greek philosopher. Founder of the first institution of higher learning in the western world.
Sheriff of London
Roman philosopher, politician, and lawyer.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Greek philosopher. Known as a founder of Western philosophy.
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist.
God of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers,
and athletes in Greek mythology. Son of
Mother of
Greek biographer and essayist.
Roman lyric poet.
Goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods in Greek mythology.
Personification of prudence. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral
shows and
Personification of temperance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Greek Stoic philosopher.
Sheriff of London
Personification of order. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
The
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Surrounding St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard has had a multi-faceted history in use and function, being the location of burial, crime, public gathering, and celebration. Before its destruction during the civil war, St. Paul’s Cross was located in the middle of the churchyard, providing a place for preaching and the delivery of Papal edicts (Thornbury).
Cheap Ward is west of Bassinghall Ward and Coleman Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Cheapside, are named after West Cheap (the market).
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Right Honourable,
THE Triumphs and sollemnities of this Day,
are dedicated and deuoted to this your happy
Inauguration, which as Time warranteth,
ſo Cuſtome confirmeth: And herein hath
this City a Priority aboue any Metropolis in
Europe: For Rome it ſelfe when the Monar
chy of the world was vnder her ſole Iuriſdiction, neuer receiued
her Prætor, Conſul, or Dictator with the like Pompe and Sol
lemnity: yet it is deriued vnto you from Antiquity, and I
wiſh it may continue to all Poſterity. And Sir, for your owne
part I am not altogether vnacquainted with your Modeſty,
which would willingly haue euaded this honourable trouble, but
now you finde that the Condition of
inquireth after him who regardeth it not, courteth him that
affecteth it not, and followeth him faſteſt who moſt flyeth it,
as knowing that it is not the Place which maketh the Perſon,
but the Perſon which maketh the Place truely Honourable,
which now hath inuited you to your merit, howſoeuer againſt
your minde, according to that of the famous Hiſtoriographer
Not queſtioning but that wee may ſpeake the like of your ſelfe,
and the two worthy Gentlemen the Sheriffes, your Affiſtants,
when Time ſhall ſummon you to reſigne your places to theſe
which ſhall ſucceed you: And thus I humbly take my leaue of
your Lordſhip, with this Sentence borrowed from ,
MErcatura, i. Merchandiſe, the Greekes
call Emporia, and Emporos a Mer
chant, the Hebrewes Meker. From
hence (it ſeemes) the Poets call
God of Merchants and Merchandiſe.
The miſtery whereof hath in the an
cient times beene held glorious, and the profeſſors there
of illuſtrious as thoſe, by whoſe Aduenture and Induſtry
vnknowne Countries haue beene diſcouered, Friendſhip
with forreigne Princes contracted, barbarous Nations to
humane gentleneſſe and courteſie reduced, and all ſuch
vſefull commodities in forreigne Climats abounding, and in
their owne wanting, made conducible and frequent, nay,
many of them haue not beene onely the Erectors of braue
and goodly ſtructures, but the Founders of great and fa
mous Cities: (for ſo ſayth Plutarch in Solon) Merchan
Eight Offices of Piety are in a Merchant required.
1.
is moſt acceptable to the Creator, (and therefore ought to
be more prized by the Creature) then any vaine-glorious
Title: as as ſtiled by our beſt Theologiſts, the indulgent Mo
ther of all Vertues whatſoeuer.
lationis ſecluſioi. A ſecluſion or ſeperation from all diſ
ſembling or equivocation. 3. i. To a
bandon all fraud or deceite in bargaining, but in all Coue
nants and Contracts to obſerue truth and irreprooueable fi
delity. 4. i. To exerciſe Iuſtice: which
excludeth the practice of I
ſion. 5.
diuine Hee who knoweth himſelfe beſt, eſteemeth
of himſelfe the leaſt: Wee reade alſo in
Concerning this e
hath beene more ancient, as claiming their place from the
firſt inſtitution, and though in count the laſt of Twelue,
yet euery way equall with firſt or any: the reaſons are
pregnant and briefely theſe: The Nobility of the Land are
called Pares, (that is) Peeres. For their parity and equali
ty, as hauing preualent voyces in the high Seſſion, or Court
of Parliament. The two famous Vniuerſities are equall
Siſters: neyther can one claime priority aboue the other,
yet becauſe they cannot be named at once, thoſe of Cam
bridge ſay,
beſides diuers others of the Nobility, to enter into the free
dome and brother-hood of this Company.
I come now to the firſt ſhow by water which is a Sea
chariot beautified and adorned with ſhel-fiſhes of ſundry
faſhion and ſplendor, the Fabricke it ſelfe being viſible to
all, needeth not any expreſſion from me. This Chariot of
no vſuall forme or figure, is drawne by two Griffons.
(The ſupporters to the Armes of this Worſhipfull Compa
ny: Thoſe which ride vpon theſe commixt Birds and
Beaſts bearing ſtaues with pendants falling from their tops,
in which are portray’d the Armes of the two Sheriffes now
in place: The ſpeaker is Genius of the Ri
uer Thames, increaſed to this nauigable depth by the mee
ting of the Tame and Iſis, he being ſeated in the front of
the Chariot with his water Nymphes clad in ſeuerall co
lours about him, ſeemeth aſleepe, but at the approach of
the Lord Maiors Barge, he rowzeth himſelfe as being new
ly wakend from a Dreame, and ſpeaketh as followeth.
THe firſt Show by Land, Preſenteth it ſelfe in Paules
Church-yard, which is a
vpon an Hill adorned; with ſeuerall Trees, and ſundry ſorts
of Flowers, he ſitteth vpon a Dyall to which his ſheepe
hooke is the Gnomon, (a symbole of his care and vigilancy,)
vpon the ſame plat-forme where his Sheepe are reſting in
ſeuerall poſtures, appeareth a Woolfe ready to ceaſe vpon
his prey, at whoſe preſence though his Dogge ſeeme terri
fied and flyes for refuge to his maſter, yet he ſtands ready at
all houres with a bold ſpirit and wakefull eye, both for the
defence of his charge and offence of the comon aduerſary
the Woolfe, which reflecteth vpon the office of the Prætor
this day Inaugurated wherein is expreſt, not onely the care
he ought to haue of his flocke, but of the profit alſo which
ariſeth from the fleece, from which the miſtery of the
Pastor or Opilio
in the Roman tongue, and in ours a Shepheard: the Hebrues
Call Roheh, from which ſome are of opinion Rex and Roy are
deriued, the Greekes call him Poimin, which properly im
plyes
none ought to aſpire who is not lawfully called, but this
Shepheard entereth by the Dore which is the voyce of a
free election, and is not that Mercinarius paſtor of whom it
is thus ſpoken, Hee ſeeth the Woolfe comming, and leaueth
the Sheepe and flleeth, &c. I ſhall not neede to ſwell my pa
THe ſecond Show by Land, preſented in the vpper end
of Cheape-ſide, is a Ship moſt proper to the Trade of
Merchant-aduenturers: neither know I whom more aptly
to imploy as Pilot therein then
feigne not onely to be Diactorus, or Internuntius betwixt
the gods and men: as alſo the Leader of the Graces, the
Inuenter of Wreſtling, the Deuiſer of Letters, the Pa
tron of Eloquence, &c. (From whence hee hath ſundry at
tributes and denominations conferr’d vpon him) but he is
alſo termed the god of Barter, buying, ſelling, and com
merce in all Merchandiſe whatſoeuer.
Wee reade of two onely imployd by the gods in Embaſ
ſie vnto men, namely,
betwixt their imployments is, that
commanded by
neuer by the reſt of the gods, vnleſſe to fore-tell Warre,
Famine, Peſtilence, or ſome ſtrange Diſaſter: And
was negotiated but in ſports, paſtimes, marriage Feaſts,
ſollemne meetings, Showes, Ouations, Triumphs, ſpec
tacles of the like nature, and therefore more proper to this
Dayes imployment. He is figured like a young man, freſh
coloured and beardleſſe: In his right hand holding a Gol
den Purſe, in his left a Caduzcæus, (a Rod with two Snakes
twined and internoded about it,) their Heads meeting at
the top, and their Tayles at the bottome, which the Æ
gyptians held to be an Embleame of Peace: and in ancient
THe third Show by Land, is a Modell deuiſed for ſport
to humour the throng, who come rather to ſee then to
heare: And without ſome ſuch intruded Anti-maske, many
who carry their eares in their eyes, will not ſticke to ſay, I
will not giue a pinne for the Show. Since therefore it con
ſiſts onely in motion, agitation and action, and theſe (ex
preſſed to the life) being apparently viſible to all, in vaine
ſhould I imploy a ſpeaker, where I preſuppoſe all his words
would be drown’d in noyſe and laughter, I therefore paſſe
to the fourth and laſt
Which is a curious and neately framed Architect, beau
ified with many proper and becomming Ornaments: bea
ring the Title of The Bower of Bliſſe. An Embleame of that
future Happineſſe, which not onley all iuſt and vpright
Magiſtrates, but euery good man, of what condition or
quality ſoeuer in the courſe of his life, eſpecially aimeth at:
I dwell not on the deſcription thereof, I will onely illuſtrate
the purpoſe for the which it was intended: This Pageant is
adorned with foure perſons, which repreſent the foure Car
dinall vertues, which are behoouefull vnto all who enter
into any eminent place or Office. Prudence, Temperance
and
The firſt
faires preſent, and fore-ſeeth dangers future: Further (as
Cruelty, Fury, Tyranny.
Next
loſſes: Confident in perills, Prudent in aſſaults, and hap
py in it ſelfe. As a man cannot be Temporate vnleſſe he be
Prudent, ſo none can be truely valiant vnleſſe he be Tempe.
rate, neyther can Iuſtice exiſt without Temperance-
ſince no man can be truely iuſt, who hath not his breſt free
from all purturbations.
Then
badge of Vertue, the ſtaffe of Peace, the maintenance of
Honour. Moreouer,
of the Worlds peace, the iuſt Magiſtrate is in his word
Faithfull, in his thought ſincere, in his heart Vpright,
without feare of any but God and his Prince, without hate
of any but the wicked and irregular.
Laſt
panion of
Actions, it contemneth Perill, deſpiſeth Calamities, and
conquers Death, briefely
but Raſhnes, Craftines,
ſticeTyrany, Folly.
Amongſt the reſt of the Perſons placed in this ſtructure,
are the three Theologicall Vertues,
and religious Magiſtrates, the way to the cæleſtiall Bower
of Bliſſe, (of which this is but a meere repreſentation and
ſigne) who ayme at that Glorious Place, leaſt they any
way deuiate from the true path that leadeth vnto it. I pro
ceede to the Speech.
I cannot without iuſt taxation of ingratitude, omit to
ſpeake ſomething of this Cloath-Workers
this day were celebrated, for the Master the Wardens and
the Committi, choſen to ſee all things accomodated for this
buſines then in motion, I cannot but much commend both
for their affabillity and courteſie, eſpecially vnto my ſelfe
being at that time to them all a meere ſtranger, who when
I read my (then vnperfect) Papers, were as able to iudge of
them, as attentiuely to heare them, and rather iudicially
conſidering all things, then nicely carping at any thing,
as willing to haue them furthered for his honour, to
whom they are dedicate, as carefull to ſee them performed
to their owne reputation and credit, in both which, there
was wanting in them neyther incouragement nor bounty:
and as they were vnwilling in any vaine glory to ſhew new
preſidents to ſuch that ſhould ſucceede them, ſo they were
loath out of parſimony to come ſhort of any who went be
fore them, leſſe I could not ſpeake in modeſty, and more
I forebeare to vtter leaſt I might incurre the imputation of
flattery, I come now to the twelue celeſtiall Signes, which
may aptly be applied vnto the twelue Moneths during the
Lord Mayors gouernment.
I conclude with the excellent Artiſt r.Gerald Chriſmas
whoſe worth being not to be queſtioned (as a prime Maſter
in his profeſſion,) I am of opinion that there is not any a
bout the towne who can goe beyond him, of whom I may
boldy ſpeake, that as Art is an helpe to nature, ſo his ex
perience is, and hath beene an extention to the tryall and
perfection of Art, therefore let euery man in his way
ſtriue to be eminent, according to that of Ouid. 2 De pont.
Artibus ingenuis quæſita eſt gloria multis.