Sinus Salutis, or, London’s Harbour of Health, and Happinesse

Printer’s Ornament LONDONS SINUS SALUTIS.

I Shall not neede to borrow my Induction from the Antiquitie of this Famous Metropolis, nor to enter into a large diſcourſe, of the noble Magiſtracy and government thereof; being Arguments already granted, and therefore unneceſſary to be diſputed: and yet I hold it not altogether Impertinent to remember ſome few things of remarke, which have happened in the Prætorſhips of the Right Honourable, the Lord Maiors of this Renowned Citie, who have beene Free of the Right Worſhipfull Company of the Iron-mongers.

In the yeere 1409. Richard Marloe, of the ſame Fraternitie, bearing the Sword, there was a Show preſen ted by the Pariſh Clerkes of London, at a place called Skinners Well, and now Clerken Well, which was of matter from the Creation of the World; and laſted for the ſpace of Eight Intyre dayes: Edward the Fourth (then King) being preſent with his Queene, and the greateſt part of his Nobilitie, which Richard Marloe, was

after Inagurated Into the ſame Honor, Anno 1417. In the yeere 1566. Sir Christopher Draper, being Lord Maior, King Iames, of late and moſt Sacred memo ry, was borne the Sixth day of Iune, Anno 1569. In Sir Alexander Avenons Maioralty, was the ſuppreſsion of the Rebells in the North, Anno 1581. Sir Francis Harvey being Mayor, was the French Mounſiers comming over into England, and his Royall entertainement by Queene Elizabeth, Anno 1607. Sir Thomas Cambel being Inveſted into the ſame Honor: All the like Showes and Triumphs belonging unto the ſolemnitie of this day, which for ſome yeeres, had beene omitted and neglected, were by a ſpeciall commandement from his Majeſtie, King Iames, againe retained, and have beene till this preſent day continued; whom ſince hath ſucceeded in the ſame Honor, Sir Iames Cambel, his Sonne, a worthy Senator of this Citie, yet living. (The laſt of this worthy and Worſhipfull Company, who hath ſate in that ſeate of Iuſtice) now this day ſucceeded by the Right Honourable, Christopher Clethrowe: but I leave all cicumſtances, and come to the Showes, now in preſent Agitation.

The firſt Showe by Water:

IS an Artificiall Moddell, partly faſhioned like a Rock, and beautified with ſundry varieties, and rarities, in all which Art (in Imitating) ſtriveth to exceed Nature: The Decorements that adorne the Structure, I omit, and deſcend to the Perſons that furniſh it, which are the Three Cæleſtiall Goddeſſes, Iuno, Pallas, Venus: In Iuno, is figured Power and State; In Pallas or Minerua, Arms and Arts; In Venus, Beautie and Love: The firſt beſt knowne by her Peacocks; the ſecond by her Owles; the

third by her Swans & Turtles, who is alſo attended by her Sonne Cupid, in whom is Emblem’d Love; by whom ſome have thought, the Vniverſe to have beene Created, becauſe of this Beautie, Glory, and Flouriſhing forme thereof, as alſo, that Love (though pictured young) yet in Age exceeds all things: But Venus, becauſe borne of the Seas, I hold moſt proper to ſpeake upon the Waters: Theſe Three Goddeſſes are ſent from Iupiter, with ſeverall Preſents, to honour this dayes Triumphs, and him to whom they are devoted; Iuno brings Power, Pallas Wiſedome, Venus Love; whoſe Speech is as followeth:

Venus the Speaker. THe Three Cæleſtiall goddeſſes this day Deſcend (Grave Prætor) to prepare your way To your new Oath, and Honor: Iove, whoſe ſtation Is ſtil above, hath ſent to this Ovation And glorious Triumph, Vs: Iuno the great And Potent Queene; who to your Iurall ſeat, Brings State & Power: Pallas, who from Ioves brain Derives her ſelfe, and from the higheſt ſtraine Of all the other gods, claimes her deſcent, Her Divine Wiſedome, doth this day preſent. But I, Emergent Venus, Loves faire Queene, Borne of the Seas; and therefore beſt beſeene To ſpeake upon the Waters, bring a gift, Priz’d equally with theirs; that which ſhall lift You up on voyces, and from the low frame Of ſordid Earth, give you (above) a name: From iuſt affections, and pure thoughts, Love ſprings, And theſe are Impt with no Icarian wings, But Plumes Immortall, ſuch as Angels beare, To fixe your Name in an eternall ſpheare. Which to attaine; Take Iuno for your guide, Maintaine her Peacocks riches, not her pride; Who to prove all Earths glory is but vaine, Lookes but upon her feete, and flaggs her traine. Obſerue next Pallas Owles, and from them take This notion; you muſt watch even as they wake: For all ſuch as the management of state Shall undergoe, riſe earlie, and bed late, So Wiſedome is begot; from Wiſedome Love, (Sweete Child of ſuch a Parent) may’t then prove: That as this day you doe attract the eyes, And expectation of the great, and wiſe, So in the happy progreſſe of your yeere, You may their hearts and ſoules to you Indeere: From Love, your VVaters paſſage understand, But Power and Wiſedome, wellcoms you on land.

THe next Modell by Land, which was onely ſhowne upon the Water; is one of the twelue Cæleſtiall fignes: Sagitarius called Croton; hee,Sagitarius. before hee was tranſlated into the Heavens, was ſaid to bee the Sonne of Pan, and the Nimph Euphemes, and in his Infancy, was Conclacteus Muſarum. i. Hee ſuckt of the ſame breſt with the Muſes, his mother being their Nurſe, and dwelt in Helicon; hee was Famous for his skill in Archerie, wonderous ſwift of foote, and when the

Nine Siſters ſung to their ſeverall inſtruments of Muſick, his cuſtome was to dance before them in ſundry active figures and poſtures. For which, and other indowments, knowne to be eminent in, hee was at their requeſt to Iupiter tranſlated amongſt the ſtarres, in the plat-forme, on which hee is borne: at the foure corners, are ſeated foure other dignified with the like Conſtellations: Virgo, beſtVirgo. knowne by the name of Aſtrea and Iuſta, the daughter of Iupiter, and Themis; and for her Iuſtice and Integritie, thither transferr’d, and numbred amongſt the Twelue: Next Ariadne, beſt knowne amongſt the Aſtrologians, byAriadne. the name of Corona, the Crowne, which was ſaid to bee forged by Vulcan in Lemnos, the materialls thereof were Gold, and Indian Gemmes, of extraordinary ſplendor, which ſhee lending to Theſeus at that time when her Father Minos had expoſ’d him to the Minotaure, by the luſter thereof, hee paſſed freely through the darkneſſe of the Laborinth: Some ſay, it was firſt given her by Liberpater, or Bacchus, the Sonne of Iupiter, and Semele, and was the price of her Virginitie: but howſoever, ſhee being moſt ingratefully forſaken by Theſeus, in the Ile of Naxos; was there found by Bacchus, who having eſpouſed her with great ſolemnitie, cauſed her after her death, with this Crowne to bee Inueſted in the FrmamentFirmament. The Third,Caſſiopeia. Caſſiopeia, the wife of Cepheus, who preferring her owne beautie before the Nereides, who were the daughters of Neptune, was for that inſolence, doom’d to be bownd in a chayre, hand and foote, and ſo placed amongſt the ſpheares, where ſhee remaines Conſpicuous, in Thirteene Starres. The Fourth, is Andromeda, the Daughter of Andromeda.Cepheus and Caſſiopeia, who by the wrath of Neptune, being chain’d unto a Rocke, and ready to bee devoured by a Sea Monſter, was delivered thence by Perſeus, the Sonne

of Iupiter, and Danae to whom being after married, was call’d Perſa, and Stellified by Minerua: The Speaker is an Aſtrologian.

¶ The Speech followeth: LAte riſen in the Heaven is Sagitary, (With you, great Lord) who doth about him carry Fifteene bright Starres, moſt Influent, and theſe all Appearing in the Circle hiemall: His Bow devided in that beaten roade, Call’d Galaxia, where the gods have troade So oft; that looke upon it in the night, When all the reſt’s dull, that alone ſhines bright: (As you now at this inſtant:) Hee fifteene Starres, did I ſay? How you then; who betweene Your landing and repoſe, by power divine, Have full Three-ſcore, about your state to ſhine: For every Company’s a Starre this day, Viſible to all, and over theſe you ſway: But twelue in chiefe; and thoſe wee must confeſſe, Of greater lustere made, to guide the leſſe: All enioy one like Freedome, all are Free, And all (Great Prætor) to bee rul’d by thee: Commanding all the rest, who in thy ſpheare, Now riſing, art to ſhine a compleate yeere. You may obſerue his Bow still ready bent, In which there is a perfect Emblem ment Of Divine Iuſtice: Th’ Arrow, with a Starre Headed, Implies, that her power reacheth farre; And no oppoſure, fraude, violence, or rape, Can (when ſhee aimes to ſtrike) her vengeance ſcape; Yet though the ſtring be drawne up to his eare, (As always preſt) hee rather ſeemes with feare To threat, then puniſh, and though hee can ſtill Let looſe his ſhafts, hee ſeldome ſhoots to kill. Obſerve it well, the Morrall doth imply, All Iuſtice ſhould be mixt with lenitie, So, Imitate the gods, ſince them wee know, Apt ſtill to Mercie, but to vengeance ſlow: And the Cæleſtiall bodies, though they trade Above, yet were for our example made. As oft as man ſinnes, ſhould Iove punniſh vice, His Quiver would be emptied in a trice, And man-kind, at once periſh: O mixe then Mercy with Iuſtice, Interweave againe Iuſtice with Mercy; ſo ſhall you in your ſtate, Not Starres alone, but the gods Imitate; So ſhall your Terrene body, in the end, All the Cæleſtiall bodies farre tranſcend, And deckt with better lights then thoſe you ſee Above the ſpheares, ſhine to eternitie.

THe Third Plat-forme, is contrived onely for Paſtime, to pleaſe the vulgar, and therefore de ſerues no further Charractar, then a plaine nomination, as deviſed onely to pleaſe the eye,but no way to feaſt the eare: and ſo I leave it to proceede to the next.

THe Fourth Moddell, is a Caſtle munified with ſundry Peeces of Ordnance; and Accomodated with all ſuch Perſons as are needfull for the defence of ſuch a Citadell: the Gunner being ready to give fire upon all occaſions; as for the curious Art in the contriving thereof, I make no queſtion but the worke it ſelfe is ſufficiently able to commend the Worke-man, being knowne to be an excellent Artiſt, of which, the ſpectatours may beſt cenſure; I will onely deliver unto you a word or two concering the pre ſenter, which is Mars.

Mars.Hee is ſtyled the third amongſt the gods, becauſe hee ſtands in that degree amongſt the Planets: and is ſaid to be the ſonne of Iupiter; ſome write that Bellona was his Nurſſe, others that ſhe was his Mother, and ſome his ſiſter. Yet none of theſe improper, for Ennio which is a Bellona, implies no more then an incouragement of the minde to hardineſſe and valour in all Skyrmiſhes and Battailes. He is alſo cal’d Ares which ſignifieth Dammage or detri His ſundryDenominations.ment, and Mavors quaſi Mares vorans, of devouring of men; and by the Gentiles, had the Denomination of the god of Battailes. He was antiently figured an angry man ſitting in a Chariot, armed with a ſheild and other weapons, both offenſiue, and defenſiue: Vpon his head a plumed Helmet, his ſword mounted vpon his thigh, hee held in one hand a whip, in the other, the Raines, being drawne in his Chariot by wylde and vntam’d Horſes. Before him was portraied a Wolfe dèvouring a Lambe, the Wolfe being the beaſt particularly offered vpon his ſhrine, and becauſe the two Romane Twinnes the firſt founders of Rome, Romvlvs and Remvs, were fained to be the ſonnes of Mars (of which the one ſlewe the other) therefore Romvlvs is figured vpon his Chariot as the vnnaturall ſurvivor. The Athenians were the firſt that

ever ſacrificed to this god of Warre, which Celebration was call’d Ekaton pephomena for whoſoever had ſlaine an Hundred of the publike Enemies, was bownd to ſacrifice a man upon his Altar, ſituate in the Ile Lemnos, but after the bloodineſſe, and inhumanitie thereof, diſpleaſing the Athenians, they changed that cuſtome, and in the ſtead of man, offered a gelded Hogge, which they call’d Nefrendes: Varro writes, that amongſt the Romans, Sicinnivs Dentatvs, having fought one hundered and Ten ſeverall Duells, and being Victor in them all, receiving Forty five wounds, whoſe skarres were vi ſible upon his body, all before, and none backward: Hee was for his Valour, honoured with Twenty five ſeverall Crownes, and received moreover, an Hundred and Forty golden Bracelets; and was firſt amongſt the Romanes, that ever made oblation to this Deity: Mars ſitting in the front of the Tower, ſpeakes as followeth.

The Speech of Mars. BEllipotent Mars is from his ſpheare come downe, To heighten theſe brave Triumphs of Renowne, Seated in this mur’d Citadel, defenc’d With Bullets wrapt in Fire, and Cloudes condenſt. A Peecegoes off. The Tormentary Art, not long ſince found, Which ſhatters Towers, & by which Ships are drown’d, I bring along; to let you underſtand Theſe guard you ſafety, both by Sea, and Land. O, when I late ſaw from mine orbe Divine, So many Sonnes of Mars, amongſt you, ſhine In compleat Arms, Plum’d Casks, and Enſigns ſpred By ſuch brave Captaines, and Commanders led: No Souldier, but his Poſture to the life, Acting to’th Muſick of the Drum and Fyffe, Some practiſing ſmall Bombards, ſome the great, Whoſe very thunder, rowſ’d mee from my ſeate: This Peacefull Citie, I much prayſ’d, whoſe power Could to a Campe, it ſelfe change in an houre: Proceed in your brave Practiſe; whil’ſt I tell Wherein your Iron and Steele doth moſt excell. Without theſe Metalls, Nature could produce Nothing that is conducefull to mans uſe: The Plow, without the Coulter and the Share, Could make no Furrowes, and thoſe Graines that are Vpon them throwne, were loſt to them that ſowe them, Without the Sickle, or the Sythe to mowe them: The Gardeners Art, would ceaſe to be a trade, If take from him the Matocke, and the Spade. In Denns and Caves wee ſhould be forc’d to dwell, Were there no Axes made, that Timber fell: Nor on the Seas could wee have Shipps to ſayle, Without the Sawe, the Hammer, and the Nayle: Aske thoſe that take in Angling moſt delight, Without baited Hooke no fiſh will bite. The Iron Crowe turnes up the Indian mould, Trenching the Earth untill they dig out Gold. If with the Iron the Adamant ſhould contend, There ſhould be no more Compaſſe, but an end Of all Diſcovery: Even the Horſe wee ride Vnſhod, would founder, who takes greateſt pride, When the moſt curb’d, and playing with the bit, Hee ſnowes the ground, and doth the Spurre forgit. There is no Art, Craft, Faculty, or Trade, Without it, can ſubſiſt: our Sword is made Of theſe mixt Metalls (Sir) Iuſtice would ceaſe, If (as in Warre) it were not us’d in Peace: Power makes it yours, your wiſedome now direct you; VVhilſt Peace ſwayes heere, Mars ſhall abroad pro (tect you.

THe ſpeech being ended, the Ordnance goeth off from the Caſtle; and now I come to the fift and laſt.

Heere I might enter into a large diſcourſe, concerning the commodiouſneſſe of Iron and Steele, and to ſpeake of Tuball Cain, who made the firſt Forge, and found out the vſe of theſe Metalls: as alſo Vulcan the deified Smith and of his Cyclopean Hammers with which hee was ſaid to have beaten out Ioves Thunder-boults, with other fixions to the like purpoſe, theſe having before been expoſed to the publick view vpon occaſion of the like ſolemnity, & knowing withall that Cibus bis coctus, reliſheth not the queſie ſtomackes of theſe times. I therefore purpoſly omit them proceeding to the laſt Pageants, ſtyled Sinus ſalutis, firſt the Booſome, or harbour of Health and Happineſſe. The ſculputre being adorned with eight ſeveral perſons, repreſenting ſuch vertues as are neceſſary to bee imbraced by all ſuch Majeſtrates, who after their stormy and tempeſtuous progreſſe through all judicature cauſes incident to their places, ſeeke to anchor in that ſafe and ſecure Port ſo ſtyled.

Every Magiſtrate is a miniſter vnder God, appointed by his divine ordinance to that calling, to be a protector of the Church, a preſeruer of diſcipline and Peace, conſonant with his lawes, the lawes of nature, and the land, which hee ought faithfully to execute, with corporall puniſh ment, correcting the proud and diſobedient, and againſt all unjuſt oppreſſors, defending the conformable and humble. The firſt vertue adorning the ſtructure is ſtiled Fortitudo togata, which gowned Fortitude is thus defined.

Fortitudotogata.

A conſtancy of minde perſevering in honeſt purpoſe rightly unertaken and according to his place and calling, tollerating private jnjuries for lawdable cauſes, diſpiſing pleaſures, corrupt guifts, detraction, and the like: and theſe meerly for vertues ſake and preſerring the publike good before his owne private gaine &c. Of which Fabritius was a noble preſident, who refuſing the gold ſent him by Pyrhus was no whit affrighted with the terror of his Elephants; to ſpeake or act any thing againſt the dignity of the Republicke. Of whom Eutropius reports, Pyrhus to haue ſaid: the Sunne is more eaſie to bee altered in his courſe, then this Fabritius to be removed from his honeſty.

Manſuetudo

Manſuetudo, or gentleneſſe is a vertue mediating wrath and ſuppreſsing all deſire of revenge and remitting offences, for publicke concords ſake, which notably appeared in Pericles, who when one had bitterly rayled on him, for ſpace of one whole afternoone, in the open market place: night comming, hee cauſed his ſervants to light him to his horſe with Torches.

Candor, or ſincerity is when without ſimulation we ourCandor.ſeules ſpeake, and with no diffidence ſuſpect the good meaning of others: wiſhing all juſt men well, rejoycing at theire proſperity, and commiſſerating their diſaſter: It is reported of Trajanus the Emperour, that when Sura

Licinius one of the Tribunes, was accuſed nunto him, to Have Inſidiated his life, not queſtioning the faith of ſo knowne a friend; the ſame night, un-invited, ſupt with him privately in his houſe, and the Table being with-drawne, truſted himſelfe to be trim’d by Sura’s Barbar.

Patientia Philoſophica, Is a Vertue obedient unto reaſon,PatientiaPhyloſo-phica. in bearing wrongs, and ſuffering adverſities; it mode rates griefe, and bridles nature, ſo that it never rebells a gainſt Iuſtice, Modeſty, Conſtancy, or any other vertue; Xenophon reports Cyrus and Ageſolanus, to be of ſuch Philoſophical patience, that in their height of determination in all their actions, and ſpeech, they appeared to all men affable, and offenceleſſe.

Placabilitie is a vertue, having correſpondence with thatPlacabili-tas. which I before ſtil’d Manſuetudo, or Gentleneſſe; Philoſuchia, or ſtudy of Peace, and Concord, is when a Magiſtrate thinks Humbly of himſelfe, moderating his owne anger, and bearing with the Infirmities of others, pardoning Injuries, and maintaining unitie, being provident that all unneceſſary controverſie bee aton’d, leaſt the publike Peace and Vnitie of the Church, or Common-weale be diſturbed, or hindred; of which Vertue, Abraham was a moſt Imitable Preſident, who, though in Authoritie, Wiſedome, and age, hee had Prioritie before Lot, yet not-with-ſtanding, gave place to him; only for Concords ſake.

Humanitie, which the Greekes call Ethos, Is Iuſtice, coupled with Gentleneſſe, Equitie, Vpright-life, AffabiliHumani-tas.tie, and the like, for which are remark’t, Alexander, Cyrus, Octavus Cæſar, &c. It hath alſo beene obſerued amongſt Schollars (In which number) I may Catalogue your Lordſhip, that the more learned they have beene, they have ſhewed themſelues the more humane, and humble.

Neneſis ſive Zealus.

The laſt is Nemeſis, or Zeale, which is an ardent love of Gods glory, of Iuſtice, Pietie, Sanctitie, &c. With an earneſt Indignation againſt whatſoever is evill, ſupporting the Religious, and ſeverely puniſhing the wicked, and re fractory: Phinees zelo Inflammatus Confodit ſcortatorem, &c. So much to Illuſtrate the Perſons; I come now to the Speech.

HEE that is call’d to bee a Majeſtrate, A Guide, a Ruler, or a Candidate, Muſt of ſo great a burden know the weight; But firſt the ſtepps that mount him to that height: Shall I direct you then, what ſayle to beare? (Like a good Pilot) and what courſe to ſteare: (Your pardon, Great Sir) daring to deſcry A paſſage, which you better know then I. There is a double Fortitude, both Crown’d With merited Palme; one Gunn’d, the other Gown’d: The Souldier claymes the firſt, as his by due, The next, the Civill Sword, now borne by you: By which, as great a glory you ſhall win In Peace, as hee in Warre, by curbing ſinne, And cheriſhing vertue; In the ſecond place, Stands Gentleneſſe, and Mercy, O what grace Hath Peace, with Pitty mixt? Metalls beſt feele, When Iron is well Incorporate with Steele: A body ſo calcin’d to publike uſe, As to ſupport Right, and ſuppreſſe abuſe: Sinceritie may chalenge the third claſſe, Next Patience, which by ſuffering, doth ſurpaſſe All other Vertues: Placability Study of Concord, and Fidelity; Laſt, holy Zeale, and that doth crowne the reſt: All theſe being harbour’d in your honour’d breſt, Shall (maugre ſhelues and rocks) your paſſage cleare, And bring you to the Port, to which you steare: You are the Cities Chiefe, the Prime, the Sole, In expectation: like the stedfast Pole: Proove constant in your Courſe be still the ſame, So let your Sword (tutch’d with Truth’s Adamant)(aime. In your yeeres compaſſe, that to all mens view (Skilfull in stearage) it may still goe true: So, thoſe that were before you, and rul’d well, Equall you ſhall, although not Antecell.

THere remaines the Speech at Night, which is onely a a Sumnary, or reiteration of the former Showes, Applied to the taking leave of his Lordſhip, and to commend him to his reſt: Mars being the Speaker.

¶ The Speech at Night PHœbus his Steedes hath ſtabled in the Weſt, And Night (ſucceeding Day) inuites to reſt: The Three Cæleſtiall Queenes, ſent from above, Leaving with you their Power, their Wiſdom, Love Now take their leaves: The Centaure doth beſtow On you his Iuſtice, with his ſhaft, and bowe, VVho to your beſt repoſe, bequeath’s you heere, To mount himſelfe againe unto his ſpheare: The Night being come, he cannot well be miſt; For without him, his Orbe cannot ſubſiſt: Neither can mine: Now muſt my Starre diſplay It’s Luminous Rays, being borrowed thence this day, To waite upon your Triumphs, and ſhall ſtill Protect you, and your weighty charge, untill Hee, which ſhall all your upright Actions bleſſe, Conduct you to your Port of Happineſſe.

THeſe Frames, Modells, and Structures, were Faſhioned, Wrought, and Perfected, by the Two Artiſts, Ioh̀n, and Mathias Chrismas; Succeſſors to their Father, Mr. Gerald Chrismas, late diſceaſed, as well in the Exquiſite performance of his qualitie, as in his true ſincerite, and honeſty; of whom I may confidently ſpeake, as no man could out-vie him in theſe Workes, which hee underwent, ſo none could out-match him in his word, For any thing hee undertooke; concerning whom I make no ſcruple, thus Ingeniouſly to conclude: Ars patris, in filijs etiam, poſt fata viget.

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