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AS often as we ſhall fixe our
thoughts vpon the Almigh
ty
returne to our
capacities
laden with Admiration, ei-
ther from the Diuine workes of his
Mer
cy, or thoſe incomprehenſible of his Iuſtice:
but here to inſtance onely
his Omnipotent
Mercy, it being the Health and Preſer
uation of all his workes:
and firſt not onely
in raiſing, but alſo in preſerving your
from many great
and inſident dangers, e
ſpecially in forraine Countries in the time
of your Youth and Trauels: and now with
Safety, Loue and Triumph, to eſtabliſh
You in
this yeares Honor: crowning the
Perfection of your Daies, & the Grauity
of
your Life, with Power, Reſpect & Re
uerence. Next, in that my ſelfe (though
vnworthy) being of one Name with your
Lordſhip, notwithſtanding all
Oppoſitions
of Malice, Ignorance and Enuy, ſhould
thus happily liue, protected
by part of that
Mercy (as if one Fate did proſperouſly
cleaue to one Name) now
to do Service to
your Fame and Worthineſſe, and my Pen,
onely to be employd in
theſe Bounteous
and Honorable Tryumphs, being but ſha
dowes to thoſe Eternall
Glories that ſtand
ready for Deſeruers, to which I commend
the Deſerts of your
Iuſtice, remaining euer,
THE TRYVMPHSOf Truth.
SEarch all Chronicles, Hiſtories,
Records, in what
language or let
ter ſoeuer; let the inquiſitiue man
waſte the deere Treaſures of
his
Time and Eye-ſight, he ſhall con
clude his life only in this
certain
ty, that there is no ſubiect vpon
earth receiued into the place of
his gouernement with the like State & Magnificence
as is the Lord Maior of
the Citty of London.
This be
ing then infallible (like the Miſtreſſe of our Triumphs)
and not to be
denied of any, how carefull ought thoſe
Gentlemen to be, to whoſe diſcretion and
Iudgement
the weight and charge of ſuch a buſineſſe is entirely
referred and
committed by the whole Society, to haue
all things correſpondent to that Generous and
Noble
freeneſſe of coſt and liberality, the ſtreames of Art, to
æquall thoſe of
Bounty; a Knowledge that may take
the true height of ſuch an Honorable Solemnity; the
miſerable want of both which in the impudent
common Writer, hath often forc’d from me much pitty and
ſorrow; and it
would heartily grieue any vnderſtan
ding ſpirit to behold many times ſo glorious a
fire in
bounty and goodneſſe offering to match it ſelfe with
freezing Art, ſitting in
darkneſſe, with the candle out,
looking like the picture of Blacke Monday.
But to ſpeake truth, which many beſide my ſelfe can
affirme
vpon knowledge, a care that hath beene ſel
dome equal’d, and not eaſily imitated,
hath been faith
fully ſhowne in the whole courſe of this buſineſſe,
both by the
VVardens and Committies, men of much
vnderſtanding, induſtry, and carefulneſſe, little
weigh
ing the greatneſſe of expence, ſo the coſt might pur
chaſe perfection, ſo
feruent hath beene their deſire to
excell in that (which is a learned and vertuous Am
bition) and ſo vnfainedly pure the loues and affecti
ons of the whole Company to
his Lordſhip; If any
ſhall imagine that I ſet fairer colours vpon their
De
ſerts, then they vpon themſelues, let them but reade
and conceiue, and their
owne vnderſtandings will
light them to the acknowledgement of their errors.
Firſt, they may here behold loue and bounty opening
with the morning, earlier
then ſome of former yeares,
ready at the firſt appearing of his Lordſhip, to giue
his eare a taſte of the dayes ſucceeding glory, and thus
the forme of it
preſents it ſelfe.
At Soper-lane end a Senate-houſe erected, vpon which Muſitians ſit playing; and more to
quicken time, aſweet voyce married to theſe words:
After this ſweet aire hath liberally ſpent it ſelfe, at
the firſt appearing of the Lord Maior from Guild-hall
in the morning, a Trumpet plac’d vpon that Scaffold,
ſounds forth his welcome;
then after a ſtraine or two
of Muſicke, a Graue Fœminine Shape preſents it ſelfe,
from behinde a ſilke curtaine, repreſenting
tired like a reuerend Mother, a long
white haire na
turally flowing on either ſide of her: on her head a
modell of
Steeples and Turrets, her habite Crimſon
ſilke, neere to the Honourable garment of
the Citty:
her left hand holding a Key of gold, who after a come
ly grace,
equally mixt with Comfort and Reuerence,
ſends from her lips this Motherly
ſalutation.
Then making her Honour, as before, the Waites of
the Citty
there in ſeruice, his Lordſhip and the Wor
thy Company, are lead forward toward the
water ſide,
where you ſhall finde the Riuer deck’t in the richeſt
glory to
receiue him; vpon whoſe Chriſtall Boſome
ſtand fiue Iſlands art-fully garniſhed with
all manner
of Indian Fruite-Trees, Drugges, Spiceries, and the
like, the middle
Iſland with a faire Caſtle eſpecially
beautified.
But making haſte to returne to the Citty againe,
where
Triumph waites in more Splendor and Magni
ficence, the firſt then that attends to
receiue his Lord
ſhip off the water at Bainards Caſtle, is
on Horſe-backe, his Raiment of white Silke powdred
with Starres of Gold: on his
head a Crowne of Gold,
a Trumpeter before him on Horſe-backe, and
the Champion of
coloured Silke, with a bright haire on his head, from
which ſhoot
Fire-beames, following cloſe after him,
mounted alike, his Right hand holding a
flaming
Scourge, intimating thereby that as hee is the mani
feſter of
and
The Trumpet then ſounding, the
ranke themſelues iuſt before his Lordſhip, & conduct
him to Pauls-chaine,
where in the South-yard
in a Chariot with his infernall Miniſters attends to aſ
ſault him, his Garment
of Aſh-colour Silke, his head
rowld in a cloud, ouer which ſtands, an Owle, a Moale
on one ſhoulder, a Bat on the other, all Symboles of
blinde Ignorance
and Darkneſſe, Miſts hanging at his
Eyes: cloſe before him rides
ting of a humane heart,
mounted on a Rhenoceros, at
tired in Red Silke,
ſutable to the bloudineſſe of her
manners, her left Pap bare, where a Snake faſtens, her
Armes halfe Naked, holding in
her right hand a Dart
tincted in bloud.
pudẽce
ment, and makes way for the Chariot wherein
his Miſtreſſe ſits, in a
cloſe garment of white Sattin,
which makes her appeare thin and naked,
figuring
thereby her ſimplicity and neereneſſe of heart to
thoſe that embrace her;
a roabe of white ſilke caſt
ouer it, fil’d with the eies of Eagles, ſhewing her
deep
inſight, and height of wiſedome, ouer her thrice ſan
ctified head a milke-white
Doue, and on each ſhoul
der one, the ſacred Emblemes of Purity, Meekeneſſe,
and
Innocency, vnder her Feete, Serpents, in that ſhe
treads downe all Subtelty and Fraud,
her Fore-head
empal’d with a Diadem of Stars, the Witneſſe of her
Eternall
deſcent; on her Breaſt a pure round Criſtall,
ſhowing the brightneſſe of her thoughts
and actions;
a Sun in her Right-hand, then which, nothing is truer,
a fan fild all
with Starres in her left, with which ſhe
parts Darkeneſſe, and ſtrikes away the
vapours of Ig
norance; if you hearken to
his holy anger is paſt againſt
will giue it you in better tearmes, or at leaſt
more
ſmoothly and pleaſingly.
Theſe words ended, they all ſet forward, this Chariot
of
Vertues, taking place next
before his Lord-ſhip,
and the
lowing as neere as it can get, all paſſing on, till they
come into Pauls Church-yard, where
ſtand ready the
fiue Ilands, thoſe dumbe Glories that I ſpake of be
fore vpon the
water, vpon the height of theſe fiue
Ilands ſit fiue perſons repreſenting the fiue
Sences,
their proper Emblemes, Aquila, Ceruus, Araneus,Simia, Canis, an Eagle, a
Hart, a Spider, an Ape, aDogge.
No ſooner can your eyes take leaue of theſe, but
they may
ſuddenly eſpy a ſtrange Ship making to
ward, and that which may raiſe greater
aſtoniſhment,
it hauing neither Saylor nor Pilot, onely vpon a
white ſilke
ſtreamer theſe two words ſet in letters of
Gold, Veritate Gubernor, I am Steer’d by Truth; the
Perſons that are contained
within this little Veſſell
are onely foure; a
and two Attendants of their
owne colour, the reſt of
their followers, people in the Caſtle that ſtands in
the
middle Iland, of which company two or three on the
top appears to ſight, this
King ſeeming much aſto
niſhed at the many eies of ſuch a multitude, vtters
his
thoughts in theſe words.
All in the Shippe and thoſe in the Caſtle bowing
their
bodies to the Temple of Saint Paul, but
ſmiling
betwixt Scorne and Anger to ſee ſuch a de
uout humility take hold of that complexion,
breakes
into theſe,
But
Daughters
Chariot, attir’d agree-able to his Conditi
on, with his Hower-glaſſe, Wings, and
Sithe, Know
ing beſt himſelfe when it is fitteſt to ſpeake, goes for
ward in this
manner:
Then the fiue Ilands paſſe along into Cheape-ſide,
the Ship next after them; the Chariot of
before
his Lord-ſhip, and that of
fore it, where their Eies meete
with another more ſub
tile Obiect, planting it ſelfe cloſe by the little
Con
duite, which may beare this Character, the True
Forme and Faſhion of a Mount
Triumphant, but the
Beauty and Glory thereof ouer-ſpred with a thicke
Sulphurous
Darkeneſſe, it being a Fog or Miſt raiſde
from
beares the Title Londons Triumphant Mount
(the
chiefe Grace and Luſter of the whole Triumph) at
the foure corners ſit foure
Monſters Errors Diſciples,
on whom hangs part of the Miſt for their
cloathing,
holding in their hands little thicke Clubbes, colou
red like their
Garments; the Names of theſe foure
Monſters,
who at the neere approaching of Truths Chariot, are
ſeene a little to
tremble, whilſt her Deity giues life to
theſe words.
At this her
powerfull command, the Cloude
ſuddenly riſes, and changes into a
bright ſpred
ding Canopy, ſtucke thicke with Starres, and
beames of Gold,
ſhooting forth round about it,
the Mount appearing then moſt rich in Beauty and
Glory, the foure Monſters falling flat at the Foote of
the Hill; that graue
Fœminine Shape, figuring
ſitting in greateſt Honour; next aboue her in the moſt
eminent place, ſits
ple on her Head, and a burning Lampe in her Hand,
the proper Emblemes
of her Sanctity, Watchfulneſſe,
and Zeale; on her right Hand ſits
circled with a Wreath of
Gold, in her hand a Cornucopia, or Horne of Abundance, out of which ruſheth a
ſeeming
Floud of Gold, but no way flowing to Prodigality; for as the Sea is gouern’d by the Moone, ſo is
that
wealthy Riuer by her Eie, (for Bounty muſt
bee
led by Iudgement) and hence is Art-fully deriued
the onely difference
betweene Prodigality and Bounty, the one deales her Giftes with open eyes,
the
other blind-fold; on her left ſide ſits
his proper Seate being neereſt the Heart, wearing vp
on
his Head a wreath of white and red Roſes mingled
together, the Antient Witneſſe of
Peace, Loue,
and Vnion, wherein conſiſts the Happineſſe of
this Land, his
Right hand holding a Sphære, where in a Circle of
Gold, is
contained all 12 Companies Armes; and
therefore cal’d the Sphære of true
Brother-hood, or
nulus AmorisRing of Loue: vpon his left hand
ſtand two Billing Turtles, expreſſing thereby the hap
py Condition of mutuall Loue and Society: on either
ſide of this Mount
are diſplaid the Charitable and Re
ligious workes of London (eſpecially the
pany of Grocers
Souldiers, Widdowes, Orphans, and the like, where
are plac’d one of each number:
& on the two Heights
ſit
of Starres, in her Hand a Perſpectiue Glaſſe, betoke
ning both
her High Iudgement, and Deepe In-ſight,
the Brow of
Roſes, expreſſing her Baſhfulneſſe
and Bluſhings, in
her hand a Crimſon Baner, fild with Siluer Stars, figu
ring
the white Purity of her Shamfaſtneſſe, her cheeks
not red with Shame or Guilt, but
with Virgin-Feare,
and Honor. At the Backe of this Triumphant Mount,
ſes, in her Hand a white Silke Banner, fild
with Starres
of Gold, expreſſing the æternity of her vn-ſpotted
Pureneſſe:
Crowne of
Siluer, and a Siluer Trumpet in her hand,
ſhowing both her Brightneſſe and
Shrilneſſe:
city
hand a white Silke Banner with a red Croſſe, a Lambe
at her Feet, by which both
their Conditions are ſuffi
ciently expreſt; The Mount thus made glorious by
the
Power of
ſpeakes.
At which Words the whole Triumph moues in his
richeſt
glory toward the Croſſe in Cheape, at which
place
ſo chaced away, falles into this Fury.
At which the Miſt falles againe, and hangs ouer all
the
Beauty of the Mount, not a Perſon of Glory ſeene,
onely the foure Monſters gather
courage againe, and
take their Seates, aduancing their Clubs aboue their
Heads,
which no ſooner percieu’d, but
Chariot making neere to the place, willing ſtill to reſ
cue her Friends and
Seruants, from the Powers of Ig
norance and Darkneſſe, makes vſe of theſe Words,
Then the Cloud diſperſing it ſelfe againe, and all the
Mount appearing Glorious, it paſſeth ſo on to the
Standard, about which place, by Elaborate action from
to S. Laurence lane end, where by the former
words by
gratefully requites her Goodneſſe.
hand a Sphære, on the other, two Billing Turtles,
giues theſe words.
This Speech ſo ended, his Lordſhip and the Com
panies
paſſe on to Guild-hall; and at their Returning
backe, theſe Triumphs attend to bring his Lordſhip
toward Saint Pauls Church, there to performe thoſe
yearely Ceremoniall Rites, which Antient and Graue
Order hath determined,
and in Action to drawe Darkneſſe often vpon that
Mount of Triumph, which
by
perſt: then all
returning homewards full of Beauty and
Brightneſſe, this Mount and the Chariot of
both plac’d neere to the Entrance of his
Lordſhips
Gate, neere Leaden-hall;
Mount firſt giues vtterance to theſe words,
Truths Chariot, ſeeming to
make an offer with his
Sithe to cut off the Glories of
the Day, growing neere now to the Seaſon of Reſt
and Sleepe, his Daughter
his Hand.
head circled with
ſtrange Fires, appeares to his Mi
ſtreſſe, and thus ſpeaks:
At which, a Flame ſhootes from the Head of
which faſtening vpon that Cariot of
Fire, and all the Beaſts that are
ioynde to it.
The Fire-worke being made by Maiſter
phrey Nichols
whole Worke and Body of the Triumph, with all the
proper Beauties af
the Workemanſhip moſt Artfully
and Faithfully performed by
furniſhed with Apparrell
and Porters by
Monday
This proud Seate of
in Imbers, (being a Figure or Type of his Lord-ſhips
Iuſtice on all wicked offenders in the Time of his
Gouernement,) I now conclude,
holding it a
more learned Diſcretion to ceaſe of my
ſelfe, then to haue
rudely, and now let him
ſtrike
at his pleaſure.
BASSVS.