The Triumphs of Honour and Virtue Author Thomas Middleton Printer Nicholas Okes Editor Mark Kaethler Editor Janelle Jenstad Transcriber Quinn MacDonald Encoder Quinn MacDonald Encoder Chase Templet Markup Editor Kate LeBere Markup Editor Lucas Simpson CSS Editor Chase Templet CSS Editor Chris Horne Transcription Proofreader Lucas Simpson Data Manager Tye Landels Junior Programmer Joey Takeda Programmer Martin Holmes Associate Project Director Kim McLean-Fiander Project Director Janelle Jenstad The Map of Early Modern Londonhttp://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/includes.xmlVictoria, BC, Canada
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Commemorative pageant book prepared for the inauguration of Sir Peter Proby as Lord Mayor of London on October 29, 1622. Pageants coordinated by Thomas Middleton on behalf of the Worshipful Company of the Grocers. Book printed by Nicholas Okes. Diplomatic transcription prepared by the MoEML Team. See https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/VERT2.htm for full credits and editorial procedures.

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 Added xml:ids to pb elements using utilities/add_sig_ids_to_shows.xsl. Began implementing show into new template. Collapsed element rendition using XSLT. Collapsed element rendition using XSLT. Changed calendar value from "julian" to "julianSic" using XSLT. Standardized respStmts for JENS1, MCFI1, and HOLM3 and added TAKE1 as Junior Programmer. Added XInclude for listPrefixDef in the header. Added global publicationStmt through XInclude. Eliminated superfluous catRef elements from the header. Began encoding pageant Put change elements inside revisionDesc into the correct (latest first) order. Added profileDesc containing document type information expressed in catRef elements. Created document THE TRIVMPHS OFHonor and Vertue. A Noble Solemnitie, performed through the City, at the ſole Coſt and Charges of the HonorableFraternitie of Grocers, at the Confirmation andEſtabliſhment of their most worthy Brother, the RightHonorable Peter Proby, in the high Office of his Maieſties Lieutenant, Lord Maior and Chancellor of the famous City of London. Taking beginning at his Lordſhips going, and perfecting it ſelfe after His returne from receiuing the Oath of Maioralty at Weſtminſter, on the Morrow afterSimon and Iudes Day, being the 29. ofOctober, 1622. By Tho. Middleton Gent.
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LONDON. Printed by Nicholas Okes- 1622.
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TO The Honor of him, to whom the Noble Fraternitie of Grocers, his Worthy Bro thers, haue Dedicated their Loues, in coſtly Triumphs; the Right Honorable, Peter Proby, Lord Maior of this Renowned City. TO be His Seruant, that hath ſeru’d Two Royall Princes, and deſeru’d So Worthily of Both; the Same Call not Seruice, rather Fame. At your Lordſhips Command: Tho. Middleton.
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THE TRIVMPHS OF Honor and Vertue.

IF forreine Nations haue beeneſtrucke with Admiration at theForme, State, and Splendor ofsome yeerly Triumphs, wherein Arte hath beene but faintlyimitated: There is faire hopethat things where Inuention flouriſhes, cleere Artand her gracefull Proprieties, should receiue fauor and encouragement from the content of the Spectator, which next to the ſeruice of his Honorand honorable Societie, is the principall rewardit lookes for; then not deſpairing of that common fauour, this takes delight to preſent it ſelfe.

And firſt, to beginne with the worthy loue ofhis Noble Fraternity, after his Honors returne from Weſtminſter, hauing receiued ſome ſeruicevpon the Water, by the conduct of two Artfull

B Tri- The Triumphs of

Triumphs. Viz. The Throne of Vertue, and theContinent of Jndia; which alſo by Land attends his Lordſhips moſt wiſhed arriuall, accompaniedwith the whole body of the Triumph, whichneere vpon the time of his Honors approch aredecently and diſtinctly placed; the firſt, bearingthe Title of the Continent of India: A triumph repleniſhed with all manner of Spice-plants, andtrees bearing Odour, attends his Honors arriuallin Paules Church-yard; A blacke Perſonage repreſenting India, call’d for her odours and riches,the Queene of Merchandize, challinging themost eminent Seate, aduanceth her ſelfe vpon a bed of Spices, attended by Indians in Antique habits: Commerce, Aduenture and Traffique, three habited like Merchants, preſenting to her view a bright Figure, bearing the inſcription of Knowledge, a Sunne appearing aboue the trees in brighteſt ſplendor and glory: The blacke Queene before mentioned, lending a voyce to theſe following words:

YOu that haue eyes of Iudgement, and diſcerue Things that the beſt of Man and Life concerne, Draw neere, this blacke is but my natiue dye, But view me with an Intellectuall eye, As Honor and Vertue. As Wiſe men ſhoote their beames forth, you’le then find A change in the complexion of the mind; I’me beauteous in my blacknesse, O yee Sonnes Of Fame and Honor, through my beſt part runnes A Spring of liuing Waters, cleere and true, Found firſt by Knowledge, which came firſt by you, By you, and your examples, bleſt Commerce, That by Exchange ſettles ſuch happineſſe, Of Gummes and fragrant Spices, I confeſſe My Climate Heauen do’s with aboundance bleſſe, And thoſe you haue from me, but what are they Compar’d with Odours whoſe ſent ne’re decay, And thoſe I haue from you, plants of your youth, The Sauour of eternall life ſweet Truth, Exceeding all the odoriferous ſent, That from the beds of Spices euer went: I that command, (being proſp’rouſ’ly poſſeſt) The Riches and the Sweetneſſe of the Eaſt, To that fam’d Mountaine Taurus ſpreading forth My balmy Arme, whoſe height do’s kiſſe the North, And in the Sea Eoum laue this hand, Account my bleſsings not in thoſe to ſtand, Though they be large and fruitfull, but confeſſe All wealth conſiſts in Chriſtian holyneſſe, To ſuch cæleſtiall knowledge I was led; By Engliſh Merchants firſt enlightened, B2 In The Triumphs of In Honor of whoſe memory, onely Three I inſtance here, all of this Brotherhood free, To whoſe Fames the great Honor of this howre Aptly belongs, but to that Man of Power The firſt and chiefeſt, to whoſe worth ſo cleere, Iuſtice hath giuen her Sword vp for a yeere: And as yo’n Sunne his perfect ſplendor ſhowes, Cheering the Plants; and no Cloudes interpoſe His Radiant Comforts; ſo no Earthy part Which makes Eclipſes in a Rulers hart (As in that glorious Planet) muſt come nye The Sunne of Iuſtice, all ſuch myſts muſt flye; You’re in an Orbe of Brightneſſe plac’d and fixt, And with no ſoyle must Honor be commixt. So to your worthy Progreſſe Zeale commends Your Lordſhip, with your Graue and Noble friends.

The Speech being ended, to adde a little more help to the fainter Apprehenſions, the three Mer chants plac’d in the Continent, haue reference to the Lord Maior and Sheriffes, all Three being this yeer Brothers of this Ancient and Honorable Society, which triple or three fold Honor hapned to this Worthy Company in the yeere 1577. Sir Thomas Ramſey being then Lord Maior, and Maſter Ni cholas Backhouſe and Maſter Francis Bowyer, She riffes; hauing cohereunce with this yeeres Honor,

matcht Honor and Vertue.

matcht and paralell’d with theſe Three their asworthy Succeſſors, the right Honorable, Peter Proby, and the generous and Nobly affected, Ma ſter Iohn Hodges, and Sir Humphrey Handford She riffes and Aldermen.

By this time his Lordſhip being gracefully conducted toward the Chariot of Fame, which awaitshis Honors approach neare the little Conduit in Cheape; Antiquitie a graue and reuerend Perſo nage, with a golden Regiſter-booke in his hand, giues life to theſe words:

OBiects of Yeeres and Reuerence greete mine eye, A Sight moſt pleaſing to Antiquitie; I neuer could vnclaſpe this Booke of Fame Where Worthies dwell by a diſtinguiſht Name, At a more comely ſeaſon; I ſhall tell Things ſprung from Truth, neere kin to Miracle; With that of later dayes I firſt begin, So backe into the deeper Times agen: I onely touch Thy memory (which I know In thankefulneſſe can neuer be found ſlowe) With Heauens miraculous Mercy, to Thy Health After ſo long a Sickneſſe, all the wealth B3 Which The Triumphs of Which thou with an vnuſuring hand haſt got Which is not the leaſt wonder worthy note, (Truth makes me ſpeake things frely) cannot be A greater worke then thy recouerie, Nine Brethren-Senators thy Seniors all Whoſe times had beene before thee, Death did call To their eternall Peace, from this degree Leauing their earthly Honor now to thee, Thinke and be thankefull ſtill, this ſeemes the more Another obſeruation kept in ſtore, For ſeuenteene Senators ſince thy time were choſe And to this minute not one dead of thoſe. Thoſe are not vſuall notes, nor here it endes, The Court and City two moſt Noble Friends, Haue made exchange alate, I reade, from hence There ha’s gone ſome moſt worthy Citizens Vp to the Courts aduance; in lieu of that You haue a Courtier now your Magiſtrate, A Seruant to Elizabeth the bleſt, Since to K. Iames that raignes with Salomons breſt. Kept the Records for both, from the Queene tooke Charge of three hundred Horſe, three thouſand Foote, Foure Attributes cleaues to this Man of Men, A Scholler, Souldier, Courtier, Citizen, Theſe are no vſuall touches, to conclude (Like to his life with bleſsings ſo endude) Ha’s Honor and Vertue, Ha’s choſe his Brotherhood, men of that Fame For Bounty, Amity and honored Name The City bounds tranſcend not in their place, And their word makes e’m proſper, God grant grace. Honor they neuer wanted, when wa’ſt ſeene But they had Senators to their Bretheren Nay, one record here to make ioy more glad, I finde ſeuenteene that were in Scarlet clad All at one time of this Fraternitie, Now fiue, for this houres honor brings forth three, Fame triple will make triple vertue ſtriue At whoſe triumphant Throne you next ariue.

For farther Illuſtration there are contained inAntiquities golden Legend, the Names of manyWorthies of ancient Time, by whom this NobleFraternity ha’s receiued much honor, ſuch as werethe worthy and famous Sir Andrew Bockerell, whowas Lord Maior of this City, the ſixteenth yeereof King Henry the third, and continued in theMagiſtracie ſeuen yeeres together, also the NobleAllen de la Zouch, who for his good gouernement in the time of his Maioralty, was by King Henrythe third, created both a Baron of this Realme,and Lord chiefe Iuſtice of England. Alſo thatfamous Worthy, Sir Thomas Knowles, twice Lord Maior of this honorable City, which ſaid Sir Tho

mas Honor and Vertue.

mas beganne at his owne charge that famous building of Guild-Hall in London, and other memorable workes both in the City and in his owneCompany, Reedifying alſo Saint Anthonies Church; with many others that are faire Ornaments to Memory. Viz. Sir William Seuenock, ſirRobert Chichſley, ſir Stephen Browne, ſir Henry Keble,ſir William Laxton, &c. Who by thoſe Vertuesthat they were most addicted vnto in their lifetime, are Illuſtrated by perſons of Brightneſſe in the Throne of Vertue, the next part of Triumphthat preſents it ſelfe: next beneath Antiquitie, ſitsAuthoritie, plac’d between Wiſedome and Innocence,holding a naked Sword, a Serpent woond aboutthe Blade thereof, two Doues ſtanding vpon thecroſſe Barre of the Hilt, and two hands meeting atthe Pummel, intimating Mercy and Iustice, accompanied with Magiſtracie, who holdes in his handa Key of gold, ſignifying both the Key of Knowledge and of Confidence, the City Magiſtrate takinginto his truſt the Cuſtodie of the Kings Chamber, the proper Title of the City; and which Keyof gold alſo ſtands in his Lordſhips Creſt, viz. anEſtridge holding a Key of gold in his Mouth, hisNecke circled with a golden Crowne.

His Honor and Vertue.

His Lordſhip by this time arriuing at the Throneof Vertue, plac’d neere Saint Laurence-Lane end,Receiues this greeting from her Deitie.

I See great Power approach; here makes a Stand, Would it with Vertue ought? for ſome Command Seemes ſo compleate in Selfe-Opinions Eye, It will ſcarce looke on me, but paſſes by; As if the Eſſence of my Deitie Were rais’d by Power, and not Power rais’d by me; But let ſuch Rulers know that ſo command They build the Empire of their Hopes on Sand: Still This remaines, with Eye vpon me fixt As if he ſought to haue His ſplendors mixt With theſe of mine, which makes Authoritie meeke, And I’me ſo ſicke of Loue to thoſe that ſeeke I cannot chooſe but yeeld; nor do’s it wrong Great Power to come to Vertue to be ſtrong, Being but a Woman, mercifull and milde, Therein is Heauen with greater glory ſtilde That makes weake things, as Clemencie, and Right, Sway Power, which would elſe rule all by Might: It maybe ſaid you did but late paſſe by Some part of Triumph that ſpake Vertuouſly, And one ſuch Speech ſuffices; ’tis not ſo In taking of your office, there you goe C From The Triumphs of From Court to Court, before You be confirm’d In this high place, which Prætorſhip is term’d; From Vertue, if to Vertue you reſort, It is but the ſame courſe you haue in Court In ſetling of your Honor; which ſhould bee Redoubled rather, that I hope to ſee: So Power and Vertue when they fill one Seate, The City’s bleſt, the Magiſtrate compleate.

At the cloſe of the Speech, this Throne of Vertue with all her Cæleſtiall Concomitants, and the otherparts of the Triumph, take leaue of his Lordſhipfor that time, and till after the Feaſt at Guild-Hall reſts from Seruice; but the Feaſt ended, the wholeſtate of the Triumph attends vpon his Lordſhip,both to Saint Paules and homeward; and in Soper-Lane two parts of the Triumph stand readyplanted; viz. the Throne of Vertue, and the Globeof Honor, which Globe ſuddenly opening and flying into eight Cants or diſtinct parts, diſcouers ina twinckling, eight bright Perſonages moſt gloriouſly deckt, repreſenting (as it were) the InwardMan, the Intentions of a Vertuous and Worthy Breſt, by the Graces of the Minde and Soule, ſuchas Cleere Conſcience, Diuine Speculation, Peace of Heart, Integritie, Watchfulneſſe, Æqualitie,Prouidence; Impartialitie, each expreſt by Its pro

per Honor and Vertue.

per Illuſtration. And becauſe Mans perfectioncan receiue no conſtant Attribute in this Life, theCloude of Frailty, euer and anon ſhadowing anddarkening our brighteſt Intentions, makes goodthe Morality of thoſe Cants or Parts, when theyfall and cloſe into the full round of a Globe againe,ſhowing, that as the Brighteſt Day ha’s his ouercaſtings; ſo the beſt men in this life haue their Imperfections; and worldly Miſts oftentimes interpoſe the cleereſt Cogitations, and yet that butfor a ſeaſon, turning in the end like the mounting of this Engine, to their euerlaſting Brightneſſe, conuerting it ſelfe to a Canopie of Starres: at thefoure corners below are plac’d the foure CardinallVertues, Wiſedome, Iustice, Fortitude and Temperance, by each of them fixt a little Streamer orBanner, in which are diſplayed, the Armes of thisHonorable City, the Lord Maiors, the Grocers,and the Noble East-India Companies: The outparts of the Globe ſhewing the Worlds Type, inCountries, Seas and Shipping, whereon is depicted or drawne Ships that haue bene fortunate tothis Kingdome, by their happy and ſucceſſefullVoyages; as alſo that proſperous Plantation inthe Colonie of Virginia, and the Bermudaes, withall good wishes to the Gouernors, Traders andAduenturers vnto thoſe Chriſtianly ReformedIſlands.

C2 The The Triumphs of B Y Vertue you came laſt, and who brings home True Honor, muſt by Vertue alwayes come, The right Path you haue tooke then, ſtill proceede, For t’is Continuance crownes each worthy Deede: Behold this Globe of Honor; euery Part It is compos’d of, to a Noble Hart Applyes Inſtruction; when t’is clos’d and round It repreſents the World, and all that’s found Within the labouring Circle of Mans Dayes, Aduentures, Dangers, Cares, and ſteepie Wayes; Which when a Wise-man thinkes on, ſtrait he mounts To Heauenly Cogitations, and accounts The vexing Spirite of Care and Labour vaine: Lifting himſelfe to his full height againe: And as this Engine do’s in eight Parts riſe Diſcouering eight Bright Figures, ſo the Wiſe From this Lifes ſlumber rowz’d, (which Time deludes,) Opens his Heart to eight Beatitudes: And as I (Honor) ouertopping All, Here fixe my Foote on this Orbicular Ball, Ouer Honor and Vertue. Ouer the World expreſsing my Command As I in this Contemptuous Poſture ſtand: So euery good and vnderſtanding Spirit Makes but Vſe onely of this Life, t’inherit An euerlaſting Liuing; making Frends Of Mammons Heapes, got by vnrighteous Ends, Which happy Thou ſtandſt free from, the more white Sits Honor on thee, and the Coſt more bright Thy Noble Brotherhood this Day beſtowes; Expence is grac’d when Subſtance follow Showes, Now to no higher Pitch of Praiſe I’le come, Loue brought thee forth, and Honor brings thee home.

FOr the body of the whole Triumph, with all the proper Graces and Ornaments of Art andWorkemanſhip, the Reputation of thoſe, rightly appertaine to the deſerts of Maſter Garret Criſmas, an Exquiſite Master in his Art, and a Performeraboue his Promiſes.

FINIS.