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Londini Artium & Scientiarum Scaturigo:
OR,
Londons Fountaine of Arts and Sciences:
Expreſt in ſundry Triumphs, Pageants, and Showes, at
the Initiation of the Right Honorable Nicholas Raynton
into the Maiorty of the famous and farre renowned
City London.
All the Charge and Expence of the laborious Proiects both by Wa-
ter and Land, being the ſole vndertakings of the Right Worſhipfull
Company of the Haberdaſhers,
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Written by Thomas Hayvvood
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⎯⎯⎯Redeunt Spectacula.⎯⎯⎯
Crest of the Haberdashers’ Company
Printed at London by Nicholas Okes. 1632.
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Printer’s ornament
❧To the Right Ho-
norable Nicholas Raynton, Lord
Maior of this renowned Metropolis
LONDON.
Right Honourable,
COncerning the Dignity of your place, and
Magnificence of your Inaugaration: The firſt
equaling, the latter precelling all the famous
Magiſtracies in Chriſtendome. I ſhall not
much ſtand to diſpute, as being a Maxim
already granted: yet one thing I cannot omit,
as moſt worthy remarke; namely, how many
of like Iudicature haue borne the Sword in this famous and flo-
riſhing Citty, who breathed their firſt ayre in the Country of
Lincolne; from whence you deriue your ſelfe, as Sir Iohn Stock-
ton Mercer, borne at Bratoſt, Lord (MK)L. Maior 1470. Sir Nicholas Ald-
win Mercer, borne at Spalding, Lord (MK)L. Maior 1499. Sir William
Rennington Fiſhmonger, at Boſten, Lord (MK)L. Maior 1500. Sir
William Forman Haberdaſher, at Gainsborow, Lord (MK)L. Maior 1538.
Sir Henry Hobbershorns Merchant-Tayler, at Wadingworth,
Lord (MK)L. Maior 1546. Sir Henry Amcoats Fiſhmonger, at Aſtrop,
Lord (MK)L. Maior 1548. Sir Iohn Langley Goldſmith, at AltThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)hrop, Lord (MK)L. Ma-
ior 1576. Sir Iohn Allet Fiſhmonger, at Limbergh, Lord (MK)L. Maior
1590. Sir George Bowles Grocer, at Goſperton, Lord (MK)L. Maior 1617.
and now in preſent your Honored ſeThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)lfe Nicholas Raynton borne
at Heighington, Lord (MK)L. Maior 1632. not ſo many hauing attained to
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excepted.
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The Epiſtle Dedicatory.
excepted. Worthy obſeruation it is alſo, that at one time in the
raigne of Queene Elizabeth, moſt of the Prime Officers of
State, were Country-men of the ſame County: As the Arch-
biſhop of Canterbury, Whitguift: the Lord (MK)L. High Treaſurer of
England, Lord (MK)L. Burleigh Cecill, the Lord (MK)L. Keeper of the Great
Seale, Sir John Puckering, Viz. Chamberlaine and Chancel-
lor of the Dutchy, Sir Thomas Hennidge one of her Maieſties
Priuy Councell: The Lord Chiefe Iustice, Iudge Wraye, &c.
Moreouer it may be iuſtly ſpoken of you to your great Reputa-
tion and Honour, that ſince the yeere 1209. from Henry Fitz-
alwin the firſt Lord (MK)L. Maior of this Honourable City, and Pe-
ter Duke, and Thomas Neele the firſt Sheriffes of the ſame,
neuer had any Magiſtrate a more generall, free, and af-
fectionate Election euen to this preſent Yeere 1632. Now
Time and your owne Demerit Right Honourable, haue
rayſed you to this Eminence and Dignity, the vniverſall eye
and expectation of all men is vpon you, who well know, that
a wiſe Magiſtrate preferres Conſideration before Concluſion:
And (according to the ſaying of King Ageſilaus) Magiſtrates
who gouerne by iuſt Lawes, muſt ſtrengthen them by good
example: iudge by Prouidence, Wiſedome and Iuſtice, and
defend by Power, Care and Vigilance; and thus I humbly
take my leaue of your Lordſhip with this Sentence, Non ſat
eſt te tuum officium feciſſe, ſi non id fama approbat.
Your Lordſhips Countrey-
man and Seruant,


Thomas Heyvvood.
To
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Printer’s ornament
TO THE RIGHT
VVorſhipfull Hugh Perry, and Henry
Andrewes; the two Sheriffes of the
Honourable City London, laſt
Elected.
RIght Worſhipfull, and euery way wor-
thy; Your Armes diſplay’d in the
Front of this Show, approue your Gen-
try, and your Trafficke and Commerce,
(being free Merchant-aduenturers)
teſtifie to the World your Noble Pro-
feſſion; as Trading in the Eaſt-Indies,
Turkey, Italy, Spayne, and France,
&c. to the Honour of our Nation abroad, and ſingular Pro-
fits redounding to the Realme at home. Your more priuate
Imployments heretofore, aſwell in furthering Arts, as in-
couraging Armes, adding no common Luſter to theſe Offices,
vnto which Time and your owne Demerits haue at this pre-
ſent called you. Then as that Publicke weale is moſt bleſt
and flouriſhing where the Gouernours are aſwell beloued in
their Perſons, as feared in their Places: So likewiſe it be-
longeth to all ſuch as are in Authority, to ſteare themſelues
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The Epiſtle.
by the rule of Socrates, that is, To heare courteouſly,
anſwere diſcreetly, conſider ſeriouſly, and ſentence vn-
partially. But I preſume not to aduiſe, where I rather de-
ſire to be instructed; ſhutting vp my preſent Seruice with
that of Seneca, Id facere laus eſt quod decet, non quod
licet.1
Your Worſhips to bee
commanded.

Thomas Heywood.
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Printer’s ornament
Londons Scaturigo.
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the Fountaine and Well-ſpring of
all the Liberall Arts, and Sciences,
or Myſteries whatſoeuer; which as
they haue beene long ſince planted,
and incouraged: ſo they are at this
time the more liberally watered, and
therefore more plenteouſly inriched by their bleſſed Mo-
ther and bountifull Nurſe, the moſt illuſtrious Citty Lon-
don: For the firſt, namely, the Arts and Studies of the
Braine; How many Grammer Schooles haue beene by
her and her indulgent Children erected (through all, or
moſt of all) the Shieres and Counties of England, to the
propagation and aduancement of Learning, to the fur-
niſhing of the Accademics with Students, and from them,
the foure flouriſhing Kingdomes (now vnder the Sword
and Scepter of his moſt Sacred Maieſty) with profound
Theologiſts, expert Phiſitians, learned Philoſophers,
skilfull Mathematitians, &c. If any man deſire to bee fur-
ther inſtructed, in the number of their Free-ſchooles, Hoſ-
pitals, Almes-houſes, Lectures, Exerciſes (ſcarce to
be numbred) with the names of the founders, and the An-
nuall reuenewes ſtill continued, and dayly inlarged? for
their
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English Annalls, where they may be plenteouſly ſatisfi-
ed; neither can theſe few Sheets of Paper containe them,
much rather require a Volumne.
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Now for all other Sciences, Myſteries, Trades, and
Manufacturers, (including aſwell Merchants as Mechan-
nicks) What City in Europe yeeldeth more plenty?
more variety? In ſo much that by reaſon of Bartering,
Bargening, Trade and Commerce, (beſides the Buſſe or
Exchange, dayly throngd with Merchants of all Coun-
tries.) The populous Streets rather appeare an open
Mart, then an ordinary Market; ſhee not fauouring and
foſtering her owne Natiues onely, but Strangers, and of
all forraigne Nations whatſoeuer. Here they ſucke the
Milke of her breſts, here they are fed, here cheriſhed by
this excellent City, and therefore neither impertinently,
nor vnproperly may ſhee be ſtiled: Artium & Scientia-
rum inundans Scaturigo.
The ſhow by Water.
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riding vpon the backe of a Dolphin, behinde him for or-
nament old Oceanus and Amphetrite, mounted vpon two
Sea horſes, holding each of them a Staffe and a Banner,
wherein are diſplayde the Armes of the two Sheriues now
in place, of him it is thus commented.
Arion was borne in Methimnus, whom Pyranthus,
(or as Gellius and Herodatus pleaſe to name him) Perian-
der, for his excellent skill vpon the Harpe, greatly de-
lighted
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Lib. de Di-
oniſ. Certa-
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lighted in: Dycæarchus deſcribeth him for a noble Dithir-
ambick Poet. He hauing got great ſtore of Treaſure, was
deſirous to croſſe from Corinth into Sicilia and Italy, to
whom Apollo appeares (the night before his imbarking)
in a Dreame, and willed him to attire himſelfe in his Robe
and Lawrell, and to be ready in any danger to ſing vnto
his Harpe, and not to feare any thing. The next day
(being farre from ſhoare) the Marriners hauing notice
what Treaſure hee had aboord, conſpired amongſt them-
ſelues to caſt him into the Sea, which hee perceiuing,
begged of them ſo much reſpite, that habited as hee was,
hee might ſing one funerall farewell to his Harpe, which
granted, ſo ſweete was his Harmony, that the Dolphins
came ſporting about the ſhippe, as much delighted with
his Muſicke: amongſt whom hee caſt himſelfe, and they
ſupported him, and bore him backe vnto Corinth; where
hauing told this wonderment, the King graciouſly enter-
tayned him; ſoone after the ſame Barke being by a tempeſt
drouen into the ſame Harbour, notice thereof beeing gi-
uen vnto the King, hee ſtrictly queſtioned them con-
cerning Arion, they affirm’d him to bee dead at Sea, to
which when they had ſworne, hee cauſed Arion ſudden-
ly to appeare before them, who confounded with ſhame,
were commanded to death: Appollo after tranſlated Arion
for his Muſicke, and the Dolphin for his Pitty amongſt the
Starres.
Arions Speech directed to the Riuer Thames.
Faire Thameſis, vpon whoſe ſiluer breſt
Arion with his Dolphin now doth reſt.
How I admire thy Glory, State, and Pride,
Vpon this Solemne day thus beautified?
Ganges renowned in all forraigne Lands,
Nor Tagus boaſting of her golden Sands
The first
ſpeech by
Water.
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Can paralell thy Riches; Not Caiſter
Famous for Swannes, nor Po her cleere ſtream’d Siſter:
Winding Meander, nor yet Simois Flood,
Which Fame ſaith, at the Troian Seige ran blood.
Swift Rubicon, whoſe memory ſhall laſt,
Becauſe it, Cæſar with his Army paſt.
Choaſpes, that almoſt guirts Perſia round:
Nor Iſſa, by Darius death renown’d
The Amazonian Thermedon, the Nyle
That breeds in it the weeping Crocadile.
The Euphrates, the Volga, and the Ryne,
Nay Iordan too, that waters Paleſtine:
What Paris Some, or Romes ſwift Tyber bee,
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And my Crownd Dolphin doth proclaime thee thus,
Th’art the choyſe Darling of Oceanus.
And if thou haſt a Genius, (as ’tis gueſt
All Rivers have?) know wherein th’art moſt bleſt.
Not that thy Bankes are ſo defenc’t and ſtable,
Nor within Land th’art ſo far nauigable,
Not for thy Flux and Refluxe, (Ebbs and Tydes)
Or the rich Meddowes bordering round thy ſides.
Not that being pleas’d, th’art ſmooth, being angry, curl’d
Nor thy rare Bridge not equald through the World.
Not for thoſe goodly Buildings reard ſo hye,
To make thee liue to perpetuity.
Not for thy ſpacious Limits and Extents,
(And yet all thoſe vnriuald Ornaments.)
But if I truely ſhall to thee commend,
That bliſſe wherein thou others doſt tranſcend,
Behold this Day the Honour and the State
Of this thy Great and God like Magiſtrate.
Not waited on by Boats made of the Trunks
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Of Canes, or hollowed trees, or petty Iunks,
Or wanton Gondelaes: but Barges, ſtrong,
And richly deckt, who as they plowe along
Thy breſt, with their ſmooth keeles to make their way,
See how the Wind doth with their ſtreamers play,
How beautiful thy Waues, how throngd thy ſhoares,
And what a Muſick’s when they ſtrike their Oares.
To ſee them with Graue Magiſtrates ſo Man’d,
Powerfull by Sea, and potent too by Land.
So many Sciences, and Miſteries
Diſtinguiſht into ſeuerall Companies,
In ſundry bottomes: and each Art and Trade
Knowne by Flags and Pendants here diſplaid.
And London which Metropolis we call,
The Fount and Scaturigo of them all.
Grave Prætor, now this Day to be inueſted
The Head of al theſe, paſſe on vnmoleſted,
In your great Inauguration proceede,
Which to your laſting Honour is decreed.
In your returne backe you ſhall underſtand,
Thoſe Triumphs that attend on you by Land.
Perſeus, Andromeda with the Sea-monſter are onely
ſhewed vpon the Water, but their expreſſion I referre to
their place by Land.
The firſt
ſhow by
Land.
Of which the firſt preſentment is in Pauls Church-
yard: Namely, St. Katherine, Patroneſſe of this Wor-
ſhipfull Company, vpon a Lyon, bordered about with the
Sea-waues. (the Armes of the Haberdaſhers) ſhee is
Crowned as being a Queene, bearing a Wheele in her
hand, full of ſharpe cutting Irons, the Embleame of her
Martyrdome: Her attendants to beautifie the plat-forme,
are foure Virgins, Humility the firſt: Of which Vertue
Seneca thus ſpeaketh, Laus vera humili ſepe contingit vi-
Senec. in
Thiess.
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ro. The ſecond Truth, which ſcaleth the Heauens, il-
luſtateth the Earth, maintaineth Iuſtice, gouerneth
Cities, kils Hatred, cheriſheth Loue, and diſcouereth
Treaſons: The third Zeale, of which it is thus ſayd; Of-
fice is ſtrengthned by Zeale, and Zeale maketh authority in
vincible. The fourth, Conſtancy: according with that of
Lucan, Intrepidus quicunque datis mihi Numina mortem
Accipiam――
All which are neceſſary in a Magiſtrate, as needfull in a
Martyr: Of the Etymologie of her Name, her Royal
Birth, her Breeding, her Life and Death in the laſt yeeres
Diſcourſe I gaue a large Charactar, and therefore pre-
ceede to her Speech, which is as followeth.
St. Katherines Speech.
St. Kathe-
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Doth any wonder, why St. Katherine, ſhee
The Patroneſſe of this faire Companie
Is mounted on a Lyon? Let ſuch know,
That (being a Queene) this kingly beaſt doth owe
Mee duty by instinct: Beſides I come
Both with Virginity and Martyrdome,
Sainted moreouer, and (of theſe) the leaſt
Able to tame the moſt inſulting Beaſt.
But this is hee the billowes doth deuide,
And therefore iuſtly on his backe I ride:
All theſe belonging to this Worthy Trade,
The Lyon, Sea-waues and the Princely Mayde.
That for the Armes: note next what I diſplay
In this my Banner here, Serue and obey:
Rare Morall in this Motto, (if well ſcand)
For Kings are Gods, Viz-gerents, and cõmand
By Sword and Scepter: and by their good Grace
Can preferre others both to power and place.
As you this Day behold this Scarlet worne,
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And Sword of Iuſtice thus in publike borne;
The Cap of Maintenance, Coller of Eſses,
(Which Trauellers in all their large progreſſes
Can in no City parallell, that’s ſcite
In th’earths deuiſion, knowne quadrupertite:)
So, whoſoeuer ſhall himſelfe oppoſe
Againſt this Magiſtrate, (as one of thoſe
The King deputes as Chiefe) himſelfe hee brings
To bee a rebell to the King of Kings:
Far be it an arch-traytor in that kind
’Mongſt all theſe goodly Companies, (combind
In mutuall loue and league:) ſhould dare to appeare
In the faire Progreſſe of this Prætors yeare.
Behold, and view who my attendants bee,
Be conſtant then vnto this Graue Lord Maior,
And the two Shrieues that his aſſiſtants are;
Choſe by the publicke Voyce and Senats Doome,
As Cenſors, and the Tribunes were in Rome;
Doe it in Zeale, in Truth, and all ſubmiſſion,
That their be found no croſse interpoſition
Betwixt Power and Obedience, ſo ſhall all
Arts, Myſteries, and Trades Mechannicall,
Thriue, proſper, and increaſe, ſo long as they
Honour the King, the Magiſtrate obey.
The ſecond ſhow by Land.
This diſcouereth Andromeda the Daughter of King Ce-
pheus, and Caſſiopeia, tide to a Rocke, and ready to bee
deuoured by a Sea-monſter: But reſcued by Perſeus the
Sonne of Iupiter and Danae, who is mounted vpon a Pe-
gaſus, or Winged-horſe, who is ſayd to bee bred from
Neptune and Meduſa, and in Hellicon a Mountaine in Bo-
etia, ſtriking a Stone with his hoofe, opend that Foun-
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taine called (from him) Hyppocrene, much celebrated
by the Muſes. Perſeus in one hand hath an Harpe or croo-
ked Sword, and vpon his left arme a Shield with a Gor-
gons head figured therein: In Perſeus are comprehended
all the prime Vertues acquired in a Noble Magiſtrate: In
Andromeda Chaſtity and Innocence: I cannot heere inſiſt
vpon the Hyſtory, but rather referre the Reader to Ouid,
who hath moſt elegantly expreſſed it; but come to the
Speech deliuered by Perſeus.
Meta-
Perſeus his Speech.
I Perſeus, Ioues ſonne, borne of Heauenly Stede,
Mounted vpon a ſwift Pegaſian Steede,
Who with his hoofe ſtrooke vp the Muſes Well,
Whence Euthuſiaſma’s and hie Ruptures ſwell.
As through the ayery tract I forc’t my way,
Spyde here the Louely Maide Andromeda,
Cheynd to a Rocke, on whom (ſo Fate hath lowerd)
Ready by a Sea-whale to be deuourd.
Know there is figured in this Princely Maide,
Chaſtity, and Innocence, which Diuine ayde
Is ready to aſſiſt ſtill from aboue,
By one or other of the Sonnes of Ioue.
Of which denomination, none, more Grace
Can claime than you, who are in power and place,
And hold this Day in chiefe; then Perſeus like,
Keepe that your Sword still drawne, ready to ſtrike;
Making ſuch Monſters of your Iuſtice taſt,
Who inſidiate the Innocuous and the Chaste.
Obſerue (Graue Sir) the Armes and Shield I beare,
Such as your ſelfe, and others ought to weare,
Both for Defence and Offence: and in me
Embleam’d, all thoſe prime Vertues that ſhould be
In Perſons of your Power, my Sword reſembles
Vnpartiall
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Vnpartiall Iustice, at which guilt ſtill trembles;
My Winged-horſe, Celerity and Speed:
In doing it, that no illegal deed
May paſſe vnſcourged, and there be tooke no reſt,
Vntil reliefe be giuen to the oppreſt.
This Shield that beares the Gorgons head imblaz’d,
Vpon whoſe Snaky locks who euer gaz’d,
Were turn’d to ſtatues of cold ſenſeleſſe ſtone,
Is that (Graue Magiſtrate) you now put on.
Whilſt on your Arme you weare this conſtant Targe,
Bearing your ſelfe vprightly in your Charge.
All ſuch as ſhal in Malice or in Pride
Your Purple State detract from, or deride,
Diſcouer this before them, it hath power
To freeze them into Marble the ſame houre.
Striue you to imitate what I haue done,
Since you this day, are Perſeus and Ioues ſonne.
The third ſhow by Land.
The third
Show by
Land
This is more Mimicall then Materiall, and inſerted for
the Vulgar, who rather loue to feaſt their eyes, then to
banquet their eares: and therefore though it bee allow-
ed place amongſt the reſt: (as in all Profeſſions wee ſee
Dunces amongſt Doctors, Simple amongſt Subtle, and
Fooles intermixt with Wiſemen to fill vp number) as
doubting whether it can wel appollogy for it ſelfe or no, at
this time I affoord it no tongue.
The fourth ſhow by Land.
The Right Honourable the Lord Maior in preſent,
though free of this Worſhipfull Company of hte Haber-
daſhers, (at whoſe ſole charge, the High Solemnity of
this Day is celebrated) yet was by Profeſſion a Mercer,
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Gene for Gene Veluets, Damasks, &c. In Bolognia for Sat-
tins, Cypreſſe, and Sarſnets. As alſo in Pyſa, now be-
cauſe the materialls of which theſe Stuffes are made, are
brought from the fartheſt remote Countries vpon the
backs of Cammels, Mules, Dromidaries and Elephants:
I made choice of this Beaſt, eſpecially, of whoſe incom-
parable ſtrength and moſt pregnant vnderſtanding, if any
deſire to be fully ſatisfied, I muſt referre them to Pliny,
Geſner, but more eſſentially to Don Sebaſtian de Cobar-
ruias Orozco En el Teſoro de la Lengua Caſtellana, (from
whom Minſhaw borrowed his Etymologicall Spaniſh
Dictionary) vpon the word Elephante, where are diuers
Stories of them, which but for the Grauity of the Author,
might almoſt appeare incredible. The Elephant is gui-
ded by an Indian, vpon his backe is a faire Caſtle furniſht
with change and variety of obiects, &c. the Speech deli-
uered by the Indian as followeth.
The Indians Speech.
NO beaſt of all the Wilderneſſe can vant
Like Strength or Wiſedome with the Elephant.
And therefore, (if conſiderd wel) none may
Better become the Triumphs of this Day.
What Hieroglificke can a man inuent,
Embleame or Symbole, for a Gouernment
In this high nature, apter or more fit
Deuis’d before, or to be thought of yet.
He beares a Caſtle (as this day wee ſee,
But of what ſtrength and puiſſance must you bee
Supporting this great Citty? who must lay
Your ſhoulders to a burden; ſuch as may
Make Atlas ſhrinke beneath it; Temples, Towers
Rialtoes, ſpacious Manſions, Suburbe bowers.
A weight to make th’ Heſperian Giant droope
And
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Londons Scaturigo.
Antomed.
Hectors
Charioter.
Palinur: Pi
lot to Ænea
And Hercules, (who bore up Heauen) to ſtoope.
Next, of what Vnderstanding, Apprehenſion,
What Iudgement, Knowledge, Wiſedome and Retention?
Of what Fore-ſight? what Body and what Braine?
What an Antomedan to guide the raine
Of Steedes unmannag’d? what a Palinure
To ſteare this Helme? and ſuch a Barke aſſure
In a Sea troubled, where can be no truſt
In an vnconſtant Surge or angry Guſt?
Yet ſuch an Elephant we hope to finde
Of you, both in th’ability of Minde
And ſtrength of Arme, by that incouragement
The former paſſage of your life hath lent:
Showed in your Iudgement and Experience,
Your Grauity, and vnchang’d Temperance;
All generall Vertues that become ſuch State,
Behouefull in ſo Great a Magiſtrate:
So after Times vnto your Fame ſhall ſtory
How you haue borne vp in her pristine Glory
This flouriſhing City, not once ſhrinking vnder
So great a burden, (to ſucceſsiue wonder)
Since no skild Pilot better could command
By Sea, or expert Charicter by Land.
The fift ſhow by Land.
Is the Scaturigo or Fountaine of Vertue, from which
all Arts and Sciences are watered: I neede not to ſpend
Time in the deſcription thereof, it being able ſufficiently to
expreſſe it ſelfe, the nature thereof being in the Poeme
layd opThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)en euen vnto the meaneſt capacity. There are
twThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)elue ſundry perſons to beautifie the Modell, ſuiting with
the number of the twThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)elue Companies as the Saints that
paThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)tronize This text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)them; and euery of them a SThis text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on an external source. (CH)hield on their arme,
bearing ther ſeueral Scuchions properly belonging This text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)to the
C
Halls.
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Londons Scaturigo.
Halls. The Speech from the Fountaine is thus deliuered.
The Speech vpon the Fountaine.
TWelue houres twice told, diſtinguiſh night and Day,
Twelue Cæſars of the Iulian Line did ſway
Romes Empire, and in euery caſe of ſtriffe
Where Action’s tryde, or if concerning life,
Twelue makes the Iury full: the Zodaiacke Lines
Are likewiſe fild by twelue Celeſtiall Signes,
Amongſt which one in your Emblazons borne
Is numbred by the name of Capricorne.
Twelue Sibills we accountThis text has been supplied. Reason: Smudging dating from the original print process. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on guesswork. (CH), and they fore-told
Things hapned ſince, although This text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)they ſpake of old
By twelue: the bleſt Word in the Church inſtated
Was at the firſt divuldg’d and propagated.
Twelue Companies you are in Chiefe, 12. heere
Preſent that number with thoſe Armes they beare.
And hence the Inundant Scaturigo growes,
Which through our Kingdomes large Dominions flowes,
By founded Schooles, by Colledges, by Trade,
By Trafficke, by Commerce, by Proiect layd.
For thrifty Bargaine and all competent Gayne,
Asſwell ariſing from the Hand as Brayne.
London the Mother and the Fountaine ſtil’d
And you of all her Sonnes now eldeſt Child;
(Heire to her great good Workes) incourage ſtill
Thoſe pious Acts, and by Example fill
Voide places with the like, and in this State
You beare, as being now chiefe Magiſtrate:
So order this your numerous Charge, that they
May god, the King, Your ſelfe Serue and Obey.
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This text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)the Armes
A word or two concerning the ſupporters of the Armes
of this Worſhipfull Company. Parmeniſius a Greeke Au-
thor thus relates, King MellThis text has been supplied. Reason: Smudging dating from the original print process. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)iſeus who ruled in Creete, had
two
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Londons Scaturigo.
of the CThis text has been supplied. Reason: The facsimile photograph does not include the whole surface. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal to this text (context, etc.). (CH)om
pany.
two Daughters, to whom Iupiter in his Infancy was ſent
to be nurſed, to preſerue him from the fury of his Father
Saturne: but they being at that time dry-breſted, cauſed
him to ſucke of a Goate called Amalthæa, by whoſe Milke
hee was nouriſhed, till the time that hee came to be wey-
ned, (this Goate vſually brought forth two twins) Iupiter
after in requitall of ſo great a benefit receiued by her, tran-
ſlated her amongſt the Starres. This Goate is that Capri-
cornus one of the 12. Celeſtiall Signes, The two Kidds
(her twins) placed in the Heauens This text is the corrected text. The original is olſoalſo, were first obſerued
by the great Aſtrologer Cleoſtrates Tenedius. The laſt
Speech at Night is deliuered by Arion, which is a ſhort
commemoration of the former paſſages of the Dayes Tri-
umph in theſe wordes following.
Now hath the Sun put off his golden beames,
Watring his hot Steeds in cold Iſter ſtreames,
And tyr’d with his dayes trauell, in the Weſt
Tooke up his Inne: But ere you goe to reſt,
Remember what Arion ſtill proclaimes
In the due honour of the noble Thames.
Next, how your Queene-like Saint directs the way
For you to rule, for others to obey.
Then to be cal’d Ioues Sonne you have the Grace,
And that in Perſeus figured is your Place.
That in this able Elephant’s implyde
Your Strength to beare, your iudgement to decyde.
Laſt, that you are the Spring and Fountaine made
To water euery Science, Art, and Trade;
Obſeruing thoſe, your Honour ſhall ſhine bright,
And ſo a happy and moſt bleſt good-night.
I come laſt to the Artiſt, the Moddellor and Compo-
ſer of theſe ſeuerall Peeces, Maiſter Gerard Christmas, of
whom (ſi paruis componert, magnalicet) as Augustus Cæ
C2
ſar
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Londons Scaturigo.
ſar, ſpeaking of Rome, boaſted, that hee found it of Bricke,
but hee left it built of Marble: So he who found theſe Pa-
geants and Showes of Wicker and Paper, rather appearing
monſtrous and prodigious Births, then any Beaſt (preſen-
ted in them) in the leaſt kind imitating Nature: hath re-
duc’t them to that ſollidity and ſubſtance for the Materi-
alls, that they are ſo farre from one dayes waſhing to de-
face them, that the weathering of many Winters can not
impeach them: and for their excellent Figures and well-
proportioned lineaments, (by none preceding him) that
could be ſayd to bee paralleld: In regard therefore there
bee ſo many ſtrangers of all Countries, and ſuch as can
iudge of Workemanſhip, come to be ſpectators of theſe
Annuall Triumphs, I could wiſh that the vndertaking

thereof might be hereafter conferd (for the Honour
of the Citty) vpon men likeable and ſuf-
ficient. For his owne particular I
conclude: Hunc aliquis
vix imitando ſupe-
rare poteſt.

FINIS.

Notes

  1. It is praiseworthy to do what is proper, not what is possible (Bergeron 50). (CH)↑

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