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Commemorative pageant book prepared for the inauguration of Sir Morris Abbot as Lord Mayor of London in 1639. Pageants coordinated by Thomas Heywood on behalf of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers. Book printed by John Okes. Diplomatic transcription prepared by the MoEML Team. See https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/PIET2.htm for full credits and editorial procedures.
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Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
First mayor of London
God of the sea in Roman mythology.
Personification of the great river the Greeks believed encircled the world. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sheriff of London
Personification of religion. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sheriff of London
Playwright and poet.
Personification of love. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Personification of piety. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Roman naturalist and philosopher. Author of the
Sheriff of London
Apostle of
Personification of time. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral
shows and
Personification of truth. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral
shows and
One of
Sheriff of London
Personification of charity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral
shows and
Carver and sculptor. Artificer of mayoral shows.
Father of fifty daughters called the Danaides in Greek mythology.
Personification of faith. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Hero and god in Roman mythology. Famous for his strength.
Personification of hope. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sheriff of London
Mayor of London
Stock sailor character. Appears in mayoral shows.
Stock shepherd character. Appears in mayoral shows.
Nymph or goddess of water in Greek mythology. One of the fifty Nereids. Wife of
Personification of zeal. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
One of
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Apostle of
Son of
Son of
Member of the
Personification of humility. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Personification of constancy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sheriff of London
Stock Indian character. Appears in mayoral shows.
God of rivers and oceanic bodies of water in Greek mythology.
Roman knight and writer of mimes.
Servant and companion of
King of Argos in Greek mythology. Succeeded his uncle
Mother of
God of the sun in Greek mythology. Conflated with Hyperion in early myth.
King of Egypt in Greek mythology.
Sheriff of London
The
The
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
Thames Street was the longest street in early modern London, running east-west from the ditch around the Tower of London in the east to St. Andrew’s Hill and Puddle Wharf in the west, almost the complete span of the city within the walls.
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Right Honourable:
ANtiquity informes us, in the moſt
flouriſhing ſtate of Rome, of an
Order of the Candidati, ſo cal
led, becauſe habited in white ve
ſture, betokning Innocence, and
thoſe of the nobleſt Citizens, who in that garbe wal
ked the ſtreets with humble lookes, and ſubmiſse ge
ſture, thereby to inſinuate themſelves into the
grace of the people, being ambitious after honour and
Office. Great Lord, it fareth not ſo with You, who
though for inward Candor and ſincerity, You may
compare with the beſt of them, yet have beene ſo far
from affecting ſuch popularity, that though You in
Your great Modeſty would willingly have evaded
it; yet ſome places by importunity, and this Your
preſent Prætorſhip hath by a generall ſuffrage, and
the unanimous harmony of a free Election, beene
conferd upon You.
Neither can I omit the happineſſe of Your de
ceaſed Father, remarkable in three moſt fortunate
Sonnes: the one, for many yeares together, Arch
Biſhop of Canterbury, and Metropolitane of all
England; another, a reverend Father in God,
Biſhop of Salisbury: as memorable for his learned
Workes and Writings, as the other for his Epiſ
copall government in the Church, and Counſell in
ſtate. And now lately Your Honour’d ſelfe, the
Lord Maior of this Metropolis, the famous City
London: In which, and of which, as you are now
Maximus, ſo it is expected you ſhall prove Optimus. Grave Sir, it is a knowne Maxime, that the
LOndon and Westminster
are two Twin-ſiſter-Cities; as
joyned by one Street, ſo wate
red by one ſtreame: the firſt a
breeder of grave Magiſtrates,
the ſecond, the buriall-place of
great Monarchs; Both famous
for their two Cathedrals: the one Dedicated to the
honour of PaulPeter
Theſe I rather concatenate, becauſe as in the one,
the Right Honourable the Lord Major receiveth
his honour, ſo in the other he takes his Oath: yet
London may be preſum’d to be the elder, and more
excellent in Birth, Meanes, and Iſſue; in the firſt for
her Antiquity, in the ſecond for her Ability, in the
third, for her numerous Progeny: ſhe and her Sub
urbs being decored with two ſeverall Burſes or Ex
changes, and beautified with two eminent Gar
dens of Exerciſe, knowne by the names of Artillery and
And although by the ſpace of Tenne yeares laſt
paſt, there hath not beene any Lord Major free
of that Company, yet was there within Twelve
yeeres before that ſixe Lord Majors of the ſame.
And it ſhall not bee amiſſe to give you a briefe
Nomination of ſome Honourable Prætors, and
thoſe of prime Remarke in that Company: Henry Fitz-Alwin
of this Citie, which place hee held for foure and
twenty yeeres together, and upward; and in the
firſt yeere of his Majoralty, Anno London
Bridge, which was before made of Timber, was
begun to be built of Stone. William Powltney
was foure times Lord Major;
pell in Pauls, where hee lyeth buried, and erected
a Colledge neere unto the Church of St. Laurence
Powltney, London
Major Swithen by
London-ſtone, &c. John Norman
rowed in his Bardge to Weſtminſter, when hee went
to take his Oath: Richard Hardell
Judicatory Seate ſixe yeares together:
Lord Major, built Leaden-Hall at his owne proper
coſts and charges: Richard Pipe
Lord Major John Milborne
great Erectors of Almes-houſes, Hoſpitalls, &c.
and left liberally to the poore: Richard Campion
perfected divers charitable workes, left unfiniſht’t by
John MilborneThomas HayesJohn JollsEdward BarkhamMartin LumleyAllan CottenCuthbert
Hacket
THe firſt Show by Water, is preſented by
in a beautiful Sea-Chariot: for the better Orna
ment, decored with divers Marine Nymphs and
Sea-goddeſſes, &c. He ſitteth or rideth upon a mo
ving Tortois, which is reckoned amongſt the Am That is,
Πρϖτoς, that is,
moſt ancient of the Sea-gods, the Sonne of
nus
any Figure whatſoever, and was skilfull in Pre
diction: He was call’d Vertumnus à vertendo, be
cauſe he indented or turned the courſe of the River
Tyber, which floweth up to Rome, as the Thames to
London; he was a King, and reigned in the Carpathian Iſland, which becauſe it was full of boggs
It was a Cuſtome amongſt the Ægyptian Kings,
to have their Scepters inſculpt with ſundry Hiero
gliphicks, or Figures, as a Lyon, a Dragon, a
Tree, a flame of fire, &c. as their fancies lead
them, for which that Proverb was conferr’d in
him, More changeable than
Proteus. This
"The
"
"You muſt be
"Such
"And next, like
"Whoſe nature can no ſordid ſtuffe endure,
"As in
"It
This Show is after brought off from the water, to
attend upon the reſt by Land, of which the firſt is,
A
Dog by him; a ſheep-hooke in his hand, round
about him are his Flocke, ſome feeding, others
reſting in ſeverall poſtures; the plat-forme adorn’d
with Flowers, Plants, and Trees bearing ſundry
Fruits. And becauſe this Worſhipfull Society tra
deth in Cloth, it is pertinent that I ſhould ſpeake
ſomething of the Sheepe, who is of all other foure
footed beaſts the moſt harmeleſſe and gentle. Thoſe
that write of them, report, that in Arabia they have
tayles three Cubits in length: In Chios they are the
ſmalleſt, but their Milke and Cheeſe the ſweeteſt,
and beſt. The Lambe from her yeaning knoweth
and acknowledgeth her Damme: Thoſe are held to
be moſt profitable for ſtore, whoſe bodies are big
geſt, the fleece ſofteſt and thickeſt, and their legs
ſhorteſt. Their Age is reckoned at Tenne yeeres,
they breed at Two, and ceaſe at Nine: The Ewes
goe with their young an Hundred and fifty dayes.
Apulia and Italy yeelds,
and next them Mileſium, Tarentum, Canuſium, and
Laodicea in Aſia; their generall time of ſheering is in
July: The Poet
Flocke Reciproci-cornes, and Lanicutes, alluding
to the writhing of their Hornes and their Skinnes
bearing Wooll: The Bell-weather, or Captaine of
the Flocke is call’d Vervex ſectarius, &c.
"Of
"Her
THe ſecond Show by land is an Indian Beaſt, called
a Rinoceros, which being preſented to the life,
is for the rareneſſe thereof, more fit to beautifie a
Triumph: his Head, Necke, Backe, Buttockes,
Sides, and Thighes, armed by Nature with im
penetrable Skales, his Hide or Skinne of the colour
of the Boxe-tree, in greatneſſe equall with the
Elephant, but his Legges are ſomewhat ſhorter:
an enemy to all beaſts of rapine and prey, as the
Lyon, Leopard, Beare, Wolfe, Tiger, and the
like: but to others, as the Horſe, Aſſe, Oxe, Sheep, &c.
which feede not upon the life and blood of the
weaker, but of the graſſe and hearbage of the field,
harmleſſe and gentle, ready to ſuccour them, when
they be any way diſtreſſed. Hee hath a ſhort horne
growing from his noſe, and being in continuall en
mity with the Elephant, before hee encounter him,
he ſharpeneth it againſt a ſtone, and in the fight ai
meth to wound him in the belly, being the ſofteſt
place about him, and the ſooneſt pierc’d: He is back’t
by an
THe third Show by land is a Ship, fully accommo
dated with all her Maſts, Sayles, Cordage, Tack
lings, Cables, Anchors, Ordnance, &c. in that ſmall
Modell, figuring the greateſt Veſſell: But concer
ning Ships and Nauigation, with the honour and
benefits thence accrewing, I have lately delivered my
ſelfe ſo amply in a Booke publiſhed the laſt Summer
of his Majeſties great Shippe, called the Soveraigne
of the Seas, that to any, who deſire to be better certi
fied concerning ſuch things, I referre them to that
Tractate, from whence they may receive full & plen
teous ſatisfaction: I come now to a yong
Speaker.
THe fourth Show by Land beares the Title Porta Pietatis, The Gate of Piety: which is the doore
her ſelfe, her habit, beſt ſuiting with her condition;
upon her head are certaine beames or raies of gold,
intimating a glory belonging to ſanctity; in one
hand an Angelicall ſtaffe, with a Banner; on the o
ther Arme a Croſſe Gules in a field Argent: upon
one hand ſits a beautifull Childe, repreſenting
ligion
his daughter Vincit veritas: In
another copartment ſitteth one repreſenting the
bleſſed
Society
in the other a Shield, in which are inſcribed three
Crownes (gradatim) aſcending, being the
Armes or Eſcutchion of the Company, and her
Motto that which belongeth unto it: Deo ſoli Honor & gloria: that is,
to him who perſevereth to the end. I come to the
Speech.
There now remaineth onely the laſt Speech at
Night, ſpoken by
Tryumph.
I will not ſpeake much concerning the two Bro
thers, Mr.
lers and Compoſers of thoſe ſeverall Peeces this day
preſented to a mightly confluence, (being the two
ſucceeding Sonnes of that moſt ingenious Artiſt
Mr.
Workmanſhip I will onely conferre that Character,
which being long ſince (upon the like occaſion)
conferr’d upon the Father, I cannot but now me
ritedly beſtow upon the Sonnes: Men, as they are
excellent in their Art, ſo they are faithfull in their
performance.