Chapter XI: Epilogue: Gentlemen, (2)

_Civitatis Amor. The Citie’s Loue. An entertainement by
water, at Chelsey and White-hall. At the ioyfull
receiuing of that Illustrious Hope of Great Britaine,
the High and Mighty Charles, To bee created Prince of
Wales, Duke of Cornewall, Earle of Chester, &c. Together
with the Ample Order and Solemnity of his Highnesse
creation, as it was celebrated in his Maiesties Palace
of Whitehall, on Monday, the fourth of Nouember. 1616.
As also the Ceremonies of that Ancient and Honourable
Order of the Knights of the Bath; And all the Triumphs
showne in honour of his Royall Creation. London, Printed
by Nicholas Okes for Thomas Archer, and are to be sold
at his shop in Popes-head-Pallace. 1616._ 4to.

Reprinted in Nichols’s _Progresses of King James_, vol.
iii. p. 208.

CIVITATIS AMOR.

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_The ample Order and Solemnity of Prince Charles his
Creation._

His Majesty, as well to shew the bounty of his affection
towards his royal son, as to settle in the hearts of his
loving subjects a lively impression of his kingly care
for continuance of the happy and peaceable government of
this land in his issue and posterity, having determined
to invest his princely Highness with those titles and
solemnities [with] which the former princes of this
realm have usually been adorned; it seemed fittest—both
in regard of his Highness’ years, shewing the rare
proofs of promising heroical virtues, and also that it
would be a gladness most grateful and acceptable to the
commonwealth—to have the solemnities thereof royally
performed: to the effecting of which, the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of London, with the several
Companies, honourably furnished and appointed, and
marshalled in fair and comely order—both by the care and
industry of master Nicholas Leate, citizen and merchant
of London, and one of the chief captains for the city;
as also by the well-observed and deserving pains of
master Thomas Sparro, water-baily, made, for that day,
marshal for the water-triumphs—were ready attending,
with a great train and costly entertainment, to receive
his Highness at Chelsea, their barges richly deckt with
banners, streamers, and ensigns, and sundry sorts of
loud-sounding instruments aptly placed amongst them. And
for his Grace’s first entertainment, which was near
Chelsea, a personage figuring London, sitting upon a
sea-unicorn, with six Tritons sounding before her,
accompanied both with Neptune and the two rivers
Thamesis and Dee, at his first appearing speaks as
followeth.

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[THE CITY’S[309] LOVE.

_The Entertainment by Water at Chelsea and Whitehall._

AT CHELSEA.

A personage figuring London, sitting upon a sea-unicorn,
with six Tritons sounding before her, accompanied
thither with Neptune, and the two rivers Thamesis and
Dee, at the first appearing of the Prince speaks as
followeth:]

LONDON.

Neptune, since thou hast been at all this pains,
Not only with thy Tritons to supply me,
But art thyself come from thy utmost mains
To feast upon that joy that’s now so nigh me,
To make our loves the better understood,
Silence thy watery subject, this small flood.

Neptune gives action toward Thamesis, and speaks:

NEPTUNE.

By the timely ebbs and flows,
That make thee famous to all those
That must observe thy precious tides
That issue from our wealthy sides,
Not a murmur, not a sound,
That may this lady’s voice confound!—
And, Tritons, who by our commanding power
Attend upon the glory of this hour,
To do it service and the city grace,
Be silent till we wave our silver mace.

LONDON.

And you, our honour’d sons, whose loyalty,
Service, and zeal, shall be express’d of me,
Let not your loving, over-greedy noise
Beguile you of the sweetness of your joys.
My wish has took effect, for ne’er was known
A greater joy and a more silent one.

Then turning to the Prince, [she] thus speaks:

Treasure of hope, and jewel of mankind,
Richer no kingdom’s peace did ever see,
Adorn’d in titles, but much more in mind,
The loves of many thousands speak in me,
Who from that blessing of our peaceful store,
Thy royal father, hast receiv’d most free
Honours, that woo’d thy virtues long before,
And ere thy time were capable of thee;
Thou whose most early goodness, fix’d in youth,
Does promise comfort to the length of time;
As we on earth measure heaven’s works by truth,
And things which natural reason cannot climb,
So when we look into the virtuous aim
Of thy divine addiction, we may deem,
By rules of grace and principles of fame,
What worth will be, now in so high esteem,
And so betimes pursu’d; which thought upon,
Never more cause this land had to rejoice;
But chiefly I, the city, that has known
More of this good than any, and more choice.
What a fair glorious peace, for many years,
Has sung her sweet calms to the hearts of men,
Enrich’d our homes, extinguish’d foreign fears,
And at this hour begins her hymns agen![310]
Live long and happy, glory of our days!
And thy sweet time mark’d with all fair presages,
Since heaven is pleas’d in thy blest life to raise
The hope of these, and joy of after ages.—
Sound, Tritons; lift our loves up with his fame,
Proclaim’d as far as honour has a name!

NEPTUNE.

Sound on!

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THE ENTERTAINMENT AT WHITEHALL.

This personage, figuring London, with the six Tritons
sounding before, Neptune, and the two rivers, being
arrived at Whitehall, where attend the Prince’s landing
the figures of two sacred deities, Hope and Peace, thus
speaks:

LONDON.

Hope, now behold the fulness of thy good,
Which thy sick comforts have expected long;—
And thou, sweet Peace, the harmony of this flood,
Look up, and see the glory of thy song.

Hope, leaning her breast upon a silver anchor,
attended with four virgins all in white, having
silver oars in their hands, thus answers:

HOPE.

Fair and most famous city, thou hast wak’d me
From the sad slumber of disconsolate fear,
Which at the music of thy voice forsak’d me,
And now begin to see my comforts clear;
Now has my anchor her firm hold agen,
And in my blest and calm security
The expectations of all faithful men
Have their full fruits, being satisfied in me.
This is the place that I’ll cast anchor in,
This, honour’s haven, the king’s royal court;
Here will I fasten all my joys agen,
Where all deservers and deserts resort:
And may I never change this happy shore
Till all be chang’d, never to alter more!

Then Peace, sitting on a dolphin, with her sacred quire,
sings this song following:

_The song of_ PEACE.

_Welcome, O welcome, spring of joy and peace!
Born to be honour’d and to give increase
To those that wait upon thy graces;
Behold the many thousand faces
That make this amorous flood
Look like a moving wood,
Usurping all her crystal spaces;
’Mongst which_ THE CITY’S LOVE _is first,
Whose expectation’s sacred thirst
Nothing truly could allay
But such a prince and such a day.
Welcome, O welcome! all fair joys attend thee!
Glory of life, to safety we commend thee!_
THO. MIDDLETON.[311]

[The Prince[312] landed at the common stairs at
Whitehall, the nobility and his officers preceding. In
the Hall he was received by the Duke of Lennox, lord
steward of the household, the controller and officers of
the household; in the Great Chamber by the Lord
Chamberlain, and Viscount Fenton, captain of the guard.
He proceeded no further than to the door of the
Presence.]

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PRINCE CHARLES HIS CREATION.

The day’s Triumph ended, to the great honour of the city
and content of his Highness, who, out of the goodness of
his love, gave the Lord Mayor and Aldermen many thanks,
on Monday following, the lords and peers of the realm
being all assembled at Whitehall, his Highness then
proceeded in this manner to his creation:

First went [the Prince’s Gentlemen, according to their
degrees; his learned Counsel; the drums;] the trumpets;
then the Heralds and Officers of Arms, in their rich
coats; [the Earl Marshal with his vierge;[313] the Lord
Chamberlain with his white staff]; next followed the
Knights of the Bath, being six-and-twenty in number,
apparelled in long robes of purple satin, lined with
white taffeta; then Sir William Segar, knight, alias
garter principal king of arms, bearing the letters
patents; the Earl of Sussex the purple robes; the train
borne by the Earl of Huntington, the sword by the Earl
of Rutland, the ring by the Earl of Derby, the rod by
the Earl of Shrewsbury, the cap and coronet by the Duke
of Lennox lord steward. His princely Highness, supported
by the Earls of Suffolk and Nottingham, came bareheaded,
[followed by the principal Gentlemen of his chamber],
and so entered the great hall, where the King was set in
his royal throne, and the whole state of the realm in
their order.

The Prince made low obeisance to his Majesty three
times; and after the third time, when he was come near
to the King, he kneeled down on a rich pillow or
cushion, whilst Sir Ralph Winwood, principal secretary,
read his letters patents: then his Majesty, at the
reading of the words of investment, put the robes upon
him, and girded on the sword; invested him with the rod
and ring, and set the cap and coronet on his head. [When
the patent was fully read, it was delivered to the King,
who delivered it to the Prince, kissing him once or
twice. At the putting on of the mantle, and delivering
of the patent, the trumpets and drums sounded.]

With which ceremony the creation being accomplished, the
King arose, and went up to dinner; but the Prince, with
his lords, dined in the hall, and was served with great
state and magnificence, accompanied at his table with
divers great lords, as the Earl of Suffolk, lord
treasurer; the Earl of Arundel, lord marshal; the Earl
of Nottingham, lord admiral; the Duke of Lennox, lord
steward; the Earl of Pembroke, lord chamberlain; the
Earls of Shrewsbury, Derby, [Huntington], Rutland, and
Sussex; the Prince sitting in a chair at the upper end,
and the rest in distance about four yards from him, one
over against another, in their degrees; all which were
those that were employed in several offices of honour
about his royal creation. [The Earl of Southampton acted
as cup-bearer, the Earl of Dorset as carver, the Lord
Compton as sewer,[314] and doctor Sinhowse, the Prince’s
chaplain, said grace.] At another table, in the same
room, on the left hand of the Prince, sat the Knights of
the Bath, all on one side, and had likewise great
service and attendance. [After some music, the song of
forty parts was sung by the gentlemen of the chapel and
others, sitting upon degrees over the screen at the
north end of the Hall; which was sung again by the
King’s commandment, who stood as a spectator in the room
over the stairs ascending to the Great Chamber.] About
the midst of dinner, Sir William Segar, knight, alias
garter principal king of arms, with the rest of the
King’s Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms, approached the
Prince’s table, and with a loud and audible voice
proclaimed the King’s style in Latin, French, and
English, thrice; and the Prince’s, in like manner,
twice: then the trumpets sounding, the second course
came in; and dinner done, that day’s solemnity ceased.

At night, to crown it with more heroical honour,
forty worthy gentlemen of the noble societies of
Inns of Court,[315] being ten of each house, every
one appointed, in way of honourable combat, to break
three staves, three swords, and exchange ten blows
a-piece—whose names, for their worthiness, I commend
to fame—began thus each to encounter other: and not
to wrong the sacred antiquity of any of the houses,
their names are here set down in the same order as
they were presented to his Majesty; viz. of the

Middle Temple—Master Strowd, Master Izord.
Gray’s Inn—Master Courthop, Master Calton.
Lincoln’s Inn—Master Skinner, Master Windham.
Inner Temple—Master Crow, Master Vernon.
Middle Temple—Master Argent, Master Glascock.
Gray’s Inn—Master Wadding, Master St. John.
Lincoln’s Inn—Master Griffin, Master Fletcher.
Inner Temple—Master Parsons, Master Brocke.[316]
Middle Temple—Master Bentley, senior, Master Peere.[317]
Gray’s Inn—Master Selwyn, Master Paston.
Lincoln’s Inn—Master Selwyn, Master Clinch.
Inner Temple—Master Chetwood, Master Smalman.
Middle Temple—Master Bentley, junior, Master Bridges.
Gray’s Inn—Master Covert, Master Fulkes.
Lincoln’s Inn—Master Jones, Master Googe.
Inner Temple—Master Wilde, Master Chave.
Middle Temple—Master Wansted, Master Goodyeere.
Gray’s Inn—Master Burton, Master Bennet.
Lincoln’s Inn—Master Hitchcock, Master Neville.
Inner Temple—Master Littleton,[318] Master Trever.

[During the fifth of November, the anniversary of the
Gunpowder Treason, the festivities were suspended. On
that day Bishop Andrews preached before the King at
Whitehall, on Psalm[319] xxvii. 3; and his Majesty
knighted Sir William Segar, garter king at arms.]

On Wednesday, the sixth day of November, to give greater
lustre and honour to this triumph and solemnity, in the
presence of the King, Queen, Prince, and Lords, fourteen
right honourable and noble personages, whose names
hereafter follow, graced this day’s magnificence with
running at the ring[320]; viz.

The Duke of Lennox, lord steward.
Earl of Pembroke, lord chamberlain.
Earl of Rutland.
Earl of Dorset.
Earl of Montgomery.
Viscount Villiers.
Lord Clifford.
Lord Walden.
Lord Mordaunt.
Sir Thomas Howard.
Sir Robert Rich.
Sir Gilbert Gerrard.
Sir William Cavendish.
Sir Henry Rich.

Having thus briefly described the manner of his
Highness’ creation, with the honourable service shewn to
the solemnity both by the lords and gentlemen of the
Inns of Court, I should have set a period, but that the
Knights of the Bath, being a principal part and ornament
of this sacred triumph, I cannot pass them over without
some remembrance: therefore thus much out of the Note of
Directions from some of the principal officers of arms,
and some observation of credit concerning the order and
ceremonies of the knighthood:—

The lords and other that were to receive the honourable
order of the Bath repaired on Saturday, the second of
November, to the Parliament House at Westminster, and
there in the afternoon heard evening prayer, observing
no other ceremony at that time, but only the heralds
going before them, in their ordinary habits, from thence
to King Henry the Seventh’s chapel at Westminster, there
to begin their warfare, as if they would employ their
service for God especially; from whence, after service
ended, they returned into the chamber they were to sup
in. Their supper was prepared all at one table, and all
sate upon one side of the same, every man having an
escutcheon of his arms placed over his head, and certain
of the King’s officers being appointed to attend them.
In this manner, having taken their repast, several beds
were made ready for their lodging in another room hard
by, after the same manner, all on one side; their beds
were pallets with coverings, testers, or canopies of red
say,[321] but they used no curtains.

The Knights in the meanwhile were withdrawn into the
bathing-chamber, which was the next room to that which
they supped in; where for each of them was provided a
several bathing-tub, which was lined both within and
without with white linen, and covered with red say;
wherein, after they have said their prayers and
commended themselves to God, they bathe themselves, that
thereby they might be put in mind to be pure in body and
soul from thenceforth; and after the bath, they betook
themselves to their rest.

Early the next morning they were awakened with music,
and at their uprising invested in their hermits’ habits,
which was a gown of gray cloth, girded close, and a hood
of the same, and a linen coif underneath, and an
handkercher hanging at his girdle, cloth stockings soled
with leather, but no shoes; and thus apparelled, their
esquires governors, with the heralds wearing the coats
of arms, and sundry sorts of wind instruments before
them, they proceed from their lodging, the meanest in
order foremost, as the night before, until they came to
the chapel, where, after service ended, their oath was
ministered unto them by the Earl of Arundel, lord
marshal, and the Earl of Pembroke, lord chamberlain, in
a solemn and ceremonious manner, all of them standing
forth before their stalls, and at their coming out
making low reverence towards the altar, by which the
commissioners sate: then were they brought up by the
heralds by two at once, the chiefest first, and so
the rest, till all successively had received their
oath,[322] which in effect was this: That above
all things they should seek the honour of God, and
maintenance of true religion; love their sovereign;
serve their country; help maidens, widows, and orphans;
and, to the utmost of their power, cause equity and
justice to be observed.

This day, whilst they were yet in the chapel, wine and
sweetmeats were brought them, and they departed to their
chamber to be disrobed of their hermits’ weeds, and were
revested in robes of crimson taffeta, implying they
should be martial men, the robes lined with white
sarcenet, in token of sincerity, having white hats on
their heads with white feathers, white boots on their
legs, and white gloves tied unto the strings of their
mantles; all which performed, they mount on horseback,
the saddle of black leather, the arson[323] white,
stirrup-leathers black gilt, the pectoral[324] of black
leather, with a cross paty[325] of silver thereon, and
without a crupper, the bridle likewise black, with a
cross paty on the forehead or frontlet; each knight
between his two esquires well apparelled, his footmen
attending, and his page riding before him, carrying his
sword, with the hilts upward, in a white leather belt
without buckles or studs, and his spurs hanging thereon.
In this order ranked, every man according to his degree—
the best or chiefest first—they rode fair and softly
towards the court, the trumpets sounding, and the
heralds all the way riding before them. Being come to
the King’s hall, the Marshal meets them, who is to have
their horses, or else 100s. in money, for his fee: then,
conducted by the heralds and others appointed for that
purpose, his Majesty sitting under his cloth of estate,
gave to them their knighthood in this manner:

First, the principal lord that is to receive the order
comes, led by his two esquires, and his page before him
bearing his sword and spurs, and kneeleth down before
his Majesty; the Lord Chamberlain takes the sword of the
page and delivers it to the King, who puts the belt over
the neck of the knight, aslope his breast, placing the
sword under his left arm; the second nobleman of the
chief about the King puts on his spurs, the right spur
first; and so is the ceremony performed. In this sort
Lord Maltravers, son and heir to the Earl of Arundel,
lord marshal, which was the principal of this number,
being first created, the rest were all consequently
knighted alike. And when the solemnity thereof was fully
finished, they all returned in order as they came,
saving some small difference, in that the youngest or
meanest knight went now foremost, and their pages behind
them.

Coming back to the Parliament House, their dinner was
ready prepared, in the same room and after the fashion
as their supper was the night before; but being
set, they were not to taste of any thing that stood
before them, but, with a modest carriage and graceful
abstinence, to refrain; divers kinds of sweet music
sounding the while; and after a convenient time of
sitting, to arise and withdraw themselves, leaving the
table so furnished to their esquires and pages.

About five of the clock in the afternoon they rode again
to court, to hear service in the King’s chapel, keeping
the same order they did at their return from thence in
the morning, every knight riding between his two
esquires, and his page following him. At their entrance
into the chapel, the heralds conducting them, they make
a solemn reverence, the youngest knight beginning, the
rest orderly ensuing; and so one after another take
their standing before their stalls, where all being
placed, the eldest knight maketh a second reverence,
which is followed to the youngest; and then all ascend
into their stalls, and take their accustomed places.
Service then beginneth, and is very solemnly celebrated
with singing of divers anthems to the organs; and when
the time of their offertory is come, the youngest
knights are summoned forth of their stalls by the
heralds, doing reverence first within their stalls, and
again after they are descended, which is likewise
imitated by all the rest; and being all thus come forth,
standing before their stalls as at first, the two eldest
knights, with their swords in their hands, are brought
up by the heralds to the altar, where they offer their
swords, and the dean receives them, of whom they
presently redeem them with an angel[326] in gold, and
then come down to their former places, whilst two other
are led up in like manner. The ceremony performed and
service ended, they depart again in such order as they
came, with accustomed reverence. At the chapel-door,
as they came forth, they were encountered by the
King’s master cook, who stood there with his white
apron and sleeves, and a chopping-knife in his hand,
and challenged their spurs, which were likewise
redeemed with a noble[327] in money, threatening them,
nevertheless, that if they proved not true and loyal to
the King, his lord and master, it must be his office to
hew them from their heels.

On Monday morning they all met together nigh at the
court, where, in a private room appointed for them, they
were clothed in long robes of purple satin, with hoods
of the same, all lined and edged about with white
taffeta; and thus apparelled, they gave their attendance
upon the Prince at his creation, and dined that day in
his presence, at a side-board, as is already declared.

_The Names of such Lords and Gentlemen as were made
Knights of the Bath, in honour of his Highness’
Creation._

James Lord Maltravers, son and heir to the Earl of
Arundel.
Algernon Lord Percy, son and heir to the Earl [of]
Northumberland.
James Lord Wriothesley, son to the Earl of Southampton.
Edward [Theophilus] Lord Clinton, son to the Earl of
Lincoln.
Edward Lord Beauchamp, grandchild to the Earl of
Hertford.
[George] Lord Berkeley.
[John] Lord Mordaunt.
Sir Alexander Erskine, son to the Viscount Fenton.
Sir Henry Howard, second son to the Earl of Arundel.
Sir Robert Howard, fourth [fifth] son to the Earl of
Suffolk.
Sir Edward Sackville, brother to the Earl of Dorset.
Sir William Howard, fifth [sixth] son to the Earl of
Suffolk.
Sir Edward Howard, sixth [seventh] son to the Earl of
Suffolk.
Sir Montague Bertie,[328] eldest son to the Lord
Willoughby of Eresby.
[Sir William Stourton, son to the Lord Stourton.]
Sir Henry Parker, son to the Lord Mounteagle.
Sir Dudley North, eldest son to the Lord North.
Sir Spencer Compton, son and heir to Lord Compton.
Sir William Spencer, son to the Lord Spencer.
[Sir William Seymour, brother to the Lord Beauchamp.]
Sir Rowland St. John, third son to the Lord St. John.
Sir John Cavendish, second son to the Lord Cavendish.
Sir Thomas Neville, grandchild to the Lord Abergavenny.
Sir John Roper, grandchild to the Lord Tenham.
Sir John North, brother to the Lord North.
Sir Henry Carey, son to Sir Robert Carey.

And for an honourable conclusion of the King’s royal
grace and bounty shewn to this solemnity, his Majesty
created Thomas Lord Ellesmere, lord chancellor of
England, Viscount Brackley; the Lord Knolles, Viscount
Wallingford; Sir Philip Stanhope, Lord Stanhope of
Shelford in Nottinghamshire: these being created[329],
on Thursday the seventh of November, the Lord Chancellor
Viscount Brackley being led out of the council-chamber
into the privy gallery by the Earl of Montgomery and
Viscount Villiers.

THE TRIUMPHS

OF

LOVE AND ANTIQUITY.

_The Triumphs of Loue and Antiquity. An Honourable
Solemnitie performed through the Citie, at the
confirmation and establishment of the Right Honourable
Sir William Cockayn, Knight, in the office of his
Maiesties Lieutenant, the Lord Maior of the Famous Citie
of London: Taking beginning in the morning at his
Lordships going, and perfecting it selfe after his
returne from receiuing the oath of Maioralty at
Westminster, on the morrow after Symon and Judes Day,
October 29. 1619. By Tho: Middleton. Gent. London,
Printed by Nicholas Okes. 1619._ 4to.

Reprinted in Nichols’s _Progresses of King James_, vol.
iii. p. 570.

_To the honour of him to whom the noble Fraternity of
Skinners, his worthy brothers, have dedicated their
loves in costly Triumphs, the Right Honourable_ SIR
WILLIAM COCKAINE, _Knight, Lord Mayor of this
renowned City, and Lord General of his Military
Forces_.

Love, triumph, honour, all the glorious graces
This day holds in her gift; fix’d eyes and faces
Apply themselves in joy all to your look;
In duty, then, my service and the book,

At your Lordship’s command,

THO. MIDDLETON.

THE TRIUMPHS

OF

LOVE AND ANTIQUITY.

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If foreign nations have been struck with admiration at
the form, state, and splendour of some yearly triumphs,
wherein Art[330] hath been but weakly imitated and most
beggarly worded, there is fair hope that things where
invention flourishes, clear Art and her graceful
proprieties should receive favour and encouragement from
the content of the spectator, which, next to the service
of his honour and honourable Society, is the principal
reward it looks for; and not despairing of that common
favour—which is often cast upon the undeserver, through
the distress and misery of judgment—this takes delight
to present itself.

And first, to begin early with the love of the
city to his lordship, let me draw your attentions
to his honour’s entertainment upon the water,
where Expectation, big with the joy of the day,
but beholding[331] to free love for language and
expression, thus salutes the great master of the
day and triumph.

_The speech to entertain his lordship upon the water._

Honour and joy double their blessings on thee!
I, the day’s love, the city’s general love,
Salute thee in the sweetness of content;
All that behold me worthily may see
How full mine eye stands of the joy of thee;
The more, because I may with confidence say
Desert and love will be well match’d to-day;
And herein the great’st pity will appear,
This match can last no longer than a year;
Yet let not that discourage thy good ways,
Men’s loves will last to crown thy end of days;
If those should fail, which cannot easily die,
Thy good works wed thee to eternity.
Let not the shortness, then, of time dismay
The largeness of thy worth, gain every day;
So, many years thou gain’st that some have lost;
For they that think their care is at great cost,
If they do any good in time so small,
They make their year but a poor day in all;
For, as a learnèd man will comprehend,
In compass of his hour, doctrine so sound,
Which give another a whole year to mend,
He shall not equal upon any ground;
So the judicious, when he comes to bear
This powerful office, struck with divine fear,
Collects his spirits, redeems his hours with care,
Thinks of his charge and oath, what ties they are;
And with a virtuous resolution then
Works more good in one year than some in ten:
Nor is this spoken any to detract,
But all t’ encourage to put truth in act.
Methinks I see oppression hang the head,
Falsehood and injury with their guilt struck dead,
At this triumphant hour; ill causes hide
Their leprous faces, daring not t’ abide
The brightness of this day; and in mine ear
Methinks the Graces’ silver chimes I hear.
Good wishes are at work now in each heart,
Throughout this sphere of brotherhood play their part;
Chiefly thy noble own fraternity,
As near in heart as they’re in place to thee,
The ensigns of whose love bounty displays,
Yet esteems all their cost short of thy praise.
There will appear elected sons of war,
Which this fair city boasts of, for their care,
Strength, and experience, set in truth of heart,
All great and glorious masters in that art
Which gives to man his dignity, name, and seal,
Prepar’d to speak love in a noble peal,
Knowing two triumphs must on this day dwell,
For magistrate one, and one for coronel:[332]
Return lord-general, that’s the name of state
The soldier gives thee, peace the magistrate.
On then, great hope! here that good care begins,
Which now earth’s love and heaven’s hereafter wins.

At his lordship’s return from Westminster, those worthy
gentlemen whose loves and worths were prepared before in
the conclusion of the former speech by water, are now
all ready to salute their lord-general with a noble
volley at his lordship’s landing; and in the best and
most commendable form, answerable to the nobleness of
their free love and service, take their march before his
lordship, who, being so honourably conducted, meets the
first Triumph by land waiting his lordship’s most wished
arrival in Paul’s-Churchyard, near Paul’s-Chain, which
is a Wilderness, most gracefully and artfully furnished
with divers kind of beasts bearing fur, proper to the
fraternity; the presenter the musical Orpheus, great
master both in poesy and harmony, who by his excellent
music drew after him wild beasts, woods, and mountains;
over his head an artificial cock, often made to crow and
flutter with his wings. This Orpheus, at the approach of
his lordship, gives life to these words:

_The speech delivered by_ ORPHEUS.

Great lord, example is the crystal glass
By which wise magistracy sets his face,
Fits all his actions to their comeliest dress,
For there he sees honour and seemliness:
’Tis not like flattering glasses, those false books
Made to set age back in great courtiers’ looks;
Like clocks on revelling nights, that ne’er go right,
Because the sports may yield more full delight,
But when they break off, then they find it late,
The time and truth appear:[333] such is their state
Whose death by flatteries is set back awhile,
But meets ’em in the midst of their safe smile;
Such horrors those forgetful things attend,
That only mind their ends, but not their end.
Leave them to their false trust, list thou to me;
Thy power is great, so let thy virtues be,
Thy care, thy watchfulness, which are but things
Remember’d to thy praise; from thence it springs,
And not from fear of any want in thee,
For in this truth I may be comely free,—
Never was man advanc’d yet waited on
With a more noble expectation:
That’s a great work to perfect; and as those
That have in art a mastery can oppose
All comers, and come off with learnèd fame,
Yet think not scorn still of a scholar’s name,
A title which they had in ignorant youth,—
So he that deals in such a weight of truth
As th’ execution of a magistrate’s place,
Though never so exact in form and grace,
Both from his own worth and man’s free applause,
Yet may be call’d a labourer in the cause,
And be thought good to be so, in true care
The labour being so glorious, just, and fair.
Behold, then, in a rough example here,
The rude and thorny ways thy care must clear;
Such are the vices in a city sprung,
As are yon thickets that grow close and strong;
Such is oppression, cozenage, bribes, false hires,
As are yon catching and entangling briers;
Such is gout-justice, that’s delay in right,
Demurs in suits that are as clear as light;
Just such a wilderness is a commonwealth
That is undrest, unprun’d, wild in her health;
And the rude multitude the beasts a’ the wood,
That know no laws, but only will and blood;
And yet, by fair example, musical grace,
Harmonious government of the man in place,
Of fair integrity and wisdom fram’d,
They stand as mine do, ravish’d, charm’d, and tam’d:
Every wise magistrate that governs thus,
May well be call’d a powerful Orpheus.
Behold yon bird of state, the vigilant cock,
The morning’s herald and the ploughman’s clock,
At whose shrill crow the very lion trembles,
The sturdiest prey-taker that here assembles;
How fitly does it match your name and power,
Fix’d in that name now by this glorious hour,
At your just voice to shake the bold’st offence
And sturdiest sin that e’er had residence
In secure man, yet, with an equal eye,
Matching grave justice with fair clemency!
It being the property he chiefly shews,
To give wing-warning still before he crows,
To crow before he strike; by his clapt wing
To stir himself up first, which needful thing
Is every man’s first duty; by his crow,
A gentle call or warning, which should flow
From every magistrate; before he extend
The stroke of justice, he should reprehend
And try the virtue of a powerful word,
If that prevail not, then the spur, the sword.
See, herein honours to his majesty
Are not forgotten, when I turn and see
The several countries, in those faces plain,
All owing fealty to one sovereign;
The noble English, the fair-thriving Scot,
Plain-hearted Welsh, the Frenchman bold and hot,
The civilly instructed Irishman,
And that kind savage the Virginian,
All lovingly assembled, e’en by fate,
This thy day’s honour to congratulate.
On, then; and as your service fills this place,
So through the city do his lordship grace.

At which words this part of Triumph moves onward,
and meets the full body of the show in the other
Paul’s-Churchyard; then dispersing itself according to
the ordering of the speeches following, one part, which
is the Sanctuary of Fame, plants itself near the Little
Conduit in Cheap; another, which hath the title of the
Parliament of Honour, at St. Laurence-Lane end. Upon the
battlements of that beauteous sanctuary, adorned with
six-and-twenty bright-burning lamps, having allusion to
the six-and-twenty aldermen—they being, for their
justice, government, and example, the lights of the
city—a grave personage, crowned with the title and
inscription of Example, breathes forth these sounds:

EXAMPLE.

From that rough wilderness, which did late present
The perplex’d state and cares of government,
Which every painful magistrate must meet,
Here the reward stands for thee,—a chief seat
In Fame’s fair Sanctuary, where some of old,
Crown’d with their troubles, now are here enroll’d
In memory’s sacred sweetness to all ages;
And so much the world’s voice of thee presages.
And these that sit for many, with their graces
Fresh as the buds of roses, though they sleep,
In thy Society had once high places,
Which in their good works they for ever keep;
Life call’d ’em in their time honour’s fair stars,
Large benefactors, and sweet governors.
If here were not sufficient grace for merit,
Next object, I presume, will raise thy spirit.

In this masterpiece of art, Fame’s illustrious
Sanctuary, the memory of those worthies shine[s]
gloriously that have been both lord mayors of this city
and noble benefactors and brothers of this worthy
fraternity; to wit, Sir Henry Barton, Sir William
Gregory, Sir Stephen Jennings, Sir Thomas Mirfen, Sir
Andrew Judd, Sir Wolstone Dixie, Sir Stephen Slany, Sir
Richard Saltonstall, and now the right honourable Sir
William Cockaine.

That Sir Henry Barton, an honour to memory, was the
first that, for the safety of travellers and strangers
by night through the city, caused lights to be hung out
from Allhollontide[334] to Candlemas; therefore, in this
Sanctuary of Fame, where the beauty of good actions
shine[s], he is most properly and worthily recorded.

His lordship by this time gracefully conducted toward
that Parliament of Honour, near St. Laurence-Lane end,
Antiquity, from its eminence, thus gloriously salutes
him:

ANTIQUITY, _in the Parliament of Honour_.

Grave city-governor, so much honour do me,
Vouchsafe thy presence and thy patience to me,
And I’ll reward that virtue with a story,
That shall to thy fraternity add glory;
Then to thy worth no mean part will arise,
That art ordain’d chief for that glorious prize.
’Tis I that keep all the records of fame,
Mother of truths, Antiquity my name;
No year, month, day, or hour, that brings in place
Good works and noble, for the city’s grace,
But I record, that after-times may see
What former were, and how they ought to be
Fruitful and thankful, in fair actions flowing,
To meet heaven’s blessings, to which much is owing.
For instance, let all grateful eyes be plac’d
Upon this mount of royalty, by kings grac’d,
Queens, prince, dukes, nobles, more by numbering gain’d
Than can be in this narrow sphere contain’d;
Seven kings, five queens, only one prince alone,
Eight dukes, two earls, Plantagenets twenty-one;
All these of this fraternity made free,
Brothers and sisters of this Company:
And see with what propriety the Fates
Have to this noble brotherhood knit such states;[335]
For what society the whole city brings
Can with such ornaments adorn their kings,—
Their only robes of state, when they consent
To ride most glorious to high parliament?
And mark in this their royal intent still;
For when it pleas’d the goodness of their will
To put the richest robes of their loves on
To the whole city, the most ever came
To this Society, which records here prove,
Adorning their adorners with their love;
Which was a kingly equity.
Be careful then, great lord, to bring forth deeds
To match that honour that from hence proceeds.

At the close of which speech the whole Triumph takes
leave of his lordship for that time; and, till after
the feast at Guildhall, rests from service. His
lordship, accompanied with many noble personages; the
honourable fellowship of ancient magistrates and
aldermen of this city; the two new sheriffs, the one
of his own fraternity (the complete Brotherhood of
Skinners), the right worshipful master sheriff Dean, a
very bountiful and worthy citizen; not forgetting the
noble pains and loves of the heroic captains of the
city, and gentlemen of the Artillery-garden,[336]
making, with two glorious ranks, a manly and majestic
passage for their lord-general, his lordship, thorough
Guildhall-yard; and afterward their loves to his
lordship resounding in a second noble volley.

Now, that all the honours before mentioned in that
Parliament, or Mount of Royalty, may arrive at a
clear and perfect manifestation, to prevent[337] the
over-curious and inquisitive spirit, the names and times
of those kings, queens, prince, dukes, and nobles, free
of the honourable Fraternity of Skinners in London,
shall here receive their proper illustrations.

Anno 1329. King Edward the Third, Plantagenet, by
whom, in the first of his reign, this worthy Society
of Skinners was incorporate, he their first royal
founder and brother: queen Philip his wife, younger
daughter of William Earl of Henault, the first royal
sister; so gloriously virtuous that she is a rich
ornament to memory; she both founded and endowed
Queen’s College in Oxford, to the continuing estate of
which I myself wish all happiness; this queen at her
death desired three courtesies, some of which are rare
in these days; first, that her debts might be paid to
the merchants; secondly, that her gifts to the church
might be performed; thirdly, that the king, when he
died, would at Westminster be interred with her.

Anno 1357. Edward Plantagenet, surnamed the Black
Prince, son to Edward the Third, Prince of Wales, Duke
of Guienne, Aquitaine, and Cornwall, Earl Palatine of
Chester. In the battle of Poictiers in France, he, with
8000 English against 60,000 French, got the victory;
took the king, Philip his son, seventeen earls, with
divers other noble personages, prisoners.

King Richard the Second, Plantagenet. This king being
the third royal brother of this honourable Company, and
at that time the Society consisting of two brotherhoods
of Corpus Christi, the one at St. Mary Spittle, the
other at St. Mary Bethlem without Bishopsgate, in the
eighteenth of his reign granted them to make their two
brotherhoods one, by the name of the Fraternity of
Corpus Christi of Skinners, which worthy title shines at
this day gloriously amongst ’em; and toward the end of
this king’s reign, 1396, a great feast was celebrated in
Westminster Hall, where the lord mayor of this city sate
as guest.

Anno 1381. Queen Anne, his wife, daughter to the Emperor
Charles the Fourth, and sister to [the] Emperor
Wenceslaus, whose modesty then may make this age blush
now, she being the first that taught women to ride
sideling on horseback; but who it was that taught ’em to
ride straddling, there is no records so immodest that
can shew me, only the impudent time and the open
profession. This fair precedent of womanhood died at
Sheen, now Richmond; for grief whereof King Richard her
lord abandoned and defaced that goodly house.

Anno 1399. King Henry the Fourth, Plantagenet, surnamed
Bolingbroke, a fourth royal brother. In his time the
famous Guildhall in London was erected, where the
honourable courts of the city are kept, and this
bounteous feast yearly celebrated. In the twelfth year
of his reign the river of Thames flowed thrice in one
day.

Queen Joan, or Jane, Duchess of Bretagne, late wife to
John Duke of Bretagne, and daughter to the King of
Navarre, another princely sister.

Anno 1412. King Henry the Fifth, Plantagenet, Prince of
Wales, proclaimed Mayor and Regent of France: he won
that famous victory on the French at the battle of
Agincourt.

Queen Catherine, his wife, daughter to Charles the
Sixth, King of France.

King Henry the Sixth, Plantagenet, of the house of
Lancaster.

King Edward the Fourth, Plantagenet, of the house of
York. This king feasted the lord mayor, Richard Chawry,
and the aldermen his brethren, with certain commoners,
in Waltham Forest: after dinner rode a-hunting with the
king, who gave him plenty of venison, and sent to the
lady mayoress and her sisters the aldermen’s wives, two
harts, six bucks, and a tun of wine, to make merry; and
this noble feast was kept at Drapers’ Hall.

Anno 1463. Queen Elizabeth Grey, his wife, daughter to
Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers, and to the Duchess of
Bedford; she was mother to the Lord Grey of Ruthin, that
in his time was Marquis Dorset.

King Richard the Third, brother to Edward the Fourth,
Duke of Gloucester, and of the house of York.

Lionel Plantagenet, third son to the third Edward, Duke
of Clarence and Earl of Ulster: Philip his daughter and
heir married Edward Mortimer, Earl of March, from whom
the house of York descends.

Henry Plantagenet, grandchild to Edmond Crouchback,
second son to Henry the Third.

Richard Plantagenet, father of Edward the Fourth, Duke
of York and Albemarle, Earl of Cambridge, Rutland,
March, Clare, and Ulster.

Thomas Plantagenet, second son of Henry the Fourth.

John Plantagenet, third son of Henry the Fourth; so
noble a soldier, and so great a terror to the French,
that when Charles the Eighth was moved to deface his
monument—being buried in Rouen—the king thus answered,—
“Pray, let him rest in peace being dead, of whom we were
all afraid when he lived.”

Humfrey Plantagenet, fourth son of Henry the Fourth.

John Holland, Duke of Exeter.

George Plantagenet, brother to Edward the Fourth.

Edmond Plantagenet, brother to Edward the Fourth.

Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury and Warwick, called
the Great Earl of Warwick.

John Cornwall Knight, Baron Fanhope.

_The royal sum._

Seven kings, five queens, one prince, seven dukes, one
earl; twenty-one Plantagenets.

Seven kings, five queens, one prince, eight dukes, two
earls, one lord; twenty-four Skinners.

The feast ended at Guildhall, his lordship, as yearly
custom invites it, goes, accompanied with the Triumph
before him, towards St. Paul’s, to perform the noble and
reverend ceremonies which divine antiquity religiously
ordained, and are[338] no less than faithfully observed.
Holy service and ceremonies accomplished, his lordship
returns by torchlight to his own house, the whole
Triumph placed in comely and decent order before him;
the Wilderness; the Sanctuary of Fame, adorned with
lights; the Parliament of Honour; and the Triumphant
Chariot of Love, with his graceful concomitants, the
chariot drawn with two luzerns.[339] Near to the
entrance of his lordship’s gate, Love, prepared with his
welcome, thus salutes him:

LOVE.

I was the first, grave lord, that welcom’d thee
To this day’s honour, and I spake it free,
Just as in every heart I found it plac’d,
And ’tis my turn again now to speak last;
For love is circular, like the bright sun,
And takes delight to end where it begun,
Though indeed never ending in true will,
But rather may be said beginning still,
As all great works are of celestial birth,
Of which love is the chief in heaven and earth.
To what blest state then are thy fortunes come,
Since that both brought thee forth and brings thee home?
Now, as in common course, which clears things best,
There’s no free gift but looks for thanks at least;
A love so bountiful, so free, so good,
From the whole city, from thy brotherhood—
That name I ought a while to dwell upon—
Expect some fair requital from the man
They’ve all so largely honour’d: what’s desir’d?
That which in conscience ought to be requir’d;
O, thank ’em in thy justice, in thy care,
Zeal to right wrongs, works that are clear and fair,
And will become thy soul, whence virtue springs,
As those rich ornaments thy brother-kings.
And since we cannot separate love and care—
For where care is, a love must needs be there,
And care where love is, ’tis the man and wife,
Through every estate that’s fix’d in life—
You are by this the city’s bridegroom prov’d,
And she stands wedded to her best belov’d:
Then be, according to your morning vows,
A careful husband to a loving spouse;
And heaven give you great joy,—both it and thee,
And to all those that shall match after ye!

_The names of those beasts bearing fur, and now in use
with the bountiful Society of Skinners, the most of
which presented in the Wilderness, where_ ORPHEUS
_predominates_.

Ermine, foine, sables, martin, badger, bear,
Luzern, budge, otter, hipponesse, and hare,
Lamb, wolf, fox, leopard, minx, stot, miniver,
Racoon, moashy, wolverin, caliber,
Squirrel, mole, cat, musk, civet, wild and tame,
Cony, white, yellow, black, must have a name,
The ounce, rowsgray, ginnet, pampilion;
Of birds the vulture, bitter, estridge,[340] swan:
Some worn for ornament, and some for health,
All to the Skinners’ art bring fame and wealth.

The service being thus faithfully performed, both to
his lordship’s honour and to the credit and content of
his most generously bountiful Society, the season
commends all to silence; yet not without a little
leave taken to reward art with the comely dues that
belong unto it, which hath been so richly expressed in
the body of the Triumph with all the proper beauties
of workmanship, that the city may, without injury to
judgment, call it the masterpiece of her triumphs; the
credit of which workmanship I must justly lay upon the
deserts of master Garret Crismas[341] and master
Robert Norman, joined-partners in the performance.

THE SUN IN ARIES.

_The Sunne in Aries. A Noble Solemnity Performed
through the Citie, at the sole cost and charges of
the Honourable and ancient Fraternity of Drapers, At
the confirmation and establishment of their most
Worthy Brother the Right Honourable, Edward Barkham,
in the high Office of his Maiesties Lieutenant, the
lord Maior of the famous Citie 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 after Simon
[and] Jvdes day, being the 29. of October. 1621. By
Tho. Middleton, Gent. At London: Printed by Ed.
All-de, for H. G. 1621._ 4to.

Reprinted in Nichols’s _Progresses of King James_, vol.
iv. p. 724.

_To the honour of him to whom the noble Fraternity of
Drapers, his worthy brothers, have dedicated their
loves in costly Triumphs, the Right Honourable_
EDWARD BARKHAM, _Lord Mayor of this renowned City_.

Your Honour being the centre where the lines
Of this day’s glorious circle meets and joins,
Love, joy, cost, triumph, all by you made blest,
There does my service too desire to rest,

At your Lordship’s command,

THO. MIDDLETON.

THE SUN IN ARIES.

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Pisces being the last of the signs and the wane of the
Sun’s glory, how fitly and desiredly now the Sun enters
into Aries, for the comfort and refreshing of the
creatures, and may be properly called the spring-time of
right and justice, observed by the shepherd’s calendar
in the mountain, to prove a happy year for poor men’s
causes, widows’ and orphans’ comforts; so much to make
good the Sun’s entrance into that noble sign; I doubt
not but the beams of his justice will make good
themselves.

And first to begin with the worthy love of his
honourable Society to his lordship, after his honour’s
return from Westminster, having received some service
upon the water. The first Triumph by land attends his
lordship’s most wished arrival in Paul’s-Churchyard,
which is a chariot most artfully framed and adorned,
bearing the title of the Chariot of Honour; in which
chariot many worthies are placed that have got trophies
of honour by their labours and deserts; such as Jason,
whose illustration of honour is the golden fleece;
Hercules with his _ne plus ultra_ upon pilasters of
silver; a fair globe for conquering Alexander; a gilt
laurel for triumphant Cæsar, &c. Jason, at the approach
of his lordship, being the personage most proper, by his
manifestation, for the Society’s honour, lends a voice
to these following words:

_The speech presented by_ JASON.

Be favourable, Fates, and a fair sky
Smile on this expedition! Phœbus’ eye,
Look cheerfully! the bark is under sail
For a year’s voyage, and a blessèd gale
Be ever with it! ’tis for justice bound,
A coast that’s not by every compass found,
And goes for honour, life’s most precious trading;
May it return with most illustrious lading!
A thing both wish’d and hop’d for. I am he,
To all adventurous voyages a free
And bountiful well-wisher, by my name
Hight[342] Jason, first adventurer for fame,
Which now rewards my danger, and o’ertops
The memory of all peril or her stops;
Assisted by the noble hopes of Greece,
’Twas I from Colchis fetch’d the golden fleece;
And one of the first brothers on record
Of honour got by danger. So, great lord,
There is no voyage set forth to renown,
That does not sometimes meet with skies that frown,
With gusts of envy, billows of despite,
Which makes the purchase, once achiev’d, more bright.
State is a sea; he must be wise indeed
That sounds its depth, or can the quicksands heed;
And honour is so nice and rare a prize,
’Tis watch’d by dragons, venomous enemies;
Then no small care belongs to’t: but as I,
With my assisting Argonauts, did try
The utmost of adventure, and with bold
And constant courage brought the fleece of gold,
Whose illustration decks my memory
Through all posterities, naming but me,—
So, man of merit, never faint or fear;
Thou hast th’ assistance of grave senators here,
Thy worthy brethren, some of which have past
All dangerous gulfs, and in their bright fames plac’d,
They can instruct and guide thee, and each one
That must adventure, and are coming on
To this great expedition; they will be
Cheerful and forward to encourage thee;
And blessings fall in a most infinite sum
Both on those past, thyself, and those to come!

Passing from this, and more to encourage the labour of
the magistrate, he is now conducted to the master
Triumph, called the Tower of Virtue, which for the
strength, safety, and perpetuity, bears the name of the
Brazen Tower; of which Integrity keeps the keys, virtue
being indeed as a brazen wall to a city or commonwealth;
and to illustrate the prosperity it brings to a kingdom,
the top turrets or pinnacles of this Brazen Tower shine
bright like gold; and upon the gilded battlements
thereof stand six knights, three in silvered and three
in gilt armour, as Virtue’s standard-bearers or
champions, holding six little streamers or silver
bannerets, in each of which are displayed the arms of a
noble brother and benefactor, Fame sounding forth
their praises to the world, for the encouragement of
after-ages, and Antiquity, the register of Fame,
containing in her golden legend their names and titles;
as that of Sir Henry Fitz-Alwin, draper, lord mayor
four-and-twenty years together; Sir John Norman, the
first that was rowed in barge to Westminster with silver
oars, at his own cost and charges; Sir Francis Drake,
the son of Fame, who in two years and ten months did
cast a girdle about the world; the unparalleled Sir
Simon Eyre, who built Leadenhall at his own cost, a
store-house for the poor, both in the upper lofts and
lower; the generous and memorable Sir Richard Champion
and Sir John Milborne, two bountiful benefactors; Sir
Richard Hardell, in the seat of magistracy six years
together; Sir John Poultney, four years, which Sir John
founded a college in the parish of St. Lawrence
Poultney, by Candlewick Street; John Hinde, a re-edifier
of the parish church of St. Swithin by London Stone; Sir
Richard Pipe, who being free of the Leather-sellers, was
also from them translated to the ancient and honourable
Society of Drapers; and many whose names, for brevity’s
cause, I must omit, and hasten to the honour and service
of the time present. From the tower, Fame, a personage
properly adorned, thus salutes the great master of the
day and triumph:

_The salutation of_ FAME.