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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45225	Querer por solo querer To love only for love sake : a dramatick romance : represented at Aranjuez, before the King and Queen of Spain, to celebrate the birthday of that King, by the Meninas, which are a sett of ladies, in the nature of ladies of honour in that court, children in years, but higher in degree (being many of them daughters and heyres to grandees of Spain) than the ordinary ladies of honour, attending likewise that queen / written in Spanish by Don Antonio de Mendoza 1623 ; paraphrased in English, anno 1654 ; together with the Festivals of Aranwhez.; Querer por solo querer. English	Hurtado de Mendoza, Antonio, 1586-1644.; Fanshawe, Richard, Sir, 1608-1666.	1671 (1671)	Wing H3799; ESTC R19129	96,399	230

Him his two Gallant BROTHERS follow Luminaries bright of SPAIN Sparks that fly out of his Flame For they are Stars if he APOLLO On whom both Purples we shall view Of TIBER and of DANOW too The one his CROSIER glorifie The other raise his SCEPTER high The Festival you see doth come From his Illustrious SPOUSE in whom Of two WORLDS sitting at the Helms EARTH more perfections sees than Realms For but of one Ray of her Hair Since seldom Kings have Kindred waigh'd On the meer score that she is fair A Clasp for two Crowns might be made Not Lilly of France but Rose of brown Casteel that to our SOL shall bring A Spanish Violet to heir his CROWN ' Sted of a Flemish Iesamin Another equally divine SHEPERDESSE that stead of those Flocks of Swans which TAGUS shows Shall reign the EAGLES of the RHINE Fair SISTER of the MASTER-SWAIN Whose parts betwixt respect and fear The proudest merits do constrain To strike their sayls consorts with her And of an hundred NYMPHS beside The love and envy of the SUN Accomplishments so multipli'd So without earthly Paragon That not her Train and less her Eye Fill'd up to the brim with Glory Either her Royaltie belye Or leave imperfect Beauties story Majesty and sumptuous Cloaths And the Art to put them on And variety of those All without comparison The Valleys sing the Mountains skip The Elms and Poplars dance and trip APRIL himself a part rehearses And pricks his flow'rs in all the verses NIQUEA's GLORY whose strong Spells Even conjure up Impossibles And Miracles of Wit do muster Is the Theater's first lustre The second is the golden Fleece Which having first begun in GREECE The way to TROY did after find And ends in SPAIN with ILIUM'S fire refin'd And now the Play without doors is A dull Man's who his homely Quill T' excuse in part can tell you this Without command he writes not ill Sound a Trumpet A world of People flock together To be spectators of the sight And from this Instrument I gather Th' approach of one and t'other Knight They sound another Trumpet near To the crown'd Lists Let 's go to gain A fight of them And live this MORN And rising Sun and Stars of SPAIN Till crippled Time be made their scorn Exeunt Cornets Sound Drums and much Harmony and Enter at one dore with a splendid Train and very brave in Apparel Prince Claridoro and if they will they may be arm'd or leave that till the last Act and at another dore King Felisbravo with a splendid Train likewise c. and the General with many others by his side and let a Curtain be drawn close Cornets sounding and on a high conspicuous Throne behind it let Claridiana and Zelidaura at her right hand appear as gloriously clad as may be and in the fashion they like best and many Ladies seated upon the Strada and Floranteo standing at the bottom of the fo●t pace upon which the Throne is and the Gyants like two supporters at the Ends thereof and enter Rifaloro with his Master and with Claridoro a Servant of his receiving instructions for something from his Master Claro Be sure this part now be well plaid Ent'ring as if thou wert afraid Serv. Put no if to 't I shall be so Claro By this Invention I shall know If Zelidaura's stay here be Love or Curiositie Aside Serv. I go Claro This is the War alone Exit Servant In which I fear to be o'rethrown Now let the Curtain be drawn back and each make a profound Reverence to the Queens and the Queens rise from their seats as likewise the Ladies and then the Knights make a Reverence each to other Comppany With what a careless Bravery They One another do survey Gen. And how compos'd like honourable Foes They interchange Salutings before Blows Cla. Both are gallant Zel. Gallant both Yet I with each am in such wroth That I to neither side incline Though I am one 's and t' other's mine Claro Hah ZELIDAURA on the Throne She doubtless hath her self made known To CLARIDIANA Fel. I Am made up of perplexity The Picture went at first for ZELIDAURA TARTARIA's Liege then represented LAURA A Shepherdess and now again one seen In Soveraign posture by a Crowned QUEEN Once more sleep I bolt upright When shall I wake for I do move Like one that 's waking and my sight Equivocates but not my Love Who will this glorious Woman prove Flo. Knights the Queen stays and now the last Dice of FORTUNE both must cast Dispute if that untye it not Your Swords must cut the Gordian-knot Claridoro takes off his Hat covers again and begins Claro MADAM Since you remitted have to words That which at first were better try'd with swords I argue thus By Books Wars Art is taught And without WISDOM no great thing was wrought Thus the great Son of THETIS dire annoy And ten years Plague of miserable TROY Had his Head arm'd with Prudence more than Steel Or than his Mother left unarm'd his heel By the learn'd CENTAUR Thus KING PHILIPS Heir Who envy'd t'others TRUMPET more than SPEAR Instructed was in Aristotles Cell To understand the World and then to quell Thus March'd high CAESAR through the heart of FRANCE A Pen in one in t'other hand a Lance And in the Pride of that Success did show To BRITTONS bold an armed CICERO With the same weapon to abridge disputes Men conquer Men with which Men conquer Brutes Of BEASTS more fierce more strong more arm'd are many Than MEN and BARBAROUS MEN as stout as any More num'rous far But WISDOM tames the BEAST And WISEST NATIONS master'd still the rest Until the Brutish WORLD it s own strength knew And with their MAXIMS fell their EMPIRES too 'T is not the brawny vigour of an Arm But inward courage which the heart doth warm Makes FORTITUDE A Life-despising Eye And not to conquer but to dare to dye Strength makes it not It I like strength did want And met like dangers I 'm more valiant Because my Soul was of a larger growth And when her Second fail'd her fought for both He that out-lives his Honour is a Fool To Cure a Coward send him then to School But many Valiant have out-liv'd their Fame For lack of Wit to play an after-game The Wise weighs all things who sometimes doth know The Souldiers Praise is to decline a Foe And slighting Rumors his safe glory sums In this that He fights best who overcomes Who rashly fights though he the World amaze A valiant Fool will be his best of Praise When a great CHIEF his Squadrons up hath led With others hands he fights but his own head Therefore and fitly for such valiant wile His head hath BAYS his Souldiers hands the SPOYL And when the Sword decides a bloody Fray Their HANDS that one his HEAD fights ev'ry day Thus only Prowess unto KINGS pertains Who ought to wear their Valour in their Brains As though ten