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A01194	Of the most auspicatious marriage: betwixt, the high and mightie Prince, Frederick; Count Palatine of Rheine, chiefe sewer to the sacred Roman Empire, Prince Elector, and Duke of Bauaria, &. and the most illustrious Princesse, the Ladie Elizabeth her Grace, sole daughter to the high and mightie Iames, King of great Brittaine, &c. In III. bookes: composed in Latine by M. Ioannes Maria, de Franchis. And translated into English.; De auspicatissimis nuptiis. English	Franchis, Joannes Maria de.; Hutton, Samuel.	1613 (1613)	STC 11309; ESTC S102613	45,931	90

point to be performed in the persons of the most illustrious Lady the Princesse of great Brittany and of the most noble Prince PALATINE the vertues of which excellent couple euen Ioue himselfe collanded and foretolde the many blessings that should proceed of these royall Nuptialls whereby Religion and the whole Quier of Heauen were with great hopes appeased THE II. BOOKE THe Gods with their recomforted Sister doe congratulate each other and she returnes them thankes for their so great fauors and they allioine and moue Iuno the president of marriages and Venus the mother of loue to assume the Embassy the effectuating of this disseigne of the gods Iuno sends downe vpon the earth Iris her Embassadress clad with most artificialluestiments in which the reforming of Religion and the occurrences of greatest consequence in the world for many yeeres past were inwoo●en and with Iris Venus ioyned as colleague Cupid her sonne with a troope of other Immortall personages who being repleat with ioy and prophecying thorogh the regions of the aire the greatnes of this most happy vnion arriued at Heidelberg being the Metropolis of the Pa●atinate where they entring secretly by night Cupid with golden dart amorous fire in a dream strook inflamed the young Prince not yet knowing the obiect of his desire till afterwards walking in his gallery entraunced with those amorous thoughts his eye lighted on the picture of the L. Elizabeth the only daughter of the most puissant King of great Brittā with whose portraiture amōgst diuers others of the greatest Princesses in the world the said gallery was beautified At the first sight of that faire picture of a more faire substance the Prince was supprised with a new flame acknowledging that that was the beautifull forme which Cupid represented vnto him and with which he stirred him vp to loue and hereupon the Prince causeth the picture to be taken downe and placed in his owne chamber and to this shrius of his Goddess he daily offers many truly inamorated and deuoted Orisons But his loue more more continually increasing his excellency could not be satisfied with this liueless resemblance but after many cōsultations resolues to goe in person into England to see at the life the Mistris and owner of that faire form which had captiuated his heart whither at length with a most auspitious successe and a most noble retinew he happily arriued THE III. BOOKE WHere being honorably receiued of the King his whole Court the Prince with the excellency of his endowments of nature and art by the inuisible assistance of the supernall powers in kindles no lesse flames of loue in the virgin breast of the royall Princesse towards him then were in his Excellencies towards her highness And whilst each of these two most louing and most louely louers did day night seuerally meditate of this their first loue Consus the lord of councel in the shape of Philon late his Maiesties tutor appear'd in night to the sleeping king telling his highness that the cōming of the Prince Elector into his kingdom was by the ordinance of heauen to the end that by the aliance made between them by the Princess his daughter the state of Religion should he established by this most wished for mariage To this heauenly Counsellor the king consented with this prouiso that the Prince should first as it was fitting request it at his highnesse hands which his excellency afterward willingly performing his Maiesty at the first motion graciously condescended The esspousalls are prolaimed and at the report hereof the whole kingdome reuels and keeps royall festiualls and the father of waters Oceanus hauing by Triton his Trumpeter assembled the Maritine fluuiall powers doth out of the cleer brow of heauen and the most temperate season of the spring prognosticate happy successe highly praysing in this match the iudgement of the foreseeing sapient King and therwithall prouokes euery thing to reioyce Now comes the Bridall day in honor whereof Vulcan the God of fire at the intercession of Venus his wife doth with his element play his masters prize in presenting strange and delightful fire-workes vpon the Thames And Mars in competition with him to content the Queene of loue shewes valiant and various feates and stratagems of warre and the City to shew her loue and legeance to her Soueraigne with many sorts of stately showes disembowelleth the inmost of her heart and the king himselfe because there should be nothing wanting in this high solemnety keepes an open Court full of all royall delights In the middest whereof the marriage is consummated and the most louing royall paire obtaine the height of their amorous desires A MARIAGE HYMNE IN THREE BOOKS The Argument of the first Booke In the Gods councell wrong'd Religion Complaines of iniuries Infernall DIS Had sent forth legions from deepe Acheron Who world her truth defeat preuent her blisse IOVE seeing and pittying her incessant paines A Mariage for her comfort praeordaines 1. MY minde replenisht with full hopes and ioyes Cannot containe it selfe in thoughtfull silence But it must vtter both with pen and voice The royall mariage of high consequence Betwixt a German and the Britaine State Where Peace and Honor met Fortune and Fate 2. Come Iuno Goddesse of true mariage loue Come call'd by charme sweet Muses from your Mountaines Come Nymphes faire daughters of high thundring Ioue Who gouerne Thames and Rhine woods waues or fountains Inspire my aspiring spirit while it indites This heauen-blest bed-league and connubiall rites 3. Let it be lawfull for an earth-bred essence Passing in thought Olimpus crystall gates T' approach the Pantheon of your glorious presence And there behold your euer-blessed states Then on your altars crownd with myrtle-bowes I le offer He catombs and incense vowes 4. Ioue resident in his Emperiall Towres Built on the pillars of Eternity Calls for a Senate of coelestiall powres By which he gouernes with stability Th'instable world the waies of Sun and Moon And whatsoe're in Heauen or Earth is done 5. From hence the Pleiads Nyads fierce Orion Arctophilax the great and lesser Beares The Dolphin Goat-fish and fierce-hearted Lyon Take the full influence of their flaming spheres From hence all heauenly constellations Deriue their orders influence operations 6. Hence Nature takes her turnes plants their increase Matter takes forme Forme beauty Beauty fall Number beginning Motion worke and ease Place bodies Bodies measure Time takes all Hence Cause her causes hath Fortune her course And Fates which neuer yield their mighty force 7. Hence came the generous kinds of euery beast And whatsoeuer swims in Seas quick tide And whatsoeuer lies on Earths rough brest And whatsoeuer flies or far or vvide Man more then others hath attain'd Gods feature As being the chiefest wisest holiest creature 8. On him Ioue plac'd his dearest loue and care His euerlasting pleasure and content Made him his creatures graces glories heire And made for him Seas lands aires large extent Keeping in forme and

Though much is not now giuen or seat secured Yet shall my Loue augment thy precious name In minds and mouths of men be still assured Behold thy primitiue purenesse free from blame Return'd restores true ioy See Babel cries Because the ruling Dragon thence fast flies 85. His Crest is laid fire quenched and sting rebated Deare loue sweet peace sound faith and vertue springs The furies and their terrors are amated Now Time his daughter Truth from darknes brings Remember but the Calydonian mayd Thy feare care griefe paine shal be soone allayd 86. Her name and manners great Eliza left her Her knowledge came when she became thy daughter Such grace I gaue as neere shal be bereft her So much I lou'd the former that the later Shall be more blest and blesse thee with more peace Making thine hopes and honor still encrease 87. The fates agreed with me we should appoint her To be created of two Princely lines Before she came to light I did annoint her With such a name and fame as euer shines No sooner had her blessed mother conceiu'd her But into speciall fauour I receiu'd her 88. I planted Vertues seed with gifts of grace Such as were neerest mine originall image Loue gaue rare beauty shining in her face And comely parts that would augment with age Being borne Ambrosia fed while Venus washt her With dews which Dian dried my beams refresht her 89 Euphrosine left Cyprus to giue Nectar Nurse-like at my commaund this Babe to keep Nais Calesto frowning did affect her And daunc'd about her cradle to bring sleepe While Philomela sung Nape brought flowers And strewd them on in parti-coloured showres 90. Soft Erithrea put garlands on her head Faire Phione brought pearl-full cockle-shels Calipso came with many an amber bead The Nymphs plaid musick with sweet siluer bels All wundred at kist honord blessed embraced This pretty child she them with smiling graced 91. Her countenance was cheerly amiable Bearing sure markes of a more gracefull spirit Her eyes were comely louely admirable No sooner did her feet the ground inherit But she trod vnder pride and ignorance And did her selfe to better things aduance 92. How often did she clip her Parents neck To witnes her deare loue which they perceiuing A thousand kisses giue a thousand take Ofher soft rosie lips fit words conceiuing Such was her face both Parents might be knowne So gently yet so royally it shone 93. Her cheere was pleasing yet with maiestie Which drew the Graces neerer to direct How she might speake and moue her pretty bodie With graue decorum yet vvith milde aspect To temper all her thoughts lookes gestures motions With honest seemlinesse holy deuotions 94. Her smooth-large forehead kept faire shamefastnes Her tongue was guided with sweet eloquence Laughter sat smiling in her cheeks with gladnesse Eyes lids eares heares each had their excellence To dresse her selfe she tooke light care short leasure Grace like a die cast any way gaue pleasure 95. Her goings were guided with a modest measure Of all her mouing parts yet oft she sat And red her duties in my sacred Scripture Or heard while her blest mother wisdome taught Her wisdome oft abstain'd from childish toyes Vertue to learne and thinke on heauenly ioyes 96. Such was Elizabeth in tender age Going beyond her yeeres in Wisdomes lore Her Parents hope in grace her sex in courage Thus did I cherish till I gaue her ouer To learne sound manners vnder thy tuition Pure Virgin thoughts with Princely disposition 97. Thou maist record how soon she did conceiue thee And practice rules of thy perfection Mine hopes are great of her which nere deceiue thee For late inflamed with deepe affection In clouds I past her friendly fathers court To looke and vvonder at her stately port 98. I fixt mine eyes mine eyes my thoughts not filld With seeing the more I see the more I gazed How sweet her youth how Pallas like her smile Her speech looks carriage I was much amazed Beholding beauties all agree to grace her None going before nor following can surpasse her 99. At her side stood with faire congruity Truth Peace Faith Simplenes mild Honesty Iustice and Loue with Ingenuity And marriage-making louely modesty Sutors throng thither Nobles did aspire And Kings of boundless kingdomes her desire 100. Dukes rich in treasures titles auncestrie Worth arms and friends with force and hope importune Her sweetnes taught them hope feare maiesty Not knowing to whom wee 'l grant her good fortune Yet neither mighty Kings nor famous Princes Whom power or pleasure cal'd were thought fit matches 101. It is not worldly wit or will composeth A due coniunction of so royall states Such mariages our Councell here disposeth According to the fore-fight of their fates It was not flesh and bloud but heauens high breath Ordain'd a bed-mate for Elizabeth 102. For I remember it was once my pleasure To search the depth of all antiquity Concerning this when Themis from her treasure Of true praesages spoke this verity For since this feare affrights thy thoughts I le tell The Fates full ordinance heare and marke well 103. When I first mou'd his child-eater from hence That Gods might better see their blessed off-spring Flourish for euer in glorious excellence He being exil'd could hither no mischiefe bring Yet what he could he did and lurk below In hate of vs deuising mens deep woe 104. To worke reuenge gainst vs he ioyns his wagon With cunning malice enuious pride and rage Yoking the Fox Woolfe Lyon Viper Dragon He whips them round about the worlds wide stage They more by this incens'd with poysnous breath Mortalls infect vvith sin care sicknes death 105. Not satiate with corruption of all natures He would haue ouer-turn'd Earths axle-tree And ouer-whelm'd it headlong in the waters His right hand shov'd and mov'd it horribly Which we soon feeling from our heauenly Tower Our sauing arme stayd his destroying power 106. And forc'd our selfe condemned for to fly And chain'd him vp in deeps of horrid night For though he spoild not all he had wel-ny So tainted all that nothing stood vpright Shook order out of ioint into confusion Driuing place and time to dissolution 107. Al Elements their compounds broke their course Both euils of guilt and paine vvere much augmented The golden turn'd an iron age or worse Mens bodies were the cause vnknowne tormented The spring began to fade from plants and flovvers East West North South did rage on Thetis bovvers 108. And dasht high ships against huge ragged rocks Quasht all earths beauties vvith raine haile snow-storms Draue leaues frem fruits fruites from their rebrentstocks Hence Colchick poisons came from filth-bred vvorms Lernean Hydra vvith Numidian snakes And venemous toades vvhich bide in loathsom lakes 109 At first there needed neither plow nor harrow Cattell were free from drawing men from driuing Til Saturns gall suckt vp earthes fruitfull marrow Which now scarce find the toyling hind his liuing Thistles ore come the

thick sowne thin-skin corne Insteed of grasse weeds rise of roses thorne 110. Then men most lou'd of vs began to perrish Their natiue health and strength grew lesse and lesse No balme of Gilead could their heart so cherish But vnaccustomd greefe would them possesse Their blushing guilty cries though they dissemble Sighs fil their breasts feare makes their bones to tremble 111. Their cheeks vvere mard vvith tear●● their voyce vvith crying Their smell vvith stench their tast vvith noysom● food Their hayre vvould stand vpright vaine terrors flying Continuall toyle and age dried vp their blood To this vvere added Rheumes boiles fluxes feuers Euery disease that soule from body seuers 112. Their invvard more then outvvard man did sicken So that not Zeuxis art nor Midas crovvne Nor Musicks harmonie their spirits could quicken Nor stately palaces nor beds of dovvne Nor health nor vvealth could mittigate their sorrovv Which each day thought extreame vvas vvorse next morrovv 113. Man differing from himselfe no rest can find Flesh fightes vvith spirit and sence vvith conscience This hinders them from hauing a setled mind Or knovving vvhat they resolue Concupiscence Would thrust out reason from his natiue rights All thoughtes and parts haue iarring appetites 114. Then vertue vvas opprest and vice grevv bold To send abroad her filthy plagues snakes snares Fell mallice and the insatiat thirst of gold Enuy vvith lust vvhich nought in publick dares Hence brethrens bloud prophan'd the cursed ground Iniquity did all thinges else confound 115. Heauen to restraine this punisht them by waters By fiery meteors and hot thundring strokes By plagues that spar'd no man or other creatures By mutuall swords which each vvrong speech prouokes Yet left they not their sins vvhich I grieu'd at Sought how to mend their miserable state 116. And did enquire of Themis if mans fall Might be recur'd vvithout such grieuances She sigh'd and holy-fury caught vvithall Said that albeit there vvere great hinderances Yet vvere the meanes appointed long agoe That should recomfort mens encreased vvoe 117. When Honor from right honesty shall perish The lawes of Holinesse and Vertue cease When men with worse faults will their former cherish And least hope is to call back truth and peace The Palatine with Britain ioyn'd shall bring Earths golden daies again Times blessed spring 118. Then I considering euery name and fortune Fit for performance of these high designes To hasten them the stars did much importune That either sex being borne of blessed loynes At the same tide might meet in marriage Restoring this long-wisht-for golden age 119. This true presage is now accomplished Black Dis hath done his worst that he can do The worlds huge frame had welny perished But now heauen may reioyce and vertues flow Learning may flourish mortalls clap their hands Either in age and honor equal stands 120. Nobles Dukes Kings giue place the Mayd's decreed For the Count Palatine oh blessed youth Before thy birth both Fates and stars agreed In heauen to seale on earth to shew this truth Elizabeth should be design'd thy Bride In equall worth profession loue allied 121. Such is thy royall power and excellence That neither in multitudes or cope of lands It yeelds to Dukes or Kings magnificence Whether in birth or armes or stile it stands Th' Auarian progenie vvas nere knovvne priuate But vvith great honor kept an auncient state 122. The Palatines did not first raise that flood Though they may boast of high-bred auncestrie Which mongst the Germans hath long noble stood But from the Troians famous Pedegree On valiant Hectors true Nobility They ground the root of their blest Familie 123. Amidst their auncestors was Charles the great The greatest Conqueror which liu'd of late Adding braue spirits new grace with nobler heat And with him they can reckon many a state As Henries which lou'd peace Othe lou'd praise Phillip religion Conrade walls did raise 124. Ruperts were euer studious Lo●owics strong Frederics inuincible in bloody fieeld Their ofspring held rich Empires wide and long Which their strength wisdome iustice did wel weild The Duke domes of Baviere and Franconie Most fruitfull Brabant Swethland Saxonie 125. Hence warlike De●●myrh populous Bohemie Hence large Pannonia chose out mighty kings The Romane Empire euery vacancy Relies on their knowne power t'vphold all thinges These ruld the tottering world restores truthes right And tam'd proud rebells with comptrouling might 126. Beyond all these is Fredericks noble courage His manly mind and wisdome in young yeares His vertues far exceed his tender age As in his valiant exercise appeeres When he bestrides and makes his bounding steed To run career or stoppe his headlong speed 127. At long race rouud ring or crosse tournament He beares his arme lance body with such art His wand spur bridle with such complement Of strength and state adorning euery part He bounds the ball with such dexterity So right he shoots and that so smooth and swiftly 128. With force and quicknes he can throw steel darts And thereby peirce the Bore Beare Stags wild Bulls Their Iauelin makes an entrance to their hearts And fixt on back and sides their bowels forth puls So much he longs for wel deseru'd renowne Hee dares assault and often strikes the● downe 129. Meleager like neere Calydons low lake Hee seekes and driues the wild beasts from their den Making the mountaine woods and champion shake With hunters musick heere like Philopaemen He gathers rules of war to campe or fight And dares meet foes as well as those excite 130. When full growth ripens his firme strength he shall Follow expresse excel his auncestors In all his excercise he so doth all As easy sports of earnest acts be mirrors Yet there is one-thing worthier then the rest VVhich fills with hope and ioy my carefull brest 131 He fauours wits yeelds Vertues their due meeds Encourageth good schollers with reward Th'vnlearn'd may learne of him how to proceed For wiser bookes and sayings he doth regard Searching all causes and their consequence How nature imitates our prouidence 132. The Liberall Sciences and histories As much as higher affaires wil giue him leasure All ciuill manners and state pollicies He reades remembers and therein takes pleasure His tongue takes temperance courage guides his heart VVisdome his hand Iustice each other part 133. As far from rashnes as base cowardise From lust as from contempt of woman-kind From Prodigality as couetise As far from selfe-conceit as errors blind His pure white soule obserues the vertuous meane Free from all pride hate fraud or thoughts vncleane 134. His life beseems men elder wiser higher VVho for the most part haue not such a spirit His people feare Embassadors admire All think his fortune far lesse then his merit Though that be ritch and good his worth is better His crowne and honor great his mind is greater 135. Ouer Stiria Bipont Newburg he well raignes With many Cities mighty wise and healthy Which Neccaris with her cleare streames sustaines And Rhenus