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A13846 Albions triumph Personated in a maske at court. By the Kings Maiestie and his lords. The Sunday after Twelfe Night. 1631 Townshend, Aurelian, fl. 1601-1643. 1632 (1632) STC 24155; ESTC S121944 7,459 26

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vpon the Scene and the Clowde and Charriot goe vp The Chorus below sing Bow bearing Gods shoote shoote and hit And make our CAESAR greater yet Yet leave him with vs Let him shine Still heere And make him all Devine Cupid and Diana shoot at the Maskers and ALBANACTVS yeilding to the Gods mooves downe the steps in a stately pace to Musick made by the Chorus of Sacrificers that sing as the Maskers descend The fourth Song Ye Worthies of this I le That led by your brave Chiefe In an Heroick style Have over done Beliefe Subdu'd by ALBAS eyes Come downe Loves Sacrifice It is no shame to yield Where t' is in veyne to strive The Gods would quit the field Should they these warres revive Or Conquerd by her Eyes Come downe Loves Sacrifice Streight Cedar that hast stood The shock of many a wind The top of this Tall wood By a high hand design'd Subdu'd by ALBAS Eyes Come downe Loves Sacrifice When the Maskers are all come downe the steps the High Priests and Sacrificers treading a grave Measure walke vp toward the Queene singing The fift Song Great ALBA though eche Grande heere At this High Court of thine Like a true Liege Man doth appeere And offers at thy Shryne It is no Conquest for thine Eyes When petty Princes fall That are some single Beauties pryse Or a lone Vertues Thrall Heere comes the Trophe of thy prayse The Monarch of these Iles The Mirror of thy Cheerfull Rayes And Glory of thy Smyles The Vertues and the Graces all Must meete in one when such Starrs full The KING and the Maskers dance the mayne Maske Afterward taking his seat by the Queene The Scene is varied into a Landscipt in which was a prospect of the Kings Pallace of White-hall and part of the Citie of London seene a farre off and presently the whole heauen opened and in a bright cloud were seene sitting fiue persons representing Innocency Iustice Religion affection to the Countrey Concord being all Companions of Peace and thus attired Innocency a woman in a pure white robe with a garland of flowers on her head Iustice a woman in a yallow garment richly adorned her mantle white and on her head golden rayes in her right hand a sword and in the middest thereof an Emperiall Crowne Religion a woman in a short Surplusse of lavvne full gathered about the neck and vnder it a garment of watchet with a short vale of siluer and about her head beames of gold like the Sunne and in her left hand shee held a booke open Affection to the Countrey a young man in a Coat armour of yallow with a purple Mantle his buskins adorned his plumed Helme of siluer and in his hand a Garland of long grasse Concord a man in a skie coloured Robe and a yallow Mantle on his head a Garland of wheate and in his hand a bunch of arrowes tyed together with a white band these moving towards the earth sing together as followeth Praysing their Piety and wishing they may perpetuate themselues by a Royall Posterity Present them with severall Gifts The sixth Song sung by the five DEITIES Bles't Payre whose prayers like Incence rise Opening and pulling downe the Skies Take your Reward Iust as yee mett So hand in hand live many a Day And may your Vertuous minds beget Issue that never shall decay And so be fruitfull every way May Plenty Proteus like appeare Varying your Pleasures every yeare Wee five come freely to impart Such favors as we can afforde One gives his Hand the next hisb Heart The third her c Robe the fourth herd Sword The fifth full many ae Suppliant Word And to fulfill your future Blisse Sweete Peace salutes you with a Kisse Then from the vpper part of the heauen was seene to follow this Another more beautifull cloud in which alone triumphant sat Peace a woman in a carnation Robe richly adorned a vale of silver and on it a Garland of Olive and in her hand a branch of Palme Proclaiming her large Benefits And the Worlds Ingratitude Peace Sings alone the seventh Song Frighted by Day And in the Night diseas'd I fled to Heaven and left the World displeas'd Find Men that strive more for a Province there Then looking vpward to possesse a Sphere Yet vanquish't and Victorious both at last Their weary Limmes on my soft Bed would cast The Five in the lower Clowde confessing her great Bounty Answere The Five Two 2 Lyons and Lambs togeather lye When Lovly Peace stands smiling by Two 2 Temples and Townes by thy stay'd hand First learne to Rise And then to Stand All 5 'T is not the Laurel Tree that brings Anointing Oyle for sacred Kings Those Princes see the happiest Dayes Whose Olive Branches stand for Bayes When the fiue persons which first descended were come to the earth the cloud that bare them was in an instant turned into a richly adorned Throne And out of the foure corners of the Scene proceede 4. Gods Neptune Plutus Bellona and Cebele complaining of ease and Plenty The eighth Song Armes are layd by Earely and late The Traueller goes safe to Bed Men eate and Drinke in Massie Plate And are with Deinties dayly fed Why should this I le aboue the rest Be made great Gods the Halcions nest The 5. Deities thus resolue them Imperious Peace her selfe Descends The foure Gods Then here our search and wonder ends Wee 'l steale away Peace Earths Rulers stay The foure Gods Doth soft Peace call Peace Yes and will streight employ yee All The foure Gods How and wherein The 5. in the lower Clowde Give eare your Charge doth now begin Peace gives them their Charge Neptune to Sea And let no Sayle Meete ALBIONS Fleete But make it veile Bellona Arme That Foes may see Their Lillies kept by Lyons be Their fruitfull fields Cebele make Pay Centuple for all they take And let Both Indies Pluto meete And lay their wealth at ALBAS feete The foure God reply When Peace commands such pleasing things From Love and Time wee 'l steale their wings For a Conclusion the Gods Poets and Priests ioyne and sing a Valediction to Hymens Twin the MARY-CHARLES The last generall Chorus Loaden with Wealth and Honor may These Gods returne to crowne this Day And MARY-CHARLES whose mindes within And Bodyes make but Hymens Twin Long live they so And Brest to Brest May Angels sing them to their Rest Concord Affection to The Countrey Inocence Iustice Religion Those that will prayse the structure and changes of the Scene The sweetenesse and variety of the Musicke Or the Beauty of the Figures and Paces I thinke may doe it with cause enough But for the Invention and writing of the Maske I was as loath to be brought vpon the Stage as an vnhansom Man is to see himselfe in a great Glasse But my Excuse and Glory is The King commanded and I obeyed AVRELIAN TOVNSHEND The Maskers Names 1 E. Holland 2 E. Newport 3 Lo. Doncaster 4 L. Donluce 5 L. Wharton 6 L. Paget 7 L. Bruce 8 Sir Rob. Stanley 9 Mr. Goringe 10 Sr. Brooke 11 Sr. Iohn Mainard 12 Mr. Dimmock 13 Mr. Abercromy 14 Mr. Murrey FINIS