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A03242 Porta pietatis, or, The port or harbour of piety Exprest in sundry triumphes, pageants, and showes, at the initiation of the Right Honourable Sir Maurice Abbot Knight, into the Majoralty of the famous and farre renowned city London. All the charge and expence of the laborious projects both by water and land, being the sole undertaking of the Right Worshipfull Company of the Drapers. Written by Thomas Heywood. Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. 1638 (1638) STC 13359; ESTC S104071 7,653 22

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To make them all by free transportage ours You honourd Sir amongst the chiefe are nam'd By whose commerce our Nation hath beene fam'd The Romans in their triumphes had before Their Chariots borne or lead to grace the more The sumptuous Show the prime and choisest things VVhich they had taken from the Captive Kings VVhat curious Statue what strange bird or beast That Clime did yeeld if rare above the rest Was there expos'd Entring your civill state VVhom better may we strive to imitate This huge Rinoceros not 'mongst us seene Yet frequent wheresome Factors oft have beene Is embleme of the Praetorship you beare Who to all Beasts of prey who rend and teare The innocent heards and flocks is foe profest But in all just defences armes his crest You of this wildernesse are Lord so sway The weake may be upheld the proud obey The third Show by Land THe third Show by land is a Ship fully accommodated with all her Masts Sayles Cordage Tacklings Cables Anchors Ordnance c. in that small Modell figuring the greatest Vessell But concerning 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 certified concerning such things I referre them to that Tractate from whence they may receive full plenteous satisfaction I come now to a yong Sailor the Speaker The Speech from the Shippe SHipping to our first Fathers was not knowne Though now amongst all Nations common growne Nor trade by Sea we read the first choise peece Was th' Argo built to fetch the golden Fleece In which brave voyage sixty Princes all Heroës such as we Semones call In that new Vessell to attaine the shore Where such a prize was each tugg'd at the Oare On one bench Hercules and Hilas sate Beauty and Strength and siding iust with that Daunaus and Lynceus of so quicke a sight No interposer or large distance might Dull his cleare Opticks those that had the charge And the chiefe stearadge of that Princely Barge Zethes and Calais whose judgements meet Being said t' have feathers on their heads and feete We spare the rest Grave Sir the Merchants trade Is that for which all Shipping first was made And through an Hellespont who would but pull Steere and hoise saile to bring home golden Wooll For wee by that are cloath'd In the first place Sate strength and beauty oh what a sweete grace Have those united both now yours great Lord Your beauty is your robe your strength the sword You must have Lynceus eyes and further see Than either you before have done or he Could ever having now a true inspection Into each strife each cause without affection To this or that party some are sed To have had feathers on their feete and head As those whom I late nam'd you must have more And in your place be feather'd now all o're You must have feathers in your thoughts your eyes Your hands your feete for he that 's truely wise Must still be of a winged apprehension As well for execution as prevention You know Right honourd Sir delayes and pauses In judicature dull if not dampe good causes That we presume t' advise we pardon crave It being confest all these and more you have The fourth Show by Land THe fourth Show by Land beares the Title Porta Pietatis The Gate of Piety which is the doore by which all zealous and devout men enter into the fruition of their long hoped for happinesse It is a delicate and artificiall composed structure built Temple-fashion as most genuine and proper to the persons therein presented The Speaker is Piety 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 other Arme a Crosse Gules in a field Argent upon one hand sits a beautifull Childe representing Religion upon whose Shield are figured Time with his daughter Truth her Motto Vincit veritas In another copartment sitteth one representing the blessed Virgin Patronesse of this Right Worshipfull Society Crowned in one hand a Fanne of Starres 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 unto God onely be Honour and Glory Next her sit the three Theologicall Graces Faith Hope and Charity with three Escutchions Faiths motto Fidei ala Caeli scala The wings of Faith are the ladder by which we scale heaven Hopes Solum spernit qui Caelum sperat hee hates the Earth that hopes for Heaven Loves Motto Vbi charitas non est Caritas who giveth willingly shall never want wretchedly A sixth personateth Zeale in whose Escutchion is a burning Hart Her word In tepida frigida flagrans neither luke-warme nor key-cold but ever burning A seventh figureth Humility Her 's In terra Corpus in Coelo Cor the body on earth the heart in Heaven And last Constancies Metam tangenti Corona A Crowne belongeth to him who persevereth to the end I come to the Speech Piety the Speaker THis Structure is a Citadell or Tower Where Piety plac't in her heavenly bower Poynts out the way to blisse guirt with a ring Of all those Graces that may glory bring Here sits Religion firme though else where torne By Schismaticks and made the Atheists scorne Shining in her pure truth nor need she quake Affrighted with the Faggot and the stake Shee 's to you deare you unto her are tender Vnder the Scepter of the Faiths defender How am I extasi'de when I behold You build new Temples and repaire the old There 's not a stone that 's laid in such foundation But is a step degreeing to Salvation And not a Scaffold rear'd to that intent But mounts a Soule above the Firmament Of Merchants we know Magistrates are made And they of those most happy that so Trade Your Virgin-Saint sits next Religion crown'd With her owne Hand-maids see inviron'd round And these are they the learned Schoole-men call The three prime Vertues Theologicall Faith Hope and Love Zeale all inflam'd with fire Of devout acts doth a sixt place aspire The seventh Humility and we commend The Eight to Constancy which crownes the end A Triple Crowne 's th'Emblazon of your Crest But to gaine one is to be ever blest Proceede in that faire course you have begun So when your Annuall Glasse of State is run Nay that of Life Ours but the Gate to blisse Shall let you in to yon Metropolis There now remaineth onely the last Speech at Night spoken by Proteus which concludes the Tryumph The Speech at Night NOw bright Hiperion hath unloos'd his Teame And washt his Coach-Steeds in cold Isters streame Day doth to Night give place yet e're You sleepe Remember what the Prophet of the Deepe Proteus fore-told All such as State aspire Must be as Bulls as Serpents and like Fire The Shepheard grazing of his Flocks displayes The use and profit from the Fleece we raise That Indian Beast had he a tongue to speake Would say Suppresse the proud support the weake That Ship the Merchants honour loudly tells And how all other Trades it antecells But Piety doth point You to that Starre By which good Merchants steere too bold we are To keepe you from your rest To-morrows Sunne Will raise You to new cares not yet begun I will not speake much concerning the two Brothers Mr. Iohn and Mathias Christmas the Modellers and Composers of those severall Peeces this day presented to a mighty confluence being the two succeeding Sonnes of that most ingenious Artist Mr. Gerard Christmas to whom and to whose Workmanship I will onely conferre that Character which being long since upon the like occasion conferr'd upon the Father I cannot but now meritedly bestow upon the Sonnes Men as they are excellent in their Art so they are faithfull in their performance FINIS