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A77794	Londons triumph: or, The solemn and magnificent reception of that honourable gentleman, Robert Tichborn, Lord Major: after his return from taking his oath at Westminster, the morrow after Simon and Jude day, being October 29. 1656. With the speeches spoken at Fosterlane-end and Soperlane-end.	Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.; T. B. (Thomas Brewer),	1656 (1656)	Wing B5455; Thomason E892_7; ESTC R206557	6,710	16

LONDONS TRJUMPH OR The Solemn and Magnificent reception of of that Honourable Gentleman ROBERT TICHBORN Lord Major After his return from taking his Oath at Westminster the morrow after Simon and Jude day being October 29. 1656. With the Speeches spoken at Fosterlane-end and Soperlane-end London Printed for N. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill 1656. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR OF THE City of LONDON And the Right Worshipfull the MASTER WARDENS and ASSISTANTS of the Company of SKINNERS Right Honourable and Right Worshipfull I Present you with these labours of my Pen as the first and newest Offering tendered into your hands to welcome You to your new Office of Majoralty and to congratulate the Right Worshipfull Company which hath produc'd a person so well worthy to receive a dignitie so well worth the Cities bestowing May both you and they find as much joy at the last day of your wearing it as at the first day of your putting it on J confess I cannot deserve to have these lines accepted yet I hope you will give them a courteous entertainment through the noblenesse of your good Natures for to your lasting Memory I set this down and dedicate it to your generous dispositions desiring nothing more then the prosperity and glory of this renewned City Londons Triumph WEre it now the intention of our discourse to dwell upon so Noble a Theame I might quickly run beyond the limits of those few sheets to which I am tied in relating the glory and antiquity of this famous City For as the Romans to dignifie their great and potent City of Rome deduc'd the originall thereof from the Gods themselves so doe also our own Historians draw the foundation of this mighty City from as high a beginning It being by them affirmed that Brute descended from the loyns of Aeneas the son of Venus the daughter of Jupiter above a thousand years before the Nativity of Christ built this City upon the banks of the River Thames It was afterward repair'd and beautifi'd by King Lud and call'd after his name Lud's Town and in processe of time with a small depravation of the pronunciation London But letting pass the first foundation of it the uncontroul'd and fortunate estate thereof even to this day hath given evident proof that it was built in a lucky hour and mark'd out for life and a long continuance There being no City that hath more flourish'd nor any City that hath been lesse afflicted with calamities And indeed whether we consider the Politique government thereof or the wealth of the Inhabitants or the priviledges which it enjoyes there are few Cities in the world may compare with it Mark the publike government thereof and say where is lesse disturbance among such a multitude of men throng'd together Consider the order and decorum of the military force being furnished with a body of well trained and expert Souldiers for the defence thereof as no where is to be found the like Consider the fair provisions made for poor and sick and say where are to be found Alms-houses and Hospitals of larger extent and greater maintenance And though the learning of the Nation have its proper seat and aboad yet hath it for the admiration and recreation of strangers Schools Libraries and Colledges of no small note and fame And whereas Common-wealths and Cities cannot have next under God any surer foundation then the love and good will of one man towards another as also of the people obeying to the Magistrate Ruling that also is closely kept and maintained in this City And now I have made mention of the Magistrates of this City I shal likewise speak something of the Antiquity of the government now in being It is true that in old time the government of this City with the Law and customs us'd therein were register'd in a book call'd Domus Dei or Doomsday book which was written in the Saxon language but of latter times when those Laws and customs were chang'd that book was defac'd and the things therein imbazl'd and lost Notwithstanding we do find in other Records that in the time of Edward the Confessor this City had two Governours which were then called Portgraves which were no other then those who at this time are called Sheriffs For these Portgraves are in divers Records called Viscounts or Sheriffs because that they then us'd the same authority as now the Sheriffs do Others there be that call them Aldermen or Judges of the Kings Court. In the time of Edward the Confessor there were two officers of this nature that governd this City by name William Bishop and one other called Leofstane In the time of Will the Conquerour the aforesaid Will. Bishop and one Godfrey were Portgraves or Sheriffs In the reign of Will. Rufus one Godfrey de Magnavile was Portgrave or Sheriff and Richard de Par Provost or Major In the reign of Richard the first Hugh Buche was Portgrave and Leofstane Provost After them Aubery de vere was Portgrave and Robert Querel Provost In this posture of government stood the City till the beginning of the reign of Richard the first Which gave occasion to some Authors to liken and compare this City even to Rome it self It being in the first place divided into Wards and secondly having Sheriffs instead of Consuls and an assembly of Senators or Aldermen together with several Courts or general meetings upon certain dayes Now that we may come to the Office of Major in particular we must take notice that in the time of King Richard the first the Citizens of London obtained to have a Major for their principal Governour who was to enter into his Office at the feast of St. Michael the Arch-Angel Of the grandure of this dignity I shall speak more at large by and by It shall suffice at present to say thus much in reference to the present occasion that above fifteen of those who have sate in this seat of honour and dignity have been members of the worshipful company of Skinners so fruitful hath that society been of worthy Patriots and Magistrates to uphold the government of this City The wealth of this City is apparent by the sumptuousnesse of the buildings both private and publike and indeed I may affirm that there have not been greater actions either of charity or munificence done by any persons more then by the Citizens of this place Great Almshouses and Churches having been built by particular men What good lier sight can there be then to behold such numbers of tall Ships riding as it were under the walls of the City so well fraught with the merchandise of the whole earth bringing in yearly such a mass of wealth as if all the world pay'd tribute to this one City So that the rich live splendidly and the poorest are free from want To speak of the strength hereof it is a City glorious for manhood potent in Arms and furnish'd with such store of munition and inhabitants insomuch that

it hath shew'd in a muster-roll above 20000 Horsemen and threescore 1000 footmen fit for war For its priviledges it hath many but among the rest there is none more notable then the many marks of favor bestowed upon those who have been Lord Majors by several the Kings of England who seldom leave their Office without the honour of Knighthood confer'd upon them Neither do they make this dignity lesse pleasing and splendid to the people by the pomp and gayety which is solemnly us'd when they are sworn at Westminster Which are perform'd upon this score knowing that Triumphs are that most choice and pleasant fruit that only springs from peace and plenty They are begot by love all people being willing to contribute toward the outward dignity of their Magistrates They are but the glorious beams and ornaments of State and Magnificence which adde a light and lustre to the Mansions and the titles of Governours And when they are but seldom done they carry so alluring a shape that Princes themselves delight to behold them there being this distinction between them and the vulgar that they behold them with delight those with admiration They are many times a debt due to Custome which being done with a sumptuous thriftinesse is laudable in a City so rarely govern'd as this For the Chairs of Magistrates ought to be adorn'd and to shine like the Chariot of the Sun to dazle and amaze the common Eye and to make them know there is something more excellent in Magistracy then they understand whereby they may be drawn to a stricter and greater obedience In a happy hour did his Lordship that now governs this renowned City being born a Citizen thereof take upon him that noble and ancient honour who being a Person of such a generous mind had the happinesse to meet with a Company equal to himself in spirit Neither have they shed the seed of their bounty upon an unfruitful and barren ground which with a soon ripe and liberal gratitude answers their expectation so fully It was a comely sight to see all the Companies striving to set forth and brighten the glory of the day For what Infamy could there have been greater then now to be morose sullen and niggardly when all eares are listening for no news but those of Feasts and Triumphs and when all eyes are open to behold them when all the Nation seems to be drawn together and to be Epitomiz'd within the Walls of her Metropolis If you think what we have here said hath been any thing of flattery let us but lead you to the River and the Thames shall shew you all the Honours of this Day 's Triumph That being done step again upon the Land and there again the Land it self throng'd with multitudes of Witnesses will be an easie confirmation of what we shall declare In the first place the loving members of the honourable Societie exercising Arms in Cripplegate Ground being drawn up together march'd in a military order to the house of my Lord Maior where they attended on him and from thence march'd before him to the three Crane Wharfe where part of them under the Red Colours embarqued themselves in three severall Barges and another part took water at Stone Staires being under green colours as enemies to the other and thence wafting to the other side of the water there began an encounter between each party which continued all the way to Westminster a third body consisting of Pikes and Musquets march'd to Bainards Castle and there from the Battlements of the Castle gave Thundring Ecchoes to the vollies of those that pass'd along the streame Part before and part behind went the severall Companies waiting on the Lord Maior in severall Barges with Drums beating and Trumpets sounding and varietie of other Musick to take the eare while the Flaggs and Silver Pendents made a pleasant sight delectable to the beholders When the Barges wherein the Souldiers were came right against White-Hall they saluted the Lord Protector and his Councell with severall peales of shott which the Lord Protecter answered with signal testimonies of grace and courtesie and thence proceeding forward to Westminster-Staires they gave another volley at the landing of the Lord Maior While the Lord Maior was taking his Oath before the Barons of the Exchequer both parties began a sharp incounter one against the other which continuing for a short space the green colours sounded a parley which being accepted both parties suddenly became friends Thus being united they attended the Lord Maiors taking Barge againe and as soon as he was on the Water they all together gave him another volly as acknowledging him their present Governour and the great Guns also gave him a Thundring farewell as he pass'd by Thence returning to White-Hall againe the Souldiers saluted the Lord Protector with another volly which being done they wafted down to Bainards Castle the small short Thundring all the way and being still answered by those upon the Battlements of the Castle who stood ready to receive them at their landing in Triumph Thus the Lord Maior and Companies together with the military Souldiers being landed put an end to the Water solemnitie than which there hath not been a more gracefull sight upon the Thames ever since the City stood The Lord Maior being landed the severall Companies went to their severall stations appointed for them in the streets and the Lord Maior being now readie to proceed on his way the Military Band march'd before with Drums beating and Colours flying all in a noble and War-like equipage after them the aged Pensioners of the City doing a kind of small homage for their maintenance went bearing the Escucheons of the City and severall of the Members of that company out of which the Lord Maior was chosen After these came severall Gentlemen-Ushers adorn'd with Gold Chaines behind them certaine rich Batchelours wearing gownes furr'd with Foynes and upon them Sattin Hoods And lastly after them followed the Worshipfull Company of SKINNERS it self whereof the Lord Maior is a member Next these the City Officers passing on before rode the Lord Maior with the Sword Mace and Cap of Mainenance before him being attended by the Recorder all the Aldermen in Scarlet Gowns on Horseback Thus attended he rode from Bainards Castle into Cheapside the Companies standing on both sides of the way as farr as the upper end of the Old Jury ready to receive him When he was come right against the Old Change a Pageant seem'd to meet him On the Pageant stood two Leopards bestrid by two Moors attird in the habit of their Country at the foure Corners sate four Virgins arraid in Cloth of Silver with their haire disheveld and Coronets on their Heads This seem'd to be the embleme of a City pensive and forlorn for want of a Zealous governor the Moors and Leopards like evill customs tyrannizing over the weak Virginitie of undefended Virtue which made an aged man who sate at the fore part of the Pageant