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A04637	B. Ion: his part of King Iames his royall and magnificent entertainement through his honorable cittie of London, Thurseday the 15. of March. 1603 so much as was presented in the first and last of their triumphall arch's. With his speach made to the last presentation, in the Strand, erected by the inhabitants of the Dutchy, and Westminster. Also, a briefe panegyre of his Maiesties first and well auspicated entrance to his high Court of Parliament, on Monday, the 19. of the same moneth. With other additions.	Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.	1604 (1604)	STC 14756; ESTC S109180	18,448	58

atque aeternaruinas Inuenies illic incisa adamante perenni Fata c. a A riuer diuiding Spaine and Portugall and by the consent of Poets stil'd aurifer b Vnderstanding Euphrosyne Sebasis Prothymia c a The Lord Maior vvho for his yeere hath Senior place of the rest and for the day vvas chief Serieant to the King b Aboue the blessing of his present office the vvord had some particular allusion to his name vvhich is Benet and hath no doubt in time bin the contraction of Benedict c The Cittie vvhich title is toucht before * To the Prince d An attribute giuen to great persons fitly aboue other Humanity in frequent vse vvith al the Greek Poets especially Homer Iliad {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} And in the same Booke {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a As Lactant. calls Parnassus Vmbilicum terra To the Queene b An emphaticall speach vvell re-enforcing her greatnes being by this match more than either hir Brother Father c. c Daughter to Frederik secōd kind of Denmarke Norway sister to Christierne the fourth novve there raigning vvife to Iames our Soueraigne d The Prince Henry Frederike Bassus apud Macro lib. 1. Satur. ca. 9. li. 8. Epi. 2. Fast. lib. I. So Cephisiodotus hath fained him See Paus. in Boeoti Phil. in Imag. contrarie to Aristop. Theogn Lucian and others that make him blinde and deformed Sil Ital De Malii Theo. cōs Panegy Eclog. 4. Aeneid lib. 11. * One of the three Flamines that as some think Numa Pōpilius first instituted but vve rather vvith Varro take him of Romulus institution vvhereof there vvere onely tvvo Hee and Dialis to vvhom he vvas next in dignity He vvas alvvaies created out of the Nobilitie did performe the rites to Mars vvho vvas thought the Father of Romulus c Scaliger in coniect. in Varr: saith Totus Pileus vel potiùs velamenta Flammcum dicebatur vnde Flamines dicti d To this lookes that other coniecture of Varro lib. 4. de lingua Latina Flamines quòd licio in Capite velati erant semper ac caput cinctum habebant filo Flamines dicti e Which in their attire vvas called Stroppus in their vviues Inarculum f Scal. Ibid in con Pone enim regerebant apicem ne grauis esset summis aestatis caloribus Amentis enim quae offendices dicebantur sub mentum adductis religabant vt cum vellent regererent pone pendere permitterent a Of Mars vvhose rites as vvee haue toucht before this Flamē did specially celebrate b With vs the 15. of March vvhich vvas the present day of this Triumph and on vvhich the great feast of Anna Perenna among the Romās vvas yearly and vvith such solemnitie remēbred Oui. Fast. 3. Idibus est Annae festū geniale Perennae Haud procul a ripis c. c Who this Anna should be vvith the Romanes themselues hath beene no trifling controuersie Some haue thought her fabulously the sister of Dido some a Nimphe of Numicius some Io some Themis Others an olde vvoman of Bouillae that fed the seditious multitude in Monte sacro vvith Wafers and fine Cakes in time of their penurie so vvhom aftervvard in memory of the benefit their peace being made vvith the Nobles they ordaind this feast Yet they that haue thought nearest haue mist all these and directly imagined her the Moone And that she vvas calld Anna Quia mensibus impleat annū Ovid ibid. To vvhich the vovv that they vsd in her Rites somvvhat confirmingly alludes vvhich vvas vt Annare Perennare commodè liceret Maor Sat. lib. 1. cap. I 2 d So Ouid. ibid. Fast. makes Mars speaking to her Mense meo coleris iunxi mea tempora tecum e Nuper erat dea facta c. ibid. Ouid. f Where is vnderstood the meeting of the Zodiack in March the month vvherein she is celebrated g That face vvherevvith he beholds the Spring h Written vpon the Altar for vvhich vvee refer you to the Page D. 3. i The Queene to ansvvere vvhich in our inscription vvee spake to the King MARTE MAIORI k The Temple of Ianus vve apprehend to be both the house of War Peace of War vvhen it is open of Peace vvhen it is shut And that there each ouer the other is interchangeably placd to the vicissitude of Times l Which are Peace Rest Liberty Safetie c and vvere his actiuely but the vvorlds passiuely m Somevvhat a strange Epithite in our tongue but proper to the thing for they vvere only Masculine Odours vvhich vvere offerd to the Altars Vir. Ecl. 8. Verbenasque adole pingueis et mascula Tura And Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. 12. cap. 14. speaking of these hath Quod ex eo rotunditate guttam pependit Masculum vocamus cum alias non fere mas vocetur vbi non sit femina religioni tributum ne sexus alter vsurparetur Masculum aliqui putant a specie testium dictum See him also lib. 34. cap. 11. And Arnob lib. 7. aduers. Gent. Non si mille iupōdera masculi Turis incendas c. n According to Romulus his institution vvho made March the first Month and consecrated it to his Father of vvhome it vvas called Martius Varr. Fest. in Frag. Martius mensis initium anni fuit et in Latio post Romam conditam c. And Ouid. Fast. 3. A te principium Romano dicimus anno Primus de patrio nomine mensis erit Vox ratafit c. See Macro lib. 1. Sat. cap. 12. and Solin in Poly. hist. cap. 3 Quòd hoc mēse mercedes exoluerint magistris quas completus annus deberi fecisset c. o Some to vvhom vve haue read this haue takē it for a Tautologie thinking Time inough express'd before in Yeares and Months For vvhose ignorant sakes vve must confesse to haue taken the better part of this trauale in noting a thing not vsuall neither affected of vs but vvhere there is necessitie as here to auoide their dull censures vvhere in Yeares and Months vve alluded to that is obserued in our former note but by Time vve vnderstand the present that from this instant we should begin to reckon and make this the first of our Time Which is also to be helpt by Emphasis p In vvhich he vvas slaine in the Senate Paraph. in Arat Phaenom a Fest. Aui paraph. Pars ait Idææ deflētem incendia Troiae et numerosa suae lugētem funerae gentis Electram tetris moestum dare nubibus orbem Besides the reference to antiquity this speach might be vnderstood by Allegorie of the Tovvne here that had beene so ruined vvith sicknesse c. b Hyginus Sed postquā Troia fuit capta Progenies cius quae à Dardano fuit euersa dolore permotam ab his se remouisse in circulo qui Arcticus dicitur constitisse c. c Electra signifies Serenity it selfe and is compounded of {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} vvhich is the Sunne and {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} that signifies serene She is mentioned to be Anima sphaerae solis by Proclus Com. in Hesiod d She is also faind to be the Mother of the Rainbovv Nascitur enim Iris ex aqua et serenitate è refractione radiorū scilicet Arist. in Meteorol e Val. Flac. Argonaut 1. makes the Rainbovv indicum serenitatis Emicuit reserata dies coelumque resoluit Arcus in summos redierunt nubila montes f A name of the Sunne Stat. The. lib. 1. torquentem cornua Mithran And Martian Capel lib. 3. de nup. Mer. Phil. Te Serapim Nilus Memphis veneratur Osirin Dissona sacra Mithran c. g Alcyone Celaeno Taygete Asterope Merope Maia vvhich are also said to bee the soules of the other sphaeres as Electra of the Sunne Proclus ibi in com Alcyone Veneris Celaeno Saturni Taygete Lunae Asterop. Iouis Merope Martis Maia Mercurij h Alluding backe to that of our Tēple i London k His Citty of Westminster in vvhose name and at vvhose charge together vvith the Duchie of Lancaster this Arch vvas erected l Since here they not only sate being Crovvnd but also first receiued their Crovvnes m Hor. Car. lib. 4. Ode 9. Ducentis ad se cuncta pecuniae n For our more authoritie to induce her thus See Fest. Auien. paraph. in Arat. speaking of Electra Nonnumquam Oceani tamen istam surgere ab vndis In conuexa poli sed sede carere sororum Atque os discretum procul edere detestatam Germanosque choros sobolis lachrymare ruinas Diffusamque comas corni crinisque soluti Monstrari effigie c. o All Comets vvere not fatall some vvere fortunatly ominous as this to vvhich vve allude and vvherefore vve haue Plinies testimonie Nat. Histo lib. 2. cap. 25. Cometes in vno totius orbis loco colitur in templo Romae admodum faustus Diuo Augusto iudicatus ab ipso qui incipiente eo apparuit ludis quos faciebat Veneri Genetrici non multo post obitum patris Caesaris in Collegio ab eo instituto Namque his verbis id gaudium prodidit Iisipsis ludorum meorum diebus sydus crinitum per septem dies in regione Coeli quae sub septentrionibus est conspectum Id oriebatur circa vndecimam horam dici clarumque omnibus terris conspicuum fuit Eo sydere significari vulgus credidit Caesaris animam inter Deorum immortalium numina receptam quo nomine id insigne simulacro capitis eius quod mox in foro consecrauimus adiectum est Hec Ille in publicum interiore gaudio sibi illum natum seque in conasci inter pretatus est Et si verum fatemur salutare id terris fuit