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A17879 A relation of the late royall entertainment giuen by the Right Honorable the Lord Knovvles, at Cawsome-House neere Redding: to our most gracious queene, Queene Anne, in her progresse toward the Bathe, vpon the seuen and eight and twentie dayes of Aprill. 1613 VVhereunto is annexed the description, speeches, and songs of the Lords maske, presented in the Banquetting-house on the mariage night of the high and mightie, Count Palatine, and the royally descended the Ladie Elizabeth. Written by Thomas Campion. Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620.; Banbury, William Knollys, Earl of, 1547-1632. 1613 (1613) STC 4545; ESTC S104864 14,190 34

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mee two great Platters full of Pappe which hauing duetifully deuoured I grew to this portrature you see sprung fodainely out of my Cabine and fell to my profession Trau Verily by thy discourse thou hast Trauelled much and I am asham'd of my selfe that I come so farre behind thee as not once to haue yet mentioned Venus or Cupid or any other of the gods to haue appeared to mee But I will henceforth boast truely that I haue now seene a Dietie as farre beyond theirs as the beautie of light is beyond darknesse or this Feast whereof we haue had our share is beyond thy Sallets Cynick Sure I am it hath stir'd vp strange thoughts in me neuer knew I the difference betweene Wine and Water before Bacchus hath opened mine eyes I now see brauerie and admire it beautie adore it I find my Armes naked my discourse rude but my heart soft as Waxe ready to melt with the least beame of a faire eye which till this time was as vntractable as Iron Gard. I much ioy in thy conuersion thou hast long beene a mad fellow and now proues●… a good fellow let vs all therefore ioyne together sociably in a Song to the honour of good fellowship Cyn. A very Musicall motion and I agree to it Trau Sing that sing can for my part I will onely while you sing keepe time with my gestures A la more du France A Song of three Voyces with diuers Instruments NIght as well as brightest day hath her delight Let vs then with mirth and Musicke decke the night Neuer did glad day such store Of ioy to night boqueath Her Starres then adore Both in Heau'n and hore beneath 2. Loue and beautie mirth and Musicke yeeld true ioyes Though the Cynickes in their folly count them toyes Raise your spirits nere so high They will be apt to fall None braue thoughts enuie Who had ere braue thought at all 3. Ioy is the sweete friend of life the nurse of blood Patron of all health and fountaine of all good Neuer may ioy hence depart But all your thoughts attend Nought can hurt the heart That retaines so sweete a friend At the end of this Song enters Siluanus shapt after the description of the ancient Writers His lower parts like a Goate and his vpper parts in an anticke habit of rich Taffatie cut into Leaues and on his head he had a false Haire with a wreath of long Boughes and Lillies that hung dangling about his necke and in his hand a Cypresse branch in memorie of his loue Cyparissus The Gardiner espying him speakes thus Gard. Silence sirs here comes Siluanus god of these Woods whose presence is rare and importes some noueltie Trau Let vs giue place for this place is fitter for Dieties then vs. They all vanish and leaue Siluanus alone who comming neerer to the State and making a low Congee speakes SILVANVS THat health which harbours in the fresh air'd groues Those pleasures which greene hill and valley moues Siluanus the commander of them all Here offers to this State Emperiall Which as a homager he visites now And to a greater power his power doth bow With all thus much his duetie signifies That there are certaine Semideities Belonging to his Siluan walkes who come Led with the Musicke of a Spritely drome To keepe the night awake and honour you Great Queene to whom all Honours they hold due So rest you full of ioy and wisht content Which though it be not giuen 't is fairely ment At the end of this speech there is suddainly heard a great noise of drums and phifes and way being made eight Pages first enter with greene torches in their hands lighted their sutes were of greene Satten with cloakes and caps of the same richly and strangely set forth Presently after them the eight Maskers came in rich imbrodered sutes of greene Satten with high hats of the same and all their acoutrements answerable to such Noble and Princely personages as they concealed vnder their visards and so they instantly fell into a new dance at the end whereof they tooke forth the Ladies and danced with them and so well was the Queene pleased with her intertainment that shee vouchsafed to make her selfe the head of their Reuels and graciously to adorne the place with her personall dancing much of the night being thus spent with varietie of dances the Maskers made a conclusion with a second new dance At the Queenes parting on wednesday in the afternoone the Gardiner with his Man and Boy and three handsome Countrie Maides the one bearing a rich bagge with linnen in it the second a rich apron and the third a rich mantle appeare all out of an Arbour in the lower Garden and meeting the Queene the Gardiner presents this speech GARDINER STay Goddesse stay a little space Our poore Countrie loue to grace Since we dare not too long stay you Accept at our hands we pray you These meane presents to expresse Greater loue then we professe Or can vtter now for woe Of your parting hast'ned so Gifts these are such as were wrought By their hands that them haue brought Home-bred things which they presumed After I had them perfumed With my flowrie incantation To giue you in presentation At your parting come feate Lasses With fine cursies and smooth faces Offer vp your simple toyes To the Mistris of our ioyes While we the sad time prolong With a mournefull parting song A Song of three voices continuing while the presents are deliuered and receiued 1 CAn you the Author of our ioy So soone depart Will you reuiue and straight destroy New mirth to teares conuert O that euer cause of gladnesse Should so swiftly turne to sadnesse 2 Now as we droupe so will these flowers Bard of your sight Nothing auaile them heau'nly showres Without your heau'nly light When the glorious Sunne forsakes vs Winter quickly ouer-takes vs. 3 Yet shall our praiers your waies attend When you are gone And we the tedious time will spend Remembring you alone Welcome here shall you heare euer But the word of parting neuer Thus ends this ample intertainment which as it was most nobly performed by the right honourable the Lord and Ladie of the house and fortunately executed by all that any way were Actors in it so was it as graciously receiued of her Maiestie and celebrated with her most royall applause THE DESCRIPTION SPEECHES AND SONGS OF THE LORDS MASKE PRESENTED IN the Banquetting-house on the mariage night of the high and mightie Count Palatine and the royally descended the Ladie ELISABETH I Haue now taken occasion to satisfie many who long since were desirous that the Lords maske should be published which but for some priuate lets had in due time come forth The Scene was diuided into two parts from the roofe to the floore the lower part being first discouered vpon the sound of a double consort exprest by seuerall instruments plac't on either side of the roome there appeared a Wood in prospectiue
the innermost part being of releaue or whole round the rest painted On the left hand from the seate was a Caue and on the right a thicket out of which came Orpheus who was attired after the old Greeke manner his haire curled and long a lawrell wreath on his head and in his hand hee bare a siluer bird about him tamely placed seuerall wild beasts and vpon the ceasing of the Consort Orpheus spake ORPHEVS AGen agen fresh kindle Phoebus sounds T'exhale Mania from her earthie den Allay the furie that her sense confounds And call her gently forth sound sound agen The Consorts both sound againe and Mania the Goddesse of madnesse appeares wildly out of her caue Her habit was confused and strange but yet gracefull shee as one amazed speaks Mania What powerfull noise is this importunes me T' abandon darkenesse which my humour fits Ioues hand in it I feele and euer he Must be obai'd eu'n of the franticst wits Orpheus Mania Mania Hah Orpheus Braine-sick why start'st thou so Approch yet nearer and thou then shalt know The will of Ioue which he will breath from me Mania Who art thou if my dazeled eyes can see Thou art the sweet Enchanter heau'nly Orpheus Orpheus The same Mania and Ioue greets thee thus Though seuerall power to thee and charge he gaue T' enclose in thy Dominions such as raue Through blouds distemper how durst thou attempt T' imprison Entheus whose rage is exempt From vulgar censure it is all diuine Full of celestiall rapture that can shine Through darkest shadowes therefore Ioue by me Commands thy power strait to set Entheus free Mania How can I Franticks with him many more In one caue are lockt vp ope once the dore All will flie out and through the world disturbe The peace of Ioue for what power then can curbe Their rainelesse furie Orpheus Let not feare in vaine Trouble thy crazed fancie all againe Saue Entheus to thy safeguard shall retire For Ioue into our musick will inspire The power of passion that their thoughts shall bend To any forme or motion we intend Obey Ioues willing then go set Entheus free Mania I willing go so Ioue obey'd must bee Orph. Let Musicke put on Protean changes now Wilde beasts it once tam'd now let Franticks bow At the sound of a strange musicke twelue Franticks enter six men and six women all presented in sundry habits and humours there was the Louer the Selfe-louer the melancholicke-man full of feare the Schoole-man ouer-come with phantasie the ouer-watched Vsurer with others that made an absolute medly of madnesse in middest of whom Entheus or Poeticke furie was hurried forth and tost vp and downe till by vertue of a new change in the musicke the Lunatickes fell into a madde measure fitted to a loud phantasticke tune but in the end thereof the musick changed into a very solemne ayre which they softly played while Orpheus spake Orph. Through these soft and calme sounds Mania passe With thy Phantasticks hence heere is no place Longer for them or thee Entheus alone Must do Ioues bidding now all else be gone During this speech Mania with her Franticks depart leauing Entheus behind them who was attired in a close Curace of the Anticke fashion Bases with labels a Roabe fastned to his shoulders and hanging downe behind on his head a wreath of Lawrell out of which grew a paire of wings in the one hand he held a booke and in the other a pen. Enth. Diuinest Orpheus ô how all from thee Proceed with wondrous sweetnesse am I free Is my affliction vanish't Orph. Too too long Alas good Entheus hast thou brook't this wrong What number thee with madmen o mad age Sencelesse of thee and thy celestiall rage For thy excelling rapture eu'n through things That seems most light is borne with sacred wings Nor are these Musicks Showes or Reuels vaine When thou adorn'st them with thy Phoebean braine Th' are pallate sicke of much more vanitie That cannot taste them in their dignitie Ioue therefore lets thy prison'd spright obtaine Her libertie and fiery scope againe And heere by me commands thee to create Inuentions rare this night to celebrate Such as become a nuptiall by his will Begun and ended Enth. Ioue I honor still And must obey Orpheus I feele the fires Are reddy in my braine which Ioue enspires Loe through that vaile I see Prometheus stand Before those glorious lights which his false hand Stole out of heau'n the dull earth to enflame With the affects of Loue and honor'd Fame I view them plaine in pompe and maiestie Such as being seene might hold riualitie With the best triumphes Orpheus giue a call With thy charm'd musicke and discouer all Orph. Flie cheerfull voices through the ayre and clear These clouds that you hid beautie may appeare A Song 1 COme away bring thy golden theft Bring bright Prometheus all thy lights Thy fires from Heau'n bereft Shew now to humane sights Come quickly come thy stars to our stars straight present For pleasure being too much defer'd loseth her best cōtēt What fair dames wish should swift as their own thoughts appeare To louing to longing harts euery houre seemes a yeare 2 See how faire O how faire they shine What yeelds more pompe beneath the skies Their birth is yet diuine And such their forme implies Large grow their beames their nere approch afford thēso By nature sights that pleasing are cānot too amply show O might these flames in humane shapes descēd this place How louely would their presence be how full of grace In the end of the first part of this Song the vpper part of the Scene was discouered by the sodaine fall of a curtaine then in clowdes of seuerall colours the vpper part of them being fierie and the middle heightned with siluer appeared eight Starres of extraordinarie bignesse which so were placed as that they seemed to be fixed betweene the Firmament and the Earth in the front of the Scene stood Prometheus attyred as one of the ancient Heroes Enth. Patron of mankinde powerfull and bounteous Rich in thy flames reuerend Prometheus In Hymens place aide vs to solempnize These royall Nuptials fill the lookers eyes With admiration of thy fire and light And from thy hand let wonders flow to night Prom. Entheus and Orpheus names both deare to me In equall ballance I your Third will be In this nights honour view these heau'n borne Starres Who by my stealth are become Sublunars How well their natiue beauties fit this place Which with a chorall danee they first shall grace Then shall their formes to humane figures turne And these bright fires within their bosomes burne Orpheus apply thy musick for it well Helps to induce a Courtly miracle Orp. Sound best of Musicks raise yet higher our sprights While we admire Prometheus dancing lights A Song 1 ADuance your Chorall motions now You musick-louing lights This night concludes the nuptiall vow Make this the best of nights So brauely