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A46256	London's royal triumph for the city's loyal magistrate in an exact description of several scenes and pageants, adorned with magnificent representations, performed on Wednesday, October XXIX at the installation and inauguration of the Right Honourable Sir James Smith, Knight, Lord Mayor of the city of London ... / devised and composed by Tho. Jordan ...	Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?; Smythe, James, Sir, 1642-1706.	1684 (1684)	Wing J1041; ESTC R1960	14,025	22

Addresses making application to his Lordship continueth the Characters of her own Grandeur and Drimacy with prostrate Submission of all her Powers and Priviledges to be disposed of at the good will and pleasure of my Lord and Lady for their Assistance in the Progress of their Years Government exhibited in these congratulatory expressions The Second SPEECH THo' I am deck'd in a Mysterious Dress My proper Name my Nature will express All men that know me call me Good Success I am the Worldlings highest happiness The Shepherd's Shelter and the Seaman's Gnard Above his Skill his Compass or his Card The Merchants Deity The States-Mans Pride The Souldiers Victory the Drapers Guide In all its turns of Trade without me none Bring any thing to right Perfection Therefore I come to greet Londons Lord Mayor And with my Benediction Charm his Chayr His Sword and Ballance That no Plotting Zealot May wrong the Magistrate the Prince or Prelate And that his Twelve Months Regiment may be Blest in the Progress and Catastrophe In order thereunto his Company The Gratulating Drapers have set free Their fruitful Love and Liberalitie For this Days Triumph as an Omen good And well begun by his own Brotherhood These Goddesses which sit on either hand Are the chief Blessings of a Prosperous Land Good Fortune Long-Life Strength Wealth Beauty Honour I have brought your Lady Sir to wait upon her Liberty Fancy Pleasure and Agility Are likewise here to perfect your Tranquility Riches hath brought her Golden-Fleece that she May shed some Locks unto your Mayoralty And now my Lord I wish and Pray those Fates That Guard good Men and guide just Magistrates May be your Pilots and so steer your Course That Quick-Sands of deceipt or Storms by Force May never hurt ye But may prosperous Gales Of good Success at all times fill your Sails That you in safety may run without rent Through Seas by Rocks o're Shelves of Government In this Years Voyage you are in judgment able The City in this sence is Navigable The Anchor of Good-Hope hangs at your Cable This Speech being ended the Speaker of it commended And his Lordship well attended makes way through the People till he comes to Bow-Steeple where being conducted he is kindly obstructed not by Lions and Leopards but by Hee and Shee Shepherds Who in Pastoral Order to the Mayor and Recorder do Tweeten their Throats with Musical Notes where in Madrigal manner with Scrip Hook and Banner with Bag-pipe and Fiddle and a Ram in the middle with Courage undaunted they chearfully chant it For on this Stage which contains The Third Pageant IS a Rustick Building called a Grove or Grotto in which there sit four couple of Princely Shepherds and Shepherdesses whose Names and Habits do properly and distinctly appear in this following Description 1. Mucedorus A Shepherd in an Ash colour Silk and Silver Robe a dark green and Gold Mantle black Hair crown'd with a Chaplet of Water-Lillies a Golden Scrip and Bottle a Silver Sheep-hook in one Hand and His Majesties Banner in the other 2. Pastora In long curl'd flaxen Hair on it a Garland of white and red Roses a Robe of grass-green and Gold a Mantle of white Silk and Silver a Sheep-hook of Gold with a Banner of the Company 3. Mirtillo with brown Hair en it a Chaplet of Meadow-flowers a grey silk Robe laced with Gold a Willow-green Mantle fringed with Silver a Silver Hook and a green Turkey Leather Scrip with Howers Knots and Borders gilded beating a Banner of the Cities 4. Jes●mi●t In yellow Hair on it a Coronet of Violets double Daisies and Dassadils a Robe of Poppinjay-green fringed with Silver a yellow silk Mantle sringed with Gold a Golden Sheep-hook a blew Silk and Silver Scrip with a Banner of my Lord Mayor's 5. ●ylvio In black Hair a Shepherds Hat turn'd up with green and gold sacing a Robe of French-green ●ilk and silver fringed-with grey and gold A Silver Sheep-hook a Scrip of red Velvet flourish'd with Artful leaves and Flowers in Gold a Banner of the Kings 6. Dorinda In bright-brown Hair on which is a fine Straw Hat turn'd up with Brimstone-green Silk and Silver with a double knot of Purple and Gold Ribbon a Sea-green silk and silver Mantle A Golden Sheep-hook in one Hand in the other a Banner of the Company bearing the Lamb. 7. Tyter● In a black Hair a Hat turn'd up with Purple Silk and Gold a double knot of Scarlet colour and Silver Ribbon a Robe of Silk of the colour of Birch-tree-bark and Silver a Mantle of Primrose-colour and Gold A Silver Scrip a Golden Hook bearing a Banner of the City 8. Corisca In long curl'd bright-brown Hair and on it a Shepherds Hat turn'd up with grass-green Silk and Silver Facing tyed with a double knot of Scarlet and Gold Ribbon a Parrot-green and Gold Robe an Orange-colour and Silver Scarf a Silver Hook and Banner of my Lords The Lamb is back'd by a young beautiful flaxen-hair'd Boy wearing a Chaplet of Olive-branches mixed with several delightful colour'd Flowers on his Head a Sky-colour'd Silver Robe a blossom-colour and Gold Mantle On his shoulders are Wings of various colour'd Feathers tipt with Silver and Gold In his Lest hand is a Carnation Silk and Silver Bridle and in his Right hand the silver Trumpet Fame with the Kings Banner which upon the March he often soundeth The first silence that is broken is by Mirtillo a Shepherd a Passionate Inamourato in answer to his Friend who had been labouring with Arguments to disuade him from Love telling him that he mispent his Time in that unprofitable Passion A SONG 1. TELL me not I my time mispend 'T is time lost to reprove me Pursue thou thine I have my end So Cloris onely love me 2. Tell me not others Flocks are full Mine poor let them despise me Who more abound in Milk and Wool So Cloria onely prize me 3. Tyre other easier Ears with these Unappertaining Stories He never feels the Worlds Diseafe That cares not for his Glories 4. For pity thou that wiser art Whose thoughts lye wide of mine Let me alone with my own Heart And I 'le ne'r envy thine 5. Nor blame whoever blames my wit That seek no higher Prize Than in unenvyed shades to sit And sing of Cloris Eyes Pastor Fido the Speaker the great Shepherd describ'd In a Purple Robe laced with Gold a Helmet-like Cap of Gold turn'd up and faced with Ermine In a broad blew and Silver Ribbon hung about his Neck is the Order of the Golden Fleece A Golden Scarf cross his Shoulder a Silver and Gold Scrip a Golden Sheep-hook in his Right Hand and in his Left Hand a large Target Charged with the Virgin in a Glory the Drapers Patroness Who rising up out of his Seat Saluteth my Lord with The Third Speech WHen I consider what it is to act A faithful Shepherd's part and be exact In every Circumstance of that vast Charge If contemplat

yet you shall Not with More Virtues give content to all You 'l never please the unconcocted crude Conceptions of the motley multitude That can in one and in few hours cry Both Hallelujah and Crucify The Lambs will like you tho' the Wolves would tear ye So good Men love let Malefactors fear ye When your Lambs loving Bleat will do no more You know your Refuge let your Lyons Roar Therefore be just do Right to every one That are your Suppliants but humour none You are the King's Vice-gerent like Him do He Rules by th' Laws o' th' Land And so must you The Speech being concluded his Lordship giving no signals of his dislike we had cause enough to presume that he was well enough pleased for very ceremonially he made his Exit and was not long engaged amongst the Bryers Brambles and Thickets of the Multitude but at last in the conclusion in the medium of this Consusion where every thing is in disorder he espies a piece of excellent Order The Second Pageant called the Fabrick of FATE ADelightful Structure of curious Dimensions according to the composite order of Architecture out of which the choicest parts are Collected and conjoyned in this famous Fabrick for Elevation Decoration and Magnitude Artfully Painted and Richly Gilded On which are orderly seated divers Living Figures distinctly disposed into several Vicinities personally Representing the Heads of all Worldly Happiness viz. 1. Good Fortune 2. Long Life 3. Strength 4. Riches 5. Beauty 6. Honour 7. Liberty 8. Pleasure 9. Fancy 10. Agility In these proper Habits 1. F●●●une In a long bright Curl'd lovely brown Hair On it an Imperial Dia●em In a Robe of Purple interweaved with Gold Imbroidered with variety of precious Jewels A Carnation and Silver Mantle deeply fringed In her Left hand a Shield Vert charged with Crowns Scepters Globes Myters and Crosiers OR in her Right Hand a Wheel In her Left Hand a Banner of the Kings 2. L●●g-Life With Black Hair on it a Garland of Oaken-Leaves tipt with Gold A Robe of Ivy-colour'd Satten Laced and Fringed with Gold A Mantle of Silver and Orange Colour'd-Silk In one Hand a Shield Argent bearing an Elephant In the other a Banner of my Lord Mayors 3. Strength In Brown Hair A Silver Helmet on which is stuck a Tall Flourishing Plume of Red and White Feathers consisting of a Sprig and divers Falls A Vest of Silver About her Neck a Corslet of Gold Holding in one Hand a Shield OR Charged with the Figure of Hercules Furens In the other Hand a Bauner of the City 4. Riches In a long Black Curl'd Hair on it a Coronet of Gold Richly Enjewell'd A Cloth of Gold Robe A Silver Mantle And on his Shoulders a pair of large spread Silver Wings tip'd with Purple Scarlet Blew Orange Green and Gold On a Shield Vert the River Tagus Wavey OR held in one Hand In th' other the Companies Banner 5. Beauty With sair Hair Black Eyes and on her Head an Imperial Crown of Gold On the top of it a Silver Cupid winged and Armed OR A Sea-green Robe A Silver Mantle And holding in one Hand a Smeld Azure Charged with Flames In th' other a Banner of the Kings 6. Honour In Black Hair On it a Ducal Crown A Purple Robe pouder'd with Stars of Gold A Scarlet Colour'd Mantle Fring'd with Gold In one Hand a Shield purpure charged with a Throne OR In the other hand a Banner of my Lords 7. Liberty In flaxen Hair On it a Silver Robe A Sky-colour and Gold Mantle Fringed with Gold and Silver In one Hand she beareth a Target Azure charged with a Golden Cage half open and Birds flying out In the other the City Banner 8. Pleasure In brown Curl'd Hair On it a Chaplet of several Colour'd Roses In a Robe of Carnation and Gold A Sea-water Silk and Silver Mantle In one Hand she beareth an Escutcheon Gules charged with two Dancing Mimmicks A Banner of the Drapers 9. Fancy In Yellow Hair A Flowry Chaplet A Robe of various Colour'd Silk Striped with Gold and Silver A Blossom Colour'd Silk and Silver and Gold Mantle ●n a Shield OR She beareth a Cheveron Argent between Three Parakeeto's proper A Banner of the Kings 10. Agility In long Curl'd Black Hair A Coronet of divers Colour'd Feathers a Robe of Peach-Blossom Silk and Silver A Mantle of Sky-Colour'd Silk and Gold A Target Azure Charged with the Picture of a Mercury Volant Argent in one Hand And in the other is display'd the Cities Banner These Ladies are in contention with Fortune which of their Qualities doth most merit Preheminence And are particularly Answer'd in Repartee by the Goddess Fortune Vocally In stilo Recitati●o SONG Fortune I am the great Goddess That Governs the Bodies Of Mortals by Sea and by Land What Men cannot hit By Strength Wealth and Wit I do but with turning my Hand Clo●●s Then cease your contention and silence your Brawl Ye quarrel for nothing 't is Fortune doth all 2. Long-Life Long-Life Long-Life Long-Life is a thing That pleases the Pesant and comforts the King In lusty Long-Life there be many expedients Long-Life is the promised reward of Obedients Fortune But when with Diseases and Crosses attended They dayly do wish that their Long-Life was ended 3. Strength Strength when 't is well managed with Valour and Vigor Subdues mighty Princes and Rules them with Rigor 'T is bold and Imperious it stoutly indures Makes Courtiers of Coblers and Barons of Brewers Turns Kingdoms to States Fort. But when Fortune prohibits Then down go the States-Men and up go the Jibbets 4. Riches 'T is rare to be Rich for in Riches Men find All things that are pleasant for Body or Mind It comprehends all things 't is Treasure that Paints Rebellion and gave a Long-Life to such Saints Fortune But when they were drawn on a Sledge or a Cart Wealth could not prevail Saints and Angels must part Chorus Then cease your contention and silence your Brawl For Riches hath Wings and will fly from ye all 4. Beauty There is no such Treasure as bright Beauty brings 'T is pleasant to all and it Captivates Kings To Femals Fair Faces Men do all their Duty Troy-Town is in Ashes burn'd down by a Beauty Fortune But after Ten Years spent in War for a Feather The Town and the Trifle ly buried together Chorus Then cease your contention c. 5. Honour Men hazard Long-Life Wealth and Beauty for Honour The Wealthiest and Wisest do all dote upon her True Honour 's derived from Royal Relation 'T is Honour's the cause of this Days Celebration Fortune Your Honour 's mistaken for Fortunes Power such is She can make a Dairy-Wench rise to a Dutchess Chorus Long-Life Strength and Beauty and Honour must fall To nothing but he that hath Fortune hath all This Song of contention concluding thus with Reconciliation and the Goddess having got the Day by general Vote In a well-pleased humour with due