Hand in his left a Fish Of the nine Lesser Figures the first bears on a Shield the King of Bees flying alone a Swarm following at some distance the Word REGE INCOLUMI MENS OMNIBUS UNA The Second on his Shield a Testudo advancing against a Wall the Word CONCORDIAE CEDUNT The third a Shield charged with Hearts Gules the Word HIC MURUS AHENEUS ESTO The Fourth like a Spread-Eagle with two Heads one of an Eagle the other of an Estrich in the Mouth of the Estrich a Horse-shoe in the Foot of the Eagle a Thunderbolt the Word PRAESIDIA MAJESTATIS The Fifth a Bundle of Javelins the Word UNITAS The Sixth two Hands joyned athwart the Escutcheon as from the Clouds holding a Caduceus with a Crown the Word FIDâ— ET CONSILIO The Seventh Arms laid down Guns Pikes Ensigns Swords the Word CONDUNTUR NON CONTUNDUNTUR The Eighth a Caduceus with a wing'd Hat above and Wings beneath two Cornucopias coming out at the middle supported by a Garland the Word VIRTUTI FORTUNA COMES The Ninth a Bright Star striking a gleam through the midst of the Escutcheon the Word MONSTRANT REGIBUS ASTRA VIAM With these Figures is intermingled a Band of twenty four Violins The Bases and Capitals within this Triumph are Brass and the Pillars Steel The Triumph thus adorned and the several Musick playing all pass through till such time as His Majesty comes to the middle of the Temple at which time the three principal living Figures viz. CONCORD LOVE and TRUTH who till then had not been seen are by the drawing of a Curtain discovered and entertain His Majesty with the following Song I. Comes not here the King of Peace VVho the Stars so long foretold From all VVoes should us release Converting Iron-times to Gold II. Behold Behold Our Prince confirmed by Heav'nly signs Brings heating Balm Brings healing Balm and Anodines To close our Wounds and Pain asswage He comes with conqu'ring Bays and Palm VVhere sweling Billows us'd to rage Gsiding on a suver Calm Proud Interests now no more â—ngage Chorus Let these arched Roofs resound Joyning Instruments and Voice Fright pale Spirits under Ground But let Heav'n and Earth rejoyce We our Happiness have found He thus marching to be Crown'd Attended with this glorious Train From civil Broils Shall free these Isles Whil'st He and His Posterity shall reign I. Who follow Trade or study Arts Improving Pasture or the Plow Or furrow Waves to foreign Parts Use your whole Endeavours now II. His Brow his Brow Bids you Hearts as well as Hands Together joyn Together joyning bless these Lands Peace and Concord never poor Will make with Wealth this City shine Ships freight with Spice and Golden Ore Your Fields with Houey Milk and Wine To supply our Neighbours Store The First Song ended Concord addresses her self to His Majesty in these Words Welcome great Sir to CONCORD's Fan ' Which Your Return built up again You have her Fabrick rear'd so high That the proud Turrets kiss the Skie Tumult by You and Civil War In Janus Gates imprison'd are By You the King of Truth and Peace O may Divisions ever cease Your sacred Brow the blushing Rose And Virgin Lilly twin'd inclose The Caledonian Thistle-Down Combine with these t' adorn Your Crown No Discord in th' Hybernian Harp Nought in our Duty flat or sharp But all conspire that You as best May 'bove all other Kings be Blest The Speech ended His Majesty at his going off is entertained with the following Song With all our Wishes Sir go on Our Charles three Nations Glory That Worlds of Eyes may look upon Behind Sir and before Ye Go great Exemplar of our British Story Paternal Crowns assume That then Your Royal Name May registred by Fame Swell like a sweet Perfume Not writ in Marble Brass nor Gold Nor sparkling Gems Such as shine in Diadems Where all Nations may behold With brighter Characters enroll'd On th' Azure Vellam of configur'd Stars Who fixt with gentle Smiles Two fluctuating Isles And built well-grounded Peace on Civil Wars On the little Conduit at the lower End of Cheap-side are placed four Figures or Nymphs each of them having an Escutcheon in the one Hand and a Pendent in the other In a Balcony erected at the Entrance of Pater-noster-Row are placed His Majestie 's Drums and Fife the number of Persons eight Between that and Ludgate there are two other Balconies erected In one is placed a Band of six Waits In the other six Drums On the Top of Ludgate six Trumpets At Fleet-Bridge a Band of six Waits On Fleet-Conduit are six Figures or Nymphs clad in White each with an Escutcheon in one Hand and a Pendent in the other as also a Band of six Waits And on the Lanthorn of the Conduit is the Figure of Temperance mixing Water and Wine IN Fleetstreet near VVhite Friers stands the fourth Irsumphal Arch representing the Garden of PLENTY it is of two Stories one of the Dorick Order the other of the Ionick The Capitals have not their just Measure but incline to the Modern Architecture Upon the great Shield over the Arch in large Capitals this Inscription UBERITATI AUG EXTINCTO BELLI CIVILIS INCENDIO CLUSOQ JANI TEMPLO ARAM CELSISS CONSTRUXIT S. P. Q. L. Over the Postern on the South-side of the Entrance is BACCHUS in a Chariot drawn by Leopards his Mantle a Panther's Skin his Crown of Grapes a Thyrsus with Ivy in his left Hand a Cup in his right underneath LIBER PATER The Painting over this represents SILENUS on his Ass Satyres dancing round about in Drunken and Antick Postures the Prospect a Vine-yard On the North-side opposite Ceres drawn in a Chariot by winged Dragons and crowned with Ears of Corn in her left Hand Poppy in her right a blazing Torch The Painting over her is a Description of Harvest with CERES AUG On the VVest-side of the Arch over the South-Postern the Goddess FLORA in a various Coloured Habit in one Hand Red and White Roses in the other Lilies on her Head a Garland of several other Flowers The Painting over this a Garden with Walks Statues Fountains Flowers and Figures of Men and Women walking Opposite to this on the North-side the Goddess POMONA crown'd with a Garland of several Fruits in her right Hand the Sun in her left Hand a Wand At her Feet all Sorts of Graffing and Gardening Tools The Painting above an Orchard On the Corners four living Figures above the four Seasons of the Year In the Niches stand four Figures representing the four Winds EURUS a Black-Moor with Black wings his Embleme the Sun rising and a fair plain Country his Motto AD AURORAM NABATHAEAQ REGNA BOREAS instead of Feet two Serpents Tails his Wings covered with Snow his Emblem a rocky Mountainous Country and the Pleiades rising over it his Motto SCYTHIAM SEPTEMQ TRIONES HORRIFER INVADIT AUSTER in a dark-coloured Habit with Wings like Clouds his Emblem a Cloudy Sky and Showres
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT CHARLES R. WHEREAS the Commissioners for the Solemnity of Our Royal Coronation have appointed Our Trusty and Well-beloved John Ogilby Gent. for the Conduct of the Poetical part thereof consisting in Speeches Emblemes Mottoes and Inscriptions which he intends to set forth in a large Treatise and Represent in Sculpture Our will and pleasure is That no Person or Persons whatsoever do presume to Print or publish the said Treatise or any relation whatsoever of the said Solemnitie or Sculpture in any size or Book or Pamphlet in any Volume whatsoever concerning the same without the Consent of the said John Ogilby as they will answer the contrary at their perill Given at Our Court at White-Hall the 11 th day of April in the 13 th Year of Our Reign By His MAJESTIE' 's Command EDWARD NICHOLAS THE RELATION OF His Majesties ENTERTAINMENT Passing through the City of LONDON To His CORONATION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE Triumphal Arches AND SOLEMNITY By JOHN OGILBY LONDON Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Rich. Marriott in St Dunstan's Church-Yard in Fleet-Street 1661. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR COURT of ALDERMEN COMMITTEE for the CORONATION And the rest of the Worthy Members of this Honourable CITY THE RELATION of this Solemnity and of what in pursuit of their Commands He undertook and hath compleated is Humbly Dedicated by Their Most Obedient Servant JOHN OGILBY HIS MAJESTIE' 's ENTERTAINMENT Passing through the City of LONDON TO HIS CORONATION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE TRIUMPHAL ARCHES and CEREMONIES THE City of LONDON participating the greatest share of that inexpressable Happiness which these Kingdoms have received by the glorious Restauration of our Sovereign to his Throne and of us His Subjects to our Religion Laws and Liberties after a dismal Night of Usurpation and Oppression and proportionably exceeding in their Loyalty have taken the occasion of His MAJESTIE' 's Coronation to express their Joy with the greatest Magnificence immaginable imitating therein the antient Romanes who at the Return of their Emperours erected Arches of Marble which though They by reason of the Shortness of Time could not equal in Materials yet do theirs far exceed the others in Number and stupendious Proportions They have not herein spared any Cost to manifest their affectionate Duty to the KING considering that if ever excessive Profusions of this nature might be justified the present should be allowed the occasion thereof being the most Miraculous and Joyful of any that ever happened And to the intent that the Ingenuous may be instructed the Malevolent silenced and Misinformations prevented it is thought fit to publish a perfect Description of the Solemnity MONDAY April the two and twentieth His MAJESTY goes from the Tower through the City to Whitehall In his passage through Crouched Fryers He is entertained with Musick a Band of eight Waits placed on a Stage Near Algate another Band of six Waits entertain Him in like manner with Musick from a Balcony built to that Purpose In Leaden Hall-street near Lime-street End is erected the First Friumphal Arch after the Dorick Order On the North-side on a Pedestal before the Arch is a Woman personating REBELLION mounted on a Hydra in a Crimson Robe torn Snakes crawling on her Habit and begirt with Serpents her Hair Snaky a Crown of Fire on her Head a bloody Sword in one Hand a charming Rod in the other Her Attendant CONFUSION in a deformed Shape a Garment of several ill-matched Colours and put on the wrong way on her Head Ruines of Castles torn Crowns and broken Scepters in each Hand On the South Pedestal is a Representation of BRITTAIN'S MONARCHY supported by LOYALTY both Women Monarchy in a large Purple Robe adorn'd with Diadems and Scepters over which a loose Mantle edged with blue and silver Fringe resembling Water the Map of Great Britain drawn on it on her Head London in her right Hand Edinburgh in her left Dublin Loyalty all in White three Scepters in her right Hand three Crowns in her left The first Painting on the South-side is a Prospect of His Majestie 's Landing at Dover-Castle Ships at Sea great Guns going off one kneeling and kissing the Kings Hand Soldiers Horse and Foot and many People gazing Above ADVENTUS AUG The whole Tablet representing His Majestie 's blessed Arrival Beneath the Painting this Motto IN SOLIDO RURSUS FOR TUNA LOCAVIT Alluding to that of Virgil Multa dies variusque labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius multos alterna revisens Lusit in solido rursus Fortuna locavit Thus rendred The various Works of Time and many Dayes Often Affairs from worse to better raise Fortune reviewing those She tumbled down Sporting restores again unto the Crown The Painting on the North-side opposite to this is a Trophy with decollated Heads having over it ULTOR A TERGO DEUS Taken out of Horace sequitur Rebelles Ultor a tergo Deus Gods Vengeance Rebels at the heels pursues This Tablet representing in a Trophy the late Example of Gods Justice upon the Rebels who commited that most horrid Murther upon his Majesties Royal Father of blessed Memory To which Rebels the Motto beneath also referreth AUSI IMMANE NEFAS AUSOQUE POTITI Said by Virgil of those who were for the like Crimes condemned to the Pains of Erebus as he closes the Description of it in the Sixth of his Aeneis Ausi omnes immane nefas ausoque potiti All dar'd bold Crimes and thriv'd in what they dar'd The Painting over the Middle Arch represents the King mounted in calm Motion USURPATION flying before him a Figure with many ill-favoured Heads some bigger some lesser and one particularly shooting out of his Shoulder like CROMWELL'S Another Head upon his Rump or Tayl Two Harpies with a Crown chased by an Angel Hell's Jaws opening Under the said Representation of the King pursuing Usurpation is this Motto VOLVENDA DIES EN ATTULIT ULTRO Taken out of the Aeneis lib. 9. TURNE Quod optanti Divum promittere Nemo Auderet volvenda dies en attulit ultro What none of all the Gods durst grant implor'd Successive Time does of its own accord Above the Arch on two Pedestals South-ward and North-wards stand the Statues of King JAMES and King CHARLS I. In the Middle somewhat higher just over the Arch the Statue of His Sacred Majesty Under that of King James DIVO JACOBO Under that of King Charles I. DIVO CAROLO Under that of His Majesty this following Inscription D. N. CAROLO II. D. G. BRITANNIARUM IMP. OPT. MAX. UBIQUE VENERANDO SEMPER AUG BEATISSIMO AC PIISSIMO BONO REIP. NATO DE AVITA BRITANNIA DE OMNIUM HOMINUM GENERE MERITISSIMO P. P. EXTINCTORI TYRANNIDIS RESTITUTORI LIBERTATIS FUNDATORI QUIETIS OB FELICEM REDITUM EX VOTO L. M. P. S. P. Q. L. Behind the said Figure of Charles II. in a large Table is deciphered the ROYAL OAK bearing Crowns and Scepters instead of Acorns amongst
from Your Sacred Ear Now I above my highest bound have rear'd My Head to say what could not then be heard Hail Mighty Monarch whose Imperial Hand Quiets the Ocean and secures the Land This City whom I serve with Neighb'ring Floods Exporting Yours importing Foreign Goods With anxious Grief did long Your Absence mourn Now with full Joy she Welcomes Your Return Your blest Return by which she is Restor'd To all the Wealth Remotest Lands afford At your Approach I hasten'd to the Downs To see your Moving Forts Your Floating Towns Your Sovereigns Big with Thunder Plow the Main And swimming Armies in their Womb contain You are our Neptune every Port and Bay Your Chambers the whole Sea is Your High-way Though sev'ral Nations Boast their Strength on Land Yet You Alone the wat'ry World command Pardon great Sir fair Cynthia checks my stay But to Your Royal Palace twice a day I will Repair there my proud Waves shall wait To bear our Caesar and His conqu'ring Fate The River Thames having ended his Speech the three Seamen who entertain'd the Nobility with the former Song address the following to His Majesty I. King CHARLS King CHARLS great Neptune of the Main Thy Royal Navy rig And Wee 'll not care a fig For France for France the Netherlands nor Spain The Turk who looks so big We 'll whip him like a Gig About the Mediterrane His Gallies all sunk or ta'ne Wee 'll seize on their Goods and their Monies Those Algier Sharks That Plunder Ships Barks Algier Sally and Tunis We 'll give them such Toasts To the Barbary-Coasts Shall drive them to Harbour like Conies Tan tara ran tan tan Tan tara ran tan tara Not all the world we fear-a The great Fish-pond Shall be thine-a Both here and beyond From Strand to Strand And underneath the Line-a II. A Sail a Sail I to the Offin see She seems alusty Ship Hoise all your Sails a-trip We 'll weather weather her what e're she be Your Helm then steady keep And Thunder up the Deep A Man of War no Merchants She We 'll set her on her Crupper Give Fire Bounce Bounce Pickeering Villains trounce Till Blood run in Streams at the Scupper Such a Break-fast them we shall Give with Powder and Ball They shall need neither Dinner nor Supper Tan tara ran tan tan Tan tara ran tan tara Pickeering Rogues ne're spare-a With Bullets pink Their Quarters Vntill they stink They sink they sink Farewell the Devil's Martyrs III. They yield they yield shall we the poor Rogues spare Their ill-gotten Goods Preserv'd from the Floods That King CHARLES and we may share With Wine then chear our Bloods And putting off our Hoods Drink to His MAJESTIE bare The King of all Compassion On our Knees next fall T' our Royal Admiral A Health for his Preservation Dear JAMES the Duke of YORK Till our Heels grow light as Cork The second Glory of our Nation Tan tara ran tan tan Tan tara ran tan tara To the Royal Pair-a Let every man Full of Wine-a Take off his Can Though wan though wan To make his red Nose shine-a The Seamen having ended their Song the several sorts of Musick perform their Duty whilst His MAJESTY passeth on towards Cheap-side At the Stocks the Entertainment is a Body of Military Musick placed on a Balcony consisting of six Trumpets and three Drums the Fountain there being after the Thuscan Order venting Wine and Water In like manner on the Top of the great Conduit at the Entrance of Cheap-side there is another Fountain out of which issue both Wine and Water as in a representation of Temperance and on the several Towers of that Conduit are eight Figures habited like Nymphs with Escutcheons in one Hand and Pendents or Banners in the other And between each of them Wind-Musick the number eight On the Standard also in Cheap-side there is a Band of Wayts placed consisting of six Persons THE third Triumphal Arch stands near Wood-street end not far from the Place where the Cross sometimes stood It represents an Artificial Building of two Stories one after the Corinthian way of Architecture the other after the Composite representing the Temple of Concord with this Inscription on a Shield AEDEM CONCORDIAE IN HONOREM OPTIMI PRINCIPIS CUJUS ADVENTU BRITANNIA TERRA MARIQ PACATA ET PRISCIS LEGIBUS REFORMATA EST AMPLIOREM SPLENDIDIOREMQ RESTITUIT S. P. Q. L. In the Spandrils of the Arch there are two Figures in Female Habits leaning One representing PEACE the other TRUTH That of Peace hath her Shield charged with an Helmet and Bees issuing forth and going into it the Word PAX BELLO POTIOR Truth on the other side in a thin Habit on her Shield TIME bringing Truth out of a Cave the Word TANDEM EMERSIT Over the great Painting upon the Arch of the Cupula represents a large GERYON with three Heads crowned in his three right-Hands a Lance a Sword and a Scepter in his three left-Hands the three Escutcheons of England Scotland and Ireland before him the Kings Arms with three Imperial Crowns beneath in great Letters CONCORDIA INSUPERABILIS On the top of the Cupula CONCORD a Woman in her right-Hand holding her Mantle in her left-Hand a Caduceus under her Feet a Serpent strugling which she seems to tread down On the West-side the third great Figure a Woman standing at the Prow of a Ship in her left Hand a Cornucopia the Word FOR TUNAE REDUCI Above there are eight living Figures with Pennons and Shields representing the four Cardinal Virtues each with an Attendant PRUDENCE on her Shield Bellerophon on a Pegasus runing his Javelin into the Mouth of a Chymera the word CONSILIO ET VIR TUTE JUSTICE on her Shield a Woman holding a Sword in one Hand a Ballance in the other the word QUOD DEXTERA LIBRAT TEMPERANCE a Viol in her left Hand a Bridle in her right the word FERRE LUPATA DOCET FORTITUDE a Lyon having the Arms of England in an Escutcheon the word CUSTOS FIDISSIMUS The internal Part of this Triumph or Temple is Round the upper part Dark only enlightned by Artificial Lights the lower part divided into ten Parts by Pilasters with Pedestals Within the TEMPLE are twelve living Figures three placed above the Rest The First the Goddess of the TEMPLE in rich Habit with a Caduceus in her Hand and a Serpent at her Feet Behind the Goddess a Man in a Purple Gown like a Citizen of London presenting the KING with an Oaken Garland Over the King's head PATER PATRIAE Over the Citizen's S. P. Q. L. OB CIVES SERVATOS The Second TRUTH standing next the Goddess CONCORD in a thin but rich Habit her Shield charg'd with a Book held open with wings fasten'd by a Chain to a Cloud beneath a Fury plucking at the End of the Chain the word VERITAS INVICTA The Third LOVE richly dress'd on the other side of the Goddess on her Shield a Cupid Roses in his Right