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A04644 Chloridia Rites to Chloris and her nymphs. Personated in a masque, at court. By the Queenes Maiesty and her ladies. At Shroue-tide. 1630. Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. 1631 (1631) STC 14762; ESTC S109221 4,646 22

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Gods And I am sent after post to rayse Tempest Windes Lightnings Thunder Rayne and Snow for some new exployt they haue against the Earth and the Goddesse Chloris Queene of the flowers and Mistris of the Spring For ioy of which I will returne to my selfe mount my Bidet in a dance and coruet vpon my Curtall The speech ended the Postillion mounts his Curtall and with his Lacqueys danceth forth as hee came in 2 Entry Cupid Jealousy Disdaine Feare and Dissimulation dance together 3 Entry The Queenes Dwarfe richly apparrel'd as a Prince of Hell attended by 6 infernall Spirits He first danceth alone and then the Spirits all expressing their ioy for Cupids comming among them 4 Entry Here the Scene changeth into a horrid storme Out of which enters the Nymph Tempest with foure Windes they dance 5 Entry Lightnings 3 in number their habits glistering expressing that effect in their motion 6 Entry Thunder alone dancing the tunes to a noyse mixed and imitating thunder 7 Entry Rayne presented by 5 persons all swolne and clouded ouer their hayre flagging as if they were wet and in their hands balls full of sweete water which as they dance sprinkle all the roome 8 and last Entry Seuen with rugged white heads and beards to expresse Snow with flakes on their garments mix'd with hayle These hauing danced returne into the stormy Scene whence they came Here by the prouidence of Iuno the tempest on an instant ceaseth And the Scene is changed into a delicious place figuring the bowre of Chloris Where in an arbour fayn'd of Gold-smiths worke the ornament of which was borne vp with Termes of Satyres beautify'd with Festones garlands and all sorts of fragrant flowers Beyond all this in the skie a farre of appear'd a Rainebow In the most eminent place of the Bowre sate the Goddesse Chloris accompanied with fourteene Nymphs their apparrell white embroydered with siluer trim'd at the shoulders with great leaues of greene embroydered with gold falling one vnder the other And of the same worke were their bases their head-'tires of flowers mix'd with siluer and gold with some sprigs of Aegrets among and from the top of their dressing a thinne vayle hanging downe All which beheld The Nymphs Riuers and Fountaynes with the Spring sung this reioycing Song Song 3. RIVERS SPRING FOVNTAYNES Run out all the Flouds in ioy with your siluer feete And hast to meete the enamour'd Spring For whom the warbling Fountaynes sing The story of the flowers preserued by the Howers At Iuno's soft command and Iris showers Sent to quench iealousie and all those powers Of Loues rebellious warre Whil'st Chloris sits a shining starre To crowne and grace our iolly song made long To the notes that we bring to glad the Spring Which ended the Goddesse and her Nymphs descend the degrees into the roome and dance the entry of the grand-masque After this another Song by the same persons as before Song 4 RIVERS FOVNTAYNES Tell a truth gay Spring let vs know What feete they were that so Impres't the Earth and made such various flowers to grow SPRING She that led a Queene was at least Or a Goddesse 'boue the rest And all their graces in her selfe expres't RIVERS FOVNTAYNES O' it were a fame to know her name Whether she were the roote Or they did take th' impression from her foote The Masquers here dance their second dance Which done The farther Prospect of the Scene changeth into ayre with a low Land-shape in part couered with clouds And in that instant the Heauen opening Iuno and Iris are seene and aboue them many aery spirits sitting in the cloudes Song 5. IVNO Now Iuno and the Ayre shall know The truth of what is done below From our discolourd bow Iris what newes IRIS The ayre is cleare your bow can tell Chloris renown'd Spight fled to Hell The busines all is well And Cupid sues IVNO For pardon Do's hee IRIS Hee sheds teares More then your Birds haue eyes IVNO The Gods haue eares Offences made agaynst the Deities Are soone forgot IRIS If who offends be wife Here out of the Earth ariseth a Hill and on the top of it a globe on which Fame is seene standing with her trumpet in her hand and on the Hill are seated foure Persons presenting Poesie History Architecture and Sculpture who together with the Nymphs Floods and Fountaynes make a full Quire at which Fame begins to mount and moouing her wings flyeth singing vp to Heauen FAME Rise golden Fame and giue thy name a birth CHORVS From great and generous actions done on Earth FAME The life of Fame is action CHORVS Vnderstood That action must be vertuous great and good FAME Vertue it selfe by Fame is of 't protected And dies despised CHORVS Where the Fames neglected FAME Who hath not heard of Chloris and her bowre Fayre Iris act employ'd by Iuno's power To guard the Spring and prosper euery flower Whom Iealousie and Hell thought to deuoure CHORVS Great actions of 't obscurd by time may lye Or enuy FAME But they last to memory POESY Wee that sustaine thee Learned Poesy HISTORY And I her sister seuere History ARCHITECTVRE With Architecture who will rayse thee high SCVLPTVRE And Sculpture that can keepe thee from to dye CHORVS All helpe lift thee to eternity JVNO And Iuno through the ayre doth make thy way IRIS By her serenest Messenger of Day FAME Thus Fame ascend's by all degrees to Heauen And leaues a light here brighter then the seuen CHORVS Let all applaud the sight Ayre first that gaue the bright Reflections Day or Night With these supports of Fame That keepe aliue her name The beauties of the Spring Fount's Riuers euery thing From the height of all To the Waters fall Resound and sing The honour's of his Chloris to the King Chloris the Queene of Flowers The sweetnesse of all Showres The ornament of Bowres The top of Par-amours Fame being hidden in the clouds the hill sinkes and the Heauen closeth The Masquers dance with the Lords The END The Names of the Masquers as they sate in the Bowre The Queene Countesse of Carlile Countesse of Oxford Lady Strange Countesse of Borkeshire Lady Anne Cauendish Countesse of Carnaruan Countesse of Newport Lady Penelope Egertn M. Porter M. Dor Sauage La. Howard M. Eliz Sauage M. Anne Wepon M. Sophia Cory