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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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CHLORIDIA RITES TO CHLORIS AND HER NYMPHS Personated in a Masque at Court By the Queenes Maiesty And her Ladies At Shroue-tide 1630 Vnius tellus ante coloris erat LONDON Printed for Thomas Walkley CHLORIDIA THe King and Queenes Maiesty hauing giuen their command for the Inuention of a new argument with the whole change of the Scene wherein her Maiesty with the like number of her Ladies purposed a presentation to the King It was agreed it should be the celebration of some Rites done to the Goddesse Chloris who in a generall counsell of of the Gods was proclaim'd Goddesse of the flowers according to that of Ouid in the Fasti Arbitrium tu Dea floris habe And was to bee stellified on Earth by an absolut decree from Iupiter who would haue the Earth to be adorn'd with starres as well as the Heauen Vpon this hinge the whole Inuention moou'd The ornament which went about the Scene was composed of Foliage or leaues heightned with gold and enterwouen with all sorts of flowers and naked children playing and climbing among the branches and in the midst a great garland of flowers in which was written CHLORIDIA The Curtaine being drawne vp the Scene is discouer'd consisting of pleasant hills planted with young trees and all the lower bankes adorned with flowers And from some hollow parts of those hills Fountaynes come gliding downe which in the farre-of Land-shape seem'd all to be conuerted to a riuer Ouer all a serene skie with transparent clouds giuing a great lustre to the whole worke which did imitate the pleasant Spring VVhen the Spectators had enough fed their eyes with the delights of the Scene in a part of the ayre a bright cloud begins to breake forth and in it is sitting a plumpe Boy in a changeable garment richly adorn'd representing the mild Zephyrus On the other side of the Scene in a purplish cloud appeareth the Spring a beautifull Mayde her vpper garment greene vnder it a white robe wrought with flowers A garland on her head Here Zephyrus begins his dialogue calling her forth and making narration of the Gods decree at large which shee obeyes pretending it is come to Earth already and there begun to bee executed by the Kings fauour who assists with all bounties that may bee eyther vrg'd as causes or reasons of the Spring The first Song ZEPHYRVS Come forth come forth the gentle Spring And carry the glad newes I bring To Earth our common mother It is decreed by all the Gods The Heau'n of Earth shall haue no odds But one shall loue another Their glories they shall mutuall make Earth looke on Heauen for Heauens sake Their honour's shall bee euen All emulation cease and iarres Ioue will haue Earth to haue her starres And lights no lesse then Heauen SPRING It is already done in flowers As fresh and new as are the howres By warmth of yonder Sunne But will be multipli'd on vs If from the breath of ZEPHYRVS Like fauour we haue wonne ZEPHYRVS Giue all to him His is the dew The heate the humor SPRING All the true Beloued of the Spring ZEPHYRVS The Sunne the Wind the Verdure SPRING All That wisest Nature cause can call Of quick'ning any thing At which Zephyrus passeth away through the ayre and the Spring descendeth to the Earth and is receiu'd by the Naiades or Napeae who are the Nymph's Fountaynes and Seruants of the season The second Song FOVNTAYNES Fayre Mayde but are you come to dwell And tarry with ys here SPRING Fresh Fountaynes I am come to tell A tale in yond' soft eare Whereof the murmure will do well If you your parts will beare FOVNTAYNES Our purlings wayte vpon the Spring SPRING Goe vp with me then helpe to sing The story to the King Here the Spring goes vp singing the argument to the King and the Fountaynes follow with the close SPRING Cupid hath ta'ne offence of late At all the Gods that of the State And in their Councell he was so deserted Not to be call'd into their Guild But slightly passd by as a child FOVNTAYNES Wherein hee thinkes his honour was peruerted SPRING And though his Mother seeke to season And rectifie his rage with reason By shewing he liues yet vnder her command Rebellious he doth disobey And she hath forc'd his armes away FOVNTAYNES To make him feele the Justice of her hand SPRING Whereat the Boy in fury fell With all his speed is gone to hell There to excite and stirre vp jealousy To make a party 'gainst the Gods And set Heauen Earth and Hell at odds FOVNTAYNES And rayse a chaos of calamity The Song ended the Nymphs fall into a dance to their voyces and instruments and so returne into the Scene THE ANTIMASQVE First Entry A part of the vnder ground opening out of it enters a Dwarfe-Post from Hell riding on a Curtall with clouen feete and two Lacqueys These dance make the first entry of the Antimasque Hee alights and speakes POSTILION Hold my stirrop my one Lacquey and looke to my Curtall the other walke him well Sirrah while I expatiate my selfe here in the report of my office oh the Furies how I am ioyed with the title of it Postillion of Hell yet no Mercury But a mere Cacodaemon sent hether with a packet of newes newes neuer was Hell so furnished of the commodity of newes Loue hath bin lately there and so entertained by Pluto and Proserpine and all the Grandees of the place as it is there perpetuall Holy-day and a cessation of torment granted and proclaimed for euer Halfe-famish'd Tantalus is fallen to his fruit with that appetite as it threaten's to vndoe the whole company of Costardmungers and ha's a riuer afore him running excellent wine lxion is loos'd from his wheele and turn'd Dancer does nothing but cut capreols fetch friskals and leades Laualtos with the Lamiae Sisyphus ha's left rowling the stone and is growne a Mr. bowler challenges all the prime gamesters Parsons in hell and giues them odds vpon Tityus his brest that for fixe of the nine aeres is counted the subtlest bowling-ground in all Tartary All the Furies are at a game call'd nine pins or keilles made of old vsurers bones and their soules looking on with delight and betting on the game Neuer was there such freedome of sport Danaus daughters haue broke their bottomelesse tubs and made bonfires of them All is turn'd triumph there Had hell gates bin kep't with halfe that strictnesse as the entry here ha's bin to night Pluto would haue had but a cola Court Proserpine a thinne presence though both haue a vast territory We had such a stirre to get in I and my Curtall and my two Lacqueys all ventur'd through the eye of a Spanish needle we had neuer come in else that was by the fauour of one of the guard who was a womans-tayler and held ope the passage Cupid by commission hath carried jealousie from Hell Disdaine Feare and Dissimulation with other Goblins to trouble the