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A20053 Brittannia's honor brightly shining in seuerall magnificent shevves or pageants, to celebrate the solemnity of the Right Honorable Richard Deane, at his inauguration into the majoralty of the honourable citty of London, on Wednesday, October 29th. 1628. At the particular cost, and charges of the right vvorshipfull, worthy, and ancient Society of Skinners. Inuented by Tho. Dekker. Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632. 1628 (1628) STC 6493; ESTC S115219 8,787 22

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expressing as well their Honor as Antiquity Britannia deliuers thus much SHall the proud wife of Neptune or shrill Fame Or Troynouant her selfe Ring out your Name And I be Dumbe or sparing to Sound high The Glories of This Day No They shall Fly Like Soaring Eagles to That Curled Maine whose Head my Rocky Bridle In does Reyne The Great Britannia Bred you in her Wombe Heare then a Mothers Counsell You are Come Aboard a Goodly Ship where all your State Fame Honor and Renowne Imbarqu'd must waite The voyage of twelue Moones High Admirall You are to All That Fleete which Thus you Call To sayle in This vast Ocean Nor must you Walke Heartlesse on the Hatches I here 's a New State-Nauigation to be studied Now With an High rear'd Vndanted Fixed Brow Be sure to haue Braue Ordnance and chargd well In this your Ship Trust None For Officers Sell Their Captaines Trust let None but your owne Eyes Rule Chart and Compasse There your Safety lyes Your Owne Hands steere the Helme But strongly Steere And spite of stormes be stoute when you stand There Embleme of Mercy Your Keene sword does sleepe But why a Sword if not to Kul and Keepe Vices like Slaues in Awe Fulnesse of Wine Is a Fowle Dropsie That and Lust Entwine Pride a swolne Timpany Sloth the Beggars Goute In Tradesmens Hands and Feete It runnes about No Cure for this Oathes thicke as Small-shot flye From Children No Defence to Put this by You May you Must I Counsell not but Reade A Lesson of my loue By which Loue led I le on and Bring you to your Honord Chaire Whilst Aues Round about you Dance i' th' Aire The last Presentation is called the Sun's Bower The vpper part of this is adorned with seuerall Flowers which interwouen together dresse vp a comely Greene Arbor in which the Sunne sits with golden Beames about his Face an Attire glittering like gold and a mantle bright as his garment fringed with gold his haire curled and yellow About him are placed Spring Summer Autumne and Winter in proper Habiliments Beneath these is a VVildernesse in which are many sorts of such Beasts whose rich Skinnes serue for Furres As the Reare Wolfe Leopard Luzerne Cat-A-Mountaine Foxes Sables Connies Ferrets Squirrels c. Of these Beasts some are climbing some standing some grinning with liuely naturall postures In a Scrole hanging on a Bough This is written in Capitall letters Deus ecce Furentibus obstat See for all some Beasts are fell There 's one that can their curstnesse quell Sol is the Speaker HEauens bright Orientall Gates I op'd this Morne And Hither wheeld my Chariot to adorne These splendors with my Beames nere did the Sun In his Caelestiall Circle faster runne Than Now to see these Sights O how I ioy To view a Kingdome and a New-built Troy So flourishing so full so faire so deare To th' Gods they leaue Ioue's Court to reuell here All o're the VVorld I trauell in one Day Yet oft am forc'd to leaue my beaten way Frighted with Vproares Battailes Massacres Famines and all that Hellish brood of warres I meete no Peace but here O blessed Land That seest fires kindling round and yet canst stand Vnburnt for all their flames O Nation blest VVhen all thy Neighbours shrike none wound thy brest To Crowne these ioyes with me are come along The foure Lords of the yeare who by a strong Knit Charme bring in this goodly Russian prize As earnest of a more rich Merchandize Halfe of our Race Time and my Houres haue runne Nor shall they giue o're till the Goale be wonne The Sunne at Night being couered with a vaile of Darknesse The Person representing London thus takes leaue THe Sunne is mantled in thicke Clouds of Blacke And by his hidden Beames threatens the wracke Of all these Glories Euery pleasure dyes VVhen Rauen-winged Night from her Caue flyes None but these Artificiall Starres keepe fire To Light you Home these burne with a desire To lengthen your braue Triumphes but their heate Must coole and dye at length tho ne're so Great Peace therefore guide you on Rest charme your eyes And Honors waite to cheere you when you Rise Let it be no Ostentation in Me the Inuentor to speak thus much in praise of the workes that for many yeares none haue beene able to Match them for curiosity They are not Vast but Neate and Comprehend as much Arte for Architecture as can be bestowed vpon such little Bodies The commendations of which must liue vppon Mr. Gerard Chrismas the Father and Mr. Iohn Chrismas the Sonne FINIS