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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54745	The mysteries of love & eloquence, or, The arts of wooing and complementing as they are manag'd in the Spring Garden, Hide Park, the New Exchange, and other eminent places : a work in which is drawn to the life the deportments of the most accomplisht persons, the mode of their courtly entertainments, treatments of their ladies at balls, their accustom'd sports, drolls and fancies, the witchcrafts of their perswasive language in their approaches, or other more secret dispatches ...	Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?	1685 (1685)	Wing P2067; ESTC R25584	236,029	441

by word of mouth we make our Addresses thus May it please your Honour And write to him thus To the Right Honourable A Marquess formerly was the Governor of a Fronteer Town and inferiour to the Earl of a Province but superiour to the Earl of an Inland Town In speaking we thus address our selves to them May it please your Honour We write to them thus To the Right Honourable A Viscount was formerly the Lievtenant to an Earl so that their Dignity hath continued next to that of an Earl ever since and indeed between a Viscount and a Baron or Lord there is no difference used in making addresses to them We speak to them thus May it please your Honour my Lord. We write thus To the Honourable A Knight is the next Degree of honour being more peoperly a Military Dignity but of late very much confused They bear the Title of Right Worshipful We make our dress thus May it please your Worship We write thus To the Right Worshipful ESquire was formerly but he that bore the Shield and Lance of a Knight before him It is now the next Degree of Honour to the Knight and now so much used by Gentlemen that he who stiles not himself Esquire is hardly a Gentleman He bears the Title of Worshipful And we write to him thus To the Worshipful J. D. Esquire Note here that the same Titles are appliable to the Wives as to the Husbands and though the Daughter of an Earl marry an inferior person yet she doth not lose her Title which is Right Honorable In the writing of familiar Epistles there are sundry varieties which ingenuity will easily apply to his occasion For example at the beginning of a Letter these Expressions do very often offer themselves Honour'd Sir Dear Sir Dear Friend Learned Sir Madam Dear Lady Dearest Joy of my Life My Heart Fairest Delight of my Heart These Subscriptions also are usual To great Persons Your Graces most faithfull and most obedient Servant Your Honors most faithfull and most obedient Servant Your Excellencies most humbly devoted Servant Your Worships most faithful Servant In familiar Letters thus The admirer of your Vertues Madam The Honorer Of your Perfection Madam The Honorer Of your Vertues Madam Adorer Of your Perfection Madam Adorer Of your Vertues Madam Worshipper Of your Perfection Madam Worshipper Of your Vertues Your most affectionate Friend and Servant Your assured Friend Your most obedient Servant Your most obliged Friend and Servant Your eternally engaged Servant Your Creature Your faithful Servant Yours for ever Yours to command eternally Yours while I have life Yours while I have a being Your faithful though contemned Servant For Superscription these Forms may be used To my much respected Friend To my much Honored Friend For my much Valued Friend For my much esteemed Friend Friend For my approved To the truly Noble To the truly Vertuous To the most incomparable Lady To the fair Hands of To the most accomplisht To the mirror of Perfection To the most lovely ornament of Nature There is something more to be observed concerning the Dignity of places For a Knight being made General of an Army obtains the title of Your Excellency though but a Lord Knight or meaner man by birth A Lieutenant-General is Right Honorable A Major-General Right Honorable A Collonel is Honorable and we give him the title of Your Honor. A Captain is Right worshipful From a Son to Father Your most dutiful and obedient Son From a Daughter Your loving and obedient Daughter From a Husband Your most affectionate Husband till death From a Wife Your faithful and loving Wife till death From a Servant Your most obedient and faithful Servant Forms for the concluding of Letters BUt whatsoever happen I shall be no other then c. I shall endeavour with the best of my care and industry whenever you desire the proofs of the obedience of c. If it could be perswaded that my absence gave you any disquiet or that my presence could afford you any service you should soon perceive by my speedy return how much I am c. If I am able to do you service there wants nothing but that you should command me the imployment there being nothing which I more desire than to witness my self continually c. There being no man who hath a firmer resolution to render you all the testimonies of a willing service in the quality of c. Let this for the present satisfie you till I shall meet with some better opportunity to shew how much I am c. The only happiness that I expect is that I may be able to change my words into effects that I might shew you how much I am really c. I shall now free your patience from reading any more give me leave only to make this conclusion that I am and shall be c. For every time I reflect upon your great obligations I am impatient of an opportunity to shew my self I cannot pass away the unquiet of my mind by any other way than by seeking occasions to testifie how much I am c. Be pleased to take this for a real truth from him who hath made an Oath to live and die c. This is the advice and friendly Counsel of c. And I hope there is nothing shall debar me from continuing for the time to come what hitherto I have been c. Neither is there any thing that I would omit whereby I might give you an assurance of fidelity to your Commands as protesting to live and die c. But I desire to testifie to you rather by words than by discourse how much I am c. Sir I beg you to accept this testimony of my gratitude and my earnest desires to be c. I never reckon up the Catalogue of my friends but I presently call to mind how much I am obliged to give you this Subscription c. My gratitude is as necessary as my being and I can sooner not be then not be most truly c. For I never think of your favours but it renews the remembrance of my engagements to be c. Though I have a very great press and urgency of business at present upon me yet shall my occasions never be so violent but that I will have leisure both to be and to tell you that I am c. I shall be contented to be counted ungrateful when I am less c. Sir if you doubt the truth of my service I beseech you to make use of that absolute power which you have acquired over me to oblige my endeavours to all manner of proofs that I am c. He pleased as yet to take my bare word till I can give you further testimonies how much I am c. Though I am debarr'd your sight yet I hope I am not envied the happiness of giving you notice how passionately I am c. I will lose my life rather than my resolution to die c. If

laughter and he speaks truth free from slaughter He 's the grace of every feast And sometimes is the chiefest guest Hath his Trencher and his Stool When Wit waits upon the Fool. O! who would not be Hee Hee Hee The Impolitick Beauty CLoris I wish that envy were As just as pity doth appear Unto thy state whereby I might Rob others to give thee more delight But your too free though lovely charms In others glory breeds your harms But since you so admit So many rivals to your wit Unthriftily you throw away The pleasures of your beauties sway Which loosely scatter'd so on many Securely fastens not on any And then your beauty doth discover Many that gaze but ne're a Lover And your so greedy hands destroy What you would your self enjoy So Princes by Ambition thirsty grown In chase of many Kingdoms lose their own YOU must suppose it to be Easter Holy-days for now Sisly and Dol Kate and Peggie Moll and Nan are marching to Westminster with a Lease of Apprentices before them who go rowing themselves along with their 〈…〉 t Arms to make more haste and now and then with a gre 〈…〉 ●uckender wipe away the dripping that bastes their 〈◊〉 At the door they meet a croud of Wappin● Sea 〈…〉 Southwark Broom-men the Inhabitants of the Bank-side and 〈…〉 utcher or two prickt in among them there a while they 〈…〉 nd gaping for the Master of the Shew staring upon the Sub 〈…〉 s of their delight just as they view the painted Cloth before they go in to the Puppet-play by and by they hear the Keys which rejoyces their hearts like the sound of the Pancake-bell for now the Man of comfort peeps over the spikes and beholding such a learned auditory opens the Gates of Paradise and by that time they are half got into the first Chappel for time is then very precious he lifts up his voice among the Tombs and begins his lurry in manner and form following HEre lies Will. de Valence a right good Earl of Pembroke And this is his monument which you see I 'le swear upon a Book He was High Marshal of England when Harry the Third did raign But this you may take upon my word that he 'l ne're be so again Here the Lord Edward Talbot lies the Town of Shrewsbury's Earle Together with his Countess fair that was a delicate Girle The next to him there lieth one Sir Richard Peckshall hight Of whom we always first do say he was a Hampshire Knight And now to tell the more of him there lies under this stone His two Wives and his Daughters four of whom I knew not one Sir Bernard Brockhurst there doth ●le Lord Chamberlain to Queen An● Queen Ann was Richard the Second's Queen and he was King of Englan Sir Francis Hollis the Lady Frances the same was Suffolks Dutchess Two children of Edward the Third lie here in Deaths cold clutches This is King Edward the Third's brother of whom our Records tell Nothing of note nor say they whether he be in Heaven or Hell This same was John of Eldeston he was no Costermonger But Cornwals Earl And here 's one dy'd 'cause she could live no longer The Lady Mohum Dutches of York and Duke of York's Wife also But Death resolving to cuckold the Duke made her lie with him here below The Lady Ann Ross but note thee well that she in child-bed dy'd The Lady Marquess of Winchester lies buried by her side Now think your penny well spent good folks and that ye are not beguil'd Within this Cup doth lie the heart of a French Embassadours Child Nor can I tell how came to pass on purpose or by chance The bowels they lie underneath the body is in France There 's Oxford's Countess and there also the Lady Burley her Mother And there her Daughter a Countess too lie close one by another These once were bonny Dames and though there were no Coaches then Yet could they jog their tails themselves or had them jogg'd by men But wo is me these High-born sinners that strutted once so stoutly Are now laid low and cause they can't Their statues pray devoutly This is the Dutchess of Somerset by name the Lady Ann Edward the Sixth her Lord protected and he carried himself like a man In this fair Monument which you see adorn'd with so many Pillars Doth lie the Countess of Buckingham and her Husband Sir George Villars This old Sir George was Grandfather the Countess she was Granny To the great Duke of Buckingham who often fox'd King Jamny Sir Robert Eatam a Scotch Knight this man was Secretary And scribled Complements for two Queens Queen Ann and eke Queen Mary This was the Countess of Lenox I clep'd the Lady Marget King Jame's Grandmother but yet 'gainst death she had no Target This was Queen Mary Queen of Scots whom Buchanan doth bespatter She lost her head at Fothringham whatever was the matter The Mother of our Seventh Henry this is that lieth hard by She was the Countess wot ye well of Richmond and of Darby Harry the Seventh himself lies here with his fair Queen beside him He was the Founder of this Chappel Oh! may no ill betide him Therefore his Monument's in brass you 'l say that very much is The Duke of Richmond and Lenox there lieth with his Dutchess And here they stand upright in a Press with bodies made of wax With a Globe and a Wand in either hand and their Robes upon their backs Here lies the Duke of Buckingham and the Dutchess his Wife Whom Felton stab'd at Portsmouth Town and so he lost his life Two Children of King James these are which Death keeps very chary Sophia in the Cradle lies and this is the Lady Mary And this is Queen Elizabeth How the Spaniards did infest her Here she lies buried with Queen Mary and now she agrees with her Sister To another Chappel now come we the people follow and chat This is the Lady Cottington and the people cry Who 's that This is the Lady Frances Sidney The Countess of Sussex is she And this the Lord Dudley Carleton is and then they look up and see Sir Thomas Bromley lieth here Death would not him reprieve With his four Sons and Daughters four yet I heard no body grieve The next is Sir John Tullerton and this is his Lady I trow And this is Sir John Duckering with his fine Bed-fellow That 's Earl of Bridgewater in the middle who makes no use of his bladder Although his Countess lies so near him and so we go up a ladder King Edward the First that gallant blade lies underneath this stone And this is the Chair which he did bring a good while ago from Scone In this same Chair till now of late our Kings and Queens were crown'd Under this Chair another stone doth lie upon the ground On that same stone did Jacob sleep instead of a doun Pillow And after that 't was hither brought by some good

Men read at Whitehall By the vast Flame Though at this hour I blame not fire but a great shower Which Heaven did on clean linen powr And Blades a horse-back For all that are but worth a groat On May-day will in fine clothes show 't Some borrow a Belt and some a loose coat That money in purse lack First the clear Sun-shine did invite The Lord the Lady and the Knight Who all in Satins richly dight Did sit i' th boot The Race-nags follow'd more then ten Upon their backs sate Gentlemen They never were so wash'd as then From head to foot In sutes from France made a la mode Upon their Barbaries they rode Oh had their money been bestow'd In pious uses T' would ha' built an Hospital in the Strand For Gentlemen that sell their Land Or a Poet a week in Sack maintain'd With all his Muses To copy out these Fashions then For Male and Female Citizen The Taylor came as fine as when He went to woe Next came those pillars of the Nation Those polishers of Education Hight men o th' Kit all in the fashion From top to toe Phoebus withdrew his beams to see Such a deal of bravery And scorning thus outvied to be By low mortality He put on 's cap cryes bonas noches Then pist and flung it all i th' Coaches Quoth he I 'le meet with these Cocaloches For all their great quality The Barber Taylor and Gentleman eke They rid each one a tree to seek They were so sad they could not speak But sigh'd at each other They lookt on the ground with great regret They lookt on the sky and cry'd not yet Then for being born their stockins to wet Each curses his mother But when their hats began to drip Then desperation made them weep And so they put on with spur and whip To London But Oh the saddle of velvet blue And stockins of most glorious hew They now were not fit for the stall of a Jew Some men were undone Then came another in a sad case With a handful of dirt dasht in his face Which he wip'd with his band of Flanders lace Who could him blame His Feather that so gay of late Adorn'd his head lay now so flat You 'ld think it were crept into his hat For very shame But as they pass'd quite through the street The Alley-women glad to see 't From stalls and cellars did them greet With many a flour Most patiently they pass'd along They took no notice who did'm wrong But I must make an end of my Song The candle 's out The Mode of Balls The Dancing Master COme stir your selves Maidens 't will bring a fresh colour into your cheeks rub hard and let the Ladies see their faces in the boards you may lose nothing by 't if you be ready to light 'm out of doors your selves And by the Mass that will I do and make'um such fine dops and curtsies in my best Wastecoat that they shall not chuse but take notice of me and Sarah shall dance a North countrey Jigg before'um too I warrant it will please the Ladies better then all your French whisks and frisks I had rather see one freak of jolly Milkmaids then all the story that will be here to night That 's your ignorance Bess. Ignorance I know not what you call ignorance but I am sure there 's one Dance I have been longing to dance this ten years and I can get no body to dance it with me in the way of honesty 'T is a thousand pities Bess yet I 'le search among my acquaintance It may be my chance to do thee a kindness what Trade dost thou love best Any trade any trade Sir I 'le not confine you beggars you know must never be their own choosers Well Bess I 'le do my endeavour in the mean time fetch the perfumes and fume every corner that there may be nothing wanting but our Noble company to make the room a perfect paradise At the entry of the Ladies the Master of the Ball thus accosts them one by one Madam You have afforded me an honour not to be requited in granting me the happiness of your company this day To another Madam Y' are welcome to this poor habitation though your presence hath so far transported me that I find my self unfurnish'd with words to express my gratitude for this high favour To another Madam I kiss your fair hands and beg pardon for the rudeness of the Invitation which I sent you this morning But this I can say you will not find your self the only sufferer through my unmannerliness To another Madam Your most humble servant 't is but just that I should give you a kind and hearty welcom since your presence adds so much to my good fortune To another Madam This civility hath eternally obliged me I confess there is no recompence lies in my power and therefore I shall recommend to you these noble Ladies to receive from them the amends which my unworthiness is uncapable to render you To another My best wishes come along with you Madam really you have now done me a kindness answerable to your own goodness in honouring me with your presence before this fair society To another Madam I bless my Stars that have bestow'd on me the happiness of your fair company I assure you had the Queen of Love her self descended to visit this my poor habitation she could not have been more welcom To the Musick Come why is our Musick silent all this while hath it no voice to bid these fair Ladies welcom To a Lady taking her forth to Dance Madam the ambition which I have to wait on you in a Country Dance emboldens me to invite you from your seat Sir You have oblig'd me to obey you for I am engag'd to please this noble company though I fear my performance will give them but small satisfaction To a Gentleman desiring him to take out his Lady Sir This Dance requires four and therefore be pleased to engage a Lady to your assistance The Applause at the end of the Dance Lady You needed not have made any Apology for doubtless the Cyprian Bowers ne're knew so much delight when the Graces themselves danced there Sir I dare not contest with your more fluent Language and therefore must submit though unwillingly to your commendations At their going to dance Countrey Dances Ladies will you be pleased to dance a Countrey Dance or two for 't is that which makes you truly sociable and us truly happy being like the Corns of a Song where all the parts sing together To his Lady desiring her to name her Dance Lady will you please to call for your own Dance or will you lay your commands on me to name it An offer to give over Ladies when you please to give your selves rest command us to leave off for you must pardon us if the desire we have to continue our own happiness make us unmanerly At giving over Ladies we must