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Englands comfort and Londons ioy expressed in the royall triumphant and magnificent entertainment of our dread soveraigne Lord, King Charles ...
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Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
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Englands Comfort and Londons Ioy Expressed in the Royall Triumphant and Magnificent Entertainment of our Dread Soveraigne Lord King Charles at his blessed and safe returne from Scotland on Thursday the 25. of Nouemb. 1641. By the Right Honourable Sir Richard Gurney Knight Lord Major and the Recorder Sir Thomas Gardner who were at that present both Knighted who attended his Majesty with the other Right Worshipfull Knights and Aldermen Sheriftes and Companies of this famous City of London Printed at London for Frcncis Coules 1641. Englands comfort and Londons joy NOt to delude my Reader with a long Preface to a short and briefe Relation I will first begin as neare as true intelligence and eye-sight informed me of this great dayes most magnificent and honourable Triumph and entertainment of our most Gracious Soveraigne at his returne from Scotland to this Honourable City of London How some other Kings and Princes of our own and other nations have been formerly entertained by the Lord Major and Citizens of London it is as I have read in our English Histories set downe by me in short towards the end of this Discourse All these attended his Lordships comming and then they all road in order to the further grounds joyning upon Kingsland where they met his Majesty with the Queen the Prince Charles the Duke of Yorke with the Princesses Prince Palatine Dukes Marquesles Earles Viscounts Barons Lords Knights Gentlemen-Pentioners Ladyes of Honour together with 20. Scotish Lords and others with his Majesties Guard and others of his followers with the spectators of all degrees sexes Ages and sizes were innumerable The bankes hedges high-wayes streets stalls and windowes were all embroydered with millions of people of all sorts and fashions And all the way the boyes did climbe up trees And clung close to the boughes like swarmes of Bee Gratious Soueraigne The rest of the Companies of London were all placed in their standings from the west end of St. Lawrence Lane through Cheape-side and up Pleer-street to Temple Barre adorned and set forth with such accoutrements as was done by the other Companies before After his Majesty was passed to the Guild-Hall the 500. men and horse with their footmen they passed up Cheap-side and there in Pauls Church-yard they did set themselves in their former order and attended till his Majesty had dined Note that the Kings Majesty with the Queen the Prince and the rest of the Royall off-spring that were there did dine at the east-end of the Guild-Hall in a place called the Hustings Court The rest of the Lords Ladies and others also dined in the Hall Entertainments given to Kings in former times by the foresaid City SIr Henry Picard Knight Lord Major of the City of London did in the yeare of our Lord 1357. at one time entertaine and feast 4. Kings viz. Edward the third King of England Iohn King of France David King of Scotland and William King of Cyprus Also Edward the black Prince of Wales the Prince Daulphin of France with all the Nobility and Gentry of Lords Knights Ladies and others were worthily entertained by the said Lord Major to their great contentments and memorable Honour of this famous Citie But to come to neerer times I finde in Master Stowes Chronicle that Queene Elizabeth in Anno 1585. the 27. of her Raigne that she having been on progresse and comming to her pallace of Saint Iames was entertained by the Lord Major his Brethren the Aldermen and Citizens 200. of the Commoners being in Velvet Coates with Gold chaines on horseback 1000. of the Companies on foot and 100. more that bare Torches Sir Wolstan Dixey Knight Skinner being then Lord Major King Iames of blessed memory at his returne from Scotland in the fifteenth yeare of his Raigne Anno 1517. was met at Hyde Park by the Lord Major Sir George Bols Knight Lord Major and the Aldermen and more then 400. Commoners of the City with chaines of gold and Velvet coates and a present a purse with five hundred pound presented to his Mâ—jesty The like entertainement his Majesty King Iames had at his comming to the Cathedrall Church of St. Pauls in London in the 18. yeare of his Raign 1620 when Sir William Cockain was Lord Major where also al the Companyes stood within places in the way with Banners ann Escouchions and the streets railed with Rich presents given In the 5. year of the Raigne of our now gracious King Charles 1629. Sir Iames Cambell Knight then Lord Major feasted eleuen Lords all Knights of the Garter and each of them fifty men with Chaines of Gold and Liveries besides many other of the Nobility Gentry and Commoners then there nobly entertained Verses Presented to his Majesty WHen Israel with Iudah did contest Which of them ought to love King David best Iudah claim'd Kindred of the King and said That he by Right should still with them have staid But Isr'el boldly to them straite reply'd That Davld onely was with them t' abide And that in him they had ten parts at least And therefore had most Right and Interest These words caus'd wicked Sheba Bichri's Son Most madly to rebellious Armes to run But Sheba's head which first contriv'd those jarrs Was lop'd and so was ended all the warrs I wish Great Britaine the like Song to sing In love who best shall love and serve the King Let Sheba's head be lost and let us be England and Scotland both in Vnity Hee 's Ours and Theirs and he is Theirs and Ours Let 's love and serve him with our Prayers and Powers That as the King is one so we as one May praise God for establishing his Throne When He our SVNNE of joy from us set forth His Raies illustrious lightned all the North Whilst sighes like Clouds and showers of Teares Cares Was Londons and faire Englands Southerne shares But this returne our sadnesse doth destroy Our Teares of griefe are turn'd to Teares of joy Our Night of woe we patiently endur'd Our Mornings joy is come we are assur'd Hee 's come to salve this Kingdomes discontents To cure all wrenches fractures spraines and rents Where Church and Common Wealth is dislocated And all good men amazed and amated Gods Great Lieutenant foure great Kingdomes King No doubt but he those mischifes downe shall ding To Hells blacke Vault from whence they first assended And with a blessed peace all strife be ended Now followes the speech spoken to his Maiesty Dread Soveraigne WHose Royall presence doth now againe revive our once dejected hearts beeing overwhelmed with sorrow for your Majesties so long absence Behold behold most royall Soveraigne how your loyall subjects and wel affected people tryumph making such acclamations of joy as not only happy of your Majesties returne but safe returning their hearts hands and countenances speak that which their tongues are not able to expresse True subjects are joyfull whilst ill-affected Traytors bullrush like bow down their heads as being fearfull to behold so sacred a Majesty as your royall selfe whose pious religious actions are no lesse then quotidian Lectors to be read to all Christian Princes abroad and a pattern to all your Subjects at home Pompey is forced to fly when mighty Caesar once doth come in place so let all your enemies fly and bee consumed before your sacred person Welcome welcome dread Soveraign upon which words should my tongue for ever harpe yet would my heart still confesse that expression were wanting unto my loyall desire Blessed and for ever let them be happy those loyall and our well affected brethren the Scots I meane which gave so good entertainement to so royall a Prince whose Raigne your well-affected Subjects here present do pray to the Heavenly Iehovah who hither to hath been your Majesties Protector and defender may be as long as happy which Conjunction will prove a happy Vnion So the great God of heaven blesse your sacred Majesty your royall Consort and our most hopefull Prince and the rest of the Royall Progeny with health peace and happinesse in this World and eternall joyes in the next IN Ovids Metamorphosis I finde Transformed formes and strange mishapen Shapes Of humane transmutations from their Kind To Wolves to Beares to Dogs to Pyes to Apes Yet these were but poeticall escapes Or Moralizing of uxnat'rall deeds To shew that Treasons Murders Incests Rapes From Beastiall mindes in humane formes proceeds But through thy power which my poore Muse inflames A greater wonder is peform'd by me I have transform'd a Boat from off the Thames Unto a horse to come to welcome thee And now thy Gratious sight I do attain I le turne that Horse into a boat againe And all whom thy returne doth not delight Let them be hang'd and then they have their right FINIS 2 Sam. 19. 41 42. Chap. 20. Verses presented to the Kings owne hand by John Taylor