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A63358 London's triumph, or, The goldsmiths jubilee containing a description of the several pageants and speeches, made proper for the occasion, together with a song, for the entertainment of His Majesty, who, with His Royal Consort, the Queen Dowager, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark, and the whole Court, honour His Lordship this year with their presence / by M. Taubman. Taubman, Matthew, d. 1690? 1687 (1687) Wing T243; ESTC R10412 11,440 16

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with this Inscription Liberty of Conscience in the other a Banner of the King 's HONOVR in a purple Robe wrought with Gold a Crown with several Cities bearing the Arms of England a Mantle of white Silk fringed with Crimson bearing in her right hand my Lord Mayor's Banner in her left a Shield of the Company His Lordship having viewed the variety and regular contrivance of this Design Janus addresses himself to him in these words The Fourth SPEECH by JANVS HEre Times gray Emblem from this Temple-Gate Which Mortals to my Fame did Dedicate JANUS descends t' attend your brighter State. My Brows with lasting Ornaments are Crown'd And all the Arts and Sciences Surround This Old-young double Vifage I assume Implies both what is past and what 's to come In a Celestial and Terrestrial Sphere To shew the Revolutions of this Year In which you have a harder Course to run Than since with Infant Time your Course begun To guard you through this Scene I have apply'd Wisdom and Providence to be your guide With Liberty of Conscience to be just That You with Honour may discharge your Trust The Speech being ended the Foot Marshal placing the Assistants Livery and Companies on both sides of King's-Street and their Pensioners with the Targets hung on the tops of their Javelins in the Rear of them and the Ensign-Bearers Drums and Fifes in the Front he hastens the Foyns and Budge Batchellors together with the Gentlemen Ushers to Guild-Hall where his Lordship is again saluted by the Artillery-Men with three Volleys more which conclude their Duty His Majesty having before pass'd on Horse-back through the City with a large Guard to attend him led up by the Duke of Northumberland and the Foot Guard by the Lord Craven The Lord Mayor being arrived at Guild-Hall which is hung round with the richest Tapistry repairs to Dinner with the Companies where to make the Feast more famous he is this Year dignified with the presence of the King Queen Queen Dowager their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark the Archbishops Bishops and all the principal Clergy all the Lords of the Privy-Council and principal Officers of State all the Judges and Serjeants at Law and their Ladies together with all foreign Ministers Envoys Residents and Embassadors His Majesty with the Queen Queen Dowager c. Dine at a Table raised upon the Hustings at the East end of the Hall the foreign Embassadors the Lords of the Council and others of the Peerage and Nobility at the two next Tables raised on each side of the Hall the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen Dine at a Table raised at the West end of the Hall and the Citizens of the Liveries at several Tables which fill the whole body of the Hall. His Lordship beginning their Majesties Healths the Hall is filled with Huzza's and Acclamations At Dinner before the Banquet his Majesty is entertained with the following Song SONG To the KING I. HOW great are the Blessings of Government made By the excellent Rule of our Prince Who while Troubles and Cares do his Pleasures invade To his People all Joys does dispense And while he for us is still Caring and Thinking We have nothing to mind but our Shops and our Trade And then to Divert us with Drinking And then to Divert us with Feasting and Drinking Chorus From him we derive all our Pleasures our Pleasures and Wealth Then fill me Glass nay fill it up fill it up higher My Soul is a thirst for his Majesty's Health Then fill fill fill it up higher My Soul is a thirst for his Majest'y Health And an Ocean of Drink cannot quench my Desire Since all we Enjoy to his Bounty we owe 'T is fit all our Bumpers like that should o'er-flow 'T is fit all our Bumpers 't is fit all our Bumpers Like that should o'er flow II. Then whilst in a Consort the Minstrela do play Let a Health to Great Caesar go round He who crowns with His Presence the state of this Day Whom all conquering Laurels have Crown'd And whilst we Enjoy the inestimate Blessings The extent of his Freedom each Man his own way Let 's show it in thankful Caressing Let 's show it in thankful in thankful Caressing Chorus From him we derive all our Pleasures our Pleasures and Mirth Then fill me a Glass c. The Song being ended and the whole Entertainment managed with as good Order and Decency as the Circumstance can permit nothing being omitted by the City that may express their Duty to their Majesties and the humble sense they have in particular of their Royal Appearance Their Majesties return in the same order to White-hall and his Lordship to Grocers-Hall which as well as the former Lord Mayor for the Convenience of its Situation and other Accomodations he hath chosen this Year for the seat of his Majoralty When his Lordship is Housed those that attend him depart in decent and regular Order to their respective Habitations the Fire-works and Rockets lighting them all the way The Triumphs Pageants and Silk Works are taken into the special Care and Custody of the Masters Painters and Artificers who over-joy'd with the success in contributing to this Solemnity repair to drink his Lordships Prosperity and all crown the Day with a Health to His Majesty Whom Heaven long Preserve FINIS
Founders and Benefactors of the Company Placed in this Order THE Foot Marshal divides them into several Companies and ranks them out Two by Two beginning with the Pensioners in Gowns and in the Front of them placeth the Companies Ensigns Four Drums and one Fife which is the lowest Division In the Rear of them fall Four Drums and one Fife After them the several Pensioners in Coats bearing several Banners and Standards After them Four Trumpets After the Unicorns and Justice the Supporters and Crest of the Ensigns of the Company Six Gentlemen Ushers After them the Budge Batchellors which conclude the next Division In the Rear of those fall six Trumpets After them Two Gentlemen bearing Two Banners the one of the Cities the other of the Companies Arms. After them follow Eight Gentlemen Ushers and then the Foyn Batchellors which make up the Third Division After them Two Gentlemen Ushers bearing Two Banners After them Ten Gentlemen Ushers habited as before and after them the Livery In the Rear of these fall other of the City Trumpets and after them Two Gentlemen bearing the Banners of the City and my Lord Mayor and then the Gentlemen and the Court of Assistants which conclude that Division In the Rear of them fall in Four Drums and six Trumpets After them Three Gentlemen bearing the King 's Queen's and City's Banners and after them Foor Gentlemen Ushers with Four Pages attending and after them the Masters and Wardens which concludes all and is the last Division In this Order they march from Goldsmiths Hall to his Lordships House beginning with the Pensioners until the Marshal comes and makes a Halt at the Gate till such time as the Lord Mayor and Aldermen are mounted Which being done the whole Body march towards Guild-Hall and at Guild-Hall Gate the New Lord Mayor joineth with the Old Lord Mayor and his Attendants so all of them march through Cheapside to Three-Crane Warf and then the Lord Mayor Aldermen and their Attendants at the West End of the said Wharf take their Barge the Court of Assistants the Livery and the Gentlemen Ushers of those Three Divisions at the East End of the said Wharf whilst the rest of the Retinue some Gentlemen Ushers the Budge Batchellors and Foyn Batchellors remain behind to attend their Return His Lordship the Aldermen and Company of Goldsmiths in their Barges with the Barges of the respective Companies attending make towards Westminster several Pleasure-Boats adorn'd with Flags and Streamers saluting his Lordship all the way with Drakes and great Guns His Lordship the Aldermen and Company of Goldsmiths with some other Companies landing at Westminster have a Lane made from Kings-Bridge to Westminster-Hall where having taken the accustomed Oaths before the Lords and Barons of the Exchequer they return to their Barges a Lane being made as before to the Water-side the Barges all the way echoing with most Harmonious Wind-Musick viz. Flutes Ho-boys Trumphets c. and adorned with various Streamers Flags and Banners of the respective Companies which Solemnity by Water is not the least Addition to the Lustre of this Day His Lordship with the Companies attending him land at Black-Friars-Stairs where they are saluted by the Famous Artillery-Company led by Sir William Pritchard and brought up by Colonel Friend the Granadeers led by Colonel Kelk and brought up by Lieutenant Bell all adorned in their Martial Ornaments in Buff and shining Head-Pieces many whereof are Massy Silver From Black-friars they march before my Lord Mayor and Aldermen from Cheapside to Guild-Hall The Pensioners and Banners being set in order the Foot Marshal in the Rere of the Artillery Company leads the way through Ludgate-Hill into St. Paul's Church-Yard and so into Cheapside where over against the Half-Moon his Lordship is entertained with the first Scene or Pageant The First PAGEANT IS a spacious Triumphant Chariot of Gold curiously contriv'd with all the Elegancy of Art and Invention gloriously set round with precious Stones and various colour'd Jewels of inestimable Value adorn'd with several pleasant and delightful Figures as well Artificial as Natural lively Representing and properly appertaining to the Solemnity of the Day About the middle of this glorious Structure on an Ascent of State up to a Throne sits ASTRAEA the Goddess of Justice a person of Majestick Aspect attired in a long Robe of Silver a Crimson Mantle fringed with Silver a Veil of Silver fringed with Gold and on her head a Coronet of Silver set with Stars In her right hand she beareth a Touchstone the distinguisher of Sterling from Counterfeit Truth from Falshood and in her left hand a Golden Beam or Balance with Silver Scales to weigh every thing Impartially according to the Standard of Truth and Equity She is placed between Two Leopards heads as the Stamp and Standard of the Company invested with a wreath of Stars as an Emblem of the Celestial Sphere from whence she Descended On each Arm of this Celestial Goddess are placed two other Cardinal Vertues PRVDENCE and TEMPERANCE as the necessary supporters of Justice and on a Descent remote from the former two other attending Vertues COVRAGE and CONCORD PRVDENCE a Grave Matron in a golden Robe fringed with Silver and silver Mantle fringed with Gold a Chaplet of Flowers a Shield Vert charged with a Dove Argent bearing a Banner of the City's TEMPERANCE in a white Robe of Silver a green Mantle fringed with Gold a Chaplet of white Lilies and Roses In one hand bearing a Shield with a golden Cup in the other a Banner of the Company 's COVRAGE a Person of an Heroick Aspect in Armour with a black Peruque tied in a silken Bag behind A black Velvet Cap with a plume of red and blew Feathers and a red and blew colour'd Scarf about his waste In his right hand holding a Sword with a Coronet of Gold elevated on the point and in his left hand a Standard of the King 's with this Inscription Audaces fortuna juvat CONCORD a fair Virgin in a Crimson coloured Robe a Sky colour'd Scarf fringed with Silver fair bright Hair and about her Head a Garland of red and white Roses representing the Concord and Union of King and People the Court and City in the Honour this Day conferred upon them by his Majesty's Presence In her left hand she bears a shield of polished Gold charged with a Grove of Myrtles for such is the nature and harmonious concord of those Trees that although they be planted a good space one from another they will meet and one Embrace the other In her right hand she bears a Banner of the Company 's This stately Chariot is drawn by Two golden Unicorns excellently carv'd and painted with equal proportion to the Life with Trappings of Gold and Silver their Bridles richly beset with precious Stones Jasper Topaz and Sapphire On the Forehead a large Amathyst and on their Crests the Leopards Heads in Massy Silver richly imboss'd as the Stamp and Badge of the Worshipful
London's Triumph OR THE Goldsmiths Jubilee PERFORMED On SATVRDAY October XXIX 1687. For the Confirmation and Entertainment OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir John Shorter Kt. Lord Mayor of the City of LONDON CONTAINING A Description of the several PAGEANTS and Speeches made proper for the Occasion Together with a SONG For the Entertainment of His Majesty who with His Royal Consort the Queen Dowager their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark and the whole Court honour his Lordship this Year with their Presence All set forth at the proper Costs and Charges of the Worshipful COMPANY of GOLDSMITHS By M. TAVBMAN Aurea prima sata est aetas quae fidem rectumque colebat Ovid. Printed and Published by Authority LONDON Printed by J. Leake in Jewin-street 1687. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir John Shorter Kt. Lord Mayor of the CITY of LONDON My Lord YOVR Advancement this Year to the Praetorial Chair of this Renowned City may render you the Object of our Wonder but not our Envy especially when it is considered it was Your right some Years before With Justice now reassuming Your seat it is a motive rather of Joy than Regret and an Argument to gratulate your Establishment with greater Alacrity The Ship that in a Storm over-shoots the Port may toss a while upon the driving Bellows but the next favourable Gale she Tacks about and makes the expected Haven with greater Expressions of Joy and Welcome We will not descant on the singular Favours of the Monarch which is a boundless Ocean nor on those extraordinary Indowments that have this Year deservedly advanced You to the Chair It is sufficient You have had the Choice and Approbation of the most Judicious and most Discerning Prince in the World to whose Royal Favours Your Essential Merits have most justly preferr'd You. It is He who with His breath can give You a successful passage into that Port from which You were retarded by contrary Winds who has this Year made You His Vicegerent in His Imperial City to bear that Sword of Justice of which He is himself the immediate Lord and Soveraign And it is hoped by Your wise Conduct and Management of this great Trust the Effects will be such that Your Lordship will render Him no less than reason to approve the Works of His own Hands But these few Sheets are a Description not a Directory a Scheme of Pageantry not a Scale of Government nor will I in a short Dedication exceed the narrow bounds of MY LORD Your Lordship 's Most devoted humble Servant Matt. Taubman TO THE Worshipful Company OF GOLDSMITHS Gentlemen THE Triumphs of London this Year may well be stiled the Goldsmiths Jubilee the King by His Favours has made it so this being the second Year of their Majoralty in which this Worshipful Company has been honoured with the Royal Presence The former in 74 by the Approach of His late Majesty of Renowned Memory and this of the present Monarch which is the first Honour of this kind done to the Imperial City since his Majesty's Accession to the Crown Your costly Preparations prudent Contrivance and bounteous Contributions towards so glorious an Entertainment is not only a demonstration of your Respects to his Lordship but also your high Sense and Acknowledgment of so Princely a Favour That his Lordship by his prudent Management may answer your Expectations and the end for which His Majesty committed this great Trust to his Hands to the Satisfaction of Prince and People shall be the unfeigned Wishes of Your most obsequious Humble Servant M. T. London's Triumph OR THE Goldsmiths Jubilee AMIDST all the memorable Triumphs of all Ages Ancient and Modern the Ovations of the Caesars or triumphal Arches of the neighbouring Monarch there 's none exceeds the Lustre of London this Day which for the Antiquity of its Institution the Grandeur of the Preparations the Splendor of the Pageantry and the Magnifice of the Entertainments may properly be styl'd Triumphant above all the Cities in the Universe It is a liberal and unanimous Assembly of all the Chiefs of the Imperial City of the most flourishing Kingdom in the Universe This Year adorn'd with the Presence of their most Sacred Majesties the King Queen Queen Dowager Prince and Princess of Denmark with all the chief Nobility and principal Officers of the Court the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and chief Prelates of the Church The Lord Chancellour Lord Chief Justice and all the learned Judges in the Laws with all foreign Ministers Embassadours Envoys Residents who having observed the Tables of the most Puissant Princes and seen the most hospitable Preparations of Foreign Nations rest here amaz'd at the Ne plus altra of all Entertainments Before we describe the Magnificence of the Pageantry we must not omit the stateliness of the Morning Procession and Progress by Water to Westminster where his Lordship once a Year as the Duke of Venice to the Sea weds himself to the Thames with a Ring of surrounding Barges that being also a part of his Dominion of which this Day he takes Possession and thus he exercises his double Sovereignty both by Land and Water Of which in their Order The Order of the Morning Procession THE most eminent and most accomplished Citizens selected for the Management of this Days Triumph assemble together at Seven of the Clock in the Morning at Goldsmiths Hall. I. The Master Wardens and Assistants in their Gowns fac'd with Foyns II. The Livery in Gowns faced with Budge and their Hoods III. Several Foyns Batchellors in their Gowns and scarlet Hoods IV. Thirty Budge Batchellors in Gowns and scarlet Hoods V. Sixty Gentlemen Ushers in Plush and some in Velvet Coats each of them a Chain of Gold about his Shoulders and a white Staff in his Hand VI. Thirty other Gentlemen for carrying Banners and Colours some of them being in plush Coats the other in Buff. VII The Serjeant Trumpet and Thirty six Trumpets more whereof Sixteen are his Majesties The Serjeant Trumpet wearing Two Scarfs one of the Lord Mayors Colours the other of the Companies VIII The Drum-Major to his Majesty wearing a Scarf of the Companies Colours cross his Shoulders with Four more of his Majesties Drums and Fifes IX Seven other Drums and Two Fifes more each of them except his Majesties Servants habited in Buff-coloured Dublets black Breeches and Scarfs about their Wasts X. The Two City Marshals riding each on Horsback and Six Persons attending with Scarfs and Colours of the Companies XI The Foot Marshal and Six Attendants with like Scarfs and Colours XII The Master of Defence with the same Scarf and Colours having Persons of his own Science to attend him XIII Several poor Men Pensioners accommodated with Gowns and Caps each of them imployed in bearing of Standards and Banners XIV Divers other Pensioners in green Gowns red Sleeves and Caps each of them carrying a Javelin in one Hand and a Target in the other whereon is painted the Coat Armour of the First