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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06150	The masque of the Inner Temple and Grayes Inne Grayes Inne and the Inner Temple, presented before his Maiestie, the Queenes Maiestie, the Prince, Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth their Highnesses, in the Banquetting house at White-hall on Saturday the twentieth day of Februarie, 1612.	Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.	1613 (1613)	STC 1664; ESTC S115567	7,098	28

THE MASQVE OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND GRAYES INNE GRAYES INNE AND THE INNER TEMPLE PRESENTED BEFORE his Maiestie the Queenes Maiestie the Prince Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth their Highnesses in the Banquetting house at White-hall on Saturday the twentieth day of Februarie 1612 By FRANCIS BEAMONT Gent. AT LONDON Imprinted by F. K. for George Norton and are to be sold at his shoppe neere Temple-bar THE MASQVE OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND GRAYES INNE GRAYES INNE AND THE INNER TEMPLE PRESENTED BEFORE his Maiestie the Queenes Maiestie the Prince Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth their Highnesses in the Banquetting house at White-hall on Saturday the twentieth day of Februarie 1612 AT LONDON Imprinted by F. K. for George Norton and are to be sold at his shoppe neere Temple-bar THE MASKE OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND GRAYES INNE GRAYES INNE and the Inner Temple presented before his Maiestie the Queenes c. THis Maske was appointed to haue beene presented the Shroue-tuesday before at which time the Maskers with their attendants and diuers others gallant young Gentlemen of both houses as their conuoy set forth from Winchester house which was the Rendezvous towards the Court about seuen of the clocke at night This voyage by water was performed in great Triumph The gentlemen Maskers being placed by themselues in the Kings royall barge with the rich furniture of state and adorned with a great number of lights placed in such order as might make best shew They were attended with a multitude of barges and gallies with all variety of lowde Musicke and seuerall peales of Ordnance And led by two Admiralls Of this shew his Maiesty was gratiously pleased to take view with the Prince the Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth their highnesses at the windowes of his priuy gallerie vpon the water till their landing which was at the priuy staires where they were most honorablie receiued by the Lord Chamberlaine and so conducted to the Vestry The Hall was by that time filled with company of very good fashion but yet so as a very great number of principall Ladies and other noble persons were not yet come in wherby it was foreseen that the roome would be so scanted as might haue been inconuenient And there vpon his Maiesty was most gratiously pleased with the consent of the gentlemen Maskers to put off the night vntil Saturday following with this special fauour and priuiledge that there should bee no let as to the outward ceremony of magnificence vntill that time At the day that it was presented there was a choice roome reserued for the gentlemen of both their houses who comming in troope about seuen of the clocke receiued that speciall honor and noble fauour as to be brought to their places by the Right Honourable the Earle of Northampton Lord Priuie Seale TO THE WORTHIE SIR FRANCIS BACON HIS MAIESTIES SOLLICITOR GENErall and the graue and learned Bench of the anciently allied houses of Grayes Inne and the Inner Temple the Inner Temple and Grayes Inne Yee that spared no time nor trauell in the setting forth ordering furnishing of this Masque being the first fruits of honor in this kinde which these two societies haue offered to his Maiestie VVill not thinke much now to looke backe vpon the effects of your owne care and worke for that whereof the successe was then doubtfull is now happily performed and gratiously accepted And that which you were then to thinke of in straites of time you may now peruse at leysure And you Sir Francis Bacon especially as you did then by your countenance and louing affection aduance it so let your good word grace it and defend it which is able to adde value to the greatest and least matters THE DEVISE OR ARGVMENT OF THE MASQVE Iupiter and Iuno willing to doe honour to the Mariage of the two famous Riuers Thamesis and Rhone imploy their Messengers seuerally Mercurie and Iris for that purpose They meete and contend then Mercurie for his part brings forth an Anti-masque all of Spirits or diuine Natures but yet not of one kinde or liuerie because that had been so much in vse heretofore but as it were in consort like to broken Musicke And preseruing the proprietie of the deuise for that Riuers in nature are maintained either by Springs from beneath or Shewers from aboue He raiseth foure of the Naiades out of the Fountaines and bringeth downe fiue of the Hyades out of the Cloudes to daunce hereupon Iris scoffes at Mercurie for that hee had deuised a daunce but of one Sexe which could haue no life but Mercurie who was prouided for that exception and in token that the Match should be blessed both with Loue and Riches calleth forth out of the Groues foure Cupids and brings downe from Iupiters Altar foure Statuaes of gold and siluer to daunce with the Nymphes and Starres in which daunce the Cupids being blinde and the Statuaes hauing but halfe life put into them and retaining still somewhat of their old nature giueth fit occasion to new and strange varieties both in the Musick and paces This was the first Anti-masque Then Iris for her part in scorne of this high-flying deuise and in token that the Match shall likewise be blessed with the loue of the Common People calles to Flora her confederate for that the Moneths of flowers are likewise the Moneths of sweete shewers and Raine bowes to bring in a May daunce or Rurall daunce consisting likewise not of any suted persons but of a confusion or commixture of all such persons as are naturall and proper for Countrey sports This is the second Anti-masque Then Mercurie and Iris after this vying one vpon the other seeme to leaue their contention and Mercurie by the consent of Iris brings downe the Olympian Knights intimating that Iupiter hauing after a long discontinuance reuiued the Olympian games and summoned thereunto from all parts the liueliest actiuest persons that were had enioyned them before they fell to their games to doe honour to these Nuptials The Olympian games portend to the Match Celebritie Victorie and Felicitie This was the maine Masque The Fabricke was a Mountaine with two descents and seuered with two Trauesses At the entrance of the King THe first Trauers was drawne and the lower descent of the Mountaine discouered which was the Pendant of a hill to life with diuers boscages and Grouets vpon the steepe or hanging grounds thereof and at the foote of the Hill foure delicate Fountaines running with water and bordered with sedges and water flowers Iris first appeared and presently after Mercurie striuing to ouertake her Iris apparelled in a robe of discoulored Taffita figured in variable colours like the Raine-bowe a cloudie wreath on her head and Tresses Mercurie in doublet and hose of white Taffita a white hat wings on his shoulders and feet his Caduceus in his hand speaking to Iris as followeth MERCVRIE STay Stay Stay light foot Iris for thou striuest in vaine My wings are nimbler then thy feete IRIS