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A04655 Loues triumph through Callipolis Performed in a masque at court 1630. By his Maiestie with the lords, and gentlemen assisting. The inuentors. Ben. Ionson. Inigo Iones. Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.; Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652. 1631 (1631) STC 14776; ESTC S109235 3,392 14

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LOVES TRIVMPH THROVGH CALLIPOLIS Performed in a Masque at Court 1630 By his Maiestie with the Lords and Gentlemen assisting The Inuentors Ben Ionson Jnigo Iones Quando magis dignos licuit spectare triumphos LONDON Printed by I. N. for Thomas Walkley and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Eagle and Child in Brittains-burse 1630 To make the Spectators vnderstanders WHereas all Repraesentations especially those of this nature in court publique Spectacles eyther haue bene or ought to be the mirrors of mans life whose ends for the excellence of their exhibiters as being the donatiues of great Princes to their people ought alwayes to carry a mixture of profit with them no lesse then delight Wee the Inuentors being commanded from the King to thinke on some thing worthy of his Maiesties putting in act with a selected company of his Lords and Gentlemen called to the assistance For the honor of his Court and the dignity of that heroique loue and regall respect borne by him to his vnmatchable Lady and Spouse the Queenes Maiesty after some debate of cogitation with our selues resolued on this following argument First that a Person boni ominis of a good character as Euphemus sent downe from Heauen to Callipolis which is vnderstood the Citty of Beauty or Goodnes should come in and finding her Maiesty there enthron'd declare vnto her that Loue who was wont to be respected as a speciall Deity in Court and Tutelar God of the place had of late receiu'd an aduertisement that in the suburbes or skirtes of Callipolis were crept in certaine Sectaries or deprau'd Louers who neyther knew the name or nature of loue rightly yet boasted themselues his followers when they were fitter to be call'd his Furies their whole life being a continew'd vertigo or rather a torture on the wheele of Loue then any motion eyther of order or measure When sodainely they leape forth below a Mistresse leading them and with anticke gesticulation and action after the manner of the old Pantomimi they dance ouer a distracted comoedy of Loue expressing their confus'd affections in the Scenicall persons and habits of the foure prime European Nations A glorious boasting Louer A whining ballading Louer An aduenturous Romance Louer A phantasticke vmbrageous Louer A bribing corrupt Louer A froward jealous Louer A sordid illiberall Louer A proud skorne-full Louer An angry quarrelling Louer A melancholique despairing Louer An enuious vnquiet Louer A sensuall brute Louer All which in varied intricate turns and involu'd mazes exprest make the Antimasque and conclude the exit in a circle EVPHEMVS descends singing Joy ioy to mortals the reioycing fires Of gladnes smile in your dilated hearts Whilst Loue presents a world of chast defires Which may produce a harmony of parts Loue is the right affection of the minde The noble appetite of what is best Desire of vnion with the thing design'd But in fruition of it cannot rest The Father plenty is the Mother want Plenty the beauty which it wanteth drawes Want yeilds it selfe affording what is scant So both affections are the vnion's cause But rest not here For Loue hath larger scopes New ioyes new pleasures of as fresh a date As are his minutes and in him no hopes Are pure but those hee can perpetuate To you that are by excellence a Queene The top of beauty but of such an ayre As onely by the minds eye may bee seene Your enter-wouen lines of good and fayre Vouchsafe to grace Loues triumph here to night Through all the streetes of your Callipolis Which by the splendor of your rayes made bright The seate and region of all beauty is Loue in perfection longeth to appeare But prayes of fauour he be not call'd on Till all the suburbes and the skirts bee cleare Of perturbations and th' infection gon Then will he flow forth like a rich perfume Into your nostrils or some sweeter sound Of melting musique that shall not consume Within the eare but run the mazes round Heere the Chorus walke about with their censers CHORVS Meane time wee make lustration of the place And with our solemne fires and waters proue T' haue frighted hence the weake diseased race Of those were tortur'd on the wheele of loue 1 The glorious 2 whining 3 the aduenturous foole 4 Phantastique 5 bribing and the iealous asse 1 The sordid 2 scornefull 3 and the angry mule4 The melancholique 5 dull and envious masse Chorus With all the rest that in the sensuall schoole Of lust for their degree of brute may passe All which are vapor'd hence No loues but slaues to sense Meere cattell and not men Sound sound and treble all our ioyes agen Who had the power and vertue to remooue Such monsters from the labyrinth of loue The Triumph is first seene a far of and led in by Amphitrite the wife of Oceanus with foure Sea-gods attending her NEREVS PROTEVS GLAVCVS PALAeMON It consisteth of fifteene Louers and as many Cupids who ranke themselues seauen and seauen on a side with each a Cupid before him with a lighted torch and the middle person which is his Maiesty placed in the center 1. The prouident   2. The iudicious 3. The secret   4. The valiant 5. The witty   6. The iouiall 7. The secure 15. The Heroicall 8. The substantiall 9. The modest   10. The candid 11. The courteous   12. The elegant 13. The rationall   14. The magnificent AMPHITRITE Heere stay a while This this The Temple of all Beauty is Heere perfect Louers you must pay First-fruits and on these altars lay The Ladies breast's your ample vowes Such as Loue brings and Beauty best allowes Cho. For Loue without his obiect soone is gone Loue must haue answering loue to looke vpon AMPHITRITE To you best Iudge then of perfection EVPHEMVS The Queene of what is wonder in the place AMPHITRITE Pure obiect of Heroique Loue alone EVPHEMVS The center of proportion AMPHITRITE Sweetenesse EVPHEMVS Grace AMPHITRITE Daigne to receiue all lines of loue in one EVPHEMVS And by reflecting of them fill this space Cho. Till it a circle of those glories proue Fit to be sought in Beauty found by Loue Semi-cho. Where Loue is mutuall still All things in order moue Semi-cho. The circle of the will Is the true spheare of Loue Cho. Aduance you gentler Cupids then aduance And shew your iust perfections in your daunce The Cupids dance their dance And the Masquers their entry Which done Euclia or a faire Glory appeares in the heauens singing an applausiue song or Poean of the whole which shee takes occasion to ingeminate in the second Chorus vpon the sight of a worke of Neptunes being a hollow rocke filling part of the Sea-prospect whereon the Muses sit EVCLIAS So loue emergent out of Chaos brought the world to light And gently mouing on the waters wrought all forme to fight Loues appetite Did beauty first excite And left imprinted in the ayre Those signatures of good and faire CHO. Which since haue flow'd flow'd forth vpon the sense To wonder first and then to excellence By vertue of diuine intelligence The ingemination EVCLIAS And Neptune too Shewes what his waues can doe To call the Muses all to play And sing the birth of Venus day CHO. Which from the Sea flow'd forth vpon the sense To wonder first and next to excellence By vertue of diuine intelligence Here follow the Reuels Which ended the Scene changeth to a Garden and the heauens opening there appeare foure new persons in forme of a Constellation sitting or a new Asterism expecting Venus whom they call vpon with this song IVPITER IVNO GENIVS HYMEN IVP. Hast daughter Venus hast and come away IVN. All powers that gouerne mariage pray That you will lend your light GEN. Vnto the constellation of this night HYM. Hymen IVN. And Iuno GEN. And the Genius call IVP. Your father Iupiter CHO. And all That blesse or honnor holy nuptiall VENVS here appeares in a cloud and pas through the constellation descendeth to the earth when presently the cloud vanisheth and she is seene sitting in a throane VENVS Here here I present ame Both in my girdle and my flame Wherein are wouen all the powers The Graces gaue me or the Howres My nources once with all the artes Of gayning and of holding hearts And these with I descend But to your influences first commend The vow I goe to take On earth for perfect loue and beauties sake Her song ended and she rising to goe vp to the Queene the Throane disappeares in place of which there shooteth vp a Palme tree with an imperiall crowne on the top from the roote whereof Lillies and Roses twining together and imbracing the stem flourish through the crowne which she in the song with the Chorus describes Beauty and Loue whose story is mysteriall In yonder Palme-tree and the Crowne imperiall Doe from the Rose and Lilly so delicious Promise a shade shall euer be propitious To both the Kingdomes But to Brittaines Genius The snaky rod and serpents of Cyllenius Bring not more peace then these who so united be By Loue as with it Earth and Heauen delighted be And who this King and Queene would well historify Need onely speake their names Those them will glorify MARY and CHARLES CHARLES with his MARY named are And all the rest of Loues or Princes famed are After this they dance their going out and end Porus and Penia 〈…〉 re hee 〈…〉 es vp to 〈◊〉 State The prospect of a Sea appeares The Masquers Names The King The Marquesse Hammilton Lord Chamberlaine Earle of Holland Earle of Carnaruan Earle of Newport Vicount Doncaster Lord Strange Sir William Howard Sir Robert Stanley Sir William Brooke 〈…〉 Maister Ralegh 〈…〉 〈…〉