streams from Thame and Isis flowing Then he commands those that were young and strong To leaue their other works and fall to rowing Vntill they came to London where the band Of Germain Youth with many welcomes land THE THIRD BOOKE ARGVMENT Britans receiue with ioy triumphantly The Princely Suitor Rhein's great PALATINE CONSVS by night moues IAMES his Maiestie ELIZA loue by CVPIDS power diuine A match is made the heauens and earth reioyce And FREDERICK enioyes his royall choice 1. NO sooner tydings to great Brittaine came Of Princely Fredericks arriuall there Whose Vertue mounted on the wings of fame Flies through the world admired euery where But straight our gratious King to grace him more Thus welcoms honourd Honor to the shore 2. Wales royall Prince attended with a traine Of worthiest Nobles and of chiefest blood With many a gallant ship cuts through the mayne Making the Sea seeme like a stately wood The while her shore was hid with people standing So closely troupt to see these Princes landing 3. Where our great Prince with kingly curtefie Giues this great German royall entertain Inuiting to the Court of maiestie His princely selfe with all his honourd train Extending to those Lordings whom he brings Such Iouiall welcoms as proceed from Kings 4. Forth with a stately steed with sparkling eie Whos 's all proportion nature beautified Adorn'd with richest arts Ephippirie Is brought this braue Bauarian on to ride Whence with their Lords in honour through the throng This royall paire of Princes trots along 5. Where the promiscuous people all contending Whose eie should first and most bee fed with sight Of these two Princes to their Palace wending Stopt their faire passage There obserue you might The beggar plac'd before the rich behoulder And yong boies climbing on the graue mans shoulder 6. Here careless runs the scholler from his book There hurles the Smith his hammer from his hand Here leaues the Marchant shop and all to looke And there the Suitor lets his mistres stand Here the suspitious Maeck leaues wife at Venter With millions mo to see this German enter 7. Mo were not seene when proud Romes Consuls went In pompous triumph to their Capitol Nor when to grace their Captains who had spent Their bloods their countries honor to extoll The potent Romans in triumphant sort Receiu'd their victors at their Latian Port. 8. Then when our greatest King our gratious Queene Our mighty Prince with troups of royall states Whose outward graces made their inward seen Receiu'd Prince Frederick at their Courtly gates Whose curious eies employ'd with obseruation Of what he sees strike him with admiration 9. The places yeeld him more then most content 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—ers habits gestures of our men 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as vncouths all the way he went 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 meaning and then praises them But with so sweet a tongue so comly grace As seem'd an ofspring of imperiall race 10. Perhaps but scarce beleeue I such an one Was the faire louely Phrigian Ganumede Whom rapt from Iila to the Gods being sho wne By mighty Ioue the Gods all wondred His speech grace beauty then perhaps excelld But now by Fredericks more then paraleld 11. Thus the beholders this great Prince commending The Prince beholding and commending all From their faire steedes in royall sort descending Approach great Brittains court imperiall A Court repleat with greater maiesty Then in great Caesars euer mortal see 12. Walles deckt with rich Meonick Imagerie Wrought with Arachnes best Pallaclian hand A cloth of state of Thebane tapestry Where our chiefe Caesars throne of state doth stand Seelings compact of Tellus purest mould Garnisht with bosses of Opherian gold 13. Heer sits our Monarch on his lofty throne And hither he admits this prince of wonder Who to his highnes was no sooner showne Bnt straight discends to this Bauarian vnder VVhere after Kingly gracious embraces Thus gins a speach to giue him further graces 14. VVe ioy great Prince with thanks to you and fate For honouring our Court and Country thus Wishing we could your Grace remunerate Yet towards requitall this receiue from vs What ere our countries yeeld command as free As our apparant heyre to Brittanie 15 Heere Frederick Count Palatine of Rhine Thus makes reply Greatest of greatest Kings To render thankes for your high grace is mine Who is 't that loueth heauen or heauenly things To whom Fame shall report your Godly zeale Your gracious rule of Brittaines Common-weale 16. But straight is mooud like Shebaes royall Queene To seeke the place where Salomen doth liue That he may see the like was neuer seene And heare those lessons only you can giue That he may learne aright to serue his God And rule his contries with a Princely rod 17. It s this high Monarch hath Rheins Palsgraue mooud To heare and see your Princely Maiesty With your faire ofspring whom my heart hath loud With that his cheekes receiue a rubie die Ther stayes where straight as to their royall brother The Prince of Wales and Rhine salute each other 18. With that our regall and resplendent Queene The happy Mother of a hopefull spring In gorgious robes most glorious to behold Presents her selfe before the potent King Where with respect repleat with Maiesty She bids the Prince welcome to Brittanie 19. Next with her golden tresses dangling Which sweetly sport them with her sweeter breath Clad with rich Tissues all with gold bespangling Comes beauties mirror faire Elizabeth This Ioue deseruing Princesse nows adrest To welcome this imperiall German guest 20. With such a speech as Pallas might giue place Such Maiesty as Iuno might amaze Such beauty as faire Venus hide her face All to Eliza yeelding all their praise Ercinia neuer saw so faire a feature Mongst all hir Nimphs as this celestiall creature 21. Struck with amazement of this heauenly sight VVas louely Frederick trembling cold as yce The mighty Prince now wants his manly might And like he is to fall downe in a trice Strange metamorphosis nor had he stood Had not her rosie lips reuiu'd his blood 22. A modest maiden kisse Nectarian sweet Deigns faite Eliza to the danted Reine In whose pure cheeks when both their lips did meet The roses with the Lillies did combine No maruaile for the kisse no sooner done But straight loues fire to kindle was begun 23. She feeles a sparke but knowes not whence it came Her virgin breast nere knew what Cupid meant The spark encreaseth til it prooues a flame Yet ignorant withall of loues intent The person birth and gesture being seen Of Princely Rhein do please this beauties Queene 24. Nor rests it there but what she likes she loues And what she loues desireth to obtaine No lesse then he she louers lawes approoues And feeles no lesse then he a louers paine To look at what she loues she lifts her eye But dare not look for feare som other spy 25. Againe she opes her two caelestiall stars A little twinckling on this princely mirror
OF THE MOST Auspicatious Marriage BETWIXT The High and Mightie Prince FREDERICK COVNT PALATINE of RHEINE chiefe Sewer to the sacred Roman Empire Prince Elector and Duke of BAVARIA c. AND The most Illustrious Princesse the Ladie ELIZABETH her Grace sole Daughter to the high and mightie IAMES King of great BRITTAINE c. IN III. BOOKES Composed in Latine by M. IOANNES MARIA de Franchis And Translated into English AT LONDON Printed by G. ELD for William Blainchard and are to be solde in Fleet-lane at the signe of the Printers Presse 1613. TO THE MOST EXcellent Princesse Elizabeth the only daughter of IAMES King of great Brittan and wife to the most Illustrious Prince FREDERICK the Fift Count Palatine of Rheine Arch-sewer of the holy Empire first Elector and Duke of BAVARIA FAire Heauen of Graces Hauen of content The Worlds great Hope and greater Ornament Grace these my labours with your heauenly eyes In whose milde Hauen my Hope at anchor lies Where may this ship with your safe-conduct ride She will not feare a world of foes beside Say that some Rouer who my lading spies Shooting to make me his vnlawfull Prize Call me a Pirate of anothers wit That cannot make me stoope I le answere it The Goods at first they were bequeath'd to me At my dispose to change the Propertie So that I wasted not the Principall For that be you my Iudge imperiall VVhere finde me guilty punish not my will But rather pitty mine vnured skill Besides dread gracious Princesse this I vow By me they 'd ne're been alter'd but for yow Presuming natiue cloaths of Brittany Would better please then silks of Italy Say they 'r not good yet haue I done my best To please your Grace be pleas'd and I am blest Your Highnesse most humbly deuoted SAMVEL HVTTON TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Prince CHARLES Prince of Wales THe desired and happy marriage of that Illustrious Princesse with that magnanimous and Heroical Prince of so great blood but of greater merits hath bin generally celebrated among all the subiects with such an vnaccustomed ioy that some of them being not able to containe themselues and yet desirous to shew their deuoted affections haue strained their Muse to sing a ioyfull Hymen to their Highnesses nuptiall rights Among vvhich company I being one of the number although inferior to them all in euery thing my loue and affection onely excepted commaunded my Muse though in a hard and vnpleasing stile yet as well as shee could to expresse my vowed seruice and obedience to their Highnesses At the first I intended to haue made onely a short and ordinary Epithalamium but afterwards hauing considered better of it I found it much fitter to diuide it into three bookes The first Booke I sent to the right Reuerend Father the Lord Arch-bishop of Yorke who presented it vnto the King By this meanes I did thinke that if my first booke might haue a charitable censure of the wise and learned sort of men I might then with lesse feare and with more spirit presume to present this my booke with the other two vnto their Highnesses Notwithstanding I had no such good conceit either of myselfe or of my labours to thinke them all three worthy to be exposed to the iudgement and censure of all men and yet to haue put forth the one part without the other would haue made my Poeme imperfect which had been a greater inconuenience At length some of my friends hauing receiued this Poeme printed it being delighted with the noueltie of the matter and desirous to shew their affection and my congratulation to that happy marriage At the first it grieued me a little that my book being not fully perfected should be printed but at last hauing no desire to haue it printed againe after that the solemnities were ended som of my friends began to importune me that I would impart my booke vnto them I being easily ouercome with their vrging yeelded vnto their requests This booke they haue now translated into English to the end that the Ladies may be partakers of this curious symetrie This booke I offer vp vnto your Highnesse of whom I haue heard many honorable relations at the right reuerend father in God my lord Arch-bishop of Yorkes house and now I do partly know your Highnes to be of such a Princely disposition that you will not refuse the protection of the first fruits of a Scholler but rather cherish and maintaine them especially such a one that prostrateth himselfe and his labours at your Highnesse feet humbly beseeching your Highnesse not to suruey the booke with a curious eye but to accept of that good minde which offers it Last of all I doe wish such a Spouse as is described in these Hymnes to be matched with your Highnesse and I beseech thee O God to adde so much time to my yeeres that I may liue to see it to the end that I may write a nuptiall Hymen of your Highnesse marriage in a more iudicious and acurate stile Your Highnesse most affectionate seruant Io. MARIA The Argument or Epitome of the whole Poeme IVpiter by meanes of Mercury his messenger summons a Conuocation of the Gods to confarre and dispose of things here below at this Synod Religion being a power amongst the heauenly deities of no small repute made her appearāce being ful of afflictiō depriued of that accustomed coelestiall pompe and diuine ornaments with which all th' other Gods then assembled in the Consistorie of the highest heauens did most gloriously shine which moued all the Gods to maruell and father Iupiter himselfe to require the cause of her griefe whereof in her actions and habit she gaue such wofull remonstrances To whom shee answered with teares and sobbes that this happened vnto her because she was so torne and persecuted in the world by wickednesse and superstition and other of Pluto's fire-brands that she had scarce any place there safely to rest her selfe farther intimating what barbarous horrible torments she and her followers had for many ages past suffered and still did indure Which complaint of hers moued the Deities to compassionate her and caused them being inkindled with a iust wrath against the infernall Furies to begin to muster vp and bend their coelestiall forces to succour her But then the ruler of the Gods hauing with his most maiestick awfull becke calmed their indignation most louingly comforted his afflicted Daughter telling the deities that this was not to be remedied with fury and the destruction of men but with fatherly and long sufferance to bring home to his flock those strayed sheep by good counsell and exhortation as in his eternall decrees hee had in this case determined and that the chiefe meanes for the effecting hereof was the linking together of two royal families in amost profitable marriage long since preordained by Fate for the reformation of these corrupted times And then he repeated the auncient oracle of the goddess Themis now vpon the
Straight shuts them vp within herselfe at warres Loue harts her eye maides modesty strikes terror Thus in loues conflict with chast modesty She loues and feares she sees and dares not see 26. But yet so closly could not this young louer Mooue the faire Orb of her Siderian eyes But straight the louesick Palsgraue could discouer And meet the turn with due obseruancies Hundred ey'd Argus Io nere so tended As he Eliza til these greetings ended 27. This thus and more perform'd in princely sort Dark sable-coulor'd Nox comes trotting on Mounted vpon Allaster from the port Of black Cymmerian pitchy Acheron Phaebus with fiery chariot flies away Post hast to giue Antipodes the day 28. Meane while a guard of gallant Gentlemen Addrest in skarlet liueries euery one With Cognizants first drawne with Pallas pen Then wouen with siluer gold and pretious-stone In which Palladian art did vive appeare King IAMES his arms great Britans Monarch there 29. These worthy Waiters worthy of their places Present their burning tapers 'fore the King Who with the Queen and all those Princely graces Addrest himselfe to Ioviall banqueting Which being done as fitteth Princes best They all retire them to nocturnall rest 30. King IAMES no sooner prest his lofty bed And Somnus comes to close his Princely eyes But Morpheus his fancy wakened And Consus counsels god he straight espies Who softly comes with graue and auncient pace Comely though old with reuerence in his face 31. With his fur'd night-gowne shooes cap for night In his right hand he brings a golden booke Thus he presents himselfe to IAMES his sight Much like old Philon both in speech and look Who for in younger age he taught his Grace His Highnes therfore knew him by his face 32. Who mildly standing at our Soueraignes feet He thus begins to speake with grauitie Great Britans Monarch giue me leaue to greet Thy mighty selfe and then to question thee Why'mongst so many dost thou tosse thy mind A match for faire Elizabeth to find 33. Behold great Ioue by heauens owne direction Hath sent thee one the mirror of his time Whose Auncestry next vnder your protection May with the best compare of Kingly line Whose regiment encreaseth with his yeeres In aequi-pollence to the mightiest peeres 34. More wise he is then young age can affoord Whom mighty Ioue both loues and offers thee He doth professe the same religious Word And link't in Christian league of amity Make this thy Son this Prince will only proue He worthy hers she worthy of his loue 35. Th'emperiall heauens command me tell thee this Which promise thee and them a royall straine Who shall for heauens intentions cannot misse Restore the golden ages back againe This said Mirh-breathing Consus goes his waies Leauing the King halfe sleeping in a maze 36. He with mature deliberation Who 't was was sent and who it was that sent him Together with his pleasing graue relation What good Ioue offer'd and what good he meant him These reasons force quoth he our full consent Being such as one had been sufficient 37. But most of all Religion she doth moue me Which all Kings ought to striue for to the death It 's that great German makes vs most to loue thee And hold thee worthy our Elizabeth Thus Britans Caesar in his thoughts revolv'd And thus he spake and thus he them resolv'd 38. But do you thinke Eliza's rest was peace Thinke you the Princely Virgin was not troubl'd Hersleep was lessened by her thoughts increase On Frederick thinking straight her thoughts were doubl'd To him no sooner thinks he to be kind But straight her Princely selfe comes to her mind 39. Aie me quoth shee what sodaine motion 's this How is my brest clogg'd with a bitter sweet Cupid hath surely ta'ne his shaft amiss Elce how could Feare and Hope together meete I know not how but yet methinks I see Such vncouth passions both at once in me 40. Loue shall not trouble vs were loue so bold To enterprise our royall Vigin brest In vaine it straue to win our maiden hold That nere shall yeild let Cupid do his best Not though loues fire within me were as great As that Octaean or Trinacrian heat 41. Vnlesse my father giue his full consent Vnlesse my King appoint me whom to loue Loues arrowes are in vaine but idly spent And of no force should all loues forces proue Hee 's worthy Loue but aie what bootes to like Vnlesse my father doe the bargaine strike 42. Loue loue would sure but wither in the blade Proue barren fruitles langvish and so die Ah Frederick but that 's it makes mee'fraid I wish my father held th' as great as I Great God of Loue as thou hast plai'd thy part To make me Loue so moue my fathers hart 43. Procure him get a marriage worthy mee It is not farr his highnesse need to seeke Fortune presents fit opportunity Doe Cupid and I le kisse thy louely cheeke But yet in all be sure thou draw a dart That shall not misse Prince Frederick to the hart 44. Mine eies are onely plea'sd with his faire brow Me thinks and he should Loue to by his face Yet and perhaps the German loues me now If outward gesture shew the inward grace Why should not I then aunswer Fredericks Loue Whose were enough an Empresses to moue 45. Answer quoth I what answer shall I giue A virgin Princesse daughter to a King Except my Father vnder whome I liue Say to me This is he whose nuptiall ring Thy Princely selfe must weare this is the man Loue him then could I answer soone I can 46. Thus with a sigh her speach she smothereth But loue so would not close her waking eies Which way so ere the Vergin turns vimeth Shee could but thinke she Frederic espies And more she thinks such thoughts can fancy moue The louely Prince is suing for her loue 47. Nor yet when radiant Phosphorus appearing Vshers Aurora banishing the night The tawney liuery of bright Phebus wearing Can all-harts-conquering loue bee put to flight The lesse her loue she seeketh to bewray The more it 's seene by seeing euery day 48. How oft would she vnto her mother Queen Sweetly commend this Princes pedegree How oft would she haue blushing ready been To tell the titles of his Emperie His manners now then 's godly youth relating And then his hopes of age prognosticating 49. Her mother Queen obserues her speeches well And smiling sayes Our Daughter is in loue She likes it tho and to the King can tell Her passions which his Highnes doth approue Yet least she should perceiue they did reioyce They ieasted with the Virgine for her choyce 50. But afterwards the sapient King perpending Great Ioues commandement Rheins great family His Vertues Kingdomes and Religion tending All to aduancement of true piety What feare 't would strike to foes to hell what terror What loue both Court country beares this mirror 51. Admiring and reioycing in his mind
Bramble yeilds the sauor of the Rose The Thornes drop mirh wild Vines with grapes increase The Corke tree hony the Willow pepper grows The Alder sugar the Beach-tree Cinamon Where Acorns grew sweet Balsam springs thereon 78. Ginger Cloues Saffron Spiknard all do grow And spring with plenty in the vntild feild And from the Rocks doth sweet Ambrosa flow The Winds doe Aromatick odours yeild The watrie places spring Malobathrum The Fountains milk the floods pure Nectar run 79. Seas natiue pibbles gild the glorious shoare And the salt foame to Amber doth conuert Rich Plenty now presents her golden store And vnto Mortalls doth her gifts impart Old yeelds to New Quarrels to Peace's might Impiety to Faith and Wrong to Right 80. Vaine Superstition vailes to Pietie Deceipt to Truth Doubt vnto Demonstration Darknes to Light Pluto to Ioues deity Hell to bright Heauen Damnation to Saluation All shall be brought to pristin aequipage While to the world reuerts the golden age 81. Reioyce Germania ioy to see this day And thou possessor of the light most cleere The worlds admir'd great Britania In honour of this change let ioyes appeare Such happines attends this royall choyce As equall cause nere had you to reioyce 82. Nay all be blith let plows keep holliday The Oxe refuse his yoke let harrows rust The lopper leaue his vines halfe lopt to play The Clowne crie hoigh with points of lether trust For vines vnlopt shall yeild a fruitfull store And earth vntil'd shall spring as 't did before 83. Let hearts want hatred wrath be banisht quite And hasty words of modestie bereauen Let suits so cease that Clarks haue nought to write In stead of these sing Carrols to the heauen Let Courts be scaffolds for Clyents to gaze While Common Pleas be turn'd to common playes 84. Let Caesars selfe descend to see this sport Great Lords be merry with the lowly Lowne Cry helter skelter let the lawes come short Crafts-men leaue work May-games in euery towne Let Courtiers act some amorous Comedie With Iigs at end on 't to the Plow-iaggs by 85. Let Souldiers lay by Armes yet sleep secure Let only Loue be held a Warriour Let beds be fields where they the fight endure The conquer'd being pleas'd with loss by war Let neuer cloud dare to approach the day But let the times with pleasure pass away 86. Let all the world be fild with Hymens voice The world in wisht Vacuna's gouernment At good to come let Britans all reioice And euery yeere in Happines be spent Let euery month each day houre minute be Crown'd blest succesfull and from perils free 87. But Thee the best of Kings heroick IAMES The true Defendor of the sacred Word As now this world thy royall worth proclaimes So euer let all worlds the like afford Euer extolling thee with golden phrases Who gilds the world with thine immortall praises 88. Thou mighty Off-spring of Imperiall Race From whom great Kings do claime their greatest blood Yet thy knowne vertues giue thee higher grace Thine Off-spring great thy vertues make thee good Thy speech thy prudence wisdome to foresee In all assayes to all apparent be 89. Thy royall brest scorns worth by meere opinion Nor holds chiefe honor to possesse a Crowne Thy honor'd thoughts are how to raise Religion And in thy kingdomes pull Abuses downe In thee gods feare with innate Piety And mild aspect is mixt with Maiesty 90. God-like th' art slow to wrath swift to reward Iuditious to rule and helpe the right Thy Subiects to thy lawes haue due regard Won by thy fauor vnconstrain'd by might By thee the Gospell from thy Temples rent That true-light-giuing word hath gouernment 91. By thee the Sheep escape the iawes of Hell Without thee Faith would scarcely find her name Thou manst her cause and dost performe it wel For which the world eternizeth thy fame Thou ' mongst thine owne art set in Honors top ' Mongst faithfull Aliants held their chiefest prop. 92. Thou art what heauenly guifts can make thee bee What Subiects praiers what Art can fabricate What Fame can yeild thy sacred Maiestie What can be added to thy glorious state If ought then this thou dost prefer 't is knowne Religions cause in all before thine owne 93. Kings were deny'd thy royall sons to be Because they did not hold their faiths aright Thine end was how to establish pietie And on that end most blessedly hast light To happinesse now nothing doth remaine Vnlesse the same be acted o're againe 94. Be Iouiall then great King cast care away Rheins blood is not inferior to the best With whom thou hast confirm'd a league for ay And giuen the Gospell an eternall rest In which there is more cause of wonder showne Then when was made the Scots and English one 95. Wherefore againe be Iouiall great King And thou blest Queen of Denmarks royall line Thou fairest faire thou beautious Beauties spring Thou humane patterne of the powers diuine Be Iouiall sweet Queen cast care away In honor of this happy Nuptiall day 95. And you choice paire of Princes ioine your hands And with your hands your hearts with hearts your loues And with your loues speech such as loue commands With speech ioine kisses like to Paphian Doues From whose faire loynes heauens grant a royall line To raigne for euer Rheins great PALATINE 96. You speckled Glaucian Nymphs you flesh-fish Elues Come from your creeks skip from your pumice pores VVith rishy haire-laces trick vp your selues And with faire flowers bestrew your flood-gate dores To get the Topaze stir your little bones And make your shoares to glitter with the stones 98. And you pure floods skud with your christal streams And crowne your Founts with flowers of various sorts Sing but let Io be your merry Theames And let your hearts be cogniz'd by your sports All helpe to grace the Nuptials with vs And so left speaking great Oceanus 99. From euery chink skips out a Nereiad Old Nereus their father being first VVith all the rest All of these tydings glad It was the thing for which they long did thirst VVith ioyfull acclamations one by one They kneeling make this hearty Orizon 100. For euer liue great Brittains King and Queen For euer liue Rheins Prince and royall bride For euer may their Ofsprings both be seen Long wisht for hop't for Heauens euer be their guide Nor let vs euer cease to pray for them To which they all deuoutly said Amen 101. Amen quoth Thames Grant Dariom Owse Rheine Skern Scurfe Swale Seuerne Humber Iske and Clun Wisk Weer and Wharfe Nid Tease Tweed Trent Tyne Aire Sheld Tay Calder Vre Danow and Dun Waâ—me Caldâ—e Peterel Frith Lune Ments and Chaine With hundred others whome I cannot name 102. While Neptunes brood thus triumph on the Seas Venus must needs haue Vulcane play his part This royall match doth so the Lady please In show of honor he must shew his art Which to obtaine shee kindly comes vnto him
And like a suitor thus begins to woo him 103. Loue to my selfe then is my selfe more deare The heauens Protector and the Gods defender To whom Ioue owes those bolts make Mortals feare Who to my selfe thy Loue didst euer tender To whom I owe for kindnes done at Troy And for the Armes thou made my warlike Boy 104. Yet ere I pay my louing Vulcane know I am constraind to sue to thee for more Thou 'lt not denie thy wife and Goddesse now Thou neuer didst deny me ought before It 's not for martiall Armes sweet hart I sue W'haue done with those wee 'l hence bid wars adue 105. Indeed I once was forc't for that to woo But not so now And it 's for my selfe beside Nay and a thing befits thy Venus too I must not nay I will no be deni'd For if you do indeed I le hang the lip And neuer with thee more to meadows trip 106. Sweet thus it is I heare by heauens designe A royall Nuptiall shortly like to bee Twixt Frederick the Palatine of Rhine Aud faire Eliza of great Brittanie And how King Iames bestirs him euery way To make great Triumphs gainst the wedding day 107. Londons great Thames they all in hast prepare Where ore they build Briggs Chaines and Fabricates Of Art which well with Pallas may compare To entertaine these high imperiall States Where they in honour of this day desire To shew on waters powers of subtile fire 108. VVherefore Sweet Chuck for my sake ready be To help these fire-workes do a maisters part Thou art the God of fire then ouersee And teach the English thine Ignean Art I would not for the world that Art should misse For want of Thee and then she gaue a kisse 109. Now as the waxen Torch no sooner feeles The scorching heat of Lemnius fire approaching But straight's on low euen so this Suitor steeles Her Lemman Vulcan with alures incroaching He bristles vp and turning white o' th eye He thus to Venus gins to make reply 110 Sweet Duck what need you to entreat me so You may command and I must needs obey You know I am yours whether I will or no Faire Venus wil is Vulcans lock and key Besides for this trouble your selfe no more I heard what hand Ioue had in this before 111. Kind mouse and then he knept lo heere 's my hand For thy sake I wil do them what I can I and my forge shall be at their command Or neuer hold me for an honestman As I 'me a God and then againe he knept Turn'd white o' th' eye and so the Clubfoot slept 112. No sooner did this Nuptiall day adproach And Trumpets warne them of this glorious sight But some on foot some horst some in their coach Repare to Thames with all their maine and might Where Barges Oares and Scullers did appeare Aweight for Atlas bigge enough to beare 113. Troopt with his peeres great Brittains King ascends A lofty stately Turret made for view Vith whom Queene Anne Prince Charles Prince Frederick wends With faire Eliza oh that heauenly shew So ritch so graue Maiestick are they gone As if great Ioue ascended to his throane 114. With that lame Vulcan from the lofty Tower Straight falls to worke and gins to stir his stump Where with a peale of ordnance for an hower Giues them faire welcome all with many a thump VVho yet before his thundring fires were showne Makes one good legge God knowes he had but one 115. Next after this the squibs skip vp the ayre Makes cloudes by thousands spread them like a net Such like as when the Titans durst to dare The Gods aboue and they on Phlegra met Such were the flashes cracks and heauens face As when the Gods had Gyants in the chase 116. But no such feare withall the nimble fire Giues eares contentments pleasures to the eye The cunning squibs while they the Heauens aspire Make twenty shapes on house and casements nie They skip they run they fall and keep a quoile VVhile all the Thames was ready for to boile 117. Scarce this was done when by Vulcanian arts A sell fierce fiery Dragon gins to mount VVho with his taile the ayre so swiftly parts As makes a thunder Teeth withouten Count. VVhet gnash and crash his Irish Dart tonguethere Threatens to kill and poyson who comes neere 118. Saint George on horseback with his speare and sheild Confronts the Serpent and with martiall looks Makes towards the Dragon in the airy field And with vndaunted spirit his speare he shook The Dragon in whose scales laid hart and might Prouokes this worthy warriour to the fight 119. Both with like courage and with equall force They first aloofe charge each the other there Saint George being mounted on his warlik horse Assailes the Dragon with his conquering speare The furious Dragon fiercely doth assaile To meet th' encounter with his scale arm'd tayle 120. VVhere he attempts with twining circling rounds To graspe the Warriour and to teare his skin George with his speare preuents those murdering wounds And giues the hurt the Dragon ment to him When mad with ire he makes a horrid yell Spoutes thundring fire earth trembling at the knell 121. Now careles of himselfe not dreading ill The Dragon flies to fight neere hand to hand He feares not death so hee his foe may kill The battell doubtfull for the while doth stand They slice the ayre with blowes on either side Till light and thunders through the Regions ride 122. At last these doubts Saint George the valiant Puts out of doubt and hath the Serpent kild The puissant victor vp the ayre doth vaunt While Earths below with acclamations fild Thus brauely ending this Vulcanian fight Another shew presents it selfe to fight 123. On Thames a steepy mountaine Vulcan founds Where bushes thickets hearbs and flowers appeare VVhereout a kennell of wel-mouthed hounds Do rouze a stately stagge who flies for feare He wheeles imbosts and runs for feare to dye They follow chanting with a heauenly crye 124. At last so hotly they the sttagge pursue They pinch the haunches of the fearefull Deare Aire reboating thunders out a new He striues to scape but still was neare the neere Forcelesse at last seeing no way but death He brayes he weeps he dies and vanisheth 125. Next after this a worke of admiration For Art Deuise Nouelty and Wit Whose true description passeth my relation Is show'n these royall Princes as they sit A seeming Martiall Nauy brauely man'd Fraught with rich spoiles coms sayling t'wards the land 126. Thames grones to beare the burden of the weight Their Oares do make the water seeme to rore Their glittering streamers daze the lookers sight Their drums and trumpets deafe all neere the shore Thus the braue warlick Britans do assayle A Turkish Towre which they attempt to scale 127. The Trumpets sound defiance to the Turke The Turke defies the Britan to his face On either side the soldiers fall to work Turks to sinke ships Britans
the Tower to race The Tower the Britans batter from the Main To sinke the ships the Turks shoot back againe 128. But yet at last maugre the Scythians might The valiant Britans haue attain'd the land Prouoking of the miscreants to fight And while the Turks on wall and Turrets stand With Scythian purfles steele Tartarian bowes And forked arrowes to resist their foes 129. Yet in despite of these the Britan enters Trumpets and drums still heart them to the battle Darts like to snow-flags fly in thousand splenters Cannons make waters ayre and earth to rattle Cast from Phalarrick instruments of warres The wild-fires fly in number like the starres 130. Looke how when Aquilo in caues ypent Aeol vnwitting breaks his prison doores And boisterous Auster hath the Cauerns rent To front his Aduerse whil'st the welkin rores So fares it with the Mountaines and the Vallies The while the Britan ' gainst the Scythian sallies 131. Thus long they combate still with fresh supplies Both pel-mel meeting make their armors clatter Turks from the Tower fall thick as haile from skies While warlike Britans do their Turrets batter So fast they fall as scarce was one remaining Of all the Turks their lofty Towers maintaining 132. With that the warlike Mars-like bold With ladders striue the Turrets top to wend First at the scout-holes taking nimble hold Thence battlemets and thence to top ascend Where the Turks vanquisht Britans do display St. George his Cross in honor of the day 133. Thus was the first day spent where Britans make Their hearts appeare by their apparant showes Where Lipareius for his Venus sake Presents these vncoth arts to Princely viewes Now Mars withall to please his Cyprian Dame Next day prepares a chiefe Olimpian game 134. A stately place within the Court is built Smooth as a die round emptie spatious Prepar'd for Martiall Knights to run at tilt And try in arms who was most valorous In glittering armor euery Gallant 's bent To try his warlick force at Tournament 135. Where on great horse with rich Caparison Th'heroick Britans long the Tilt-yard ride Who brauely ere the tilting was begun Themselues into two equall troops diuide Where to his launce his Horse and armor trusting Each Knight prepares in order for the iusting 136. No sooner siluer trumpets gin to found But straight two Champions one at other flie Their furious steeds make furrows in the ground Their shiuer'd speares pir whistling vp the skie Thunders and lightnings from their Armes and speares Fly while their plumes be fir'd about their eares 137. Thus each in Order with his horse and lance His martiall foe seemes stoutly to defie VVhere with such fury they them-selues aduance As feare and wonder strike the standers by Such warlike feats of armes and Chiualry As mighty Mars himselfe admir'd to see 138. Next after this they do erect a Race To which the swiftest coursers should repaire VVith proclamations made in euery place A goulden Cup should be the winners share The prize day hower and place known euery where Vnto the course repair they far and neer 139. Where when they came each leads his nimble steed Ore the faire course scarse can the keepers lead They champ their golden snaffles while they bleed They foam they neigh the earth they proudly tread They prank they fret impatient of delay Each hoping 't is hee shhall beare the cup away 140. Being at the start and all in order set Saith George pronounc'd the dust begins to rise Now happy 's he can from his fellow get Their nimble feet out-strip the lookers eies VVhile soone the swiftest gaines the golden prize VVith thousand praises and ten thousand cries 141. Next this Palestrian wrastlers in the field Their bodies suppled by Ceromatists To try by force to force each other yeeld VVith naked armes and brests approach the lists VVhere the behoulders all admire to see How ably agile these Luctators be 142. At first encounter cunningly they set Their stable nimble feet next with their hands This seekes that striues how surest hold to get That he may spoyle his Aduerse as he stands Where arme with arm and foot with foot combining They trip preuent chip fall with inturns twyning 143. Others for ioy with great dexteritie In Tuthill fields at Goaff play vp and downe Where the balls mount with such celerity As aire makes Eccho Others at Ballowne With woodden bracers make the bladders fly With much contentment to the gazers by 144. Soone after Phillis with her Nimphs attended Calls forth the Forrest her Windsorian fawnes To dance who dance that dance cannot be mended So gallantly they frisk it ore the lawnes The groues and valleies eccho with the playing Of Harps and Bag-pipes while these Nimphs be maying 145. In honor of these Nuptials all reioyce No Towne or Citie but congratulates No Temple but it fild with Hymens voice No bels but ring no one but blesse the Fates No street no entry no mans windows seen But 's strewd deckt trim'd with flowers and rishes green 146. But that Palladian Palace built for Kings That spaceous beauteous White-halls ioyes surmount That glorious Court with heauenly musick sings Sweet as the Muses 'bout their amber fount The Citizens like swarms conglomerate To see these Princes and their Nuptiall state 147. Comick Thalia here ascends the â—tage Here Corybantes with their Cimbals dance With Lydian Pageants like the former age Where vpon cords their bodies they aduance With such so great so rare dexteritie As King and Queen and Princes come to see 148. With Saelings Hangings Pauements all excelling The place prepar'd is deckt in curious sort The fire with Aromatick sauors smelling While these imperiall Princes view the sport Nought was vnshown vnsaid worth sight or hearing In honour of this nuptiall day appearing 149. Now if Apollo and Mnemosine Should change their daughter Muses helpe my verse Till I but tould you what mine eies did see Yet what I saw we could not all reherse I saw a banquet that my selfe can say Describe the sight can neither I nor they 150. Seru'd vp in golden dishes bring they thither What Brittain Denmarke Spaine France can afford Arabs or Persia put the world together The world nere saw so sumptuous a Board Thinke what was wanting to their geniall cheare What Sea or Land can yeeld that all was there 151. Nor that alone the gods by ioynt consent Present them Nectar and Ambrosia Nor want they ought can giue their harts content With princely mirth to passe the time away All this I see and onely say I kno'e it But how it was set forth some better Poet. 152. Ne yet with these can th' amorous Palatine Content his eares or eies or appetite Mongst all these plenties Frederick would pine Wert not for one dish ' boue the rest condite On which to feede impatient of delay Hee wisheth day were night or night the day 153. And see at last that day so long desir'd A day no day was
point to be performed in the persons of the most illustrious Lady the Princesse of great Brittany and of the most noble Prince PALATINE the vertues of which excellent couple euen Ioue himselfe collanded and foretolde the many blessings that should proceed of these royall Nuptialls whereby Religion and the whole Quier of Heauen were with great hopes appeased THE II. BOOKE THe Gods with their recomforted Sister doe congratulate each other and she returnes them thankes for their so great fauors and they allioine and moue Iuno the president of marriages and Venus the mother of loue to assume the Embassy the effectuating of this disseigne of the gods Iuno sends downe vpon the earth Iris her Embassadress clad with most artificialluestiments in which the reforming of Religion and the occurrences of greatest consequence in the world for many yeeres past were inwooâ—en and with Iris Venus ioyned as colleague Cupid her sonne with a troope of other Immortall personages who being repleat with ioy and prophecying thorogh the regions of the aire the greatnes of this most happy vnion arriued at Heidelberg being the Metropolis of the Paâ—atinate where they entring secretly by night Cupid with golden dart amorous fire in a dream strook inflamed the young Prince not yet knowing the obiect of his desire till afterwards walking in his gallery entraunced with those amorous thoughts his eye lighted on the picture of the L. Elizabeth the only daughter of the most puissant King of great BrittaÌ„ with whose portraiture amoÌ„gst diuers others of the greatest Princesses in the world the said gallery was beautified At the first sight of that faire picture of a more faire substance the Prince was supprised with a new flame acknowledging that that was the beautifull forme which Cupid represented vnto him and with which he stirred him vp to loue and hereupon the Prince causeth the picture to be taken downe and placed in his owne chamber and to this shrius of his Goddess he daily offers many truly inamorated and deuoted Orisons But his loue more more continually increasing his excellency could not be satisfied with this liueless resemblance but after many coÌ„sultations resolues to goe in person into England to see at the life the Mistris and owner of that faire form which had captiuated his heart whither at length with a most auspitious successe and a most noble retinew he happily arriued THE III. BOOKE WHere being honorably receiued of the King his whole Court the Prince with the excellency of his endowments of nature and art by the inuisible assistance of the supernall powers in kindles no lesse flames of loue in the virgin breast of the royall Princesse towards him then were in his Excellencies towards her highness And whilst each of these two most louing and most louely louers did day night seuerally meditate of this their first loue Consus the lord of councel in the shape of Philon late his Maiesties tutor appear'd in night to the sleeping king telling his highness that the coÌ„ming of the Prince Elector into his kingdom was by the ordinance of heauen to the end that by the aliance made between them by the Princess his daughter the state of Religion should he established by this most wished for mariage To this heauenly Counsellor the king consented with this prouiso that the Prince should first as it was fitting request it at his highnesse hands which his excellency afterward willingly performing his Maiesty at the first motion graciously condescended The esspousalls are prolaimed and at the report hereof the whole kingdome reuels and keeps royall festiualls and the father of waters Oceanus hauing by Triton his Trumpeter assembled the Maritine fluuiall powers doth out of the cleer brow of heauen and the most temperate season of the spring prognosticate happy successe highly praysing in this match the iudgement of the foreseeing sapient King and therwithall prouokes euery thing to reioyce Now comes the Bridall day in honor whereof Vulcan the God of fire at the intercession of Venus his wife doth with his element play his masters prize in presenting strange and delightful fire-workes vpon the Thames And Mars in competition with him to content the Queene of loue shewes valiant and various feates and stratagems of warre and the City to shew her loue and legeance to her Soueraigne with many sorts of stately showes disembowelleth the inmost of her heart and the king himselfe because there should be nothing wanting in this high solemnety keepes an open Court full of all royall delights In the middest whereof the marriage is consummated and the most louing royall paire obtaine the height of their amorous desires A MARIAGE HYMNE IN THREE BOOKS The Argument of the first Booke In the Gods councell wrong'd Religion Complaines of iniuries Infernall DIS Had sent forth legions from deepe Acheron Who world her truth defeat preuent her blisse IOVE seeing and pittying her incessant paines A Mariage for her comfort praeordaines 1. MY minde replenisht with full hopes and ioyes Cannot containe it selfe in thoughtfull silence But it must vtter both with pen and voice The royall mariage of high consequence Betwixt a German and the Britaine State Where Peace and Honor met Fortune and Fate 2. Come Iuno Goddesse of true mariage loue Come call'd by charme sweet Muses from your Mountaines Come Nymphes faire daughters of high thundring Ioue Who gouerne Thames and Rhine woods waues or fountains Inspire my aspiring spirit while it indites This heauen-blest bed-league and connubiall rites 3. Let it be lawfull for an earth-bred essence Passing in thought Olimpus crystall gates T' approach the Pantheon of your glorious presence And there behold your euer-blessed states Then on your altars crownd with myrtle-bowes I le offer He catombs and incense vowes 4. Ioue resident in his Emperiall Towres Built on the pillars of Eternity Calls for a Senate of coelestiall powres By which he gouernes with stability Th'instable world the waies of Sun and Moon And whatsoe're in Heauen or Earth is done 5. From hence the Pleiads Nyads fierce Orion Arctophilax the great and lesser Beares The Dolphin Goat-fish and fierce-hearted Lyon Take the full influence of their flaming spheres From hence all heauenly constellations Deriue their orders influence operations 6. Hence Nature takes her turnes plants their increase Matter takes forme Forme beauty Beauty fall Number beginning Motion worke and ease Place bodies Bodies measure Time takes all Hence Cause her causes hath Fortune her course And Fates which neuer yield their mighty force 7. Hence came the generous kinds of euery beast And whatsoeuer swims in Seas quick tide And whatsoeuer lies on Earths rough brest And whatsoeuer flies or far or vvide Man more then others hath attain'd Gods feature As being the chiefest wisest holiest creature 8. On him Ioue plac'd his dearest loue and care His euerlasting pleasure and content Made him his creatures graces glories heire And made for him Seas lands aires large extent Keeping in forme and
Though much is not now giuen or seat secured Yet shall my Loue augment thy precious name In minds and mouths of men be still assured Behold thy primitiue purenesse free from blame Return'd restores true ioy See Babel cries Because the ruling Dragon thence fast flies 85. His Crest is laid fire quenched and sting rebated Deare loue sweet peace sound faith and vertue springs The furies and their terrors are amated Now Time his daughter Truth from darknes brings Remember but the Calydonian mayd Thy feare care griefe paine shal be soone allayd 86. Her name and manners great Eliza left her Her knowledge came when she became thy daughter Such grace I gaue as neere shal be bereft her So much I lou'd the former that the later Shall be more blest and blesse thee with more peace Making thine hopes and honor still encrease 87. The fates agreed with me we should appoint her To be created of two Princely lines Before she came to light I did annoint her With such a name and fame as euer shines No sooner had her blessed mother conceiu'd her But into speciall fauour I receiu'd her 88. I planted Vertues seed with gifts of grace Such as were neerest mine originall image Loue gaue rare beauty shining in her face And comely parts that would augment with age Being borne Ambrosia fed while Venus washt her With dews which Dian dried my beams refresht her 89 Euphrosine left Cyprus to giue Nectar Nurse-like at my commaund this Babe to keep Nais Calesto frowning did affect her And daunc'd about her cradle to bring sleepe While Philomela sung Nape brought flowers And strewd them on in parti-coloured showres 90. Soft Erithrea put garlands on her head Faire Phione brought pearl-full cockle-shels Calipso came with many an amber bead The Nymphs plaid musick with sweet siluer bels All wundred at kist honord blessed embraced This pretty child she them with smiling graced 91. Her countenance was cheerly amiable Bearing sure markes of a more gracefull spirit Her eyes were comely louely admirable No sooner did her feet the ground inherit But she trod vnder pride and ignorance And did her selfe to better things aduance 92. How often did she clip her Parents neck To witnes her deare loue which they perceiuing A thousand kisses giue a thousand take Ofher soft rosie lips fit words conceiuing Such was her face both Parents might be knowne So gently yet so royally it shone 93. Her cheere was pleasing yet with maiestie Which drew the Graces neerer to direct How she might speake and moue her pretty bodie With graue decorum yet vvith milde aspect To temper all her thoughts lookes gestures motions With honest seemlinesse holy deuotions 94. Her smooth-large forehead kept faire shamefastnes Her tongue was guided with sweet eloquence Laughter sat smiling in her cheeks with gladnesse Eyes lids eares heares each had their excellence To dresse her selfe she tooke light care short leasure Grace like a die cast any way gaue pleasure 95. Her goings were guided with a modest measure Of all her mouing parts yet oft she sat And red her duties in my sacred Scripture Or heard while her blest mother wisdome taught Her wisdome oft abstain'd from childish toyes Vertue to learne and thinke on heauenly ioyes 96. Such was Elizabeth in tender age Going beyond her yeeres in Wisdomes lore Her Parents hope in grace her sex in courage Thus did I cherish till I gaue her ouer To learne sound manners vnder thy tuition Pure Virgin thoughts with Princely disposition 97. Thou maist record how soon she did conceiue thee And practice rules of thy perfection Mine hopes are great of her which nere deceiue thee For late inflamed with deepe affection In clouds I past her friendly fathers court To looke and vvonder at her stately port 98. I fixt mine eyes mine eyes my thoughts not filld With seeing the more I see the more I gazed How sweet her youth how Pallas like her smile Her speech looks carriage I was much amazed Beholding beauties all agree to grace her None going before nor following can surpasse her 99. At her side stood with faire congruity Truth Peace Faith Simplenes mild Honesty Iustice and Loue with Ingenuity And marriage-making louely modesty Sutors throng thither Nobles did aspire And Kings of boundless kingdomes her desire 100. Dukes rich in treasures titles auncestrie Worth arms and friends with force and hope importune Her sweetnes taught them hope feare maiesty Not knowing to whom wee 'l grant her good fortune Yet neither mighty Kings nor famous Princes Whom power or pleasure cal'd were thought fit matches 101. It is not worldly wit or will composeth A due coniunction of so royall states Such mariages our Councell here disposeth According to the fore-fight of their fates It was not flesh and bloud but heauens high breath Ordain'd a bed-mate for Elizabeth 102. For I remember it was once my pleasure To search the depth of all antiquity Concerning this when Themis from her treasure Of true praesages spoke this verity For since this feare affrights thy thoughts I le tell The Fates full ordinance heare and marke well 103. When I first mou'd his child-eater from hence That Gods might better see their blessed off-spring Flourish for euer in glorious excellence He being exil'd could hither no mischiefe bring Yet what he could he did and lurk below In hate of vs deuising mens deep woe 104. To worke reuenge gainst vs he ioyns his wagon With cunning malice enuious pride and rage Yoking the Fox Woolfe Lyon Viper Dragon He whips them round about the worlds wide stage They more by this incens'd with poysnous breath Mortalls infect vvith sin care sicknes death 105. Not satiate with corruption of all natures He would haue ouer-turn'd Earths axle-tree And ouer-whelm'd it headlong in the waters His right hand shov'd and mov'd it horribly Which we soon feeling from our heauenly Tower Our sauing arme stayd his destroying power 106. And forc'd our selfe condemned for to fly And chain'd him vp in deeps of horrid night For though he spoild not all he had wel-ny So tainted all that nothing stood vpright Shook order out of ioint into confusion Driuing place and time to dissolution 107. Al Elements their compounds broke their course Both euils of guilt and paine vvere much augmented The golden turn'd an iron age or worse Mens bodies were the cause vnknowne tormented The spring began to fade from plants and flovvers East West North South did rage on Thetis bovvers 108. And dasht high ships against huge ragged rocks Quasht all earths beauties vvith raine haile snow-storms Draue leaues frem fruits fruites from their rebrentstocks Hence Colchick poisons came from filth-bred vvorms Lernean Hydra vvith Numidian snakes And venemous toades vvhich bide in loathsom lakes 109 At first there needed neither plow nor harrow Cattell were free from drawing men from driuing Til Saturns gall suckt vp earthes fruitfull marrow Which now scarce find the toyling hind his liuing Thistles ore come the
daughters gaind Why should I not then write writing â—s 〈◊〉 Why go I not and speak my mind at full 99. Then shall I see what I so much admire Yet wherefore should I goe Cupid may flatter Shee seemes too faire I may too much aspire Kings would with Kings vnite perchance her father Already hath espousd his gracious maid To some great Prince then mine hopes are layd 100. Why should I follow such vncertainties O venter where I cannot well preuaile Oppressed peeres maintaine their auncestrie And titles much more such why should I faile The Gods I think affected me to loue her And therefore they wil help I hope to moue her 101. They first prouok'd me by faire Imagery What shall do shall I be knowne so light Or dye not knowne vnlesse I loue I die Yet rather dye then be dispised quite Shall I not follow loue who tells my mind The fates her for me me for her designed 102. Surely the picture calls and proffers grace If I should erre it is but loue and youth Which erres this is esteemd a veniall case My bookes declare how Cupid hath no ruth But makes men follow by fire and swords and floods Forsaking their owne parents lands and goods 103 You powers deuine if any loue true loue Or haue inspird me with affection Let me protest the same and humbly mooue Your help to bring this busines to perfection As ere my parents in heart honord you As I them imitate with seruice due 104. As I hate sinne and would liue pure til death 〈◊〉 your good speed I le passe the narrow Seas Further ioy Iorney towards Elizabeth Who beautifies great Brittaine there I le please Myselfe atleast with seeing hearing kissing Though like a stranger all contentment wishing 105. Shee 'l know perchaÌ„ce answer mine eyes language Thus being resolu'd he calls his counsell sage Bids them prepare a nauy for his passage With al things fitting such a stately voyage And shewing the cause doth aske his mothers leaue Least his vnknowne departure might her grieue 106. The heauenly consort seeing so good successe And well foreseeing this blessed marriage neere Reioyce and for this iourney soone adresse The Seas of winds the ayre of cloudes to cleare Fame ran before this happy newes t' impart Mouing the Kings and his faire daughters heart 107. No sooner shone the day prefixt for going But his braue ship with golden garlands cround Well rigd and drest her owners honor showing Was drawne into the riuer from the grownd Earth smild though loth to leaue them when t was lancht The Water glad of such a burthen danc't 108. The raine-bow Goddesse did alay the wind East North and South were quiet in their caues Only the Westerne gently came behind No storme exciting star troubled the waues VVhen the Prince Palatine with Germaine Gentry Into their barck prepard first made faire entry 109. Then Hymen loos'd the cable from the shore Fortune with good luck spred the silken sailes The graces each in order take an oare While pretty fancy the ship foreward hales Cupid as chiefest Pilot at her helme sate Giuing smooth way that waues winds orewhelm not 110. A multitude of wel mand ' Barks attending This expedition slice the smooth fac'd flood But the braue Admirall more swiftly wending Proceeds like Argo made of AEmon wood Leaues Heidelberg of old men cald Budorâ—â— With Neccars siluer streames and fruitfull shores 111. Emers with hopefull speed the flood-swolne Rhine Salutes the Citie Worms once Baugious ground Auncient Mogunce where printing did begin Drusus toumb Bachreck many a neighbour towne Goar with hundreds more which are his right Mosellas current then appeares in sight 112. Colâ—n first built by Nero's Agrippine With cloud-high Towres and Temples threatning stars The famous Inlish Champion Gelders Grigne Holland ennobled with sea-search and wars Containing within three score miles short bounds Twentie nine Cities with fowre hundred townes 113. The right hand of the now-enlarged Riuer Leads them vnto the lower Belgick banks Which waters driuen by winds oft couer And when they tooke the seas with ordered ranks The gods allayd all storms winds waues and raine So that they smoothly ran along the maine 114. Then by faire Iris instantly besought A troop of Sea-gods led these gallants on Palaemon on a Dolphins back was brought Neptune by chariot Phorcus and Aegeon On tamed Whales Neptune with his old Queene Swimming on sea-borne horses might be seen 115. Shrill Triton Glaucus each Nimph thither trips Speio thought faire for eyes for haires Thicaea Nerine for brows Thalia for her lips For white neck Leuâ—othe for paps Nicaea Thetis for feet and Panope for hands For shoulders Melite most admired stands 116. Slender arm'd Galathe with hundreds more Begot by Neâ—eus aud made complet faire The Syrens which Vlises tempted sore Shew'd their faire beauties vs'd their voices rare Each had a seuerall fashion of disport Yet all in mirth and musick well consort 117. One seems to stand at gaze another swims Some shew their face some lift their bodies higher Some turne their sides to view some all their lims Some seeme to come yet flie when you come nigher Some leap some diue some walke whereas men could not All would be seen yet seem as if they would not 118. First one then other shews their hides their head Then altogether turne a circle making Another follows when before she fled Now their fine hands now limber arms are shaking Now rise they right and then fall on their backs Then on their brest each way no beauty lacks 119. Their bodies turning in so many shapes Cut furrows in the main make bubbles rise Seeming to flie like hares they play like ape Casting salt water each in others eyes They sprinkle siluer drops on euery ship Like lambs in Aprill they bound wind and skip 120. Part sits on fish to trim their moistned haire Drawing it forth and drying it by Sunne Combs it with ivory teeth and laies it faire Binds it with Coral flowers and Indian stone Part with a watch-word cals for Glaucus flocks And taught them how to daunce amidst the rocks 121. The Daulphin swift the Sea-calfe hugely throted The Lobsters bold the mullets nimbly running The Turbuts soft and Scaves for fatnes noted With all the scaled fish in waters wonning The greater now left eating vp the lesse The lesse came forth to grace this businesse 122. Part of the Nimphs diuided with much ioy To seuerall quires applied their voice and hart In praise of Sea-borne Venus and her boy While Tritons cornet sweetly bore a part All shewing his companie so gracious Made Fredericks iorney not seem tedious 123. Albion appeares ere they were aware And then the Marriners amaine cried land The Prince with hope encreas'd with lessned care Said heartily welcome to mine eyes deare sand Thou Region lov'd of God mother of loue Speed me with swift successe and happy proue 124. While thus he spoke the Nauy sayl'd along Entring the