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spirit_n	aaron_n	call_v	garment_n	33	3	8.4423	4	false

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A06145	The triplicitie of triumphes Containing, the order, solempnitie and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinges, princes, dukes, popes, and consuls, with the custome, order and maners of their inaugurations, coronations and annointing. Wherein is also mentioned, the three most happy, ioyfull and triumphant daies, in September, Nouember and Ianuary, by the name of, Triplici Festa. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solempnities at some emperors, kings, and princes burials. By Lodowike LLoyd, Esquier.	Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.	1591 (1591)	STC 16632; ESTC S108790	41,640	70

the Romans excelled with sundry pompes of triumphes to set foorth the dignities of their kings Dictators and Consuls Others in the sacred wood Aricinum do sacrifice to Diana with their pompe of Peplon c. Beside such magnificent and triumphant games and plaies to set foorth the dignities of the feast Natalitia in memory of good princes natiuities As at Athens Magna Panathenaea first instituted by Ericthonius to honour Minerua euery fift year In like maner as the games of Olympia was by Hereules celebrated to honor Iupiter or Isthmia was by Thesaeus made to honour Neptune So in Rome the great plaies and games called Ludi triumphales Ludi Natalitii were onely to that effect inuented to magnifie good princes and to record their worthinesse with feasts triumphes and plaies in memory of their natiuities For at this feast of Natalitia the common people assembled together with sweete flowers greene hearbes some made them booths with oken boughes and some tents couered with long reedes with great banquets and much mirth to honour the natiuities of kinges The Romaine shepheards dressed vpon that day their sheep-folde with greene rushes sweet flowers with branches and boughes they their wiues and families with nosegaies and gatlands with bagpipes and stddles celebrated their feast Palilia at the byrth of any king Dictator or Consull of Rome In other places they celebrated the games Saturnalia in December their games Sigillaria in January the games Lupercalia in February But in Athens their Bacchanalia is solempnized in Nouember where the Ministers priestes of Bacchus and Diana by the names of M●…mallones S●…leni Menades Bacchae Satyri c. al crowned with Iuy garlands and with Iuy Speares in their handes singing the song of Dithirambos dancing Enoplia with the pompe of Peplen to honour Bacchus But our Bacchanalia in England is otherwise in Nouember than in Athens wherefore we may Ca●…ere Paean and say Io for our Eliza For With Graces three with Muses nine with Sibils ten can she With three the fourth with nine the tenth With ten the eleuenth be The natiuity of our Sauiour Christ. The natiuitie of our Sauiour Christ seemed so simple his life so poore and his death so ignominious that hee was a stombling blocke to the Iewes and a laughing stocke to the Gentiles they so thought for that he was borne in Bethelem a litle village in Iudea and that hee liued and was conuersant among simple people without pomp and glorie and that he died the death of the crosse with reproch and shame supposing him to bee a Carpenters sonne but they were deceiued his byrth was most glorious the appearing of the Starre prooued it the discending of Angels singing Gloria in excelsis did manifest it the comming of Magi from the East did confirme it his life was most imperiall commanding water into wine the blind to see the lame to go the sicke to health and the dead to rise His death was moste triumphant with the song of Hosanna he vanquished deuils subdued hell and conquered the world and said Cousumatum est Therefore his natiuitie is to be solempnized of all Christians his life to be worshipped and death to bee glorified with Alleluiah Osanna and Gloria in excelsis songs triumphant and sit for Iesus Christ our sauiour Of the happy natiuitie of our gratious Queene Elizabeth WHat shall we write further of triumphs and of natiuities But our day began the seuenth of September the most happy and blessed day of Queene Elizas natiuitie of whome wee haue triumphed 20295 daies euery day being a triumphant day sithence her Maiesties byrth vnto this present time With whom neither Romulus though cannonized and after called God Quirinus neither Cyrus though named the Great King neither Xerxes called Titan neither Alexander the great though called the son of Iupiter neither Caesar though called perpetual Dictator In fine neither Assur nor Pharao neither Iew or Gentle can with their Triumphs and pomp of natiuities match Elizas byrth The reason is plaine because her God is the God of Abraham in whose seed the children of God possesse eternity and for whose sake we in England enioy peace and quietnes Thus endeth the feastes Natalitia concerning the Natiuities of kinges and princes Of the ancient order maner of the inaugurations coronations of diuers Em perors Kings Princes high Priests with their seueral ceremonies solemnities and first of the sacred annointing of Aaron the high Priest by Moses of his glorious garments of consecration sacrifice and sacred annointing of the high priest to be obserued in Israell for euer AFter that the Tabernacle was made which was long before the Temple God commaunded Moses to call Aaron first before he should bee annointed high Priest to make such sumptuous and glorious garments as the excellency of his calling might bee knowen and the dignitie of his Office present the Maiesty of the highest Hence al the annointed christian kings of the world tooke their platforme as an example to be followed in the inauguration annointing and crowning by God warranted and by his spirit particularly set down to Moses all the cunning and skilfull workmen in Iudea were appointed to make Aarons holy garments which were these 1 A Robe 2 An Ephod 3 An embrodered Coate 4 A breast Plate 5 A Myter 6 A Gyrdle 7 An holy crowne These were called holy garments and be consecrated before the high Priest shoulde bee annointed First a breast plate and an Ephod and vppon the Ephod two Onix stones on the which were grauen the 12. Tribes of Israell six vpon the one and six vpon the other which was made of pure golde blew silke and purple Scarlet and fine twined lumen of imbrodered worke Then had the high Priest an embrodered coate wrought very curiously and a curious robe wrought vnto the grounde vpon whose skirts were Pomgranets in golde wrought with purple silke and scarlet Then did Moses set a Miter vpon Aarons head and vpon the Miter a plate made of pure golde called the holy crown on which was written this sentence Holinesse vnto the Lord. For the high Priest could not giue sentence without that on his breast vpon the which were written these wordes Vrim and Thumin A breast plate of Iudgment with the like work as the Ephod was and made foure square an the which were set foure rowes of stones in this sort The 1. rowe A Rubie A Topaze A Carbūcle The 3. row A Turky An Achate An ●…ematit The 2. rowe An Emerald A Saphir A Diamond The 4. row a Chrysolit An Onix A Iasper These 12. stones according to the names of the 12. Tribes of Israell were wrought with gold and set in embosment After these holy Garments were made the high Priest was brought vnto the doore of the Tabernacle which was couered with blew silke purple and scarlet twined wrought with needle work ouer and there he was annointed to be