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Fancy's festivals a masque, as it hath been privately presented by many civil persons of quality : and now at their requests newly printed with many various and delightful new songs, for the further illustration of every scene / written by Tho. Jordan ...
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Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?
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the b•lly 2. Do not retire in snuff There will be fire enuff when ye have quencht all in the houshold Though you have hinder locks Love and his Tinder-box will be let in a Moushole 3. Men that have Ware enough And well may spare enough force not your wives to go borrow Mind what I speak I pray Always at break of day bid your fair Ladies good morrow The Scene drawn there appears in their proper order a Constable and five Watchmen he with his staff and each of them with their Bills and Lanthorns they descend and dance with the King and Queen Life and Death Sleep and Watch towards the end of the Dance Sleep hangs upon each of them by turns and they drop down severally which being done the King and Queen mount the Scene presently after a noyse within of stop thief and crying murther King What noyse is that Watc. An outcry in the City Sle Go seek out Watch I told ye I would fit ye Ex. watch I have given them their dose how the fools snort If they should sleep till noon 't would be rare sport But here comes Watch there ly your wise Projectors Ki. How now what news Wat. A nest of whors Hectors Ki. Un charm the watch Wat. Ho Sirs what guard d' e keep Const. Murther abroad all the watch asleep A cry within of Murther All Come before the Constable knock 'um down take away their weapons Exit Const. and watch Watch The morning star appears Ki. Come let 's to bed Queen We vanish when Aurora's curtain 's spread Exeunt Actus quintus Enter Poetry at one door and Aurora at the other Poetry Hail fair Aurora Auro Poetry good morrow Why art thou up so soon Poe I come to borrow Light from your lustre Madam your bright eyes Discover Natures vast varieties You and Apollo have the keys of health Whose treasury discloseth wit and wealth You are the Students Queen the wanderers guide The Springs Imperial Crown the Summers pride Flora that drinks her mornings draught in dew Could never spread her mantle but for you Though Phebe shine refulgent in her sphere She shews but sickly when your beams appear You are fair Fancies Midwife all the worth She labours with all night your hands bring forth To tell how bright how sweet how rich how ruddy Aurora is would ask a twelve-months study Auro Leave off you 'l make me blush else I protest Poet T is my intent a blushing morning's best Auro When saw you Madam Fancy Poe Never since I did employ her to present the Prince Of darkness with some Revels which were done To celebrate his Coronation Auro That was but lately they are newly gon The Queen and he went off as I came on Poet You never move together Auro Never since We parted from the Chaos when the Prince Of all the world divided us Poet Who 's here Auro T is Madam Fancy sure Poet Wel met my dear Fancy Your servant vertuous Madam Auro welcom from The Court of Darkness Poe I am glad th' art come For without thy assistance there 's no hope Of a conclusion Fan What must be the scope Of this design Poe Something that may appear For a grand Masque Fan A Dance what if it were Perform'd by the 9. Worthies Poe That 's too common Fan Or the 9. Muses Poe There 's too much of woman To express footing well Fan Then ye shall have The 7. Sciences Poe They are too grave Fan The 7. deadly sins Poe They are too rude Fan The 7. Champions Poe They are too proud Fan The 4. Complexions Poe No they are not new Fan The 4. parts of the world Poe They are too few Fan Five Sences with a Devil and a Zany Poe Preposterous Fan 12 Sibils Poe They 'r too many Auro You 'r hard to please Poe I would have something come As from the bancks of blest Elizium Where Immortality doth lead the Spirits Of Heroes lately stellified for merits Where the white souls of those bright Lovers move Who made their lives a sacrifice to Love And in deep Melancholy dyed to please The cruel coyness of their Mistresses Where those triumphant Worthies are whose blood By war was wasted for their Countries good Where pious Priests and Princes reassume The heads and Crowns they lost in Martyrdome Where Poetry is mounted above chance And the poor power of Pride and Ignorance Where the Fields bloom with everlasting Summers And Sufferers are onely Overcommers Fan Shall this be your device Po. I think 't will be The best design for a Catastrophie Fan Why then it shall be so I like the story That which begins with Truth should end with Glory Aur. T is very proper Po. Go about it then Fan would Madam Verity were here agen Where shall I look for her Po. I know not where Fan I 'le search the City Po. She is seldome there Aur. Look in the Camp for they pretend to good Po. 'T will be in vain she never deals in blood Fan I le seek for her at Court Po. That were meer dotage You 'l sooner find her in some poor mans Cottage Whose low-pric'd labour hardly will sustain His house with bread and free his bed from rain Fan Are those her Rendezvouz Aur. See she is come Po. Whence came you Madam Ver. From Elizium Po. And in a happy minute 't is from thence At this time we attend Intelligence Ver. What is your wish Po. That you would pleas to grace Us with a glimpse of that eternal place Ver. It is a great request no carnal eye Can view the splendors of Eternity Po. Not by reflexion Ver. Yes if you can get An Optick from Fidelia's Cabinet The Queen of Faith thorow that Glass I 'le show What all the world without it cannot know Po. It will not fit this place Ver. Why then go on By Fancy and I 'le give direction Po. Content Aur. I must depart I see the Sun Begins to mount to the Meridian My Regency declines Po. See us begin it We shall not much exceed the twentieth minute Advance your concord let the Spheres proclaim Cromatick welcomes in Aurora's name Exeunt Scene drawn discloseth 9. Heroes SONG COme ye happy Souls that be Clad with Immortality Ascend your Thrones Though the World did use ye hard Here ye shall have full reward For all your groans Chor. Here the Lover never wears Willow-Garlands sighs nor tears 2. You that have by cruel War Been reduc'd to what you are with many a wound For your conscience here you may Enter into Royall pay And all be crown'd Chor. They that so are forc'd to yield Win an everlasting Field 3. You who have without vain glories Been fair Truth's dispensatories And firmly stood In this place shall surely know Prophets may to Heaven flow In their own Blood Chor. Bare pretenders never come Into our Elizium Therefore let each active spirit Shew the joy he doth inherit The Heroes descend and dance the Grand-Masque they conclude the last Figure in a semicircle Poetry enters in the middle and speaks The Epilogue TRuth is departed Fancy fled and I Am onely left to the Artillery Of all your censures in your power it lyes To make our hopes prove heaps of Batteries But that we are better confirm'd you mean Rather to succour then besiege the Scene We have opinions that you do not come To dam us in our own Elizium To rowt us from our Revels and advance Your valour 'gainst a Fiddle and a Dance Then you 'l destroy us for alas we are But slenderly provided for a war A Brest-work of bright Ladies makes us bow One Eye will charge a Masquer through and through Do but consider this as yet our trust is That your bright Mercy will outshine your Justice And that you will look thorow these Inventions To the civilities of our Intentions We could be careless and as some have done Forbear to court your Approbation Upon considerations that the tasks Of our endeavours live not upon Masks But we shall not with such rough tempers ceize ye Since our desires are every way to please ye Exeunt omnes FINIS