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Great Brittaines generall ioyes. Londons glorious triumphes Dedicated to the immortall memorie of the ioyfull mariage of the two famous and illustrious princes, Fredericke and Elizabeth. Celebrated the 14. of Februarie, being S. Valentines day. With the instalment of the sayd potent Prince Fredericke at Windsore, the 7. of Februarie aforesaid.
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Nixon, Anthony.
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1613
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STC 18587; ESTC S110171
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GREAT BRITTAINES Generall Ioyes LONDONS Glorious Triumphes Dedicated to the Immortall memorie of the ioyfull Mariage of the two famous and illustrious Princes FREDERICKE and ELIZABETH Celebrated the 14. of Februarie being S. Valentines day With the Instalment of the sayd potent Prince Fredericke at Windsore the 7. of Februarie aforesaid Imprinted at London for Henry Robertes and are to be sold by T.P. 1613. TO THE MOST LEARNED AND COMPLEAT Gentleman William Redman of great Shelsord in the Countie of Cambridge Esquire I Not respect the pride of common prayse Nor the disdaine of Fooles abusing kind Rude Ignorance her thoughts could neuer raise To iudge of Wisedome or to know the Minde My heart in this shall euer be precise To wish the loue of few so they be wise Thus to the wight whose thoughts are still deuine In whom a worthy honour'd heart doth raigne Where Wisedome in her best attire doth shine And all the vertues voyde of all disdaine To such am I transferd my Muse doth vow To honour such a wight and such are you By the true honorer of your learning and vertue A.N. Great Brittaines generall Ioyes Londons glorious Triumphes YOV sacred Spirits that haunt Pernassus spring And pierce the skies raysing from lowest dust With scaring thoughts mounted on Pegas wing Euen whom you list and whom you list downe thrust You whom the Muses all doe ioyntly greet My weakling Muse doth many wishes make You that drinke Nectar and Ambrosia sweet That some of you her taske would vndertake And shew the profits prayse and dignitie Of this Diuine-bred Nuptiall vnitie For if true Glory or stabilitie In bodyes Politique or Naturall Hath ere been gaynd it came from vnitie The foundresse and true gouernesse of all For as in bodyes Naturall we see VVhere differing Elements are euer found They yet in equall mixture doe agree Making each seuerall Complexion sound VVhen with a mutuall reference to either The hot doth cleare the cold the moyst the dry But when there is a iarring strife together Which shall be great which beare Supremacie The litle world of Man is quite vndone Nor can the Minde being King thereof indure Where such insulting humours ouer-runne To liue within a Kingdome so vnsute Euen thus in Bodies politicke it stands Where contrary conditions yet agree Where Soueraigne power with Equity commaunds And powers subordinate obedient bee But if that spirits turbulent be found To stirre vp factious strifes within the State As many such doe in each Land abound Mayntayning discord with inueterate hate Let them know this they worke in what them lyes To marre the Musicke of this sweete Consent And as malignant Opposites deuise Against the Soueraigne state and regiment They erre in blindnes much that will not see What excellent occurrents may befall By this Coniunctions heauenly harmony Confirm'd on earth by powers Celestiall For set aside the profits that may rise To'th Palsgraues Land and this by their comerce As that whereon a Common-wealth relyes It shall be heere more fitting to reherse The fame and glorious state and dignity That in this Sea-wald Ile will euer spring By this Deuine Coniunction which will bee Common to both the Subiect as the King For if before the Palsgraues force did stand Strong both when Spaine and Rome was bent thereto If then it chekt them hauing but one hand Now ioynd with ours what power hath it to doe With Flowers therefore each man strewes the way For though this Land were often blest of yore Yet Hymen makes this his chiefe Holy-day For that it neuer was true prou'd before Now th' ayre is sweeter farre then the sweet Balme The Earth begins with Verdure to be dight The Satyrs now doe daunce about the Palme All thinges giue perfect signe of their delight Now do the Birdes record new harmony Now Trees and euery thing that Nature breeds Doe whistle their consenting melody And clad it selfe with fresh and pleasant weeds And why Eliza flower of second Troy Enioyes her Frederick both haue mutuall ioy Oh Hymen father of all Nuptiall tites Begun on earth and registred in Heauen Graunt these conioyned Princes faire delights And free them from false hearts and thoughts vneuen The Princely enioyers of this Vnion That in the sacred band of loue are twynd Are both from Kinges and lignes Imperiall sprung And by their match great Kingdomes are combinde By it great Brittaine and the Palsgraues Land Shall checke the Popish pride with fierce Alarme And make it in much trepidation stand When both their Colours shall ioyne arme in arme And thus conioyned shall tryumphant flye Both in one line of Loue and Dignitie ELIZABETH to whom God giues Fulnes of Peace in which she liues Fulnes of God her name so importes How well her Name and Nature sortes ELIZAES eyes are blessed Starres Inducing Peace traducing Warres ELIZAES hand is Christall bright Her wordes are Balme her lookes are light ELIZAES Brest is that same hill Where Vertue dwels and sacred skill Oh blessed be each day and hower Where this ELIZA builds her Bower Thou great Pince Palatine and Prime elector That didst for our Prince lately with vs greeue And whilom woodst with woe now heauens protector To hard beginninges ioyfull endes doth giue Thy welcome first was a sad Funerall Which now 's transformd to a ioyfull Nuptiall Thou found'st vs glad at thy arriuall heere And hadst had entertainement to thy state Had not Heauens hand turn'd all to mournefull cheere And to our ioyes giuen so vntimely date Yet are they now reuiu'd for griefes are gon Our hopes are happy in thy Coniunction Oh Nuptiall vnity produ'ct from Heauen To propagate thy blessings in this Lande Why should disioyned hearts with thoughts vneuen Refuse the grace of thine algiuing hand That adst to profit pleasure friends and fame Maintainst Religion in her sacred seate Giu'st Brittains Ile a neuer-dying name And such a Stile as euer will be great Great in the glory of her present state Great in the setled hopes of times to come Great in preuenting of all forraine luâ—e Great in preseruing of her peace at home Great in this match great in her wealth and fame In all thinges great as is Great Brittains name By Vnity perfectious things are gaynds Defects are bred by Dissipation By Concord was the Romaine state maintaind By Discord brought to desolation Witnesse the outstretcht rule and Royalties That time through their disiunction hath decayd Now chang'd to poore weake states and seigniories Which once vnited all the world obayd So Fraunce and Spaine and other parts can tell The braine sicke battaile of disseuered bands VVhose sad memorials yet can witnesse well The horrid Actes of dis-vnited hands In former times on vs strange Nations As Danes and Saxons hearing our dissention Oft plagu'd this Land with strong inuasions Still working on the wracke of our Contention Whose loftie pride and high insulting power Did many hundred yeares vsurping stand When Seauen deuided Kingdomes did deuoure The fame
the state and riches of the Land But how shall euer Time forget to tell The Tragicke actions of that bloody Warre That in this Kingdome many yeeres befell Betwixt the Houses Torke and Lancaster VVhere Englands honour 'gainst it selfe was arm'd Saint George against Saint George did lift his hand Nature by Nature was vnkindly harm'd Blood did 'gainst Blood in opposition stand And if the sacred hand of Vnitie Had left vntun'd the stringes of their debate Mischiefe with vnpreuented Miserie Had wrought the vtter ruine of the State But God and good foresight preuent such ill That no eclipse of Glory may befall But that this Vnitie may flourish still To be the power-full safegard of vs all That so the Imperiall Ensignes of this Land And the Prince Palatines admired fame In high Maiesticke glory long may stand To dignifie their glorious Countries name And that the Nobles of each Land may ioyne Aswell in forraine as Domesticke state By peace and warre to make their Glories shine Extended farther then the power of fate Wishing that they whom Honour thus combines May mutually partake in peace and warres And as an ofspring from the glorious lines Of royall Princes Kinges and Emperours Still in one Center of Coniuction rest That both their Glories so may long time stand And with their seuerall farre spreading Crests Make knowne their Fames to many a forraine Land So shall the Princely heads of this faire frame VVith peacefull Scepters both their Countries sway So shall they keepe Religion Rule and Name That they haue still mayntayned to this day That God that is the God of Vnion First founder of all vndeuided thinges May guide the state of this Coniunction And make it happy in a line of Kinges Which from their Princely stocke may grace both climâ—â—â— And euermore continue Soueraigntie In all high Honour till the end of times And the beginning of eternitie Deo Trino et vni Gloriâ—â— Hymens Holiday or the Mariage day of the two famous Princes being S. Valentines day DEscend you sacred Daughters of King Ioue Apollo's louely Darlings leaue your Mount And those delightsome sweet Castalian Springs That warble with their siluer winding waues Making soft Musicke in their gentle glide Clio thou sâ—gest of the sisters Nine Conduct thy lustie company to Court Great Brittains Court on earth an earthly Heauen There take suruey of faire Elizabeth And in her prayse tune your heroicke Songs Write write you Chronicles of Time and Fame That kepee remembrance golden Register And recommende to Times eternitie Her honours height and wonders of her Age Wonders of her that reasons reach transcend Such wonders as haue set the world at gaze Elizabeth whose worth all English hearts Admire at home and so doe forraigne parts Clio proclaime with golden Trumpe and Pen This happy VVedding-day this Nuptiall-â—ay Ore Europs bounds take wing and make thy flight Through â—elting Ayre from wâ—eâ—'s the rising Sunne Gallops the Zodiack in his hery VVayne Euen to the brinke where Thetis in her Bower Receaues the weary Bridegroome of the Sea Beyond Graund CAYRE by Nâ—lus sly my bankes Ouer the wilde and sandy Affricke Playnes Along the frozen Shoare of â—anais VVhose Icye crust Apollo can not thaw Euen there and round about this earthly Ball Proclayme the daies of Brittains happynesse The dayes of Peace and Victory proclaime And let this glaâ—some Nuptiall day be first This Wedding day beginning of much blisse Set downe this day in Characters of Gold And marke it with a Stone as white as milke This cheerefull Wedding day weare Eglantine And wreaths of Roses redde and white put on In honour of this day you louely Nymphes And Paaus sing your sweet melodious songs Along the chaulky Clifts of Albion Lead all Great Brittaynes Shepheards in a daunce Ore Hill and Dale and Downes and Daisey plottes And be this day Great Brittaynes Holy-day That thus vnites the royall hearts and hands Of these two Princes in Loues holy bandes Bee multiplide the number of their yeeres Their yeeres that may prolong our golden daies Wherein we still in safetie may abide And they may raigne and rule in Honours height So may they long and euer may they so Vntoucht of traytrous hand and tretcherous foe This Nuptiall day being celebrated thus Is to Great Brittaine Hymens Holiday The day of ioy the day of iollitie That young and old and all doe celebrate Muses and Graces Gods and Goddesses Adorne adore and celebrate this day The meanest with the mightiest may in this Expresse his loue for loyaltie alike Blazons affections force in Lord and Lowne In honour of this VVedding day behold How young and old and high and low reioyce England hath put a face of gladnesse on And Court and Countrie caroll both their prayse And in their honour tune a thousand Layes Behold in honour of this happy day What Poems and triumphals London singes What holy Hymnes and sacrifice of thankes Englands Metropolis as Incense sâ—ndes And in the sound of Cymbals Trumps and Shalmes In honour of Eliza and great Fredericks name To whom his life he owes and offers vp VVith songes of ioy for this long lookt-for day This Nuptiall day wherein we all enioy Such perfect comfort throughout Brutes new Troy VVith vs in simpathy of sweete accord All English Subiectes ioyne and hearts and hands Of prayses and of hearty prayers send Thankes-giuing for the blessings and the grace The gracious blessinges on this day powr'd downe This blessed day wherein these blessed Princes The peoples peace their Countries happy fate Are both conioynd in Matrimoniall state And in this generall plaudite and applause And celebration of this ioyfull day VVherein pale Enuie iustly vanquished Giues way vnto the vertues of these Princes And wounded with remembrance of their names Hath taken wing and made amaine from hence To murmure that he durst not here disgorge And breath his discontentments ouer Sea Among those gracelesse fugitiues that thirst For nothing more then dangerous change of times And alteration of a setled State That rabble of vnnaturall Englishmen VVhose base reuolt infamous through the world Makes them foule Architectes of vilde practises That end in their dishonour and their death Those bloody stratagems and trayterous traynes That shall be cruelly layde vnto their liues Precious in sight of Heauen and deare to vs By these base Truth-falne run-awayes VVee pray that Iacobs God may still preserue These Princes euen twixt bridge and waters brinke And saue their sacred persons in the fall From Pharaos Rod and from the Sword of Saul For this great Triumph that true Subiectes make Is likt of all but Enemies of the Truth Enemies to them that serue the liuing Lord And put in him their trust and confidence And this they well haue showne in gorgeous Showes And in all other fitt accuttrements Prepar'd to doe their duty and deuoyre VVherein they did so well demeane them selues So well so willingly to please these Princes That breathles yet they