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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96750	The great assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his assesours: at which session are arraigned Mercurius Britanicus. Mercurius Aulicus. Mercurius Civicus. The scout. The writer of Diurnalls. The intelligencer. The writer of Occurrences. The writer of Passages. The post. The spye. The writer of weekly Accounts. The Scottish dove, &c.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1645 (1645)	Wing W3160; Thomason E269_11; ESTC R212378	15,993	51

round about They might the sooner find these foxes out In each suspicious angle Tasso seekes And in this inquisition spent some weekes Nor did his other parties with neglect Performe what they injoyn'd were to effect The limits of Parnassus they surround And Helicon with verdant Laurells crown'd Mount Pindus and those valleys ever greene Where pale Pyrene and pure Hippecrene In liquid crystall rise they search'd throughout Nor was the Vale of Tempe left unsought Nor did their labours misse successe desir'd For they before a moneth was full expir'd Had clear'd the coasts and many pris'ners gain'd Which malefactors they in chaines detain'd And them convey'd unto Apolloes Court Who welcom'd Tasso in most gratious sort And for his faithfull service him hee made Lieutenant General of that proud Brigade Of the Italian Poets This reward Made elder Dame and Petrarch to regard His dignitie with ill affected eyes And Ariosto discontent likewise But Phoebus did brave Tasso's merit weigh By reason but in scales of passion they And when hee did perceive that they did fret To see themselves behind their Junior set Hee them assur'd they must expect t' inherit Parnassus honours not by time but merit But when Apollo with his radiant looke The Prisners had into amazement strooke Hee caus'd those guiltie soules to bee convey'd To the Trophonian denne there to bee laid In Irons cold untill they should bee brought To tryall for those mischiefs they had wrought Apollo then a solemne summons sent To all those honour'd Peers that did frequent The Learned Hill and strictly them injoyn'd Him to attend upon a day assign'd For in a full Assise hee did intend The crimes of these delinquents to perpend His loyall Nobles fail'd not to resort Without delay unto their Soveraignes Court And on the day which was for judgement set They all in the Praetorian hall were met Where Phoebus on his high tribunall sate With his Assessours in triumphant state Sage Verulam sublim'd for science great As Chancellour next him had the first seat And next to him Budeus did appear Hee of Parnassus was High Treasurer Sidney tooke place upon the other side Who th' office of High Constable supply'd But Picus of Mirandula who was High Chamberlaine assumed the fourth place The elder Scaliger his place then tooke Before Erasmus who shew'd in his looke Distaste for hee like Pompey tooke displeasure To see himselfe put downer by Julius Cesar In cuerpo then did Justus Lipsius sit Who more devotion had exprest then wit When to an Image hee bequeath'd his gown But had hee not been for a Turnecoate known His offer'd garment might have found esteeme Which fitter for a Frippery did seeme Then for her use to whom it was presented Next him sate Barclay somewhat discontented ' Cause hee had fail'd in finding that respect Which hee from Romes Archflamen did expect Bodine Turnebus Casaubon and Grotius Mascardus Heinsius Selden Vossius Approved Criticks all did there appeare On the judiciall Bench with lookes severe But when old Camden thought to take his place Apollo him repuls'd with some disgrace For hee of late receiv'd had a complaint From hands of credit which did him attaint Of misdemeanours acted in a story That did detract from a Great Ladies glory Wherein hee was accus'd to have reveal'd Something 's which better might have been conceal'd Had they been truths What madnesse him misled T asperse the ashes of that Phoenix dead With notes of infamy whose fun'rall flame Ravish'd the world with th'odour of her fame Doubtlesse the living hee to flatter knew Much better then to give the dead her due The Court set the sturdy Keeper then Of the unhospitall Trophonian Den His trembling Pris'ners brought unto the barre For sterne aspect with Mars hee might compare But by his belly and his double chinne Hee look'd like the old Hoste of a New Inne Thus when sowre Ben his fetter'd cattell had Shut up together in the pinfold sad John Taylour then the Courts shrill Chanticleere Did summon all the Jurours to appeare Hee had the Cryers place an office fit For him that hath a better voyce then wit Hee who was called first in all the List George Withers hight entitled Satyrist The Cary May and Davenant were call'd forth Renowned Poets all and men of worth If wit may passe for worth Then Sylvester Sands Drayton Beaumont Fletcher Massinger Shakespeare and Heywood Poets good and free Dramatick writers all but the first three These were empanell'd all and being sworne A just and perfect verdict to returne A Malefactour then receiv'd command Before the Barre to elevate his hand Mercurius Britanicus by name Was hee who first was call'd to play his game Then Edmund Spenser Clarke of the Assise Read the Endictment loud which did comprise Matters of scandall and contempt extreme Done ' gainst the Dignitie and Diademe Of great Apollo and that legall course Which throughout all parnassus was in force For use of Mercury hee was accus'd Which weekely hee into his inke infus'd Thereby to murther and destroy the fame Of many with strange obloquie and shame Hee likewise was accus'd to have purloin'd Some drachmes of wit with a felonious mind From Helicon which hee in Satyrs mixt To make some laugh and others deepely vext Unto his charge they likewise did object That when hee saw his lines could not effect His ends and aymes which were his foe to kill Or else to make him torow away his quill That then hee sought by magick Arts to call Archilochus his ghost from Pluto's hall To teach him how such language to indite As might make some even hang themselves for spite This was his charge in brief which being read To his indictment he was call'd to plead Not guilty he replies and did submit Himselfe to the integrity and wit Of twelve sufficient Poets but entreated To heare the Jurours names againe repeated Which done hee on exceptions did insist Asserted against divers of the list On confident George Withers first hee fix'd As one unfit with others to bee mix'd In his arraignment for he did protest That Withers was a cruell Satyrist And guilty of the same offence and crime Whereof hee was accused at this time Therefore for him hee thought it fitter farre To stand as a Delinquent at the barre Then to bee now empanell'd in a Jury George Withers then with a Poetick fury Began to bluster but Apollo's frowne Mde him forbeare and lay his choler downe But Phoebus thus Britanicus corrects Our Majesty said hee which still protects The innocent but doth offend ours scourge Ingag'd is honest Withers for to purge From this offence for his impartiall pen Did rather grosse abuses taxe then men Or that hee did transgresse let us admit Since long agoe hee smarted for his wit Nor was Britanicus with this abash'd For with his cavils hee sought to have dash'd Two other able Jurours and these were Deserving Sands and gentle Sylvester To these opprobious language hee affords And