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A46276 The triumphs of London performed on Friday, Octob. 29, 1675, for the entertainment of the Right Honourable and truly noble pattern of prudence and loyalty, Sir Joseph Sheldon, Kt., Lord Mayor of the city of London : containing a true description of the several pageants, with the speeches spoken on each pageant : together with several songs sung at this solemnity : all set forth at the proper costs and charges of the worshipful company of drapers / designed and composed by Tho. Jordan ... Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685? 1675 (1675) Wing J1068; ESTC R31546 12,925 25

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Which being done the whole Body in State Doth move towards Guild-Hall but at the Gate The new Lord with the old Lord Mayor unites Guarded by Gentlemen Esquires and Knights Then thus attir'd with Gown Furr Hood and Scarf March all through Kings-street down to three-Crane-Wharf Where the Lord Mayor and th' Aldermen discharge A few Gentlemen Waiters and take Barge At the West end o' th' Wharf and at the East The Court Assistant Livery and the best Gentlemen Ushers Such as stay on shore Are Ushers Foins and the Budg Batchellor Who for a time repose themselves and men Untill his Lordship shall return again Who now with several Companies make hast To Westminster but in their way is plac'd A Pleasure-Boat that hath great Guns aboard And with two Broadsides doth salute my Lord. They row in Triumph all along by th' Strand But when my Lord and Companies do Land At the new Pallace-Stairs orderly all Do make a Lane to pass him to the Hall Where having took an Oath that he will be Loyal and faithful to his Majesty His Government his Crown and Dignity With other Ceremonials said and done In order to his Confirmation Sealing of Writs in Courts and such like things As shew his power abstracted from the Kings He takes his leave o' th' Lords and Barons then With his Retinue he retreats again To th' Waterside and having given at large To th' poor of Westminster doth re-imbarge And scud along the River till he comes Up to Pauls Wharf where Guns and thundring Drums Proclaim his Landing when hee 's set a shore He is saluted with three Vollies more By the Military Glory of this Nation the Company of Artillery men under the Conduct of the most accomplished for Arms and Arts the Right Worshipful Sir Thomas Player Knight they being all in their Martial Ornaments of Gallantry some in Buff with Head-pieces many of Massy Silver of whose Honourable Society his Lordship hath been a worthy Member There is also the old Warlike Honour of this Nation bravely revived and is at this time a most Heroick Rarity which is that divers Gentlemen Archers compleatly Arm'd with long Bows and Swords with War Arrows and Pallisades with Hats turn'd upon one side on which are tied large Knots of green Ribon formed into a Company march under the Command of the Right Worshipful Sir Robert Peyton Knight c. From Pauls Wharf they march before my Lord through a Gallery of the aforesaid Batchellors and Gentlemen Ushers who did not go to Westminster and likewise the Pensioners and Banners being set in Order ready to march the Foot Marshal leads the way and in the Rear of the Companies up Paul's Wharf Hill into Cheapside where his Lordship is entertain'd by the first Scene or Pageant as followeth The first Pageant described A Scene of State containing an Imperial Throne of Gold every way richly adorned with several Banners of the Kings the Cities the Lord Mayors the Companies and Sir Henry Fitz-Alwine c. On this Throne there sitteth a comely Majestick person with a chearful look that representeth TRIUMPH in a cloth of Silver Robe a purple scarf fringed with Gold an Imperial Triple Crown upon a peruke of long fair hair skie-colour'd silk stockings on which are Golden buskins laced up half way the leg with purple and silver Ribon in surfles In her right hand she holdeth a Target bearing a Virgin the Companies Patroness and in the other the Golden Fleece On seats round about her sit the four Cardinal Vertues viz. Prudence Iustice Temperance and Fortitude all in their Emblematical Illustrations thus described Prudence In a Scarlet colour'd silk Robe a silver Mantle fringed with Gold black curl'd hair on which is a Chaplet of flowers silver buskins laced with watchet ribon in her right hand she beareth a shield Vert charged with a Serpent circular OR and in the centre a Dove volant argent in her left hand a Banner of the Kings Iustice In a crimsin sarsnet Robe girt about with Gold a purple mantle fringed with Gold and Silver fair curl'd hair a four corner'd Cap of Gold let with Jewels buskins of Gold laced with purple In one hand a Ballance in the other a Banner of the Cities Temperance In a white silk Robe a grass green mantle a brown curl'd hair on it a chaplet of White Lillies and damask Roses purple buskins laced and surfled with Gold In one hand a Target-sable charged with a Chalice OR viz. a Gold Cup in the other a Banner of the Companies Fortitude In a Robe of Aurora colour'd silk a Mantle of Silver a Silver Corslet about her neck a dark brown hair a Garland of oaken leaves tipp'd with Gold Silver buskins On a shield gules a Tower Argent in one hand in the other a Banner of my Lords And on four Pedestals one at each Corner of the Stage sit four Ladies eminently and properly drest Peace Purity Plenty and Piety all of them bearing proper Emblems as are significantly made more manifest by description Peace In an Olive-green sarsnet Robe semined with silver stars a Carnation Mantle fringed with Gold bright brown hair a Chaplet of Hearts-case call'd in Latin by Physicians Herba Trinitatis or Panseys yellow buskins laced with purple and silver ribon In one hand a Palm-tree in the other a Banner of the Supporters Purity In a white silk Robe a skie-colour'd Mantle starrified with Gold a dark brown hair a Garland of white Roses Orange-colour'd buskins laced with skie-colour'd and silver Ribon In one hand a Crystal Globe in the other a Banner of the Virgin Plenty In a Vest of Gold and Silver upon Roman Bases of Carnation richly adorn'd with Silver and Gold Lace a green silk and silver Mantle Purple Buskins laced up with Gold on her Head a blackish curl'd hair about which is a wreath of Fruits leaves and flowers In one hand a Cornucopia in the other a Golden Fleece Piety In a Sable Robe a silver Mantle a fair hair a Coronet of Golden Stars Golden Buskins laced with black ribon bearing a Buckler in one hand where on a Mount Vert is a Crucifix proper in the other a Banner on an Angelical Staff bearing a Cross Gules in a Field Argent His Lordship coming to a convenient stand TRIUMPH makes an Address to him in this Speech The Speech by TRIUMPH MY Name is LONDON Triumph Make me r●●● Hail to Your Lordship I am hither come With my Retinue to attend upon Bow Your Triple-crown'd Inauguration Which doth an Emblem of your Honour shroud You are the Sun-beams that break through the Cloud The Sun in Aries who are this year Brightly to shine in LONDON's Hemisphere The influence with which you are indu'd Are Prudence Justice Temperance Fortitude point to them To match with these four bright Beams more are sent ye Piety Peace with Purity and Plenty point to the other These are those Graces which did wait upon Fitz-Alwin Norman Capel Champion With many such that