❧ The Pegme at Fenchurch PResented itself in a square and flat upright, like to the side of a City: the top thereof, above the Vent, and Crest, adorned with houses, towers, and steeples, set off in prospective. Upon the Battlements in a great capital Letters was inscribed, LONDINIUM :According to Tacitus: At Suetonius mira constantia, medios inter hosteis Londinium perrexit, Annal. lib. 14. cognomento quiàem Coloniae non ensign, sed copia Negotiatorum, & commeatu maxime celebre. Beneath that, in a less and different Character, was written CAMERA REGIA Which Title immediately after the Norman Conquest it began to have; Camd. Brit. 374. and by the indulgence of succeeding Princes, hath been hitherto continued. In the Freeze over the gate, it seemeth to speak this verse: PAR DOMUS HAEC COELO, SED MINOR EST DOMINO. Taken out of Martial, Lib. 8. Epig. 36 and implying, that though this City (for the state, and magnificence) might (by Hyperbole) be said to touch the stars, and reach up to heaven, yet was it far Inferior to the Master thereof, who was his Majesty; and in that respect unworthy to receive him. The highest person advanced therein, was MONARCHIA BRITANNICA and fitly: applying to the above mentioned Title of the City, the king's Chamber, and therefore here placed as in the proper seat of the Empire: for, Brit. 367. so the glory and light of our Kingdom M. Camden, speaking of London, saith, she is, totius Britanniae Epitome, Britannicíque imperii sedes, Regúmque Angliae Camera, tantum inter omneis eminet, quantum (vt ait ille) inter viburna Cupressus. she was a woman richly attired in cloth of gold and tissue; a rich mantle; over her state two Crowns hanging, with pencil shields thorough them; the one limned with the particular Coat of England, the other of Scotland: on either side also a Crown, with the like Scutcheons, and peculiar Coats of France, & Ireland. In her hand she holds a Sceptre; on her head a fillet of gold, interwoven with Palm & Laurel; her hair bound into four several points, descending from her Crowns; & and in her lap a little Globe, inscribed upon ORBIS BRITANNICUS. And beneath, the word DIVISUS AB orb. To show, that this Empire is a world divided from the world, and alluding to that of Clau. De mallij Theodor. cons. Panegyri. — Et nostro diducta Britannia mundo. And Virg — Et penitus toto divisos orb Britannos. Eclog. 1. The wreath denotes Victory and Happiness. The Sceptre & Crowns sovereignty. The Shields the precedency of the Countries and their distinctions. At her feet was set THEOSOPHIA, or Divine wisdom, all in white, a blue mantle seeded with Stars, a crown of Stars on her head. Her garments figured Truth, Innocence and Clearness. She was always looking up; in her one hand she sustained a Dove, in the other a Serpent: Matth. 10. 16. the last to show her Subtlety, the first her Simplicity; alluding to that text of Scripture, Prou. 8. 15. Estote ergo prudentes sicut serpents, & simplices sicut columbae. Her word, PER ME REGES REGNANT. Intimating, how by her, all Kings do govern, and that she is the foundation and strength of kingdoms, to which end, she was here placed, upon a Cube, at the foot of the Monarchy, as her Base and stay. Antiqui Genium omnium gignendarum rerum existimarunt Deum: et urbib. quam hominib. vel caeteris rebus natum. Lil. Gre. Gy. in Synt. dear 15. & Rosin. Antiq. Ro. lib. 2. cap. 14. Directly beneath her stood GENIUS VRBIS. A person attired rich, reverend, and antic: his hair long and white, crowned with a wreath of Plane tree, which is said to be Arbour genialis; his mantle of purple, and buskins of that colour: He held in one hand a Goblet, in the other a branch full of little twigs, to signify Increase and Indulgence: His word HIS ARMIS .pointing to the two that supported him, whereof the one on the right hand, was BOULEUTES .Figuring the Council of the City, Civica corona fit è fronde querna, quoniam cibus, victusque antiquissimus querceus capisolitus sit. Ros. libr. 10. cap. 27. and was suited in black and purple; a wreath of Oak upon his head; sustaining for his ensigns, on his left arm a scarlet robe, and in his right hand the * vascicull virgarum, intra quas obligata securis erat, sic, vt ferrum in summo fasce extaret, Ros. lib. 7. cap. 3. vbi notandum est, non debere precipitem, & solutam iram esse magistratus. Mora enim allata, & cunctatio, dum sensim virgae solvuntur, identidem consilium mutavit deplectendo. Quando autem vitia quaedam sunt corrigibilia, deplorata alia; castigant virgae, quod revocari valet, immendabile secures praecidunt. Plut. Prob. Rom. 82. Fasces, as tokens of Magistracy, with this inscription; SERVARE CIVES. The other on the left hand. POLEMIUS The warlike force of the City, in an antic Coat, or Armour, with a Target and Sword; his helm on, and crowned with Laurel, implying Strength and Conquest: in his hand he bore the Standard of the City, with this word, EXTINGVERE ET HOSTEIS. Expressing by those several Motts, connexed, that with those Arms of Council and Strength, the Genius was able to extinguish the king's enemies, and preserve his Citizens, alluding to those verses in Seneca, Octa: Act: 2 Extinguere hostem, maxima est virtus Ducis. Servare Cives, maior est patriae, patri. Underneath these, in an Aback thrust out before the rest lay TAMESIS. The River, as running along the side of the City; in a skin made like flesh, naked, and blue. His mantle of seagreen or water colour, thin, and bollen out like a sail; Bracelets about his wrists, of willow and sedge, a crown of sedge and reed upon his head, mixed with water-lilies; alluding to Virgil's description of Tiber; — Deus ipse loci, Aen. lib. 8. fluvie Tyberinus amoeno, Populeas inter senior se attolere frondes Visus. cum tenuis glauco velabat amictu Carbasus. & crineis umbrosa tegebat Arundo. His beard, and hair long, and overgrown. He leans his arm upon an earthen pot, out of which, water, with live Fishes, are seen to run forth, and play about him. His word, FLUMINA SENSERUNT IPSA .A Hemistich of Ovid's: Amor. lib. 3. el. 5. The rest of the verse being, quid esset amor. Affirming, that Rivers themselves, and such inanimate Creatures, have heretofore been made sensible of Passions, and Affections; and that he, now, no less partook the joy of his majesties grateful approach to this City, than any of those persons, to whom he pointed, which were the daughters of the Genius, and six in number: who, in a spreading ascent, upon several grices, help to beautify both the sides. The first, EUPHROSYNE ,or Gladness: was suited in green, a mantle of divers colours, embroidered with all variety of flowers: on her head a garland of Myrtle, in her right hand a crystal Cruze filled with wine, in the left a Cup of gold: at her feet a timbrel, Harp, and other Instruments, all ensigns of gladness, Hor. car. I. ode 27. Natis in usum laetitiae scyphis, etc. And in another place, Nunc est bibendum, & Ode 37 nunc pede libero Pulsanda Tellus, etc. Her word. Stat. Syl. 4. Epu Domit. HAEC AEVI MIHI PRIMA DIES. As if this were the first hour of her life, and the minute wherein she began to be; beholding so long coveted, and looked for a presence. The second. SEBASIS .or Veneratio, was varied in an ash coloured suit, and dark mantle, a veil over her head of ash-colour: her hands crossed before her, and her eyes half closed: Her word: MIHI SEMPER DEUS. Virg. Ecl. I. Implying both her office of reverence, and the dignity of her object, who being as God on earth, should never be less in her thought: The third: PROTHYMIA .or Promptitude, was attired in a short tucked garment of flame-colour, wings at her back; her hair bright, & bound up with ribbons; her breast open, virago-like; her buskins so ribanded: She was crowned with a Chaplet of Trifoly, to express readiness, and openness every way; in her right hand she held a squirrel, as being the creature most full of life and quickness: in the left a close round Censor, with the perfume suddenly to be vented forth at the sides. Her word: QVA DATA PORTA. Aene 1. Taken from another place in Virgil where Aeolus at the command of juno lett's forth the wind; Aene 1. — ac venti velut agmine facto Qua data porta ruunt, & terras turbine perflant. And show'd that she was no less prepared with promptitude, and alacrity, than the winds were, upon the least Gate that shall be opened to his high command. The fourth Agrippina .or Vigilance, in yellow, a sable mantle, seeded with waking eyes, and silver fringe: her Chaplet of Heliotropium, or Turnsole; in her one hand a Lamp, or Cresset, in her other a Bell. The Lamp signified search and sight, the Bell warning. The Heliotropium care; and respecting her object. Her word SPECULAMUR IN OMNEIS. Alluding to that of Ovid, where he describes the office of Argus, — Ipse procul montis sublime cacumen Occupat, Met. 1. unde sedens partes speculatur in omneis. and implying the like duty of care and vigilance in herself. The fifth AGAPE .Or loving Affection, in Crimson fringed with gold, a mantle of flame-colour, her Chaplet of red and white roses; in her hand a flaming heart: The flame expressed zeal, the red and white roses, a mixture of Simplicity with Love: her robe's freshness and fervency. De 4. Cons. Honour. Panegyri Her word, NON SIC EXCUBIAE .Out of Claudian, in following — Nec circumstantia peila — Quàm tutatur amor. Inferring, that though her Sister before had protested watchfulness, & circumspection, yet no watch or guard could be so safe to the estate, or person of a Prince, as the love and natural affection of his Subjects: which she in the cities behalf promised. The sixth, OMOTHYMIA .Or Unanimity in blue, her robe blue, and buskins. A Chaplet of blue lilies, showing one truth and entireness of mind. In her lap lies a sheaf of arrows bound together, and she herself sits weaving certain small silver twists. Her word, FIRMA CONSENSUS FACIT. Auxilia humilia firma, Pub. Syr. Mi. etc. Intimating, that even the smallest and weakest aids, by consent, are made strong: herself personating the unanimity, or consent of Soul, in all inhabitants of the City to his service. ¶ These are all the personages, or live figures, whereof only two were Speakers (Genius and Tamesis) the rest were Mutes. Other dumb compliments there were, as the Arms of the Kingdom on the one side, with this Inscription. HIS VIREAS. With these mayst thou flourish. On the other side the Arms of the City, with HIS VINCAS. With these mayst thou conquer. In the centre, or midst of the Pegme, there was an Aback, or Square, wherein this Elegy was written. Maximus hic Rex est, & lucc serenior ipsa Principe quae talem cernit in urbe Ducem; Cuius Fortunam superat sic unica Virtus, unus vt is reliquos vincit utrâque viros. Praeceptis alii populos, multâque fatigant Lege; sed exemplo nos rapit ille suo. Cuique frui totâ fas est uxore marito, Et sua fas simili pignora nosse patri. Ecce vbi pignoribus circumstipata coruscis It comes, & tanto vix minor ANNA viro. Haud metus est, Regem posthac ne proximus Hares, Neu Successorem non amet ille suum. This, and the whole frame, was covered with a curtain of silk, painted like a thick cloud, and at the approach of the K. was instantly to be drawn. The Allegory being, that those clouds were gathered upon the face of the City, through their long want of his most wished fight: but now, as at the rising of the Sun, all mists were dispersed and fled. When suddenly upon silence made to the Musics, a voice was heard to utter this verse; Totus adest oculis, Clau. de laud. Still. lib. 3. aderat qui mentibus olim, Signifying that he now was really objected to their eyes, who before had been only, but still, present in their minds. ¶ Thus far the complemental part of the first; wherein was not only laboured the expression of State and Magnificence (as proper to a triumphal Arch) but the very Site, Fabric, Strength, Policy, Dignity and Affections of the City were all laid down to life: The nature, and property of these devices being, to present always some one entire body, or figure, consisting of distinct members and each of those expressing itself, in the own active sphere, yet all, with that general harmony so connexed, and disposed, as no one little part can be missing to the illustration of the whole: where also is to be noted, that the Symbols used, are not, neither ought to be simply hieroglyphics, Emblems, or impreze, but a mixed Character, partaking somewhat of all, and peculiarly apted to these more magnificent Inventions: wherein the Garments, and Ensigns deliver the nature of the person, and the Word the present office. Neither was it becoming, or could it stand with the dignity of these shows (after the most miserable & desperate shift of the Puppets) to require a Truchman, or (with the ignorant Painter) one to write. This is a Dog; or, This is a Hare: but so to be presented, as upon the view they might without cloud, or obscurity declare themselves to the sharp and learned: And for the multitude, no doubt but their grounded judgements gazed, said it was fine, and were satisfied. The speeches of Gratulation. GENIUS. TIme, Fate, and Fortune have at length conspired, To give our Age the day so much desired. What all the minutes, hours, weeks, months, and years, That hang in file upon these silver hairs, Could not produce, beneath the a As being the first, free, and natural government of this Island, after it came to civility. Brittane stroke, The Roman, Saxon, Dane, and Norman a In respect they were all Conquests & the obedience of the subject more enforced. yoke, This point of Time hath done. Now London rear Thy forehead high, and on it strive to wear Thy choicest Gems; Teach thy steep Towers to rise Higher with people: Set with sparkling eyes Thy spacious windows; and in every street, Let thronging joy, Love, and Amazement meet. Cleave all the air with shouts, and let the cry Strike through as long, and universally As Thunder; For, thou now art blessed to see That sight, for which thou didst begin to be. When b Rather than the City should want a Founder, we choose to follow the received story of Brute, whether fabulous, or true, and not altogether unwarranted in Poetry: since it is a favour of Antiquity to few cities, to let them know their first Authors. Besides, a learned Poet of our time, in a most elegant work of his Con. Tam. & ISIS, celebrating London hath this verse of her: Aemula maternae tollens sua lumina Troiae. Here is also an ancient rite alluded to in the building of Cities, which was to give them their bounds with a plough, according to Vir. Aen. li. 10. Interea Aeneas urbem designat Aratro. And Isidore li. 15. cap. 2. urbs vocata ab orb, quod antiquae civitates in orbem fiebant; vel ab urbe part aratri, quo muri designabantur, unde est illud. Optavitque locum regno & concludere sulco. Brutus' plough first gave thee infant bounds, And I, thy GENIUS walked auspicious rounds In every c Primigenius sulcus dicitur, qui in condenda nova urbe, tauro & vacca designationis causa imprimitur; Hitherto respects that of Camd. Brit. 368. speaking of this City, Quicunque autem condiderit, vitali genio, constructam fuisse ipsius fortuna docuit. furrow; Then did I forelook, And saw this day d For so all happy days were. Plin. cap. 40. lib. 7. Nat. Hist. To which Horace alludes, lib. 1. ode. 36. Cressa ne careat pulchra dies nota. And the other Plin. epist. 11. lib. 6. O diem laetum, not and umque mihi candidissimo calculo. With many other in many places. Mart. lib. 8. epi. 45. lib. 9. epi. 53. lib. 10. 38. lib. 11. 37. Stat. lib. 4. Syl. 6. Pers, sat. 2. Catull. epig. 69. etc. marked white in e The Parcae, or Fates, Martianus calls them scribas ac librarias superûm; whereof Clotho is said to be the eldest, signifying in Latin Euocatio. Clotho's book. The several f Those before mentioned of the Brittane, Roman, Saxon, etc. and to this Register of the Fates allude those verses of Ovid Met. 15— Cernes illic molimine vasto. Exaere, & solido rerum tabularia ferro: Quae neque concussum coeli, neque fulminis Iram, Nec metuunt ullas tuta atque aeternarvinas. invenies illic incisa adamant perenni Fata etc.— Circles, both of change and sway, Within this Isle, there also figured lay: Of which the greatest, perfectest, and last Was this, whose present happiness we taste. Why keep you silence Daughters? What dull peace Is this inhabits you? Shall Office cease Upon th'aspect of him, to whom you owe More than you are, or can be? Shall TIME know That Article, wherein your flame stood still, And not aspired? Now heaven avert an ill Of that black look. Ere pause possess your breasts I wish you more of plagues: "Zeal when it rests, Leaves to be Zeal. Up thou tame RIVER, wake; And from thy liquid limbs this slumber shake: Thou drownest thyself in inofficious sleep; And these thy sluggish waters seem to creep, Rather than flow. Up, rise, and swell with pride Above thy banks." Now is not every Tide. TAMESIS. TO what vain end should I contend to show My weaker powers, when Seas of pomp o'erflow The cities face: and cover all the shore With sands more rich than a A river dividing Spain and Portugal, and by the consent of Poets styled aurifer. Tagus wealthy ore? When in the flood of joy, that comes with him, He drowns the world; yet makes it live and swim, And spring with gladness: Not my fishes here, Though they be dumb, but do express the cheer Of these bright streams. No less may b Understanding Euphrosyne, Sebasis, Prothymia, etc. These, and I Boast our delights, albe't we silent lie. GENIUS. Indeed, true Gladness doth not always speak: joy bred, and borne but in the tongue, is weak. Yet (lest the fervour of so pure a flame As this my City bears, might lose the name, Without the apt eventing of her heat) Know greatest JAMES (and no less good, than great.) In the behalf of all my virtuous Sons, Whereof my a The Lord Maior who for his year, hath Senior place of the rest, and for the day was chief Sergeant to the King. eldest there, thy pomp foreruns, (A Man without my flattering, or his Pride, As worthy, as he's b Above the blessing of his present office, the word had some particular allusion to his name, which is Benet, and hath (no doubt) in time been the contraction of Benedict. blessed to be thy guide) In his grave name, and all his brethren's right, (Who thirst to drink the Nectar of thy sight) The Council, Commoners, and Multitude; (Glad, that this day so long denied, is viewed) I tender thee the heartiest welcome, yet That ever King had to his c The City, which title is touched before. empire's seat: Never came man, more longed for, more desired: And being come, more reverenced, loved, admired: Hear, and record it: In a Prince it is No little virtue, to know who are his. * To the Prince . With like devotions, do I stoop t'embrace This springing glory of thy d An attribute given to great persons, fitly above other, Humanity, & in frequent use with all the Greek Poets, especially Homer. Iliad. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman}— {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman}. And in the same Book.— {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman}. Godlike race; His country's Wonder, Hope, Love, joy and Pride: How well doth he become the royal side Of this erected, and broad spreading Tree, Under whose shade, may Britain ever be. And from this branch, may thousand branches more Shoot o'er the Main, and knit with every shore In bonds of Marriage, Kindred, and Increase; And style this Land, the a As Lactant. calls Parnassus, umbilicum terra. Navel of their peace. This is your servants wish, your cities vow, Which still shall propagate itself, with you; And free from spurs of Hope, that slow minds move: He seeks no hire, that owes his life to Love. To the Queen . And here she comes that is no less a part In this days greatness, then in my glad heart. Glory of Queens, and b An emphatical speech, & well re-enforcing her greatness; being by this match, more than either her Brother, Father, etc. Glory of your Name, Whose Graces do as far outspeak your Fame, As Fame doth silence, when her Trumpet rings You c Daughter to Frederik second kind of Denmark, & Norway, sister to Christian the fourth now there reigning, & wife to james our Sovereign. Daughter, Sister, Wife of several Kings: Besides Alliance, and the style of Mother, In which one Title you drown all your other. Instance, be d The Prince Henry Fredrick. that fair shoot, is gone before Your eldest joy, and top of all your store, With those, whose sight to us is yet denied, But not our zeal to them, or ought beside This City can to you: For whose estate She hopes you will be still good Advocate To her best Lord. So, whilst you mortal are, No taste of sour mortality once dare Approach your house; nor Fortune greet your Grace But coming on, and with a forward face. THE OTHER AT TEMPLE bar. CArried the frontispiece of a Temple, the Walls of which and Gates were Brass; the Pillars Silver, their Capitals and Bases Gold: in the highest point of all was erected a janus head, and over it written. JANO Quadrifronti SACRUM. Which title of Quadrifrons is said to be given him, Bassus apud Macro. lib. 1. Satur. ca. 9. as he respecteth all Climates, and fills all parts of the world with his Majesty; which Martial would seem to allude unto in that Hendecasyllable, li. 8. Epi. 2. Et linguâ pariter locutus omni .Others have thought it by reason of the four Elements, which broke out of him, being Chaos: for Ovid is not afraid to make Chaos and janus the same, in those verses Me Chaos antiqui (nam sum res prisca) vocabant: Fast. lib. I. Adspice, etc. etc. PLUTUS .or Wealth, So Cephisiodotus hath feigned him See Paus. in Boeoti. & Phil. in Imag. contrary to Aristop. Theogn. Lucian and others, that make him blind and deformed. a little boy, bare headed, his locks curled, and spangled with gold, of a fresh aspect, his body almost naked, saving some rich rob cast over him; in his arms a heap of gold Ingots to express riches, whereof he is the God: Beneath her feet lay ENYALIUS .or Mars, groveling, his armour scattered upon him in several pieces, and sundry sorts of weapons broken about him, her word to all was uNA TRIUMPHIS IN NUMERIS POTIOR. pax optima rerum Quas homini novisse datum est, Sil. Ital. pax una Triumphis Innumeris potior. signifying that peace alone was better, and more to be coveted then innumerable Triumphs, beside, upon the right hand of her, but with some little descent, in a Hemicycle was seated ESYCHIA .or Quiet, the first handmaid of peace; A woman of a grave and venerable aspect, attired in black, upon her head an artificial nest, out of which appeared Storks heads to manifest a sweet repose. Her feet were placed upon a Cube, to show stability, and in her lap she held a Perpendicular or level, as the ensign of Evenness and Rest; on the top of it sat a halcyon or Kings-fisher. She had lying at her feet TARACHE .or Tumult, in a garment of divers, but dark colours, her hair wild, and disordered, a foul and troubled face, about her lay staves, sword, ropes, chains, hammers, stones, and such like to express Turmoil. The word was PERAGIT TRANQVILLA POTESTAS. De Malii Theo. cons. Panegy. Claud Quod violent a nequit: mandat aque fortius urget Imperiosa quies .To show the benefits of a calm and facile power, being able to effect in a state that, which no violence can. On the other, side the second handmaid, was ELEUTHERIA .or Liberty, her dressing white, & somewhat antic but loose and free; her hair flowing down her back, and shoulders: In her right hand she bore a Club, on her left a Hat, the Characters of freedom, and power: At her feet a cat was placed, the creature most affecting, and expressing liberty. She trod on Raven, as the Augury of ill fortune: & the Soul was REDEUNT SATURNIA REGNA .Out of Virgil, Eclog. 4. to show that now those golden times were returned again, wherein Peace was with us so advanced, Rest received, Liberty restored, Safety assured, and all Blessedness appearing in every of these virtues her particular Triumph over her opposite evil. This is the dumb argument of the frame, and illustrated with this verse of Virgil, written in the under freeze. Aeneid. lib. 11. NULLA SALUS BELLO PACEM TE POSSIMUS OMNES. The speaking part was performed, as within the Temple where there was erected an Altar, to which at the approach of the K. appears the Flamen * One of the three Flamines that as some think Numa Pompilius first instituted, but we rather with Varro take him of Romulus' institution, whereof there were only two, He, and Dialis: to whom he was next in dignity. He was always created out of the Nobility, & did perform the rites to Mars, who was thought the Father of Romulus. MARTIALIS .And to him. GENIUS VRBIS .The Genius we attired before: To the Flamen we appoint this habit. A long Crimson rob to witness his nobility, his tippet and sleeves white as reflecting on purity in his religion, a rich mantle of gold with a train to express the dignity of his function. Upon his head a c Scaliger in coniect. in Varr. saith Totus Pileus, vel potiùs velamenta, Flammcum dicebatur. unde Flamines dicti. Hat of delicate wool, whose top ended in a Cone, and was thence called Apex, according to that of Lucan. lib. 1. Attollensque Apicem generoso vertice Flamen .This Apex was covered with a d To this looks that other conjecture of Varro. lib. 4. de lingua Latina Flamines, quòd licio in Capite velati erant semper, ac caput cinctum habebant filo, Flamines dicti fine net of yearn which they named Apiculum, & was sustained with a e Which in their attire was called Stroppus, in their wives Inarculum. bowed twig of Pomegranate tree, it was also in the hot time of Summer to be bound with Ribbons, and thrown behind them as f Scal. Ibid: in con. Pone enim regerebant apicem, ne gravis esset summis aestatis caloribus. Amentis enim, quae offendices dicebantur sub mentum adductis, religabant; vt cum vellent, regererent, & pone pendere permitterent. Scaliger teacheth. In his hand he bore a golden Censor with perfume, and censing about the Altar (having first kindled his fire on the top) is interrupted by the Genius. GENIUS. STay, what art thou, that in this strange attire, darest kindle stranger, and unhallowed fire Upon this Altar? FL. Rather what art thou That darest so rudely interrupt my vow? My habit speaks my name. GE. A flamen? FL. Yes, And a Of Mars, whose rites (as we have touched before) this Flamen did specially celebrate. Martialis called. GE. I so did guess By my short view, but whence didst thou ascend Hither? or how? or to what mystic end? FL. The noise, and present tumult of this Day, roused me from sleep, and silence, where I lay Obscured from light; which when I waked to see, I wondering thought what this great pomp might be. When (looking in my Calendar) I found The b With us the 15. of March, which was the present day of this Triumph; and on which the great feast of Anna Perenna (among the Romans) was yearly and with such solemnity remembered. Oui. Fast. 3. Idibus est Annae festum geniale Perennae, Haud procul a ripis, etc. Ides of march were entered, and I bound With these, to celebrate the Genial feast Of c Who this Anna should be (with the Romans themselves) hath been no trifling controversy. Some have thought her fabulously the sister of Dido, some a Nymph of Numicius; some Io; some Themis. others' an old woman of Bovillae, that fed the seditious multitude, in Monte sacro, with Wafers, and fine Cakes, in time of their penury: so whom, afterwards (in memory of the benefit) their peace being made with the Nobles, they ordained this feast. Yet, they that have thought nearest, have missed all these, and directly imagined her the Moon. And that she was called Anna, Quia mensibus impleat annum. Ovid. ibid. To which, the vow that they used in her Rites, somewhat confirmingly alludes; which was. vt Annare, & Perennare commodè liceret. Maor. Sat. lib. 1. cap. I 2. ANNA styled PERENNA, d So ovid. ibid. Fast. makes Mars speaking to her, Mense meo coleris, iunxi mea tempora tecum. MARS his guest; Who, in this month of his, is yearly called To banquet at his Altars; and installed; e Nuper erat dea facta, etc. ibid. ovid. A Goddess with him, since she fills the Year, And f Where is understood the meeting of the Zodiac in March, the month wherein she is celebrated. knits the oblique scarf that girts the sphere. Whilst four faced JANUS turns his g That face wherewith he beholds the Spring. vernal look Upon their meeting hours, as if he took. High pride and pleasure. GE. Sure thou still dost dream, And both thy tongue, and thought rides on the stream Of fantasy: Behold here He nor She, Have any Altar, Fane, or Deity. Stoop; read but this h Written upon the Altar, for which we refer you to the Page. D. 3. inscription: and then view To whom the Place is consecrate. 'tis true That this is JANUS Temple, and that now He turns upon the Year his freshest brow; That this is MARS his month; and these the Ides, Wherein his ANNE was honoured; Both the Tides, Titles, and Place, we know: But these dead rites Are long since buried, and new power excites More high and hearty flames. Lo, there is he, Who brings with him a i The Queen. to answer which in our inscription we spoke to the King MARTE MAIORI. greater ANNE than she: Whose strong and potent virtues have k The Temple of janus we apprehend to be both the house of War, & Peace; of War, when it is open; of Peace when it is shut: And that there, each over the other is interchangeably placed, to the vicissitude of Times. defaced Stern MARS his Statues, and upon them placed His, l Which are Peace, Rest, Liberty, Safety, etc.. and were his actively, but the world's passively. and the world's blessed blessings: This hath brought Sweet Peace to sit in that bright state she ought Unbloody, or untroubled; hath forced hence All tumults, fears, or other dark portents That might invade weak minds; hath made men see Once more the face of welcome Liberty: And doth (in all his present acts) restore That first pure world, made of the better Ore. Now Innocence shall cease to be the spoil Of ravenous Greatness, or to steep the soil Of raised Peasantry with tears, and blood; No more shall rich men (for their little good) Suspect to be made guilty; or vile Spies Enjoy the lust of their so murdering eyes: Men shall put off their Iron minds, and hearts; The Time forget his old malicious arts With this new minute; and no print remain Of what was thought the former age's stain. Back flamen, with thy superstitious fumes, And cense not here; Thy ignorance presumes Too much, in acting any Ethnic rite In this translated Temple: Here no wight, To sacrifice, save my devotion comes, That brings instead of those thy m Somewhat a strange Epithet, in our tongue, but proper to the thing; for they were only Masculine Odours, which were offered to the Altars. Vir. Ecl. 8. Verbenasque adole pingueis, et mascula Tura. And Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. 12. cap. 14. speaking of these, hath Quothed ex eo rotunditate guttam pependit, Masculum vocamus, cum alias non fere mas vocetur, vbi non sit femina: religioni tributum ne sexus alter usurparetur. Masculum aliqui putant a specie testium dictum. See him also, lib. 34. cap. 11. And Arnob. lib. 7. advers. Gent. Non si mill iupōdera masculi Turis incendas, etc. Masculine gums. My cities heart; which shall for ever burn Upon this Altar, and no Time shall turn The same to ashes: Here I fix it fast, Flame bright, flame high, and may it ever last. Whilst I, before the figure of thy Peace, Still tend the fire; and give it quick increase With prayers, wishes, vows; whereof be these The least, and weakest: that no Age may lose The Memory of this so rich a day; But rather, that it henceforth yearly may Begin our Spring and with our spring the prime, And n According to Romulus his institution, who made March the first Month and consecrated it to his Father, of whom it was called Martius: Varr. Fest. in Frag. Martius mensis initium anni fuit, et in Latio, & post Romam conditam etc. And ovid. Fast. 3. A te principium Romano dicimus anno: Primus de patrio nomine mensis erit. Vox ratafit; etc. See Macro lib. 1. Sat. cap. 12. and Solin. in Poly. hist. cap. 3 Quòd hoc mensae mercedes exoluerint magistris, quas completus annus deberi fecisset, etc. first account of Years, of Months, o Some, to whom we have read this, have taken it for a Tautology, thinking Time enough expressed before, in Years, and Months. For whose ignorant sakes we must confess to have taken the better part of this travail in noting, a thing not usual, neither affected of us, but where there is necessity, as here, to avoid their dull censures: where in Years and Months we alluded to that is observed in our former note; but by Time we understand the present, & that from this instant, we should begin to reckon, and make this the first, of our Time. Which is also to be helped by Emphasis. of Time: And may these Ides as fortunate appear To thee, as they to p In which he was slain in the Senate. Caesar fatal were. Be all thy Thoughts borne perfect, and thy Hopes In their events still crowned beyond their scopes. Let not wide Heaven that secret blessing know To give, which she on thee will not bestow. Blind Fortune be thy slave; and may her store (The less thou seek'st it) follow thee the more. Much more I would: but see, these brazen Gates Make haste to close, as urged by thy Fates; Here ends my City's office, here it breaks: Yet with my tongue, and this pure heart, she speaks A short farewell; and lower than thy feet, With fervent thanks, thy royal pains doth greet. Pardon, if my abruptness breed disease; He merits not t'offend, that hastes to please. Over the Altar was written this Inscription: D. I. O. M. BRITANNI ARUM. IMP. PACIS. VINDICI. MARTE. MAIORI. P. P. F. S. AUGUSTO. NOVO. GENTIUM. CONIUNCTARUM. NUMINI. TUTELARI. D. A. CONSERVATRICI. ANNAE. IPSAE. PERENNAE. DEABUSQVE. uNIVERSIS. OPTATIORI. SVI FORTUNATISSIMI. THALAMI. SOCIAE. ET CONSORTI. PULCHERIMAE. AUGUSTISSIMAE. ET H. F. P. FILIO. SVO. NOBILISSIMO. OB. ADVENTUM. AD urbem. HANC. SVAM. EXPECTATISSIMUM. GRATISSIMUM. CELEBRATISSIMUM. CVIUS. NON. RADII. SED SOLES. POTIUS. FUNESSIMAM. NUPER. AERIS. INTEMPERIEM. SERENARUNT S. P. Q. L. VOTIS. X. VOTIS. XX. ARDENTISSIMIS. L. M. HANC. ARAM. P. And upon the Gate being shut, IMP. JACOBUS MAX. CAESAR AVG. P. P. PACE POPULO BRITANNICO TERRA MARIQVE PARTA JANUM CLUSIT. S. C. THus hath both court-town-and country-reader, our portion of devise for the City; neither are we ashamed to profess it, being assured well of the difference between it and Pageantry. If the Mechanic part yet standing, give it any distaste in the wry mouths of the Time, we pardon them; for their own ambitious ignorance doth punish them enough. From hence we will turn over a new leaf with you, and lead you to the Pegme in the Strand, a work thought on, begun, and perfected in twelve days. THe Invention was a Rainbow, the Moon, Sun, and those seven Stars, which antiquity hath styled the Pleiades, or Vergiliae, advanced between two Magnificent pyramids of 70. foot in height, on which were drawn his majesties several pedigrees Eng. and Scot. To which body (being framed before) we were to apt our soul. And finding that one of these seven lights, Electra, is rarely or not at all to be seen, (as ovid. lib. 4. Fast. affirmeth. Pleiades incipient humeros relevare paternos: Quae septem dici, sex tamen esse solent. And by and by after, Sive quòd Electra Troiae spectare rvinas Non tulit: aute oculos opposuitque manum. And Festus Auien. Paraph. in Arat Phaenom. Fama vetus septem memor at genitore creatas Longaevo: sex se rutila inter sidera tantum Sustollunt, etc. And beneath — cerni sex solas carmine Mynthes Asserit: Electram coelo abscessisse profundo, etc.) We ventured to follow this authority; and made her the speaker: presenting her hanging in the air, in figure of a Comet; according to Anonymus. Electra non sustinens videre casum pronepotum sugerit; unde & illam disso lutis crinibus propter luctum ire asserunt, et propter comas quidam Cometen appellant. The speech. Electra. THe long a Fest. avi. paraph. Pars ait Idææ deflentem incendia Troiae, et numerosa svae lugentem funerae gentis, Electram tetris moestum dare nubibus orbem. Besides the reference to antiquity, this speech might be understood by Allegory of the Town here, that had been so ruined with sickness, etc. Laments, I spent for ruined Troy, Are dried; and now mine eyes run tears of joy. No more shall men suppose Electra dead, Though from the consort of her sisters fled Unto the b Hyginus. Sed postquam Troia fuit capta, & Progenies cius quae à Dardano fuit eversa, dolore permotam ab his se removisse, & in circulo qui Arcticus dicitur constitisse, etc. Arctic circle, here to grace, And guild this day with her c Electra signifies Serenity itself, and is compounded of {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} which is the Sun, and {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} that signifies serene. She is mentioned to be Anima sphaerae solis, by Proclus. Com. in Hesiod. serenest Face: And see, my d She is also feigned to be the Mother of the Rainbow. Nascitur enim Iris ex aqua et serenitate, è refractione radiorum scilicet: Arist. in Meteorol. daughter Iris hasts to throw Her Rose at wings, in compass of a bow, About our state, as e Val. Flac. Argonaut. 1. makes the Rainbow indicum serenitatis. Emicuit reserata dies, coelumque resolvit. Arcus, & in summos redierunt nubila montes. sign of my approach Attracting to her seat from f A name of the Sun. Stat. The. lib. 1. torquentem cornua Mithran. And Martian. Capel. lib. 3. de nup. Mer. & Phil. Te Serapim Nilus, Memphis veneratur Osirin; Dissona sacra Mithran, etc. Mithras coach, A thousand different, and particular hews, Which she throughout her body doth diffuse. The Sun, as loath to part from this half sphere, Stands still; and Phoebe labours to appear In all as bright (if not as rich) as he: And, for a note of more serenity, My six g Alcyone,. Celaeno, Taygete, Asterope, Merope, Maia. which are also said to be the souls of the other spheres, as Electra of the Sun. Proclus. ibi. in come. Alcyone Veneris. Celaeno Saturni. Taygete Lunae. Asterop. Iovis. Merope Martis. Maia Mercurij. fair Sisters hither shift their lights; To do this hour the utmost of her Rites. Where lest the captious, or profane might doubt, How these clear heavenly bodies come about All to be seen at once; yet neithers light Eclipsed, or shadowed by the other's sight: Let Ignorance know, great King, this Day is thine, And doth admit no Night; but all do shine As well nocturnal, as diurnal fires, To add unto the flame of our desires. Which are (now thou hast closed up h Alluding back to that of our Temple. JANUS gates, And given so general peace to all estates) That no offensive mist, or cloudy stain May mix with splendour of thy golden reign; But, as th' hast freed thy i London. Chamber, from the noise Of War and Tumult; thou wilt power those joys Upon k His City of Westminster, in whose name, and at whose charge, together with the Duchy of Lancaster this Arch was erected. this Place, which claims to be l Since here, they not only sate being Crowned, but also first received their Crowns. the Seat Of all thy Kingly race: the Cabinet To all thy Counsels; and the judging Chair To this thy special Kingdom. Whose so fair And wholesome Laws, in every Court, shall strive By equity, and their first Innocence to thrive; The base and guilty bribes of guiltier men Shall be thrown back, and justice look, as when She loved the earth, and feared not to be sold For that, m Hor. Car. lib. 4. Ode 9. Ducentis ad se cuncta pecuniae. which worketh all things to it, Gold. The Dam of other evils, Avarice Shall here lock down her jaws, and that rude vice Of ignorant, and pitied Greatness, Pride, Decline with shame; Ambition now shall hide Her face in dust, as dedicate to sleep, That in great Portals wont her watch to keep. All ills shall fly the light: Thy Court be free No less from Envy, then from Flattery; All Tumult, Faction, and harsh Discord cease, That might perturb the music of thy Peace: The querulous Nature shall no longer find Room for his Thoughts: One pure consent of mind Shall flow in every breast, and not the Air, Sun, Moon, or Stars shine more serenely fair. This from that loud, blessed Oracle, I sing Who here, and first pronounced, thee Britain's King Long mayst thou live, and see me thus appear, As ominous n For our more authority to induce her thus, See Fest. Auien. paraph. in Arat. speaking of Electra, Nonnumquam Oceani tamen istam surgere ab undis, In convexa poli, sed sede carere sororum; Atque os discretum procul edere, detestatam Germanosque, choros sobolis lachrymare ruinas, Diffusamque comas corni, crinisque soluti Monstrari effigy, etc. a Comet, from my Sphere, Unto thy reign; as that o All Comets were not fatal, some were fortunately ominous, as this to which we allude; and wherefore we have Pliny's testimony. Nat. Histo. lib. 2. cap. 25. Comets in uno totius orbis loco colitur in templo Romae, admodum faustus Divo Augusto iudicatus ab ipso: qui incipiente eo, apparuit ludis quos faciebat Veneri Genetrici, non multo post obitum patris Caesaris, in Collegio ab eo instituto. Namque his verbis id gaudium prodidit. jisipsis ludorum meorum diebus, sydus crinitum per septem dies in regione Coeli, quae sub septentrionibus est, conspectum. Id oriebatur circa undecimam horam dici, clarumque & omnibus terris conspicuum fuit. Eo sydere significari vulgus credidit, Caesaris animam inter Deorum immortalium numina receptam: quo nomine id ensign simulacro capitis eius, quod mox in foro consecravimus adiectum est. Hec Ille in publicum, interiore gaudio sibi illum natum, seque in conasci inter pretatus est. Et si verum fatemur, salutare id terris fuit. did auspicate So lasting glory to Augustus' state. The end.