THE SUN in Aries. A NOBLE SOLEMNITY PERformed through the City, at the sole cost and charges of the Honourable and ancient Fraternity of DRAPERS, at the confirmation and establishment of their most Worthy Brother the Right Honourable, EDWARD BARKHAM, in the high Office of his Majesty's Lieutenant, the Lord Maior of the famous City of LONDON. Taking beginning at his Lordship's going, and perfecting itself after his return from receiving the Oath of Mayoralty at WESTMINSTER, on the morrow after SIMON JUDES' day, being the 29. of October. 1621. By THO. MIDDLETON. Gent. AT LONDON: Printed by Ed. Allde, for H. G. 1621. TO THE HONOUR OF HIM, TO WHOM THE NOBLE FRATERNITY of Drapers, his worthy Brothers have dedicated their loves in costly Triumphs, the Right Honourable, EDWARD BARKHAM, Lord Maior of this renowned CITY. YOur Honour being the Centre, where the Lines Of this Day's glorious circle meets and joins; Love, joy, Cost, Triumph, all by You made blessed; There does my Service too, desire to rest: At your Lordship's command, THO. MIDDLETON. THE SUN IN ARJES. PIsces, being the last of the Signs, and the Wain of the Sun's Glory; how fitly and desiredly now the Sun enters into Aries, for the comfort and refreshing of the Creatures, and may be properly called the Spring time of Right and justice; observed by the Shepherd's Calendar in the Mountain, to prove a happy Year for poor men's causes, Widows, & Orphan's Comforts; so much to make good the Sun's Entrance into that noble Sign; I doubt not but the Beams of his justice will make good themselves. And first, to begin with the Worthy love of his Honourable Society to his Lordship, after his Honour's return from Westminster, having received some service upon the water: the first Triumph by land attends his Lordship's most wished arrival, in Paul's Churchyard, which is a Chariot most Artfully framed & adorned, bearing the Title of the Chariot of Honour: In which Chariot many Worthies are placed, that have got Trophies of Honour by their Labours & Deserts, such as jason, whose Illustration of Honour is the Golden Fleece, Hercules with his Ne plus vltra, upon Pilasters of Silver, a fair Globe, for conquering Alexander; a Gilt Laurel for triumphant Caesar, &c. jason at the approach of his Lordship, being the Personage most proper (by his Manifestation) for the Societies Honour, lends a voice to these following words. The Speech presented by Jason. BE favourable Fates! and a fair Sky Smile on this Expedition, Phoebus' Eye Look cheerfully,— the Bark is under Sail For a Years voyage, and a blessed Gale Be ever with it; 'Tis for justice bound, A Coast, that's not by every Compass found; And goes for Honour, Life's most precious Trading, May it return with most Illustrious Lading; A thing both wished and hop'te for;— I am He To all Adventurous Voyages, a free And bountiful wellwisher, by my Name High jason, first Adventurer for Fame, which now rewards my danger, and o're-tops The Memory of all Peril, or her stops; Assisted by the noble Hopes of Greece, 'Twas I from Colchis fetched the Golden Fleece; Am One of the first Brothers (on Record) Of Honour got by Danger: So, great Lord! There is no Voyage set forth to Renown, That does not sometimes meet with Skies that frown, With Gusts of Envy, Billows of despite, Which makes the Purchase once achieved, more bright: " State is a Sea; he must be wise indeed " That sounds Its Depth, or can the Quick sands heed, And Honour is so nice and rare a Prize, 'Tis watched by Dragons, Venamous Enemies; Then no small care belongs to't,— but as I With my assisting Argonauts, did try The utmost of Adventure, and with bold And constant Courage, brought the Fleece of Gold; Whose Illustration decks my Memory Through all Posterities, naming but Me: So, Man of Merit, never faint or fear, Thou hast th' Assistance of Grave Senators, here, Thy Worthy Brethren; some of which have past All dangerous Gulfs, and in their bright Fames placed, They can Instruct and guide thee; and each one That must adventure, and are coming on To this great Expedition, They will be Cheerful and forward to Encourage Thee; And Blessings fall in a most infinite Sum Both on those past, Thyself, and those to come. Passing from this, and more to encourage the labour of the Magistrate, he is now conducted to the Master-Triumph called the Tower of Virtue, which for the strength, safety and perpetuity, bears the Name of the Brazen Tower; of which, Integrity keeps the Keys, Virtue being indeed as a Brazen wall to a City or Commonwealth, & to Illustrate the prosperity it brings to a Kingdom, the Top-Turrets or Pinnacles of this Brazen Tower shine bright like Gold, and upon the Gilded Battlements thereof, stand 6. Knights, 3. in Silvered, and 3. in Gilt Armour, as Virtue's Standerbearers or Champions, holding 6. little Streamers, or silver Bannerets, in each of which are displayed the Arms of a Noble Brother and Benefactor, Fair sounding forth their praises to the world, for the Encouragement of after Ages, and Antiquity the Register of Fame containing in her Golden Legend, their Names & Titles; as that of Sir Henry Fitz-Aiwin Draper, L. Maior four and Twenty years together; Sir john Norman, the first that was rowed in Barge to Westminster with Silver Oars, at his own cost and charges; Sir Francis Drake, the Son of Fame, who in two Years and ten Months, did cast a Girdle about the world: The unparaleld, Sir Simon Eyre, who built Leaden Hall (at his own cost a Storehouse for the Poor both in the upper Lofts and lower; the Generous & memorable Sir Richard Champion, and Sir john Milborne, two bountiful Benefactors; Sir Richard Hardell in the Seat of Magistracy 6. years together, Sir john Poultney, 4. years, which Sir john founded a College in the Parish of St. Laurence Poultney, by Candlewicke street, john Hind, a Reedifier of the Parish Church of St. Swithin by London Stone. Sir Richard Pipe, who being Free of the Leather sellers, was also from them translated to the Ancient and Honourable Society of Drapers; and many whose names for brevity's cause I must omit, and hasten to the Honour and Service of the Time present: From the Tower, Fame a personage properly adorned, thus salutes the Great Mr. of the Day and Triumph. The Salutation of Fame. WElcome to Virtue's Fortress, strong, and clear, Thou art not only safe, but glorious, here; It is a Tower of Brightness; such his Truth, Whose Strength and Grace feels a perpetual Youth; The walls are Brass, the Pyramids fine Gold; Which shows, 'tis Safeties and Prosperities Hold; Clear Conscience, is Lieutenant; Providence, there, Watchfulness, Wisdom, Constancy, Zeal, Care, Are the six Warders; keep the Watch-Tower sure, That nothing enters but what's just and pure, For which effect, both to affright and shame All slothful Bloods, that blush to look on Fame, An Ensign of good Actions Each displays, That worthy Works may justly own their Praise; And which is cleareliest to be understood, Thine, shines amidst thy Glorious Brotherhood, Circled with Arms of Honour, by those, past, As now with Love's Arms, by the Present, graced, And how thy Word does thy true Worth display; Fortunae Mater, Diligentia, Fair Fortune's Mother (all may read, and see) Is Diligence, endeavouring Industry: See here the Glory of Illustrious Acts All of thy own Fraternity, whose Tracts 'Tis comely to pursue all Thy Life's Race, Taking their Virtues, as thou hold'st their place: Some, College Founders, Temple-Beautifiers, Whose blessed Souls sing now in celestial Quires; Erecters some, of Granaries for the Poor, Though now converted to some Rich men's Store (The more the Age's misery) some so rare For this Famed City's Government, and Care, They kept the Seat four Years, with a fair name, Some six; but One, (the Miracle of Fame) Which no Society, or Time can match, Twenty four Years complete, he was Truth's watch, He went so right and Even; and the Hand Of that fair Motion, Bribe could ne'er make stand. And as Men see their Watches by the Sun, Set Iustice but by that which He his done, And keep it Even, so, from Men to Men, No Magistrate need stir the work again: It lights into a Noble hand to Day, And has past many; Many more, it may. By this Tower of Virtue, his Lordship being gracefully conducted toward the new Standard, one in a cloudy Ruinous Habit Leaning upon the Turret, at a Trumpets sounding, suddenly starts and wakes, and in Amazement throws off his unseemly Garments. What Noise is this? Makes me from Ruins Womb, Ha? bless me, (Time) how brave am I become? Fame fixed upon my Head? beneath me, round, The Figures of Illustrious Princes, crowned As well for Goodness, as for State by Birth, Which makes 'em true Heirs both to Heaven and Earth? Just 6 in Number; and all blessed Names, Two Henry's, Edward, Mary, Eliza, james, (That joy of honest Hearts;) and there behold His honoured Substitute, whom Worth makes bold To undergo the Weight of this Degree; Virtues fair Edifice raised up like me: Why here's the City's Goodness; shown in either, To raise two worthy Buildings both together; For when they made that Lord's Election free I guess, that Time their charge did perfect Me: Nay note the City's Bounty in both, still, When they restore a Ruin, 'tis their Will To be so Noble in their Cost and Care All blemish is forgot, when they repair: For what has been Re-edified o'late But lifts its Head up, in more glorious State: " 'Tis Grown a Principle; Ruins, built again, " Come bettered both in Monuments and Men: The Instance is apparent; On then, Lord, E'en at thy Entraence thou'dst a Great man's Word; The noblest Testimony of fair Worth That ever Lord had, when he first stood forth Presented by the City: lose not then A Praise so dear, bestowed not on all Men; Strive to preserve this Famous Cities peace Begun by yon first King, which does increase Now by the last; from Henry that joined Roses To james that Unites Kingdoms, who encloses All in the Arms of Love, Maliced of None, Our Hearts find that, when Neighbouring Kingdoms groan; Which in the Magistrate's Duty, may well move A Zealous Care, in all, a Thankful Love.. After this, for the full close of the Forenoons Triumph; near S. Laurence Lane, stands a Mountain Artfully raised and replenished with fine woolly Creatures; Phoebus on the Top shining in a full Glory, being circled with the 12. Celestial Signs, Aries placed near the principal Rays, the proper Sign for Illustration; thus greets his Lordship. Bright Thoughts, joy and Alacrity of Heart Bless thy great Undertake, 'tis the part And property of Phoebus, with his Rays, To cheer and to Illumine Goodmen's Ways; Eagle-Eyde Actions, that dare behold His Sparkling Globe, depart, tried all like Gold; 'Tis Bribery and Injustice, Deeds of Night That fly the Sunbeam, which makes good Works bright Thine look upon't, Vndazled, as one Beam Faces another, as we match a gem With her Refulgent fellow; from Thy Worth Example Sparkles, as a Star shoots forth: This Mount, the Type of Eminence and place, Resembles Magistracies Seat, and Grace; The Sun, the Magistrate himself, Implies; These woolly Creatures, all that Part which Lies Under His charge and office, (not unfit) Since Kings and Rulers are (in holy Writ) With Shepherds paralleled, nay from Shepherds Reared, And People and the Flock as oft cohaerd; Now, as it is the Bounty of the Sun To spread his Splendours, and make Gladness run Over the drooping Creatures; it ought so To be His proper Virtue, that does owe To justice his life's Flame, (shot from Above) To cheer oppressed Right with looks of Love, Which nothing doubted; Truths reward light on you, The Beams of all clear Comforts shine upon You. The Great Feast ended, the whole state of the Triumph attends upon his Lordship both to Paul's, and homeward; and near the Entrance of his Lordship's House, two Parts of the Triumph stand ready planted, viz. The Brazen Tower, and the Triple-Crowned Fountain of justice; this Fountain being adorned with the lively Figures of all those Graces and Virtues which belong to the faithful discharging of so high an Office; as justice, Sincerity, Meekness, Wisdom, Providence, Equality, Industry, Truth, Peace, Patience, Hope, Harmony; all Illustrated by proper Emblems and expressions; as justice, by a Sword; Sincerity, by a Lamb; Meekness, by a Dove; Wisdom by a Serpent; Providence, by an Eagle; Equality, by a silvered Balance: Industry, by a golden Ball, on which stands a Cupid; intimating, that Industry brings both Wealth and Love; Truth with a ●anae of Stars, with which she chases away Error; Peace, with a Branch of Laurel; Patience, a Sprig of Palm; Hope, by a silvered Anchor; Harmony, by a Swan; Each at Night holding a bright burning Tapor in her hand, as a Manifestation of Purity: His Lordship being in sight, and drawing near to his Entrance; Fame, from the Brazen Tower closes up the Triumph, his Lordship's honourable welcome, with the noble Demonstration of his worthy Fraternity's Affection; in this concluding Speech. Fame. I Cannot better the Comparison Of thy fair Brotherhoods Love, then to the Sun After a great Eclipse; for as the Sphere Of that Celestial Motion, shines more cheer After the Interposing Part is spent, Then to the Eye before the Darkness went Over the bright Orb; so Their Love is shown With a Content past Expectation▪ A Care that has been comely, and a Cost That has been Decent; cheerful, which is most; Fit for the Service of so great a State, So famed a City, and a Magistrate. So worthy of it all, has been bestowed Upon thy Triumph, which has clearly shorrde The Loves of thy Fraternity, as great; For thy first Welcome to thy honoured Seat: And happily is Cost requited then, " When Men Grace Triumphs, more than Triumphs, Men; " Diamonds will shine though set in Lead, True worth " Stands always in least need of setting forth: What makes Less Noise than Merit? or Less Show Then Virtue? 'tis the Undeservers, owe All to Vainglory, and to Rumour, still; Building their Praises on the Vulgar Will; All their Good, is without 'em, not their own, When wise men to their Virtues are best Known: Behold you ' Fountain with the Tripled Crown, And through a Cloud the Sunbeam piercing down, So is the worthy Magistrate made up; The Triple Crown, is Charity, Faith, and Hope, Those three Celestial Sisters, the Cloud too That's Care, and yet you see the Beam strikes through; A Care discharged with Honour, it presages, And may it so continue, to all Ages; It is thy Brotherhoods Arms, how well it fits Both Thee, and All, that for Truths Honour sits: The Time of Rest draws near; Triumph must cease joy to thy Heart, to all a Blessed peace. FINIS. FOr the Frameworke of the whole Triumph; with all the proper Beauties of Workmanship, the Credit of that, justly appertains to the deserts of Master Garret Crismas, a Man excellent in his Art, and faithful in his Performances.