THE
QVEENES
MASQVES
.
The
first
,
of
Blacknesse
:
personated
at
the
Court
,
at
White-Hall
,
on
the
Twelu'th
night
.
1605
.
THE
honor
,
and
splendor
of
these
Spectacles
was
such
in
the
performance
,
as
could
those
houres
haue
lasted
,
this
of
mine
,
now
,
had
beene
a
most
vnprofitable
worke
:
But
(
when
it
is
the
fate
,
euen
of
the
greatest
,
and
most
absolute
births
,
to
need
,
and
borrow
a
life
of
posterity
)
little
had
beene
done
to
the
study
of
magnificence
in
these
,
if
presently
with
the
rage
of
the
people
,
who
(
as
a
part
of
greatnesse
)
are
priuiledged
by
Custome
,
to
deface
their
carkasses
,
the
spirits
had
also
perished
.
In
dutie
,
therefore
,
to
that
Maiestie
,
who
gaue
them
their
authoritie
,
and
grace
;
and
,
no
lesse
then
the
most
royall
of
predecessors
,
deserues
eminent
celebration
for
these
solemnities
:
I
adde
this
later
hand
,
to
redeeme
them
as
well
from
ignorance
,
as
enuie
,
two
common
euils
,
the
one
of
Censure
,
the
other
of
Obliuion
.
[
](A04643-e100130-b)a
a
Natu.
Hist.
lib.
5
cap
8.
PLINIE
,
[
](A04643-e100140-b)b
b
Poly
hist.
cap.
40.
&
43.
SOLINVS
,
[
](A04643-e100150-b)c
c
Lib
4.
cap.
5
PTOLOMAEE
,
and
of
late
LEO
[
](A04643-e100160-b)d
d
Descrip.
Afric.
the
African
,
remember
vnto
vs
a
riuer
in
Aethiopia
,
famous
by
the
name
of
Niger
;
of
which
the
people
were
called
Nigritae
,
now
Negro's
:
&
are
the
blackest
nation
of
the
world
.
This
[
](A04643-e100170-b)e
e
Some
take
it
to
be
the
same
with
Nilus
,
which
is
by
Lucan
called
Melas
,
signifying
Niger
.
Howsoeuer
,
Plinie
,
in
the
place
aboue
noted
,
hath
this
:
Nigri
fluuio
cadem
natura
,
que
Nilo
,
caelamum
,
papyrum
,
&
casdem
gignit
animantes
.
See
Solin
.
aboue
mentioned
.
riuer
taketh
spring
out
of
a
certain
Lake
,
east-ward
;
&
after
a
long
race
,
falleth
into
the
westerne
Ocean
.
Hence
(
because
it
was
her
Maiesties
will
,
to
haue
them
Black-mores
at
first
)
the
inuention
was
deriued
by
me
,
&
presented
thus
.
First
,
for
the
Scene
,
was
drawne
a
Landtschape
,
consisting
of
small
woods
,
and
here
and
there
a
voide
place
filld
with
huntings
;
which
falling
,
an
artificiall
Sea
was
seene
to
shoote
forth
,
as
if
it
flowed
to
the
land
,
raised
with
waues
,
which
seemed
to
mooue
,
and
in
some
places
the
billow
to
breake
,
as
imitating
that
orderly
disorder
,
which
is
common
in
nature
.
In
front
of
this
Sea
were
placed
sixe
[
](A04643-e100190-b)f
f
The
forme
of
these
Tritōs
,
with
their
trumpets
,
you
may
read
liuely
describd
,
in
Ouid.
Metam
.
lib.
1.
Caeruleum
Tritona
vocat
.
&c
and
in
Virgil
,
Aeneid
lib.
10.
Hunc
vchit
immanis
Triton
.
&
sequent
.
Tritons
,
in
mouing
,
&
sprightly
actions
,
their
vpper
parts
humane
,
saue
that
their
haires
were
blew
,
as
pertaking
of
the
Sea-colour
:
their
desinent
parts
,
fishe
,
mounted
aboue
their
heads
,
and
all
varied
in
disposition
.
From
their
backs
were
borne
out
certaine
light
pieces
of
Taffata
,
as
if
carried
by
the
winde
,
and
their
Musique
made
out
of
wreathed
shels
.
Behinde
these
,
a
paire
of
Sea-Maides
,
for
song
,
were
as
conspicuously
seated
;
betweene
which
,
two
great
Sea-horses
(
as
bigge
as
the
life
)
put
forth
themselues
;
the
one
mounting
aloft
,
&
writhing
his
head
from
the
other
,
which
seemed
to
sinck
forwards
;
so
intended
for
variation
,
&
that
the
Figure
behind
,
might
come
of
better
:
[
](A04643-e100200-b)g
g
Lucian
in
PHTOP
.
Δία
δασ.
presents
Nilus
so
.
Equo
fluuiatili
insidentem
.
And
Statius
Neptune
,
in
Theb.
vpon
their
backs
,
OCEANVS
&
NIGER
were
aduanced
.
OCEANVS
,
presented
in
a
humane
forme
,
the
colour
of
his
flesh
,
blew
;
and
shadowed
with
a
robe
of
Sea-greene
;
his
head
grey
,
&
[
](A04643-e100230-b)h
h
The
Antients
induc'd
Oceanus
alwayes
with
a
Buls
head
:
propter
vim
ventorum
,
a
quibus
incitatur
,
&
impellitur
:
vel
quia
Tauris
similem
fremitum
emittat
,
vel
quia
tanquam
Taurus
suribundus
,
in
littora
seratur
.
Euripid.
in
Oreste
..
Ὠκεανὸς
ὅν
ἀγκάλαις
ἑλίαστων
κυκλεῖ
χθόνα
And
Riuers
somtimes
were
so
call'd
.
Looke
Virg.
de
Tiberi
,
et
Eridane
.
Geor.
4.
Aeneid
.
8.
Hor.
car
.
lib.
4.
Ode
14
.
and
Eurip.
in
Iore
.
horned
;
as
he
is
described
by
the
Antients
:
his
beard
of
the
like
mixt
colour
.
he
was
gyrlonded
with
Alga
,
or
Sea-grasse
;
and
in
his
hand
a
Trident
.
NIGER
,
in
forme
and
colour
of
an
Aethiope
;
his
haire
,
and
rare
beard
curled
,
shadowed
with
a
blew
,
and
bright
mantle
:
his
front
,
neck
,
and
wrists
adorned
with
Pearle
,
and
crowned
,
with
an
artificiall
wreath
of
Cane
,
and
Paper-rush
.
These
induced
the
Masquers
,
which
were
twelue
Nymphs
,
Negro's
;
and
the
daughters
of
NIGER
;
attended
by
so
many
of
the
[
](A04643-e100270-b)i
i
The
Daughters
of
Oceanus
,
&
Tethys
.
See
Hesiod
in
Theogo.
Orphe
in
Hym.
and
Virgil
in
Georgie
.
OCEANIAE
which
were
their
Light-bearers
.
The
Masquers
were
placed
in
a
great
concaue
shell
,
like
mother
of
Pearle
,
curiously
made
to
moue
on
those
waters
,
and
rise
with
the
billow
;
the
top
therof
was
stuck
with
a
cheu'rō
of
lights
,
which
,
indented
to
the
proportion
of
the
shell
,
strooke
a
glorious
beame
vpon
them
,
as
they
were
seated
,
one
aboue
another
:
so
that
they
were
all
seene
,
but
in
an
extrauagant
order
.
On
sides
of
the
shell
,
did
swim
sixe
huge
Sea-monsters
,
varied
in
their
shapes
,
and
dispositions
,
bearing
on
their
backs
the
twelue
Torch
bearers
;
who
were
planted
there
in
seuerall
graces
;
so
as
the
backs
of
some
were
seene
;
some
in
purfle
,
or
side
;
others
in
face
;
&
all
hauing
their
lights
burning
out
of
Whelks
,
or
Murex
shels
.
The
attire
of
the
Masquers
was
alike
,
in
all
,
without
difference
:
the
colours
,
Azure
,
and
Siluer
;
but
returned
on
the
top
with
a
scrole
and
antique
dressing
of
Feathers
,
and
Iewels
interlaced
with
ropes
of
Pearle
.
And
,
for
the
front
,
eare
,
neck
,
and
wrists
,
the
ornament
was
of
the
most
choise
and
orient
Pearle
;
best
setting
of
from
the
black
.
For
the
Light
bearers
,
Sea-greene
,
waued
about
the
skirts
with
gold
and
siluer
their
hayre
loose
,
and
flowing
,
gyrlanded
with
Sea-grasse
,
and
that
stuck
with
branches
of
Corall
.
These
thus
presented
,
the
Scene
behind
,
seemed
a
vast
Sea
(
and
vnited
with
this
that
flowed
forth
)
from
the
terminaton
,
or
horizon
of
which
(
being
the
leuell
of
the
State
,
which
was
placed
in
the
vpper
end
of
the
Hall
)
was
drawne
,
by
the
lines
of
Prospectiue
,
the
whole
worke
shooting
downewards
,
from
the
eye
;
which
decorum
made
it
more
conspicuous
,
and
caught
the
eye
a far
of
with
a
wandring
beauty
.
To
which
was
added
an
obscure
and
cloudy
night-piece
,
that
made
the
whole
set
of
.
So
much
for
the
bodily
part
.
Which
was
of
Maister
YNIGO
IONES
his
designe
,
and
act
.
By
this
,
one
of
the
Tritons
,
with
the
two
Sea-Maides
,
began
to
sing
to
the
others
lowd
Musique
,
their
voyces
being
a
tenor
,
and
two
trebles
.
SONG
.
SOund
,
sound
aloud
The
welcome
of
the
orient
Floud
,
Into
the
West
;
Fayre
,
NIGER
,
[
](A04643-e100390-b)k
k
All
Riuers
are
sayd
to
be
the
sonnes
of
the
Ocean
:
for
,
as
the
Antients
thought
,
out
of
the
vapours
,
exhaled
by
the
heate
of
the
Sunne
,
Riuers
,
and
Fountaines
were
begotten
.
And
both
by
Orph.
in
Hymn
,
and
Homer
Iliad
.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Oceanus
is
celebrated
tanquam
Pater
,
&
origo
dijs
,
&
rebus
,
quia
nihil
sine
humectatione
nascitur
,
aut
puirescit
.
sonne
to
great
OCEANVS
,
Now
honord
,
thus
,
With
all
his
beauteous
race
:
Who
,
though
but
black
in
face
,
Yet
,
are
they
bright
,
And
full
of
life
,
and
light
.
To
proue
that
Beauty
best
,
Which
not
the
colour
,
but
the
feature
Assures
vnto
the
creature
.
OCEANVS
.
BE
silent
,
now
the
Ceremonies
done
.
And
NIGER
,
say
,
how
comes
it
,
louely
Sonne
,
That
thou
,
the
AETHIOPES
Riuer
,
so
farre
East
,
Art
seene
to
fall
into
th'
extreamest
West
Of
me
,
the
King
of
flouds
,
OCEANVS
,
And
,
in
mine
Empires
heart
,
salute
me
,
thus
?
My
ceaselesse
current
,
now
amazed
stands
!
To
see
thy
labor
,
through
so
many
lands
,
[
](A04643-e100590-b)l
l
There
wants
not
inough
,
in
nature
,
to
authorise
this
part
of
our
fiction
,
in
seperating
Niger
,
from
the
Ocean
,
(
beside
the
fable
of
Alpheus
,
and
that
,
to
which
Virgil
alludes
of
Arethusa
in
his
10.
Eclog.
Sic
tibi
,
cum
fluctus
subterlabere
Sicanos
,
Doris
amara
suam
non
intermisicat
vndam
)
examples
of
Nilus
,
Iordan
,
and
others
,
whereof
see
Nican
.
lib.
1.
de
flumin
.
and
Plut.
in
vita
Syllae
.
euen
of
this
our
riuer
(
as
some
thinke
)
by
the
name
of
Melas
.
Mixe
thy
fresh
billow
,
with
my
brackishe
streame
;
And
,
in
thy
sweetnesse
,
stretch
thy
diademe
,
To
these
farre
distant
,
and
vn-equall'd
skies
This
squared
Circle
of
coelestiall
bodies
:
NIGER
.
Diuine
OCEANVS
,
t
is
not
strange
at
all
,
That
(
since
the
immortal
soules
of
creatures
mortal
,
Mixe
with
their
bodies
,
yet
reserue
for
euer
A
powre
of
seperation
)
I
should
seuer
My
fresh
streames
,
from
thy
brackish
(
like
things
fixed
)
Though
,
with
thy
powerful
saltnes
,
thus
far
mixed
.
"
Vertue
,
though
chain'd
to
earth
,
will
still
liue
free
;
"
And
Hell
it selfe
must
yeeld
to
industry
.
OCEANVS
.
BVt
,
what
's
the
end
of
thy
Herculean
labors
,
Extended
to
these
calme
,
and
blessed
shores
?
NIGER
.
TO
do
a
kind
,
and
carefull
Fathers
part
,
In
satisfiyng
euery
pensiue
heart
Of
these
my
Daughters
,
my
most
loued
birth
:
Who
though
they
were
the
[
](A04643-e100810-b)k
k
Read
Diod.
Sicul.
lib.
3.
It
is
a
coniecture
of
the
old
Ethnicks
,
that
they
,
which
dwell
vnder
the
South
,
were
the
first
begotten
of
the
earth
.
first
form'd
Dames
of
earth
,
And
in
whose
sparckling
,
and
refulgent
eyes
,
The
glorious
Sunne
did
still
delight
to
rise
;
Though
he
(
the
best
Iudge
,
and
most
formall
Cause
Of
all
Dames
beauties
)
in
their
firme
hewes
,
drawes
Signes
of
his
feruent'st
Loue
;
and
thereby
shewes
That
,
in
their
black
,
the
perfectst
beauty
growes
;
Since
the
fix't
colour
of
their
curled
haire
,
(
Which
is
the
highest
grace
of
dames
most
faire
)
No
cares
,
no
age
can
change
;
or
there
display
The
fearefull
tincture
of
abhorred
Gray
;
Since
Death
hir selfe
(
hir
selfe
being
pale
&
blew
)
Can
neuer
alter
their
most
faith-full
hew
;
All
which
are
arguments
,
to
proue
,
how
far
Their
beauties
conquer
,
in
great
Beauties
warre
;
And
more
,
how
neere
Diuinity
they
be
,
That
stand
from
passion
,
or
decay
so
free
.
Yet
,
since
the
fabulous
voyces
of
some
few
Poore
brain-sicke
men
,
stil'd
Poets
,
here
with
you
,
Haue
,
with
such
enuy
of
their
graces
,
sung
The
painted
Beauties
,
other
Empires
sprung
;
Letting
their
loose
,
and
winged
fictions
fly
To
infect
all
clymates
,
yea
our
purity
;
As
of
one
[
](A04643-e101050-b)n
n
Notissima
fabula
.
Ouid.
Met.
lib.
2.
PHAETON
,
that
fir'd
the
world
And
,
that
,
before
his
heedles
flames
were
hurld
About
the
Globe
,
the
Aethiopes
were
as
faire
,
As
other
Dames
;
now
blacke
,
with
blacke
dispaire
:
And
in
respect
of
their
complexctions
chang'd
,
Are
each
where
,
since
,
for
[
](A04643-e101110-b)o
o
Alluding
to
that
of
Iuuenall
,
Satir.
5.
Et
cui
per
mediam
nolis
occurrerenoctem
.
luckles
creatures
rang'd
.
Which
,
when
my
Daughters
heard
,
(
as
women
are
Most
iealous
of
their
beauties
)
feare
,
and
care
Posess'd
them
whole
;
yea
,
and
beleeuing
[
](A04643-e101150-b)p
p
The
Poets
.
them
,
They
wept
such
ceasles
teares
,
into
my
streame
,
That
it
hath
,
thus
far
,
ouerflow'd
his
shore
To
seeke
them
patience
:
who
haue
since
,
ere
more
As
the
Sunne
riseth
,
[
](A04643-e101200-b)q
q
A
custome
of
the
Aethiopes
,
notable
in
Herod
and
Diod.
Sic.
See
Plinie
.
Nat.
Hist.
lib.
5.
cap.
8.
chardg'd
his
burning
throne
With
volleys
of
reuilings
;
cause
he
shone
On
their
scorch'd
cheekes
,
with
such
intemperate
fires
,
And
other
Dames
,
made
Queenes
of
all
desires
.
To
frustrate
which
strange
error
,
oft
,
I
sought
,
(
Though
most
in
vaine
,
against
a
setled
thought
As
womens
are
)
till
they
confirm'd
at
length
By
miracle
,
what
I
,
with
so
much
strength
Of
argument
resisted
;
els
they
fain'd
:
For
in
the
Lake
,
where
their
first
spring
they
gain'd
,
As
they
sate
,
cooling
their
soft
Limmes
,
one
night
,
Appear'd
a
Face
,
all
circumfus'd
with
light
;
(
And
sure
they
saw
't
,
for
Aethiopes
[
](A04643-e101330-b)r
r
Plin.
ibid.
neuer
dreame
)
Wherein
they
might
decipher
through
the
streame
,
These
words
.
That
they
a
Land
must
forthwith
seeke
,
Whose
termination
(
of
the
Greeke
)
Sounds
TANIA
;
where
bright
Sol
,
that
heat
Their
blouds
,
doth
neuer
[
](A04643-e101410-b)s
s
Consult
with
Tacitus
.
in
vita
Agric
.
and
the
Paneg.
ad
Constant.
rise
,
or
set
,
But
in
his
Iourney
passeth
by
,
And
leaues
that
Clymat
of
the
sky
,
To
comfort
of
a
greater
Light
,
Who
formes
all
beauty
,
with
his
sight
.
In
search
of
this
,
haue
we
three
Princedomes
past
,
That
speake
out
Tania
,
in
their
accents
last
;
Blacke
Mauritania
,
first
;
and
secondly
,
Swarth
Lusitania
;
next
,
we
did
descry
Rich
Aquitania
:
and
,
yet
,
cannot
find
The
place
vnto
these
longing
Nymphes
design'd
.
Instruct
,
and
ayde
me
,
great
OCEANVS
,
What
Land
is
this
,
that
now
appeares
to
vs
?
OCEANVS
.
This
Land
,
that
lifts
into
the
temperate
Ayre
His
snowy
cliffe
,
is
[
](A04643-e101580-b)t
t
Orpheus
in
his
Argonaut
.
calls
it
Λευκαῖον
χέρσον
.
Albion
the
fayre
;
So
call'd
of
[
](A04643-e101610-b)u
u
Alluding
to
that
rite
of
stiling
Princes
,
after
the
name
of
their
Princedomes
:
so
is
he
still
Albion
,
and
Neptunes
sonne
that
gouernes
.
As
also
his
being
deare
to
Neptune
,
in
being
so
embrac'd
by
him
.
Neptunes
Son
,
who
ruleth
here
:
For
whose
deare
guard
,
my selfe
,
(
foure
thousand
yeare
)
Since
old
Deucalion's
daies
,
haue
walk'd
the
round
About
his
Empire
,
proud
,
to
see
him
crown'd
Aboue
my
waues
.
At
this
,
the
Moone
was
discouered
in
the
vpper
part
of
the
house
,
triumphant
in
a
Siluer
throne
,
made
in
figure
of
a
Pyramis
.
Her
garments
White
,
and
Siluer
,
the
dressing
of
her
head
antique
;
&
crown'd
with
a
Luminaria
,
or
Sphaere
of
light
:
which
striking
on
the
clouds
,
and
heightned
with
Siluer
,
reflected
as
naturall
clouds
do
by
the
splendor
of
the
Moone
.
The
Heauen
,
about
her
,
was
vaulted
with
blew
silke
,
and
set
with
Starres
of
Siluer
which
had
in
them
their
seuerall
lights
burning
.
The
suddaine
sight
of
which
,
made
NIGER
to
interrupt
OCEANVS
,
with
this
present
passion
.
The
Aethiopians
worshipd
the
Moone
,
by
that
surname
.
See
Stepha
.
περὶ
πόλεον
.
in
voce
ΑἸΘΙΟΠΙΟΝ
and
his
reasons
.
NIGER
.
—
O
see
,
our
siluer
Starre
!
Whose
pure
,
auspicious
light
greetes
vs
,
thus
farre
!
Great
Aethiopia
,
Goddesse
of
our
shore
,
Since
,
with
particular
worshippe
we
adore
Thy
generall
brightnesse
,
let
particular
grace
Shyne
on
my
zealous
Daughters
:
Shew
the
place
,
Which
,
long
,
their
Longings
vrdg'd
their
eyes
to
see
.
Beautifie
them
,
which
long
haue
Deified
thee
.
AETHIOPIA
.
NIGER
,
be
glad
:
Resume
thy
natiue
cheare
.
Thy
Daughters
labors
haue
their
period
here
,
And
so
thy
errors
.
I
was
that
bright
Face
Reflected
by
the
Lake
,
in
which
thy
Race
Read
mysticke
lines
;
(
which
skill
PITHAGORAS
First
taught
to
men
,
by
a
reuerberate
glasse
)
This
blessed
Isle
doth
with
that
TANIA
end
,
Which
there
they
saw
inscrib'd
,
and
shall
extend
Wish'd
satisfaction
to
their
best
desires
.
BRITANIA
,
which
the
triple
world
admires
,
This
Isle
hath
now
recouered
for
her
name
;
Where
raigne
those
Beauties
,
that
with
so
much
fame
The
sacred
MVSES
Sonnes
haue
honored
,
And
from
bright
HESPERVS
to
EOVS
spred
.
With
that
great
name
BRITANIA
,
this
blest
Isle
Hath
wonne
her
ancient
dignitie
,
and
stile
,
A
World
,
diuided
from
the
world
:
and
tri'd
The
abstract
of
it
,
in
his
generall
pride
.
For
were
the
World
,
with
all
his
wealth
,
a
Ring
,
BRITANIA
(
whose
new
name
makes
all
tongues
sing
)
Might
be
a
Diamant
worthy
to
inchase
it
,
Rul'd
by
a
SVNNE
,
that
to
this
height
doth
grace
it
:
Whose
Beames
shine
day
,
and
night
,
and
are
of
force
To
blanche
an
AETHIOPE
,
and
reuiue
a
Cor's
.
His
light
scientiall
is
,
and
(
past
mere
nature
)
Can
salue
the
rude
defects
of
euery
creature
.
Call
forth
thy
honor'd
Daughters
,
then
;
And
let
them
,
'fore
the
Brittaine
men
,
Indent
the
Land
,
with
those
pure
traces
They
flow
with
,
in
their
natiue
graces
.
Inuite
them
,
boldly
,
to
the
shore
,
Their
Beauties
shal
be
scorch'd
no
more
:
This
Sunne
is
temperate
,
and
refines
All
things
,
on
which
his
radiance
shines
.
Here
the
Tritons
sounded
,
&
they
daunced
on
shore
,
euery
couple
(
as
they
aduanced
)
seuerally
presenting
their
Fans
:
in
one
of
which
were
inscribed
their
mixt
Names
,
in
the
other
a
mute
Hieroglyphick
,
expressing
their
mixed
quallities
.
Which
manner
of
Symbole
I
rather
chose
,
then
Imprese
,
as
well
for
strangenesse
,
as
relishing
of
antiquity
,
and
more
applying
to
that
originall
doctrine
of
sculpture
,
Diod.
Sicul.
Herod
.
which
the
Aegiptians
are
said
,
first
,
to
haue
brought
from
the
Aethiopians
.
|
The
Names
.
|
The
Symboles
.
|
The
Queene
.
|
1
EVPHORIS
.
|
1
A
golden
Tree
,
laden
with
fruict
.
|
Co:
of
Bedford
.
|
1
AGLAIA
.
|
|
La:
Herbert
.
|
2
DIAPHANE
.
|
2
The
figure
Isocaedron
of
cristall
.
|
Co:
of
Derby
.
|
2
EVCAMPSE
.
|
|
La:
Riche
.
|
3
OCYTE
.
|
3
A
paire
of
naked
feet
,
in
a
Riuer
.
|
Co:
of
Suffolke
|
3
KATHARE
.
|
|
La:
Beuill
.
|
4
NOTIS
.
|
4
The
Salamander
simple
.
|
La:
Effingham
.
|
4
PSYCHROTE
.
|
|
La:
El
:
Howard
.
|
5
GLYCYTE
.
|
5
A
clowd
full
of
raine
,
dropping
.
|
La:
Sus
:
Vere
.
|
5
MALACIA
.
|
|
La:
Wroth
.
|
6
BARYTE
.
|
6
An
vrne
'
spheard
with
wine
.
|
La:
Walsingham
|
6
PERPHERE
.
|
|
The
names
of
the
OCEANIAE
were
.
-
Hesiod
.
in
.
Theog.
DORIS
.
-
PETRAEA
.
-
OCYRHOE
.
-
CYDIPPE
.
-
GLAVCE
.
-
TYCHE
.
-
BEROE
.
-
ACASTE
.
-
CLYTIA
.
-
IANTHE
.
-
LYCORYS
.
-
PLEXAVRE
.
Their
owne
single
Daunce
ended
,
as
they
were
about
to
make
choice
of
their
Men
:
One
,
from
the
Sea
,
was
heard
to
call
'hem
with
this
charme
,
sung
by
a
tenor
voyce
.
SONG
.
Come
away
,
come
away
,
We
grow
iealous
of
your
stay
:
If
you
do
not
stop
your
eare
,
We
shall
haue
more
cause
to
feare
Syrens
of
the
land
,
then
they
To
doubt
the
Syrens
of
the
Sea
.
Here
they
daunc'd
with
their
men
,
seuerall
measures
,
and
corranto's
.
All
which
ended
,
they
were
againe
accited
to
sea
,
with
a
Song
of
two
Trebles
,
whose
cadences
were
iterated
by
a
double
Eccho
,
from
seuerall
parts
of
the
Land
.
SONG
.
DAughters
of
the
subtle
Flood
,
Do
not
let
Earth
longer
intertayne
you
;
I.
Ecch.
Let
Earth
longer
intertaine
you
.
2.
Ecch
,
Longer
intertaine
you
.
'T
is
to
them
,
inough
of
good
,
That
you
giue
this
litle
hope
,
to
gaine
you
1.
Ecch.
Giue
this
litle
,
hope
to
gaine
you
.
2.
Ecch.
Little
hope
,
to
gaine
you
.
If
they
loue
,
You
shall
quickly
see
;
For
when
to
flight
you
mooue
,
They
'll
follow
you
,
the
more
you
flee
1.
Ecch.
follow
you
,
the
more
you
flee
.
2.
Ecch.
The
more
you
flee
.
If
not
,
impute
it
each
to
others
matter
;
They
are
but
Earth
,
&
what
you
vowd
was
Water
.
1.
Ecch
:
but
earth
&
what
you
vowd
was
Water
.
2.
Ecch
:
earth
&
what
you
vowd
was
Water
.
1.
Ecch.
And
what
you
vow'd
was
Water
.
2.
Ecc
:
You
vow'd
was
Water
.
AETHIOPIA
.
I
Nough
,
bright
Nymphes
,
the
night
growes
old
,
And
we
are
greiu'd
,
we
can
not
hold
You
longer
light
:
But
comfort
take
.
Your
Father
,
onely
,
to
the
Lake
Shall
make
returne
:
Your selues
with
feasts
,
Must
here
remaine
the
Ocean's
guests
.
Nor
shall
this
vayle
,
the
Sunne
hath
cast
Aboue
your
bloud
,
more
Summers
last
.
For
which
,
you
shall
obserue
these
rites
.
Thirteene
times
thrise
,
on
thirteene
nightes
,
(
So
often
as
I
fill
my
Sphaere
With
glorious
light
,
throughout
the
yeare
)
You
shall
(
when
all
things
els
do
sleepe
Saue
your
chast
thoughts
)
with
reuerence
,
steepe
Your
bodies
in
that
purer
brine
,
And
wholsome
dew
call'd
Ros-marine
:
Then
with
that
soft
,
and
gentler
fome
,
Of
which
the
Ocean
,
yet
,
yeelds
some
,
Whereof
bright
Venus
,
Beauties
Queene
,
Is
sayd
to
haue
begotten
beene
,
You
shall
your
gentler
limmes
ore-laue
,
And
for
your
paynes
,
perfection
haue
.
So
that
,
this
night
,
the
yeare
gone
round
,
You
do
againe
salute
this
ground
;
And
,
in
the
beames
of
yond'
bright
Sunne
,
Your
faces
dry
,
and
all
is
done
.
At
which
in
a
Daunce
they
returned
to
the
Sea
,
where
they
tooke
their
Shell
;
and
,
with
this
full
Song
,
went
out
.
SONG
.
NOw
Dian
,
with
her
burning
face
,
Declines
apace
:
By
which
our
Waters
know
To
ebbe
,
that
late
did
flow
.
Backe
Seas
,
backe
Nymphes
;
but
,
with
a
forward
grace
,
Keepe
,
still
,
your
reuerence
to
the
place
:
And
shout
with
ioy
of
fauor
,
you
haue
wonne
,
in
sight
of
Albion
,
Neptunes
Sonne
.
So
ended
the
first
Masque
,
which
(
beside
the
singular
grace
of
Musicke
and
Daunces
)
had
that
successe
in
the
nobility
of
performance
;
as
nothing
needes
to
the
illustration
,
but
the
memory
by
whome
it
was
personated
.
THE
SECOND
MASQVE
.
Which
was
of
Beauty
;
was
presented
in
the
same
Court
,
at
White-Hall
,
on
the
Sunday
night
,
after
the
twelfth
Night
.
1608
.
TWo
yeares
being
now
past
,
that
her
Maiesty
had
intermitted
these
delights
,
and
the
third
almost
come
;
it
was
her
Highnesse
pleasure
againe
to
glorifie
the
Court
,
&
command
that
I
should
thinke
on
some
fit
presentment
,
which
should
answere
the
former
,
still
keeping
them
the
same
persons
,
the
Daughters
of
NIGER
,
but
their
beauties
varied
,
according
to
promise
,
and
their
time
of
absence
excus'd
,
with
foure
more
added
to
their
Number
.
To
which
limitts
,
when
I
had
apted
my
inuention
,
and
being
to
bring
newes
of
them
,
from
the
Sea
,
I
induc'd
Boreas
,
one
of
the
windes
,
as
my
fitest
Messenger
;
presenting
him
thus
.
In
a
robe
of
Russet
,
and
White
mixt
,
full
,
and
bagg'd
:
his
haire
,
and
beard
rough
:
and
horrid
;
his
wings
gray
,
and
ful
of
snow
,
and
icycles
.
His
mantle
borne
from
him
with
wires
,
&
in
seueral
puffes
;
his
feet
[
](A04643-e103310-b)a
a
So
Paus.
in
Eliacis
reports
him
to
haue
,
as
he
was
carued
in
arcâ
Cipselli
.
ending
in
serpents
tayles
;
and
in
his
hand
a
leaueles
Branch
,
laden
with
icycles
.
But
before
,
in
midst
of
the
Hall
;
to
keepe
the
State
of
the
feast
,
and
season
;
I
had
placed
[
](A04643-e103330-b)b
b
See
,
Iconolog
.
di
Cesare
Ripa
.
Ianuary
,
in
a
throne
of
Siluer
;
His
robe
of
Ashcolour
long
,
fringed
with
Siluer
;
a
white
mantle
:
His
winges
white
,
and
his
buskins
:
In
his
hand
a
laurell
bough
,
vpon
his
head
an
Anademe
of
laurell
,
fronted
with
the
signe
Aquarius
,
and
the
Character
.
Who
as
Boreas
blusterd
forth
,
discouer'd
himselfe
.
BOREAS
.
WHich
,
among
these
is
Albion
,
Neptunes
Sonne
?
IANVARIVS
.
WHat
ignorance
dares
make
that
question
?
Would
any
aske
,
who
Mars
were
,
in
the
wars
?
Or
,
which
is
Hesperus
,
among
the
starres
?
Of
the
bright
Planets
,
which
is
Sol
?
Or
can
A
doubt
arise
,
'mong
creatures
,
which
is
man
?
Behold
,
whose
eyes
do
dart
Promethean
fire
Throughout
this
all
;
whose
precepts
do
inspire
The
rest
with
duty
;
yet
commanding
,
cheare
:
And
are
obeyed
,
more
with
loue
,
then
feare
.
BOREAS
.
WHat
Power
art
thou
,
that
thus
informest
me
?
IANVARIVS
.
DOst
thou
not
know
me
?
I
,
to
well
,
know
thee
By
thy
[
](A04643-e103510-b)a
a
Ouid
Metam
:
lib.
6.
neere
the
end
see
.
—
horridas
irâ
,
quae
solida
est
illi
,
nimiumque
domestica
,
vento
,
&c.
rude
voyce
,
that
doth
so
hoarcely
blow
,
Thy
haire
,
thy
beard
,
thy
wings
,
ore-hil'd
with
snow
,
Thy
Serpent
feet
,
to
be
that
rough
North-winde
,
Boreas
,
that
,
to
my
raigne
,
art
still
vnkinde
.
I
am
the
Prince
of
Months
,
call'd
Ianuary
;
Because
by
me
[
](A04643-e103570-b)b
b
See
the
offices
,
and
power
of
Ianus
.
Ouid.
Fast.
1.
Ianus
the
yeare
doth
vary
,
Shutting
vp
warres
,
proclayming
peace
,
&
feasts
,
Freedome
,
&
triumphes
:
making
Kings
his
guests
.
BOREAS
.
TO
thee
then
,
thus
,
&
by
thee
,
to
that
King
,
That
doth
thee
present
honors
,
do
I
bring
Present
remembrance
of
twelue
Aethiope
Dames
:
Who
,
guided
hither
by
the
Moones
bright
flames
,
To
see
his
brighter
light
,
were
to
the
Sea
Enioyn'd
againe
,
and
(
thence
assign'd
a
day
For
their
returne
)
were
in
the
waues
to
leaue
Theyr
blacknesse
,
and
true
beauty
to
receaue
.
IANVARIVS
.
WHich
they
receau'd
,
but
broke
theyr
day
:
&
yet
Haue
not
return'd
a
looke
of
grace
for
it
,
Shewing
a
course
,
and
most
vnfit
neglect
.
Twise
haue
I
come
,
in
pompe
here
,
to
expect
Theyr
presence
;
Twise
deluded
,
haue
bene
faine
With
[
](A04643-e103760-b)c
c
Two
marriages
;
the
one
of
the
Earle
of
Essex
.
1606.
the
other
of
the
Lord
Hay
.
1607
.
other
rites
my
Feasts
to
intertayne
:
And
,
now
the
Third
time
,
turn'd
about
the
yeare
Since
they
were
look'd
for
;
and
,
yet
,
are
not
here
.
BOREAS
.
IT
was
nor
Will
,
nor
Sloth
,
that
caus'd
theyr
stay
;
For
they
were
all
prepared
by
theyr
day
,
And
,
with
religion
,
forward
on
theyr
way
:
When
PROTEVS
,
[
](A04643-e103840-b)d
d
Read
his
description
,
with
Virg.
Geor.
4.
Est
in
Carpathio
Neptuni
gurgite
vates
,
Caeruleus
Proteus
.
the
gray
Prophet
of
the
Sea
,
Met
them
,
and
made
report
,
how
other
foure
Of
their
blacke
kind
,
(
whereof
theyr
Sire
had
store
)
Faithfull
to
that
great
wonder
,
so
late
done
Vpon
theyr
Sisters
,
by
bright
Albion
,
Had
followed
them
to
seeke
BRITANIA
forth
,
And
there
,
to
hope
like
fauor
,
as
like
worth
.
Which
Night
envy'd
,
as
done
[
](A04643-e103920-b)e
e
Because
they
were
before
of
her
complexion
.
in
her
despight
,
And
(
mad
to
see
an
Aethiope
washed
white
)
Thought
to
preuent
in
these
;
least
men
should
deeme
Her
coulor
,
if
thus
chang'd
,
of
small
esteeme
.
And
so
,
by
mallice
,
and
her
magicke
,
tost
The
Nymphes
at
Sea
,
as
they
were
allmost
lost
,
Till
,
on
an
Iland
,
they
by
chance
arriu'd
,
That
[
](A04643-e104000-b)f
f
To
giue
authority
to
this
part
of
our
fiction
.
Plinie
hath
a
Chap.
95.
of
his
2.
booke
.
Nat.
Hist.
de
Insulis
fluctuantibus
.
&
,
Card.
lib.
1
de
rerum
vari.
et
.
Cap.
vij.
reports
one
,
to
be
in
his
time
knowne
,
in
the
Lake
of
Loumond
,
in
Scotland
.
to
let
passe
that
of
Delos
.
&c.
floted
in
the
mayne
;
where
,
yet
,
she
'
had
giu'd
sight
.
Them
so
,
in
charmes
of
darknes
,
as
no
might
)
Should
loose
them
thence
,
but
theyr
chang'd
Sisters
Whereat
the
Twelue
(
in
piety
mou'd
,
&
kind
)
Streight
,
put
themselues
in
act
,
the
place
to
finde
;
Which
was
the
Nights
sole
trust
they
so
will
do
,
That
she
,
with
labor
,
might
confound
them
too
.
For
,
euer
since
,
with
error
hath
she
held
Them
wandring
in
the
Ocean
,
and
so
quell'd
Their
hopes
beneath
their
toyle
,
as
(
desperat
now
Of
any
least
successe
vnto
their
vow
;
Nor
knowing
to
returne
to
expresse
the
grace
,
Wherewith
they
labor
to
this
Prince
,
and
place
)
One
of
them
,
meeting
me
at
Sea
,
did
pray
,
That
for
the
loue
of
my
[
](A04643-e104150-b)a
a
The
daughter
of
Erectheus
,
King
of
Athens
,
whome
Boreas
rauish'd
a
way
,
into
Thrace
,
as
shee
was
playing
with
other
virgins
by
the
floud
Ilissus
:
or
(
as
some
will
)
by
the
Fountaine
Cephisus
.
ORYTHYIA
,
(
Whose
very
name
did
heate
my
frosty
brest
,
And
make
me
shake
my
Snow-fill'd
wings
,
&
crest
)
To
beare
this
sad
report
I
would
be
wonne
,
And
frame
their
iust
excuse
:
which
here
I
haue
done
.
IANVARIVS
.
WOuld
thou
hadst
not
begun
,
vnluckie
Winde
,
That
neuer
yet
blew'st
goodnes
to
mankind
;
But
with
thy
bitter
,
and
too
piercing
breath
,
Strik'st
[
](A04643-e104250-b)b
b
The
violence
of
Boreas
Ouid
excellently
describes
in
the
place
aboue
quoted
.
Hác
nubila
pello
,
hác
freta
concutio
,
nodosaque
robora
verto
,
Induroque
.
niues
,
et
terras
grandine
pulso
.
horrors
through
the
ayre
,
as
sharp
as
death
.
Here
a
second
Wind
came
in
,
VVLTVRNVS
,
in
a
blew
coulored
robe
&
mantle
,
pufft
as
the
former
,
but
somewhat
sweeter
;
his
face
blacke
,
and
on
his
[
](A04643-e104290-b)c
c
According
to
that
of
Vir.
Denuntiat
igneus
Euros
.
head
a
red
Sunne
,
shewing
he
came
from
the
East
:
his
winges
of
seuerall
coullors
;
his
buskins
white
,
and
wrought
with
Gold
.
VVLTVRNVS
.
ALL
horrors
vanish
,
and
all
name
of
Death
,
Bee
all
things
here
as
calme
as
is
my
breath
.
A
gentler
Wind
,
Vulturnus
,
brings
you
newes
The
I
le
is
found
,
&
that
the
Nymphs
now
vse
Their
rest
,
&
ioy
.
The
Nights
black
charmes
are
flowne
.
For
,
being
made
vnto
their
Goddesse
knowne
,
Bright
Aethiopia
,
the
Siluer
Moone
,
As
she
was
[
](A04643-e104390-b)a
a
She
is
call'd
φωσφόρ
Ἑκάτη
,
by
Eurip.
in
Helena
.
which
is
Lucifera
,
to
which
name
we
here
presently
allude
.
Hecate
,
she
brake
them
soone
:
And
now
by
vertue
of
their
light
,
and
grace
,
The
glorious
Isle
,
wherein
they
rest
,
takes
place
Of
all
the
earth
for
Beauty
.
[
](A04643-e104440-b)b
b
For
the
more
full
and
cleare
vnderstanding
of
that
which
followes
,
haue
recourse
to
the
succeeding
pages
;
where
the
Scene
presents
it selfe
.
There
,
their
Queen
Hath
raysed
them
a
Throne
,
that
still
is
seene
To
turne
vnto
the
motion
of
the
World
;
Wherein
they
sit
,
and
are
,
like
Heauen
,
whirld
About
the
Earth
;
whilst
,
to
them
contrary
,
(
Following
those
nobler
torches
of
the
Sky
)
A
world
of
little
Loues
,
and
chast
Desires
,
Do
light
their
beauties
,
with
still
mouing
fires
.
And
who
to
Heauens
consent
can
better
moue
,
Then
those
that
are
so
like
it
,
Beauty
and
Loue
?
Hether
,
as
to
theyr
new
Elysium
,
The
spirits
of
the
antique
Greekes
are
come
,
Poets
,
and
Singers
,
Linus
,
Orpheus
,
all
That
haue
excell'd
in
[
](A04643-e104580-b)c
c
So
Terence
.
and
the
Antients
calld
Poesy
,
Artem
musicam
.
knowledge
musicall
;
Where
,
set
in
Arbors
made
of
myrtle
,
and
gold
,
They
liue
,
againe
,
these
Beautyes
to
behold
.
And
thence
,
in
flowry
mazes
walking
forth
Sing
hymnes
in
celebration
of
their
worth
.
Whilst
,
to
theyr
Songs
,
two
Fountaynes
flow
,
one
hight
Of
lasting
Youth
,
the
other
chast
Delight
,
That
at
the
closes
,
from
theyr
bottomes
spring
,
And
strike
the
Ayre
to
eccho
what
they
sing
.
But
,
why
do
I
describe
what
all
must
see
?
By
this
time
,
nere
thy
coast
,
they
floating
be
;
For
,
so
their
vertuous
Goddesse
,
the
chast
Moone
,
Told
them
,
the
Fate
of
th'
Iland
should
,
&
soone
Would
fixe
it selfe
vnto
thy
continent
,
As
being
the
place
,
by
Destiny
fore-ment
,
Where
they
should
slow
forth
,
drest
in
her
attyres
:
And
,
that
the
influence
of
those
holy
fires
,
(
First
rapt
from
hence
)
being
multiplied
vpon
The
other
foure
,
should
make
their
Beauties
one
.
Which
now
expect
to
see
,
great
Neptunes
Sonne
,
And
loue
the
miracle
,
which
thy selfe
hast
done
.
Here
,
a
Curtine
was
drawne
(
in
which
the
Night
was
painted
.
)
and
the
Scene
discouer'd
.
which
(
because
the
former
was
marine
,
and
these
,
yet
of
necessity
,
to
come
from
the
Sea
)
I
deuisd
,
should
bee
an
Island
,
floting
on
a
calme
water
.
In
the
middst
therof
was
a
Seate
of
state
,
call'd
the
Throne
of
Beautie
,
erected
:
diuided
into
eight
Squares
,
and
distinguish'd
by
so
many
Ionick
pilasters
.
In
these
Squares
the
sixteene
Masquers
were
plac'd
by
couples
:
behind
them
,
in
the
center
of
the
Throne
was
a
tralucent
Pillar
,
shining
with
seuerall
colour'd
lights
,
that
reflected
on
their
backs
.
From
the
top
of
which
Pillar
went
seuerall
arches
to
the
Pilasters
,
that
sustained
the
roofe
of
the
Throne
,
which
was
likewise
adorn'd
with
lights
,
and
gyrlonds
;
And
betweene
the
Pilasters
,
in
front
,
little
Cupids
in
flying
posture
,
wauing
of
wreaths
,
and
lights
,
bore
vp
the
Coronice
:
ouer
which
were
placed
eight
Figures
,
representing
the
Elements
of
Beauty
;
which
aduanced
vpon
the
Ionick
,
and
being
females
,
had
the
Corinthian
order
.
The
first
was
SPLENDOR
.
-
In
a
robe
of
flame
colour
,
[
](A04643-e104830-b)a
a
The
Rose
is
call'd
,
elegantly
,
by
Achil.
Tat.
lib.
2.
φυτῶν
ἀγλάϊσμα
,
the
splendour
of
Plants
,
and
is
euery where
taken
for
the
Hieropglyphick
of
Splendour
.
naked
brested
;
her
bright
hayre
loose
flowing
:
She
was
drawne
in
a
circle
of
clowdes
,
her
face
,
and
body
breaking
through
;
and
in
her
hand
a
branch
,
with
two
Roses
,
a
white
,
and
a
red
.
The
next
to
her
was
SERENITAS
.
-
In
a
garment
of
bright
skye-colour
,
a
long
tresse
,
&
waued
with
a
vayle
of
diuers
colours
,
such
as
the
golden
skie
some-times
shewes
:
vpon
her
head
a
cleare
,
and
faire
Sunne
shining
,
with
rayes
of
gold
striking
downe
to
the
feete
of
the
figure
.
In
her
hand
a
[
](A04643-e104870-b)b
b
As
this
of
Serenity
.
,
applying
to
the
Opticks
reason
of
the
Raine-bowe
,
and
the
Mythologists
making
her
the
Daughter
of
Electra
.
Christall
,
cut
with
seuerall
angles
,
and
shadow'd
with
diuerse
colours
,
as
causd
by
refraction
.
The
third
GERMINATIO
.
-
In
greene
;
with
a
Zone
of
golde
about
her
Wast
,
crowned
with
Myrtle
,
her
haire
likewise
flowing
,
but
not
of
so
bright
a
colour
:
In
her
hand
,
a
branch
of
[
](A04643-e104900-b)r
r
So
Hor.
lib.
1.
Od.
4.
makes
it
the
ensigne
of
the
Spring
.
Nunc
decet
aut
viridi
nitidum
caput
impedire
myrto
,
aut
flore
,
terrae
quem
ferunt
solutae
.
&c.
Myrtle
.
Her
socks
of
greene
,
and
Gold
.
The
fourth
was
LAETITIA
.
-
IN
a
Vesture
of
diuerse
colours
,
and
all
sorts
of
flowers
embroidered
thereon
.
Her
socks
so
fitted
.
A
[
](A04643-e104930-b)s
s
They
are
euery where
the
tokens
of
gladnesse
,
at
al
feasts
,
sports
.
Gyrland
of
flowers
in
her
hand
;
her
eyes
turning
vp
,
and
smiling
,
her
haire
flowing
,
and
stuck
with
flowers
.
The
fift
TEMPERIES
.
-
IN
a
garment
of
Gold
,
Siluer
,
and
colours
weaued
:
In
one
hand
shee
held
a
[
](A04643-e104960-b)t
t
The
signe
of
temperature
,
as
also
her
girlond
mixed
of
the
foure
Seasons
.
burning
Steele
,
in
the
other
,
an
Vrne
with
water
.
On
her
head
a
gyrland
of
flowers
,
Corne
,
Vine-leaues
,
and
Oliue
branches
,
enter-wouen
.
Her
socks
,
as
her
garment
.
The
sixth
VENVSTAS
.
-
IN
a
Siluer
robe
,
with
a
thinne
subtle
vaile
ouer
her
haire
,
and
it
:
[
](A04643-e104990-b)u
u
Pearles
,
with
the
auntients
,
were
the
speciall
Hieroglyphicks
of
louelinesse
,
in
quibus
nitor
tantùm
&
leuor
expetebantur
.
Pearle
about
her
neck
,
and
forhead
.
Her
socks
wrought
with
pearle
.
In
her
hand
shee
bore
seuerall
colour'd
[
](A04643-e105000-b)x
x
So
was
the
Lilly
,
of
which
the
most
delicate
Citty
of
the
Persians
was
called
Susae
:
signifiyng
that
kind
of
flower
,
in
their
tongue
.
Lillies
.
The
seauenth
was
DIGNITAS
.
-
IN
a
dressing
of
State
,
the
haire
bound
vp
with
fillets
of
gold
,
the
Garments
rich
,
and
set
with
iewells
,
and
gold
;
likewise
her
buskins
,
and
in
her
hand
a
[
](A04643-e105030-b)y
y
The
signe
,
of
honor
,
&
dignity
.
Golden
rod
.
The
eight
PERFECTIO
.
-
IN
a
Vesture
of
pure
Gold
,
a
wreath
of
Gold
vpon
her
head
.
About
her
body
the
[
](A04643-e105070-b)z
z
Both
that
,
&
the
Compasse
are
known
ensignes
of
perfection
.
Zodiack
,
with
the
Signes
:
In
her
hand
a
Compasse
of
gold
,
drawing
a
circle
.
On
the
top
of
all
the
Throne
,
(
as
being
made
out
of
all
these
)
stood
HARMONIA
.
-
A
Personage
,
whose
dressing
had
something
of
al
the
others
,
&
had
her
robe
painted
full
of
Figures
.
Her
head
was
compass'd
with
a
crowne
of
Gold
,
hauing
in
it
[
](A04643-e105120-b)a
a
She
is
so
describ'd
in
Iconolog
.
di
Cesare
Ripa
,
his
reason
of
7.
iewells
,
in
the
crowne
,
alludes
to
Pythagoras
his
comment
,
with
Mac.
lib.
2.
Som.
Sci.
of
the
seauen
Planets
and
their
Spheares
.
seauen
iewells
equally
set
.
In
her
hand
a
Lyra
,
wheron
she
rested
.
This
was
the
Ornament
of
the
Throne
.
The
ascent
to
which
,
consisting
of
sixe
steppes
,
was
couered
with
a
[
](A04643-e105140-b)b
b
The
inducing
of
many
Cupids
wnts
not
defence
,
with
the
best
and
most
receiu'd
of
the
Antients
,
besides
Prop.
Stati
.
Claud.
Sido
:
Apoll
especially
Phil.
in
Icon.
Amor
.
whome
I
haue
particularly
followed
,
in
this
description
.
multitude
of
Cupids
(
chosen
out
of
the
best
,
and
most
ingenuous
youth
of
the
Kingdome
,
noble
,
and
others
)
that
were
the
Torch-bearers
;
and
all
armed
,
with
Bowes
,
Quiuers
,
Winges
,
and
other
Ensignes
of
Loue
.
On
the
sides
of
the
Throne
,
were
curious
,
and
elegant
Arbors
appointed
:
&
behind
,
in
the
back
part
of
the
I
le
,
a
Groue
,
of
growne
trees
laden
with
golden
fruict
,
which
other
little
Cupids
plucked
,
and
threw
each
at
other
,
whilst
on
the
ground
[
](A04643-e105150-b)c
c
They
were
the
notes
of
Louelinesse
and
sacred
to
Venus
.
See
Phil.
in
that
place
,
mentiond
.
Lieuerets
pick'd
vp
the
bruised
apples
,
and
left
them
halfe
eaten
.
The
Ground-plat
of
the
whole
was
a
subtle
indented
Maze
:
And
,
in
the
two
formost
angles
,
were
two
Fountaines
,
that
ranne
continually
,
the
one
[
](A04643-e105160-b)d
d
Of
youth
.
Hebe's
,
the
other
[
](A04643-e105170-b)e
e
Of
pleasure
.
Hedone's
:
In
the
Arbors
,
were
plac'd
the
Musitians
,
who
represented
the
Shades
of
the
old
Poets
,
&
were
attir'd
in
a
Priest-like
habit
of
Crimson
,
and
Purple
,
with
Laurell
gyrlonds
.
The
colours
of
the
Masquers
were
varied
;
the
one
halfe
in
Orenge-tawny
,
and
Siluer
:
the
other
in
Sea-greene
,
and
Siluer
.
The
bodies
and
short
skirts
of
White
,
and
Gold
,
to
both
.
The
habite
,
and
dressing
(
for
the
fashion
)
was
most
curious
,
and
so
exceeding
in
riches
,
as
the
Throne
wheron
they
sat
,
seem'd
to
be
a
Mine
of
light
,
stroake
from
their
iewells
,
&
their
garments
.
This
Throne
,
(
as
the
whole
Iland
mou'd
forward
,
on
the
water
,
)
had
a
circular
motion
of
it
owne
,
imitating
that
which
we
cal
Motum
mundi
,
from
the
East
to
the
West
,
or
the
right
to
the
left
side
.
For
so
Hom.
Ilia.
M.
vnderstands
by
δεξιὰ
,
Orientalia
mundi
:
by
ἀριστερὰ
,
Occidentalia
.
The
steps
,
wheron
the
Cupids
sate
,
had
a
motion
contrary
,
with
Analogy
,
ad
motum
Planetarum
,
from
the
West
to
the
East
:
both
which
turned
with
their
seuerall
lights
.
And
with
these
three
varied
Motions
,
at
once
,
the
whole
Scene
shot
it selfe
to
the
Land
.
Aboue
which
,
the
Moone
was
seene
in
a
Siluer
Chariot
,
drawne
by
Virgins
,
to
ride
in
the
cloudes
,
and
hold
them
greater
light
:
with
the
Signe
Scorpio
,
and
the
Character
,
plac'd
before
her
.
The
order
of
this
Scene
was
carefully
,
and
ingeniously
dispos'd
;
and
as
happily
put
in
act
(
for
the
Motions
)
by
the
Kings
Master
Carpenter
.
The
Paynters
,
I
must
needes
say
,
(
not
to
belie
them
)
lent
small
colour
to
any
,
to
attribute
much
of
the
spirit
of
these
things
to
their
pen'cills
.
But
that
must
not
bee
imputed
a
crime
either
to
the
inuention
,
or
designe
.
Here
the
loude
Musique
ceas'd
;
and
the
Musitians
,
which
were
placed
in
the
Arbors
,
came
forth
through
the
Mazes
,
to
the
other
Land
:
singing
this
full
Song
,
iterated
in
the
closes
by
two
Eccho's
,
rising
out
of
the
Fountaines
.
SONG
.
WHen
Loue
,
at
first
,
did
mooue
From
[
](A04643-e105290-b)f
f
So
is
he
faind
by
Orpheus
,
to
haue
appear'd
first
of
all
the
Gods
:
awakend
by
Clotho
,
and
is
therefore
call'd
Phanes
,
both
by
him
,
&
Lactantius
.
out
of
Chaos
,
brightned
So
was
the
world
,
and
lightned
,
As
now
!
Ecch.
As
now
!
Ecch.
As
now
!
Yeeld
Night
,
then
,
to
the
light
,
As
Blacknesse
hath
to
Beauty
;
Which
is
but
the
same
duety
.
It
was
[
](A04643-e105380-b)g
g
An
agreeing
opinion
,
both
with
Diuines
and
Philosophers
,
that
the
great
Artificer
in
loue
with
his
own
Idaea
,
did
,
therefore
,
frame
the
world
.
for
Beauty
,
that
the
World
was
made
,
And
where
shee
raignes
,
[
](A04643-e105400-b)h
h
Alluding
to
his
name
of
Himerus
,
and
his
signification
in
the
name
,
which
is
Desiderium
posta
spectum
:
and
more
then
Eros
,
which
is
only
Cupido
,
ex
aspectu
amare
.
Loues
lights
admit
no
shade
.
Ecch.
Loues
lights
admit
no
shade
.
Ecch.
Admit
no
shade
.
Which
ended
,
Vulturnus
the
Wind
,
spake
to
the
Riuer
Thamesis
that
lay
along
betweene
the
shores
,
leaning
vpon
his
Vrne
(
that
flow'd
with
water
,
)
and
crown'd
with
flowers
;
with
a
blew
cloth
of
Siluer
robe
about
him
:
and
was
personated
by
Maister
THOMAS
GILES
,
who
made
the
Daunces
.
VVLTVRNVS
.
RIse
aged
Thames
,
and
by
the
hand
Receiue
these
Nymphes
,
within
the
land
:
And
,
in
those
curious
Squares
,
and
Rounds
,
Wherewith
thou
flow'st
betwixt
the
grounds
Of
fruictfull
Kent
,
and
Essex
faire
,
That
lend
thee
gyrlands
for
thy
haire
;
Instruct
their
siluer
feete
to
tread
,
Whilst
we
,
againe
to
sea
,
are
fled
.
With
which
the
Windes
departed
;
and
the
Riuer
receiu'd
them
into
the
Land
,
by
couples
&
foures
,
their
Cupids
comming
before
them
.
Their
Persons
were
.
-
The
QVEENE
.
-
La.
ARABELLA
.
-
Co.
of
ARVNDEL
.
-
Co.
of
DERBY
.
-
Co.
of
BEDFORD
.
-
Co.
of
MONTGOMERY
.
-
La.
ELIZ.
GILFORD
.
-
La.
KAT.
PETER
.
-
La.
ANNE
WINTER
.
-
La.
WINSORE
.
-
La.
ANNE
CLIFFORD
.
-
La.
MARY
NEVILL
.
-
La.
ELIZ.
HATTON
.
-
La.
ELIZ.
GARRARD
.
-
La.
CHICHESTER
.
-
La.
WALSINGHAM
.
The
dauncing
forth
a
most
curious
Daunce
,
full
of
excellent
deuice
,
and
change
,
ended
it
in
the
figure
of
a
Diamant
,
and
so
,
standing
still
,
were
by
the
Musitians
,
with
a
second
Song
(
sung
by
a
loud
Tenor
)
celebrated
.
SONG
.
SO
Beauty
on
the
waters
stood
,
(
When
Loue
had
[
](A04643-e105770-b)i
i
As
,
in
the
Creation
,
he
is
sayd
,
by
the
Antients
,
to
haue
done
.
seuer'd
earth
,
from
flood
!
So
when
he
parted
ayre
,
from
fire
,
He
did
with
concord
all
inspire
!
And
then
a
Motion
he
them
taught
,
That
elder
then
himselfe
was
thought
.
Which
thought
was
,
yet
,
[
](A04643-e105830-b)k
k
That
is
,
borne
since
the
world
,
and
,
out
of
those
duller
apprehensions
that
did
not
thinke
he
was
before
.
the
child
of
earth
,
For
Loue
is
elder
then
his
birth
.
The
Song
ended
;
they
Daunced
forth
their
second
Daunce
,
more
subtle
,
and
full
of
change
,
then
the
former
;
and
so
exquisitely
performed
;
as
the
Kings
Maiestie
incited
first
(
by
his
owne
liking
,
to
that
which
all
others
,
there
present
,
wish'd
)
requir'd
them
both
againe
,
after
some
time
of
dauncing
with
the
Lords
.
Which
time
,
to
giue
them
respite
,
was
intermitted
with
Song
;
first
by
a
treble
voyce
,
in
this
manner
.
SONG
IF
all
these
Cupids
,
now
,
were
blind
As
is
[
](A04643-e105890-b)a
a
I
make
these
different
from
him
,
which
they
faine
caecum
cupidinem
,
or
petulantem
.
as
I
expresse
beneath
in
the
third
song
.
these
being
chast
Loues
,
that
attend
a
more
diuine
beauty
,
then
that
of
Loues
commune
parent
.
their
wanton
Brother
;
Or
play
should
put
it
in
their
mind
To
shoot
at
one
another
:
What
pretty
battayle
they
would
make
If
they
their
obiects
should
mistake
And
each
one
wound
his
Mother
!
Which
was
seconded
by
another
treble
;
thus
.
SONG
.
IT
was
no
politie
of
Court
,
Albee
'
the
place
were
charmed
,
To
let
in
earnest
,
or
in
sport
,
So
many
Loues
in
,
armed
.
For
say
,
the
Dames
should
,
with
their
eyes
,
Vpon
the
hearts
,
here
,
meane
surprize
;
Were
not
the
men
like
harmed
?
To
which
a
tenor
answerd
.
SONG
.
YEs
,
were
the
Loues
or
false
,
or
straying
;
Or
Beauties
not
their
beauty
waighing
:
But
here
,
no
such
deceipt
is
mix'd
,
Their
flames
are
pure
,
their
eyes
are
fix'd
:
They
do
not
warre
,
with
different
darts
,
But
strike
a
musique
of
like
hearts
.
AFter
which
Songs
,
they
daunc'd
Galliards
,
&
coranto's
;
and
with
those
excellent
Graces
,
that
the
Musique
,
appointed
to
celebrate
them
,
shew'd
it
could
be
silent
no
longer
:
but
by
the
first
Tenor
,
admit'd
them
thus
.
SONG
.
HAd
those
,
that
dwell
in
error
foule
,
And
hold
[
](A04643-e106160-b)b
b
There
hath
beene
such
a
prophane
Paradoxe
published
.
that
women
haue
no
soule
,
But
seene
these
moue
;
They
would
haue
,
then
Sayd
,
Women
were
the
soules
of
Men
.
So
they
do
moue
each
heart
,
and
eye
With
the
[
](A04643-e106210-b)c
c
The
Platonicks
opinion
.
See
also
Mac.
lib.
1.
and
2.
Som.
Scip.
Worlds
soule
,
true
Harmonie
.
HEere
,
they
daunc'd
a
third
most
elegant
,
and
curious
Daunce
,
and
not
to
be
describ'd
againe
,
by
any
art
,
but
that
of
their
owne
footing
:
which
,
ending
in
the
figure
,
that
was
to
produce
the
fourth
,
Ianuary
from
his
state
saluted
them
,
thus
,
IANVARIVS
.
YOur
grace
is
great
,
as
is
your
Beauty
,
Dames
;
Inough
my
Feasts
haue
prou'd
your
thankfull
flames
.
Now
vse
your
Seate
:
that
seate
which
was
,
before
,
Thought
stray'ing
,
vncertayne
,
floting
to
each
shore
,
And
to
whose
hauing
For
what
Countrey
is
it
thinks
not
her
owne
beauty
fayrest
,
yet
?
euery
Clime
layd
clayme
,
Each
Land
,
and
Nation
vrged
as
the
ayme
Of
their
ambition
,
Beauties
perfect
Throne
,
Now
made
peculiar
,
to
this
place
,
alone
;
And
that
,
by'
impulsion
of
your
destenies
,
And
his
attractiue
beames
,
that
lights
these
Skies
:
Who
(
though
with
th'
Ocean
compass'd
)
neuer
wets
His
hayre
therein
,
nor
weares
a
beame
that
sets
.
Long
may
his
light
adorne
these
happy
rites
As
I
renew
them
;
and
your
gratious
sights
Enioy
that
happinesse
,
eu'en
to
envy
,
'
as
when
Beauty
,
at
large
,
brake
forth
,
and
conquer'd
men
.
At
which
they
daunc'd
theyr
last
dance
,
into
their
Throne
againe
:
and
that
turning
,
the
Scene
clos'd
with
this
full
Song
.
SONG
.
STill
turne
,
and
imitate
the
Heauen
In
motion
swift
and
euen
;
And
as
his
Planets
goe
,
Your
brighter
lights
do
so
:
May
Youth
and
Pleasure
euer
flow
.
But
let
your
State
,
the
while
,
Be
fixed
as
the
Isle
.
Cho
So
all
that
see
your
Beauties
sphaere
Cho
May
know
the
Elysian
Fields
are
here
.
Echo
.
Th'
Elysian
feilds
are
here
.
Echo
.
Elysian
feilds
are
here
.
The
end
.