TO
THE
RIGHT
HONOrable
the
Ladie
Lucie
,
Countesse
of
Bedford
.
Madame
.
IN
respect
of
the
vnmannerly
presumption
of
an
indiscrect
Printer
,
who
without
warrant
hath
divulged
the
late
shewe
at
Court
,
presented
the
8.
of
Ianuary
,
by
the
Queenes
Maiestie
and
her
Ladies
,
and
the
same
verie
disorderly
set
forth
:
I
thought
it
not
amisse
seeing
it
would
otherwise
passe
abroad
,
to
the
preiudice
both
of
the
Maske
and
the
inuention
,
to
describe
the
whole
forme
thereof
in
all
points
as
it
was
then
performed
,
and
as
the
world
well
knowes
very
worthily
performed
,
by
a
most
magnisicent
Queen
,
whose
heroicall
spirit
,
and
bountie
onely
gaue
it
so
faire
,
an
execution
as
it
had
.
Seeing
also
that
these
ornaments
and
delights
of
peace
are
in
their
season
,
as
fit
to
entertaine
the
worlde
,
and
deserue
to
be
made
memorable
as
well
as
grauer
actions
,
both
of
them
concurring
to
the
decking
&
furnishing
of
glorie
,
and
Maiestie
,
as
the
necessary
complements
requisit
for
State
and
Greatnes
.
And
therfore
first
I
will
deliuer
the
intent
and
scope
of
the
project
:
Which
was
onely
to
present
the
figure
of
those
blessings
,
with
the
wish
of
their
encrease
and
continuance
,
which
this
mightie
kingdome
now
enioyes
by
the
benefit
of
his
most
gratious
Maiestie
,
by
whom
we
haue
this
glory
of
peace
,
with
the
accession
of
so
great
state
&
power
.
And
to
expresse
the
same
,
there
were
deuised
12.
Goddesses
,
vnder
whose
Images
former
times
haue
represented
the
seuerall
gifts
of
heauen
,
and
erected
Temples
,
Altars
,
&
Figures
vnto
them
,
as
vnto
diuine
powers
,
in
the
shape
&
name
of
women
.
As
vnto
Iuno
the
Goddesse
of
Empire
&
regnorum
praesedi
,
they
attributed
that
blessing
of
power
.
To
Pallas
,
wisedome
and
defence
:
to
Venus
,
loue
&
amitie
:
to
Vesta
,
Religion
:
to
Diana
,
the
gift
of
Chastitie
:
to
Proserpina
riches
:
to
Macaria
,
felicitie
:
to
Concordia
,
the
vnion
of
hearts
.
Astraea
,
Iustice
:
Flora
,
the
beauties
of
the
earth
.
Ceres
plentie
.
To
Tethis
power
by
Sea
.
And
though
these
Images
haue
oftentimes
diuers
significations
,
yet
it
being
not
our
purpose
to
represent
them
,
with
all
those
curious
and
superfluous
obseruations
,
we
tooke
them
only
to
serue
as
Hierogliphicqs
for
our
present
intention
,
according
to
some
one
property
that
fitted
our
occasion
,
without
obseruing
other
their
misticall
interpretations
,
wherein
the
Authors
themselues
are
so
irrigular
&
confused
,
as
the
best
Mytheologers
,
who
wil
make
somewhat
to
seem
any
thing
,
are
so
vnfaithful
to
themselues
,
as
they
haue
left
vs
no
certain
way
at
all
,
but
a
tract
of
confusion
to
take
our
course
at
aduenture
.
And
therfore
owing
no
homage
to
their
intricate
obseruations
,
we
were
left
at
libertie
to
take
no
other
knowledge
of
them
,
then
fitted
our
present
purpose
,
nor
were
tyed
by
any
lawes
of
Heraldry
to
range
them
otherwise
in
their
precedencies
,
then
they
fell
out
to
stand
with
the
nature
of
the
matter
in
hand
.
And
in
these
cases
it
may
well
seeme
ingenerosum
sapere
solum
ex
commentarijs
quasi
maiorūinuenta
industriae
nostrae
viam
precluserit
,
quasi
in
nobis
offaeta
sit
vis
naturae
,
nihil
exseparere
,
or
that
there
can
be
nothing
done
authenticall
,
vnles
we
obserue
al
the
strict
rules
of
the
booke
.
And
therefore
we
tooke
their
aptest
representations
that
lay
best
and
easiest
for
vs
.
And
first
presented
the
Hieroglephicq
of
Empire
&
dominion
,
as
the
ground
&
matter
whereon
this
glory
of
State
is
built
.
Then
those
blessings
,
and
beauties
that
preserue
and
adorne
it
:
As
armed
policie
,
loue
,
Religion
,
Chastitie
,
wealth
,
happinesse
,
Concord
,
Iustice
,
florishing
seasons
,
plentie
:
and
lastly
power
by
sea
,
as
to
imbound
and
circle
this
greatnes
of
dominion
by
land
.
And
to
this
purpose
were
these
Goddesses
thus
presented
in
their
proper
&
seuerall
attyres
,
bringing
in
their
hands
the
particular
figures
of
their
power
which
they
gaue
to
the
Temple
of
Peace
,
erected
vpon
4.
pillars
,
representing
the
4.
Vertues
that
supported
a
Globe
of
the
earth
.
First
Iuno
in
a
skie-colour
mantle
imbrodered
with
gold
,
and
figured
with
Peacocks
feathers
,
wearing
a
Crowne
of
golde
on
her
head
,
presents
a
Scepter
.
2
Pallas
(
which
was
the
person
her
Maiestie
chose
to
represent
)
was
attyred
in
a
blew
mantle
,
with
a
siluer
imbrodery
of
al
weapons
and
engines
of
war
,
with
a
helmet-dressing
on
her
head
,
and
presents
a
Launce
and
Target
.
3
Venus
,
in
a
Mantle
of
Doue-colour
,
and
siluer
,
imbrodered
with
Doues
,
presented
(
in
stead
of
her
Cestus
,
the
girdle
of
Amitie
)
a
Skarffe
of
diuers
colours
.
4
Vesta
,
in
a
white
Mantle
imbrodered
with
gold-flames
,
with
a
dressing
like
a
Nun
,
presented
a
burning
Lampe
in
one
hand
,
and
a
Booke
in
the
other
.
5
Diana
,
in
a
greene
Mantle
imbrodered
with
siluer
halfe
Moones
,
and
a
croissant
of
pearle
on
her
head
:
presents
a
Bow
and
a
Quiuer
.
6
Proserpina
,
in
a
blacke
Mantle
imbrodered
with
gold-flames
,
with
a
crowne
of
gold
on
her
head
:
presented
a
Myne
of
gold
ore
.
7
Macaria
,
the
Goddesse
of
Felicitie
,
in
a
Mantle
of
purple
and
siluer
,
imbrodered
with
the
Figures
of
Plentie
and
Wisedome
,
(
which
concurre
to
the
making
of
true
happinesse
)
presents
a
Cadaceum
with
the
Figure
of
abundance
.
8
Concordia
,
in
a
partie
coloured
Mantle
of
Crimson
and
White
(
the
colours
of
England
and
Scotland
ioyned
)
imbrodered
with
siluer
,
hands
in
hand
,
with
a
dressing
likewise
of
partie
coloured
Roses
,
a
Branch
whereof
in
a
wreath
or
knot
she
presented
.
9
Astraea
,
in
a
Mantle
Crimson
,
with
a
siluer
imbroderie
,
Figuring
the
Sword
and
Balance
(
as
the
Characters
of
Iustice
)
which
she
presented
.
10
Flora
,
in
a
Mantle
of
diuers
colours
,
imbrodered
with
all
sorts
of
Flowers
,
presents
a
Pot
of
Flowers
.
11
Ceres
,
in
Straw
colour
&
siluer
imbrodery
,
with
eares
of
Corne
,
and
a
dressing
of
the
same
,
presents
a
Sickle
.
12
Tethes
,
In
a
Mantle
of
Sea-greene
,
with
a
siluer
imbrodery
of
Waues
,
and
a
dressing
of
Reedes
,
presents
a
Trident.
Now
for
the
introducing
this
Shewe
:
It
was
deuised
that
the
Night
represented
in
a
blacke
vesture
set
with
Starres
,
should
arise
from
belowe
,
and
come
towards
the
vpper
end
of
the
Hall
:
there
to
waken
her
sonne
Somnus
,
sleeping
in
his
Caue
,
as
the
Proëm
to
the
Vision
.
Which
Figures
when
they
are
thus
presented
in
humane
bodyes
,
as
all
Vertues
,
Vices
,
Passions
Knowledges
,
and
whatsoeuer
Abstracts
else
in
imagination
are
,
which
we
would
make
visible
,
we
produce
them
,
vsing
humane
actions
,
&
euen
Sleepe
it
selie
(
which
might
seeme
improperly
to
exercise
waking
motions
)
hath
beene
often
shewed
vs
in
that
manner
,
with
speech
and
gesture
.
As
for
example
:
Exccussit
tandem
sibi
se
;
cubitoque
leuatus
Quid
veniat
(
cognouit
enim
)
Scitatur
.
Intanto
soprauenne
,
&
gli
occhi
chiuse
A
i
Signori
,
&
a
i
Sergenti
il
pigro
Sonno
.
And
in
another
place
:
Il
Sonno
viene
,
&
Sparso
il
corpo
stanco
Colramo
intimo
nel
liquor
di
Lethe
.
So
there
,
Sleepe
is
brought
in
,
as
a
body
,
vsing
speech
&
motion
:
and
it
was
no
more
improper
in
this
forme
to
make
him
walke
,
and
stand
,
or
speake
,
then
it
is
to
giue
voyce
or
passion
to
dead
men
,
Ghosts
,
Trees
,
and
Stones
:
and
therefore
in
such
matters
of
Shewes
,
these
like
Caracters
(
in
what
forme
soeuer
they
be
drawne
)
serue
vs
but
to
read
the
intention
of
what
wee
would
represent
:
as
in
this
proiect
of
ours
,
Night
and
Sleepe
were
to
produce
a
Vision
,
an
effect
proper
to
their
power
,
&
fit
to
shadow
our
purpose
,
for
that
these
apparitions
and
shewes
are
but
as
imaginations
,
and
dreames
that
portend
our
affections
,
and
dreames
are
neuer
in
all
points
agreeing
right
with
waking
actions
:
and
therefore
were
they
aptest
to
shadow
whatsoeuer
error
might
bee
herein
presented
.
And
therefore
was
Sleepe
(
as
hee
is
described
by
Philostratus
in
Amphirai
imagine
)
apparelled
in
a
white
thinne
Vesture
cast
ouer
a
blacke
,
to
signifie
both
the
day
and
the
night
,
with
wings
of
the
same
colour
,
a
Garland
of
Poppy
on
his
head
,
and
in
stead
of
his
yuoyrie
&
transparent
horne
,
he
was
shewed
bearing
a
black
Wand
in
the
left
hand
,
and
a
white
in
the
other
,
to
effect
either
confused
or
significant
dreames
,
according
to
that
inuocation
of
Statius
.
—
Nec
te
totas
infundere
pennas
Luminibus
compello
meis
,
hoc
turba
prccatur
-
Latior
,
extremo
me
tange
cacumine
virga
.
And
also
agreeing
to
that
of
Sil.
Ital.
—
Tangens
Lethea
tempor
a
Virga
.
And
in
this
action
did
he
here
vse
his
white
Wand
,
as
to
infuse
significant
Visions
to
entertain
the
Spectators
,
and
so
made
them
seeme
to
see
there
a
Temple
,
with
a
Sybilla
therin
attending
vpon
the
Sacrifices
;
which
done
,
Iris
(
the
Messenger
of
Iuno
)
descends
from
the
top
of
a
Mountaine
raised
at
the
lower
end
of
the
Hall
,
and
marching
vp
to
to
the
Temple
of
Peace
,
giues
notice
to
the
Sybilla
of
the
comming
of
the
Goddesses
,
&
withall
deliuers
her
a
Prospectiue
,
wherin
she
might
behold
the
Figures
of
their
Deities
,
and
thereby
describe
them
;
to
the
end
that
at
their
descending
,
there
might
be
no
stay
or
hinderance
of
their
Motion
,
which
was
to
be
carryed
without
any
interruption
,
to
the
action
of
other
entertainments
that
were
to
depend
one
of
another
,
during
the
the
whole
Shewe
:
and
that
the
eyes
of
the
Spectators
might
not
beguile
their
eares
,
as
in
such
cases
it
euer
happens
,
whiles
the
pompe
and
splendor
of
the
sight
takes
vp
all
the
intention
without
regard
what
is
spoken
,
and
therefore
was
it
thought
fit
their
descriptions
should
bee
deliuered
by
the
Sybills
.
Which
as
soone
as
shee
had
ended
,
the
three
Graces
in
siluer
Robes
with
white
Torches
,
appeared
on
the
top
of
the
mountaine
,
descending
hand
in
hand
before
the
Goddesses
;
who
likewise
followed
three
and
three
,
as
in
a
number
dedicated
vnto
Sanctitie
and
an
incorpore
all
nature
,
whereas
the
Dual
,
Hierogliphicè
proimmudis
accipitur
.
And
betweene
euery
ranke
of
Goddesses
,
marched
three
Torch-bearers
in
the
like
seuerall
colours
,
their
heads
and
Robes
all
dect
with
Starres
,
and
in
their
descending
,
the
Cornets
sitting
in
the
Concaues
of
the
Mountaine
,
and
seene
but
to
their
brests
,
in
the
habit
of
Satyres
,
sounded
a
stately
March
,
which
continued
vntill
the
Goddesses
were
approached
iust
before
the
Temple
,
&
then
ceased
,
when
the
Consort
Musicke
(
placed
in
the
Cupula
thereof
,
out
of
sight
)
began
:
whereunto
the
3.
Graces
retyring
themselues
aside
,
sang
,
whiles
the
Goddesses
one
after
an
other
with
solemne
pace
aseended
vp
into
the
Temple
,
and
deliuering
their
presents
to
the
Sybilla
(
as
it
were
but
in
passing
by
)
returned
downe
into
the
midst
of
the
Hall
,
preparing
themselues
to
their
dance
,
which
(
assoon
as
the
Graces
had
ended
their
Song
)
they
began
to
the
Musicke
of
the
Violls
and
Lutes
,
placed
on
one
side
of
the
Hal.
Which
dance
being
performed
with
great
maiesty
&
Art
,
consisting
of
diuers
strains
,
fram'd
vnto
motions
circular
,
square
,
triangular
,
with
other
proportions
exceeding
rare
&
full
of
variety
;
the
Goddesses
made
a
pawse
,
casting
themselues
into
a
circle
,
whilst
the
Graces
againe
sang
to
the
Musicke
of
the
Temple
,
and
prepared
to
take
out
the
Lords
to
daunce
.
With
whom
after
they
had
performed
certain
Measures
,
Galliards
and
Curranto's
,
Iris
againe
comes
and
giues
notice
of
their
pleasure
to
depart
:
whose
speech
ended
,
they
drew
themselues
againe
into
another
short
dance
,
with
some
few
pleasant
changes
,
still
retyring
them
toward
the
foote
of
the
Mountaine
,
which
they
ascended
in
that
same
maner
as
they
came
downe
,
whilest
the
Cornets
taking
their
Notes
from
the
ceasing
of
the
Musick
below
,
sounded
another
delightfull
Marche
.
And
thus
Madame
,
haue
I
briefly
deliuered
,
both
the
reason
and
manner
of
this
Maske
;
as
well
to
satisfie
the
desire
of
those
who
could
not
well
note
the
cariage
of
these
passages
,
by
reason
(
as
I
sayd
)
the
present
pompe
and
splendor
entertain'd
them
otherwise
(
as
that
which
is
most
regardfull
in
these
Shewes
)
wherein
(
by
the
vnpartiall
opinion
of
all
the
beholders
Strangers
and
others
)
it
was
not
inferiour
to
the
best
that
euer
was
presented
in
Christendome
:
as
also
to
giue
vp
my
account
hereof
vnto
your
Honour
,
whereby
I
might
cleere
the
reckening
of
any
imputation
that
might
be
layd
vpon
your
iudgement
,
for
preferring
such
a
one
,
to
her
MAIESTIE
in
this
imployment
,
as
could
giue
no
reason
for
what
was
done
.
And
for
the
captious
Censurers
,
I
regard
not
what
they
can
say
,
who
commonly
can
do
little
els
but
say
;
and
if
their
deepe
iudgements
euer
serue
them
to
produce
any
thing
,
they
must
stand
on
the
same
Stage
of
Censure
with
other
men
,
and
peraduenture
performe
no
such
great
wonders
as
they
would
make
vs
beleeue
:
and
I
comfort
my selfe
in
this
,
that
in
Court
I
know
not
any
,
vnder
him
,
who
acts
the
greatest
partes
)
that
is
not
obnoxious
to
enuie
,
&
a
sinister
interpretation
.
And
whosoeuer
striues
to
shewe
most
wit
about
these
Puntillos
of
Dreames
and
showes
,
are
sure
sicke
of
a
disease
they
cannot
hide
,
&
would
faine
haue
the
world
to
thinke
them
very
deeply
learned
in
all
misteries
whatsoeuer
.
And
peraduenture
they
thinke
themselues
so
,
which
if
they
doe
,
they
are
in
a
farre
worse
case
then
they
imagine
;
Non
potest
non
indoctus
esse
qui
se
doctum
credit
.
And
let
vs
labour
to
shew
neuer
so
much
skill
or
Art
,
our
weaknesses
and
ignorance
will
be
seene
,
whatsoeuer
couering
wee
cast
ouer
it
.
And
yet
in
these
matters
of
shewes
(
though
they
bee
that
which
most
entertaine
the
world
)
there
needs
no
such
exact
sufficiency
in
this
kind
.
For
,
Ludit
istis
animus
,
non
proficit
.
And
therefore
,
Madame
,
I
wil
no
longer
idlely
hold
you
therein
,
but
refer
you
to
the
speeches
,
&
so
to
your
better
delights
,
as
one
who
must
euer
acknowledge
my selfe
especially
bound
vnto
your
Honour
.
Sam:
Daniel
.