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A01194	Of the most auspicatious marriage: betwixt, the high and mightie Prince, Frederick; Count Palatine of Rheine, chiefe sewer to the sacred Roman Empire, Prince Elector, and Duke of Bauaria, &. and the most illustrious Princesse, the Ladie Elizabeth her Grace, sole daughter to the high and mightie Iames, King of great Brittaine, &c. In III. bookes: composed in Latine by M. Ioannes Maria, de Franchis. And translated into English.; De auspicatissimis nuptiis. English	Franchis, Joannes Maria de.; Hutton, Samuel.	1613 (1613)	STC 11309; ESTC S102613	45,931	90

vp and dovvne least they be famisht Driuing their vvhole-built coates from place to place Are being more sure of seat in better case 60. A vvretched mother gods and men may call me Still must my sons be fighting for their ovvne In euery place and time strife doth befall me For pains long past I vvill not novv make mone My present feares expecting yet far more Make me forget vvhat I endur'd before 61. This plague's not all extinct hels malice boiles His mischief-plotting brain deuiseth vvorse Our holy vvrits he burns and Saints he broiles Destroies vvhole countries vvith a blasting curse Appoints nevv lavves and sets nevv gods on hie All that gain-say by force or fire shall die 62. He still prepares more and more punishments For such as vvel professe my truths pure faith I see the massacres and banishments Prisons and poisons vvhich in store Dis hath Vnlesse you quell their pride blest povvres diuine We cannot scape helpe then my selfe and mine 63. If any piety or pittie moue you All Gods in wisdome should each care for other Forsake not my faint hopes and them that loue you You which defend all creatures do not loth her Which is your friend sister though much grieu'd See my true harmeless children soon relieu'd 64. Father if I haue euer prais'd thy power And spred thy mighty name through Earths vast ground Deliuer me and mine from this sad howre By thy right hand with which thou rul'st this round Thy God-head and my safe-gard I le inuoke thee If neither thy care nor my laments prouoke thee 65. Yet pitty thine owne glory thine owne brood For if I perish or my face must hide Thy fame and subiects which thou boughtst with blood Will faile from thee vvhich thou shouldst not abide If yet thou vvilt not helpe yet grant this boon I may preuent all griefs by dying soon 66. Thus did Religion speak and staid her speech Winding her armes and casting downe her eyes As if she death did rather then life beseech But as when haruest-winds rush from the skies The leaues in vvoods a rustling murmur make Such a soft vvhispring did the Gods ore-take 67. This Goddesse being so neere a kin so grieuing Mov'd much compassion in their tender spirits They thought high Ioue too milde in gouerning Themselues too calme to Dis for his demerits They meane to comfort her with heauenly force And stop the Furies in their bloody course 68. So much were all incens'd vvith her true teares When all-ore-swaying Ioue commands them silence Shakes Heauen and earth with shaking his gold-haires And then speaks thus with dreadfull excellence Daughter my praise and greatest power below Free thy faire cheeks from teares thy thought from woe 69. We nere did yet nor euer will for-goe thee Thy loue so deeply settles in our brest Our care and prouidence nere shall be fro thee Heauen is thy friend My selfe with all the rest And if thou wouldst the fates and me conceiue What we determine I 'le declare giue leaue 70. Hearing the boysterous threats of Dis foule iawes And seeing him loose his furies from stix flood T' infect th'erroneous world they might break lawes Of Gods and men confounding what is good Perceiuing darknes ouer-spread this age And man-kind much degenerate from our image 71. The primitiue purenesse all corrupt with lust The truth ore weighd with fond inuentions Vice boasting ouer Vertue laid in dust The Dragon conquering by dissentions We saw which mou'd vs most our children dying And heard their guiltles blood for vengeance crying 72. Often my wrath did burne to thunder-strike them But that the beautious order of all creatures Made me repent for though I did not like them Yet for them would I not dissolue all Natures I knew their houre of horror was not come Wherein they should receiue their damning doom 73. To be still bound in chaines of dismall night Eternally to suffer griefe and death Meane while how ere they deale by craft of spite He workes himself more paine and shame beneath More glory to the Gods No maruaile then If they corrupt the liues and harts of men 74. So soone so fin He formerly possest them Tempting but once he made them throughly euill Since when iniquity so much opprest them Their Vertue eas'ly yeelds vnto the Diuell The Crime of their first fathers concupisence Polluted all his childrens conscience 75. I see and suffer this for to strike all Would void my treasure-house of thunder-bolts Besides the vulgar oft in errors fall Calling euill good good euill and so like dolts Thinking to merit deserue their owne damnation Hoping to save themselues loose their saluation 76. I grieue indeed and faine would helpe with signes The faith of men but that my words are plain Though they remember not my sacred lines Pittying I put them to no further pain For thus hath heauen decreed from this high chaire Faith is not forced free-will admits no feare 77. It is our grace that enters mens soft mindes And there informes reformes conforms their will It neither draws or driues but as it findes It shews here heauen there hel here good there euill What so ere men doe being dead they shall sustain The more they know so rer shall bee their pain 78. When heauen and earth shall passe with horrid crie And all abused creatures plague their sin Yet I that made all would haue nothing die Least mine and their foule aduersarie grin And therefore counsel rather vse then strength That men knowing me might come to heauen at length 79. And with such order will I guide successe Vertue shall nere so faile nor sin so grow That euery furie shall their wish possesse As when they made all fit for that fowle blow I suffered them to choose deuise prepare Men matter place yet all defeated were 80. They could not bring to passe their policies The good were garded by mine hand and eie For I disclosing their deepe villanies Brought them to death which would haue others die Who keeps his hart from guile his hands from crime May now securely passe his peacefull time 81. And if some-times the tempest of mischaunce Hinder his ease heauen will thus breed his crowne So daughter whom I study to aduance Full oft thou findst my help being oft cast downe Nor could thy weakenesse haue endur'd so long Vnles my might had made thy faith more strong 82. Remember I did oft thine honor nourish When men against thee threatned sword and fire I made thy Children more and better flourish Whom neither force could feare nor meed could hire Hell striues in vaine against thy power deuine Thy kindgom shall remaine as long as mine 83. What thou giu'st other Gods men shall giue thee Thou shalt haue sinceere worship sacred orders Doubt not chere vp thine hart hope trust on mee With comely temples and enlarged borders Thou shallt be Queene on earth and Queen in heauen Iudgement shall right thy wrongs and make all euen 84.

daughters gaind Why should I not then write writing ●s 〈◊〉 Why go I not and speak my mind at full 99. Then shall I see what I so much admire Yet wherefore should I goe Cupid may flatter Shee seemes too faire I may too much aspire Kings would with Kings vnite perchance her father Already hath espousd his gracious maid To some great Prince then mine hopes are layd 100. Why should I follow such vncertainties O venter where I cannot well preuaile Oppressed peeres maintaine their auncestrie And titles much more such why should I faile The Gods I think affected me to loue her And therefore they wil help I hope to moue her 101. They first prouok'd me by faire Imagery What shall do shall I be knowne so light Or dye not knowne vnlesse I loue I die Yet rather dye then be dispised quite Shall I not follow loue who tells my mind The fates her for me me for her designed 102. Surely the picture calls and proffers grace If I should erre it is but loue and youth Which erres this is esteemd a veniall case My bookes declare how Cupid hath no ruth But makes men follow by fire and swords and floods Forsaking their owne parents lands and goods 103 You powers deuine if any loue true loue Or haue inspird me with affection Let me protest the same and humbly mooue Your help to bring this busines to perfection As ere my parents in heart honord you As I them imitate with seruice due 104. As I hate sinne and would liue pure til death 〈◊〉 your good speed I le passe the narrow Seas Further ioy Iorney towards Elizabeth Who beautifies great Brittaine there I le please Myselfe atleast with seeing hearing kissing Though like a stranger all contentment wishing 105. Shee 'l know perchāce answer mine eyes language Thus being resolu'd he calls his counsell sage Bids them prepare a nauy for his passage With al things fitting such a stately voyage And shewing the cause doth aske his mothers leaue Least his vnknowne departure might her grieue 106. The heauenly consort seeing so good successe And well foreseeing this blessed marriage neere Reioyce and for this iourney soone adresse The Seas of winds the ayre of cloudes to cleare Fame ran before this happy newes t' impart Mouing the Kings and his faire daughters heart 107. No sooner shone the day prefixt for going But his braue ship with golden garlands cround Well rigd and drest her owners honor showing Was drawne into the riuer from the grownd Earth smild though loth to leaue them when t was lancht The Water glad of such a burthen danc't 108. The raine-bow Goddesse did alay the wind East North and South were quiet in their caues Only the Westerne gently came behind No storme exciting star troubled the waues VVhen the Prince Palatine with Germaine Gentry Into their barck prepard first made faire entry 109. Then Hymen loos'd the cable from the shore Fortune with good luck spred the silken sailes The graces each in order take an oare While pretty fancy the ship foreward hales Cupid as chiefest Pilot at her helme sate Giuing smooth way that waues winds orewhelm not 110. A multitude of wel mand ' Barks attending This expedition slice the smooth fac'd flood But the braue Admirall more swiftly wending Proceeds like Argo made of AEmon wood Leaues Heidelberg of old men cald Budor●● With Neccars siluer streames and fruitfull shores 111. Emers with hopefull speed the flood-swolne Rhine Salutes the Citie Worms once Baugious ground Auncient Mogunce where printing did begin Drusus toumb Bachreck many a neighbour towne Goar with hundreds more which are his right Mosellas current then appeares in sight 112. Col●n first built by Nero's Agrippine With cloud-high Towres and Temples threatning stars The famous Inlish Champion Gelders Grigne Holland ennobled with sea-search and wars Containing within three score miles short bounds Twentie nine Cities with fowre hundred townes 113. The right hand of the now-enlarged Riuer Leads them vnto the lower Belgick banks Which waters driuen by winds oft couer And when they tooke the seas with ordered ranks The gods allayd all storms winds waues and raine So that they smoothly ran along the maine 114. Then by faire Iris instantly besought A troop of Sea-gods led these gallants on Palaemon on a Dolphins back was brought Neptune by chariot Phorcus and Aegeon On tamed Whales Neptune with his old Queene Swimming on sea-borne horses might be seen 115. Shrill Triton Glaucus each Nimph thither trips Speio thought faire for eyes for haires Thicaea Nerine for brows Thalia for her lips For white neck Leu●othe for paps Nicaea Thetis for feet and Panope for hands For shoulders Melite most admired stands 116. Slender arm'd Galathe with hundreds more Begot by Ne●eus aud made complet faire The Syrens which Vlises tempted sore Shew'd their faire beauties vs'd their voices rare Each had a seuerall fashion of disport Yet all in mirth and musick well consort 117. One seems to stand at gaze another swims Some shew their face some lift their bodies higher Some turne their sides to view some all their lims Some seeme to come yet flie when you come nigher Some leap some diue some walke whereas men could not All would be seen yet seem as if they would not 118. First one then other shews their hides their head Then altogether turne a circle making Another follows when before she fled Now their fine hands now limber arms are shaking Now rise they right and then fall on their backs Then on their brest each way no beauty lacks 119. Their bodies turning in so many shapes Cut furrows in the main make bubbles rise Seeming to flie like hares they play like ape Casting salt water each in others eyes They sprinkle siluer drops on euery ship Like lambs in Aprill they bound wind and skip 120. Part sits on fish to trim their moistned haire Drawing it forth and drying it by Sunne Combs it with ivory teeth and laies it faire Binds it with Coral flowers and Indian stone Part with a watch-word cals for Glaucus flocks And taught them how to daunce amidst the rocks 121. The Daulphin swift the Sea-calfe hugely throted The Lobsters bold the mullets nimbly running The Turbuts soft and Scaves for fatnes noted With all the scaled fish in waters wonning The greater now left eating vp the lesse The lesse came forth to grace this businesse 122. Part of the Nimphs diuided with much ioy To seuerall quires applied their voice and hart In praise of Sea-borne Venus and her boy While Tritons cornet sweetly bore a part All shewing his companie so gracious Made Fredericks iorney not seem tedious 123. Albion appeares ere they were aware And then the Marriners amaine cried land The Prince with hope encreas'd with lessned care Said heartily welcome to mine eyes deare sand Thou Region lov'd of God mother of loue Speed me with swift successe and happy proue 124. While thus he spoke the Nauy sayl'd along Entring the

We see in this quoth he Ioue hath his hand Our vision was none idle dreame we find Wherein we did receiue the heauens command Since heauen and Earth and all do promise vs This Princely mariage shall proue prosperous 52. When therefore royall Rhine sollicets me For that befits his errand and our state I will obey Ioues heauenly deity And knit that knot which heauens make fortunate Be bould to sue and feareles to receiue Rhines louely Frederick shall but aske and haue 53. Now as the Caedar or Semelian vine Hourely encreaseth in the vernall spring Spreading their braunches with a tender twine So loue encreaseth in this loue-sick King His eye inflames his hart his hart endures Loue flames still feircer which his eie procures 54. No maruell for the eie procures the flame Feeds it procur'd his eie's both fire and fuell No sooner looks he on this beautious dame But by reflection feeles a heate more cruell Hers do the like whose cheekes with ruby die Bewray her heart his spies she by his eie 55. Sometimes but who can write the art of Loue Their louely eie-browes speake one to the other Sometimes a beck which secretly they moue Maks known the thought which silence seeks to smother And oft withall when they assunder be They sigh for sorrow that they cannot see 56. But Frederick more impatient of delay Casts with his Princely Selfe what best to doe How he his thoughts may to the King bewray And won the Lady loue incites him to The former fauors which the King had shown Making him hope Eliza was his owne 57. Whose speach presented to the King and Queen They grant faire passage to his Princely shute Loue hid before now 's in the Louers seene And now hath got a tongue which erst was mute Now reuells court now royall festiualls London prepares against their nuptialls 58. And now my muse since many winged Fame Doth with as many tongues as Argus eyes The wisht-for Hymenaean rites proclaime Of these two great Imperiall Maiesties Helpe me to nurse that more then Pean mirth In heauen conceiud an'd brought forth on the Earth 59. Now moist Aquarius with his gelid vrne On Pisces poures his cold AEdonian waues Now watred drops to ysicles do turne And AEol brings his armies from the Caues But all to shew sure signes of good to come The times are altered by supernall doome 60. Aquarius to Aries giues place Pisces to Taurus winter to the spring AEol within the Cauerns hides his face Nor can feirce Vrsa wonder at the thing Squize the hoare snow from twixt her horrid nailes Nor vexe our Climate with tempestuous hailes 61. Warme Delius packs hence the frosty cold Whose faire approach calme Zephyrus ensues VVith violets be decking Tellus mold And fostering her Infants with his dewes Fau●●ius likewise in greene liueries Adornes each field with flowers of sundry dies 62. Which of the mountaine Nymphs no soner seen But admiration enters at their eyes To view earhs frosty mantle turn'd to green And Summer thus with Winter simpathize Contending who should first trip to the flowers And fill their skirts to deck their pretty bowers 63. Heere get they Roses there Pinckst Daffadillies Sweet Marierum Carnations Camomel Primroses Crowfoot Marigolds and Lillies Venus-hayre Sothern wood Daisies Pimpernel Rosmarie and Time Cowslips with thousands mo Of diuers sorts whose names I do not know 64. They cannot tell for their variety Which first to crop where first to lay their hand So thick the flowers in euery meddow be They know not how where or whereon to stand Variety giues Earth so great a grace With Natures store enricht in euery place 65. They cannot tread but on the hearbs they rush Nor on the hearbs but presse their leaues so sweet Nor on the leaues but their sweet flowers crush Nor crush the flowers but gild their harmful feet Nor gild their feet with their depressed dewes But sauor odoriferous ensues 66. Now Phillis with new tresses wantoneth And Princely Poplar shades the hollow brooke Now Philomela sweetly warbleth Among the branches glorious on to look The heauens aspiring Lark begins to sing In welcome of this vnexpected spring 67. The Naiades all laying mantles by To bath and sport them to the riuers bound them Where weauing Garl●nds on the Gowlans nye Before they leaue the louely fountaines crowne them Th'vnfrosty streames run by the warme banke side Checkquerd with ornaments of Floraes pride 68. The Rhenist husbandman with axe in hand To lop dead branches and to dresse his vines Seing their Spring struck with amaze doth stand To view in winter such right summer signes But seeing new sowne corne shot to the blade He blest himselfe supported with his spade 69. True birth-exploring Rhenus hearing newes Forth from his Limphane waues the match was done For which both heauen and earth made ioyfull shewes With Heauen and Earth to make a third begun His Reinish waters turned to Reinish wine And all his sandes like golden Tagus shine 70. Faire Heidelbergian Neccaris runs tripping VVarlik Germania hops and leapes for ioy VVith all her nimphs Ercinia falls a skipping All all their best to shew their mirth imploy Men thought to see the frisks of Sea and Land Orpheus againe had tane his harpe in hand 71. To orient pearles his pretty pibbles turning Oceanus puts forth his Sea-green head Al rapt with ioy no place was left for mourning He curls his lockes his beard begins to spread When straight for silence becking with his rod The windes are whisht and thus begins the God 72. Great Neptunes nephew Monarchs of the flood Your silence and attention is requir'd That which the Fates foretold vs for our good What Heauen and Earth and Seas so long desird Now comes to passe the Palatine of Rhein Is linckt with Brittains blest most royall line 73. From whose faire loynes the heauens haue promist vs An issue hopefull happy fortunate VVho to the world shal shine most glorious Restoring age her former golden state Now wartes shall cease Enuy shall be bound And cast in darknes neuer to be found 74. Now shall the Smith of swords a mattock make And darts to culters turne the Earth to carue The martial halbert shall be made a rake Bucklers for scuttles fauchions for sickles serue The Soldiers Armes shal be the husbands now And fierce wars yeeld vnto the peacefull plow 75. The Oxe shall hold the Demi-lance in scorne The drum and fife shall henceforth cease to sound Our trumpets now shal be the Hunters horne VVhilst silly Wat runs panting fore the hound No poysonous VVolfbane now springs in our field No stinking Hemlocks shall our meadowes yeeld 76. The Serpent Elaps shall no poyson keepe The Dragon Amphisbana dwine away The Wolfe no more shall vex the sillie sheep The Lion on the Oxe no more shall prey The fatall Rauen and the ougly Owle shall fly To Athos Babes and those deserts by 77. The Oliue branch now crownes the head of Peace The

bending their knee Nor yet with earths vast Empery content She would fame thrust Ioue from his regiment 22. Vsurping power in heauen and hells deepe flood Peruerting all with superstition Shee will haue Images compact of wood Of smooth clay shining mettall wel-squard stone Made Gods with hallowd incense burnt before them Oh Gods vvhat furie makes her thus adore them 23. Can true religion be so bold and blind To thinke that in vaine Idols Gods do lurke Or that the Carpenter hath Ioue assignd To dwell in trees the potter in his work Or caruer wiser then Pigmalion Can call an heauenly power to dwell in stone 24. Oh shame can men in such deep darknes walk As that their spirits should worse then spirits obey Can their fense deities in pictures Chalk Will high-bred soules their bodies bow to clay No. God is greater then we can beleeue him No stocke or stone or body can receiue him 25. Naught can containe his power containing all Behold the sphears encompassing each creature The Sun and stars lightning this worlds huge ball Are all but shadows of his all-bright feature What can we see but footsteps of his mind Far greater better fairer are behind 26. Farther then heauen doth earth Ioue heauen exceede To whom the sacrifice of prayers and praise With truth and vprightnes in words and deeds Offered on harts as altars doth best please To vvorship senseles trees is times old error Receiu'd of this huge monster for mens terror 27. Yet multitudes bewitchd with her would faine With superstition and sedition Their blindfold hearts and wicked hands prophane The Lords and commons ioyne in inquisition The diuells deep forge the slaughter house of saints Which best and worst yet rather best attaints 28. As many twinckling stars appeare by night When Boreas blowing rough stormes makes winter cold As hony-sucking Bees in thick swannes light VVhen Flora Tellus beauty doth vnfold So many men wiues children poore and rich All run to serue the will of this proud witch 29. Some were deceaued with her hipocrisie Some came for feare of danger some for gaine None durst oppose himselfe Oh misery To her that had so many martyrs slaine So that more furious euery day then other Shee growes and truth with cruelty doth smother 30. Makes marchandise of soules sells sinne for meed Tecelius was her her factor for these wares Giuing indulgence for each hainous deed More then God would or Satan durst he dares All men were mute but Luther could not quiet His pen and tongue seeing him so proudly riot 31. Hath God quoth he giuen life to spend in sloth And sullen feare shall they so tyranize In shameles error I remaine so loth Truth to defend with my poore faculties Both wit and speech from Gods free grace are giuen And therefore should maintaine the lawes of heauen 32. They were not worldly wise which taught me first Stoicks or Accademicks they might erre But from truths ho●y fountaine with deepe thirst I drew the doctrine which I le now deliuer For truth and all that loue her I le aduenture To see whether Gods or men this griefe wil cure 33. And sure but from some heauenly institution This holy zeale comes not away vain feares I le passe the pikes of persecution He seemd to say thus much while trickling teares Bedewd his reuerend face his eyes bright flame Shewd Others sin mooud him to greef and shame 34. Religion made this hungry monsters prey Made him to pitty men so much opprest So that he seems to think what he would say To curb her madnes and reforme the rest Yet humane weaknes ouertakes his mind Conceiuing those great perills he should find 35. It may be thus he thought how rash am I When all dissembling sleep to rise alone Yet right religious loue with sacred fury Knowledge with zeale drew faith and boldnes on When he beheld such was their impious guise The Temple made a shop for marchandise 36 Thus being incensed with diuinest heat Which could not see and suffer such prophanesse He shakes the Tyrants falsly-grounded seat Opens her cunning plots reprooues her vainesse His flock but heares and yeelds to what he said His aduersary stands astonished 37. Next him did Zui●glius full of holy courage Rise casting seeds of truth in mens pure harts Vsing Gods sword which beares a double edge He batting brings to nougther armes and arts He tought and fought he faire and hard meanes tried Till for his faith and countries cause he dyed 38. Next him stood Caluin clad in sacred armes Thundring out vengeance gainst Romes vsurpation His heart and pen a zelous anger warmes His words were followed with much approbation You might behold the beast fearefully shaking And her selfe-guilty troopes the field forsaking 39. As Turtle-Doues on some high trees and Towers With wanton murmur seem to kiss and speak In their kind language testifying loues powers When they shall heare Ioues thunder-beare break The cleere ayre with strong wings forget their sport And with swift speed vnto their nest resort 40. So fled the fiends On the other side with art Iris had wouen the surgefull Ocean streams In which the British Iland stood apart From all the world In midst whereof high IAMES Sate on his auntient Adamantine throne Trampling the neck of crowned Babylon 41. She mad with griefe and shame writhes her fowle traine Hither and thither to get liberty And with fell poison doth her place distaine And sliding thence at length not furiously As heretofore in threats or arms doth rise But mischiefe plots and treasons doth deuise 42. As when the Plow a big-swoln Snake sore squeeseth Shee writhes and slowly drawes her loines along Her body faints and pants her life-blood freezeth Yet her heart rageth and her three-fork't tongue Hisseth out spite her eyes and mouth flame fires Babell when she can least most euill desires 43. Wit in this web had other works inuented As racks swords flames prisons strange instruments Of death wherewith good-liuers were tormented With sundry kinds of dreadfull punishments Princes at length find out this Tyrants pride Pluck all her plumes her nakednesse deride 44. The light of holy Truth seem'd then to shine About the borders of this wondrous cloathing Where likewise embroidered with gemmes fine A Canticle that all heauens quire should sing The Palatine with Britaine ioin'd shall bring Earths golden daies againe Times blessed spring 45. Which when th' immortall squadron had well seene All rancktin order leaues th'Emperial Towers Mouing their nimble spirits the spheres betweene Iris then leades them to the Planets bowers Inuoking their asistant influence To blesse their proiects with due consequence 46. Her feet whom winges and purple buskins grace Slide through the milkie paths which Gods oft walk Then raine-bow like she winds her circled race That this faire company no starres might balk Then all the fixt and wandring starres consented To make men by this marriage full contented 47. On their left hand they left

the vpright scale Which measures equall time twixt euen and morne The Scorpion threatning both with tongue and tayle Chiron with his full quiuer and Capricorne The flood Eridanus with fierce Orion Perseus and Hydrae's constellation 48. On the right hand Calisto with her sonne Europaes bearer Cassiopeias throne The Ram which Helle too much trusted on Castor and Pollux the Crab kingly Lyon Arions Dolphin Ariadnes Crowne And Hercules with his all-daring frowne 49. As when the King of stars the God of day Apollo with his euer-burning globe Puts off his cloudy winters cold aray And in the liuely spring takes Floraes robe His flaming horses passe with iollity So went faire Iris and her company 50. She first began they followed in their order Making their longest way seeme short and sweet In passing heauen fire ayres vpper border To chant their Oracle with musick meet The Palatine with Brittaine ioynd shal bring Earths golden dayes againe Times bllessed spring 51. As when on cleare Meanders crooked bankes Or on Caysters flood or through the skie The milk white Swans passe on in louely ranckes Such beuteous order had this company But sweeter musick while they wau'd the wing Each other mooud with heauenly voyce to sing 52. Then part they quires and with redoubling voyce Make Spheeres resound Fredereck Elizabeth Let him haue her let her in him reioyce Let both vnite their hearts in loue til death The Palatine with Britain ioin'd shall bring Earths golden dayes again times blessed spring 53. As violets excell the bramble briar Lilly the violets that the rose disgraceth Eliza so doth Virgins As Stars fire Moone stars sunne moone so Frederick all surpasseth Both passe all others of like age or birth Yet each of both doth equall others worth 54. Now Ioue determines to vnite all nations Vnto himselfe in spirituall amity Stopping the loathsome inundations Of Dis and his outragious rascalry The Palatine with Brittaine ioynd shall bring Earths golden dayes againe times blessed spring 55. Let mortall men acknowledge this free guift Remembring Ioue the cause these two the meanes Which them from hells mouth to heauens throne vplifts And they with vs and we with them sing Paeans Apollo comes atir'd in mortall flesh To calme the troubled world and men refresh 56. The miracle of antient yeares reuiues The boy that lying in cradle crush the Snakes And tam'd the monster in our Frederick liues Th' infernall Dragon and his lernian shakes The Palatine with Brittaine ioynd shall bring Earths golden dayes againe times blessed spring 57. This German state old Roome in state out strides The peacefull dayes of Numa time recites Who hauing a Nimph his wife Muses his guides Religion taught encrease her fauorites So shall this Prince deuise endeauor act What ere can peace and piety compact 58. Aegeria turnes Eliza who by any Consulted shall giue oracles of peace As we instructed her shee shall teach many How shrewd contention and sterne war should cease● The Palntine with Brittaine ioynd shall bring Earths golden dayes againe times blessed spring 59 Harpies with maiden face and Lyons clawes Chang'd into Locusts rising from hell smoke Would haue deuoured all with open iawes But that this marriage did their mallice choak Princes may feed on delicates in quiet And rest at home in peace these cannot riot 60. These two like Boreas children shal hence driue them Back whence they came to the pit bottomles That catch mens house and land say they shriue them Earth shall be comforted they comfortlesse The Palatine with Britaine ioin'd shall bring Earths golden daies againe Times blessed spring 61. Now Laedas twinnes descend from their high throne To visit land and Seas with doubled rayes Cheering the plough-swaines and the marriners mone While their bright lustre threatned stormes allayes Their earthly honors are already greater Their state with vs heerafter shall be better 62. Such is their faith and loue such are their beauties Such is their vertue to driue euill away Mortalls with praise and vowes performe your duties To heauen hels instruments pack while you may The Palatine with Brittaine ioynd shall bring Earths golden dayes againe Times blessed spring 63. Thus had these glorious Nuncios past the spheres Fit mansions for the free or fixed lights Whence this world whom we count so vast appeares As here a barly-corne in their cleere sights Yet comming neerer they discerne the Mountains The Champain vales woods rocks seas floods and fountains 64. They seeing men shew like Ants kingdoms like fields Cities like Cells more neerely shape their course Towards the land which Tuisco's god-head shields At first with manly now with heauenly force There they saw Rhene receiue Neccars cleere flood On whose high banks the Palse-graues palace stood 65. Which once was but an homely shepheards coate Till Conrade built it in so gorgeous frame It may compare with Cities of great note For people buildings orders traffick fame Hither they take their flight and silently They passe the confines of this territorie 66. Then entring this braue Court not better grounded Then kept with Iouiall hospitalitie With one consenting voice which neuer sounded In mortall eares that place they sanctifie Saying oh deare gods that keep guide these rooms Blest be your powers bles your Prince nobles grooms 67. Oh mansion which with Babell maist compare In that thy walls contain'd an honoured Youth That in his power and courage can and dare Relieue the oppressed world restore the truth The Palatine with Britaine ioin'd shall bring Earths golden daies againe Times blessed spring 68. Now Phoebus red with heat and burning haste Had left our world and drencht his fiery throne In Hesperus warme waues now had he past With his bright beams to th' Antipods vnknowne And there vnbridling his flame-breathing steeds From toyle with Nectar and Ambrosia feeds 69. Now night with duskie chariot past the skies Fild heauen with twinkling stars earth with dark silence Fann'd sleep on mortall creatures wearied eyes That staid all businesse buried each offence The Palatine forgets his Princely cares With gratefull ease which crept on him vnwares 70. His Nobles had giuen ouer themselues to rest Nought could be seene and heard in all the Citie Then Cupid seeing his time as he knew best Began his ancient art and charming dittie With poppie-seed he doth all senses dimme That maz'd with sleep they might not hinder him 71. He setting then his fellowes each in place Where they might soonest further his designe With lanterne wisely clos'd and stealing pace Visits the chamber of the Palatine Carna the Goddesse which of doores takes charge Vnloosing hindge and lock makes entrance large 72. And that so softly that no mortall heares The God of loue seeing this goes till he came Where Frederick tooke his rest void of all feares And then discloseth his before-hid flame He might behold his Princely limms and face Which euen in sleeping could not loose their grace 73. Beholding he much wonders at his fairenesse In