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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

Straight shuts them vp within herselfe at warres Loue harts her eye maides modesty strikes terror Thus in loues conflict with chast modesty She loues and feares she sees and dares not see 26. But yet so closly could not this young louer Mooue the faire Orb of her Siderian eyes But straight the louesick Palsgraue could discouer And meet the turn with due obseruancies Hundred ey'd Argus Io nere so tended As he Eliza til these greetings ended 27. This thus and more perform'd in princely sort Dark sable-coulor'd Nox comes trotting on Mounted vpon Allaster from the port Of black Cymmerian pitchy Acheron Phaebus with fiery chariot flies away Post hast to giue Antipodes the day 28. Meane while a guard of gallant Gentlemen Addrest in skarlet liueries euery one With Cognizants first drawne with Pallas pen Then wouen with siluer gold and pretious-stone In which Palladian art did vive appeare King IAMES his arms great Britans Monarch there 29. These worthy Waiters worthy of their places Present their burning tapers 'fore the King Who with the Queen and all those Princely graces Addrest himselfe to Ioviall banqueting Which being done as fitteth Princes best They all retire them to nocturnall rest 30. King IAMES no sooner prest his lofty bed And Somnus comes to close his Princely eyes But Morpheus his fancy wakened And Consus counsels god he straight espies Who softly comes with graue and auncient pace Comely though old with reuerence in his face 31. With his fur'd night-gowne shooes cap for night In his right hand he brings a golden booke Thus he presents himselfe to IAMES his sight Much like old Philon both in speech and look Who for in younger age he taught his Grace His Highnes therfore knew him by his face 32. Who mildly standing at our Soueraignes feet He thus begins to speake with grauitie Great Britans Monarch giue me leaue to greet Thy mighty selfe and then to question thee Why'mongst so many dost thou tosse thy mind A match for faire Elizabeth to find 33. Behold great Ioue by heauens owne direction Hath sent thee one the mirror of his time Whose Auncestry next vnder your protection May with the best compare of Kingly line Whose regiment encreaseth with his yeeres In aequi-pollence to the mightiest peeres 34. More wise he is then young age can affoord Whom mighty Ioue both loues and offers thee He doth professe the same religious Word And link't in Christian league of amity Make this thy Son this Prince will only proue He worthy hers she worthy of his loue 35. Th'emperiall heauens command me tell thee this Which promise thee and them a royall straine Who shall for heauens intentions cannot misse Restore the golden ages back againe This said Mirh-breathing Consus goes his waies Leauing the King halfe sleeping in a maze 36. He with mature deliberation Who 't was was sent and who it was that sent him Together with his pleasing graue relation What good Ioue offer'd and what good he meant him These reasons force quoth he our full consent Being such as one had been sufficient 37. But most of all Religion she doth moue me Which all Kings ought to striue for to the death It 's that great German makes vs most to loue thee And hold thee worthy our Elizabeth Thus Britans Caesar in his thoughts revolv'd And thus he spake and thus he them resolv'd 38. But do you thinke Eliza's rest was peace Thinke you the Princely Virgin was not troubl'd Hersleep was lessened by her thoughts increase On Frederick thinking straight her thoughts were doubl'd To him no sooner thinks he to be kind But straight her Princely selfe comes to her mind 39. Aie me quoth shee what sodaine motion 's this How is my brest clogg'd with a bitter sweet Cupid hath surely ta'ne his shaft amiss Elce how could Feare and Hope together meete I know not how but yet methinks I see Such vncouth passions both at once in me 40. Loue shall not trouble vs were loue so bold To enterprise our royall Vigin brest In vaine it straue to win our maiden hold That nere shall yeild let Cupid do his best Not though loues fire within me were as great As that Octaean or Trinacrian heat 41. Vnlesse my father giue his full consent Vnlesse my King appoint me whom to loue Loues arrowes are in vaine but idly spent And of no force should all loues forces proue Hee 's worthy Loue but aie what bootes to like Vnlesse my father doe the bargaine strike 42. Loue loue would sure but wither in the blade Proue barren fruitles langvish and so die Ah Frederick but that 's it makes mee'fraid I wish my father held th' as great as I Great God of Loue as thou hast plai'd thy part To make me Loue so moue my fathers hart 43. Procure him get a marriage worthy mee It is not farr his highnesse need to seeke Fortune presents fit opportunity Doe Cupid and I le kisse thy louely cheeke But yet in all be sure thou draw a dart That shall not misse Prince Frederick to the hart 44. Mine eies are onely plea'sd with his faire brow Me thinks and he should Loue to by his face Yet and perhaps the German loues me now If outward gesture shew the inward grace Why should not I then aunswer Fredericks Loue Whose were enough an Empresses to moue 45. Answer quoth I what answer shall I giue A virgin Princesse daughter to a King Except my Father vnder whome I liue Say to me This is he whose nuptiall ring Thy Princely selfe must weare this is the man Loue him then could I answer soone I can 46. Thus with a sigh her speach she smothereth But loue so would not close her waking eies Which way so ere the Vergin turns vimeth Shee could but thinke she Frederic espies And more she thinks such thoughts can fancy moue The louely Prince is suing for her loue 47. Nor yet when radiant Phosphorus appearing Vshers Aurora banishing the night The tawney liuery of bright Phebus wearing Can all-harts-conquering loue bee put to flight The lesse her loue she seeketh to bewray The more it 's seene by seeing euery day 48. How oft would she vnto her mother Queen Sweetly commend this Princes pedegree How oft would she haue blushing ready been To tell the titles of his Emperie His manners now then 's godly youth relating And then his hopes of age prognosticating 49. Her mother Queen obserues her speeches well And smiling sayes Our Daughter is in loue She likes it tho and to the King can tell Her passions which his Highnes doth approue Yet least she should perceiue they did reioyce They ieasted with the Virgine for her choyce 50. But afterwards the sapient King perpending Great Ioues commandement Rheins great family His Vertues Kingdomes and Religion tending All to aduancement of true piety What feare 't would strike to foes to hell what terror What loue both Court country beares this mirror 51. Admiring and reioycing in his mind

point to be performed in the persons of the most illustrious Lady the Princesse of great Brittany and of the most noble Prince PALATINE the vertues of which excellent couple euen Ioue himselfe collanded and foretolde the many blessings that should proceed of these royall Nuptialls whereby Religion and the whole Quier of Heauen were with great hopes appeased THE II. BOOKE THe Gods with their recomforted Sister doe congratulate each other and she returnes them thankes for their so great fauors and they allioine and moue Iuno the president of marriages and Venus the mother of loue to assume the Embassy the effectuating of this disseigne of the gods Iuno sends downe vpon the earth Iris her Embassadress clad with most artificialluestiments in which the reforming of Religion and the occurrences of greatest consequence in the world for many yeeres past were inwoo●en and with Iris Venus ioyned as colleague Cupid her sonne with a troope of other Immortall personages who being repleat with ioy and prophecying thorogh the regions of the aire the greatnes of this most happy vnion arriued at Heidelberg being the Metropolis of the Pa●atinate where they entring secretly by night Cupid with golden dart amorous fire in a dream strook inflamed the young Prince not yet knowing the obiect of his desire till afterwards walking in his gallery entraunced with those amorous thoughts his eye lighted on the picture of the L. Elizabeth the only daughter of the most puissant King of great Brittā with whose portraiture amōgst diuers others of the greatest Princesses in the world the said gallery was beautified At the first sight of that faire picture of a more faire substance the Prince was supprised with a new flame acknowledging that that was the beautifull forme which Cupid represented vnto him and with which he stirred him vp to loue and hereupon the Prince causeth the picture to be taken downe and placed in his owne chamber and to this shrius of his Goddess he daily offers many truly inamorated and deuoted Orisons But his loue more more continually increasing his excellency could not be satisfied with this liueless resemblance but after many cōsultations resolues to goe in person into England to see at the life the Mistris and owner of that faire form which had captiuated his heart whither at length with a most auspitious successe and a most noble retinew he happily arriued THE III. BOOKE WHere being honorably receiued of the King his whole Court the Prince with the excellency of his endowments of nature and art by the inuisible assistance of the supernall powers in kindles no lesse flames of loue in the virgin breast of the royall Princesse towards him then were in his Excellencies towards her highness And whilst each of these two most louing and most louely louers did day night seuerally meditate of this their first loue Consus the lord of councel in the shape of Philon late his Maiesties tutor appear'd in night to the sleeping king telling his highness that the cōming of the Prince Elector into his kingdom was by the ordinance of heauen to the end that by the aliance made between them by the Princess his daughter the state of Religion should he established by this most wished for mariage To this heauenly Counsellor the king consented with this prouiso that the Prince should first as it was fitting request it at his highnesse hands which his excellency afterward willingly performing his Maiesty at the first motion graciously condescended The esspousalls are prolaimed and at the report hereof the whole kingdome reuels and keeps royall festiualls and the father of waters Oceanus hauing by Triton his Trumpeter assembled the Maritine fluuiall powers doth out of the cleer brow of heauen and the most temperate season of the spring prognosticate happy successe highly praysing in this match the iudgement of the foreseeing sapient King and therwithall prouokes euery thing to reioyce Now comes the Bridall day in honor whereof Vulcan the God of fire at the intercession of Venus his wife doth with his element play his masters prize in presenting strange and delightful fire-workes vpon the Thames And Mars in competition with him to content the Queene of loue shewes valiant and various feates and stratagems of warre and the City to shew her loue and legeance to her Soueraigne with many sorts of stately showes disembowelleth the inmost of her heart and the king himselfe because there should be nothing wanting in this high solemnety keepes an open Court full of all royall delights In the middest whereof the marriage is consummated and the most louing royall paire obtaine the height of their amorous desires A MARIAGE HYMNE IN THREE BOOKS The Argument of the first Booke In the Gods councell wrong'd Religion Complaines of iniuries Infernall DIS Had sent forth legions from deepe Acheron Who world her truth defeat preuent her blisse IOVE seeing and pittying her incessant paines A Mariage for her comfort praeordaines 1. MY minde replenisht with full hopes and ioyes Cannot containe it selfe in thoughtfull silence But it must vtter both with pen and voice The royall mariage of high consequence Betwixt a German and the Britaine State Where Peace and Honor met Fortune and Fate 2. Come Iuno Goddesse of true mariage loue Come call'd by charme sweet Muses from your Mountaines Come Nymphes faire daughters of high thundring Ioue Who gouerne Thames and Rhine woods waues or fountains Inspire my aspiring spirit while it indites This heauen-blest bed-league and connubiall rites 3. Let it be lawfull for an earth-bred essence Passing in thought Olimpus crystall gates T' approach the Pantheon of your glorious presence And there behold your euer-blessed states Then on your altars crownd with myrtle-bowes I le offer He catombs and incense vowes 4. Ioue resident in his Emperiall Towres Built on the pillars of Eternity Calls for a Senate of coelestiall powres By which he gouernes with stability Th'instable world the waies of Sun and Moon And whatsoe're in Heauen or Earth is done 5. From hence the Pleiads Nyads fierce Orion Arctophilax the great and lesser Beares The Dolphin Goat-fish and fierce-hearted Lyon Take the full influence of their flaming spheres From hence all heauenly constellations Deriue their orders influence operations 6. Hence Nature takes her turnes plants their increase Matter takes forme Forme beauty Beauty fall Number beginning Motion worke and ease Place bodies Bodies measure Time takes all Hence Cause her causes hath Fortune her course And Fates which neuer yield their mighty force 7. Hence came the generous kinds of euery beast And whatsoeuer swims in Seas quick tide And whatsoeuer lies on Earths rough brest And whatsoeuer flies or far or vvide Man more then others hath attain'd Gods feature As being the chiefest wisest holiest creature 8. On him Ioue plac'd his dearest loue and care His euerlasting pleasure and content Made him his creatures graces glories heire And made for him Seas lands aires large extent Keeping in forme and

Though much is not now giuen or seat secured Yet shall my Loue augment thy precious name In minds and mouths of men be still assured Behold thy primitiue purenesse free from blame Return'd restores true ioy See Babel cries Because the ruling Dragon thence fast flies 85. His Crest is laid fire quenched and sting rebated Deare loue sweet peace sound faith and vertue springs The furies and their terrors are amated Now Time his daughter Truth from darknes brings Remember but the Calydonian mayd Thy feare care griefe paine shal be soone allayd 86. Her name and manners great Eliza left her Her knowledge came when she became thy daughter Such grace I gaue as neere shal be bereft her So much I lou'd the former that the later Shall be more blest and blesse thee with more peace Making thine hopes and honor still encrease 87. The fates agreed with me we should appoint her To be created of two Princely lines Before she came to light I did annoint her With such a name and fame as euer shines No sooner had her blessed mother conceiu'd her But into speciall fauour I receiu'd her 88. I planted Vertues seed with gifts of grace Such as were neerest mine originall image Loue gaue rare beauty shining in her face And comely parts that would augment with age Being borne Ambrosia fed while Venus washt her With dews which Dian dried my beams refresht her 89 Euphrosine left Cyprus to giue Nectar Nurse-like at my commaund this Babe to keep Nais Calesto frowning did affect her And daunc'd about her cradle to bring sleepe While Philomela sung Nape brought flowers And strewd them on in parti-coloured showres 90. Soft Erithrea put garlands on her head Faire Phione brought pearl-full cockle-shels Calipso came with many an amber bead The Nymphs plaid musick with sweet siluer bels All wundred at kist honord blessed embraced This pretty child she them with smiling graced 91. Her countenance was cheerly amiable Bearing sure markes of a more gracefull spirit Her eyes were comely louely admirable No sooner did her feet the ground inherit But she trod vnder pride and ignorance And did her selfe to better things aduance 92. How often did she clip her Parents neck To witnes her deare loue which they perceiuing A thousand kisses giue a thousand take Ofher soft rosie lips fit words conceiuing Such was her face both Parents might be knowne So gently yet so royally it shone 93. Her cheere was pleasing yet with maiestie Which drew the Graces neerer to direct How she might speake and moue her pretty bodie With graue decorum yet vvith milde aspect To temper all her thoughts lookes gestures motions With honest seemlinesse holy deuotions 94. Her smooth-large forehead kept faire shamefastnes Her tongue was guided with sweet eloquence Laughter sat smiling in her cheeks with gladnesse Eyes lids eares heares each had their excellence To dresse her selfe she tooke light care short leasure Grace like a die cast any way gaue pleasure 95. Her goings were guided with a modest measure Of all her mouing parts yet oft she sat And red her duties in my sacred Scripture Or heard while her blest mother wisdome taught Her wisdome oft abstain'd from childish toyes Vertue to learne and thinke on heauenly ioyes 96. Such was Elizabeth in tender age Going beyond her yeeres in Wisdomes lore Her Parents hope in grace her sex in courage Thus did I cherish till I gaue her ouer To learne sound manners vnder thy tuition Pure Virgin thoughts with Princely disposition 97. Thou maist record how soon she did conceiue thee And practice rules of thy perfection Mine hopes are great of her which nere deceiue thee For late inflamed with deepe affection In clouds I past her friendly fathers court To looke and vvonder at her stately port 98. I fixt mine eyes mine eyes my thoughts not filld With seeing the more I see the more I gazed How sweet her youth how Pallas like her smile Her speech looks carriage I was much amazed Beholding beauties all agree to grace her None going before nor following can surpasse her 99. At her side stood with faire congruity Truth Peace Faith Simplenes mild Honesty Iustice and Loue with Ingenuity And marriage-making louely modesty Sutors throng thither Nobles did aspire And Kings of boundless kingdomes her desire 100. Dukes rich in treasures titles auncestrie Worth arms and friends with force and hope importune Her sweetnes taught them hope feare maiesty Not knowing to whom wee 'l grant her good fortune Yet neither mighty Kings nor famous Princes Whom power or pleasure cal'd were thought fit matches 101. It is not worldly wit or will composeth A due coniunction of so royall states Such mariages our Councell here disposeth According to the fore-fight of their fates It was not flesh and bloud but heauens high breath Ordain'd a bed-mate for Elizabeth 102. For I remember it was once my pleasure To search the depth of all antiquity Concerning this when Themis from her treasure Of true praesages spoke this verity For since this feare affrights thy thoughts I le tell The Fates full ordinance heare and marke well 103. When I first mou'd his child-eater from hence That Gods might better see their blessed off-spring Flourish for euer in glorious excellence He being exil'd could hither no mischiefe bring Yet what he could he did and lurk below In hate of vs deuising mens deep woe 104. To worke reuenge gainst vs he ioyns his wagon With cunning malice enuious pride and rage Yoking the Fox Woolfe Lyon Viper Dragon He whips them round about the worlds wide stage They more by this incens'd with poysnous breath Mortalls infect vvith sin care sicknes death 105. Not satiate with corruption of all natures He would haue ouer-turn'd Earths axle-tree And ouer-whelm'd it headlong in the waters His right hand shov'd and mov'd it horribly Which we soon feeling from our heauenly Tower Our sauing arme stayd his destroying power 106. And forc'd our selfe condemned for to fly And chain'd him vp in deeps of horrid night For though he spoild not all he had wel-ny So tainted all that nothing stood vpright Shook order out of ioint into confusion Driuing place and time to dissolution 107. Al Elements their compounds broke their course Both euils of guilt and paine vvere much augmented The golden turn'd an iron age or worse Mens bodies were the cause vnknowne tormented The spring began to fade from plants and flovvers East West North South did rage on Thetis bovvers 108. And dasht high ships against huge ragged rocks Quasht all earths beauties vvith raine haile snow-storms Draue leaues frem fruits fruites from their rebrentstocks Hence Colchick poisons came from filth-bred vvorms Lernean Hydra vvith Numidian snakes And venemous toades vvhich bide in loathsom lakes 109 At first there needed neither plow nor harrow Cattell were free from drawing men from driuing Til Saturns gall suckt vp earthes fruitfull marrow Which now scarce find the toyling hind his liuing Thistles ore come the

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

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