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A90120
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The relation of His Majestie's entertainment passing through the city of London, to his coronation: with a description of the triumphal arches, and solemnity; by John Ogilby.
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Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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1661
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Wing O181; Thomason E1080_16; ESTC R207879
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HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT CHARLES R. WHEREAS the Commissioners for the Solemnity of Our Royal Coronation have appointed Our Trusty and Well-beloved John Ogilby Gent. for the Conduct of the Poetical part thereof consisting in Speeches Emblemes Mottoes and Inscriptions which he intends to set forth in a large Treatise and Represent in Sculpture Our will and pleasure is That no Person or Persons whatsoever do presume to Print or publish the said Treatise or any relation whatsoever of the said Solemnitie or Sculpture in any size or Book or Pamphlet in any Volume whatsoever concerning the same without the Consent of the said John Ogilby as they will answer the contrary at their perill Given at Our Court at White-Hall the 11 th day of April in the 13 th Year of Our Reign By His MAJESTIE' 's Command EDWARD NICHOLAS THE RELATION OF His Majesties ENTERTAINMENT Passing through the City of LONDON To His CORONATION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE Triumphal Arches AND SOLEMNITY By JOHN OGILBY LONDON Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Rich. Marriott in St Dunstan's Church-Yard in Fleet-Street 1661. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR COURT of ALDERMEN COMMITTEE for the CORONATION And the rest of the Worthy Members of this Honourable CITY THE RELATION of this Solemnity and of what in pursuit of their Commands He undertook and hath compleated is Humbly Dedicated by Their Most Obedient Servant JOHN OGILBY HIS MAJESTIE' 's ENTERTAINMENT Passing through the City of LONDON TO HIS CORONATION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE TRIUMPHAL ARCHES and CEREMONIES THE City of LONDON participating the greatest share of that inexpressable Happiness which these Kingdoms have received by the glorious Restauration of our Sovereign to his Throne and of us His Subjects to our Religion Laws and Liberties after a dismal Night of Usurpation and Oppression and proportionably exceeding in their Loyalty have taken the occasion of His MAJESTIE' 's Coronation to express their Joy with the greatest Magnificence immaginable imitating therein the antient Romanes who at the Return of their Emperours erected Arches of Marble which though They by reason of the Shortness of Time could not equal in Materials yet do theirs far exceed the others in Number and stupendious Proportions They have not herein spared any Cost to manifest their affectionate Duty to the KING considering that if ever excessive Profusions of this nature might be justified the present should be allowed the occasion thereof being the most Miraculous and Joyful of any that ever happened And to the intent that the Ingenuous may be instructed the Malevolent silenced and Misinformations prevented it is thought fit to publish a perfect Description of the Solemnity MONDAY April the two and twentieth His MAJESTY goes from the Tower through the City to Whitehall In his passage through Crouched Fryers He is entertained with Musick a Band of eight Waits placed on a Stage Near Algate another Band of six Waits entertain Him in like manner with Musick from a Balcony built to that Purpose In Leaden Hall-street near Lime-street End is erected the First Friumphal Arch after the Dorick Order On the North-side on a Pedestal before the Arch is a Woman personating REBELLION mounted on a Hydra in a Crimson Robe torn Snakes crawling on her Habit and begirt with Serpents her Hair Snaky a Crown of Fire on her Head a bloody Sword in one Hand a charming Rod in the other Her Attendant CONFUSION in a deformed Shape a Garment of several ill-matched Colours and put on the wrong way on her Head Ruines of Castles torn Crowns and broken Scepters in each Hand On the South Pedestal is a Representation of BRITTAIN'S MONARCHY supported by LOYALTY both Women Monarchy in a large Purple Robe adorn'd with Diadems and Scepters over which a loose Mantle edged with blue and silver Fringe resembling Water the Map of Great Britain drawn on it on her Head London in her right Hand Edinburgh in her left Dublin Loyalty all in White three Scepters in her right Hand three Crowns in her left The first Painting on the South-side is a Prospect of His Majestie 's Landing at Dover-Castle Ships at Sea great Guns going off one kneeling and kissing the Kings Hand Soldiers Horse and Foot and many People gazing Above ADVENTUS AUG The whole Tablet representing His Majestie 's blessed Arrival Beneath the Painting this Motto IN SOLIDO RURSUS FOR TUNA LOCAVIT Alluding to that of Virgil Multa dies variusque labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius multos alterna revisens Lusit in solido rursus Fortuna locavit Thus rendred The various Works of Time and many Dayes Often Affairs from worse to better raise Fortune reviewing those She tumbled down Sporting restores again unto the Crown The Painting on the North-side opposite to this is a Trophy with decollated Heads having over it ULTOR A TERGO DEUS Taken out of Horace sequitur Rebelles Ultor a tergo Deus Gods Vengeance Rebels at the heels pursues This Tablet representing in a Trophy the late Example of Gods Justice upon the Rebels who commited that most horrid Murther upon his Majesties Royal Father of blessed Memory To which Rebels the Motto beneath also referreth AUSI IMMANE NEFAS AUSOQUE POTITI Said by Virgil of those who were for the like Crimes condemned to the Pains of Erebus as he closes the Description of it in the Sixth of his Aeneis Ausi omnes immane nefas ausoque potiti All dar'd bold Crimes and thriv'd in what they dar'd The Painting over the Middle Arch represents the King mounted in calm Motion USURPATION flying before him a Figure with many ill-favoured Heads some bigger some lesser and one particularly shooting out of his Shoulder like CROMWELL'S Another Head upon his Rump or Tayl Two Harpies with a Crown chased by an Angel Hell's Jaws opening Under the said Representation of the King pursuing Usurpation is this Motto VOLVENDA DIES EN ATTULIT ULTRO Taken out of the Aeneis lib. 9. TURNE Quod optanti Divum promittere Nemo Auderet volvenda dies en attulit ultro What none of all the Gods durst grant implor'd Successive Time does of its own accord Above the Arch on two Pedestals South-ward and North-wards stand the Statues of King JAMES and King CHARLS I. In the Middle somewhat higher just over the Arch the Statue of His Sacred Majesty Under that of King James DIVO JACOBO Under that of King Charles I. DIVO CAROLO Under that of His Majesty this following Inscription D. N. CAROLO II. D. G. BRITANNIARUM IMP. OPT. MAX. UBIQUE VENERANDO SEMPER AUG BEATISSIMO AC PIISSIMO BONO REIP. NATO DE AVITA BRITANNIA DE OMNIUM HOMINUM GENERE MERITISSIMO P. P. EXTINCTORI TYRANNIDIS RESTITUTORI LIBERTATIS FUNDATORI QUIETIS OB FELICEM REDITUM EX VOTO L. M. P. S. P. Q. L. Behind the said Figure of Charles II. in a large Table is deciphered the ROYAL OAK bearing Crowns and Scepters instead of Acorns amongst