Chester's Triumph (St George's Day Entertainment) · chunk 1 of 7
Amory, Robert / Davies, Richard · published 1610 · first performed or written 1610 [Apr 23] (Annals) civic play; pageant · before the Court T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.76 · 479 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
FRom blissful Bowers of fair Elysian fields, (The happy harbour of Ioues dearest dear) From thence these Worthies (noted by their shields Are (by my conduct) thus arrived here. I Fame that with a trice, do overfill The World's wide ears with what I please to say, Have brought them thus, as 'twere against the hill Of highest Lets, to celebrate this Day! This Day, that I so far have famoused That not a nook of Earth's huge Globe but knows, How in great Britain 'tis solemnized With divine Offices, and glorious Shows. Then for th'increase of this triumphant Mirth, I'll invocate the God's Ambassador, To be the precedent of Heaven to Earth; And, from the Gods, salute your Governor. Then come great Nuntius of th'immortal Gods, From that all-swaying Senate of their State; Come, I invoke thee, with thy charming-rod In glory come, this Day to celebrate. The ninefold Orbs of Heaven, my words do pierce; Descend then, Tongues-man of the Universe. COme down thou mighty messenger of bliss, Come: we implore thee, Let not thy glory be obscured from us Who most adore thee: Then come, O come great spirit That we may joyful sing, Welcome, O welcome to earth Ioues dearest darling. Lighten the eyes thou great Mercurian Prince, Of all that view thee, That by the lustre of their optic sense They may pursue thee: Whilst with their voices Thy praise they shall sing, Come away Ioues dearest darling. Down from the Throne of the immortal Gods, From out the glorious ever-during Heavens, And from the sacred Powers celestial From thence I come, commanded by them all To visit Him whose rare report hath rung His earned fame on earth hath pierced the sky, Ascending up unto the highest Heavens; And therewithal procured the sacred Senate In great regard to hold his worthiness: For which intent, They all (with one accord) To manifest the Love to Him they owe, Have sent me Mercurie, their Messenger, To bring him joyful tidings of the same. And to this place, directed by their Powers, I am arrived (in happy time I hope) To find this happy God-beloved Man. And lo behold on sudden where I spy This Favourite so favoured of the Gods: I will salute him with such courtesy As best beseems a wight of such account. All hail to thee high justice Officer; Mercurie, Nuntius to the Powers divine, Hath brought thee greetings from their Deities. And know (dear Sir) thy deeds and good deserts, Thy well disposed Nature, Mind, and thought, Thy zealous care to keep their Laws divine, Thy great compassion on poor wights distressed, Thy prudence, justice, temperance, and thy truth, And, to be brief, thy virtues general, Have moved them all from Heaven, with one assent, To send Me down, to let thee understand That thou art highly in their Favours placed:
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FRom blisfull Bowres of faire Elizian fields, (The happy harbour of Ioues deerest Deere) From thence these Worthies (noted by their shields Are (by my conduct) thus ariued here. I Fame that with a trice, doe ouer-fill The Worlds wide eares with what I please to say, Haue brought them thus, as t'were against the hill Of highest Lets, to celebrate this Day! This Day, that I so farre haue famouzed That not a nooke of Earths huge Globe but knowes, How in great Britaine t'is solemnized With diuine Offices, and glorious Showes. Then for th'encrease of this triumphant Mirth, I'le inuocate the Gods Embassadour, To be the President of Heau'n to Earth; And, from the Gods, salute your Gouernour. Then come great Nuntius of th'immortall Gods, From that all-swaying Senate of their State; Come, I inuoke thee, with thy charming-rod In glory come, this Day to celebrate. The nine-fold Orbes of Heau'n, my words doe pierce; Descend then, Tongues-man of the Vniuerse. COme downe thou mighty messenger of blisse, Come: we implore thee, Let not thy glory be obscur'd from vs Who most adore thee: Then come, O come great spirit That we may ioyfull sing, Welcome, O welcome to earth Ioues dearest darling. Lighten the eyes thou great Mercurian Prince, Of all that view thee, That by the lustre of their optick sense They may pursue thee: Whilst with their voyces Thy praise they shall sing, Come away Ioues dearest darling. DOwne from the Throne of the immortall Gods, From out the glorious euer-during Heau'ns, And from the sacred Powres celestiall From thence I come, commanded by them all To visite Him whose rare report hath rung His erned fame on earth hath pierc'd the skie, Ascending vp vnto the highest Heau'ns; And therewithall procur'd the sacred Senate In great regard to hold his worthinesse: For which intent, They all (with one accord) To manifest the Loue to Him they owe, Haue sent me Mercurie, their Messenger, To bring him ioyfull tydings of the same. And to this place, directed by their Powres, I am ariu'd (in happy time I hope) To finde this happy God-beloued Man. And loe behold on suddaine where I spie This Fauorite so fauor'd of the Gods: I will salute him with such courtesie As best beseemes a wight of such account. All haile to thee high Iustice Officer; Mercurie, Nuntius to the Powres diuine, Hath brought thee greetings from their Deities. And know (deere Sir) thy deedes and good deserts, Thy well disposed Nature, Minde, and thought, Thy zealous care to keepe their Lawes diuine, Thy great compassion on poore wights distrest, Thy prudence, iustice, temp'rance, and thy truth, And, to be briefe, thy vertues generall, Haue mou'd them all from Heau'n, with one assent, To send Me downe, to let thee vnderstand That thou art highly in their Fauors plac'd: