The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn (Wedding Masque of Olympian Knights) · chunk 1 of 3
Beaumont, Francis · published 1613 · first performed or written 1613 [Feb 20] (Annals) masque · before the Court T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.83 · 421 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
STay, Stay. Stay light foot Iris, for thou strivest in vain, My wings are nimbler than thy feet. Away, Dissembling Mercury; my messages Ask honest haste, not like those wanton ones Your thundering father sends. Stay foolish Maid, Or I will take my rise upon a hill, When I perceive thee seated in a cloud, In all the painted glory that thou hast, And never cease to clap my willing wings, Till I catch hold of thy discoloured Bow, And shiver it beyond the angry power Of your cursed Mistress, to make up again. Hermes forbear, Iuno will chide and strike; Is great Ioue jealous that I am employed On her love errands? she did never yet Clasp weak mortality in her white arms, As he hath often done: I only come To celebrate the long wished Nuptials, Here in Olympia, which are now performed Betwixt two goodly Rivers, which have mixed Their gentle rising waves, and are to grow Into a thousand streams, great as themselves; I need not name them, for the sound is loud In heaven and earth, and I am sent from her The Queen of Marriage, that was present here, And smiled to see them join, and hath not chid Since it was done: good Hermes let me go. Nay you must stay, Ioues message is the same, Whose eyes are lightning, and whose voice is thunder, Whose breath is any wind, he will, who knows How to be first on earth as well as heaven. But what hath he to do with Nuptial rights? Let him keep state upon his starry throne, And fright poor mortals with his thunderbolts, Leaving to us the mutual darts of eyes. Alas, whenever offered he t'abridge Your lady's power, but only now in these, Whose match concerns his general government? Hath not each god a part in these high joys? And shall not he the King of gods presume Without proud Juno's licence? let her know That when enamoured Ioue first gave her power To link soft hearts in Undissolved bonds, He then foresaw, and to himself reserved The honour of this Marriage: thou shalt stand Still as a Rock, while I to bless this feast Will summon up with my all charming rod, The Nymphs of fountains, from whose watery locks Hung with the dew of blessing and increase, The greedy Rivers take their nourishment. You Nymphs, who bathing in your loved springs, Beheld these Rivers in their infancy, And joyed to see them, when their circled heads
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STay, Stay. Stay light foot Iris, for thou striuest in vaine, My wings are nimbler then thy feete. Away, Dissembling Mercury; my messages Aske honest haste, not like those wanton ones Your thundring father sends. Stay foolish Maid, Or I will take my rise vpon a hill, When I perceiue thee seated in a cloud, In all the painted glorie that thou hast, And neuer cease to clap my willing wings, Till I catch hold of thy discolour'd Bow, And shiuer it beyond the angry power Of your curst Mistresse, to make vp againe. Hermes forbeare, Iuno will chide and strike; Is great Ioue iealous that I am imploy'd On her loue errands? she did neuer yet Claspe weake mortalitie in her white armes, As he hath often done: I onely come To celebrate the long wisht Nuptials, Heere in Olympia, which are now perform'd Betwixt two goodly Riuers, which haue mixt Their gentle rising waues, and are to grow Into a thousand streames, great as themselues; I need not name them, for the sound is lowde In heauen and earth, and I am sent from her The Queene of Mariage, that was present heere, And smil'd to see them ioyne, and hath not chid Since it was done: good Hermes let me go. Nay you must stay, Ioues message is the same, Whose eies are lightning, and whose voice is thunder, Whose breath is any winde, he will, who knowes How to be first on earth as well as heauen. But what hath he to doe with Nuptiall rights? Let him keepe state vpon his starry throne, And fright poore mortals with his thunderbolts, Leauing to vs the mutuall darts of eyes. Alas, when euer offer'd he t'abridge Your Ladies power, but onely now in these, Whose match concernes his generall gouernment? Hath not each god a part in these high ioyes? And shall not he the King of gods presume Without proud Iunoes licence? let her know That when enamor'd Ioue first gaue her power To linke soft hearts in Vndissolued bonds, He then foresaw, and to himselfe reseru'd The honor of this Mariage: thou shalt stand Still as a Rocke, while I to blesse this feast Will summon vp with my all charming rod, The Nymphes of fountains, from whose watry locks Hung with the dew of blessing and encrease, The greedie Riuers take their nourishment. You Nymphes, who bathing in your loued springs, Beheld these Riuers in their infancie, And ioy'd to see them, when their circled heads