The Royal Entertainment at Theobalds, 1607 (The Genius) · chunk 1 of 1
Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1607 [May 22] (Annals) entertainment; royal entertainment or entry · before the Court unassigned nearest T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi · 474 words
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LEt not your glories darken, to behold The place, and me, her GENIUS here, so sad; Who, by bold Rumor, have been lately told, That I must change the loved Lord, I had. And he, now, in the twilight of sere age, Begin to seek a habitation new; And all his fortunes, and himself engage Unto a seat, his fathers never knew. And I, uncertain what I must endure, Since all the ends of destiny are obscure. Despair not, GENIUS, thou shalt know thy fate. WHat sight is this, so strange! and full of state! The son of MAIA, making his descent Unto the fates, and met with good Event. Daughters of night, and secrecy, attend; You, that draw out the chain of Destiny, Upon whose threads, both lives and times depend, And all the periods of mortality. The will of JOVE is, that you straight do look The change, and fate unto this house decreed, And speaking from your Adamantine book, Unto the GENIUS of the place it read; That he may know, and knowing, bless his lot, That such a grace, beyond his hopes, hath got. When, underneath thy roof, is seen The greatest King, and fairest Queen, With Princes an unmatched pair, One, hope of all the earth, their heir; The other styled of Lorraine, Their blood; and sprung from CHARLEMAINE: When all these Glories jointly shine, And fill thee with a heat divine, And these reflected, do beget And splendent Sun, shall never set, But here shine fixed, to affright All after-hopes of following night, Then, GENIUS, is thy period come, To change thy Lord: Thus, Fates do doom. But is my Patron with this lot content, So to forsake his father's monument? Or, is it gain, or else necessity, Or will to raise a house of better frame, That makes him shut forth his posterity Out of his patrimony, with his name? Nor gain, nor need; much less a vain desire, To frame new roofs, or build his dwelling higher; He hath, with mortar, busied been too much, That his affections should continue such. Do men take joy in labours, not t'enjoy? Or doth their business all their likings spend? Have they more pleasure in a tedious way, Than to repose them at their journeys end? GENIUS, obey, and not expostulate; It is your virtue: and such powers as you, Should make religion of offending fate, Whose dooms are just, and whose designs are true. The person, for whose royal sake, Thou must a change so happy make, Is he, that governs with his smile, This lesser world, this greatest Isle. His lady's servant thou must be; Whose second would great NATURE see, Or FORTUNE, after all their pain, They might despair to make again. She is the grace of all, that are: And as ELISA, now a star,
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LEt not your glories darken, to behold The place, and me, her GENIVS here, so sad; Who, by bold Rumor, haue beene lately told, That I must change the loued Lord, I had. And he, now, in the twy-light of sere age, Begin to seeke a habitation new; And all his fortunes, and himselfe engage Vnto a seat, his fathers neuer knew. And I, vncertaine what I must endure, Since all the ends of dest'ny' are obscure. Despaire not, GENIVS, thou shalt know thy fate. WHat sight is this, so strange! and full of state! The sonne of MAIA, making his descent Vnto the fates, and met with good Euent. Daughters of night, and secrecie, attend; You, that draw out the chayne of Destinie, Vpon whose threds, both liues and times depend, And all the periods of mortalitie. The will of IOVE is, that you streight doe looke The change, and fate vnto this house decreed, And speaking from your Adamantine booke, Vnto the GENIVS of the place it read; That he may know, and knowing, blesse his lot, That such a grace, beyond his hopes, hath got. When, vnderneath thy roofe, is seene The greatest King, and fairest Queene, With Princes an vnmatched payre, One, hope of all the earth, their heyre; The other styled of Lorraine, Their bloud; and sprung from CHARLEMAINE: When all these Glories iointly shine, And fill thee with a heat diuine, And these reflected, doe beget And splendent Sunne, shall neuer set, But here shine fixed, to affright All after-hopes of following night, Then, GENIVS, is thy period come, To change thy Lord: Thus, Fates doe doome. But is my Patron with this lot content, So to forsake his fathers moniment? Or, is it gaine, or else necessitie, Or will to raise a house of better frame, That makes him shut forth his posteritie Out of his patrimonie, with his name? Nor gaine, nor need; much lesse a vaine desire, To frame new roofes, or build his dwelling higher; He hath, with mortar, busied beene too much, That his affections should continue such. Doe men take ioy in labors, not t'enioy? Or doth their businesse all their likings spend? Haue they more pleasure in a tedious way, Then to repose them at their iourneys end? GENIVS, obey, and not expostulate; It is your vertue: and such powers as you, Should make religion of offending fate, Whose doomes are iust, and whose designes are true. The person, for whose royall sake, Thou must a change so happie make, Is he, that gouernes with his smile, This lesser world, this greatest Isle. His Ladies seruant thou must be; Whose second would great NATVRE see, Or FORTVNE, after all their paine, They might despaire to make againe. She is the grace of all, that are: And as ELISA, now a starre,