Tes Irenes Trophaea, or The Triumphs of Peace · chunk 2 of 2
Squire, John · published 1620 · first performed or written 1620 [Oct 30] (Annals) civic play; pageant unassigned nearest T50 Fleets, armies and generals: war by sea · 596 words
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Like to a victor borne triumphantly? O Honoured Lord, it is to show the love, I bore to thee and thy Society, Whose bounteous intertainments are above All that I ever found. Now in return, I promise this, if that with honoured care, Thou execute thy charge, then shall thy urn, Be reverenced, and thither shall repair, A blessed memory that never dies, To blazon it unto posterities. A Welcome honoured Praetor I doc giue, Free and unbounded, as my wish to live, And to retain the blessed styles are given Me, with applause of Nations and of heaven: From whence I boast my lineage; I am Peace That my long Pilgrimage did never cease, From the first minute of the aged World, Until I found this Island; for being hurled Out of each region by rebellious War, (Which now lies bound my Vassal) like a star, Whose vnfixt glory glides from sphere, to sphere, I wandered up and down: and not a tear I shed, but with it went a sigh that I Might be so favoured of the Deity, To be recalled from earth, which when they saw Me, from the world be sides they did withdraw, To this (then troubled) state, which did embrace Me with such joy, that Nobles flocked apace, To entertain me, and the poor did stand, To crave my blessing, to o'er flow their land; And jointly all of them delivered War, Fettered in chains to be my prisoner, Now honoured Lord since that you find and see, Peace placed here by a divine decree; Within this commonwealth, and chiefly here, Within this City, where for one whole year, Thy mandates are obeyed, then have a care, To see me safely kept; and since you bear That powerful sway about ye that attends, The execution of your will, and ends: Employed so nobly that my general state, May say thou lead'st the way to imitate. IT is decreed, nor can my power resist, This most ineuitable doom of fate, I have forgot my nature, and consist Of something more than lenity: my state, At first was sovereignty; and that same sway, That curbed dominions: for I mounted on The back of horror, bathed in blood, could fray Peace from their coasts, than desolation, I could command to raise my statues there, That Nations far remote with mourning eyes, Should not rehearse the story without fear, Lest I might so close up their obsequies: I taught the Romans to immortallize, Their names by their great acts, and to refine, Their mean creation by the sacrifice, Of their own blood to War and to my shrine, They offered mighty spoils, but now I bear Captivity about me: yet like one That renders servitude for love, nor fear, Employing his devotion to be shown, As free as if his mind could captivated His will, I yield to sacred Peace and you; That this day have with a triumphant state, Entered your charge, and office, which the due Of Time admits you too, and should it chance, That any foreign arms from out this throne, Strive to enforce her, I will then advance, My ensigns to her aid; and make it known, That this is her inheritance, and place, Which heaven hath pointed out to be her rest; And therefore worthy Lord follow the trace Of noble precedents, and in thy breast, Resolve of future hazards; and prepare Me such provisions that if times should cease, To be unto this land is now they are, War might restore again the Palm to Peace.
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Like to a victor borne triumphantly? O Honord Lord, it is to ſhew the loue, I bare to thee and thy Societie, Whoſe bounteous intertainments are aboue All that I euer found. Now in returne, I promiſe this, if that with honor'd care, Thou execute thy charge, then ſhall thy vrne, Be reuerenced, and thither ſhall repaire, A bleſſed memory that neuer dies, To blſon it vnto poſterities. A Welcome honor'd Pretor I doc giue, Free and vnbounded, as my wiſh to liue, And to retaine the bleſſed ſtiles are giuen Me, with applauſe of Nations and of heauen: From whence I boaſt my linage; I am Peace That my long Pilgrimage did neuer ceaſe, From the firſt minute of the aged World, Vntill I found this Iland; for being hurld Out of each region by rebellious War, (Which now lies bound my Vaſſall) like a ſtar, Whoſe vnfixt glory glides from ſpheare, to ſpheare, I wandred vp and downe: and not a teare I ſhed, but with it went a ſigh that I Might be ſo fauor'd of the Deity, To be recald from earth, which when they ſaw Me, from the world be ſides they did withdraw, To this (then troubled) ſtate, which did imbrace Me with ſuch Ioy, that Nobles flockt apace, To intertaine me, and the poore did ſtand, To craue my bleſſing, to ore flowe their land; And Ioyntly all of them deliuered War, Fetterd in chaines to be my priſoner, Now honord Lord ſince that you find and ſee, Peace placed here by a diuine decree; Within this common-wealth, and chiefely here, Within this Citty, where for one whole yeare, Thy mandats are obayd, then haue a care, To ſee me ſafely kept; and ſince you beare That powerfull ſway about yee that attends, The execution of your will, and ends: Imploy't ſo nobly that my generall ſtate, May ſay thou leadſt the way to imitate. IT is decreed, nor can my power reſiſt, This moſt incuitable doombe of fate, I haue forgot my nature, and conſiſt Of ſomething more then lenity: my ſtate, At firſt was ſoueraignty; and that ſame ſway, That curb'd dominions: for I mounted on The backe of horror, bath'd in blood, could fray Peace from their coaſts, then deſolation, I could command to raiſe my ſtatues there, That Nations far remote with mourning eies, Should not rehearſe the ſtory without feare, Leſt I might ſo cloſe vp their obſequies: I taught the Romans to immortallize, Their names by their great acts, and to refine, Their meane creation by the ſacrifize, Of their owne blood to Warre and to my ſhrine, They offer'd mighty ſpoyles, but now I beare Captiuity about me: yet like one That renders ſeruitude for loue, nor feare, Imploying his deuotion to be ſhowne, As free as if his mind could captiuate His will, I yeeld to ſacred Peace and you; That this day haue with a tryumphant ſtate, Entred your charge, and office, which the due Of Time admitts you too, and ſhould it chance, That any foraigne armes from out this throane, Striue to inforce her, I will then aduance, My enſignes to her aide; and make it knowne, That this is her inheritance, and place, Which heauen hath pointed out to be her reſt; And therefore worthy Lord follow the trace Of noble preſidents, and in thy breſt, Reſolue of future hazards; and prepare Me ſuch prouiſions that if times ſhould ceaſe, To be vnto this land is now they are, Warre might reſtore againe the Palme to Peace.