THE
Triumphs
of
London
.
Performed
on
Monday
,
Octob.
30
th
.
1693.
FOR
THE
Entertainment
of
the
Right
Honourable
Sir
William
Ashurst
,
Knight
,
LORD
MAYOR
of
the
City
of
LONDON
.
CONTAINING
A
True
Description
of
the
several
Pageants
;
with
the
Speeches
Spoken
on
each
Pageant
.
All
set
forth
at
the
proper
Costs
and
Charges
of
the
WORSHIPFUL
COMPANY
of
Merchant-Taylors
.
Together
with
The
Festival
SONGS
for
His
Lordship
and
the
Companies
Diversion
.
By
E.
S.
Published
by
Authority
.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
J
Orme
;
And
are
to
be
Sold
by
Benjamin
Johnson
,
near
St.
To
the
RIGHT
HONOURABLE
Sir
William
Ashurst
,
Knight
,
LORD
MAYOR
of
the
City
of
LONDON
.
MY
LORD
,
IN
the
present
Solemnity
of
Your
Lordship's
Inauguration
;
never
was
Entry
made
to
that
fair
Post
of
Honour
,
under
more
Expectations
than
from
Your
Lordship
,
nor
more
Confidence
of
seeing
those
Expectations
answered
.
'T
is
not
only
the
more
unthinking
Crowd
of
Homagers
,
those
cheaper
Lips
,
salute
You
;
but
Judgment
and
Sense
have
their
Eyes
fixt
upon
You
,
as
fully
satisfied
that
You
bring
those
ample
Qualifications
for
Our
Metropolitan
Royal
Representative
,
that
never
Chapplet
more
fitted
the
Brow
that
wears
it
.
And
as
no
little
Illustration
to
the
eminent
Figure
that
so
much
Worth
must
make
,
I
may
justly
say
of
Your
Lordship
,
That
Authority
as
it
never
approach'd
a
Fairer
,
so
it
never
entred
under
a
more
Prideless
Roof
than
Your
Lordship's
.
For
never
certainly
was
Power
more
affable
,
nor
Command
more
familiar
.
Your
State
and
Your
Regalia
wait
You
no
farther
than
Your
Chair
;
which
more
troublesome
formal
Attendants
of
Office
are
instantly
dismist
,
and
Your
more
genuine
softer
Train
,
all
Your
Sweetnesses
of
Conversation
,
and
the
condescending
Graces
of
Courtesie
,
Goodness
and
Humanity
are
called
in
as
Your
gentler
and
nearer
Menials
.
And
to
all
these
there
runs
that
Bravery
of
Spirit
through
You
;
a
Glory
so
particularly
Your
own
,
that
in
all
the
Knees
that
bend
before
You
,
You
give
an
occasion
to
Thank
wherethey
Pray
.
Your
Lordships
more
generous
Goodness
is
not
worshipt
by
empty
Gazers
only
,
but
by
a
more
sensible
Zeal
and
Devotion
.
But
not
to
instance
the
acknowledgments
of
Duty
and
Gratitude
,
the
Addresses
and
Panegyricks
You
receive
where
You
have
bestowed
Smiles
and
showr'd
Favours
:
Those
are
no
more
than
the
payment
of
Debts
that
are
owing
You
;
and
Greatness
and
Power
every
day
meet
such
Homage
.
No
,
my
Lord
,
Your
Lordship's
Virtue
soars
a
pitch
yet
higher
,
a
Virtue
so
attractive
,
as
creates
You
Votaries
at
a
much
farther
distance
:
For
Your
Lordship
has
reacht
a
Character
so
universally
Grateful
,
that
You
are
every
where
honoured
,
even
where
you
never
obliged
.
And
indeed
't
is
no
more
than
the
Common
Justice
of
mankind
to
pay
that
Esteem
to
so
noble
and
publick
spirited
a
Principle
as
Your
Lordship
's
;
Your
Lordship
,
that
think
Your self
made
for
the
World
,
as
well
as
the
World
for
You
,
and
consequently
(
not
like
too
many
rising
Favourites
of
Fortune
that
look
no
higher
than
home
;
to
be
Rich
to
themselves
,
and
Poor
to
all
mankind
besides
,
)
You
make
it
an
equal
,
if
not
larger
part
of
Your
Ambition
to
hoard
a
fair
Name
as
well
as
a
fair
Mass
to
leave
behind
You.
But
in
all
Your
Personal
Accomplishments
to
furnish
out
the
Magistrate
,
Your
Lordships
innate
Gallantry
and
Honour
are
in
a
high
measure
owing
to
Your
Generous
Extract
,
and
as
Generous
Education
,
Derivative
from
Your
Veins
,
and
suckt
in
from
Your
Cradle
:
Your
Lordship
that
possibly
has
that
extraordinary
Advantage
,
that
Additional
Weight
in
your
Scale
,
a
Blazon
so
rare
,
or
at
least
not
in
every
City
Coat
,
as
to
descend
from
that
fair
Original
,
the
Ashursts
of
Ashurst
,
a
Family
that
brought
in
the
Gentility
in
their
Blood
,
and
the
Normand
Fleur
de
Lis's
in
their
Scutcheon
,
with
the
First
Great
William
;
and
have
ever
since
continued
in
that
unbroken
Chain
both
of
Fortune
and
Reputation
,
as
has
trod
as
near
the
Heels
of
Nobility
as
any
First
Rank
Gentry
in
England
.
And
as
one
Honorable
Derivative
more
of
Your
Lordship's
,
Your
Ancestors
have
been
constant
Assertors
and
Champions
of
Religion
and
Virtue
,
Witness
Your
Lordship's
Uncle
in
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
the
First
,
who
then
High
Sheriff
of
Lancashire
,
had
the
hardy
Christian
Courage
as
to
lay
a
Criminal
by
the
Heels
for
the
violation
of
the
Sabbath
day
,
though
a
Transgressor
in
that
kind
and
at
that
time
within
the
Verge
of
Priviledge
,
under
the
Umbrage
and
Protection
of
the
then
newly
publisht
Metropolitan
Canterbury
License
and
Authority
.
But
whilst
my
weak
Oratory
,
the
meanest
Trumpet
of
a
Renown
so
conspicuous
,
is
only
repeating
of
what
all
Tongues
are
already
filled
with
;
I
beseech
You
to
believe
,
That
this
Epistle
is
not
addrest
to
the
Right
Honourable
Your
Lordship
;
but
the
Right
Worthy
,
Sir
William
;
not
any
tributary
Devoir
to
the
Greatness
You
wear
for
a
Year
,
but
the
great
Soul
You
wear
always
.
For
as
Your
Lordship
's
present
Dignity
is
not
presented
You
as
a
Gift
,
but
paid
You
as
a
Reward
;
under
that
consideration
,
to
level
at
the
true
Object
of
our
Veneration
,
we
must
look
beyond
the
Robe
You
wear
,
to
the
Merit
that
put
it
on
.
For
the
Foundation
of
True
Honour
,
is
like
that
of
the
Pyramide
:
The
Basis
is
always
larger
than
the
Pinnacle
that
Crowns
it
.
'T
is
in
that
capacity
,
as
both
an
Honour
to
the
City
,
and
an
Ornament
to
Your
Country
,
I
Congratulate
Your
Lordship's
Accession
to
Your
Praetorian
Chair
,
and
our
proud
MY
LORD
,
Your
Lordship
's
Most
Devoted
and
most
Obedient
Servant
.
E.
SETTLE
.
TO
THE
HONOURABLE
COMPANY
OF
Merchant-Taylors
.
Gentlemen
,
WHEN
I
address
to
You
as
Merchant-Taylors
,
that
very
Name
alone
,
without
my
particular
Survey
of
the
collected
Body
of
so
Honourable
a
Company
,
is
enough
to
take
up
no
little
part
both
of
my
Speculation
and
Veneration
.
For
do
we
visit
the
utmost
Reach
and
Extents
of
Land
and
Sea
:
make
the
very
boundless
Ocean
a
Tributary
to
the
narrower
Thames
,
and
bring
home
the
Wealth
of
the
Universe
to
our
own
Doors
?
Who
but
the
Merchant
is
that
commission'd
Purveyour
,
and
travelling
Treasurer
!
What
's
the
whole
Mass
and
Wealth
of
Ransact
Nature
,
but
his
rich
Hoard
!
The
very
Jemms
of
Crowns
and
Robes
of
Kings
,
Their
Ermyn
,
and
their
Purple
,
their
Pearls
,
and
their
Rubies
,
are
all
but
his
Richer
Cargo
.
Do
the
glittering
Pallaces
of
Monarchs
in
all
their
Lustre
and
Magnificence
so
dazle
our
weak
Eyes
?
Their
Splendor
is
no
more
than
the
Oar
refined
from
the
Merchants
Mint
;
and
their
Embroydery
but
his
Drapery
;
being
all
first
the
Riches
of
His
Wooden
Walls
,
before
they
are
the
Ornaments
of
their
Marble
Roofs
.
What
is
the
Merchant
but
the
Surrounder
and
Circler
of
the
spacious
Globe
,
that
draws
the
only
Lines
of
Communication
betwixt
the
Conversing
and
Commercing
Regions
of
the
Earth
.
Were
it
not
for
the
Merchant
,
we
had
lived
altogether
in
an
unsociable
World
:
Our
very
next
Neighbourhood
had
been
a
downright
Terra-Incognita
to
us
;
whilst
pent
up
in
their
own
narrower
untraffiking
Precincts
,
whole
Kingdoms
and
Nations
had
been
little
less
than
a
larger
sort
of
Cloysters
and
Cells
.
Then
the
product
of
our
own
Glebe
only
must
have
furnisht
both
our
Kitchin
and
our
Wardrobe
.
Nay
our
very
Monarchs
themselves
must
have
been
contented
to
have
taken
up
with
a
homlier
mettald
Crown
,
possibly
such
another
as
the
Isle
of
Mann's
Diadem
;
and
their
very
Coronation
Mantle
,
(
though
no
Disparagement
to
our
own
native
Growth
,
the
Fleece
of
the
Sheep
that
buys
the
Jewels
of
the
Crown
)
instead
of
the
richer
Orient
Embroydery
,
the
Silkworms
softer
Spinstry
,
and
the
Ermins
whiter
Down
,
must
at
highest
have
reacht
but
to
Wooll
and
Lambskins
.
Thus
the
Pavilion
Royal
is
but
justly
a
part
of
the
Merchant-Taylors
Scutcheon
:
For
whilst
the
Imperial
Hero
marches
to
the
Field
,
and
sweats
in
Arms
all
Day
;
he
sleeps
at
Night
under
Your
Umbrage
,
whilst
not
only
his
Tent
of
War
,
but
his
Canopy
of
Peace
is
all
Your
own
.
Thus
the
Great
Columbus
in
his
Discovery
of
a
new
World
,
only
open'd
a
new
Door
to
the
Merchants
Glory
;
whilst
after
their
long
Addresses
and
Visits
to
their
European
,
Asian
,
and
African
three
old
Mistresses
;
they
had
found
out
a
new
fair
American
Sister
to
pay
their
new
Court
and
Devoirs
to
;
and
to
plume
themselves
in
the
Wealth
of
the
rich
Dowr
She
brought
them
.
We
may
justly
rank
the
whole
Industry
of
mankind
under
these
two
Classes
,
That
of
the
Husbandman
,
and
this
of
the
Merchant
.
And
indeed
there
's
so
far
an
Allyance
and
proportion
betwixt
both
their
Toyls
and
Labours
,
that
't
is
all
but
the
Work
of
the
Plough
:
His
that
turns
up
the
Glebe
of
the
Earth
,
and
Yours
Your
Keele
that
ploughs
the
Main
.
And
as
the
Fruits
of
Bountiful
Nature
are
his
Harvest
;
So
the
Riches
of
it
are
Yours
:
Only
with
this
Difference
between
You
,
That
the
Husbandman
is
but
the
Subminister
or
Underfactor
of
the
Merchant
.
The
sweat
of
His
Brow
gets
the
Bread
:
But
Your
Gold
pays
that
sweat
;
and
indeed
drives
both
Plough
and
Ploughman
Amongst
the
several
Pageants
of
the
Day
,
all
suited
to
the
Lustre
and
Renown
of
Your
Honourable
Foundation
,
the
Fair
Minerva
in
both
her
Capacities
,
viz.
the
Goddess
of
Arts
and
Arms
,
is
but
the
true
Emblem
and
Portrait
of
Your
Glory
.
For
Arts
are
all
so
intirely
Your
own
,
that
You
resemble
the
Ocean
,
on
which
You
Trade
.
For
as
into
that
all
the
Lesser
Rivers
flow
:
So
the
Toyls
and
Industry
of
the
whole
Land
,
from
the
Spinstry
of
the
Cottage
,
to
the
Loom
of
the
Burgh
,
and
the
Woof
of
the
City
,
all
Center
in
the
Merchant
.
And
as
the
Wealth
and
Improvements
of
Peace
are
so
justly
Yours
,
no
less
are
the
Prowess
and
Strength
of
Arms
Your
own
too
.
For
as
the
Nerves
and
Sinews
of
Trade
are
the
Life
and
Soul
of
War
;
'T
is
only
as
the
Merchant
leads
the
Battle
moves
.
And
now
Gentlemen
,
having
brought
You
thus
far
in
Your
fair
Chace
of
Honour
,
here
I
le
leave
You
,
and
heartily
wish
,
so
may
You
all
unanimously
lead
,
and
make
the
Battle
so
successfully
move
;
That
England
may
live
to
see
her
long
Effeminacy
shook
off
:
and
have
yet
a
Race
of
the
Third
Edward
and
Fifth
Henry
Boys
,
as
may
still
carry
Terror
to
the
too
powerful
neighbouring
Lillies
,
and
raise
up
the
Heads
of
her
own
Royal
Lyons
.
With
this
hearty
Prayer
I
subscribe
my Self
,
GENTLEMEN
,
Your
most
Faithful
Servant
E.
Settle
.
The
Movements
of
the
Morning
.
Between
Seven
and
Eight
in
the
Morning
the
whole
Company
design'd
for
the
Duty
of
the
Day
,
meet
at
Merchant-Taylors
Hall.
1.
THE
Master
,
Wardens
,
and
Assistants
,
in
Gowns
faced
with
Foins
,
and
their
Hoods
.
2.
The
Livery
in
their
Gowns
faced
with
Budg
,
and
their
Hoods
.
3.
Forty
Foins
Batchelors
in
Gowns
and
Scarlet
Hoods
.
4.
Forty
Budg-Batchelors
in
Gowns
and
Scarlet
Hoods
.
5.
Forty
Gentlemen
Ushers
in
Velvet
Coats
,
each
of
them
a
Chain
of
Gold
about
his
Sholder
,
and
a
White-Staff
in
his
Hand
.
6.
Several
Drums
and
Fifes
with
Scarfs
and
Colours
of
the
Company
in
their
Hats
,
Blew
and
White
.
7.
The
Serjeant
Trumpet
,
and
Twenty
Four
Trumpets
more
,
whereof
Sixteen
are
their
Majesties
,
the
Serjeant-Trumpet
wearing
Two
Scarfs
,
a
Blew
and
a
White
.
8.
The
Drum-Major-general
to
the
King
,
wearing
a
Shoulder-Scarf
of
the
Companies
Colours
,
with
others
of
Their
Majesties
Household
Drums
and
Fifes
.
9.
The
Two
City-Marshals
,
each
of
them
,
Mounted
on
Horseback
,
with
rich
Furniture
,
Hoosings
,
and
Crupper
all
Imbroider'd
:
Six
Servitors
likewise
Mounted
to
Attend
,
with
Scarfs
and
Colours
of
the
Companies
.
10.
The
Foot-Marshal
with
a
Scarf
,
and
Six
Attendants
in
Colours
.
11.
The
Master
of
Defence
with
the
same
Scarf
and
Colours
,
Eight
Persons
of
the
same
Science
to
Attend
him
.
12.
Twenty
Pensioners
with
Coats
and
Caps
,
employ'd
in
carrying
of
Standards
and
Banners
.
13.
Seventy
Pensioners
in
Blew-Gowns
,
White-Sleeves
and
Blew
Caps
,
each
of
them
carrying
a
Javeling
in
one
Hand
,
and
a
Target
in
the
other
,
wherein
is
Painted
the
Coat-Armour
of
their
Founders
,
and
Benefactors
of
the
Company
.
All
these
are
usher'd
by
Twenty
personable
Figures
in
Roman
Crimson
Habits
,
and
Silver
Head-peices
with
the
Arms
of
the
Honourable
Company
,
the
City
and
the
Lord
Mayor
,
Back
and
Breast
,
bearing
Lictors
Staffs
,
and
Silver
Axes
.
Thus
order'd
,
and
accommodated
,
they
are
commited
to
the
management
of
the
Foot-Marshal
,
who
distributes
them
in
Seven
Divisions
,
rank'd
all
two
by
two
,
beginning
with
the
inferior
part
of
the
Standard
Bearers
.
In
the
head
of
them
are
placed
two
Drums
one
Fife
,
and
a
Gentleman
,
bearing
the
Companies
Arms.
In
the
Rear
of
them
,
two
Gentlmen
bearing
Banners
,
containing
the
Arms
of
the
deceased
Benefactors
.
After
them
march
the
aged
Pensioners
in
Gowns
,
and
in
the
Centre
of
them
fall
two
Drums
.
In
the
Rear
of
them
three
Drums
,
one
Fife
,
and
two
Gentlemen
in
Plush-Coats
,
bearing
two
Banners
,
one
of
Their
Majesties
,
the
other
of
the
Companies
.
After
them
Six
Gentlemen
Ushers
,
follow'd
by
the
Budg-Batchelors
.
The
next
,
two
Gentlemen
bearing
two
other
Banners
.
After
them
Six
Gentlemen
Ushers
,
succeeded
by
the
Foins
Batchelors
.
In
the
Rear
fall
in
two
Drums
,
and
a
Fife
.
Then
two
Gentlemen
,
one
bearing
my
Lord
MAYORS
,
the
other
the
City
Banners
.
Then
Twelve
Gentlemen
Ushers
,
and
after
them
the
Court
of
Assistance
,
which
makes
the
last
Division
.
The
Right
Honourable
the
LORD
MAYOR
,
with
the
Principal
Aldermen
and
Sheriffs
,
Mounts
His
Horse
,
with
the
Aldermen
two
by
two
,
the
Sheriffs
in
the
Rear
.
In
this
Equipage
of
two
and
two
,
the
whole
Body
move
toward
Grocers-Hall
,
where
the
Lord
Mayor
Elect
joyns
with
the
Old
Lord
Mayor
and
his
Retinue
;
whence
all
of
them
in
this
.
Order
march
through
Kingstreet
down
to
Three-Crane-Wharf
,
there
entering
into
their
several
Barges
which
are
gloriously
adorned
with
Flags
and
Pendants
,
His
Lordship
and
this
Gallant
Company
all
Landing
at
Westminster
,
is
conducted
to
the
Exchequer-Bar
;
there
having
performed
several
Ceremonial
and
Customary
Duties
,
and
taken
the
Oaths
to
their
Majesties
,
he
returns
again
by
Water
to
Black-Friers
Stairs
,
with
Drums
beating
,
Trumpets
sounding
,
Musick
playing
,
&c.
There
his
Lordship
,
and
the
several
Companies
landing
from
their
Respective
Barges
,
the
rest
of
the
Attendants
that
went
not
to
Westminster
,
waiting
for
his
Reception
,
the
whole
Body
moves
in
Order
before
him
towards
Cheapside
.
The
First
Pageant
.
The
LAMB
.
UPon
a
Stage
is
a
stately
Pedestal
richly
ornamented
,
whereon
the
Coat
of
the
Honourable
Company
,
the
Silver
Lamb
is
planted
.
On
a
Descent
beneath
on
the
four
Corners
are
four
Palm-Trees
;
adorned
with
Crowns
,
Coronets
and
Laurels
,
being
the
emblematical
Trophies
of
the
Worthy
Predecessors
,
as
Members
or
Benefactors
of
the
Honourable
Company
of
Merchant-Taylors
.
On
the
four
square
sides
,
Quadranglar
ways
,
are
planted
four
Figures
,
viz.
Peace
,
Humility
,
Patience
and
Mercy
,
in
their
proper
Attire
and
Ornaments
,
these
four
being
the
requisite
Attendance
of
Innocence
,
emblemiz'd
in
the
Figure
of
the
Lamb
;
and
the
Palm
tree
being
not
only
a
proper
Field
for
the
Lamb
,
but
likewise
alluding
to
Truth
and
Virtue
,
which
according
to
the
Motto
of
the
Palm
(
Crescit
sub
pondere
Virtus
)
the
more
't
is
depressed
the
higher
't
will
rise
.
The
Second
Pageant
.
The
Temple
of
CONCORD
.
A
Lofty
Structure
is
erected
,
supported
upon
four
noble
Pillars
or
Columns
with
all
the
Etableture
according
to
the
Compositive
order
.
Over
all
is
a
stately
Domo
,
compleatly
adjusted
in
circular
Figure
,
whereon
is
erected
a
Magnificent
Cupulo
,
with
a
Golden
Lyon
placed
in
Chief
,
carrying
a
Banner
of
the
Kings
Arms.
Underneath
this
Dome
sit
four
Figures
richly
attired
in
silken
Habits
,
The
first
proper
to
the
Hieroglyphich
of
Harmony
;
and
the
other
three
Theological
Virtues
Faith
,
Hope
,
and
Charity
.
These
thre
Divine
Virtues
being
not
only
the
necessary
Attendants
of
Harmony
and
Union
;
but
likewise
very
applicacable
to
the
Honourable
Company
for
their
Foundations
of
Religion
,
Learning
,
and
Charity
.
These
three
Virtues
bear
three
Scutcheons
on
which
are
inscribed
their
proper
Mottoes
.
At
the
four
Corners
of
this
Fabrick
sit
four
more
Figures
properly
habited
,
as
Temperance
,
Truth
,
Zeal
,
and
Constancy
with
silver
Banners
displayed
,
with
the
Kings
,
Cities
,
and
Lord
Mayors
and
Companies
Arms
,
in
all
Respects
suited
to
the
Glory
of
the
Day
.
Harmony
thus
Addresses
to
His
Lordship
.
WHen
the
proud
Towers
of
Concords
Temple
rise
,
Her
Basis
stands
on
Earth
,
and
Head
i
th'
Skyes
;
Heavens
darling
Blessing
,
and
the
Worlds
fair
Soul
;
Concord
,
the
mighty
Axis
turns
the
Pole.
Till
her
fair
Head
above
the
Waters
bore
'T
was
Chaos
and
Confusion
all
before
.
Concord
,
by
whom
Truth
raigns
,
and
Empires
stand
,
States
flourish
,
all
by
her
supporting
Hand
.
As
such
the
Shrine
,
and
such
the
Deity
,
What
must
the
Founder
of
her
Temple
be
?
That
,
Sr's
,
Your
Work
:
Our
Concords
Walls
You
build
,
Whilst
Our
Praetorian
Chair
thus
nobly
fill'd
,
Such
Massy
Worth
and
Morals
so
refin'd
,
Such
leading
Virtue
with
true
Honour
joyn'd
,
Shall
stand
those
fair
Examples
for
mankind
;
Till
Our
blest
Gates
with
Love
and
Union
fill'd
,
Fair
Concords
Brightest
Wreath
Your
Brow
shall
guild
.
Nor
th'
Happy
The
Third
Pageant
.
The
CHARIOT
.
UPon
a
very
Large
Stage
is
fixt
a
Noble
Triumphant
Chariot
,
(
drawn
by
two
Golden
Camels
)
richly
and
curiosly
adorn'd
,
with
all
the
Glorious
Ornaments
of
Carved
Work
as
Art
can
perform
,
in
its
gldiing
and
painting
,
and
all
Illustration
enricht
with
several
Delightful
Figures
,
as
well
Artificial
as
Natural
lively
represented
,
and
properly
appertaining
to
the
Solemnity
of
the
Day
.
On
the
most
Noble
and
Greatest
Seate
of
this
Structure
sits
Minerva
,
the
Goddess
in
Chief
of
all
the
Arts
and
Sciences
,
a
person
of
a
Majestick
Aspect
,
attir'd
with
long
thick
bright
curld
Hair
,
on
her
Head
a
Silver
Head-peice
,
graced
with
a
high
flourishing
Plume
of
Feathers
consisting
of
divers
Falls
;
she
is
attired
in
Rich
Robe
of
Gold
surfled
with
Silver
,
and
over
all
a
Noble
Scarf
of
Carnation
silk
fringed
with
Gold
,
with
a
Crimson
Mantle
laid
with
Ermyn
.
In
one
Hand
she
bears
a
Bannor
of
the
Companies
Arms
,
in
the
other
a
Sheild
of
the
Cities
Arms.
On
a
Descent
beneath
her
are
placed
three
Graces
,
viz.
Vigilance
,
Diligence
,
and
Labour
,
being
exprest
by
the
Kettle
Drums
and
Trumpets
.
In
the
Front
of
these
,
remote
from
the
former
,
sits
a
Figure
personating
Time
,
who
holds
the
Reins
of
these
two
stately
Camels
excellently
carved
and
gilded
,
and
painted
in
equal
proportion
to
the
Life
,
with
Trappings
of
Crimson
and
Silver
,
and
Crimson
Bridles
,
as
being
the
supporters
of
the
Honourable
Company
of
Merchant-Taylors
Arms.
This
Figure
of
Time
is
so
order'd
to
hold
the
Reins
of
this
Triumphant
Chariot
,
as
intimating
the
Antiquity
of
this
Honourable
Company
,
the
Records
of
their
Magnificence
and
Glory
,
having
lasted
so
many
long
Ages
past
,
and
whose
Chariot
shall
still
drive
on
till
Time
it self
shall
finish
.
On
the
Backs
of
the
two
Camels
are
seated
,
or
mounted
two
sweat
young
Yrinces
,
a
Negro
and
a
Pawny
,
the
one
an
Asian
,
and
the
other
an
African
,
in
their
Richest
Robes
,
attired
in
the
most
Princely
Dress
of
those
Countries
,
with
Coronets
on
their
Heads
beset
with
plumes
of
variety
of
diverse
coloured
Feathers
.
In
their
Right
Hands
they
bear
two
displaid
Banners
,
one
the
Cities
,
the
other
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lord
Mayor
intimating
their
Fealty
and
Submission
to
the
Heroick
Monarch
of
Great
Britain
,
the
sole
Soveraign
of
the
Sea
,
and
so
far
Lord
of
the
World
from
Our
British
Communion
and
Traffick
in
the
Richest
Asian
and
African
Commerce
,
&c.
And
likewise
implying
their
Ambition
to
hold
an
amicable
Correspondence
with
this
Renown'd
City
.
Moreover
,
upon
this
Stage
are
placed
three
Figures
representing
the
Seasons
of
the
Day
,
viz.
Morning
,
Noon
,
and
Evening
;
attired
in
their
proper
Habits
,
with
gilded
Banners
suitable
to
'em
all
,
intimating
that
Vigilence
,
Diligence
and
Labour
are
the
Duties
of
every
Hour
of
Life
:
and
at
each
Corner
is
four
Golden
Cypress
Trees
.
His
Lorship
is
saluted
by
Minerva
in
this
Speech
,
&c.
SIr
,
in
Your
bright
Inauguration
Glory
,
Amongst
the
humble
Knees
that
bend
before
You
,
With
the
just
Tribute
of
her
earlyest
Vows
Thus
low
the
dutiful
Minerva
bows
:
Arts
and
Wits
Sacred
Goddess
,
with
her
fair
Triumphant
Chariot
,
waits
Your
nobler
Chair
.
Yes
Sir
,
whilst
London
Europes
proudest
Town
,
And
The
Fourth
Pageant
.
The
SHIP
.
AS
a
farther
Testimony
of
their
Zeal
and
Esteem
for
his
Lordship
,
they
present
my
Lord
with
a
Ship
,
named
the
William
and
Mary
,
a
Merchant
Adventurer
.
This
Ship
is
laden
with
Cloth
,
Silk
and
Stuffs
of
all
sorts
,
as
representing
the
Traffick
in
which
His
Lordship
deals
into
Foraign
Countries
.
This
stately
Vessel
bears
all
her
Guns
,
with
Antients
and
Pendants
,
Streamers
,
Flaggs
Standarts
,
Tackling
,
Braces
,
Bowls
,
Cables
,
Anchors
,
Sayls
and
Cordages
,
and
all
sort
of
Rigging
appertaining
to
a
Merchant-Man
of
that
Burden
,
being
richly
gilded
and
painted
with
all
her
Waste
Cloaths
.
On
board
this
Ship
are
a
Captain
and
his
Mate
,
a
Bosewain
and
Mariner
,
each
man
at
work
,
some
at
the
main
Tack
,
others
at
the
main
Braces
,
others
the
Bowlings
,
some
climbing
up
to
the
Main-top
,
others
siting
cross
the
Yard-Arms
.
Others
with
Quarter
Canns
drinking
the
King
and
Queens
Health
;
the
Lord
Mayors
,
and
the
Honourable
Companies
,
with
Guns
fireing
,
Shouts
,
Huzahs
and
Acclamations
,
as
the
Expressions
of
their
Joy
for
his
Lordship's
Inauguration
,
and
their
Dutiful
salutes
to
welcome
him
to
the
Chair
,
with
Songs
and
Trumpets
sounding
,
proper
to
the
Action
and
the
Honour
of
the
Merchant-Taylors
.
The
Captain
with
his
Crew
placing
themselves
on
the
Quarter-Deck
,
drest
in
Indian
silks
,
with
rich
Fur
Caps
,
attired
like
Sea-faring
men
;
the
Bosewain
having
given
his
signal
by
a
whistle
,
and
commanded
silence
,
the
Syrens
being
placed
in
the
Sea
leave
off
their
melodious
Musick
,
and
display
their
Bannors
whilst
the
Captain
accosts
his
Lordship
.
STrike
Saylor
,
strike
,
Your
Homaging
Topsayls
lower
,
And
humbly
vaile
to
yond
commanding
Power
,
That
awful
Power
that
fills
our
swelling
Sayl
,
And
whose
kind
Smile
lends
all
our
prosperous
Gale.
Our
duteous
Tribute
,
Sir
,
is
all
Your
Due
;
Our
Canvass
Wings
are
only
plumed
for
You
:
For
You
alone
our
Tritons
Trumpets
sound
;
And
our
pleas'd
Nereids
Dance
their
watry
round
.
And
if
,
when
Your
Great
Name
of
Honour
calls
,
The
rattling
Musick
from
our
wooden
Walls
Does
with
her
loudest
Mouths
of
Thunder
roar
,
'T
is
to
salute
the
Lord
that
rules
our
Shore
.
But
what
,
alas
,
i
th'
Triumphs
of
this
Day
Can
my
poor
Flags
and
humble
Pinnace
Pay
,
To
You
that
guide
a
prouder
Helm
than
Mine
;
Glory
that
does
with
brighter
Streamers
shine
?
And
since
our
fair
Metropolis's
Command
Is
lodg'd
in
such
an
Honourable
Hand
,
The
safe
Augusta
shall
no
Shipwrack
fear
,
Whilst
so
much
Virtue
her
great
Bark
shall
stear
.
The
Fifth
Pageant
.
The
ARCADIAN
PLAIN
.
WIthin
this
large
Plain
are
Eleven
or
Twelve
Figures
,
all
cloath'd
in
their
proper
Habits
,
as
Nymphs
and
Shepherds
of
Arcadia
,
with
gilded
Streamers
and
Bannors
,
being
the
Ensigns
of
Honour
,
of
the
Worthy
Members
of
the
Honourable
Company
.
Amongst
these
is
Industry
a
Spinning
,
and
several
of
the
Shepherdesses
,
;
some
Carding
and
some
Cutting
of
Wooll
,
and
all
Singing
and
Dancing
,
when
the
Matron
or
Mistress
of
the
Family
calls
from
Work
,
they
having
all
their
Scrips
and
Wallets
,
Bottles
of
Leather
,
and
Baskets
with
Shepherds
Crooks
and
Straw
Hats
and
Garlands
of
Flowers
round
their
Heads
,
the
Pageant
being
all
ornamented
suitable
to
so
rural
a
place
,
and
enliven'd
with
variety
of
Pastoral
Musick
accordingly
.
In
the
Front
of
this
pleasant
Plain
is
planted
a
gilded
Lyon
,
the
Plain
all
strewed
with
Greens
and
Flowers
,
and
other
Ornaments
befitting
the
place
,
and
also
proper
for
so
Noble
an
Augmentation
that
was
given
from
one
of
the
Kings
of
England
,
out
of
his
own
Imperial
Arms
,
in
Honour
of
the
Worshipful
Company
of
Merchant-Taylors
,
for
some
very
Illustrious
Acts
of
Chivalry
performed
by
the
Famous
and
Noble
Sir
John
Hawkwood
,
once
a
Member
of
this
Royal
Society
,
whereof
has
been
Eleven
Kings
,
Twenty
two
Princes
and
Dukes
,
Twenty
seven
Bishops
,
Forty
seven
Earls
,
Seventy
seven
Lords
and
Barons
;
besides
Ninteen
Lord
Mayors
to
this
present
Year
,
who
all
received
the
Honour
of
Knighthood
.
In
the
Rear
of
this
Pageant
is
seated
on
a
Throne
,
a
Soldier
under
a
Royal
Canopy
,
as
the
Arms
of
the
Honourable
Company
attended
on
each
hand
by
two
Persons
in
Parliamentary
Robes
,
who
addresses
his
Speech
to
his
Lordship
,
himself
representing
that
Famous
and
Memorable
Hawkwood
.
BEhold
,
before
me
on
these
Verdant
Plains
'
The
Crooks
,
the
Fleece
,
the
Wheel
,
the
Nymphs
and
Swains
,
All
Homagers
to
the
Merchant-Taylors
Name
;
Thir
Rural
Reeds
the
Trumps
of
Your
fair
Fame
:
And
whilst
these
Sons
of
Peace
i
th'
Front
appear
Your
Hawkwood
,
Son
of
War
,
brings
up
the
Rear
.
Hawkwood
who
,
that
bold
Martial
Champion
stood
,
Whose
once
Illustrious
Feats
in
Fields
of
Blood
,
In
Your
Rich
Scutcheon
fixt
that
fair
Renown
,
A
borrow'd
Lyon
from
the
British
Crown
.
But
why
do
we
revive
old
A
SONG
.
I.
TO
sing
the
Renown
of
the
brave
Merchant-Taylors
Come
blow
a
fresh
Gale
,
Boys
,
and
Hey
jolly
Saylors
.
For
weell
merrily
troll
All
around
round
the
Pole
;
Wee
ll
cut
the
Sea
through
;
And
bring
home
the
Wealth
of
the
Indian
Peru.
For
the
World
has
no
Lord
but
the
Merchant
alone
;
And
the
whole
Phenix
Nest
,
Boys
,
is
all
but
Your
own
.
Then
i
th'
Triumphs
of
the
Day
,
To
the
Merchants
wee
ll
pay
Our
heartiest
Zeal
and
Devotion
:
Wee
ll
sing
,
and
wee
ll
laugh
,
And
the
Bowls
that
we
quaff
Shall
hold
a
whole
Iittle
little
Ocean
.
II
Wee
ll
cut
through
the
Line
,
Boys
;
then
hey
merry
Saylors
;
From
Cancer
to
Capricorn
bold
Merchant-Taylors
:
'T
is
for
You
the
North
Swain
Drives
the
Great
Charles
his
Wain
:
The
Star
at
the
Pole
For
You
lends
the
Needle
her
whole
Life
and
Soul
;
Whilst
the
Sun
in
the
Skyes
,
and
the
Stars
in
their
Glory
Are
all
but
Your
Linkboys
to
travel
before
You.
Then
,
&c.
III.
To
the
jolly
God
Cupid
do
Mortals
build
Altars
;
And
sing
Loves
soft
Chorus
in
sweet
Virgin
Psalters
?
Does
the
Beauty
Divine
In
its
whole
Glory
shine
?
Tho'
bright
as
the
Morn
'T
is
the
Merchants
rich
Wardrobes
proud
Venus
adone
.
Her
downy
foft
Sweets
all
but
his
rich
Perfumes
;
And
our
Mistresses
shrine
but
in
his
borrow'd
Plumes
.
Then
,
&c.
IV.
In
City
and
Country
,
both
Profit
and
Pleasu��
Come
all
from
the
Hoard
of
the
Merchants
rich
Treasure
.
Even
the
poor
Country
Cloun
,
When
he
comes
up
to
Town
,
No
sooner
he
goes
To
buy
a
new
Topknot
for
Peggy
and
Rose
,
But
merrily
home
again
home
he
trips
down
,
And
thanks
the
kind
Merchant
for
Jo�ns
Wedding
Gown
.
Then
,
&c.
V.
Do
we
drink
a
brisk
Health
to
Great
William
and
Mary
In
blushing
fair
Claret
,
or
smiling
Canary
?
When
the
Conduits
run
Wine
,
What
's
the
Nectar
Divine
That
cheers
up
our
Souls
,
But
the
Merchants
rich
Juice
,
Boys
,
that
Sparks
in
our
Bowls
?
And
the
proud
Golden
Goblet
we
drink
in
's
no
more
Than
a
Relick
a
Relick
from
the
Merchants
fair
Store
.
���
&c.
The
Pageantry
concluding
,
the
Lord
Mayor
and
the
whole
Train
move
off
to
Dinner
,
which
finishes
the
Solemnity
of
the
Day
.
FINIS
.