Pleniebant te numina Sinu. The heavenly Powers do bleffe thee with a full Bofome. The next Place was occupied by Liberalitie, who having in her Right Hand two Crownes, and in her Left, two Scepters, with this Devife, Me comite, plura quam dabis, accipies. That is to fay, having me thy Follower, thou shalt receive more than thou shalt give. And the last was Perfeverance, having in her right Hand a Staffe, and on her left Shoulder an Anchor; with this Device, Nec dubiæ res mutabunt, nec fecunda, Neither doubtfull, nor more profperous Things fhall change your State. This Chariot, which should have been drawne in by a Lyon, (but because his Prefence might have brought fome Feare to the nearest, or that the Sight of the Lights and Torches might have commoved his Tamenefs) it was thought meet that the Moor fhould fupply that Roome: And fo he, in outwarde Shewe, preased to draw that forward, which by a fecret Convoy was brought to the Prince's Table; and the whole Defert was delivered by Ceres, Fecunditie, Faith, Concord, Liberalitie, and Perfeverance, to the Earles, Lords and Barons that were Sewers. Prefently after the returning of the Chariot, entered a most sumptuous, artificiall, and well proportioned Ship, the Length of her Keele was 18 Foot, and her Breadth 8 Foot; from her Bottome to her higheft Flagge, was 40 Foot; the Sea fhe ftood upon was 24 Foot long, with Breadth convenient; her Motion was fo artificially devised within her felf, that none could perceive what brought her in. The Sea under her, was lively Counterfeit, with all Colours; on her Foresterne was placed Neptunus, having in his Hand his Trident, and on his Head a Crowne, his Apparell was all of Indian Cloth of Silver and Silke, which bare this Infcription, Junxi atque reduxi, which in Sence importeth, that as he joyned them, fo he reduced their Majefties. Then Thetis with her Mace, Goddeffe of the Sea, with this Devife, Nunquam abero, & tutum femper te littore fiftam, which fignifieth, that by her Prefence, the alwayes fhall be carefull, to bring them into a safe Shore and Harbour. Then Triton with his wilke Trumpet, was next to her, with this Device, Velis, Votis, Ventis, By Sails, by Vows, by Winds. Round about the Ship, were all the Marine People, as Syrenes, (above the Middle as Women, and under as Fishes:) and these were Parthenope, Ligea, and Leucofia, who accommodating their Gestures to the Voice of the Mufitions, repeated this Verfe, Unus eris nobis cantandus femper in orbe. And all the fame were decored with the Riches of the Seas, as Pearles; Coralls; Shelles; and Mettals; verie rare and excellent. The Bulk of this Ship was curiously painted, and her Galleries; whereupon ftood the most part of the Banket in Christalline Glaffe, gilt with Gold and Azure. Her Maftes were red; her Tackling and Cordage was Silke of the fame Colour, with golden Pullies. Her Ordinance was 36 Peeces of Braffe, bravely mounted, and her Anchors Silver-gilt, And all her Sails were were double of white Taffata. And in her Fore-fayle, a Shippe Compaffe, regarding the North Starre; with this Sentence, Quafcunque per undas; which is to fay, through whatfoever Seas, or Waves, the King's Majeftie intendeth his Courfe, and Project of any arifing Action, Neptune as God of the Sea, fhall be favourable to his Proceedings. On the maine Sail, was painted the Armories of Scotland and Denmark, with this Device, competent in the Perfon of the Prince of Scotland. En que divifa beatos efficiunt, collecta tenes. That is to fay, behold (O Prince) what doth make thefe Kingdomes feverally bleffed, jointly (O`Prince of Hope) thou holdes, and hath altogether. Her Tops were all armed with Taffatees of his Majeftie's Colours, Gold, and Jewels and all her Flagges and Streamers futable to the fame. Her Marriners were in Number fix, apparelled all in chaungeable Spanish Taffatees, and her Pilote in Cloth of Gold, he alone stood at the Helm, who only moved and governed the whole Frame, both the Ship and her Burden, very artificially. The Mufitions within the fame, were 14, all apparelled in Taffatees of his Majestie's Colours, befides Arion with his Harpe. Being thus prepared, at the Sounde of Trumpets, fhe approached, and at the next Sounde of Triton's wilke Trumpet, together with the Master's Whistle, the made Sail till fhe came to the Table, discharging the Ordinance in her Sterne by the Way: But because this Devife carried fome morall Meaning with it, it fhall not be impertinent to this Purpose, to discover what is meant and propyned thereby. The King's Majeftie having undertaken in fuch a defperate Time, to fail to Norway, and like a new Jafon, to bring his Queene, our gracious Lady, to this Kingdome, being detained, and stopped, by the Confpiracies of Witches, and fuch devilish Dragons, thought it very meet, to follow forth this his own Invention, that as Neptunus (fpeaking poetically, and by fuch Fictions, as the like Interludes, and Actions are accustomed to be decored withall) joyned the King to the Queene. So after this Conjunction, he brought their Majefties as happily hither: and now at this her bleffed Delivery, did bring fuch Things as the Sea affoords, to decore this feftival Time with all: which immediatly were delivered to the Sewers, forth of the Galleries of this Ship, out of Christaline Glaffe, very curiously painted with Gold and Azure, all Sorts of Fishes: as Herrings, Whitings, Flooks, Oysters, Buckies, Lampets, Partans, Labstars, Crabs, Spout fish, Clammes: with other infinite Things made of Sugar, and moft lively represented in their owne Shape. And whilst the Ship was unloading, Arion fitting upon the galey Nofe, which refembled the Forme of a Dolphine Fish, played upon his Harpe; then began her Mufick in greene holyne Hautboys in fine Parts. After that followed Viols with Voices in plaine Counterpoint, to the Nature of thefe Hexameter Verses. Undique conveniant, quot Reges nomine Chrifti Viribus ! Viribus bos, O Rex, opibufque anteiveris omnes Luftar eat, redeatque; novo tibi partus ab ortu. After which enfued a ftill Noife of Recoders and Flutes: and for the fourth, a generall Confort of the best Inftruments. So this Enterlude, drawing neare to an End, in the very laft Courses, was discovered this Sentence likewife; Submiffus adorat Oceanus, inferring, that the Ocean Sea, by offering the Shapes of her Treasure humbly adored and honoured the Sitters. And when in this Time, all the Banket was done, after Thanks being given, there was fung with most delicate dulce Voices, and sweet Harmonie in 7 Partes, the 128. Pfalm, with 14 Voices. And that being done, at the Sound of Triton's wilke Trumpet, and the Pilotte's Whistle, fhe wayed Anchor, made Sail, and with Noife of Hautboys and Trumpets, retyred, and then discharged the rest of her Ordinance, to the great Admiration of the Beholders. After all which Paftime and Sport, with merry and joyfull Repaft, the King and Queene's Majefties, after their Offices of Honour and Refpect, Place being prepared for the Revels, and the Perfons appointed for the fame, discharging themselves fufficiently. Their Majefties and Ambassadors went to another Hall, most richly and magnificently hung with rich Tapestrie, where for the Collation, a moft rare, fumptuous, and Prince like Defart was prepared, which being ended, after taking Leave and Good-nights, they departed about three of the Clock in the Morning, to their Night's Rest. The Dayes enfuing, fo long as Leisure might ferve, was bestowed by the Ambaffadours in banketting of Noblemen and Gentlemen of their Acquaintance, and the King in the mean Time was folicite and carefull of honourable and magnifike Rewards, to be bestowed on either of them, which was alfo princely performed, to their great Contentments. And as they were come to Edinburgh, they were all banketted at fometime, feverally, and at other Times together, by divers Noblemen of Scotland with great Honour: Laft of all, one Ambaffadour banketted another, for Commemoration of that joyfull Meeting and good Succeffe. Then the King and Queene's Majefties came to Edinburgh, where they were invited by the Ambaffadours of Denmarke, unto a Banket within their VOLI. LII Ship, Ship, which lay at Anchor in the River of Forth: She was fo great, that fhe could not enter the Harbour. The Banket was very fumptuous, and the Ambaffadours fo joyous of their finall Difpatch, behaved themselves to their Majefties on a kindly Manner, according to the ordinary Cuftome of their Countrey, by propining of Drink unto them in the Name of their Princes, which was lovingly accepted and requited: In Commemoration whereof, the whole Artillery of that great Veffel were fhot in great Number. The three great Ships of the Eftates, lying in the fame Road neare by, made Correfpondance and Refonance to the Number of fix fcore great Shot; and thus concluded their Bein ale. Then the Caftle of Edinburgh, for Performance of the King's Honour, as they perceived the Ships to lofe, and to hoife up Sail: The Captain of the Caftle faluted every Ship, as they fhewed themselves in Readineffe by Order, with a Number of great Cannon Shot. And fo I conclude. A The Life and Death of our late moft Incomparable and Heroique Prince HENRY, Prince of WALES. Prince (for Valour and Vertue) fit to be imitated in fucceeding Times. 1641. Written by Sir CHARLES CORNWALLIS, Knight, Treasurer of his Highneffe's Houshold. In a LETTER to a FRIEND. To the High and Mighty Prince CHARLES, Prince of WALES, &c. rared by it, as the reft: The Subject thereof being fo rare a Prince, as it may seeme worthy your Highneffe's Perufall: In reading Him, you may read Your Jelfe; His Titles of Honour were the fame with Yours: Your Titles of Vertues the fame with His: He was, as You are, the Mirrour of the Age; which, that You may still continue, fhall ever be the Prayer of Your Highneffe's moft humble Servant, N. B. SIR, OUR impofed Tafke, when with the Eyes of my Mind I confider. ed, I found fuch a Multitude of Letts and Rubs herein, that it feemed unto me a Thing impoffible to dare to looke after, much more to adventure to write any thing touching the Life and Death of our late most noble, and ever renowned Prince, whofe high foaring Thoughts, because the World was not able to containe, the Heaven of Heavens vouchsafed to entertaine; for both his farre every where renowned Fame thorowout this Ifle, and the whole World being too great, that who fhould adventure to say any more, fhould but in vaine adde Water to the Sea: As alfo the Numbers of others neerer unto him, of moft affured Knowledge, and better Judgement, all which knew him a great deale better than I, being able to give the World and you more full and abfolute Satisfaction; together with the Multitude and divers Sorts of religious, wife, grave, judicious, learned, critticke, and curious Cenfurers; all who, if it fhould happen but once to peepe into the World, for the welbeloved Subject therof, would gredily entertane and welcome the fame, with their divers Humours, and piercing Judgements. Thefe, and many more, with the Confcience of my Unworthinefs, and Infufficiencie to performe fo high a Tafk, (which rather would become fome Homer, Virgil, Demofthenes, Cicero, or rather fome one in whom all their Excellencies are combined, to performe aright) like Mountaines appeared at first in my Way; yet because (as one faith) In magnis voluiffe fat eft, rather than it fhould not be done at all, and with the Loffe, the Remembrance also perish, how and in what Manner we loft fo brave a Prince. Sometime the Expectation of the World, and that it might for ever be knowne unto it, and you both, how exceeding great this laft Duty is, which I owe to the Dead, as also how abfolutely you may command him, whom your Love long fince hath strictly bound to be perpetually yours, in Place of a better, I have adventured upon these enfuing Conditions, to launch out my fraile Barke, into that great Ocean of Sorrow, even from the Cradle to the Grave, whence ftorme-beaten as you fee, I have with much adoe, recovered my defired Haven. First, that whatfoever Diftafte you finde therein of any thing, you would not impute it to any Prefumption of mine, but rather to my Frailty and Ignorance, which (rather than to offend you) I have herein bewrayed: Next, that whatfoever is here written of his late Highneffe, not content herewith, you would only use the fame as a Ladder to mount up your Thoughts to a far more excellent Meditation of his Vertues: Further alfo, that you would not be too bufie upon this Report to cenfure any of your Phifitians, or any other; all whom, I proteft, I have endeavoured to please, without Partiality, fo farre, as in my Judgement, the Truth would fuffer me, rather imputing the Blame unto my Relation, than any of their Actions. As alfo, that with your accuftomed Patience, you would delay to cenfure me for this Letter, untill with mature Judgement you have throughly perufed the fame, confidering how much more eafie it is to cenfure others, than to doe well our felves. Again, that fince the Way by which I muft paffe, is through a LII 2 long, |