IT is a noble and iust advan­tage, that the things subje­cted to Vnderstanding have of those which are objec­ted to Sense, that the one sorte are but momentarie, and meerely taking; the other impressing, and la­sting: Else the Glory of all these Solemnities had perish'd like a Blaze, and gone out, in the Be­holders eyes. So short-liv'd are the Bodies of all Thinges, in comparison of their Soules. And, though Bodies oft-times have the ill lucke to be sensually preferr'd, they find afterwards, the good fortune (when Soules live) to be vtterly forgotten. This it is hath made the most royall Princes, and greatest Persons, (who are commonly the Persona­ters of these Actions) not onely studious of Riches, and Magnificence in the outward Celebration, or Shew; (which rightly becomes them) but curi­ous after the most high, and hearty Inventions, to furnish the inward parts: (and those grounded vp­on Antiquitie, and solide Learnings) which, though their Voyce be taught to sound to present Occasi­ons, their Sense, or dooth, or should alwayes lay holde on more remov'd Mysteries. And, howsoe­ver some may squeamishly cry out, that all Ende­vor of Learning, and Sharpnesse in these transitory [Page] Devises especially, where it steppes beyond their little, or (let me not wrong 'hem) no Braine at all is superfluous; I am contented, these fastidious Stomachs should leave my full Tables, and enioy at home, their cleane empty Trenchers, fittest for such airy Tasts: where perhaps a few Italian Herbs, pick'd vp, & made into a Sallade, may find sweeter acceptance, than al, the most norishing, and sound Meates of the world.

For these Mens palates, let not mee answere, O Muses. It is not my fault, if I fill them out Nectar, and they runne to Metheglin. ‘Vaticana bibant, si delectentur.’

All the curtesie I can doe them, is to cry, againe; ‘Praetereant, si quid non facit ad stomachum.’

As I wil, from the thought of them, to my bet­ter Subject.

ON the Night of the Masques (which were two, One of Men, the Other of Women) the Scene being drawne, there was first discovered an Altar; vpon which was inscribed, in Letters of Gold.

To this Altar entred five Pages, attir'd in white, [Page] bearing Those vvere the Quinque Cer [...]i, vvhich Plutarch in his Quaest. Roman. mentions to be vsed in Nup ti [...]lls. five Tapers of Virgine Waxe; Behinde them, One representing a Bridegroome: His The dressing of the Bride­groome (vvith the Antients) vvas chiefly noted in that, quód tondere­tur. lu. Sat. 6. lám (que) à Tonsore magistro Pecteris. And Lucan. li. 2. VVhere he makes Cato negligent of the Ceremonies in Marriage, sayth, Ille nec horrificam sancto dimovit abore Caesar [...]em. haire short, and bound with party-coloured ribbands, and gold twist: His Garments purple, and white.

On the other hand, entred HYMEN (the God of Marriage) in a saffron-coloured Robe, his vnder-Vestures white, his Sockes yellow, a yellow Veile of silke on his left arme, his Head crowned with Roses, and See hovv he is called out, by Catullus in Nupt. Iul. & Manl. Cinge tempora floribus Suave olentis amaraci &c. Marioram, in his right hand a Torch of For so I preserve the Reading, there, in Catull. P [...]eam quate taedam, rather than to change it Spineam; and mooved by the authoritie of Virg. in Ciri, vvhere he sayes, Pronuba nec castos incendet Pinus amores: and Ovid. Fast. lib [...]. Expectet puros pinea taeda dies. Though I deny not, there vvas also Spineataeda, vvhich Plinie calles Nuptiarum facibus auspicatissimam. Nat. Hist lib. 16. cap 18. and vvhereof Sextus Pompeius Fest. hath left so particular testimonie. For vvhich, see the follovving Note. Pine tree.

After him This (by the Antients) vvas called Camil­lus, quasi Mini­ster ( for so that signified in the Hetruriā tong) and vvas one of the three, vvhich by Sex. Pompei. vvere said to be Pa­trimi & Matrimi, Pueri praete [...]tati tres, qui nubentem deducunt: Vnus, qui facem praefert ex spinâ albâ, Duo qui tenent nubentem. To vvhich conferre that of Varr. lib. 6. de lin­gua Lat. Dicitur in nuptijs Camillus, qui Cumerum fert: as also that of Fest. lib. 3. Cume­ram vocabant Antiqui vas quoddam, quod opertum in Nuptijs ferebant, in qu [...] erant nuben­tis vtensilia, quod & Camillum dicebant [...] [...] quod sacrorum Ministrum [...] appell [...] ­bant. a Youth, attired in white, bearing another Light, of white Thorne; vnder his arme, a litle wicker- Flasket, shut: Behind him two Others, in white, the one bearing a Distaffe, the other a Spindle. Betwixt these a Personated Bride, suppor­ted, her haire flowing, and loose, sprinckled with grey; on her head a Gyrland of Roses, like a Tur­ret; her Garments white: and, on her back, a Wea­thers [Page] Fleece hanging downe: Her Zone, or Girdle about her waste of white wooll, fastned with the Herculean Knot.

In the middst went the Auspices vver those that hād fasted the ma­ried Couple; that vvished thē good lucke; that took care for the Dowry: and heard thē professe that they came to­gether, for the Cause of Children. Iuven. Sat 10. Veniet cum signatoribus Auspex. And Lucan. lib. 2. Iun­gunturtaciti, contenti (que) Auspice Bruto. They vvere also stilld Pronubi, Proxenetae, P [...] ­ranymphi. Auspices; after them, two that sung, in severall colored silks. Of which, One bore the Water, the Other the Fire: Last of all the The Custome of Musike at Nuptials, is cleare in all Antiquitie. Ter. Adel. Act. 5. Verum hoc mihi mora est, Tibicina, & Hym [...]n [...]um qui cantent. And Claud. in Epithal. Ducant pervigiles carmina Tibiae &c. Musitians, diversly attired, all crowned with Roses; and, with this Song beganne.

[Page] The Song being ended, HYMEN presented him selfe formost; and, after some signe of Admiration, beganne to speake.

Here out of a Microcosme, or Globe (figuring Man) with a kind of contentious Musique, issued forth the first Masque, of eight Men, whose Names in order, as they were then Marshalled, by Cou­ples, I have Heraldry enough to set downe.

• 1 L. WILLOVGHBY.
• 2 LO. WALDEN.
• 3 Sir IAMES HAY.
• 4 Ear. of MONGOMERY.
• Sir THOMAS HOVVARD.
• Sir THOMAS SOMERSET.
• Ear. of ARVNDELL.
• Sir IOHN ASHLY.

These represented the foure That they vvere persona­ted in m [...]n, [...]ath (already) come vnder some Gramatical exception. [...]ut there is more than Gramar to release it. For, besides that Humores and Affectus are both Masculine in Genere, not one of the Spe [...] [...]lls, but in some Language is knovvne by a Masculine vvord: Againe, vvhen their I [...]ences are common to both Sexes, and more generally impetuous in the Male, I see not, vvhy they should not, so, be more properly presented. And, for the Allegory, though here it be very cleare, and such as might vvell escape a Candle, yet because there are some, must complain of Darknes, that have but thick Eies, I am contented to hold them this L [...]h [...] First, as in Naturall Bodies, so likevvise in Mindes, there is no disease, or distemperature, but is caused either by som abounding Humor, or perverse Affection; After the same maner, in Poli [...]ke Bodies (vvhere Order, Ceremony, State, Reve­re [...]e, Devotion, are Parts of the Mind) by the diffrence, or praedominant Wil of vvhat vve (Meta [...]horically) call Humors, and Affections, all things are troubled and confusd. These, ther [...]ore, were Tropically brought in, before Marriage, as disturbers of that Mysticall Body, and the Rit [...]s, vvhich vvere Soule vnto it; that aftervvards, in Marriage, being dut [...]ully temp [...]ed by hir Power, they might more fully celebrate the happines of such as live in that svveet Vnion, to the harmonious Lavvs of Nature, and Reason. Humors, & foure Affections, all gloriously attired, distinguisht only, [Page] by their severall Ensignes, and Colours; And, daun­cing out on the Stage, in their returne, at the end of their Daunce, drew all their swordes, offered to encompasse the Altar, and disturbe the Ceremonies. at which HYMEN troubled, spake,

Hereat, REASON seated in the top of the Globe (as in the braine, or highest parte of Man) figur'd in a venerable Personage, her haire white, and tray­ling to her waste, crowned with Lights, her Gar­ments blew, and semined with Star [...]es, girded vn­to her with a white Bend, fill'd with Arithmeticall Figures, in one hand bearing a Lampe, in the o­ther a bright Sword, descended, and spake.

At this, the Humors & Affections sheathed their swordes, and retir'd amazed to the sides of the Stage, while HYMEN began to ranke the Persons, and order the Ceremonies: And REASON procee­ded to speake.

Here, the vpper part of the Scene, which was all of Cloudes, and made artificially to swell, and ride like the Racke, beganne to open; and, the Ayre clearing, in the toppe thereof was discove­red With the Greekes; IVNO vvas interpre­ted to be the Ayre it selfe. And so Macr. de som. Scip [...]o. li. 1. c. 17. calls her. Mar. Cap. surnames her Aeria, of reigning there. IVNO, sitting in a Throne, supported by two beautifull They vvere sacred to IVNO, in respect of their colors, and temper so like the Aire. Ovid. de Arte Amand. Laudatas ostendit a­ves Iunonia pennas And Met. li. 2. Habili Saturnia curru Ingreditur liquidum pavonibus aethera pictis. Peacockes, her attire rich, and like a Shee was call'd Regina IVNO vvith the Latines, because she vvas So­r [...]r & Coniux IOVIS, D [...]orum & h [...]minum Regis. Queene, a Reade Apul. describing her, in his 10, of the Asse. white Diademe on her head, from whence descended a Veyle, and that bound with [Page] a After the manner of the antique Bend; the varied co­lors implying the severall mutations of the Ayre, as Shovvres, Devves, Sere­nitie, Force of vvinds, clouds Tempest, Snovv, Hayle, Lightning, Thunder, all vvhich had their noises signified in hir Timbrell: the [...]aculty of causing these be­ing ascribed to her, by Virg. Aeueid. lib. 4. vvhere he makes her say, His ego nigrantem commista grandine nimbum Desuper infundam, & tonitru Coelum omne ciebo. Fascia of severall color'd silkes, set with all sorts of Iewelles, and raisd in the top with Lillies vvere sacred to IVNO, as being made vvhite vvith her milke, that fell vpon the earth, vvhen IOVE tooke HERCVLES avvay, vvhome by stealth he had layd to her Breast: the Rose vvas also cal [...]'d Iunonia. Lillies, and Roses; In her right hand she held a Scepter, in the other a Timbrell, at her golden feete the So vvas she figur'd at Argos, as a Stepmo [...]her in­sulting on the spoyles of her two Privigni, BACCHVS, and HERCVLES. Hide of a Lion was placed: Round about her sate the Spi­rites of the ayre, in severall colours, making Mu­sique, Above her the Region of Fire, with a conti­nuall Motion, was seene to whirle circularly, and IVPITER standing in the Toppe (figuring the Hea­ven) brandishing his Thunder: Beneath her the Raine-bowe, IRIS, and, on the two sides eight La­dies, attired richly, and alike in the most celestiall colours, who represented her Powers, as she is the See Virg. Aeneid. lib. 4. IVNONI ante omnes cui vin [...]la [...]ugalia curae: and in another place, Dant signum prima & Tellus, & Pronuba IVNO: And Ovid. in Phill. Epist. IVNONEM [...] que terris quae praesidet alma Maritis. Governesse of Marriage, and made the second Masque. All which, vpon the discoverie, REASON made narration of.

The names of the eight Ladies, as they were after orderd (to the most conspicuous shew) in their Daunces, by the rule of their statures; were the

• Co. of MONGOMERY.
• Mi. CI. SACKVILE.
• La. DOR. HASTINGS.
• Co. of BEDFORD.
• La. KNOLLES.
• La. BERKLEY.
• La. BLANCH SOMERSET.
• Co. of RVTLAND.

Their Descent was made in two great Cloudes, that put forth themselves severally, and (with one measure of time) were seene to stoupe, & fall gent­ly downe vpon the Earth. The maner of their Ha­bites, came after some Statues of IVNO, no lesse ai­rie, than glorious. The dressings of their Heades, rare; so likewise of their Feete: and all full of splen­dor, soveraignety, and riches. Whilst they were descending, this Song was sung at the Altar.

The Song ended, they daunced forth in Paires, and each Paire with a varied and noble grace; to a rare and full Musique of twelve Lutes: led on by ORDER, the Servant of REASON, who was, there, rather a Person of Ceremony, than Vse. His vnder-Garment was blew, his vpper white, and painted full of Arithmeticall, and Geometricall Figures; his Hayre, and Beard long, a Starre on his forehead, and in his hand a Geometricall Staffe: To whom, after the Daunce, REASON spake.

By this time, the Ladies were payred with the Men, and the whole Sixteene rank'd foorth, in or­der, to daunce: & were with this Song provok'd.

[Page] Here, they daunced forth a most neate and cu­rious Measure, full of Subtelty and Device; which was so excellently performed, as it seemed to take away that Spirite from the Invention, which the Invention gave to it: and left it doubtfull, whether the Formes flow'd more perfectly from the Au­thors braine, or their feete. The Straines were all notably different, some of them formed into Let­ters, very signifying to the Name of the Brid­groom [...], and ended in manner of a Chaine, lin­king hands: To which, this was spoken.

The speach being ended, they dissolv'd: and all tooke forth other Persons, (Men, and Women,) to daunce other Measures, Galliards, and Corranto's; the whilst this Song importun'd them to a fit Re­membrance of the Time.

Their Daunces yet lasting, they were the se­cond time importun'd, by Speach.

At this (the whole Scene being drawne againe, and all cover'd with Cloudes, as a Night,) they left off their entermixed Daunces, and return'd to their first Places; where, as they were but begin­ing to move, this Song, the third time, vrg'd them.

Here they daunc'd their last Daunces, full of ex­cellent delight and change, and, in their latter straine, fell into a faire Orbe, or Circle; REASON stan­ding in the midst, and speaking.

[Page] With this, to a soft straine of Musique, they pac'd once about, in their Ring, every Payre ma­king their Honors, as they came before the State: and then dissolving, went downe in Couples, led on by HYMEN, the Bride, and Auspices following, as to the Nupti [...]ll Bowre. After them, the Mu­sitians with this Song, of which, then, onely one Staffe was sung; but because I made it both in Forme, and Matter to aemulate that kinde of Poeme, which was call'd It had the name à Tha­lamo, dictum [...]st autem, [...] [...]biculum Nuptiale primo suo significatu, [...], quod est simul genialem v [...] ­tam agere. Scal. in Poet. Epithalamium, and (by the Auntients) vs'd to be song, when the Bride was led into her Chamber, I have here set it down whole: and doe hartily forgive their ignorance whom it chanceth not to please. Hoping, that Ne­mo doctus me iubeat Thalassionem verbis dicere non Thalassionis.

HItherto extended the first Nights Solemnitie, whose Grace in the Exequution left not where to adde vnto it, with wishing: I meane, (nor doe I court them) in those, that sustain'd the Nobler parts. Such was the exquisit Performance, as (beside the Pompe, Splendour, or what wee may [Page] call Apparrelling of such Presentments) that alone (had all else beene absent) was of power to sur­prize with Delight, and steale away the Spectators from themselves. Nor was there wanting what­soever might give to the Furniture, or Comple­ment: eyther in riches, or strangenesse of the Ha­bites, delicacie of Daunces, Magnificence of the Scene, or divine Rapture of Musique. Onely the Envie was, that it lasted not still, or (now it is past) cannot by Imagination, much lesse Description, be recover'd to a part of that Spirit, it had in the gliding by.

Yet, that I may not vtterly defraud the Reader of his Hope, I am drawne to give it those briefe touches, which may leave behind some shadow of what it was: And first of the Attires.

That, of the Lords, had parte of it (for the fa­shion) taken from the Antique Greeke Statue; mix­ed with some Moderne Additions: which made it both gracefull, and strange. On their Heades they wore Persick Crowns, that were with Scroles of Gold-plate turn'd outward; and wreath'd about with a Carnation and Silver Net-lawne: The one End of which hung carelesly on the left shoulder, the other was trick'd vp before in severall degrees of fouldes, betweene the Plates, and set with rich Iewelles, and great Pearle. Their Bodies were of Carnation cloth of silver, richly wrought, and cut to expresse the Naked, in maner of the Greeke Tho­rax; girt vnder the Breasts, with a broade Belt of Cloth of Golde, imbrodered, and fastned before [Page] with Iewells: Their Labells were of White Cloth of silver, lac'd, and wrought curiously betweene, sutable to the vpper halfe of their Sleeves; whose nether partes, with their Bases, were of Watchet Cloth of Silver, chev'rond all over with Lace. Their Mantills were of severall colour'd silkes, di­stinguishing their Qualities, as they were coupled in payres; The first, Skie colour; The second, Pearle colour; The third, Flame colour; The fourth, Taw­nie; And these cut in leaves, which were subtilly tack'd vp, and imbrodered with Oo's, and between every ranke of Leaves, a broad silver Lace. They were fastned on the right shoulder, and fell Com­passe downe the backe in gratious folds, and were againe tied with a round Knot, to the fastning of their Swords. Vpon their legges they wore Silver Greaves, answering in worke to their Labells; and these were their Accoutrements.

The Ladies Attire was wholy new, for the In­vention, and full of Glory; as having in it the most true impression of a Celestiall Figure: The vpper part of White Cloth of Silver, wrought with IV­NOES Birdes and Fruicts; A loose vnder garment, full-gather'd, of Carnation, strip't with Silver, and parted with a Golden Zone; Beneath that, an o­ther flowing Garment, of Watchet Cloth of Sil­ver, lac'd with Gold: Through all which, though they were round, and swelling, there yet appear'd some touch of their delicate Lineaments, preserving the sweetenesse of Proportion, and expressing it selfe beyond expression. The Attire of their Heads, [Page] did answer, if not exceede; their Hayre being care­lesly (but yet with more art, then if more affected) bound vnder the circle of a rare, and rich Coronet, adorn'd with all variety, and choyce of Iewells; from the top of which, flow'd a trasparent Veile downe to the ground; whose verge, returning vp, was fastned to eyther side in most sprightly Manner. Their shooes were Azure, and Gold, set with Rubies, and Diamonds; so were all their Garments: and euery part abounding in Orna­ment.

No lesse to be admir'd, for the Grace, and Greatnesse, was the whole Machine of the Specta­cle, from whence they came: the first part of which was a [...], or Globe, filld with Coun­treys, and those guilded; where the Sea was [...]x­prest, heightned with siluer waues. This stoode, or rather hung, (for no Axell was seene to sup­port it) and turning softly, discoverd the first Masque, (as we have before, but too runningly declar'd) which was of the Men, sitting in faire Composition, within a Mine of severall Mettalls: To which, the Lights were so plac'd, as noe one was seene; but seemed, as if onel [...] REASON, with the splendor of her Crowne, illumin'd the whole Grot.

On the sides of this (which began the other part) were placed two great Statues, fayn'd of Gold, one of Atlas, the other of Hercules, in varied postures, bearing vp the Cloudes, which were of Releue, embossed, and tralucent, as Naturalls: To [Page] these, a Cortine of painted Cloudes ioyned, which reach'd to the vpmost Roofe of the Hall; and sodainely opening, reveal'd the three Regions of Ayre: In the highest of which, sate IVNO, in a glorious Throne of Gold, circled with Comets, and fiery Meteors, engendred in that hot and dry Regi­on; her Feete reaching to the lowest, where was made a Rainebow, and within it, Musitians seated, figuring Ayry Spirits, their habits various, and re­sembling the seuerall colours, caused in that part of the Ayre by reflexion. The midst was all of darke and condensed Cloudes, as being the proper Place where Rayne, Hayle, and other watry Mete­ors are made; out of which two concave Clouds, from the rest, thrust forth themselves (in nature of those Nimbi, wherein, by Homer, Virgill, &c. the Gods are fain'd to descend) and these carried the eight Ladies, over the heads of the two Atlas, and Hercules, the [...] Figures men­tioned before. Termes; who (as the Ingine mov'd) seem'd also to bow themselves (by vertue of their shadowes) and dis­charge their shoulders of their glorious burden: when, having set them on the Earth, both they, and the Cloudes gather'd themselves vp againe, with some rapture of the Beholders.

But that, which (as above in place, so in the beu­ty) was most taking in the Spectacle, was the Spheare of Fire; in the top of all, encompassing the Ayre, and imitated with such art, and industry, as the Spectators might discerne the Motion (all the time the Shewes lasted) without any Moover: and, that so swift, as no Eye could distinguish any Colour [Page] of the Light, but might forme to it selfe five hun­dred severall hewes, out of the tralucent Body of the Ayre, obiected betwixt it, and them.

And this was crown'd with a statue of IVPITER, the Thunderer.

The Designe, and Act of all which, together with the Device of their Habits, belongs properly to the Merit, and Reputation of Maister YNYGO IONES; whom I take modest occasion, in this fit place, to remember, lest his owne worth might accuse mee of an ignorant neglect from my silence.

And here, that no mans Deservings complain of iniustice (though I should have done it timelier, I acknowledge) I doe for honours sake, and the pledge of our Friendship, name Ma. ALPHONSO FERABOSCO, a Man, planted by himselfe, in that divine Spheare; & mastring all the spirits of Musique: To whose iudiciall Care, and as absolute Perfor­mance, were committed all those Difficulties both of Song, and otherwise. Wherein, what his Merit made to the Soule of our Invention, would aske to be exprest in Tunes, no lesse ravishing then his. V [...]rtuous friend, take well this abrupt testimonie, and thinke whose it is: It cannot be Flatterie, in me, who never did it to Great ones; and lesse then Love, and Truth it is not, where it is done out of Knowledge.

The Daunces were both made, and taught by Maister THOMAS GILES; and cannot bee more approv'd, then they did themselves: Nor doe I want the will, but the skill to commend such Sub­tilties; [Page] of which the Spheare, wherein they were acted, is best able to iudge.

What was my part, the Faults here, as well as the Vertues must speake. ‘Mutare dominum nec potest Liber notus.’

ON the next Night, whose Solemnitie was of Barriers, (all mention of the former, being vt­terly remo'vd, and taken away) there appeared, at the lower end of the Hall, a Mist made of delicate perfumes; out of which (a Battaile being sounded vnder the Stage) did seeme to breake foorth two Ladies, the one representing TRVTH, the other OPINION: but both so alike attired, as they could by no Note, be distinguish'd. The colour of their Garments were blew, their Socks White; They were crowned with wreathes of Palme, and in their hands, each of them sustain'd a Palm-bough. These, after the Mist was vanished, began to exa­mine each other curiously with their eyes, and ap­proching the State, the one expostulated the o­ther in this manner.

HEre, they both descended the Hall, where at the lower end, a March being sounded with Drums and Phifes, there entred (led foorth by [Page] the Earle of Notingham, who was Lord high Con­stable for that night, and the Earle of Worc'ster, Earle Marshall) sixteene Knights, Armed, with Pikes, and Swords; their Plumes, and Colours, Carnation and White, all richly accoutred, and ma­king their Honors to the State, as they march'd by in Paires, were all rank'd on one side of the Hall. They plac'd, Sixteene others alike accoutred for Riches, and Armes, onely that their Colours were varied to Watchet, and White; were by the same Earles led vp, and passing in like manner, by the State, plac'd on the opposite side. Whose Names (as they were given to me, both in Order, and Or­thographie) were these.

• Duke of LENNOX.
• Lo. EFFINGHAM.
• Lo. WALDEN,
• Lo. MOV [...]EAGLE.
• Sir THO. SOME [...]SET.
• Sir CHAR HOVVARD.
• Sir IOHN GRAY.
• Sir THO MOVNSON.
• Sir IOHN LEIGH.
• Sir ROB. MAVNSELL.
• Sir EDVV. HOVVARD.
• Sir HEN GOODYERE.
• Sir ROGER DALISON.
• Sir FRAN. HOVVARD.
• Sir LEVV. MAVNSELL.
• M ^r. GVNTE [...]T.

• Earle of SVSSEX.
• Lo. WILLOV [...]BY.
• Lo▪ G [...]RRARD.
• Sir. ROB. CAR [...]Y.
• Sir OL. CRVMVVEL.
• Sir WIL. HERBERT.
• Sir ROB. DR [...]VVRY.
• Sir WI. WOODHOVSE.
• Sir CAREY REYNOLDS.
• Sir RIC. HOVGHTON.
• Sir WIL. CONSTA [...]L [...].
• Sir THO. GERRARD,
• Sir ROB. KYLLEGREVV.
• Sir THO BADGER.
• Sir THO. DVTTON.
• M ^r. DIG BIE.

[Page] By this time, the Barre being brought vppe, TRVTH proceeded.

Heere the Champions on both sides addresst themselves for fight, first Single; after Three to Three: and performed it with that alacritie, and vigor, as if MARS himselfe had beene to triumph before VENVS, & invented a new Musique. When, on a sodaine, (the last Six having scarcely ended) a striking Light seem'd to fil all the Hall, and out of it [...] Angell or Messenger of Glorie appearing.

With This, they were led forth, hand in hand, reconciled, as in Triumph: and thus the Solemni­ties ended.