LOVES
TRIUMPH
THROUGH
CALLIPOLIS.
Performed in a Masque at Court.
1630.
By his Majestie, with the Lords,
and Gentlemen assisting.
The Inventors.
Ben. Johnson. Inigo Jones.
Quando magis dignos licuit Spectare triumphos?
WHereas all Representations, especially those of this nature in
Court, publique Spectacles, either have beene, or ought to bee
the mirrours of mans life, whose ends, for the excellence of their exhi-
biters (as being the donatives, of great Princes, to their people) ought
alwayes to carry a mixture of profit, with them, no lesse then delight;
Wee, the Inventors, being commanded from the King, to thinke on
something worthy of his Majesties putting in act, with a selected com-
pany of his Lords, and Gentlemen, called to the assistance: For the ho-
nour of his Court, and the dignitie of that heroique love, and regall
respect borne by him to his unmatchable Lady, and Spouse, the Queenes
Majestie, after some debate of cogitation with our selves, resolved on
this following argument.
First, that a Person, boni ominis, of a good Character, as Euphemus,
sent downe from Heaven to Callipolis, which is understood, the Citie of
Beauty or Goodnesse, should come in; and, finding her Majestie there en-
thron'd declare unto her, that Love who was wont to be respected as a
speciall Deitie in Court, and Tutelar God of the place, had of late re-
ceiv'd an advertisement, that in the suburbs, or skirts of Callipolis, were
crept in certaine Sectaries, or deprav'd Lovers, who neither knew the
name, or nature of love rightly, yet boasted themselves his followers,
when they were fitter to be call'd his Furies: their whole life being a con-
tinew'dvertigo, or rather a torture on the wheele of Love, then any mo-
tion, either of order or measure. When suddenly they leape forth be-
low, a Mistresse leading them, and with antick gesticulation, and action,
after the manner of the old Pantomimi, they dance over a distracted Co-
mœdy of Love, expressing their confus'd affections, in the Scenicall per-
sons, and habits of the foure prime European Nations.
A glorious boasting Lover.
A whining Ballading Lover.
An adventurous Romance Lover.
A phantasticke umbrageous Lover.
A bribing corrupt Lover.
A froward jealous Lover.
A sordid illiberall Lover.
A proud scornfull Lover.
An angry quarrelling Lover.
A Melancholique despairing Lover.
An envious unquiet Lover.
A sensuall brute Lover.
All which, in varied, intricate turnes, and involv'd mazes,
exprest, make the Antimasque: and conclude
the exit, in a circle.
EVPHEMVS descends singing.
Joy, joy to mortals, the rejoycing fires
Of gladnesse, smile in your dilated hearts!
Whilst Love presents a world of chast desires,
Which may produce a harmony of parts!
Love is the right affection of the minde,
The noble appetite of what is best:
Desire of union with the thing design'd,
But in fruition of it cannot rest.
The Father plenty is, the Mother want.
Plenty the beauty, which it wanteth, drawes;
Want yeelds it selfe: affording what is scant.
So, both affections are the union's cause.
But, rest not here. For Love hath larger scopes,
New joyes, new pleasures, of as fresh a date
As are his minutes: and, in him no hopes
Are pure, but those he can perpetuate.
To you that are by excellence a Queene!
The top of beauty! but, of such an ayre,
As, onely by the minds eye, may be seene
Your enter-woven lines of good, and fayre!
Vouchsafe to grace Loves triumph here, to night,
Through all the streetes of your Callipolis;
Which by the splendor of your rayes made bright
The seat, and region of all beauty is.
Love, in perfection, longeth to appeare,
But prayes of favour, he be not call'd on,
Till all the suburbs, and the skirts be cleare
Of perturbations, and th'infection gon.
Then will he flow forth, like a rich perfume
Into your nostrils! or some sweeter sound
Of melting Musique, that shall not consume
Within the eare, but run the mazes round.
Here the Chorus walke about with their Censers.
CHORVS.
Meane time, wee make lustration of the place,
And with our solemne fires, and waters prove
T'have frighted hence, the weake diseased race
Of those were tortur'd on the wheele of love.
1 The glorious, 2 whining, 3 the adventurous foole,
4 Phantastique, 5 bribing, and the 6 jealous asse
1 The sordid, 2 scornefull, 3 and the angry mule
4 The melancholique, 5 dull, and envious masse,
CHORVS.
With all the rest, that in the sensuall schoole
Of lust, for their degree of brute may passe.
All which are vapour'd hence.
No loves, but slaves to sense:
Meere cattell, and not men.
Sound, sound, and treble all our joyes agen,
Who had the power, and vertue to remove
Such monsters from the labyrinth of love.
The Triumph is first seene a-farre off, and led in by Amphitrite,
the Wife of Oceanus, with foure Sea-
gods attending her.
NEREUS, PROTEUS, GLAUCUS, PALÆMON.
It consisteth of fifteene Lovers, and as many Cupids, who ranke them-
selves seven, and seven on a side, with each a Cupid before him, with a
lighted torch, and the middle person (which is his Majestie,) placed in
the center.
| 1. The provident. 3. The secret. 5. The witty. 7. The secure. 9. The modest. 11. The courteous. 13. The rationall. |
15. The Heroicall. | 2. The judicious. 4. The valiant. 6. The joviall. 8. The substantiall. 10. The candid. 12. The elegant. 14. The magnificent. |
AMPHITRITE.
Here, stay a while: This! this
The Temple of all Beautie is!
Here, perfect Lovers, you must pay
First-fruits; and on these altars lay
(The Ladyes breast's) your ample vowes,
Such, as Love brings, and Beauty best allowes!
CHO.
For Love, without his object, soone is gone:
Love must have answering love, to looke upon.
AMPHITRITE.
To you, best Judge then, of perfection!
EVPHEMVS.
The Queene, of what is wonder, in the place!
AMPHITRITE.
Pure object, of Heroique Love, alone!
EVPHEMVS.
The center of proportion-----!
AMPHITRITE.
Sweetnesse.
EVPHEMVS.
Grace?
AMPHITRITE.
Daigne to receive all lines of love in one.
EVPHEMVS.
And by reflecting of them fill this space.
CHO.
Till it a circle of those glories prove,
Fit to be sought in Beauty, found by Love.
SEME-CHO.
Where Love is mutuall, still
All things in order move,
SEMI-CHO.
The circle of the will
Is the true spheare of Love.
CHO.
Advance, you gentler Cupids, then advance,
And shew your just perfections in your daunce.
The Cupids dance, their dance.
And the Masquers their entry.
Which done, Euclia, or a faire Glory appeares in the heavens, sing-
ing an applausive song, or Pœan of the whole, which shee takes occasion
to ingeminate in the second Chorus, upon the sight of a work of Neptunes,
being a hollow rocke, filling part of the Sea-prospect, whereon the Mu-
ses sit.
So love, emergent out of Chaos brought
The world to light!
And gently moving on the waters, wrought
All forme to sight!
Loves appetite
Did beautie first excite:
And left imprinted in the ayre,
Those signatures of good, and faire,
CHO.
Which since have flow'd, flow'd forth upon the sense
To wonder first, and then to excellence,
By vertue of divine intelligence!
And Neptune too,
Shewes what his waves can doe:
To call the Muses all to play,
And sing the birth of Venus day,
CHO.
Which from the Sea flow'd forth upon the sense
To wonder first, and next to excellence,
By vertue of divine intelligence!
Here follow the Revells.
Which ended, the Scene changeth to a Garden, and the heavens ope-
ning, there appeare foure new persons, in forme of a Constellation, sit-
ting, or a new Asterisme, expecting Venus, whom they call upon with
this song.
JUPITER, JUNO, GENIUS, HYMEN.
JVP.
Hast daughter Venus, hast, and come away:
JVN.
All powers, that governe Mariage, pray
That you will lend your light
GEN.
Unto the constellation of this night,
HYM.
Hymen.
JVN.
And Juno.
GEN.
And the Genius call,
JVP.
Your father Jupiter,
CHO.
And all
That blesse, or honour holy nuptiall.
VENUS here appeares in a cloud, and passing through the Constella-
tion, descendeth to the earth, when presently the cloud vanisheth, and she
is seene sitting in a throne.
VENVS.
Here, here I present ame
Both in my girdle, and my flame.
Wherein are woven all the powers
The Graces gave me, or the Houres
(My nources once) with all the arts
Of gayning, and of holding hearts:
And these with I descend.
But, to your influences, first commend
The vow, I goe to take
On earth, for perfect love and beauties sake!
Her song ended, and she rising to goe up to the Queene, the Throne
disappeares: in place of which, there shooteth up a Palme tree with an
imperiall Crowne on the top, from the roote whereof, Lillies and Ro-
ses twining together, and imbracing the stemme, flourish through the
crowne, which she in the song, with the Chorus describes.
Beauty and Love, whose story is mysteriall,
In yonder Palme-tree, and the Crowne imperiall,
Doe from the Rose, and Lilly so delicious,
Promise a shade, shall ever be propitious
To both the Kingdomes. But to Brittaines Genius
The snaky rod, and serpents of Cyllenius
Bring not more peace, then these, who so united be
By Love, as with it Earth and Heaven delighted be.
And who this King, and Queene would well historifie,
Need onely speake their names: Those them will glorifie.
MARY, and CHARLES, CHARLES with his MARY, named are
And all the rest of Loves, or Princes famed are.
After this they dance their going out,
and end.
The Masquers Names.
- The King.
- The Marquesse Hammilton.
- Earle of Holland.
- Earle of Newport.
- Lord Strange.
- Sir Robert Stanley.
- Master Goring.
- Master Dimock.
- Lord Chamberlaine.
- Earle of Carnarvan.
- Vicount Doncaster.
- Sir William Howard.
- Sir William Brooke.
- Master Ralegh.
- Master Abercromy.