T H E
E N T E R T A I N M E N T
O F T H E
T W O K I N G S
O F
Great B R I T A I N and D E N M A R K,
At T H E O B A L D S , July 24. 1606.
H E Kings being entred the Inner Court; above, over
the Porch, sate the three Howers, upon Clouds, as at
the Ports of Heaven; crown'd with several Flowers:
of which, one bore a Sun-dyal; the other, a Clock; the third,
an Hour-glass; signifying as by their Names, Law, Justice,
and Peace. And for those Faculties chosen to gratulate their
coming with this Speech.
Nter, O long'd for Princes, bless these Bowers,
And us, the three, by you made happy, Hours:
We that include all time, yet never knew
Minute like this, or Object like to you.
Two Kings, the World's prime Honours, whose Access
Shews either's greatness, yet makes neither less:
Vouchsafe your thousand welcoms in this shewer;
The Master vows, not Sybil's Leafs were truer.
Express'd to the King of Denmark thus.
Qui colit has ædeis, ingentia gaudia adumbrans,
Cernendo Reges pace coïre pares,
Nos tempestivas, ad limina, collocat Horas,
Quod bona sub nobis omnia proveniant.
Unum ad lætitiæ cumulum tristatur abesse,
Quod nequeat signis lætitiam exprimere.
Sed, quia res solùm ingentes hac parte laborant,
Utcunque expressam credidit esse satis.
At, quod non potuit Dominus, supplevit abunde
Frondoso tellus munere facta loquax.
Eccos quam grati veniant quos terra salutat!
Verior his foliis nulla Sybilla fuit.
The Inscriptions on the Walls were,
DATE VENIAM SUBITIS.
DEBENTUR QUÆ SUNT QUÆQUE FUTURA.
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E P I G R A M S hung up.
Ad Reges Serenissimos.
Æpe Theobaldæ (sortis bonitate beatæ)
Excepere suos sub pia tecta deos;
Haud simul at geminos: sed enim potuisse negabant:
Nec fas est tales posse putare duos.
Fortunata antehac, sed nunc domus undique fælix,
At Dominus quanto (si licet usque) magis!
Et licet, ô Magni, foliis si fiditis istis,
Queis Horæ summam contribuere fidem.
Ad Serenissimum Jacobum.
Iraris, cur hospitio te accepimus Horæ,
Cujus ad obsequium non satis annus erat?
Nempe quod adveniant ingentia gaudia raro,
Et quando adveniant vix datur hora frui.
Ad Serenissimum Christianum.
Iraris, cur hospitio te accepimus Horæ,
Quas Solis famulas Græcia docta vocat?
Talis ab adventu vestro lux fulsit in ædeis,
Ut Dominus solem crederet esse novum.
Others, at their Departure.
Ad Serenissimum Jacobum.
Ospitio qui te cepit, famulantibus Horis,
Cedere abhinc, nulla concomitante sinit;
Nempe omneis horas veniendi duxit amicas,
Sed discedendi nulla minuta probat.
Ad Serenissimum Christianum.
E veniente, novo domus hæc frondebat amictu;
Te discessuro, non prout ante viret:
Nempe, sub accessu solis, novus incipit Annus,
Et, sub discessis, squalida sævit Hyems.
The Author B. J.
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