1 And here ye lie baiting of bumbards, when A Marthalfca fhall hold you play these two months. Man. You great fellow, stand close up, or I'll make your head ake. Port. You i' th' camblet, get up o' th' rail, I'll peck you o'er the pales else. [Exeunt. Changes to the palace. Enter trumpets founding; then two Aldermen, Lord Mayor, Garter, Cranmer, Duke of Norfolk, with his Marhal's staff, Duke of Suffolk, two Noblemen bearing great ftanding bowls for the chriftening gifts; then four Noblemen bearing a canopy, under which the Duchess of Norfolk, godmother, bearing the child richly habited in a mantle, &c. train borne by a Lady: then follows the Marchionefs of Dorset, the other godmother, and ladies. The troop pass once about the stage, and Garter speaks. Gart. Heav'n from thy endless goodness, fend long. And ever happy, to the high and mighty [life, Princefs of England, fair Elifabeth! Flourish. Enter King and Guard. Gran. And to your Royal Grace, and the good Queen, My noble partners, and myself thus pray; All comfort, joy, in this most gracious lady, That heav'n e'er laid up to make parents happy, May hourly fall upon ye! King. Thank you, good Lord Archbishop: Cran. Elifabeth. King. Stand up, Lord. With this kiss take my bleffing: God protect thee, Into whofe hand I give thy life. Gran. Amen. King. My noble goffips, y'have been too prodigal, I thank you heartily: fo fhall this lady, When she has fo much English. Cran Let me speak, Sir; (For Heav'n now bids me), and the words I utter, Than this blefs'd foul fhall be. All princely graces, Shall ftill be doubled on her. Truth fhall nurse her: Holy and heav'nly thoughts ftill counsel her: [her; "She fhall be lov'd and fear'd. Her own fhall blefs "Her foes fhake, like a field of beaten corn, "And hang their heads with forrow. Good grows with her. "In her days, ev'ry man fhall eat in fafety "As great in admiration as herself; (When heav'n fhall call her from this cloud of dark"Who from the facred afhes of her honour [nefs), "Shall ftar-like rife, as great in fame as fhe was, "And fo ftand fix'd. Peace, plenty, love truth, ter"That were the fervants to this chofen infant, [ror, "Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him; • Where-ever the bright fun of heav'n fhall fhine, "His honour and the greatness of his name "Shall be, and make new nations. He fhall flourish, "And, like a mountain-cedar, reach his branches "To all the plains about him: childrens' children "Shall fee this, and blefs heav'n. King. Thou fpeakest wonders. Gran. She shall be, to the happiness of England, Unto the ground, and all the world shall mourn her. Thou't made me now a man; never before This happy child did I get any thing. This oracle of comfort has fo pleas'd me, That when I am in heav'n, I shall defire To fee what this child does, and praise my Maker. E P I L OGU E. "TIS ten to one, this play can never please ; [Exeunt. All that are here. Some come to take their eafe, And fleep an act or two; but thofe we fear The End of the FIFTH VOLUME. |