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Triton reenters—after whome Thamesis/Rhenus Ligeris/Tagus Tibris/Alpheus
Cristal:
—These from Europa Come—faire Thamesis
Curld headed Rhenus, Liuely Ligeris
Gould fingered Tagus, Tibers secrett waue
Old Alpheus, where Diana's Nimphs wont Laue
Indus, Ganges and Euphrates enter to whome shee points seuerally Niger & Nyle enter. Orenoke, parana, Maragnon enter
These from Queene Asya are, Euphrates braue
Great Ganges, Noble Indus of the East
Those others there from Affrica are Sent
As Sun-burnt Niger, and the fertile Nyle
And those America presents to be
her Messengers, as new found Orenoke
Parana and Maragnon Skearce yet plum'd
Now (Mighty Monarch) though through power yow sway
Allmost all other Scepters, once obey
And yeild unto these Orator s whoe runne
Into yor Bosome for protection
Gainst their Confinements, yet with this demannd
(If you soe please) that either shore and Land
ffrom whence they'r sent and where they'u beene
embayd
May for discouery finde your speciall Ayde.

Oceanus
raiseing upp himself Speakes.
ffaire Nimph and Mistresse of the Cristall Springes
As without Terra there were noe Such thinges
Nor without homage Soe great power in Kinges
Therefore whatsoere she Sends, and each here bringes
I am Content t'accept for offerringes

Ocean sitts downe againe
Europe
Then Thamesis Aduances, prsents the fleece of Wooll and Speakes
Sr of undowbted power & unsearcht bound
Whose Liquid farre stretch't Armes embrace the round
And perfect Globe of the Earth: made Soe by them
(ffor both togeather forme that Orient Gemm
Or Pearle like Substance) whilest Like seedes disperst
The Scattered Ilands ore your vniuerse
Lye unregarded, daigne to cast your Eye
Vppon one's present which for Soueraingtye
Challenges right aboue them all and may
Soe you afford it roome, and Poets way
ffor if wee may beleeue them, Nature hurld
it by, for to deuide it from the world
Or rather t'sett 't appart there to beginne
Some famous Storehouse or A Magazine
How Pan and Leda doe Contend to blesse
The Same: Here what I bringe speakes, & my dresse
The Clearnesse of my Sisters streames Soe many
Render Admired Soe Lustrous Bright-an-eye
And that nor Guift nor habitt goe alone
Th'white Rockes haue Styl'd it famous Albyon.
Which Sithence Tyme-rypened Apprehension
Seing it but a Corner o'th'Dominion
Queene Europe Swayes & that its figures Stand
Much Anguler, haue hight it Angle-Land
Whence from though many goodly Riuers trye
To Leese themselues to serue your Maiestye
It was my fortune as their Misteresse
(Knowne by the name of Bounteous Tamesis)
To be employed as Cheife and here to shew
The homage wee Acknowledge all to yow:
Obedience Rowles me Ebbing to your throne
Not now as earst for Transportation
Of what on Cottsoll or on Lemster growe
To Trafique in: Noe (Royall Patron) Knowe
Europ
Our Soueraigne seekes your fauour and Consent
That all her Subiects, both of Continent
And of the Iles, may with Like freedome Spend
As Safety their Endeauours: to Extend
Their Knowledge where the Secrett Southerne Pole
Lockes upp what it from Natures use had Stole

stands by
Triton:
after a whisper in Oceanus eare
—Soyt fayct Comme ils desirent

Rhenus
Aduances, offers & speakes
Great Prince whose vast Dominions doe Comprize
Soe many thousand Lesser Scepteryes
Vouchsafe a Calme Aspect on mee whoe Call
Th'Helvetian Mountaines my Originall
Out of whose pregnant Breasts I gush & shower
On you the Tribute of an Emperour
'Sydes many petty Princes: All whoe Ioyne
In this: you'le Soe farre Countenance their designe
As to permitt they may Attempt and trye
Within th'Antarticke Line discouerye

stands by
Duch / after ye Like
Trit
—Soyt ainsi Comme ils desirent

Ligeris
Comes upp, prsents, Speakes
ffrom the Auuernian hills I runne in hast
To Kisse those shores your Liquid plaine doeth Cast
Into Amazement whilest noe Limmitts are
Prescrib'd to bound the Syght from neere and farr
Both doe Concurre as if for one Intent
To dazell thoughts with Such a Wonderment
My Suite then (Wonderous Sire) is in the name
Of Gallia My Mistresse whence I came
Shee Craues yow'le giue her Pylotts Leaue to Sound
Those Southerne Bayes which yett were neuer found

stands by
Triton
—Le Roy Le veult

Tagus
with Grauety aduances, presents, speakes
Richest of Soueraignes whose depths doe Containe
Treasures Like sands are Countlesse and whose Raigne
Out measures Allmost all those Crittick Lines
The fancy in the worlds distinction findes
Knowe that Allthough from East to west I run
And As Surueyor doe employ the Sunne
To Mapp my ffortunes and both Indies gett
To be the Scale where he doeth rise and Sett
Yet from Castillyan Race deriu'd I would
Not here desist, for all my Sandes are Gould
But as I doe possesse great share in foure
Parts of the Earth through my Enchanting Ore
Soe that the fif't under Subiection fall
Grannt Leaue to finde & me the Generall

stands by
Spanish Trit
—C'est permis

Comes up slowely, presents, speakes
-Tybris
—Lett not the Blasts of Arrogancy tent
Your All orecomeing waues (as Incident
To Soe Great powers) But with A Smileing Browe
Add to your fame: Whose trumpett, Lett not Now
Craue Acts of Ruine: Many Adore the Sunne
But euery one will from A Tempest runne
That Can
I from faire Europes Garden Latium
That old Saturnian Sanctuary am Come
Where by the fauour of your offspringes soft
And Gentle Terraine Ayre I am taught
A Slower Measure, for without Controwle
I Can my thoughts into his Brest unfold
And though I water that delitious feild
Abounds with such Variety and doeth yeild
The horne of plenty, yett my pryde's hence growne
I washe the Statelyest Cittye e're was Knowne
Sythence Babells fall: And Least Confusions Iarre
fforgotten be, my Waters troubled are:
Shee in the Name o'th'rest would this Inferr
Please yow t'giue way to her Aduenturer
Into the South, And for what thence shee'le Carry
Shee shall become your faithfull Tributary

Trit.
—è Concesso

Old AlpheusAduances, presents and Speakes
Staind in that Liuery tyme bestowes on all
That Can record its Bountyes here I fall
Into your presence, Leaueing of my Springes
To Water still Achaias Blossominges
That in the name of all those hills and Groaues
The Sacred Alltars of Inspired Loues
Arcadia flames with, shee be not denyde
To wayt uppon the New-discouering Tyde

Trit.


Indus
aduances, presents & Speaks.
Issude from Steep Imaus wombe & known
By th'name of Indus I come to yr Throne
To beg a boon: Cambaia & ye rest
Of Territories bordring on ye East
Decan & Malabar yt Coast ye Same
Wher ye Mogol glories in his Great name
Surat & Goa trade ports yt increase
His Greatnes through their famed Marchandes
Implore Your fauour; yt His Subiects may
By Your good leau pass Noua Guinea
And wher as yet Discouries haue not been
They may adress themselus vnto yt Queen

Triton as before
Ganges
aduances, presents & Speaks
Deuiding India by my Stream soe Fam'd
(Phison by Greeks) by Others Ganges nam'd
I heer appeer; & from Bengala Throwe
My Self at your feet, to whom we All doe owe
Our Tributary Duties, pleas You thus
To fauour then ye Sonn of Caucasus
That Those high Lands I run from may find way
T'accost yt Land is yet Incognita

Tryton as before
Euphrates
aduances, Presents, Speaks
Out of Mount Taurus Risen & in my way
Passing along Mesopotamia
I gaignd yt high prerogatiue to be
One of Those waterd Edens nurcery
(Or ye first Guarden I th'worlds Infancy)
Then passing Babilon I did decline
My course through Sinus Sway or Mesendine
Vnto Ormus, & thence Bazora brings
Euphrates to yr Court wt h's Offerings
Both He & They Acceptance craue: & this
Farther, yt Those by whom H' entrusted is
As ye Prowd Perse, Rich Mede & theirs may be
Admitted to Southern Discouery

Tryton as before
Nilus
aduances wt h 9. armes, Speaks
From Your Great Princes's Mountaines I come forth
To pay vnto yr high Esteem & worth
The Homage due; & into Fretum Slide
(Your Eldest Sonn) Soe to be dignefide
In my approaches: Nilus I relate
To Prester Ihon yt Great worlds Potentate
And passing Nubia doe on Egipts Coast
Aduance nine Armes wherin my water's lost
'Less You recrent my Trauailes & Comply
wt h Those Dominions yt 'thout me lay drye
And t'Graunt free passage for ye Gipsy Crewe
That pass ye Owld world ore to Seek a newe

Tryton as before
Niger
aduances, presents, Speaks
From ye Black Lake guaue me my name I Spring
To offer Sacrefize vnto my King
Oceanus: Large Niger thus proclaimes
That all his drift's Obedience; & his aymes
Nothing but Seruice to yt Powers desert
Makes Him to leese him Self out at Cape Vert
Only because those Regions I pass bye
(wc h are not fewe) out of Curiosety
Affect to make discoury wher as yet
None o'th'worlds fowr parts a foot had Set
You'l be propitious to yt Skill & Art
wc h may Conduct them to th'yet vnknown part

Triton as before
Orenoak
aduances, presents, Speaks
Fam'd Orenoak Slips by Guyanaes Shore
To bring a present of yt Dazling Ore
Her pregnant Mountaines are wt h child wt h: which
The prowd Iberian Prouinces Enrich
Passing by Trinidado too I bring
A Sourain Plant to Cuer ye Oceans King
Of Rhumes & of Catarrs, whose Vertues great
Send warmth to Could, & Cooling vnto Heat
Supply ye want of food, & in a word
An Antedote t'Infectious Ayre afford
Preuent Diseases of most kinds & are
By Thores Art approued Singuler
My Sute's but this, Guinanas Caribes
May Sound those Southern vnknown passages

Triton as before.
Para or Rio de las Amazones
presents, Speaks
Gusht from ye Towring Mountains of Perüe
Heer Para brings Their Treasury to You
Lord of th'Atlantike Liquid world; & least
The Lusitanians who clayme interest
In these Dominions by discoury first
Should be deny'd their Appetite & Thirst
For more Discoury, Their Desire alon's
For a Safe conduct for their Amazons
To Seek & trye, wt yet vnknown, vnfound
Remaines Conceald wt hin ye South-Pole-Ground

Tryton as before
Paraguay or Rio de la Plata
presents, Speaks
Heer from Ciania Paraguay is Sent
The Greatest Riuer All yt Continent
Containes whose Siluer Stream begot its Name
Of Rio de la Plata, of whose Fame
For Siluer Mines ye Spanyards being tould
(who allwayes Thirst for Siluer & for Gould)
Expected ther no less, than at my fall
Their Caracks Should be Laden ther wt hall
And yet not Satesfide I'm bid to Say
Pleas you to Grant ye men of Paraguay
Ciania Tucumania & ye rest
Inhabit on my Banks Soe far t'be blest
As to behould yt Queen & all her State
The fowr parts of ye world Soe Emulate

Tryton as before after a whisper wt h Oceanus