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A Dumb shew.
He drawes a Curtaine, discouering Truth in sad abiliments; vncrownd: her haire disheueld, & sleeping on a Rock: Time (her father) attired likewise in black and al his properties (as Sithe, Howreglasse and Wings) of the same Cullor, vsing all meanes to waken Truth, but not being able to doe it, he sits by her and mourns. Then enter Friers, Bishops, Cardinals before the Hearse of a Queen, after it Councellors, Pentioners & Ladies, al these last hauing scarses before their eyes, the other singing in Latin. Trueth suddenly awakens, & beholding this sight, shews (with her father) arguments of Ioy, and Exeunt, returning presently: Time being shifted into light Cullors, his properties likewise altred into siluer, and Truth Crowned, (being cloathed in a robespotted with Starres) meete the Hearse, and pulling the veiles from the Councellers eyes, they woundring a while, and seeming astonished at her brightnes, at length embrace Truth and Time, & depart with them: leauing the rest going on.
This being done, Enter Titania (the Farie Queene) attended with those Councellors, and other persons fitting her estate: Time and Truth meete her, presenting a Booke to her, which (kissing it) shee receiues, and shewing it to those about her, they drawe out their swordes, (embracing Truth,) vowing to defend her and that booke: Truth then and Time are sent in, and returne presently, driuing before them those Cardinals, Friers &c. (that came in before) with Images, Croziar staues &c. They gon, certaine graue learned men, that had beene banished, are brought in, and presented to Titania, who shewes to them the booke, which they receiue with great signes of gladnesse, and Exeunt Omnes.
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