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The Lady Isabella Guzman advances some steps,
and begins the Main PROLOGUE, as
follows.
Vel.
Vel.
We two (Is'bellas) ISABELL Divine,
Present thee one Play more, with more Refine,
Fram'd and Endited by Earths greatest King,
Penn'd with the fairest Plume in Cupid's Wing,
Acted by Queens below, by Saints above;
A truer Comedy, call'd, LOVE for LOVE.
Guz.
And may this Birth-Day [Ecce t' another Birth]
E're next Spring do't with Flowers, perfume the Earth
With a sweet Prince, like Him from whom He came.
Vel.
In FACE.
Guz.
In VIRTUE.
Vel.
In RENOWN.
Guz.
In NAME.
Whilst Thee Great PHILIP (apprehensive Scholar,
In the Great Book of GOVERNING well Read)
The Nations Wonder, and Applause, proclaim
In every Action of thy Life a King;
Whilst on the Occidental Gulphs a Yoak,
Whilst on the Seas of the Levant a Law,
Thy Hand imposes, and thy boundless Valour
Props Heaven, and Is the Bridle of the Earth:
In the Great Book of GOVERNING well Read)
The Nations Wonder, and Applause, proclaim
In every Action of thy Life a King;
Whilst on the Occidental Gulphs a Yoak,
Whilst on the Seas of the Levant a Law,
Thy Hand imposes, and thy boundless Valour
Props Heaven, and Is the Bridle of the Earth:
Whilst thou art like thy Great Grandsire, before
The Worlds suspension, and thy thundring Ships
To Northern Regions, Arm'd with Plates of Ice,
Are fiery Mountains on their snowy Waves;
And thy Iberian Flags (Victory's Wings)
Both Germanies and Africk fear, and strike to:
(For if of old their Valour made those bow,
They do't by Custom and prescription now.)
The Worlds suspension, and thy thundring Ships
To Northern Regions, Arm'd with Plates of Ice,
Are fiery Mountains on their snowy Waves;
And thy Iberian Flags (Victory's Wings)
Both Germanies and Africk fear, and strike to:
(For if of old their Valour made those bow,
They do't by Custom and prescription now.)
Grace the Solemnities of thy bright Consort
Which strive in vain to equal the Occasion,
So every way Majestick: A Perfection
Divine, the utmost stretch of humane Nature,
And thou ISBELLA (fair even to the Soul,
The Daughter of a King, whose valiant Hand
More trusting to it self than unto Chance
Hammer'd his Crown out with his Sword) receive
With a benign and amiable Brow
(It must be amiable) this small Earnest
Of our Devotions; whom to see alone
Claims Knees and Hearts, sat'st thou beneath the Throne:
And thou, the pleating terrour of the Earth,
In smooth Apollo's Spirit, Spirit of Mars,
King of two Worlds, let thy good hap enjoy
Another greater Empire in her Beauty.
Which strive in vain to equal the Occasion,
So every way Majestick: A Perfection
And thou ISBELLA (fair even to the Soul,
The Daughter of a King, whose valiant Hand
More trusting to it self than unto Chance
Hammer'd his Crown out with his Sword) receive
With a benign and amiable Brow
(It must be amiable) this small Earnest
Of our Devotions; whom to see alone
Claims Knees and Hearts, sat'st thou beneath the Throne:
And thou, the pleating terrour of the Earth,
In smooth Apollo's Spirit, Spirit of Mars,
King of two Worlds, let thy good hap enjoy
Another greater Empire in her Beauty.
Vel.
Live, Reign (High Princes) more than Time it self,
And (fairer in your Virtues than your Persons)
Drop Stars with Heaven: The blessed Progeny
Of your Immortal Loves (your Beauties sparkles)
Let Spain Adore, and in so great a Glory,
PHILIP the Fifth expunge Fifth CHARLES's Story.
And (fairer in your Virtues than your Persons)
Drop Stars with Heaven: The blessed Progeny
Of your Immortal Loves (your Beauties sparkles)
Let Spain Adore, and in so great a Glory,
PHILIP the Fifth expunge Fifth CHARLES's Story.
And you young Men, who by your budding Greatness
Proclaim the Splendour of your Royal Cradle,
Pave with a lofty and a radiant Foot
The Milky Way.
And thou (the Envy of the Goddesses)
Illustrious INFANTA may thy Fortune
Equal thy rare Endowments. To be Fair
Ah! let it not a woful Blessing be,
Nor Beauty a desired Miserie.
Proclaim the Splendour of your Royal Cradle,
Pave with a lofty and a radiant Foot
The Milky Way.
And thou (the Envy of the Goddesses)
Illustrious INFANTA may thy Fortune
Ah! let it not a woful Blessing be,
Nor Beauty a desired Miserie.
Vel.
We two (Is'bellas) ISABELL Divine,
Present thee one Play more, with more Refine,
Fram'd and Endited by Earths greatest King,
Penn'd with the fairest Plume in Cupid's Wing,
Acted by Queens below, by Saints above;
A truer Comedy, call'd, LOVE for LOVE.
Guz.
And may this Birth-Day [Ecce t' another Birth]
E're next Spring do't with Flowers, perfume the Earth
With a sweet Prince, like Him from whom He came.
Vel.
In FACE.
Guz.
In VIRTUE.
Vel.
In RENOWN.
Guz.
In NAME.
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