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One habited like a Gentleman Sewer, bearing in his hand an Artificiall Cocke, conducted by the City Musicke, toward the high Table, a Song giuing notice of his Entrance.
Song.
Roome , roome, make roome,
You Friends to Fame,
Officers of worth and Name,
Make roome, make roome,
Behold the Bird of State doth come,
Make rooms,
Cleere the place,
O doe it all the grace;
It is the King of Birds, whose chaunting,
And early-morning Crowing,
So quicke and strongly flowing,
Doe's make the King of Beasts lye panting;
How worthy then to be brought in with Honour,
That daunts the proudest in that humble manner.


The Speech.
Two powers at strife about conceiued wrong,
To whom this Bird should properly belong,
Were reconcil'd by Harmony: First, the Sunne
Cald it his Bird, cause still when day begun
To ope her modest Eye, this Creature then,
Proclaimes his glory to the world agen;
Minerua next, Goddesse of Armes and Art,
Claymd it for hers (not without iust desert)
He, like the Morning being the Muses friend,
And then for courage, 'tis his life, his end;
Without wrong then those properties related,
To both, hee may be iustly consecrated:
But, Worthy Lord, how properly to you,
Whose place pertakes of both; it is so true
An Emblem of your worth, charge, power, & state,
None, Noblier can expresse a Magistrate;
For all that is in this Bird, Quality,
Is in you Vertue, Iustice, Iudustry,
What do's his early morning note imply?
But in you, early care and vigilancie;
A Duty that begets Duty to you,
So Vertue still payes, and receiues her due:
What do's the striking of his wings import,
Ere to his Neighbour hee his sounds retort?
But the deere labours and incessant paines
Of a iust Magistrate, that e'en constraines
His Nerues, to giue more Vertue to his word,
And beate in sense into the most absurd:
The Sharpest is the easiest to apply,
For his quicke Spurre, Lawes sword doth signifie;
The execution of your Charge and Place,
To cut off all crimes that are bold and base:
“Vertues should be with kind embraces, heap'd,
“But with a Sword, Sins haruest must be reap'd.
To the Aldermen.
My reuerence next to you, to you, that are
The Fathers of this Citty; by whose care,
Wisedome & watchfulnes, the good cause thriues,
You that are Lights and Presidents in Liues,
Noble Examples, Honours t'Age and Time,
This is the Top wc h your good cares must climbe,
“A ceaslesse labour Vertue hath impos'd,
“Vpon all those, whom Honour hath enclos'd;
And such are you, selected from the rest,
Works then that are most choice become you best;
Place before all your Actions and Intents,
The rare gifts of that Bird, this but presents:
Behold the very shape and Figure, now,
Serues for a Noble Welcome, turnd into
A Cup of Bounty, and t'adorne the Feast,
Loaden with loue comes to each worthy Guest;
And but obserue the manner, there's in that,
Freenesse exprest, humility, yet State;
First you take off his head, to tast his heart,
Which showes at this time power is laid apart,
And bounty fils the place; then he goes round;
To shew a Welcome of an equall Sound,
To euery one a free one, through the Boord,
So plaine hee speakes the goodnesse of his Lord,
Take then respectfull Notice through the Hall,
That heere the noble Health begins to All.

The Cock-cup then deliuered by this Gentle man Sewer to the L. Mayor, hee beginning the Health, a second Song thus honouring it.

2. Song.
The Health's begun,
In the Bird of the Sun,
pledge it round pledge it round,
With hearty welcome it comes crownd,
O pledge it round:
The Ceremonies due
Forget not as they were begun to you,
When you are dranke to, y'are by duty led,
First to kisse your hand, then take off the head,
You cannot misse it then,
To put it on and kisse it agen;
The next to whom the Health doth flow,
It taught to honour your Pledge so,
So round, round, round, round, let it goe,
As aboue, so below;
For Bounty did intend it alwayes so.