VULTURNUS

ALL horrors vanish, and all name of Death, Be all things here as calm as is my breath. A gentler Wind, Vulturnus, brings you news The I'll is found, & that the Nymphs now use Their rest, & joy. The Nights black charms are flown. For, being made unto their Goddess known, Bright Aethiopia, the Silver Moon, As she was She is called in non-Latin alphabet , by Eurip. in Helena. which is Luci feram, to which name we here presently all lude. Hecate, she brake them soon: And now by virtue of their light, and grace, The glorious Isle, wherein they rest, takes place Of all the earth for Beauty. For the more full and clear understanding of that which follows, have recourse to the succeeding pages; where the Scene pre sents it self. There, their Queen Hath raised them a Throne, that still is seen To turn unto the motion of the World; Wherein they fit, and are, Like Heaven, whirled About the Earth; while, to them contrary, (Following those nobler torches of the Sky) A world of little Loves, and chased Desires, Do light their beauty's, with still moving fires. And who to Heavens consent can better move, Then those that are so Like it, Beauty and Love? Hither, as to their new Elysium, The spirits of the antique Greeks are come, Poets, and Singers, Linus, Orpheus, all That have excelled in So Terence. and the Anti ents called Poe sy, Artem musi cam. knowledge musical; Where, set in Arb rs made of myrtle, and gold, They live, again, these Beauties to behold. And thence, in flowery mazes walking forth Sing hymns in celebration of their worth. While, to their Songs, two Fountains flow, one hight Of lasting Youth, the other chased Delight, That at the closes, from their bottoms spring, And strike the Air to echo what they sing. But, why do I describe what all must see? By this time, never thy coast, they floating be; For, so their virtuous Goddess, the chased Moon, Told them, the Fate of the Island should, & soon Would fix it self unto thy continent, As being the place, by Destiny fore-ment, Where they should slow forth, dressed in her attires: And, that the influence of those holy fires, (First rapt from hence) being multiplied upon The other four, should make their Beauty's one. Which now expect to see, great Neptune's Son, And love the miracle, which thy self hast done. RIse aged Thames, and by the hand Receive these Nymphs, within the land: And, in those curious Squares, and Rounds, Wherewith thou flowest betwixt the grounds Of fruitful Kenned, and Essex fair, That lend thee grlands for thy hair; Instruct their silver feet to tread, While we, again to sea, are fled.