Londini status pacatus: or, Londons peaceable estate Exprest in sundry triumphs, pageants, and shewes, at the innitiation of the right Honourable Henry Garvvay, into the Majoralty of the famous and farre renowned city London. All the charge and expence, of the laborious projects both by water and land, being the sole undertakings of the Right Worshipfull Society of Drapers. Written by Thomas Heyvvood.

Medea.

THus doth the daughter of the Colchian King, Her Husband Jason home in Triumph bring, After his mighty Conquest of the Fleece; The Aureum vellus brought from thence to Greece.

And wast not a brave prise? for who so dull Cannot conceive the worth of golden wooll? The mornings Sun upon their Fleeces shines, Making the fields appeare like richest Mines.

One of the first we reade of was the Ram, Vpon whose back Phrixus and Helle swam The Hellespont: she to her lasting fame (By being drown'd there, gave the Sea that name:) But Phrixus safely did to Colchos steere, And on Joves Alter sacrificed there The golden Beast, whose faithfull service done, With the Celestiall gods such favour won; That striving 'mongst themselves to have him grac'd, Him first of all the Zodiak signes they plac'd.

And worthily, search the vast earth or deep, No beast to man, so usefull as the sheep: How many poore men doth it keepe in pay, Of several Trades and faculties; else they Might starve for want of lively-hood: but their charge bearing By Carding, Spinning, Weaving, Fulling, Shearing. How with her flesh we are satisfi'd within, Cloath'd with her Wooll without; in whose shorne skin Those reverent antiquities are kept, Which else long since had in oblivion slept:

And for the Fleece it selfe, it is an honour; First Nature, and since Time, hath cast upon her, So great, so eminent, so meriting praise, Even Emperours were it on their Feastivall dayes: And none that ever her true vertue knew, But rated her with Ophir, and Peru.

These Cammels though amongst us rarely seene, Yet frequent where your Lordship oft hath beene In your long Travells: may the world perswade The rich Commerce and noblenesse of your Trade.

Time so contracts us, that we cannot dwell On all in which you Merchants most excell: Yet honor'd Sir, what's in this place deny'd Shall in Pacatus Status bee supply'd.