The triumphs of London prepared for the entertaiment [sic] of the right honorable Sir Thomas Lane, knight, Lord Mayor of the city of London. Containing a full description of the pageants, speeches, songs, and the whole solemnity of the day. Performed one Monday the 29 of October, 1694. Set forth at the proper cost and charges of the honorable Company of Clothworkers. Published by authority.
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- The triumphs of London prepared for the entertaiment [sic] of the right honorable Sir Thomas Lane, knight, Lord Mayor of the city of London. Containing a full description of the pageants, speeches, songs, and the whole solemnity of the day. Performed one Monday the 29 of October, 1694. Set forth at the proper cost and charges of the honorable Company of Clothworkers. Published by authority.
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- Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.
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- 1694.
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"The triumphs of London prepared for the entertaiment [sic] of the right honorable Sir Thomas Lane, knight, Lord Mayor of the city of London. Containing a full description of the pageants, speeches, songs, and the whole solemnity of the day. Performed one Monday the 29 of October, 1694. Set forth at the proper cost and charges of the honorable Company of Clothworkers. Published by authority." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A59355.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 12, 2025.
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TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE Sir THOMAS LANE, Knight, LORD MAYOR of the City of LONDON.
My Lord,
BEfore I congratulate Your Lordship's happy In∣auguration to the Pretorial Dignity, I must first pay my duteous Veneration to the Merit that advanced You thither. Your Lordship had that Remarkable Triumph in Your Election, that when You stood Candidate for the Chair, You brought so fair a Mass of Virtues to intitule You to that Pretenti∣on, that instead of Doubts and Scrutinyes, the tedious Disputes and Jars of Voices and Parties, too common in too many Elections, 'twas enough for such Merit as Sir Thomas Lane's only to enter the Lifts and carry the Conquest. Divided Favours were utterly Stran∣gers there. Your Lordship was that universal Darling that less than an hour began and concluded the Choice; insomuch that there wanted no more to fix Your Lordship's Wreath of Honour, then only to pre∣sent the Brow that wears it.
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And as Magistracy, especially in so high a Station, as Your Lordship's, is no less then the immediate Lievtenancy of Majesty, the Deputy and Represen∣tative of Soveraign Power, Your Lordship makes Your Entry to that Honorable Post of Trust with all those eminent Advantages, as must fully answer the Expectation of the World. For You bring with You, that Vivacity and Sprightlyness of a fair and Active Youth to undertake it, a Genius and a Soul, and all the warmth of a Publick Spirit to execute it; and to both these, that unshaken Fidelity to Crown the Hand that holds it. Nay not to want even the least Ornament or Decoration of Dignity, You bring a Person too even to grace the Honour You wear.
Thus as a Vigilant and Faithful Magistrate is a true Crown Jewel, Your Prince and Your Country, those two great Ascendants, being Your Lordships whole Influencing Powers, You challenge all the Qualificati∣ons for the Highest and clearest Lustre that that tru∣ly Royal Jem can bear.
Nay Your Accession to Magistracy gives us this particular Observation, that Your Lordship enters the Seat, left You so warm with the Merit that fill'd it before You, to whose worth and Virtues Your Lordship brings not only a Succession, but an Allyance too. Thus as the Encouragement of Religion, and the Suppression of Vice have been so Exemplar a La∣bour and Endeavour before You, Your Lordship
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Approaches enricht with those Principles and that Zeale, for the effectual keeping up those Sacred Fa∣sces of Authority so descended and lodged in Your Hand; that all Good Men live in hopes that such Leading Originals may stand as lasting Patterns e∣ven to latest Generations And thus in this great Work so well begun and so continued, though Your Lord∣ship's Dignity is that Honour which You hold but one short Year, nevertheless, You will lay those Foundations of that Glory as will last to Ages; in which true Propheticks, give me leave to Write my self,
My Lord,
Your Lordships▪ most Dutiful Servant, E. SETTLE.