The triumph of peace· A masque, presented by the foure honourable houses, or Innes of Court. Before the King and Queenes Majesties, in the Banquetting-house at White Hall, February the third, 1633. Invented and written, by James Shirley, Gent.

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The triumph of peace· A masque, presented by the foure honourable houses, or Innes of Court. Before the King and Queenes Majesties, in the Banquetting-house at White Hall, February the third, 1633. Invented and written, by James Shirley, Gent.
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Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
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London :: Printed by Iohn Norton, for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Furnivals-Inne-gate, in Holborne,
1633 [i.e. 1634]
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"The triumph of peace· A masque, presented by the foure honourable houses, or Innes of Court. Before the King and Queenes Majesties, in the Banquetting-house at White Hall, February the third, 1633. Invented and written, by James Shirley, Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B15784.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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CHOR.
The Triumph of Ioves vpper Court abated And all the Deities translated.
Eu.
Non gaze, and when thy wonder will allow, Tell what thou hast beheld.
Dich.
Never, till now, Was poore Astrea blind, oh strange surprize, That too much sight should take away my eyes, Am I in Earth or Heaven?

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Ir.
What throne is that, On which so many starres doe waite?
Dich.
My eyes are blest agen, and now I see the Parents of vs three. Tis Iove and Themis forward move, And sing to Themis, and to Iove.

Then the whole traine of Musitians move in a comely figure toward the King and Queene, and bowing to their State, this following Ode is sung.

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