1. VISUS. 4. OLFACTUS. 3. GUSTUS. 2. AUDITUS. 5. TACTUS. COM. SEN. Lingua, these be shrewd allegations, and, as I think, unanswerable. I will defer the judgment of your cause, till I have finished the contention of the Senses. LIN. Your lordship must be obeyed. But as for them, most ungrateful and perfidious wretches-- COM. SEN. Good words become you better; you may depart, if you will, till we send for you. Anamnestes, run, remember Visus; 'tis time he were ready. ANA. I go. [_Exit_ ANAMNESTES _et redit_.] He stays here, expecting your lordship's pleasure. SCAENA SEXTA. _A page carrying a scutcheon argent, charged with an eagle displayed proper: then_ VISUS, _with a fan of peacock's feathers: next_ LUMEN, _with a crown of bays and a shield with a bright sun in it, apparelled in tissue: then a page bearing a shield before_ COELUM, _clad in azure taffeta, dimpled with stars, a crown of stars on his head, and a scarf resembling the zodiac overthwart the shoulders: next a page clad in green, with a terrestrial globe before_ TERRA, _in a green velvet gown stuck with branches and flowers, a crown of turrets upon her head, in her hand a key: then a herald, leading in his hand_ COLOUR, _clad in changeable silk, with a rainbow out of a cloud on her head: last, a boy_. VISUS _marshalleth his show about the stage, and presents it before the Bench_. VISUS, LUMEN, COELUM, PHANTASTES, COMMUNIS SENSUS, MEMORY. VIS. Lo, here the objects that delight the sight! The goodliest objects that man's heart can wish! For all things, that the orb first movable Wraps in the circuit of his large-stretch'd arms, Are subject to the power of Visus' eyes. That you may know what profit light doth bring, Note Lumen's words, that speaks next following. LUM. Light, the fair grandchild to the glorious sun, Opening the casements of the rosy morn, Makes the abashed heavens soon to shun The ugly darkness it embrac'd beforn;[258] And, at his first appearance, puts to flight The utmost relics of the hell-born night. This heavenly shield, soon as it is display'd, Dismays the vices that abhor the light; To wanderers by sea and land gives aid; Conquers dismay, recomforteth affright; Rouseth dull idleness, and starts soft sleep, And all the world to daily labour keep. This a true looking-glass impartial, Where beauty's self herself doth beautify With native hue, not artificial, Discovering falsehood, opening verity: The day's bright eye colours distinction, Just judge of measure and proportion. The only means by which each mortal eye Sends messengers to the wide firmament, That to the longing soul brings presently High contemplation and deep wonderment; By which aspirement she her wings displays, And herself thither, whence she came, upraise. PHA. What blue thing's that, that's dappled so with stars. VIS. He represents the heaven.