_Shep._ Thou'rt mine, Beliza; for behold All the hopes thy wishes crave, All the best the world can have, Here these happy characters unfold; Which who dares but once deny, In the most just and fair defence Of her love's highest excellence, I of thousands am the weak'st will die: From which, O deign to give this touch, Who gives what he can get, gives much. [_The_ Shepherd _presented a scarf_. Farewell, farewell! Joy, Love, Peace, Health in you long dwell, With our farewell, farewell! So the Countess passed on until she came through the little park, where Niobe presented her with a cabinet and so departed. [610] Dr. Grosart reads "Sott" (from MS.). [611] Dr. Grosart reads (from the MS.) "You would aueer to numbers: them who seekes." [612] Dr. Grosart gives from the MS. "vnfolde." [613] MS. "his." [614] Moveable screen. CITY PAGEANT. CITY PAGEANT,[615] ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT PAID BY THE KING OF DENMARK TO JAMES I. IN 1606. _The argument of the spectacle presented to the sacred Majesties of Great Britain and Denmark as they passed through London._ After that the Recorder in the name of the City had saluted the Majesties of Great Britain and Denmark with this short oration:-- "Serenissime, Augustissime Rex: quid enim Reges dicam, quos non tam conjunctio sanguinis, quam communio pietatis unum fecit? Anni sunt quinquaginta plus minus, a quo Regem vel unum aspeximus; nunc duos simul contemplamur, admiramur: quapropter antiqua civitas London, nova ista condecorata gloria, triumphat gaudio, salutat precibus, Majestatis binam hanc majestatem. "Sed quid offeremus? Corda non nostra, tua sunt, magne, maxime Jacobe: et quia tua, Regi huic, potentissimo, fraternitatis vinculo majestati vestræ conjunctissimo, amoris ergo hæcque [_sic_] munusculo dicantur." The Scene or Pageant of Triumph presented itself in this figure. In the midst of a vast sea, compassed with rocks, appeared the Island of Great Britain, supported on the one side by Neptune, with the force of Ships; on the other, Vulcan with the power of iron, and the commodities of tin, lead, and other minerals. Over the island, Concord, supported by Piety, and Policy, sat enthroned: the body of it thus shaped, the life of it thus spake; whilst the Tritons in the sea sounded loud music, the mermaids singing; then in a cloud Concord descending, and landing on the crag of a rock, spake thus:-- CONCORDIA.