Princeps rhetoricus or Pilomachia· ye combat of caps. Drawn forth into arguments, general and special. In usum Scholæ Masonensis : et in gratiam totius auditorii mercurialis.
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             Princeps rhetoricus or Pilomachia· ye combat of caps. Drawn forth into arguments, general and special. In usum Scholæ Masonensis : et in gratiam totius auditorii mercurialis.
             [Mason, John, of Cambridge].
          
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             Princeps
             Rhetoricus
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ye
             Combat
             of
             Caps
             .
          
        
         
           Drawn
           forth
           into
           ARGVMENTS
           ,
           GENERAL
           and
           SPECIAL
           .
        
         
           
             In
             usum
             Scholae
          
           MASONENSIS
           :
           ET
           
             In
             Gratiam
             totius
             Auditorii
             Mercurialis
             .
          
        
         
           VENI
           ,
           VIDE
           .
        
         
           Nella
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           la
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             R.
          
           at
           the
           three
           Pigeons
           in
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
           1648.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           DUCI
           RHETORICO
           ,
           Et
           toti
           Decentiarum
           Satellitio
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           
             SAlve
             peculium
             dulce-triste
             meum
             ,
             suavissima
             Maceries
             ;
             Egovobis
             commendo
             haec
             Principis
             Rhetorici
             Argumenta
             ;
             quasi
             multum
             in
             parvo
             ;
          
           
             *
          
           
             Nam
             de
             integra
             Fabulâ
             conclamatum
             est
             .
             Ne
             igitur
             totus
             pereat
          
           Princeps
           
             noster
             ,
             decerpsi
             (
             quasi
             rediviva
             Principis
             Hippolyti
             membra
             )
             Haec
             quae
             sequuntur
             collectanea
             ,
             ut
             fiat
          
           Virbius
           
             Quid
             plura
             ?
             state
             vos
             in
             procinctu
             virtutis
             ,
             Nobilitatis
             ,
             Eloquentiae
             &
             Religionis
             .
             Fiat
             .
             Valete
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             M.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             Chori
             Princeps
             Rhetorici
             .
          
           THE
           SCHOOLE
           MODERATOR
           :
           OR
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           THE
           COMBAT
           OF
           CAPS
           ,
           
             Decemb.
          
           21.
           1647.
           
        
         
           THe
           whole
           draught
           of
           the
           Invention
           moves
           upon
           two
           principall
           Hinges
           :
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             maine
             Plot
             ,
             
               or
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Counter-plot
             ,
             
               or
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           designes
           forth
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           Place
           in
           point
           of
           Government
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           Didacticall
           part
           ,
           in
           way
           of
           Method
           ,
           thus
           ,
           in
           order
           following
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Maine
           Plot
           represents
           the
           Fundamentall
           discipline
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             Regimen
             usitatum
             Loci
             :
          
           and
           is
           wrapt
           up
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           Title
           ,
           
             (
             Princeps
             Rhetoricus
             )
          
           In
           relation
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Schoole
           Prince
           ,
           his
           five
           Seniors
           ,
           and
           twelve
           Sub-seniors
           or
           Keepers
           ,
           throughout
           the
           whole
           yeere
           ,
           and
           consisteth
           of
           two
           Dramaticall
           parts
           :
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Citement
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Inditement
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Citement
           summons
           the
           Officers
           ,
           Seniors
           ,
           Sub-seniors
           ,
           and
           Juniors
           in
           the
           five
           first
           Classes
           ,
           at
           the
           Instalment
           of
           their
           Prince
           .
           The
           Inditement
           belongs
           to
           the
           Fresh-men
           and
           Sub-juniors
           of
           the
           
           fift
           and
           sixt
           Forme
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           stand
           severally
           charged
           by
           their
           Seniors
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Counter-plot
           layes
           forth
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           our
           Methodicall
           Exercise
           ,
           
             alternis
             diebus
             ,
          
           three
           dayes
           a
           week
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
             
          
           Grammatically
           and
           Rhetorically
           on
           
             Tuesday
             ;
          
           Poetically
           on
           
             Thursday
             ;
          
           Logically
           on
           
             Saturday
             ,
             viz.
          
           upon
           some
           
             Thema
             simplex
             ,
          
           some
           one
           word
           Problematically
           given
           forth
           upon
           Munday
           morning
           :
           As
           
             Cubus
             ,
             Aera
             ,
             Sphaera
             ,
             Annus
             ,
          
           severall
           weeks
           ,
           severall
           words
           ,
           canvased
           Philologically
           through
           the
           Grammarians
           ,
           Lexicons
           ,
           Glossaries
           ,
           Nomenclators
           ,
           Criticks
           ,
           Historians
           ,
           
             quasi
             opus
             Philologicum
             :
          
           and
           also
           hunted
           through
           the
           Arithmeticians
           and
           Cosmographers
           
             quasi
             Exercitium
             Mathematicum
             :
          
           and
           forthwith
           out
           of
           the
           present
           Result
           the
           Declamers
           come
           forth
           ,
           
             quasi
             Praxis
             Rhetorica
             :
          
           this
           for
           
             Tuesday
             perennitèr
             :
          
           the
           Books
           being
           laid
           by
           the
           Librarie
           keepers
           
             prae
             manibus
             ,
             in
             ordine
             ad
             Classes
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Exercise
           recorded
           in
           three
           severall
           Books
           ,
           and
           kept
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           keeper
           of
           the
           weekly
           Papers
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           
             Thesis
          
           or
           Controversall
           word
           for
           the
           present
           was
           
             Pileum
             ,
          
           a
           Cap
           ,
           being
           the
           garbe
           of
           the
           place
           .
           But
           occasionally
           at
           this
           time
           
             è
             re
             naetâ
             ;
          
           For
           a
           negligent
           young
           Student
           of
           the
           House
           had
           lost
           his
           Colledge
           Bonnet
           ,
           whose
           name
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           losse
           ,
           renewed
           the
           old
           Schoole-game
           ,
           
             The
             Parson
             has
             lost
             his
             Cap
             ,
          
           and
           so
           fell
           in
           accidentally
           to
           be
           the
           
             Basis
          
           of
           the
           Counter-plot
           ,
           and
           gave
           the
           Title
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           The
           subject
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           third
           ,
           fourth
           Acts
           ,
           debated
           Academically
           .
           And
           thus
           the
           two
           Plots
           interweave
           all
           the
           yeare
           
             Scholasticè
             ,
             Methodi
             gratiâ
             .
          
           And
           to
           day
           
             Dramaticè
             ,
             Compendii
             causa
             ,
             ut
             mundus
             in
             Tabellula
             ,
          
           The
           Essay
           of
           a
           Fortnights
           study
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           for
           the
           Argument
           at
           large
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             Persons
          
           of
           the
           Rhetoricall
           
             Drama
             ,
          
           are
           the
           same
           with
           the
           Domesticall
           Students
           ,
           distinguished
           by
           a
           three-fold
           degree
           :
           
             
               
                 
                   In
                   ordine
                   ad
                
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Officia
                   .
                
              
               
                 Their
              
               
                 Titles
                 and
                 Offices
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Classes
                   .
                
              
               
                 Formes
                 and
                 places
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   Aetates
                   .
                
              
               
                 Ages
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Office
           is
           two-fold
           :
           1.
           
           
             Schoole-Officers
             ,
             2.
             
             Court-Officers
             ;
          
           yet
           both
           Mercuriall
           :
           Onely
           the
           first
           more
           properly
           attend
           the
           businesse
           of
           the
           Publique
           Weale
           ,
           or
           Schoole
           ;
           the
           other
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           or
           Moderator
           .
           That
           respects
           Substance
           ,
           this
           Ceremony
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Classes
           are
           ever
           six
           ,
           with
           an
           Entrance
           ,
           termed
           
             Vestibulum
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Ages
           were
           not
           here
           much
           materiall
           to
           the
           Plot
           ;
           yet
           the
           Plot
           is
           materiall
           to
           the
           Ages
           .
           
             Fiat
             Aemulatio
             ,
             &
             Pudor
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           as
           for
           the
           termes
           of
           the
           distinct
           Titles
           and
           Places
           ,
           they
           will
           hardly
           admit
           of
           English
           ;
           being
           originally
           imposed
           ,
           and
           still
           use
           in
           Greek
           or
           Latine
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           indispensable
           dialect
           of
           the
           province
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           will
           venture
           here
           to
           rank
           them
           in
           a
           triple
           Paralles
        
         
           
             
               
                 1.
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Seniores
                   .
                
              
               
                 Old
                 standers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Juniores
                   .
                
              
               
                 Succeeders
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 
                   Tyrones
                   .
                
              
               
                 Fresh-men
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           two
           first
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Charge
           ,
           are
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           Keepers
           ,
           or
           Guards-men
           ;
           but
           in
           another
           sense
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             quasi
             e
             specula
             decernentes
             :
          
           in
           a
           Grammaticall
           Acception
           ,
           Overseers
           ,
           Watchmen
           ,
           Spies
           .
           For
           in
           this
           
             Vtopia
             ,
          
           the
           main
           businesse
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Custodia
             ,
             Tuitio
             ,
             Excubatio
             .
          
           Watch
           and
           Ward
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           where
           every
           Officer
           stands
           Centinel
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           Decencie
           ,
           and
           defiance
           of
           Rudenesse
           :
           for
           as
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           decent
           ofder
           ,
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           guarded
           treasure
           ,
           the
           golden
           Apple
           of
           our
           Hesperian
           Garden
           .
           
             O●do
             Anima
             rerum
             ,
          
           and
           needs
           many
           watchfull
           eyes
           to
           guard
           it
           ;
           
             Tot
             Argi
             oculati
             ,
             vigilesque
             Dracones
             .
          
           And
           thus
           in
           order
           following
           stands
           the
           
           Posture
           of
           our
           Schoole
           Model
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           And
           therefore
           in
           Rank
           and
           File
           ,
           see
           them
           here
           upon
           their
           march
           ,
           facing
           the
           Spectators
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Officiorum
                 Tituli
                 Specifici
                 :
              
               The
               Officers
               in
               their
               Three-fold
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 Office
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Classis
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                   Aetat.
                   Anno.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Princeps
                   Rhetoricus
                   .
                
              
               
                 School-Moderator
                 .
              
               
                 ●
              
               
                 ●●
              
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 
                   Moderator
                   Mercurialis
                   .
                
              
               
                 Decider
                 of
                 Controversies
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
                 &
              
               
                 
                   Monitor
                   Monitorum
                   .
                
              
               
                 Keeper
                 of
                 Keepers
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 
                   Legumque
                   Custos
                   .
                
              
               
                 Defender
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 of
                 Requests
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               foure
               prime
               Monitors
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Praeses
                   succelli
                   .
                
              
               
                 President
                 of
                 the
                 Chappel
                 .
              
               
                 ●
                 .
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Decentiarum
                   explorator
                   .
                
              
               
                 quest-man
                 of
                 Decencie
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Linguarum
                   Custos
                   .
                
              
               
                 Monitor
                 of
                 Language
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 4.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Ingenii
                   speculator
                   .
                
              
               
                 Observer
                 of
                 Invention
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               The
               twelve
               Sub-officials
               ,
               or
               subordinate
               Monitor
               or
               Keepers
               .
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 
                   Offic.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Class.
                
              
               
                 
                   Aetat.
                
              
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Praefectus
                   Scrinii
                   Rhetorici
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chiefe
                 Register
                 of
                 Exercise
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Librarius
                   .
                
              
               
                 Producer
                 of
                 Auth.
                 Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 three
                 School
                 Libraries
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Ostiarius
                   .
                
              
               
                 Commander
                 of
                 the
                 keyes
                 and
                 hatches
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 4.
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 ,
                 sive
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Nolae
                   Curator
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Timer
                 of
                 the
                 Bell
                 &
                 hourglasse
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 13
              
            
             
               
                 5.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lucifer
                   .
                
              
               
                 Orderer
                 of
                 the
                 lights
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 13
              
            
             
               
                 6.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Cubiculorum
                   decurio
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chief
                 Chamberlain
                 and
                 searcher
                 of
                 studies
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 7.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Praeses
                   limitaneus
                   .
                
              
               
                 Marquesse
                 of
                 the
                 Bounds
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Aulae
                   mensor
                   .
                
              
               
                 Controller
                 of
                 the
                 Hall
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 13
              
            
             
               
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Silentarius
                   .
                
              
               
                 Vsher
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 13
              
            
             
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Ambulantion
                   ductor
                   .
                
              
               
                 Leader
                 of
                 the
                 Fieldwalks
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 11.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Sigillorum
                   procurator
                   &
                   productor
                   .
                
              
               
                 Overseer
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Sigillums
                   .
                
              
               
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 9
              
            
             
               
                 12.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Pileorum
                   monitor
                   .
                
              
               
                 Overseers
                 of
                 Gowns
                 and
                 Caps
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 15
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               The
               Court-Officers
               .
               
                 Insignium
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 
                   Offic.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Clas.
                
              
               
                 
                   Ae
                   t●●
                
              
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Ceremoniarum
                   ,
                   Rituumque
                   Custos
                   ,
                   Ordinunique
                   magister
                   Urbanus
                   .
                
              
               
                 Master
                 of
                 Ceremonies
                 .
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 15
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Nequitiarum
                   Regulus
                   ,
                   five
                   Atlas
                   minor
                   ,
                   Tyronumque
                   patronus
                   .
                
              
               
                 Master
                 of
                 Misrule
                 .
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 11
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   Caducifer
                   ,
                   ●eciali●
                   Her●cticus
                   .
                
              
               
                 Mace-bearer
                 ,
                 and
                 Herauld
                 at
                 Armes
                 .
              
               
                 4
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 4.
                 
                 
                   Aman●cuses
                   Rhetorici
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 two
                 Rhetoricall
                 Text
                 bearers
                 ,
                 
                   Aristotle
                
                 on
                 the
                 right
                 hand
                 ,
                 
                   quintilian
                
                 the
                 left
                 .
              
               
                 5
              
               
                 10
              
            
             
               
                 5
              
               
                 10
              
            
             
               
                 5.
                 
                 
                   Diademifer
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 cap
                 of
                 Rhetoricall
                 Maintenance
                 .
              
               
                 5
              
               
                 15
              
            
             
               
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Tyro●●●●
                
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 Master-Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 Fresh-men
                 .
              
               
                 3
              
               
                 15
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Personae
               personantes
               Orchestri●●s
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Sh●●ulus
                
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 ,
                 or
                 Cap-loser
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 15
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Merlins
                   Chorista
                
              
               
                 
                   Merlins
                
                 Chorister
                 ,
                 or
                 Fo●d
                 Hope
                 .
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
              
               
                 Empty
                 Fame
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 9
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fresh-men
             and
             Sub-juniors
             of
             the
             6.
             
             Forme
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Sir
            
             Antonio
             Draggle-gowne
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Sir
            
             Henrico
             Srud●e-hawke
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Monsieur
            
             le
             Card-●●ummer
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Monsieur
            
             le
             Tittle-tattle
             .
          
           
             
               Monsieur
            
             le
             Incongruo
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Vestibulum
               ,
            
             or
             
               Petty
               Tyrones
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             Habit.
             
          
           
             THe
             habit
             was
             uniform
             ,
             
               pro
               more
               loci
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Gown
             and
             Cap
             ,
             differing
             in
             the
             colour
             of
             the
             
               Phancy
               ,
               quasi
               significator
               officii
               ,
            
             the
             ensigne
             of
             office
             .
             Onely
             the
             Prince
             and
             six
             prime
             Seniors
             wore
             Beavers
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             priviledge
             of
             their
             long
             standing
             ,
             with
             Brims
             also
             reverst
             ,
             in
             token
             of
             freedome
             above
             the
             rest
             ;
             and
             deckt
             with
             stars
             of
             severall
             magnitudes
             ;
             having
             in
             their
             right
             hands
             
               Trunchions
            
             of
             severall
             colours
             ,
             &
             silk
             Bends
             ore
             their
             shoulders
             ,
             
               Emblemata
               Honorum
               ,
               Types
            
             of
             their
             
               calling
               .
            
          
           
             All
             white
             Gloves
             .
             white
             Pumps
             ,
             Linnen
             Stockins
             ,
             knots
             differing
             in
             colour
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Symbolicall
             Properties
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             A
             Mercuriall
             Mace
             Argent
             .
             
               Caduceus
               ,
            
             with
             two
             Snakes
             ,
             interwinding
             ,
             and
             plumed
             Argent
             .
             signifying
             the
             power
             of
             Serpentine
             eloquence
             .
             This
             is
             the
             
               Fexanima
               Pytho
               ,
            
             insinuating
             
               perswasion
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             A
             Mercuriall
             Bonnet
             ,
             plumed
             Argent
             ,
             Edged
             Or
             ;
             typifing
             the
             gallant
             rationall
             Head-piece
             ,
             a
             Princely
             Presence
             ,
             and
             a
             free-borne
             Speaker
             ,
             whose
             braines
             are
             laid
             with
             Gold
             ,
             and
             his
             tongue
             tipt
             with
             Silver
             .
             
               Aurum
               Argentumque
               loquitur
               .
            
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             the
             Snakes
             have
             respect
             to
             the
             
               will
               ,
            
             the
             Cap
             to
             the
             the
             
               Intellect
               ,
            
             the
             wings
             to
             the
             
               fancy
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Colours
             to
             the
             
               Passions
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             A
             
               Scutchion
            
             or
             Mercuriall
             
               Sheild
               ,
            
             which
             bore
             Gules
             ,
             three
             Keyes
             ,
             Or.
             on
             the
             dexter
             hand
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             sinister
             ,
             a
             Bend
             Azure
             charged
             with
             foure
             Stars
             of
             equall
             
               radii
               ;
            
             over
             them
             
               Sol
               ,
            
             under
             that
             a
             Cube
             ,
             Triangle
             ,
             and
             Circle
             ,
             all
             Or.
             the
             Crest
             or
             Rose
             with
             
               wings
            
             Argent
             .
             
               quasi
               Rosa
               volans
               .
            
          
           
             Observe
             farther
             ,
             that
             the
             allusion
             was
             Mathematicall
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             Astronomicall
             ,
             from
             beginning
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             as
             thus
             :
             The
             two
             designes
             are
             as
             the
             Artick
             and
             Antartick
             Poles
             ,
             bearing
             the
             Axis
             of
             the
             maine
             worke
             .
             The
             five
             
               Strophae
               ,
               Antistropta
               ,
            
             or
             Acts
             ,
             doe
             bear
             the
             number
             and
             office
             of
             the
             Zones
             ;
             the
             seven
             chiefe
             
               Seniors
            
             
             wander
             as
             the
             Planets
             through
             the
             
               Zodiack
               ,
            
             the
             Planets
             proper
             stage
             ;
             the
             twelve
             Sub-monitors
             ,
             as
             the
             twelve
             
               Signes
               ,
            
             fixt
             to
             the
             Zodiack
             ,
             The
             intire
             
               number
            
             of
             Actors
             ,
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Constellations
             ;
             some
             Southerne
             ,
             some
             Northerne
             moving
             ,
             all
             according
             to
             their
             Longitude
             ,
             latitudes
             ,
             and
             altitudes
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             place
             &
             magnitudes
             ,
             in
             the
             upper
             &
             lower
             division
             of
             the
             School
             place
             .
             All
             in
             time
             and
             order
             of
             vicissitude
             ,
             moving
             through
             the
             degrees
             of
             the
             Zodiack
             ,
             till
             they
             have
             reacht
             to
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             highest
             pitch
             of
             Schoole
             Honour
             ,
             viz.
             
               Princeps
               Rhetoricus
               ,
            
             the
             
               Sol
               scholae
               ;
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             Mercuriall
             Moderator
             of
             the
             whole
             Regiment
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             
               Sceptrum
               successivum
               ,
               in
               ordine
               ad
               meritum
               Ascensionis
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Prologue
             two-fold
             :
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 mock-Prologue
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 And
                 the
                 Serious
                 .
              
            
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             first
             layes
             the
             contrivance
             of
             the
             Anti-plot
             or
             counterdesigne
             :
             
               Vbi
               consulitur
               de
               inductione
               Pilei
               in
               Scenam
               &
               Curiam
               Principis
               Rhetorici
               .
            
             The
             Contrivets
             five
             ,
             
               Misrule
               ,
               Corister
               ,
               Custos
               pileorum
               ,
               Ostiarius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Monitor
               Scholae
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             second
             gives
             the
             argument
             of
             the
             maine
             plot
             or
             fixt
             
               work
            
             in
             hand
             .
             Being
             two-fold
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               Greek
               Iambic
               ,
               
                 Ad
                 Doctos
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Ad
                 populum
                 .
              
               In
               English
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               English
               Prologue
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   All
                   haile
                   thrice
                   faire
                   Assembly
                   .
                
              
               
                 VVHat
                 Orders
                 ,
                 Laws
                 ,
                 Rights
                 ,
                 Constitutions
                 ,
                 here
              
               
                 Run
                 yearly
                 round
                 in
                 this
                 
                   Schoole
                
                 Hemisphere
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 what
                 
                   Our
                
                 Elders
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Our
                
                 Classes
                 doe
                 ,
              
               
                 Are
                 this
                 day
                 tendred
                 to
                 your
                 publique
                 view
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Our
                 Prince
                 is
                 King
                 of
                 Bees
                 ;
                 whose
                 well-mann'd
                 throne
                 ,
              
               
                 No
                 peevish
                 VVaspe
                 can
                 clime
                 ,
                 nor
                 lazie
                 drone
                 .
              
               
                 Under
                 whose
                 VER
                 GE
                 our
                 new
                 
                   Atlantis
                
                 lies
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 comes
                 well-neere
                 
                 th'Utopian
                 Paradise
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 scene
                 that
                 lies
                 in
                 Grecian-Rome
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 piece
                 new
                 weaved
                 i
                 th
                 
                   Greek
                
                 and
                 
                   Latian
                
                 lome
                 ;
              
               
                 Yet
                 for
                 your
                 sakes
                 (
                 sweet
                 Ladies
                 )
                 all
                 along
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 work
                 's
                 imbroder'd
                 in
                 our
                 Mother
                 Tongue
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Sirs
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   wise
                   ,
                   accept
                   what
                   is
                   not
                   ill
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Who
                   are
                   not
                   wise
                   ,
                   let
                   them
                   do
                   what
                   they
                   will
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             expression
             of
             the
             Mercuriall
             Coat-Armour
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             Scutchion
             is
             also
             allusive
             every
             way
             ;
             by
             the
             Plumed
             Rose
             in
             the
             Crest
             is
             declared
             ,
             that
             
               fragrancy
            
             and
             
               celerity
            
             are
             the
             top-work
             of
             eloquence
             :
             swiftnesse
             ,
             and
             sweetnesse
             ,
             are
             the
             last
             and
             highest
             parts
             of
             this
             science
             :
             again
             ,
             Invention
             must
             not
             drag
             low
             ,
             language
             must
             fly
             high
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             3
             Golden
             
               Keys
            
             lay
             open
             this
             Conceipt
             ;
             that
             Logick
             ,
             Rhetorick
             ,
             and
             Grammar
             ,
             are
             by
             way
             of
             entrance
             ,
             taught
             fundamentall
             in
             Schools
             ;
             but
             the
             work
             is
             left
             to
             be
             crowned
             and
             matured
             in
             the
             Academies
             :
             therefore
             as
             we
             the
             3
             Keys
             ,
             
               Oxford
            
             gives
             the
             3
             Crowns
             ,
             which
             also
             decypher
             the
             3
             principall
             Scienences
             ,
             1.
             
             Theology
             ,
             2.
             
             Law
             ,
             3.
             
             Physick
             :
             And
             why
             may
             not
             we
             here
             have
             a
             Key
             for
             them
             also
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             By
             the
             Cube
             ,
             Arithmetick
             ;
             by
             the
             Triangle
             ,
             Geometry
             ;
             by
             the
             Circle
             ,
             Cosmography
             are
             here
             intended
             ,
             and
             stand
             Quartered
             under
             the
             4
             Stars
             ,
             as
             taught
             in
             a
             different
             place
             and
             manner
             from
             the
             other
             three
             Arts
             before
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Bend
             of
             
               Stars
            
             with
             eight
             
               Radii
               ,
            
             represent
             the
             prime
             4
             Seniors
             or
             Ministers
             ,
             each
             man
             being
             Keeper
             of
             8
             distinct
             Laws
             or
             Canons
             ;
             Himself
             shining
             amongst
             his
             fellows
             as
             a
             Star
             in
             his
             place
             :
             Again
             ,
             these
             Stars
             denote
             the
             4
             cardinall
             qualities
             here
             (
             under
             this
             Prince
             )
             professed
             ,
             attained
             ,
             kept
             ,
             1.
             
             Language
             ,
             2.
             
             Invention
             ,
             3.
             
             Manners
             ,
             4.
             
             Religion
             ,
             each
             consisting
             of
             eight
             severall
             branches
             ,
             cleare
             and
             starlike
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Sun
             hath
             the
             chief
             influence
             ,
             as
             the
             glory
             and
             light
             of
             the
             rest
             ;
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             and
             stands
             mounted
             in
             the
             highest
             
             angle
             above
             the
             bend
             of
             stars
             ,
             
               locus
               Principis
               Rhetorici
               ,
            
             the
             Princes
             place
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Sun
             is
             chiefly
             intended
             Religion
             ,
             without
             which
             ,
             all
             Arts
             are
             but
             meer
             darknesse
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             
               Ignis
               fatuus
               .
            
             Yet
             our
             
               Sol
            
             appears
             quartered
             in
             a
             sinister
             side
             ,
             because
             the
             Pulpits
             doth
             challenge
             the
             upper
             hand
             of
             the
             Schools
             ,
             and
             Theology
             the
             wall
             of
             Philologie
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             the
             Parson
             at
             any
             time
             shall
             lose
             his
             Cap
             ,
             and
             turn
             
               Tityre
               tu
               patulae
               ,
            
             a
             
               Coridon
            
             of
             our
             
               Arcadia
               ;
            
             then
             will
             we
             Quarter
             our
             
               Sol
            
             upon
             the
             right
             ,
             and
             his
             Cap
             upon
             the
             left
             ;
             for
             then
             he
             is
             our
             Junior
             :
             his
             Sheep-hook
             hath
             done
             Homage
             to
             our
             Rod
             ;
             Divinity
             hath
             struck
             Top
             sayle
             to
             Grammar
             ,
             and
             the
             Liturgy
             in
             Syntacticall
             obeysance
             hath
             vayled
             his
             bonnet
             to
             the
             Accidence
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             two
             fields
             ,
             
               Gules
            
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             ,
             
               Azure
            
             on
             the
             left
             in
             a
             Philosophicall
             acception
             lively
             depaint
             the
             
               Will
            
             and
             the
             
               Wit
               ,
            
             the
             
               Heart
            
             and
             the
             
               Brain
               ,
            
             the
             two
             fixt
             seats
             of
             our
             fourfold
             learning
             .
          
           
             Thus
             much
             for
             the
             Blazounrie
             in
             brief
             ,
             
               Sed
               aliquid
               latet
               ,
               quod
               non
               patet
               ,
               qui
               nucleum
               vult
               nacem
               frangat
               .
            
          
           
             And
             now
             we
             come
             to
             the
             Argument
             in
             speciall
             ,
             and
             Correlative
             to
             each
             Act
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Princeps
               Rhetoricus
               ,
            
             The
             schoole
             Captaine
             .
          
           
             BUt
             why
             
               Princeps
               ,
            
             and
             why
             
               Rhetoricus
               ?
            
             that
             fals
             in
             next
             to
             be
             scand
             ,
             for
             
               non
               est
               in
               promptu
               ubique
               O
               Edipus
               ,
            
             all
             teeth
             are
             not
             nut-crackers
             .
             Therefore
             observe
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             allusion
             brancheth
             it self
             ,
             into
             five
             strains
             of
             Rhetorick
             ,
             or
             Acts
             Oratoricall
             distringued
             here
             by
             5
             titles
             :
          
           
             
               The
               first
               Act
               we
               call
               
                 Inauguratio
                 ,
              
               the
               Instalment
               ,
            
             
               The
               second
               ,
               
                 Pompa
                 ,
              
               the
               Entertainment
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               ,
               
                 Criticus
                 ,
              
               the
               Linguist
               .
            
             
               The
               fourth
               ,
               the
               Disputant
               .
            
             
               The
               fifth
               ,
               the
               Judge
               or
               Moderator
               .
            
          
           
             And
             in
             order
             to
             these
             is
             personated
             a
             Prince
             thus
             qualified
             :
             
          
           
             
               In
               the
               first
               ,
               
                 Princeps
                 legitime
                 inauguratus
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               the
               second
               ,
               
                 Princeps
                 Pompaticus
                 .
              
            
             
               Third
               ,
               
                 Philologicus
                 .
              
            
             
             
               Fourth
               ,
               
                 Philosophicus
                 .
              
            
             
               Fifth
               ,
               
                 Judicialis
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             in
             the
             Catastrophe
             of
             the
             scene
             ,
             
               Princeps
               Religiosus
               :
            
             and
             through
             the
             whole
             Acts
             ,
             
               Princeps
               Heroicè
               moratus
               :
            
             of
             noble
             deportment
             ;
             alluding
             to
             the
             seven
             fold
             buckler
             of
             
               Ajax
               ,
            
             under
             which
             
               Vlysses
            
             lay
             protected
             .
             
               Homers
            
             Prince
             of
             Eloquence
             :
             and
             thus
             much
             for
             our
             Prince
             ,
             
               Quatenùs
               Princeps
               :
            
             invested
             with
             Title
             ,
             Authority
             ,
             Quality
             ;
             now
             view
             him
             
               quatenus
               Rhetoricus
               .
            
          
           
             His
             Prince-part
             was
             a
             notion
             assumed
             ,
             faigned
             ,
             and
             allegorically
             
             borrowed
             :
             but
             the
             Rhetorick
             part
             and
             title
             are
             in
             earnest
             ,
             
               &
               (
               ex
               professo
               )
               opus
               loci
               &
               Personae
               .
            
             For
             now
             
               One
            
             was
             to
             make
             good
             in
             himself
             (
             by
             way
             of
             president
             to
             the
             rest
             )
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             compleat
             Rhetorician
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             exact
             
               Test
            
             of
             our
             two
             Rhetoricall
             Text-men
             ,
             
               Aristotle
            
             and
             
               Quintilian
               :
            
             for
             one
             while
             he
             cunningly
             insinuates
             ;
             as
             at
             his
             first
             
               Ascent
            
             to
             the
             Chaire
             .
             
               Detur
               ,
               ait
               ,
               Dignori
               ,
               ego
               enim
               (
               comparativè
               )
               non
               merui
               .
            
          
           
             Like
             
               Caesar
            
             in
             
               Tacitus
               ,
            
             waving
             finely
             his
             new
             imposed
             dignity
             ;
             and
             yet
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             ,
             
               policetur
               abundè
               ,
            
             promiseth
             mountains
             ,
             to
             rule
             like
             an
             Angel
             .
             Again
             ,
             sometimes
             his
             speech
             becomes
             
               demonstrative
               ,
            
             praising
             and
             inveigling
             :
             sometimes
             
               deliberative
               ,
            
             pondering
             the
             future
             good
             :
             sometime
             
               Juciciall
               ;
            
             according
             as
             the
             Lost-Cap
             finds
             Argument
             through
             the
             five
             Acts
             ,
             occasionally
             ,
             
               &
               ex
               Ansâ
               datâ
               :
            
             for
             still
             the
             matter
             is
             before
             the
             Iudge
             ,
             
               coram
               Judice
               lis
               .
            
             And
             still
             the
             Parsons
             Cap
             makes
             work
             for
             all
             .
             
               Argumentativè
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             next
             ,
             touching
             those
             three
             Aristotelian
             Requisites
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Natura
               ,
               2.
               
               Ars
               ,
               3.
               
               Exercitatio
               .
            
             they
             were
             better
             there
             seen
             ,
             then
             here
             spoken
             .
             As
             candid
             spectability
             ,
             a
             Tongue
             well
             hung
             ,
             firm
             sides
             ,
             retentive
             memory
             ,
             fancy
             clear
             ,
             a
             princely
             undanted
             presence
             ,
             
               &
               cujus
               ex
               ore
               melle
               dulcior
               s●uebat
               Oratio
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             But
             to
             compleat
             the
             matter
             ,
             after
             some
             faire
             Essayes
             of
             1.
             
             Invention
             ,
             2.
             
             Disposition
             ,
             3.
             
             Elocution
             ,
             and
             4.
             
             Pronunciation
             ,
             he
             falls
             upon
             the
             moderating
             part
             of
             Oratory
             ;
             and
             exhibits
             a
             Rhetoricall
             skill
             in
             the
             Bee-like
             use
             of
             Authours
             ,
             culling
             out
             for
             his
             own
             Hive
             ,
             the
             flowers
             inservient
             to
             his
             present
             purpose
             ,
             
               mutatis
               mutandis
               3
               tèr
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             
             
               Alterum
               ,
               Alteratum
               ,
               or
               Aliud
               .
            
          
           
             Sometimes
             again
             he
             leaves
             moderating
             ,
             and
             falls
             to
             debating
             ,
             
             
               syllogysticè
               ,
            
             upon
             the
             Argument
             ,
             till
             being
             victor
             in
             the
             truth
             ,
             he
             concludes
             by
             a
             double
             power
             ,
             
               Argumento
            
             
               
                 1.
                 recti
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 sceptri
                 .
              
            
             And
             so
             becomes
             in
             fine
             ,
             both
             
               Princeps
            
             and
             
               Rhetoricus
               ,
            
             co-incident
             in
             nature
             and
             title
             ,
             the
             Rhetoricall
             Princesse
             :
             for
             ,
             
               in
               vero
               conveniunt
               Rex
               &
               lex
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Arguments
             of
             the
             5
             Acts
             severally
             and
             particularly
             ;
             and
             these
             in
             twofold
             notion
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Historical
               .
               2.
               
               Morall
               .
            
          
           
             
               ACT.
               I.
               
            
             
               Princeps
               legitimè
               inauguratus
               ,
               
                 or
                 ,
                 The
                 Instalment
                 .
              
               The
               Argument
               Historicall
               .
            
             
               
                 SCENA
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 A
                 Curtain
                 is
                 displaied
                 ,
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 ,
                 the
                 prime
                 School
                 monitor
                 appears
                 in
                 a
                 studying
                 posture
                 :
                 is
                 interrupted
                 by
                 the
                 entrance
                 of
                 the
                 2
                 Text-bearers
                 ,
                 inducing
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 the
                 wandring
                 schollar
                 Lose-Cap
                 to
                 the
                 sight
                 and
                 speech
                 of
                 the
                 Monitor
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Petition
                 tendered
                 
                   de
                   recuperand●
                   Parsonuli
                   Pilco
                   ,
                
                 for
                 recovery
                 of
                 his
                 Cap
                 ,
                 defunct
                 ;
                 the
                 Petition
                 is
                 accepted
                 by
                 
                   Phylophylax
                
                 the
                 Monitor
                 ;
                 with
                 promise
                 to
                 be
                 presented
                 in
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 fair
                 audience
                 in
                 the
                 businesse
                 (
                 for
                 his
                 Office
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 School-Superintendent
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 
                   libellorum
                   custos
                   ,
                
                 Master
                 of
                 request
                 and
                 complaints
                 )
                 And
                 here
                 is
                 the
                 first
                 stone
                 laid
                 in
                 the
                 Arch-fabrick
                 of
                 the
                 counterplot
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 SCENA
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 LOrd
                 of
                 mis-rule
                 enters
                 with
                 his
                 bonny
                 fresh
                 men
                 ,
                 undertakes
                 their
                 protection
                 ,
                 
                   contra
                   gentes
                   &
                   jura
                   ;
                
                 and
                 against
                 the
                 imperious
                 wand
                 of
                 
                   Custos
                   Tyronum
                   ,
                
                 his
                 main
                 Antagonist
                 and
                 theirs
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 second
                 trick
                 of
                 wit
                 in
                 the
                 crosse
                 plot
                 ,
                 so
                 to
                 disturb
                 the
                 main
                 plot
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 SCEN.
                 III.
                 
              
               
                 HEre
                 the
                 maine
                 plot
                 begins
                 .
                 The
                 Master
                 of
                 Ceremonies
                 appears
                 with
                 the
                 Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 Fresh-men
                 :
                 T
                 is
                 consulted
                 
                   De
                   Curiâ
                   rectè
                   curandâ
                   ,
                
                 that
                 things
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 Place
                 ,
                 Time
                 and
                 Order
                 .
                 
                   Exit
                   Ceremonius
                   .
                   Custos
                
                 induces
                 his
                 Fresh
                 charge
                 ,
                 pearcheth
                 them
                 up
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 :
                 succeeds
                 again
                 
                   Ceremonius
                
                 with
                 his
                 whole
                 Court-traine
                 .
                 And
                 first
                 ,
                 marshalleth
                 his
                 fourth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 next
                 his
                 fift
                 ;
                 then
                 fall
                 in
                 the
                 Officers
                 ,
                 Seniors
                 ,
                 Attendants
                 ,
                 Prince
                 ,
                 in
                 ceremoniall
                 order
                 .
                 
                   Ceremonius
                
                 leads
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 next
                 him
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Mis-rule
                 ,
                 then
                 two
                 Monitors
                 abrest
                 .
                 Singly
                 succeeds
                 them
                 
                   Monitor
                   Monitorum
                   ;
                
                 next
                 ,
                 
                   Praeco
                   Fecialis
                   ,
                
                 the
                 Mercuriall
                 Herauld
                 at
                 Armes
                 ,
                 
                   Princeps
                   Rhetoricus
                
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 .
                 After
                 him
                 the
                 two
                 Text-bearers
                 ;
                 then
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 Monitors
                 abrest
                 ,
                 the
                 Cap
                 of
                 Maintenance
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 last
                 ,
                 
                   Custos
                   ▪
                   Tyronum
                   ,
                
                 Proclaimer
                 and
                 Guards-man
                 Generall
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 proceed
                 to
                 Election
                 ,
                 on
                 a
                 fourefold
                 Ground
                 ;
                 1.
                 
                 Sucession
                 ,
                 2.
                 
                 Merit
                 ,
                 3.
                 
                 Suffrages
                 ,
                 4.
                 
                 Lawes
                 and
                 Customes
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Invenitur
                   Caduceo
                   Habilis
                   &
                   Idoneus
                   ,
                
                 proclaimed
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 Mercuriall
                 Scepter
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Quaeries
                
                 are
                 ten
                 :
                 As
                 first
                 ,
                 whether
                 he
                 hath
                 orderly
                 ascended
                 from
                 Classis
                 to
                 Classis
                 ,
                 
                   non
                   faciens
                   saltum
                   ,
                
                 not
                 making
                 a
                 skip
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Whether
                 he
                 be
                 
                   patiens
                   inediae
                   ,
                   frigoris
                   ,
                   &
                   sudoris
                   .
                   An
                   multa
                   tulit
                   ,
                   fecitque
                   sudavit
                   &
                   alsit
                   :
                
                 whether
                 he
                 be
                 Snow-proofe
                 ,
                 able
                 to
                 endure
                 Heats
                 and
                 Colds
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 watch
                 by
                 the
                 Lamp
                 of
                 
                   Cleanthes
                   .
                
              
               
                 Againe
                 ,
                 whether
                 he
                 hath
                 learned
                 
                   obedire
                   &
                   imperare
                   ,
                
                 to
                 obey
                 and
                 command
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Junior
                
                 and
                 
                   Senior
                   ;
                
                 and
                 whether
                 well
                 verst
                 in
                 the
                 Lawes
                 appertaining
                 to
                 the
                 Chaire
                 Mercuriall
                 :
                 whether
                 
                   bene
                   moratus
                   ,
                   Bene
                   linguatus
                   ,
                   Religiosus
                   ,
                   &
                   Humilis
                   .
                
              
               
                 And
                 being
                 approved
                 by
                 the
                 Register
                 generall
                 ,
                 proclaimed
                 Prince
                 by
                 the
                 Herauld
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   voiced
                
                 by
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 he
                 ascends
                 the
                 Chaire
                 of
                 Eloquence
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 followes
                 the
                 citement
                 of
                 Officers
                 ;
                 after
                 that
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Canto
                
                 or
                 Hymne
                 of
                 Congratulation●
                 ;
                 the
                 
                   Speeches
                
                 Encomiasticall
                 
                   ad
                   Principem
                   .
                
              
               
               
                 After
                 the
                 Citement
                 ,
                 the
                 Indictment
                 is
                 read
                 against
                 the
                 
                   Tyroes
                   ,
                
                 whose
                 penalties
                 are
                 imposed
                 in
                 way
                 of
                 severall
                 Theames
                 ,
                 and
                 liberty
                 to
                 speak
                 for
                 themselves
                 ,
                 
                   par
                   poenae
                   culpa
                   .
                
                 Their
                 Patron
                 is
                 Lord
                 of
                 mis-rule
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 SCEN.
                 IV.
                 
              
               
                 
                   EX
                   Improviso
                   ,
                
                 abruptly
                 breaks
                 in
                 Sir
                 
                   Shone
                   ,
                   Molestus
                   Interpellator
                   Curiae
                   ,
                
                 in
                 a
                 great
                 fume
                 ,
                 impatient
                 of
                 longer
                 attendance
                 ,
                 a
                 blunt
                 ,
                 unbred
                 ,
                 rude
                 ,
                 insulse
                 Scholar
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 roughly
                 entertain'd
                 by
                 the
                 Guards-man
                 :
                 they
                 chop
                 Logick
                 at
                 staves
                 end
                 dilemmatically
                 ;
                 Here
                 I
                 can
                 have
                 ye
                 ,
                 &
                 there
                 ;
                 but
                 pates
                 find
                 mediums
                 .
                 Master
                 Keeper
                 assaults
                 the
                 Parson
                 ,
                 
                   Argumento
                   Baculino
                   ,
                
                 with
                 Halberd
                 Eloquence
                 ,
                 the
                 Parson
                 indoctrinates
                 the
                 Keeper
                 with
                 Crab-tree
                 Logick
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 foyled
                 at
                 his
                 owne
                 weapon
                 ;
                 till
                 Misrule
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Schoole-monitor
                 ,
                 his
                 
                   Fratres
                   fraterrimi
                   ,
                
                 complotters
                 and
                 sworn
                 partners
                 ,
                 step
                 in
                 to
                 his
                 rescue
                 ;
                 by
                 whose
                 provision
                 and
                 request
                 ,
                 his
                 Petition
                 is
                 heard
                 ,
                 registred
                 ,
                 and
                 deliberated
                 on
                 ,
                 but
                 deferred
                 till
                 the
                 next
                 Court
                 Sessions
                 Mercuriall
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                   .
                   
                     Ode
                     Acclamatoria
                     .
                  
                   The
                   Congratulatory
                   Canto
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                       {non-Roman}
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   humble
                   Partishon
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Shone
                  
                   of
                   Wales
                   ,
                   
                     in
                     formâ
                     paperis
                  
                   following
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     BE
                     it
                     knowne
                     to
                     all
                     and
                     some
                     ,
                     that
                     her
                     hath
                     a
                     partishon
                     in
                     her
                     packets
                     ,
                  
                   ad
                   hunc
                   venarabilem
                   collegium
                   ,
                   propter
                   facere
                   
                     Huc
                     and
                     Cry
                     ,
                  
                   post
                   cappum
                   sumum
                   (
                   misere
                   defunctum
                   ,
                   &
                   lostum
                   )
                   per
                   omnes
                   Chamberos
                   ,
                   Studies
                   ,
                   &
                   Corneros
                   .
                   
                     And
                     also
                     her
                     desires
                     to
                     
                     enter
                     her
                     Actions
                     ,
                     or
                     rather
                     her
                     Passions
                     in
                     te
                     Law
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                  
                   scire
                   facias
                   ,
                   
                     through
                     te
                     six
                     mercuriall
                     classes
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                  
                   non
                   est
                   Inventus
                   ,
                   
                     as
                     touching
                     her
                  
                   Pileus
                   ;
                   
                     and
                     a
                  
                   Quare
                   Latitat
                   ,
                   
                     amongst
                     all
                     her
                     cozen
                     Scholers
                     ,
                     and
                     her
                     shall
                     be
                     pound
                     to
                     pray
                     ,
                     for
                     her
                     six
                     venerable
                     said
                     Monitors
                     while
                     her
                     may
                     ,
                     for
                     ever
                     and
                     a
                     day
                     ,
                     and
                     longer
                     too
                     ,
                     when
                     her
                     hath
                     nothing
                     else
                     to
                     do
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   The
                   Morall
                   Argument
                   of
                   this
                   Act
                   ,
                   for
                   want
                   of
                   roome
                   ,
                   wee
                   passe
                   by
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Authors
                   ,
                   like
                   so
                   many
                   flourie
                   fields
                   ,
                   
                     Campi
                     Rhetorici
                     ,
                  
                   were
                   
                     Tacitus
                     ,
                     Justine
                     ,
                     Justinian
                     ,
                     Quintilian
                     ,
                     Eutopia
                     Mori
                     ,
                     Atlantis
                     Verulamei
                     ,
                     Apuleius
                     :
                  
                   The
                   Greeks
                   ,
                   
                     Homer
                     ,
                     Aristophanes
                     ,
                     Plutarch
                     ,
                     Zenophon
                     de
                     Cyropaedia
                     ,
                     Longinus
                     ,
                  
                   
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                   .
                   
                     Aristotles
                  
                   Rhetorick
                   ,
                   
                     Plato
                     ,
                     Aeschylus
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   The
                   language
                   chiefly
                   Greek
                   ;
                   but
                   
                     Auditorii
                     gratiâ
                     ,
                  
                   translated
                   here
                   and
                   rhere
                   into
                   English
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               ACT.
               II.
               
            
             
               Princeps
               Pompaticus
               :
               
                 or
                 ,
              
               The
               Entertainment
               .
               The
               Argument
               Historicall
               .
            
             
               
                 ATlas
                 minor
                 ,
              
               alias
               
                 Misrule
                 ,
              
               ascends
               his
               Astronomical
               Cabinet
               .
               A
               Scematicall
               figure
               is
               erected
               at
               the
               command
               of
               the
               Prince
               
                 de
                 pileo
                 restaurando
                 .
              
               His
               censure
               upon
               Astrologie
               .
               This
               course
               failing
               ,
               by
               the
               consent
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               a
               Hue
               and
               Cry
               is
               voiced
               .
               Sir
               
                 Shone
              
               the
               Proclaimer
               .
               An
               Eccho
               answers
               within
               ;
               he
               runs
               in
               after
               the
               Eccho
               ,
               his
               supposed
               countriman
               ;
               instead
               of
               him
               ,
               fals
               upon
               
                 Merlins
              
               Chorister
               ,
               the
               old
               welch
               Bard
               ;
               who
               by
               the
               Harmonious
               power
               of
               his
               voice
               ,
               summons
               in
               (
               in
               three
               severall
               dances
               )
               18
               Caps
               distinct
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Song
                 between
                 
                   Chorister
                
                 and
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Choris
                   .
                
                 
                   ECcho
                   ,
                   O
                   Eccho
                   ;
                   thou
                   Oracle
                   ,
                   O
                   Eccho
                   ,
                   Eccho
                   tel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   shall
                   the
                   Eccho
                   ,
                   Eccho
                   tell
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Choris
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Scholars
                   Cap
                   is
                   lost
                   ,
                   how
                   shal't
                   be
                   found
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
                 
                   Charm
                   Atlas
                   ,
                   Charme
                   the
                   Caps
                   from
                   under
                   ground
                   ;
                
              
               
                 
                   By
                   six
                   and
                   six
                   ,
                   so
                   shall
                   the
                   Cap
                   be
                   found
                   .
                
              
               
               
                 
                   Choris
                   .
                
                 
                   Caps
                   all
                   ,
                   O
                   Caps
                   all
                   ,
                   appeare
                   at
                   Ecchoes
                   call
                   ,
                
                 
                   Six
                   great
                   ,
                   six
                   small
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   ,
                   here
                   we
                   rise
                   at
                   Ecchoes
                   call
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Choris
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   you
                   the
                   Viols
                   heare
                   ,
                   brave
                   Sprights
                   appeare
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
                 
                   Sound
                   Viols
                   sound
                   ,
                   for
                   at
                   your
                   sound
                   we
                   'l
                   venter
                   .
                
                 
                   Roome
                   ,
                   roome
                   for
                   Caps
                   ,
                   by
                   six
                   and
                   six
                   we
                   enter
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     first
                     Dance
                     ,
                     consisting
                     of
                     the
                     six
                     Grammaticall
                     Persons
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                    
                     
                       5.
                       
                    
                     
                       6.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       I.
                       
                    
                     
                       Thou
                       .
                    
                     
                       He.
                       
                    
                     
                       We
                       .
                    
                     
                       Ye
                       .
                    
                     
                       They
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 After
                 the
                 Dance
                 they
                 impeach
                 each
                 other
                 
                   De
                   furto
                   Pilei
                   .
                   I
                
                 puts
                 it
                 off
                 to
                 
                   Thou
                   ,
                   Thou
                
                 to
                 
                   He
                   ,
                
                 so
                 the
                 rest
                 alternative
                 ;
                 but
                 neither
                 
                   I
                   ,
                   Thou
                   ,
                
                 nor
                 
                   He
                   ,
                   We
                   ,
                   Ye
                   ,
                
                 nor
                 
                   They
                   :
                   Ergo
                   tandem
                   Nemo
                   ,
                   Nemo
                
                 is
                 the
                 man
                 ,
                 
                   No body
                
                 has
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Morally
                 alluding
                 to
                 the
                 depraved
                 nature
                 of
                 children
                 ;
                 accusing
                 and
                 excusing
                 ;
                 peevish
                 lyars
                 :
                 the
                 Tutors
                 taske
                 to
                 cure
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 also
                 implies
                 ,
                 that
                 men
                 themselves
                 act
                 the
                 Childrens
                 Scean
                 ;
                 Instead
                 of
                 vindicating
                 ,
                 often
                 recriminating
                 ,
                 waspish
                 ,
                 serpentine
                 ,
                 childish
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 unsaying
                 ,
                 gain-saying
                 .
                 
                   Quis
                   enim
                   non
                   ab
                   Ovo
                   mendax
                   ?
                
              
               
                 And
                 thirdly
                 ,
                 it
                 alludes
                 to
                 the
                 Academians
                 contradictory
                 humour
                 ,
                 
                   Affirmo
                   ,
                   Nego
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 second
                 Dance
                 consisted
                 of
                 six
                 Gipsies
                 ,
                 Cap-men
                 ,
                 of
                 severall
                 Colours
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 intent
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 was
                 like
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 a
                 higher
                 way
                 .
                 
                   Suggere
                   jam
                   Quintiliane
                   Colorem
                   ;
                
                 every
                 man
                 hath
                 some
                 colour
                 for
                 what
                 he
                 sayes
                 ,
                 or
                 does
                 ;
                 in
                 a
                 severall
                 cast
                 of
                 naturall
                 Rhetorick
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 by
                 these
                 colours
                 is
                 primely
                 intended
                 the
                 principles
                 and
                 depth
                 of
                 mysticall
                 Philosophie
                 :
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 idle
                 Scholars
                 Cap
                 is
                 seldome
                 found
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 third
                 Dance
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 chiefe
                 Faculties
                 ,
                 personated
                 lively
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       1
                       A
                       Cardinall
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         A
                         Miter
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Signifying
                      
                    
                     
                       Degrees
                       of
                       preferment
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       2
                       A
                       Master
                       of
                       Arts
                    
                     
                       
                         Square
                         Cap.
                         
                      
                    
                     
                       Degrees
                       of
                       Learning
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       3
                       The
                       Falkner
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Montero
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Degrees
                       of
                       Gentry
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       4
                       Seaman
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Saylors
                         Thrum
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Degrees
                       of
                       travell
                       .
                       &
                       Forrain
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       5
                       Souldier
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         An
                         Helmet
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Degrees
                       of
                       Martial
                       Officers
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       6
                       Smith
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Fuddle-cap
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Degrees
                       of
                       Trades
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   MORALL
                   .
                
                 
                   Thus
                   every
                   Cap
                   what
                   ere
                   it
                   be
                   ,
                
                 
                   Is
                   still
                   a
                   sign
                   of
                   some
                   degree
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Dance
                 ends
                 merily
                 .
                 
                   Lose-Cap
                
                 breaks
                 his
                 confining
                 Circle
                 ,
                 and
                 chops
                 in
                 among
                 the
                 Caps
                 ,
                 dancing
                 ;
                 is
                 defended
                 from
                 their
                 Battouns
                 by
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 buckler
                 ,
                 and
                 carried
                 away
                 upon
                 his
                 shoulders
                 ;
                 the
                 Seamen
                 advancing
                 one
                 leg
                 ,
                 fuddle-Cap
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 shooing
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 
                   exit
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 sum
                 of
                 the
                 intendment
                 ,
                 belongs
                 to
                 oratoricall
                 practice
                 ;
                 these
                 6
                 be
                 subjects
                 of
                 eloquence
                 ;
                 work
                 for
                 a
                 wise
                 head
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 winning
                 tongue
                 .
                 A
                 sight
                 proposed
                 to
                 the
                 Prince
                 ,
                 what
                 manner
                 of
                 men
                 he
                 has
                 to
                 deal
                 with
                 ;
                 that
                 will
                 be
                 great
                 or
                 wise
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 ACT.
                 II.
                 SCENA
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 After
                 that
                 all
                 vanish
                 and
                 nothing
                 effected
                 ,
                 
                   Atlas
                
                 demands
                 further
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Merlins
                
                 Chorister
                 what
                 's
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 .
                 He
                 answers
                 again
                 in
                 SONG
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cho.
                   
                
                 
                   Eccho
                   ,
                   O
                   Eccho
                   ,
                   for
                   
                     Merlins
                  
                   sake
                   O
                   Eccho
                   ,
                   once
                   more
                   tell
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   shall
                   the
                   Eccho
                   once
                   more
                   tell
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Cho.
                   
                
                 
                   Tell
                   who
                   the
                   Cap
                   doth
                   weare
                   ,
                   and
                   who
                   goes
                   clear
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Eccho
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   figure
                   cast
                   by
                   Spel
                   ,
                   or
                   Charm
                   ,
                   or
                   Magick
                   :
                
                 
                   But
                   Scholar-like
                   ,
                   by
                   Grammar
                   ,
                   Wit
                   ,
                   and
                   Logick
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Atlas
                
                 interprets
                 the
                 Oracle
                 ,
                 the
                 Prince
                 likes
                 and
                 consents
                 ;
                 and
                 commands
                 a
                 preparation
                 Scholasticall
                 ,
                 
                   de
                   Pilei
                   disquisitione
                   Etymologica
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
           
             
               ACT.
               III.
               
            
             
               Princeps
               Rhetoricus
               ,
               
                 or
                 ,
              
               Criticus
               
                 the
                 Linguist
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Argument
                 .
              
               THe
               Philologicall
               Books
               are
               fetcht
               forth
               from
               the
               
                 Trino-Musaeum
                 ;
              
               the
               Triple
               Library
               ,
               1.
               
               Grammaticall
               ,
               2.
               
               Philosophicall
               ,
               3.
               
               Mathematicall
               ;
               the
               
                 Grammarians
              
               are
               first
               scann'd
               ;
               then
               the
               
                 Glossaries
              
               &
               
                 Dictionaries
                 ,
              
               then
               the
               Declamers
               
                 ex
                 tempore
              
               deliver
               their
               Cap-verdit
               Etymologically
               .
               The
               Prince
               in
               his
               Chair
               moderating
               ;
               
                 Monitor
                 scholae
                 ,
              
               and
               two
               head
               Monitors
               maintaining
               the
               Table
               in
               the
               middle
               ,
               the
               other
               two
               at
               Desks
               
                 ex
                 opposite
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Formes
                 ex
                 adverso
              
               to
               
                 Forms
                 .
              
               This
               way
               also
               proving
               invalid
               ,
               command
               is
               given
               by
               his
               Highnesse
               elegance
               ;
               for
               an
               Academicall
               
                 Certamen
                 ,
              
               logically
               controverted
               .
            
             
               Exeunt
               omnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               ACT.
               IV.
               
            
             
               Princeps
               Academicus
               ,
               
                 or
                 ,
                 The
                 Disputant
                 .
              
            
             
               THe
               Authours
               scientificall
               ,
               and
               in
               order
               to
               the
               7
               Arts
               are
               produced
               .
               Then
               a
               set
               
                 dispute
              
               between
               the
               three
               main
               sciences
               ;
               
                 de
                 melioritate
                 Praerogativâ
                 Pilei
                 ;
              
               the
               question
               is
               stated
               two
               waies
               ,
               1.
               
               Which
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               Parsons
               Cap.
               2.
               
               Which
               most
               worthy
               among
               themselves
               of
               the
               three
               :
               Next
               intervenes
               a
               Question
               between
               the
               two
               Princes
               ,
               
                 Rhetorick
              
               and
               
                 Misrule
                 ,
                 de
                 prioritate
                 Galeri
                 &
                 Pilei
                 ,
              
               the
               preheminence
               of
               the
               Hat
               and
               the
               Cap
               ;
               but
               while
               the
               disputes
               grew
               hot
               ,
               enters
               a
               message
               from
               the
               
                 Cantabrigian
              
               Fellow-Commoners
               ,
               desiring
               of
               the
               Court
               a
               conference
               touching
               the
               new
               lost
               Cap
               ,
               as
               a
               maine
               case
               concerning
               their
               Coppy-hold
               ,
               'T
               is
               condescended
               to
               ,
               and
               the
               Court
               dissolves
               for
               the
               present
               .
            
          
           
             
               ACT.
               V.
               
            
             
               
                 Princeps
                 Judicialis
                 ,
                 
                   or
                   ,
                   The
                   Judge
                   .
                
              
            
             
               HEre
               is
               a
               set
               form
               of
               a
               Sessions
               ;
               a
               Court
               of
               Judicature
               ,
               
                 more
                 Judiciali
                 .
              
               The
               Tyroes
               declame
               :
               the
               Theams
               five
               ,
               1.
               
               Horn-book
               ,
               2.
               the
               Hawke
               ,
               3.
               
               Long
               Tayle
               ,
               4.
               
               Knave
               of
               Clubs
               ,
               5.
               
               A
               Noune
               is
               the
               Name
               of
               a
               Thing
               .
            
             
             
               Before
               the
               Declamation
               each
               fresh
               Declamer
               takes
               his
               Briny
               
                 Dos
              
               of
               
                 water
              
               and
               
                 salt
                 ;
              
               from
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               
                 Tyro-guardian
                 :
              
               at
               every
               stand
               ,
               or
               dead
               lift
               ,
               they
               are
               helpt
               out
               ,
               by
               their
               Suggester
               ,
               and
               nimble-tongu'd
               Patron
               
                 Monseiur
                 de
                 la
                 Misrule
                 ;
              
               and
               at
               last
               by
               his
               mediation
               ,
               
                 Annuit
                 Princeps
                 ,
              
               the
               Bils
               of
               Indictment
               are
               expunged
               ;
               
                 Et
                 donantur
                 Pileo
                 Tyrones
                 :
              
               made
               free
               of
               the
               Colledge
               .
               
                 Exit
                 Misrule
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Misrule
              
               within
               sends
               Message
               to
               the
               
                 Monitor
                 Monitorum
                 ;
              
               He
               craves
               excuse
               for
               his
               absence
               a
               while
               ;
               A
               flourish
               of
               Cornets
               .
               Forthwith
               return
               in
               form
               of
               a
               pontificall
               Train
               the
               5
               Counter-plotters
               ;
               
                 Misrule
              
               in
               the
               midst
               as
               a
               Prince
               ;
               and
               the
               
                 Schollars
                 Cap
              
               advanced
               upon
               a
               Trunchion
               ,
               
                 more
                 triumphali
                 :
              
               He
               is
               made
               to
               give
               account
               of
               his
               device
               ,
               that
               no
               offence
               be
               given
               or
               taken
               ;
               and
               after
               some
               Questions
               problematically
               propounded
               by
               the
               Prince
               ;
               He
               and
               his
               seniors
               are
               invited
               to
               an
               Astronomicall
               dance
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               Planets
               ,
               with
               Laurels
               ,
               each
               bearing
               a
               star
               advanced
               frontwise
               .
               After
               this
               the
               Prince
               returns
               to
               his
               Chaire
               ,
               gives
               his
               charge
               to
               the
               
                 Tyrones
                 ,
                 Juniors
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Seniors
              
               in
               their
               turns
               ,
               concluding
               that
               
                 Religion
              
               is
               the
               
                 finis
                 ultimatus
                 ,
              
               the
               ultimate
               End
               of
               all
               our
               Sudies
               ;
               and
               
                 Humility
              
               the
               last
               work
               of
               Religion
               ,
               ending
               with
               this
               Motto
               ,
               
                 Quantò
                 doctior
                 ,
                 tantò
                 submissior
                 ;
              
               withall
               couching
               briefly
               in
               a
               fourfold
               distinction
               ,
               the
               four
               Ends
               of
               all
               mens
               Academicall
               labours
               ,
               1.
               
               
                 Mechanicall
                 ,
              
               ditescere
               ,
               2.
               
               
                 Sophisticall
                 ,
              
               clarescere
               ,
               3.
               
               
                 Philosophicall
                 ,
              
               cognoscere
               ,
               and
               4.
               
               
                 Angelicall
                 ,
              
               videre
               Deum
               .
               i.
               e.
               
                 Practic●s
                 ,
                 se
                 abnegando
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Questions
                 in
                 this
                 ACT
                 accidently
                 emergent
                 were
                 these
                 .
              
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   WHether
                   the
                   Mercuriall
                   Cap
                   be
                   more
                   injured
                   by
                   the
                   Fathers
                   indulgence
                   ,
                   the
                   Sons
                   negligence
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Masters
                   insufficience
                   ?
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Whether
                   a
                   
                     lying
                  
                   humour
                   be
                   rather
                   suckt
                   from
                   the
                   dugs
                   of
                   the
                   Nurse
                   ;
                   or
                   the
                   paps
                   of
                   custome
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   ,
                   
                     An
                     mendacium
                  
                   be
                   
                     ex
                     traduce
                     ?
                  
                   Hereditary
                   ?
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   Whether
                   the
                   Parsons
                   Cap
                   hath
                   received
                   more
                   cuts
                   and
                   blows
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   blunt
                   
                     weapons
                  
                   of
                   
                     Bacchus
                     ,
                  
                   or
                   the
                   sharp
                   
                     sword
                  
                   of
                   
                     Mars
                     ?
                  
                
                 
                 
                   4.
                   
                   Whether
                   a-wel-bred
                   Rhetorician
                   did
                   ever
                   want
                   a
                   
                     Mocenas
                     ,
                  
                   or
                   his
                   Cap
                   
                     mendicant
                     ?
                  
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   Whether
                   every
                   Noble
                   and
                   great
                   Gentlemen
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   
                     princeps
                     Rhetoricus
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   prime
                   good
                   speaker
                   ?
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   Whether
                   every
                   Master
                   of
                   Arts
                   be
                   
                     princeps
                     Rhet.
                     
                     Et
                     e
                     contra
                     ?
                  
                
                 
                   7.
                   
                   Whether
                   the
                   greatest
                   enemy
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Cap
                     ,
                  
                   be
                   not
                   the
                   
                     Cap
                     ?
                  
                   Science
                   against
                   Science
                   more
                   persecuting
                   then
                   Ignorance
                   ?
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                   An
                   pileum
                   Sir-Shonnuli
                   fit
                   ex
                   Lana
                   Caprina
                   ?
                
                 
                   9.
                   
                   An
                   fiat
                   Pileorum
                   transmigratio
                   ?
                
                 
                   10.
                   
                   
                     Pileus
                  
                   An
                   tandem
                   fataliter
                   —
                   
                     Exeat
                     omnis
                     ?
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               EPILOGVS
               .
            
             
               AS
               soon
               as
               the
               
                 Court-scene
              
               closed
               ,
               and
               had
               as
               it
               were
               bid
               good-night
               to
               
                 Action
              
               and
               
                 Invention
                 ,
                 Prince-Misrule-Atlas
              
               (
               now
               left
               singly
               on
               the
               Stage
               )
               presents
               the
               
                 Audience
              
               with
               a
               
                 Caution
              
               or
               two
               ,
               by
               the
               Horarie
               Advise
               of
               his
               
                 Quadrant
                 ;
              
               which
               being
               elevated
               to
               a
               just
               height
               ,
               he
               calculates
               the
               howrs
               of
               the
               day
               ,
               3
               of
               clock
               ,
               33
               min.
               and
               3
               digits
               .
               Then
               warns
               them
               ,
               
                 Maturare
                 Reditum
                 ,
                 imminet
                 ursa
                 ;
              
               to
               hasten
               homewards
               ,
               lest
               
                 
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                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               the
               Keeper
               of
               the
               great
               Bear
               meet
               with
               them
               after
               All
               .
               The
               Beare
               being
               a
               starting-enemy
               to
               the
               Coach-Horse
               ;
               and
               Twilight
               a
               dangerous
               time
               for
               Caps
               .
               
                 Venit
                 Hesperus
                 ite
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 So
                 
                   Atlas
                
                 bids
                 his
                 Star-like
                 Guests
                 Adieu
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 you
                 have
                 shin'd
                 on
                 
                   Vs
                
                 this
                 
                   Day
                   ,
                
              
               
                 With
                 friendly
                 
                   Influence
                   :
                
                 So
                 may
              
               
                 The
                 New
                 year
                 shine
                 on
                 
                   You.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 E
                 fonte
                 Cambrino
                 ,
                 
                   Jan.
                   19.
                   1648.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             .
          
        
         
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             Princeps
             .
          
           
             Rhetoricis
             .