The noble king of Portugal we found, And done to death with many a mortal wound. MULY MAH. SETH. Lo, here, my lords! this is the earth and clay Of him that erst was mighty king of Portugal; Enter Two bringing in the Moor. ONE. Long live the mighty king of Barbary ! MULY MAH. SETH. Welcome, my friend; what body hast thou there? ONE. The body of the ambitious enemy, That squander'd all this blood in Africa, Whose malice sent so many souls to hell, The traitor Muly Mahamet do I bring, And for thy slave I throw him at thy feet. MULY MAH. SETH. Zareo, give this man a rich reward; And thanked be the god of just revenge, That he hath given our foe into our hands, ONE. Seeking to save his life by shameful flight, Whom by the heels I dragg'd from out the pool, And hither have him brought thus fil'd with mud. MULY MAH. SETH. A death too good for such a damned wretch: But sith our rage and rigour of revenge By violence of his end prevented is, That all the world may learn by him to avoid His skin we will be parted from his flesh, And being stiffen'd out and stuft with straw, From any such foul fact or bad attempt; Away with him. And now, my lords, for this Christian king: To see the soldiers tread a solemn march, Here endeth the tragical battle of Alcazar. *the princes' funerals] i. e. of Abdilmelec and Sebastian. The Device of the Pageant borne before Woolstone Diri, Lord Maior of the Citie of London. An. 1585. October 29. Imprinted at London by Edward Allde. 1585. 4to. This unique tract is preserved in a volume of Pageants and Triumphs, bequeathed to the Bodleian Library by Mr. Gough. It was formerly in the possession of Dr. Farmer, who has written the following note within the cover: "This is probably the only copy remaining. It was given up to me as a favour, at Mr. West's auction, for eight shillings. I have seen a fine wooden print of Sir Wolstan at Christ's Hospital. R. Farmer.” Sir Wolstan Dixie was the fourth son of Thomas Dixie, whose eldest son Richard was the ancestor of the Baronets of that name. Sir Wolstan was Lord Mayor of London in 1585; and was twice married: first to Agnes, daughter of — Walkedon, and secondly to Ann, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Christopher Draper, Knight, who survived him and re-married Sir William Hickman. Having attained the age of sixty-nine, Sir Wolstan Dixie was buried in the church of St. Michael, Bassingshaw, and bequeathed his estate of Bosworth in Leicestershire to his great nephew Sir Wolstan Dixie, father of the first Baronet.Kimber's Baronetage, vol. II. p. 66. Stowe records fifteen benefactions by him, among the "honourable acts of citizens." THE DEVICE OF THE PAGEANT, ETC. A speech spoken by him that rid on a luzern before the Pageant, apparelled like a Moor. FROM where the sun doth settle in his wain, And in his way gives life to Ceres' corn, Lo, lovely London, rich and fortunate, * luzern] i. e. lynx. |