WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

13 cular Elogies, t o the L o rd Embaffador, were th e entertainment o f th e morn i ng ; an d that over, the whole company return d t o the Palace, where, a Dinner, even fuperiour t o th e Supper, waited them, and that, fo beaut i ful ly garnifht, wi th i n - termixt Figures, relat ing t o the Tr i umphs of Eng- land, that th e l ike, ha d been fcarce there before, or t o b e feen an y where aga i n, i f hi s Excel lence the L o rd EmbafTador, ha d made n o entertaia- ment a t Rome. A nd that i t mi ght no t be faid o f Avig- nion, as once o f Rome, That they were [Vopttlus viro- rum, deer ant famina) A people o f men , wi thout women, I t wa s refolv'd among th e noble Ladys of th e C i t y, t o make th e Complement entire, b y bearing a part i n th e Symphony ; A n d t o that purpoie, they met i n th e houle of Signior de Blewac, a pr inc ipal Gent leman o f that Ci t y, an d therein too, f o glor iouf ly attir d, as they ha d defign'd a conte!t, between Ar t, and Nature ; fo r c ou ld they have wanted Luf ter i n themfelves, th e fplendor E o f