A newly discovered masque by Ben Jonson. First edition, modern-spelling text. With an introduction by Stephen Orgel, notes, and title-spread and illustrations by David Gentleman. 300 numbered copies printed by David Esslemont. 2002.

Song

If to your ear it wonder bring
To hear Apollo’s statue sing
’Gainst nature’s laws,
Ask this great King
And his fair Queen, who are the proper cause.

It is not wisdom’s power alone,
Or beauty’s, that can move a stone,
But both so high,
In this great King
And his fair Queen, do strike the harmony.