IDENTILIN$$  F106B46|EpLin|Stowe, 961|ff. 46-47v.  
106.B46.0HE  Epithalamion on a Citisen: [46]
106.B46.001  The Sun beames in the East are Spred,
106.B46.002  Leaue, leaue faire Bride, your Solitary Bed;
106.B46.003  No more shall you returne to it alone
106.B46.004  It nurseth Sadnes, and your Bodies printe
106.B46.005  Like to a Graue the yielding Downe doth dint.
106.B46.006  You and your other you, meete there anone
106.B46.007  put forthe, put forthe that warme balme breathinge thighe
106.B46.008  Which when next time you in those sheets will Smother.
106.B46.009  there it must meete another.
106.B46.010  which neuer was, but ofte must be more nighe.
106.B46.011  Come glad from thence, goe gladder then you came
106.B46.012  To night put on perfection, and a womans name.
106.B46.013  Daughters of London you which bee
106.B46.014  Our golden mines|,| and furnisht treasurie
106.B46.015  You which are Angells, yet still bringe with you
106.B46.016  Thousands of Angells on your mariadge dayes
106.B46.017  Helpe with your presence and deuise to praise
106.B46.018  These rites which alsoe vnto you growe due
106.B46.019  Conceitedlie dresse hir, and be assign'd
106.B46.020  By you fit place for euery flowre and Iewell
106.B46.021  make hir for Loue fit fewell.
106.B46.022  As gay as flora, and as rich as Inde
106.B46.023  So may she faire, rich, and in nothinge lame
106.B46.024  Put on perfection and a womans Name.
106.B46.025  And you frolicke Patricians
106.B46.026  Sonns of those Senators wealths deepe Ocean.
106.B46.027  Yee painted Courtiers Barrells of others wits
106.B46.028  Yee Country men which but your beasts loue none
106.B46.029  Yee of that fellowship whereof he's one 
106.B46.030  Of studie and Play made strange Hermaphrodites
106.B46.031  Here shine this Bridegroome to the temple bringe
106.B46.032  S**>Soe, in yon path which store of flowers graceth
106.B46.033  The Sober Virgin paceth
106.B46.034  Except my Sight faile tis no other thinge
106.B46.035  weepe not, nor blush here is no griefe, nor blame
106.B46.036  To day put on perfection, and a womans name
106.B46.037  Thy two leau'd Gates faire temple Vnfold
106.B46.038  And those two in thy Sacred Bosome holde
106.B46.039  Till mistically ioyn'd in one they bee.
106.B46.040  Then may thy leane and hungerstarued wombe
106.B46.041  Longe time exspect theire bodies and theire tombe.
106.B46.042  Longe after theire owne parents fatten thee
106.B46.043  All elder Claimes, and all olde barrennes
106.B46.044  All yeeldinge to new loues be farr, foreuer
106.B46.045  which might these two disseuer
106.B46.046  Allwayes theach other may the each one posses
106.B46.047  For the best Bride best worthie of praise and fame
106.B46.048  To Day put on perfection and a womans name.
106.B46.049  O. winter Dayes bringe much delight
106.B46.050  Not for themselues, but for they Sone bring night
106.B46.051  Other Sweets waite, then>thee, then those diuerse meats
106.B46.052  Other desports then dancinge Jollities
106.B46.053  Other Louetricks then dancinge>glancinge I>with the eyes,
106.B46.054  But if the Sun still in our halfe Spheare Sweats
106.B46.055  He flies in winter, but now he stands still.
106.B46.056  Yet shadowes turne, noone pointe he hath attain'd
106.B46.057  His steeds wilbe restraind
106.B46.058  [notind]But gallop liuely downe the westerne hill
106.B46.059  Thou shalt, when he hath run the worlds halfe frame
106.B46.060  Put on perfection, and a womans name.
106.B46.061  The Amorous eueninge starr is rose
106.B46.062  Why should not then our Amorous star inclose
106.B46.063  Hir selfe in hir whisht Bed? release the strings
106.B46.064  Musitians, and dancers, take Some truce
106.B46.065  with those pleasinge labours for great Vse 
106.B46.066  As much wearines, as perfection brings
106.B46.067  You, and not only you but all toyl'd Beasts
106.B46.068  Rest dulie at night, all theire toyles are dispenc't
106.B46.069  But in there beds Commenc't.
106.B46.070  Are other labours and more dainty feasts
106.B46.071  She goes a maide, but lest she turne the Same 
106.B46.072  To night puts on perfection, and a womans name.
106.B46.073  The Virgin Girdle now Vntie 
106.B46.074  And in thy Nuptiall Bed Loues Altar lie
106.B46.075  A pleasinge Sacrifice, now disposses
106.B46.076  Thee of those Chaines, and robes which were put on
106.B46.077  To adorne the Day, not thee for thou alone
106.B46.078  Like Virtue and truthe, are best in nakednes
106.B46.079  This bed is only to Virginitie
106.B46.080  A Graue, but to a better state a Cradle
106.B46.081  till now thou wast but able
106.B46.082  To be what now thou art; then that by thee
106.B46.083  no more be Saide, I may be, but, I am
106.B46.084  To night put on perfection, and a womans name.
106.B46.085  Euen like a faithfull man content
106.B46.086  That this life for a better should be Spent
106.B46.087  So she a mothers rich stile doth prefer
106.B46.088  And at the Bridegrooms wish't approach doth lie
106.B46.089  Like an appointed Lambe, when tenderlie
106.B46.090  The Preist comes on his knees t'imbowell hir
106.B46.091  now sleepe or watch, with more ioy, or light
106.B46.092  Of heauen, to morrowe rise thou hot, and earlie 
106.B46.093  This Sunne will loue So dearlie
106.B46.094  Hir rest, that long, longe we shall want hir Sight
106.B46.095  wonders are wrought, for she w%5ch%6 had no name
106.B46.096  To night puts on perfection, and a womans name.
106.B46.0SS  finis [three grape clusters]
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