IDENTILIN$$  F107H04|EpEliz|Harvard,fms Eng966.3(Norton)|ff.40-1v./P:T-LP,20Mar91,o/C:T-LP,11Jun91
107.H04.HE1  Epithalamium. [40]
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107.H04.HE3om
107.H04.001  Hayle Bishop Valentine, whose day this is
107.H04.002  All the ayre is thy diocesse
107.H04.003  And all the chirping Quiristers
107.H04.004  And other Byrdes->>Birdes< are thy Parishioners
107.H04.005  Thou marriest euery yeere
107.H04.006  The Lyrick Lark and the grave whispering Dove
107.H04.007  The Sparrowe that neglects his life for love
107.H04.008  The houshold Bird w%5th%6 the Red Stomacher
107.H04.009  Thou makst the Black Bird speede a%As soone
107.H04.010  As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcion
107.H04.011  The husband cock lookes out, and straight is sped
107.H04.012  And meetes his wife w%5ch%6 bringes her fetherbed
107.H04.013  This day more cheerefullie then euer shine
107.H04.014  This day w%5ch%6 might inflame thy selfe old Valentine
107.H04.015  Till nowe thou warmst w%5th%6 multiplying loues
107.H04.016  Two Larkes, two Sparrowes, or two Doves
107.H04.017  All that is nothing vnto this
107.H04.018  ffor thou this daie coupest two Phae%Lnixes
107.H04.019  Thou ma'kst a%A Taper see
107.H04.020  What the Sun nuer sawe, and what the Ark
107.H04.021  (w%ch%6 was of fowles, and beasts, the Cage and Park,)
107.H04.022  did not containe; one bed containes through thee
107.H04.023  Two Phae%Lnixes; whose ioyned breasts
107.H04.024  And vnto one another mutuall nests
107.H04.025  Where motion kindles such fires, as sha%All giue
107.H04.026  yong Phae%Lnixe->>Phae%Lnixs< and yet the old shall liue
107.H04.027  Whose loue, and courage neuer shall decline
107.H04.028  But make the whole yeare through thy day o Valentine
107.H04.029  Vp then faire Phae%Lnix Bride frustrate the Sun [40v]
107.H04.030  Thy selfe from thine a%Affection
107.H04.031  Takst warmth enough, and from thine eie
107.H04.032  All lesser Birdes will take their iollitye
107.H04.033  vp, vp faire Bride and call
107.H04.034  Thy Starres from out their seuerall boxes; take
107.H04.035  thy Rubies, Pearles, and diamonds out, and make
107.H04.036  thyselfe a%A Constellation of them a%All
107.H04.037  And by this blazing signigie
107.H04.038  That a great Princesse falles, but doth not die,
107.H04.039  Be thou a%A new starre that to vs portends
107.H04.040  Ends of much wonder, and be thou these endes,
107.H04.041  Since thou dost this day in newe glory shine
107.H04.042  may all men date Records from this thy valentine
107.H04.043  Come forth, come forth, and as one glorious flame
107.H04.044  meeting another growes the same
107.H04.045  Soe meete thy Frederick, and soe
107.H04.046  To a%An inseperable vnion growe
107.H04.047  since seperation
107.H04.048  ffalls not on such thinges as are infinite
107.H04.049  Nor thinges w%5ch%6 are but one can disvnite
107.H04.050  yo%5w%6 are twice inseperable; Great, and One
107.H04.051  Goe then to where the Bishop staies
107.H04.052  To make yo%5w%6 one, his way w%5ch%6 diuers waies
107.H04.053  must be effected, and when all is past
107.H04.054  And that yo'are->>yo%5w'%6are< one by heartes, and hands madefast
107.H04.055  yo%5w%6 two haue one way more yo%5r%6 selues t'entwine
107.H04.056  Besides this Bishops knott, or[var:%5>>of<<%6 Bishop Valentine
107.H04.057  But oh, what ayles the Sun, that here he stayes
107.H04.058  Longer to daye, then other daies?
107.H04.059  Staies he newe light from thee to gett?
107.H04.060  And finding here such store is loath to sett?
107.H04.061  And why doe yo%5w%6 two walke
107.H04.062  Soe slowly pac'd in this procession?
107.H04.063  Is all yo%5r%6 care but to be lookt' vpon? [CW:And to:]
107.H04.064  And to be others spectacle, and talk?[41]
107.H04.065  The Feast w%5th%6 gluttonous delayes
107.H04.066  Is eaten, and too long their mea%Ate they praise;
107.H04.067  The Maskers come la%Ate, and I feare will staie,
107.H04.068  Like ffayries, till the Cock crowe them awaie
107.H04.069  Alas did not Antiquity assigne
107.H04.070  A night as well as daye to thee o->>>O<< Valentyne:?
107.H04.071  They did, and night is come, and yet we see
107.H04.072  Formallities retarding thee
107.H04.073  What meane theis Ladies, w%5ch%6 as though
107.H04.074  They were to take a%A clock in pieces, goe
107.H04.075  Soe nicely about the Bride?
107.H04.076  A Bride, before a Goddnight->>>Goodnight<< could be said
107.H04.077  Should vanish from her cloathes in to her bed
107.H04.078  As soules from bodies steales, and are not spied
107.H04.079  But nowe shee's laid, what though she be?
107.H04.080  yet there are more delayes, ffor where is he?
107.H04.081  He comes, and passes through, sphere after sphere,
107.H04.082  ffirst her sheetes, then her a%Armes, then anie where
107.H04.083  let not %Jthen%K this day %^%5>then<%6 but this night be thine
107.H04.084  Thy daie was but thy[LMvar:>>the<<] eue to this O Valentine
107.H04.085  Here lies a She Sun, and a%A He Moone heere
107.H04.086  she giues the best light to his Sphere
107.H04.087  Or each is both, and all, and soe
107.H04.088  They vnto one another nothinge owe
107.H04.089  And yet they doe; but are
107.H04.090  Soe iust, and rich in that coyne, w%5ch%6 they paie
107.H04.091  That neither would, nor needes forbeare, nor staie
107.H04.092  Neither desires to be spared, nor to spare
107.H04.093  They quicklie pay their debt, and then
107.H04.094  Take noe acquittances, but pay agen;
107.H04.095  They paie, they lend, they giue, and soe let fall
107.H04.096  Noe such occasion to be %Yde%Zliberall
107.H04.097  More truth, and courage in theis.two doe shine
107.H04.098  Then all thy Turtles haue, & Sparrowes Valentine
107.H04.099  And by this act of theis two Phae%Lnixes[41v]
107.H04.100  Nature againe restored is
107.H04.101  ffor since theis two, are two noe more
107.H04.102  There's but on Phae%Lnix still a%As was before
107.H04.103  Rest nowe at last, and we
107.H04.104  As Satires watch the Sunnes vprise will staie
107.H04.105  waiting when yo%5r%6 eies opened, let out daie
107.H04.106  Onely desired because yo%5r%6 face we see
107.H04.107  Others neere yo%5w%6 shall whispering spea%Ake
107.H04.108  And wagers laye, at w%5ch%6 side daye will breake
107.H04.109  And winne by obseruing then whose hand it is
107.H04.110  That opens first a curtaine, hers, or his
107.H04.111  This will be tr'ied to morrowe after nyne
107.H04.112  Till w%5ch%6 hower we thy day enlarge o%C Valentyne
107.H04.SS   Finis:
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