IDENTILIN$$ F106B19|EpLin|West Papers, BL Add. 34744|ff. 47-48 106.B19.HE Epithalamion one a Cittisen [47] 106.B19.001 The sun beames in the East are spred 106.B19.002 Leaue leaue fayre bride yo%5r%6 solitary bed 106.B19.003 No more shall yo%5w%6 returne to it alone 106.B19.004 It nurseth sadnes & yo%5r%6 bodies print 106.B19.005 Like to a graue the yelding downe doth dint 106.B19.006 Yo%5w%6 and yo%5r%6 other yo%5w%6 meet there anon 106.B19.007 putt forth put forth that *****>warme balme brething thigh 106.B19.008 W%5ch%6 when next tyme yo%5w%6 in these sheets will smother 106.B19.009 There it must meet another 106.B19.010 W%5ch%6 neuer was but ofte must be more nighe 106.B19.011 Come glad from thence goe gladder then yo%5w%6 came 106.B19.012 To night put one perfection & awomans name 106.B19.013 Daughters of london yo%5w%6 w%5ch%6 be 106.B19.014 Our golden mynes and furnisht tresury 106.B19.015 yo%5w%6 w%5ch%6 are Angells yett still bring w.%5th%6 yo%5w%6 106.B19.016 Thousand of Angells on yo%5r%6 mariage dayes 106.B19.017 Help w%5th%6 yo%5r%6 presence & deuise to praise 106.B19.018 these rites w%5ch%6 also vnto yo%5w%6 grow due 106.B19.019 Conceitedly dress her, & be assign'd 106.B19.020 By yo%5w%6 fitt place for euery %YIewell%Z#>flowre & Iewell 106.B19.021 make her for loue fitt fewell 106.B19.022 As gay as flora & as ritch as Inde. 106.B19.023 So may shee faire & rich & in nothing lame 106.B19.024 putt on perfection & a womans name 106.B19.025 And yo%5w%6 frolique Patricians 106.B19.026 some of yo%5w%6 senatours, welth's deepe Occeans 106.B19.027 %YWelth's#deepe#Occean%Z#>Yee painted Courtiers, Barrels of others witts 106.B19.028 %YBarrells#of#others#witts%Z#>Yee Cuntymen w%5ch%6 but yo%5r%6 beasts love none 106.B19.029 yee of those fellowships whereof his is one 106.B19.030 Of studdy and play made strang Hermophradites 106.B19.031 hear shyne this bridgrome to the Temple bring 106.B19.032 So in you%5r%6 path w%5ch%6 store of flowres graceth 106.B19.033 the sober virgin paceth 106.B19.034 Except my sight faile tis noe other thing 106.B19.035 Weep not nor blush hear is noe grief nor blame 106.B19.036 to day putt on perfection and awomans name/ 106.B19.037 Thy two leau'd gats faire Temple vnfold 106.B19.038 & those two in thy sacred bosome hold 106.B19.039 Till mistically Joynd both in one they bee 106.B19.040 Then may thy leane and hunger staru'd wombe 106.B19.041 Long time expect theyr boddies, & theyr tombe 106.B19.042 Long after theyr owne parents fatten thee 106.B19.043 All Elder claymes & all old barrennes 106.B19.044 All yelding to new loues be farr for euer 106.B19.045 w%5ch%6 might these two disseuer 106.B19.046 Alwayes the each other may the each one possess 106.B19.047 [ind8sp]for the best bride, best worthy of praise & fame 106.B19.048 [ind8sp]today putts on perfection & awomans name 106.B19.049 O winter daies bring much delight 106.B19.050 not for them selues, but for they soone bring night 106.B19.051 Other sweets waite thee then those diuers meats 106.B19.052 Other disports then daunceing iollities 106.B19.053 other loue trickes then glaunceing w%5th%6 the eyes 106.B19.054 But if the sun still in o%5r%6 half sphere sweats 106.B19.055 Hee flies in winter, but now hee stands still 106.B19.056 yett shaddows turne, noons point he hath attaynd 106.B19.057 his steeds will bee restraind 106.B19.058 But gallop Liuely downe the westerne hill 106.B19.059 Thou shalt when he hath run the worlds half frame 106.B19.060 putt on perfection and a womans name. 106.B19.061 The amourous Eveing starr is rose 106.B19.062 why should not then o%5r%6 Amorous starr enclose 106.B19.063 her self in her wished bed, release the strings 106.B19.064 Musitians, & Dauncers take some truce 106.B19.065 w%5th%6 these yo%5r%6 pleasing labours, for great vse 106.B19.066 asmuch wearines, as perfection brings 106.B19.067 Yo%5w%6 and not only yo%5w%6 but all toyld beasts 106.B19.068 Rest duly at night all theyre toyles are dispens'd 106.B19.069 But in theyr beds Comenc'd 106.B19.070 [notind]Are other labours, & more dainty feasts 106.B19.071 Shee goes a maid, who least she turne the same 106.B19.072 To night putts on perfection & a womans name. 106.B19.073 Thy virgin girdle now vntie [48] 106.B19.074 And in thy nuptiall bed (Loves Altar) lie 106.B19.075 A pleasing sacrefice, now disposess 106.B19.076 Thee of those chaynes & robes w%5ch%6 were put on 106.B19.077 T'adorne the day, not thee, for thou alone 106.B19.078 Like vertue & truth arte best in nakedness 106.B19.079 [ind12sp]this bed is only to virginity 106.B19.080 [ind8sp]A Graue, but to a better state a cradle 106.B19.081 till now thou wast but able 106.B19.082 To be what now thou arte, then, that by thee 106.B19.083 [ind8sp]No more be said I may bee, but I am: 106.B19.084 [ind8sp]to night put on perfection & a womans name. 106.B19.085 Euen like a faythfull man content 106.B19.086 that this life for a better should be spent 106.B19.087 so shee a mothers rich stile doth preferr 106.B19.088 And at the bridegroomes wished approch doth Lie 106.B19.089 Like an appointed Lambe when tenderly 106.B19.090 The priest comes on *his knees to embowell her 106.B19.091 Now sleep or watch w%5th%6 more Ioye, & o%C light 106.B19.092 [ind12sp]of heauen to morrow rise then hott & early 106.B19.093 This sun will Loue soe dearly 106.B19.094 Her rest that long long wee shall want her sight 106.B19.095 [ind8sp]Wonders are wrought for shee w%5ch%6 had noe name 106.B19.096 [ind8sp]To night puts on perfection and awomans name./ 106.B19.SS om 106.B19.$$ Divided into eight 12-line stanzas; ll. 3,6,7,10 indented 8 sp.; ll. 9,11,12 indented 12 sp.; stanzas numbered in arabic numerals.