IDENTILIN$$  F106HH1|EpLin|Bridgewater Huntington EL 6893|ff.107v-109v /E:T-LP/mf/14Dec87; P:T-LP/o/1-6-92 
106.HH1.HE   Epithalamion. on a Citizen [107v]
106.HH1.001  The sunn=beames in y%5e%6 East are spred
106.HH1.002  leave, leave, fayre bryde, y%5r%6 solitary bed
106.HH1.003  No more shall you returne to it alone.
106.HH1.004  It nurseth sadnesse, & y%5r%6 bodyes print
106.HH1.005  like to a grave y%5e%6 yeilding downe doth dint
106.HH1.006  you, & y%5r%6 other you, meet there anon.
106.HH1.007  Put forth, put forthe y%5t%6 warme balme=breathing thigh
106.HH1.008  w%5ch%6 when, next tyme, you in those sheetes will smother
106.HH1.009  there it must meete another
106.HH1.010  w%5ch%6 never was, but oft must be more nighe
106.HH1.011  Come glad from thence, goe gladder than you came
106.HH1.012  to night put on p%Pfection & a womans name
106.HH1.013  2/Daughters of London! you w%5ch%6 bee [108]
106.HH1.014  O%5r%6 golden mines & furnisht treasury!
106.HH1.015  you w%5ch%6 are Angels, yet still bring w%5th%6 you
106.HH1.016  thousands of Angels on y%5r%6 mariage dayes
106.HH1.017  helpe w%5th%6 y%5r%6 presence & devise to prayse
106.HH1.018  these rites, w%5ch%6 allsoe unto you growe due
106.HH1.019  conceitedly dresse her: & be assygn'd
106.HH1.020  by you fit place for every flowre & jewell
106.HH1.021  make her for love fitt fewell,
106.HH1.022  As gay as fflora, & as riche as Inde
106.HH1.023  so may shee fayre & riche in nothing lame
106.HH1.024  put on p%Pfection & a womans name 
106.HH1.025  3/And you frolique Patricians
106.HH1.026  sonns of those senators, wealths deepe Oceans:
106.HH1.027  Yee painted courtiers, barrells of others witts:
106.HH1.028  Yee country men, w%5ch%6, but y%5r%6 beast's love none;
106.HH1.029  Yee, of those ffellowships, whereof hee's one
106.HH1.030  of study & play made strange Hermaphrodites
106.HH1.031  heere shine; this bridegrome to y%5e%6 Temple bring.
106.HH1.032  so! in yon path w%5ch%6 store of flowers graceth
106.HH1.033  y%5e%6 sober virgin paceth,
106.HH1.034  Except my sight fayle, 'tis no other thing.
106.HH1.035  Weepe not, nor blushe, heere is no greife nor blame
106.HH1.036  too day put on p%Pfection & a womans name.
106.HH1.037  4/Thy two=leav'd gate fayre Temple unfold [108v]
106.HH1.038  & those two in thy sacred bosome hold
106.HH1.039  till mystically joyned->>joyn'd< both in one they bee
106.HH1.040  then may thy leane & hunger=starved wombe
106.HH1.041  long tyme expect theire bodyes & theire tombe
106.HH1.042  long after theire owne parents fatten thee.
106.HH1.043  All elder claymes, & all old barrenesse,
106.HH1.044  All yeilding to neiwe loves, be farre, for ever,
106.HH1.045  w%5ch%6 might these two dissever.
106.HH1.046  Allwayes y%5e%6 each ow->>other< may th'each one possesse
106.HH1.047  for y%5e%6 best bryde, best worthy of prayse & fame
106.HH1.048  to=day put on p%Pfection & a womans name
106.HH1.049  5/O%5r%6 winters dayes bring much delight
106.HH1.050  not for themselves, but for they soone bring night
106.HH1.051  Other sweets wayte thee than those diverse meates
106.HH1.052  Other desportes than dauncing jolletyes
106.HH1.053  Other love tricks than glauncing w%5th%6 y%5e%6 eyes
106.HH1.054  But if y%5e%6 sunne still in o*->>o%5r%6< halfe=sphear sweates?
106.HH1.055  Hee flyes in winter, but nowe hee stands still!
106.HH1.056  Yet shadowes turne, noone point he hath attain'de
106.HH1.057  his steeds will >%^%5not%6< be restrain'd
106.HH1.058  But gallop, lively, downe y%5e%6 westerne hill.
106.HH1.059  Thou shalt when he hath runne y%5e%6 worlds halfe frame
106.HH1.060  put on p%Pfection & a womans name
106.HH1.061  6/The amarous evening starre is rose [109]
106.HH1.062  why should not then, o*->>o%5r%6< amarous starre enclose
106.HH1.063  her selfe in her wish'd bed? release y%5e%6 strings
106.HH1.064  musitians; & dauncers take some truce
106.HH1.065  w%5th%6 those y%5r%6 pleasing labours; for great use
106.HH1.066  as much wearinesse as p%Pfection brings.
106.HH1.067  You, & not only you, but all toyl'd beasts
106.HH1.068  rest duely at night, all theire toyles are dispenc'd.
106.HH1.069  But in theire beds com%Menc'd
106.HH1.070  are other labours & more daynty feasts.
106.HH1.071  Shee goes a mayde, whoe least shee turne y%5e%6 same
106.HH1.072  too=night put's on p%Pfection & a womans name
106.HH1.073  7/The virgin girdle nowe untye
106.HH1.074  & in thy Nuptiall=bed, Loves altar, lye
106.HH1.075  a pleasing sacrifice: nowe dispossesse
106.HH1.076  thee of those chaines & robes w%5ch%6 were put on
106.HH1.077  t'adorne y%5e%6 day, not thee, for thou alone
106.HH1.078  like Virtue & truth ar't best in nakednesse.
106.HH1.079  This bed is only to virginitye
106.HH1.080  a grave, but to a better state a cradle
106.HH1.081  till nowe thou was't but able
106.HH1.082  to be what nowe thou art: then y%5t%6 by thee
106.HH1.083  no more be sayde [I may be] but [I am]
106.HH1.084  too=night put on p%Pfection & a womans name
106.HH1.085  8/Ee'ne, like a faythfull man, content [109v]
106.HH1.086  y%5t%6 this life, for a better, should be spent.
106.HH1.087  so shee a mothers riche style doth preferre
106.HH1.088  & at y%5e%6 bridegromes wish'd aproache doth lye
106.HH1.089  like an apointed lamb, when tenderlye
106.HH1.090  y%5e%6 preist comes on his knees t'embowell her.
106.HH1.091  Nowe sleepe, or watche, w%5th%6 more joy: &, O Light
106.HH1.092  of heaven, to morrowe rise thou hot & early:
106.HH1.093  this sunne will love so dearly
106.HH1.094  her rest, y%5t%6 long, long wee shall want her sight.
106.HH1.095  Wonders are wrought, for shee w%5ch%6 had no name
106.HH1.096  too=night put's on p%Pfections & a womans name
106.HH1.SS   [slash]
106.HH1.$$   Divided into eight 12-line stanzas; indentation irregular, generally ll. 3,6, & 8 indented 3sp.; l. 9 indented 15 sp.; stanzas 2-8 numbered in Arabic numerals.