IDENTILIN$$ F107B13|EpEliz|BL Add. MS 25707|ff. 35-6./P:GAS,4-26-90,o/C:T-LP,11Jun91 107.B13.HE1 Epithalamion at the Mariage 107.B13.HE2 of the Princess /Elyzabeth, and the Palzgaue 107.B13.HE3 celebrated /on S%5t%6. Valentines Daye.|~|~| 107.B13.001 Hayle Byshop Valentine Whose daye this is 107.B13.002 All the aire, is thy Dioces, 107.B13.003 And all the chirpinge Quiristers, 107.B13.004 And other birds are thy Parish'oners 107.B13.005 Thou mary'est, every Yeare, 107.B13.006 The Lyrique Larke, and the grave whisperinge Doue, 107.B13.007 The sparrowe that neglects his life for loue, 107.B13.008 The houshould Bird, w%5th the redd stomacher, 107.B13.009 Thou mak'est the black birde speede as soone, 107.B13.010 As doth the gouldfinche, or the Halcyon, 107.B13.011 The husband Cock lookes out, & straight is sped, 107.B13.012 And meetes his wife, w%5ch%6 bringes her fetherbed 107.B13.013 This daye more cheerefully then euer shine 107.B13.014 This daye y%5t%6 might, enflame thyselfe olde Valentine 107.B13.015 Till nowe thou warmdst w%5th%6 multeplyinge loues 107.B13.016 Twoe Larkes, twoe sparrowes, or twoe Doues 107.B13.017 All that is noethinge vnto this 107.B13.018 For thou this daye couplest twoe Phoe%Lnixes 107.B13.019 Thou mak'st a Taper see, 107.B13.020 What the Sunn neuer sawe, and what the Arke 107.B13.021 (w%5ch%6 was of foules, & beastes the Cage, & Parke) 107.B13.022 did not containe, one bed containes through thee 107.B13.023 Twoe Phoe%Lnixes whose ioyned breastes, 107.B13.024 Are vnto one another mutuall Neasts, 107.B13.025 Where motion kindles, such fiers as shall gyve 107.B13.026 Younge Phoe%Lnixes; and yet the olde shall lyve 107.B13.027 Whose loue, and courage neu%5r%6 shall decline 107.B13.028 But make the whole yeare through thy daye O Valentine 107.B13.029 Vp then faire Phoe%Lnix Bride frustrate the sun%Me, 107.B13.030 Thy selfe, from thine affection, 107.B13.031 Tak'st warmth enoughe, & from thine eye 107.B13.032 All lesser birdes will take theire Jollytie. 107.B13.033 Vp, vp faire bride & call 107.B13.034 Thy starrs from out, theire seuerall boxes take 107.B13.035 Thy Rubies, Pearles, & Diamonds forth & make 107.B13.036 thy selfe a constillation of them all, 107.B13.037 And by this blazinge signifie 107.B13.038 That a greate Princes falls, but doth not die, 107.B13.039 Bee thou, a new starr, that to vs pretends, 107.B13.040 Ends of much wonder; and bee thou those ends, 107.B13.041 Since thou d'ost this daye in new glorie shine 107.B13.042 Maye all men date records from this daye Valentine [CW:Come#forth] 107.B13.043 Come forth, come forth, and as one glorious flame [35v] 107.B13.044 Meetinge another, growe the same, 107.B13.045 Soe meete thy Fredricke, & soe 107.B13.046 To an inseperable Vnion growe, 107.B13.047 Since seperation 107.B13.048 Falls not on such thinges as ar infinte, 107.B13.049 nor thinges that are but one can disvinte 107.B13.050 You are twice inseperable, greate, & one 107.B13.051 Goe then to where the Byshop stayes 107.B13.052 To make you one his way, w%5ch%6 diuers wayes 107.B13.053 Must bee effected, & when all s past, 107.B13.054 And that y'are one, by heartes, & handes made fast 107.B13.055 You two haue one waye left, your selves t'entwine 107.B13.056 Besides this Bishop knot, or Bishop Valentine.| 107.B13.057 But oh what ayles the sun%M hee staies 107.B13.058 Longer to daye, then other dayes 107.B13.059 Stayes hee new light from these to gett 107.B13.060 And findinge heere such store, is loath to sett 107.B13.061 And why doe you two walke? 107.B13.062 So slowly pac'd in this p%Pcession 107.B13.063 Is all your care but to bee look't vpon 107.B13.064 And bee to others spectacle, and talke? 107.B13.065 The feast w%5th%6 gluttenous delayes 107.B13.066 Is eaten, and too longe their meate thy prayse, 107.B13.067 The maskers come late, & I thinke will staye 107.B13.068 Like Fayeries, till the cock crow them awaye 107.B13.069 Alass did not antiquitie assigne 107.B13.070 A night as well as daye, to thee O Valentine.| 107.B13.071 They did, & night is come, & yet I see 107.B13.072 Formallities retardinge thee 107.B13.073 What meane these Ladies, w%5ch%6 as though 107.B13.074 They were to take a clock in peeces, goe 107.B13.075 Soe nicely 'bout the bryde, 107.B13.076 A Bryde before a good night could bee sayde 107.B13.077 should vanish from her cloathes, into her %Yd%Z#bed 107.B13.078 As soules from bodies steale, and are not spy'd 107.B13.079 But now shee's layed, what though shee bee? 107.B13.080 Yet are there more delayes, for where is hee? 107.B13.081 Hee comes, and passes through spheare, after spheare 107.B13.082 First her sheetes, then her armes, then ani wheare 107.B13.083 Let not then this daye, but this night too bee thyne 107.B13.084 Thy daye was but the eue to this O Valentine. [CW:Heere#lyes#a#shee#sun%M] 107.B13.085 Heere lyes a shee Sun%M, & a hee Moone heere[36] 107.B13.086 shee gives the best light to his spheare, 107.B13.087 Or each is both, & all, & soe 107.B13.088 They vnto one another noethinge owe 107.B13.089 And yet they doe, but are 107.B13.090 soe Just, and rich in their Coyne, w%5ch%6 they paye, 107.B13.091 That neither would, nor needs forbeare, or staye 107.B13.092 Neither desires to bee spar'd, nor to spare 107.B13.093 They quickly paye their debt, and then 107.B13.094 Take noe acquittance, then paye agen, 107.B13.095 They paye, they give, they lend, & soe let fall 107.B13.096 Noe such occasion to bee liberall, 107.B13.097 More trueth, & corage in theise twoe doe shine 107.B13.098 Then all thy Turtles haue, & sparrowes Valentine 107.B13.099 And by the act of the two Phoe%Lnixes, 107.B13.100 Nature againe restored is, 107.B13.101 For since these two are, two noe more 107.B13.102 There's but one Phoe%Lnix still as was before, 107.B13.103 Rest now at last, & wee, 107.B13.104 As Satyres watch the sun%Ms vprise, will stay 107.B13.105 Watchinge when your eyes (open'd) let out daye 107.B13.106 Onely desir'd because your face wee see 107.B13.107 Others neere you shall whispringe speake, 107.B13.108 And wagers laye, at w%5ch%6 side daye will breake, 107.B13.109 And wynn b' observinge, then whose hand it is, 107.B13.110 That opens first a Curtaine, hers, or his 107.B13.111 This wilbee t'rid to Morrowe after nine 107.B13.112 Tyll w%5ch%6 hower wee thy daye enlarge O Valentine.| 107.B13.SS J D [+ scribal flourish] 107.B13.0$$ Lines 2, 3, 5, 9 of each st ind; sts not numbered; |~|~| after heading = scribal flourishes. 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