IDENTILIN$$  F107O20|EpEliz|Bod Eng.poet.e.99|ff.130v-33. /P:GAS,5-10-90,o/C:T-LP,12Jun91 
107.O20.HE1  An Epithalamion or Maryage Song 
107.O20.HE2  on the Lady /Elizabeth, and Frederiche Count Palatine,
107.O20.HE3  beeing  /maryed on S%5t%6 Valentines day. [130v]
107.O20.001  Hayle Bishop Valentine, whose Day thys is,
107.O20.002  All the Ayre ys thy Diocys, [131]
107.O20.003  And all the chirping Queristers
107.O20.004  And other Birdes, are thy Parishioners
107.O20.005  Thou maryest euery yeare,
107.O20.006  The lyrique larke, and the graue whispering Doue,
107.O20.007  The Sparrowe that neglects hys lyfe for loue,
107.O20.008  The household Bird, w%5th%6 the redd stomacher,
107.O20.009  Thou makst the blacke bird speed as sone,
107.O20.010  As doth the Goldfinche, or the Halcyone,
107.O20.011  The Husband Cocke lookes out, and streight is sped,
107.O20.012  And meetes hys wife, w%5ch%6 bringes her featherbedd.
107.O20.013  Thys day, more cheerefully, then euer shyne,
107.O20.014  Thys Day, w%5ch%6 might enflame thyselfe, Old Valentine.  
107.O20.015  Tyll now, Thou warmst w%5th%6 multiplying Loues
107.O20.016  Two Larkes, two Sparrowes, or two Doues,
107.O20.017  All that is Nothing Vnto thys
107.O20.018  For Thou thys day, couplest two Phenixes,
107.O20.019  Thou makest a Taper see,
107.O20.020  What the Sunne neuer sawe; And what the Arke
107.O20.021  (W%5ch%6 was of foules, and beasts, the Cage, and Parke)
107.O20.022  Did not contayne, one bed contaynes through Thee,
107.O20.023  Two Phenixes, whose ioyned brests
107.O20.024  Are vnto One Another mutuall Nests
107.O20.025  When Motion kindles such fyres as shall giue
107.O20.026  Young Phenixes, and yett the Old shall liue.
107.O20.027  whose Loue and Corage neuer shall declyne, [131v]
107.O20.028  But make the whole yeare through thy day, O Valentine.
107.O20.029  Vp then fayre Phenix Bride, frustrate the Sunne,
107.O20.030  Thyselfe from thyne affection
107.O20.031  Takest warmth enough; And from thyne Eye
107.O20.032  All lesser birdes will take theyre Iollitye,
107.O20.033  Vp, vp Fayre Bride, and call
107.O20.034  Thy Starrs, from out theyre seuerall boxes; Take
107.O20.035  Thy Rubyes, Pearles, and Dyamonds, forth, and make
107.O20.036  Thyselfe a Constellation of them All,
107.O20.037  And by theyre blazing signifye
107.O20.038  That a greate Princesse falls, but doth not Dye;
107.O20.039  Bee Thou a new Starr, that to Vs portends
107.O20.040  Ends of much wonder; and bee Thou those Ends,
107.O20.041  Since Thou dost thys day in new Glory shyne,
107.O20.042  May All men date Records, from thys thy Valentyne.
107.O20.043  Come forth, come forth; And as One glorious flame
107.O20.044  Meeting. Another, grows the same,
107.O20.045  So meete thy Frederiche, and so
107.O20.046  To an vnseparable Vnion growe.
107.O20.047  Since separatione
107.O20.048  Falls not on such thinges, as are infinite,
107.O20.049  Nor thinges w%5ch%6 are but One, can disvnite;
107.O20.050  You are twice inseparable, Greate, and One;
107.O20.051  Goe then to where the Bishop stayes
107.O20.052  To make you One, hys way, w%5ch%6 diuers wayes [132]
107.O20.053  Must be effected; And when All is past,
107.O20.054  And that you are One, by harts, and hands made fast,
107.O20.055  you two haue One way left, yourselues to entwine,
107.O20.056  Besides thys Bishops knott, or Bishop Valentine.
107.O20.057  But Oh, what ayles the Sunne, that here he stayes
107.O20.058  Longer to day, than other dayes?
107.O20.059  Stayes he new light, from these to gett?
107.O20.060  And finding here such store, is loth to sett?
107.O20.061  And why doe you two walke
107.O20.062  So slowly pac'd in thys Procession?
107.O20.063  Is all your Care, but to be look'd opon,
107.O20.064  And bee to others Spectacle, & Talke?
107.O20.065  The Feast w%5th%6 glotonous delayes
107.O20.066  Is eaten, and to long theyre meate they prayse,
107.O20.067  The Maskers come to late, and I thincke will stay
107.O20.068  Like Fayeries, till the Cocke crowe them away;
107.O20.069  Alas, did not Antiquitye assigne
107.O20.070  A Night, as well as Day, to thee, O Valentine.
107.O20.071  They did, and Night is come; And yett wee see
107.O20.072  Formalityes retarding Thee.
107.O20.073  What meane these Ladyes, w%5ch%6 as though
107.O20.074  They weare to take a Clocke in peeces, goe
107.O20.075  So nicely aboue the Bride.
107.O20.076  A Bride, before a Good Night cold be sayd, [132v]
107.O20.077  Shold vanish from her Clothes, into her bed,
107.O20.078  As soules from Bodyes steale, and are not spyed.
107.O20.079  But now Shee ys layd; What though shee bee?
107.O20.080  Yett there are more delayes, for where ys Hee?
107.O20.081  He comes, and passes through Spheare, after Spheare:
107.O20.082  First her Sheetes, then her Armes, then Any where.
107.O20.083  Lett not then thys Day, but thys Night bee thyne, 
107.O20.084  Thy Day, was but thy Eue to thys, O Valentyne.
107.O20.085  Here lyes a Shee Sunne, and a Hee Maine here,
107.O20.086  She giues the best light to hys Spheare
107.O20.087  Or Each is both, and All, and so,
107.O20.088  They vnto One Another, Nothing owe,
107.O20.089  And yett they doe, but are
107.O20.090  So iust, and ritch, in that Coyne, w%5ch%6 they pay,
107.O20.091  That neyther wold, nor needes forbeare, nor stay,
107.O20.092  Neyther deserues to be spar'd, nor to spare;
107.O20.093  They quickly pay theyre debt, and then, 
107.O20.094  Take no Acquittance, but pay agen,
107.O20.095  They pay, they giue, they lend, and so lett fall,
107.O20.096  No such occasion, to be liberall.
107.O20.097  More Truith, more Corage, in these two doe shyne,
107.O20.098  Then All thy Turtles haue, and Sparrowes Valentine.
107.O20.099  And by thys Act of these two Phenixes
107.O20.100  Nature agayne restored ys,
107.O20.101  For since these two, are two no more, [133]
107.O20.102  Thre ys but one Phenix still, as was before;
107.O20.103  Rest now at last, and wee
107.O20.104  As Satyres watch the Sunnes Vprise, will stay,
107.O20.105  Wayting when your Eyes opened, let out day;
107.O20.106  Only desir'd, because your face wee see;
107.O20.107  Others nere you, shall whispering speake,
107.O20.108  And wagers lay, at w%5ch%6 side Day will breake,
107.O20.109  And win by Observing then, whose hand it is,
107.O20.110  That opens first a Curtayne, Hers, or Hys;
107.O20.111  Thys wilbe tryed to morrowe after Nine,
107.O20.112  Tyll w%5ch%6 hower, wee thy Day enlardge, O Valentyne.
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107.O20.0$$  Lines 2, 3, 5, 9 of each st ind; sts (except the lst)numbered in arabic numerals in LM.  Blank lines & slash marks between sts.