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The Relique
When my Graue is broke vp agayne [281]
Some second Guest to entertayne
(for Graues haue learnd that womanhead
To bee to more then one a bedd)
And hee that diggs it spyes
A Bracelet of bright hayre about the bone
Will not hee let vs alone?
And thinke that there a louing couple lyes
Who hop'd that this deuise might bee a way
To make theyr Soules at the last busy day
Meete at this Graue, and make a little stay?
If this fall in a time or Land
Where Mis-deuotion doth com̄and
Hee that doth digg it vp will bring
Vs to the Bishop and the King
To make vs Reliques; Then
You shall be a Mary Magdalene; and I
A something else thereby
All woemen shall adore vs, and some men
And since at Such times Miracles are Sought
I would haue that Age by this Paper taught
What Miracles wee harmelesse Louers wrought
ffirst wee lov'd well and faythfully
Yet knewe not what wee lou'd nor why
Difference of Sexe wee never knewe
No more then Guardian Angels doe
Com̄ing and going wee
Perchance might kisse, but not betwixt those meales
Our hands ne're touchd the Seales
w.ch Nature, iniurd by late Law, sets free.
These miracles |wee| did. But now alas
All measure and all language I should passe
Should I tell what a Miracle |Shee| was.

[CW: Whoever___ ]