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EpLin ["The Sun=beames, in the East are spred,"]

Epithalamie made at Lincolnes Inne.


The Sun=beames, in the East are spred,
Leaue leaue faire Bride your solitarie bed;
No, more shall yow returne to itt alone;
Itt nourceth sadness, and your bodies print,
Like too a grave, the yealding downe doth dint,
Yow, and your other: you meete there anon,
Put forth, put forth, that warme balme breathing thigh
Which when next tyme yow in these sheets will smother
There itt mvst meete another
Which neuer was, but mvst bee oft more nigh
Come glad from thence, go gladder then yow came
To daie put on perfection, and a Womans name.

Daughters of London, yow which bee
Of Golden Mines, And furnisht treasurie;
Yow which are Angells, yett still bringe with you
Thousands of Angells on your Mariage daies
Helpe with your presence, and deuise to praise
These rites which also vnto yow growe due
Conceitedly dress her and bee assignd
By yow fitt place for everie flower and Iewell
Make her for loue fitt fewell
As gray as Flora, and as rich as Inde
Soe may shee faire, rich, glad, and in nothinge lame
To daie putt on perfection and a womans name.