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So said, he blest them both in Iuno's name,
And from their sight he vanisht in a flame.
That done, they rose, and with new fumes saluted
The smoaking altar. Thrice they prostituted
Their bended bodies on the holy ground,
Where sending forth the well accepted sound
Of thankes and vowes, from their diuided heart,
They kisse the sacred Altar and depart;
And with the selfe same Triumph as the came,
Returned; whil'st the louder Trumpe of Fame
With a full blast, sends forth a shrill retreate,
And reconducts them to the Hall of State;
Whose richly furnisht table would inuite
A bed rid stomacke to an Appetite,
And make the wastfull Glutton, that does eate
His vnearn'd diet with his daily sweat,
Behold his heauen in a more ample measure,
Then he had hopes to purchase, with the treasure
Of his best faith; such were the dainties: such
The vyands, that I dare not thinke too much
To tearme it Paradise, where all things did
Offer themselues, and nothing was forbid.
Soone as the Martial of this Princely feast,
Had in his rightfull seat, plac'd euery guest,
A soft harmonious rapture did confine
All tongues with wonder, as a thing diuine.
And from their sight he vanisht in a flame.
That done, they rose, and with new fumes saluted
The smoaking altar. Thrice they prostituted
Their bended bodies on the holy ground,
Where sending forth the well accepted sound
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They kisse the sacred Altar and depart;
And with the selfe same Triumph as the came,
Returned; whil'st the louder Trumpe of Fame
With a full blast, sends forth a shrill retreate,
And reconducts them to the Hall of State;
Whose richly furnisht table would inuite
A bed rid stomacke to an Appetite,
And make the wastfull Glutton, that does eate
His vnearn'd diet with his daily sweat,
Behold his heauen in a more ample measure,
Then he had hopes to purchase, with the treasure
Of his best faith; such were the dainties: such
The vyands, that I dare not thinke too much
To tearme it Paradise, where all things did
Offer themselues, and nothing was forbid.
Soone as the Martial of this Princely feast,
Had in his rightfull seat, plac'd euery guest,
A soft harmonious rapture did confine
All tongues with wonder, as a thing diuine.
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