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And here my Muse bids, draw our Curtaines too,
Tis vnfit to see, what priuate louers doe.
Reader, let not thy thoughts grow ouer rancke;
But vaile thy vnderstanding, with a Blancke.
Thinke not on what thou think'st; and, if thou canst,
Yet vnderstand not, what thou vnderstandst.
Sow not thy fruitfull heart with so poore seeds;
Or if, perchance, (vnsowne) they spring like weeds,
Vse them like weeds, thou knowst not how to kill;
Sleight them; and let them thriue against thy will.
View them like euills, which Art cannot preuent,
But see, thou take no pleasure in their sent.
And one thing more; When as the morrow light
Shall bring the bashfull Bride into thy sight;
Be not too cruell; Let no wanton eye
Disturbe, and wrong her conscious modesty;
And if she blush, examine not for what;
Nay, though thou see it (Reader) see it not.
Tis vnfit to see, what priuate louers doe.
Reader, let not thy thoughts grow ouer rancke;
But vaile thy vnderstanding, with a Blancke.
Thinke not on what thou think'st; and, if thou canst,
Yet vnderstand not, what thou vnderstandst.
Sow not thy fruitfull heart with so poore seeds;
Or if, perchance, (vnsowne) they spring like weeds,
Vse them like weeds, thou knowst not how to kill;
Sleight them; and let them thriue against thy will.
View them like euills, which Art cannot preuent,
But see, thou take no pleasure in their sent.
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Shall bring the bashfull Bride into thy sight;
Be not too cruell; Let no wanton eye
Disturbe, and wrong her conscious modesty;
And if she blush, examine not for what;
Nay, though thou see it (Reader) see it not.
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