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Votum
A Vow or Wish for the felicity & fertility of the owners of this house.
If euer in the Aprill of my dayesI satt vpon Parnassus forked hill:
And there inflam'd with sacred fury still
By pen proclaim'd our great Apollo's praise:
Grant glistringe Phoebus with thy golden rayes
My earnest wish which I present thee heere:
Beholdinge of this blessed couple deere,
Whose vertues pure no pen can duly blaze.
Thow by whose heat the trees in fruit abound
Blesse them with fruit delicious sweet & fayre,
That may succeed them in theyr vertues rare.
ffirme plant them in theyr natiue soyle & ground.
Thow Joue, that art the onely God indeed,
My prayer heare: sweet Jesu interceed.
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