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Love's Dialect

or; Poeticall Varieties; Digested Into a Miscelanie of various fancies. Composed by Tho. Iordan

Jordan, Thomas (1612?-1685?)

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To Mr. Thomas Jordan on his Fancies.

To his Friend the Author Mr. Thomas Jordan, on his Varieties.

On my Friend and adopted sonne Mr. Thomas Jordan the Infant-Poet of our Age.

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POETICALL VARIETIES.

A Gentleman in love with twenty Mistresses.

A Gentleman's deploration for his Mistresse, falling from Vertue.

To his Mistrisse Philonella, being at her Looking-glasse.

To Clora a farewell, once his coy Mistresse.

To Leda his coy Bride, on the Bridall Night.

A Paradox on his Mistresse, who is cole Blacke, Blinde, Wrinckled, Crooked and Dumbe.

A Dialogue betwixt Castadorus and Arabella in bed.

To his faithlesse Mistresse Vxoria.

To her perjur'd Love Maritus, her dishonorer.

A vow to his inestimable Mistresse.

A Dialogue betweene Icarus and surprized Phillida.

Loves progresse.

To his most excellent Mistresse, Avis Booth.

Achrostick to his Mistresse.

A Gentleman desirous to have his Lady's Picture drawne, describes her thus.

Chaste Love sitting under a Grove of yong Bay-trees, is thus solicited by Lust.

What a Whore is.

An abused Man: Quasi, a Cuccold.

Lust loseth all.

A Dialogue betwixt Adversus and his Mistresse the Lady Contra.

Rara Avis in terr is nigroque Similima Cigno.

To his Mistris Elizabeth Brooke.

A Dialogue betwixt Fidelius and his Silent Mistris Flora.

A Ladies Complaint for the losse of her Love Theodorus.

A Morall Eclogue presented by Vertue, Wealth, and Beauty.

The complaint of an old Lady for the losse of her beauty.

A Gentleman deploring his former follies.

ELEGIACK POEMS.

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A Dialogue betwixt Fidelius and his Silent Mistris Flora.

Fide.
My dearest Flora can you love me.

Flo.
Prethee prove me.

Fide.
Shall I have your hand to kisse.

Flo.
Yes, yes.

Fide.
On this whitenesse let me sweare.

Flo.
No pray forbeare.

Fide.
I love you dearer then my eyes.

Flo.
Be wise.

Fide.
I prize no happinesse like you.

Flo.
Will you be True.

Fide.
As is the Turtle to her Mate.

Flo.
I hate—

Fide.
Who my Divinest Flora, me.

Flo.
No, flatterie.

Fide.
He that flatters, may he dye.

Flo.
Perpetually.

Fide.
And his blacke Vrne be the cell.

Flo.
Where furies dwell.

Fide.
May his Name be blasphemous.

Flo.
To us.

Fide.
His Memory for ever Rot.

Flo.
And be forgot.

Fide.
Least it keepe our age and youth.

Flo.
From Love and Truth.

Fide.
Thus upon your Virgin hand.

Flo.
Your Vowes shall stand.

Fide.
This kisse confirmes my Act and Deed.

Flo.
You may exceed.

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Fide.
Your Hand, your Lippe, Ile vow on both

Flo.
A dangerous oath.

Fide.
My Resolution nere shall start,

Flo.
You have my heart.