A Marriage Trivmphe Solemnized in an Epithalamivm In Memorie of the happie Nuptials betwixt the High and Mightie Prince Count Palatine. And the most Excellent Princesse the Lady Elizabeth. Written by Thomas Heywood |
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To the most Excellent, and most admired Princesse the Ladie Elizabeth.
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To the most Excellent, and most admired Princesse the Ladie Elizabeth.
Whom
Heauen with all Choise Graces hath endow'd,
Whom both the Angels praise, and men admire:
On whom her Maker hath his bounty show'd,
Where nothing wants that mortall can desire.
Whom both the Angels praise, and men admire:
On whom her Maker hath his bounty show'd,
Where nothing wants that mortall can desire.
Whose beauties are as farre beyond compare,
As are her inward vertues of the mind,
But in that height vnmatchably so rare
We on the Earth her equall cannot finde.
As are her inward vertues of the mind,
But in that height vnmatchably so rare
We on the Earth her equall cannot finde.
Her Parents Ioy, the Peeres selected pleasure,
The peoples admiration, Kingdomes wonder,
Of forraine climes the praise, of ours the treasure,
May this daies sacred vnion neuer sunder.
The peoples admiration, Kingdomes wonder,
Of forraine climes the praise, of ours the treasure,
May this daies sacred vnion neuer sunder.
That whilst we daily of high Heauen importune,
We may be in your Royall issue blest:
You may still grow in bewtie, vertue, fortune,
So with your fame our ioyes may be increast.
Proue thou a Prophet, Muse, say t'is decreed,
All Christendome shall florish in your seed.
We may be in your Royall issue blest:
You may still grow in bewtie, vertue, fortune,
So with your fame our ioyes may be increast.
Proue thou a Prophet, Muse, say t'is decreed,
All Christendome shall florish in your seed.
Your Graces most humbly deuoted, Thomas Heywood.
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