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An EPITHALAMIUM On the Nuptials of Thomas Stanley Esquire; And the Lady Dorothy Enion.

So (at the first) the Soul and Body met

So (at the first) the Soul and Body met, when the Creator did in Counsel set, to make a little world command the great; nor are your flames less innocent then they, before the Grand Imposter did betray their fatal freedome to the worlds decay: Therefore let all that Heaven can dispense to Royal Mankind, in the Soul and Sense possess ye

with Seraphick Influence: May all the promised blessings on each Nation, From Genesis to John's high Revelation, contribute to your Cordial Coronation: May both your Brows be circled with such Beams of Glory as appear'd in Jacob's Dreams, or the Dove darted upon Jordan's Streams: May Lovers light their Torches at your Flame, and may the power of Stanley's Single Name prove the sublimest Epithet of Fame.

Chorus.

May your Hearts fix above the force of Fate, may neither Princes frown nor peoples hate your fair affections disunanimate; May you have all you can desire, and when your wishes have out-vi'd the thoughts of men, some Power direct you how to wish again.

Juno.

Iove sent thee Paris what is mine; Be safely bold, and for this Trifle I'le resign a wreath of Gold; Obey then, and command; thou canst not be just to thy self if not to me;

Minerva.

Twice happy in thy choice, be wise, e're thou dispense this

treasure, give thy reason Eyes, and blind thy sense: Thus Arms and Arts thy humble Name shall raise, alike to wreaths of Oak and Bayes.

Venus.

She whom all Suppliants else implore, is here made thine, and will for this a gift restore no

lesse divine, the best of pleasures thus enjoy, and try where Beauty courts, none can deny.

Chorus.

Examine Princely Shepherd, here, the offerings which we send thee how for that narrow narrow Golden sphere, wealth Fame

and Love and Love attend thee, and judge by this how large these honnors be, none to each other yield, each other yield, each other yield, yet all to thee.