The canticles or Balades of Salomon phraselyke declared in Englysh Metres, by William Baldwin |
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The .viii. Chapter.
The canticles or Balades of Salomon | ||
lx. The Spouse to Christe.
The argument.
Whyle the perfect Spouse taketh her pleasure with her Beloued, gatheryng the fruites of the old & newe testament, to preache Christes humanitie, and the wurkes whiche he wrought in the same, the younglynges whiche she lefte in the fyeldes and villages (whiche may well betoken the sectes of the Phylosophers, Phariseis, Saduceis, and al other like whiche sought for ryghteousnes in theyr wysedome & dedes) seyng the puritie of the vineyard, and smellyng the sauour of the Mandragoras, an heauy smell to them, partly because it condemneth theyr rightousnes, and partly because it maketh them lament theyr imperfeccion, begynne to long for the true ryghteousnes, and saluacion: whiche because they can haue by none other meane than by Christe, they seke hym, and are therfore mocked, and persecuted of those sectes, of whyche they wer before, whiche is theyr mothers house, whose great blyndnes they (beyng now his Spouse) pitiyng, wysh for to fynde hym abrode, and to bryng hym to them, syngyng.
Thee (O my Loue) abrode in euery place:
Myght trust in thee, and eke thy wurde embrace.
To receyue of thee, the kysse of peace and rest:
Whome I in hart, loue as my brother swete,
Whiche sumtyme suckt with me my mothers brest.
That I myght mete and kysse thee in this wise
And that the worlde now ignoraunt alas,
Myght vs beholde, and neythre of vs despyse.
And bryng thy name into my mothers house:
That there thou Lorde mayest teache me from aboue,
And draw by grace my mother to thy spouse.
Of doctrine pure, well poudred with thy woorde:
And with the iuyce of swete Pomegranades fine,
The blud of martirs shead with fyer and swoorde.
The .viii. Chapter.
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