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Naides, Draides, Hymen, Orpheus, Euridice.

Naides.
O Hymen, come away,
Frame no excuses for a longer stay;
For hand in hand
The Lovers stand,
And think each hour a year
Until thy tedious Godhead does appear.

Dra.
Great God of Nuptual Rites,
Orpheus and his Euridice invites
Thee to their Feast,
Wich shall be blest
With mutual Joy, if thou appear,
And cause a general Mirth throughout the year.

Hym.
Shame on your uglie hast,
That thus disturbs and calls away so fast,
In Stygian damp
They have dipt my Lamp,
Yet may the Omen be
Far from my Orpheus and Euridice.

Chorus.
Far be the Omen, we
Do hope from him, and his Euridice.
Ye Gods that hear
What we prepare,
Our Sacrifice and Song,
Where Beasts and Trees shall caper in a throng.

Orph.
What over tedious stay,
My fair Euridice does thus betray?
The flying hours,
Whose mutual powers,
Lest they too slow appear,
Take Cupids Wings, and hasten from their Sphere.

Eurid.
The time I think mispent
That robs my Orpheus of the least content.
A Lovers fear
Is always neer;
Yet shall thy Beauteous praise
Appear more blest, cause thou didst Tantalize.