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A nuptiall song, devoted to the Celebration of a Marriage betwixt Master Iames, and Mistresse An. W.

An Acrostick.

I llustrious Himen, let this bridall feast
A bound in plenty of all choice delights,
M ake it a lasting Iubilee, not least
E nnobled by thee; all their tedious nights
S horten in pleasure; To their future dayes
A dde length and light without eclipse or cloud,
N o unkind breath betwixt them tempest raise,
N o word be heard too silent, or too loud.
A nd when the full time of her Issue growes,
(W hich may they prove as numerous as blest)
A wake Lucina to her painfull throwes,
A nd summon Iuno to prepare her rest.
D ispose their boord, their bed; that they may find
E ach in their age, as in their youth like kind.