Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T21: cupid, venus, love, ceres, diana, fair, nymphs, goddess, bow, damon.
Wherefore I thank the Gods above, that yield to me such fate, To link to me so just a spouse, and eke so loving mate. Ey her I haue a virgin pure, an ympe of heauenly race, Both sober, meek, and modest too, and virtuous in like raze: To Temple will I wend therefore, to yield the Gods their praise, For that they have thus luckily, annexed with my days. But stay, behold the peerless sparks whereof my tongue did talk, Approach in presence of my sight, to church I deem they walk, But stay I will, and shroud me secretly a while. To see what wit or counsel grave, proceedeth from their style. The part and pricking prime of youth, ought chastisement to have, But thou dear daughter needest not, thyself doth show thee grave: To see who Phoebus with his beams, hath youth so much infected, It doth me woe to see them crave the thing should be detected. I draw to grave, and nought can leave of thee to be desired, As much as duty to thy dear, as reason hath required: Thy sovereign Lord and friendly fear, Virginius father thine, To nurse as doth become child, when bones are buried mine. Refel your mind of mourning plaints, dear mother rest your mind For though that duty dainty were, dame nature will me bind, So much to do, and further force, of Gods that rule the Skies, The Glope and eke the Clement, they would me else despise. Then if the Gods have granted thee, such grace to love thy sire, When time shall choose thee out a make be constant I require: Love, live, and like him well, before you grant him grace or faith, So shall your love continue long, experience thus he saith. I grant dear Dame I do agree, When time shall so provide: But tender youth and infancy, Doth rather wish me bide, What should I lose Diana's gift, And eke the spring to shun: By which Actaeon fatally, His final race did run: Should I as abject be esteemed, Throughout Parnassus hill, Or should my virgin's name be filled, It were to great a skill: But yet it is unspotted lo, Right well I do conceive, When wedlock doth require the same, With parent's love and leave: Yet obstinate I will not be, But willing will me yield: When you command and not before Then duty shall me shield. Ah Gods that rule and rain, in heavens, in seas, in floods and lands, Two couple such I surely deem, you never made with hands, A Gods why do ye not compel each Dame the like to show? And every Imp of her again, her duty thus to know, I cannot stay my tongue from talk, I needs must call my dear, Oh spouse well met & Daughter to, what news how do you cheer? O dear Virginius joy to me, oh peerless spouse and mate, In health I praise the Gods I am and joyful for thy state, Virginia my daughter dear How standeth all with thee? Like happy state as mother told, Like joyful sight to me.
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Wherfore I thank the Gods aboue, that yéeld to mee ſuch fate, To lincke to ée ſo iuſt a ſpouſe, and eke ſo louing mate. Ey her I haue a virgin pure, an ympe of heauenly race, Boſh ſober, meeke, and modeſt too, and vertuous in lyke raſe: To Temple will I wend therfore, to yéeld the Gods their praiſe, For that they haue thus luckely, anexed with my daies. But ſtay, behold the peereleſſe ſparks wherof my tongue dyd talke, Approch in preſence of my ſight, to church I déeme they walk, But ſtay I wyll, and ſhroud me ſecretly a while. To ſee what witte or counſell graue, proceedeth from their ſtile. The perte and pricking prime of youth, ought chaſtiſment to haue, But thou deare daughter needeſt not, thy ſelf doth ſhew thee graue: To ſe who Phoebus with his beames, hath youth ſo much inſected, It doth me wee to ſee them craue the thing ſtould be detected. I draw to graue, and naught can leaue of thee to be deſired, As much as duty to thy deare, as reaſon hath required: Thy ſufferent Lord and frindly feare, Virginius father thine, To nourſe as doth become childe, when boanes are burried mine. eel your minde of mournig plaints, deare mother reſt your minde For though that duty dainty were, dame nature will me binde, So much to do, and further force, of Gods that rule the Skies, The Glope and eke the Clement, they would me els diſpes. Then if the Gods haue graunted thée, ſuch grace to loue thy ſyer, When time ſhall chooſe thee out a make be conſtant I requier: Loue, liue, and lyke him well, before you graunt him grace or faith, So ſhall your loue continue long, experience thus he ſaith. I graunt deare Dame I doo agree, When time ſhall ſo prouide: But tender youth and infanſie, Doth rather wiſh me bide, What ſhould I loſe Dianas gifte, And eke the ſpring to ſhun: By which Acteon fateally, His finall race did run: Should I as abiect be eſteemed, Throughout Pernaſſus hill, Or ſhould my Virgins name be filde, It were to great a ſkyll: But yet it is vnſpotted loe, Right well I doo conceaue, When wedlocke doth require the ſame, With parents loue and leaue: Yet obſtinate I wyll not be, But willing will me yeeld: When you commaund and not before Then duety ſhall me ſheeld. Ah Gods that rule and raine, in heauens, in ſeas, in flods and lands, Two couple ſuch I ſurely dee me, you neuer made with hands, A Gods why doo ye not compel eche Dame the lyke to ſhowe? And euery Impe of her againe, her duty thus to know, I cannot ſtay my tounge from talke, I needes muſt call my deare, Oh ſpouſe wel met & Daughter to, what newes how do you cheare? O deare Virginius Ioy to me, oh peareleſſe ſpouſe and mate, In health I praiſe the Gods I am and ioifull for thy ſtate, Virginia my daughter deare How ſtandeth all with thée? Like happie ſtate as mother tolde, Like ioyfull ſight to mee.