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<DATE>2009-01-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081150.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>EPITHALAMIUM On the <HI>Au&s;picious</HI> Match, betwixt the Right Honourable. The Earl of WIGTOUN And the truely Vertuous Lady <HI>MARGARET LINDSAY</HI> Daughter to the Right Honourable, The Earl of BALCARROS.</HEAD>
<L>NOW is the Time the <HI>Origin</HI> of Light,</L>
<L>Doth equally divide our Day from Night.</L>
<L>When the Mu&s;icians of the Air do &s;ing</L>
<L>Melodious Notes to welcome in the Spring</L>
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<L>When each of them do choo&s;e their proper Mate,</L>
<L>And Bill, and Hugg, and clo&s;ly Copulate,</L>
<L>More through the Force of Love than <HI>Phoebus</HI> Heat,</L>
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<L>This is the time when <HI>Hymen</HI> choo&s;'d to join</L>
<L>This Worthy pair, and to make one of twain;</L>
<L>They're both de&s;cended of an Ancient Race</L>
<L>Which a long train of Noble Worthies Grace,</L>
<L>Both in the Flower of Age, and <HI>Venus</HI> Spring,</L>
<L>Are equally adorn'd in every thing;</L>
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<L>He is a &s;tately Per&s;onage and fair,</L>
<L>Endeu'd with each Accompli&s;hment that's Rare,</L>
<L>Of nature, or Refined <HI>Literature,</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Her very name in&s;inuats her prai&s;e,</L>
<L>She is a Pearl indeed, and of great Price</L>
<L>She's Frugal, Cha&s;t, and Beautious and Wi&s;e,</L>
</LG>
<L>Like the Wi&s;e Merchant in the Go&s;pel Hee</L>
<L>Hath found the Pearl and hid Trea&s;urie,</L>
<L>Which in true Computation is far more</L>
<L>Then all the Riches on the Ea&s;tern &s;hoor,</L>
<L>And in <HI>Requital</HI> doth him&s;elf <HI>Bequeath,</HI></L>
<L>A greater pri&s;e then either <HI>India</HI> hath;</L>
<L>The <HI>Conque&s;t's</HI> Equal, Equal is the pri&s;e,</L>
<L>The acqui&s;ition's a &s;weet Paradi&s;e</L>
<L>On either &s;ide, it doth &s;urpa&s;s my Skill</L>
<L>T'expre&s;s the plea&s;ure that they both &s;hall feel,</L>
<L>When he and &s;he in <HI>Hymens</HI> name &s;hall bow,</L>
<L>And pay to each the duty that they owe.</L>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>A. B.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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