ring in the Virgins every one
That grieve to lie alone:
That they may kiss while they may say, a maid,
To morrow 'twill be other, kist and said:
_Hesperus_ be long a shining,
Whilst these Lovers are a twining_.
_Eol_. Ho! _Neptune!_
_Nept_. _Eolus!_
_Eol_. The Seas go hie,
_Boreas_ hath rais'd a storm; go and applie
Thy trident, else I prophesie, ere day
Many a tall ship will be cast away:
Descend with all the Gods, and all their power to
strike a cal[m].
_Cin_. A thanks to every one, and to gratulate
So great a service done at my desire,
Ye shall have many floods fuller and higher
Than you have wisht for; no Ebb shall dare
To let the day see where your dwellings are:
Now back unto your Government in haste,
Lest your proud charge should swell above the waste,
And win upon the Island.
_Nep_. We obey.
[_Neptune descends, and the Sea-gods_.
_Cinth_. Hold up thy head dead night; seest thou not day?
The East begins to lighten, I must down
And give my brother place.
_Nigh_. Oh! I could frown
To see the day, the day that flings his light
Upon my Kingdoms, and contemns old Night;
Let him go on and flame, I hope to see
Another wild-fire in his Axletree;
And all false drencht; but I forgot, speak Queen.
The day grows on I must no more be seen.
_Cin_. Heave up thy drowsie head agen, and see
A greater light, a greater Majestie,
Between our sect and us; whip up thy team;
The day breaks here, and you some flashing stream
Shot from the South; say, which way wilt thou go?
_Nigh_. I'le vanish into mists.
[_Exeunt_.
_Cin_. I into day. _[Finis Mask_.
_King_. Take lights there Ladies, get the Bride to bed;
We will not see you laid, good night _Amintor,_
We'l ease you of that tedi
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