TheHijft;ry ~f Q_ueen E ST ,£ R. ·Now when as ti~ne had ntte~ every thing,. . By courfe thcfe Vir~ins came beforerh~ Kmg. ' • Such was the ctdl:ome oftbe Per.fian fo1l, Six ment}ls the Virgins ba~h'd in Myrrh and Oil; , · _Sixmontlis'perfum'd in change ofodours fweet, That ~rfeB: lufi, and great e;xcefs may meet; · . What cofily r0bes, rare jewels, riCh attire, .6r rurious fare, thefeVirgins did .defire, - ~rwas given, and freely granted, when tfley bring Their bodies te be rroftrate to the King,: , ' Each Virgin keeps her turn, and all the night They lewdly laviih in the Kings delight: As foo1_1 as mot:ning ihall rcftore.the day, · They in t,heir b<ilfoms bear blacknight away, And ( in their guilty breafts, as -are their fins, Clofeprifoners l in the l1oufe of Concubins :Remain, until the fariate King ffJall plea.fe To lend their pamper'db.odies.a releafe. Now when the turn of Ejler wai at hand, ,....To fatisfie tbe w·anr~n Kings command, She fought not ( as the reft) with brave attire To lend a needlefs fpur t'unchafte d~fire, Nor yet ;ndeavors wit-h a whGriih.Grace, ·, T adulterate the beauty of her face '; Nothing G.e fought to make her glory braver, But fimply rook what gentle Hcge gavt her ·: 109,. ' l •. .l.t \ \ . ~ Her f0ber vifage daily wan her honor: Each wandring. ~ye inflam"d, that loo~t uponher. · ·· · , ~editat. s ..· WHenG~d ha<! with his All-producing Bbfr Blown up the bub~le cf the world, and plac'd In order that, .wfiich hei1~d made in meaf~o~.re, fts w~ll foz: neceff:1ry l&? as plelfure ; · Then ' I /
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