Englands Helicon. Or The Muses harmony.

¶Arsileus his Caroll, for ioy of the new mariage, betweene Syrenus and Diana.

LEt now each Meade with flowers be depainted, Of sundry colours sweetest odours glowing: Roses yeeld forth your smels so finely tainted, Calme windes the greene leaues moue with gentle blowing, The Christall Riuers flowing With waters be encreased: And since each one from sorrow now hath ceased gladnes From mournfull plaints and sadnes. Ring forth faire Nimphs your ioyfull Songs for

Let Springs and Meades all kinde of sorrow banish, And mournfull harts the teares that they are bleeding: Let gloomie cloudes with shining morning vanish, Let euery bird reioyce that now is breeding. And since by new proceeding, With mariage now obtained, A great content by great contempt is gained, gladnes. And you deuoyd of sadnes, Ring forth faire Nimphs your ioyfull Songs for

Who can make vs to change our firme desires, And soule to leaue her strong determination, And make vs freeze in Ice, and melt in fires, And nicest hearts to loue with emulation, Who rids vs from vexation, And all our minds commandeth? But great Felicia, that his might withstandeth gladnes. That fill'd our hearts with sadnes, Ring forth faire Nimphs your ioyfull Songs for

Your fields with their distilling fauours cumber (Bridegroome and happy Bride) each heauenly power Your Flocks, with double Lambs encreas'd in number, May neuer tast vnsauorie grasse and sower. The Winters frost and shower Your Kids (your pretie pleasure) May neuer hurt, and blest with so much treasure, To driue away all sadnes: Ring forth faire Nimphs your ioyfull Songs for gladnes.

Of that sweet ioy delight you with such measure, Betweene you both fai••e issue to ingender:

Longer then Nestor may you liue in pleasure, The Gods to you such sweet content surrender, That may make mild and tender The beasts in euery mountaine, And glad the fields, and Woods, and euery Fountaine, Abiuring former sadnes, Ring forth faire Nimphs, your ioyfull Songs for gladnes. Let amorous birds with sweetest notes delight you, Let gentle windes refresh you with their blowing: Let fields and Forrests with their good requite you, And Flora decke the ground where you are going. Roses and Violets strowing, The Iasmine and the Gilliflower, With many more, and neuer in your bower, To tast of houshold sadnes: Ring forth faire Nimphs your ioyfull Songs for gladnes. Concord and peace hold you for aye contented, And in your ioyfull state liue you so quiet: That with the plague of iealousie tormented You may not be, nor fed with Fortunes diet. And that your names may flie yet, To hills vnknowne with glorie. But now because my breast so hoarce, and sorrie. It faints, may rest from singing: End Nimphs your Songs, that in the clouds are ringing.

FINIS.

Bar. Yong.