The card of courtship: or the language of love; fitted to the humours of all degrees, sexes, and conditions. Made up of all sorts of curious and ingenious dialogues, pithy and pleasant discourses, eloquent and winning letters, delicious songs and sonnets, fine fancies, harmonious odes, sweet rhapsodies.

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Title: The card of courtship: or the language of love; fitted to the humours of all degrees, sexes, and conditions. Made up of all sorts of curious and ingenious dialogues, pithy and pleasant discourses, eloquent and winning letters, delicious songs and sonnets, fine fancies, harmonious odes, sweet rhapsodies.
Publication: London :: Printed by J.C. for Humphrey Mosley; and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the Prince's Arms in S. Paul's Church-yard,; 1653.
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Epithalamium, Or A nuptial-song.
LEet now each field, with flowers be painted
Of sundry colours, sweetest odours glowing;
Roses yeild forth your smell, so finely tainted;
Calm windes, the green leaves move, with gentle blowing.
The Christal rivers flowing.
With waters, be increased;
And since each one, from sorrow now hath ceased,
(From mournful plaints and sadness)
Ring forth, fair Nimphs, your joyful songs for glad∣ness.
Of that 'sweet joy, delight you with such measure,
Between you both, fair issue to ingender;
Longer then Nestor, may you live in pleasure,
The Gods to you, such sweet content surrender,
That may make milde and tender
The Beasts in every mountain,
And glad the fields, and woods, and every fountain,
A bjuring former sadness.
Ring forth fair Nymphs, your joyful songs for glad∣ness.
Let amorous birds, with sweetest notes delight you;
Let gentle winds refresh you, with their blowing;
Let Ceres with her best of goods requite you,
And Flora deck the ground where you are going;
Roses and Lilies strowing,
The Jasmine, and the Gillow-flower,
With many more; and never in your bower
Taste of houshold-sadness.
Ring forth; fair Nymgps, your joyful songs for glad∣ness.