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To roule with pleaſure in a ſenſuall stie.
Therefore, when any favour'd of high Iove
Chances to paſſe through this adventrous glade,
Swift as the Sparkle of a glancing Starre
I ſhoote from heav'n, to giue him ſafe convoy,
As now I doe: But firſt I muſt put off
Theſe my skie robes ſpun out of Iris wooffe,
And take the weeds and likeneſſe of a Swaine,
That to the ſervice of this houſe belongs,
Who with his ſoft Pipe, and ſmooth-dittied Song,
Well knows to ſtill the wild winds when they roare,
And huſh the waving woods, nor of leſſe faith,
And in this office of his Mountaine watch,
Likelieſt, and neereſt to the preſent aide
Of this occaſion. But I heare the tread
Of hatefull ſteps. I muſt be viewleſſe now.

Comus enters, with a Charming rod in one hand,
his Glaſſe in the other, with him a rout of
Monſters headed like ſundry ſorts of wilde Beaſts,
but otherwiſe like Men and Women, their apparell
gliſtring, they come iu making a riotous and unruly
noiſe, with Torches in their hands.

Comus. The ſtarre that bids the Shepheard fold,
Now the top of heav'n doth hold,
And the gilded Carre of Day
His glowing Axle doth allay,
In the steepe Atlantik ſtreame,
And the ſlope Sun his upward beame
Shoots againſt the duskie Pole,
Pacing toward the other gole

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