1358 To hide himselfe from his owne feared thought. He did uncase, and then away let flie. But th' Apes long taile (which then he had) he quight Since which, all Apes but halfe their eares have left, So Mother Hubberd her discourse did end: PROTHALAMION: OR, A SPOUSALL VERSE, MADE BY EDM. SPENSER, In honour of the double marriage of the two Honorable and vertuous ladies, the Ladie Elizabeth, and the Ladie Katherine Somerset, daughters to the Right Honorable the Earle of Worcester, and espoused to the two worthie Gentlemen, M. Henry Gilford and M. William Peter, Esquyers. CA SPOUSALL VERSE. ALME was the day, and through the trembling ayre A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot Titans beames, which then did glyster fayre; Through discontent of my long fruitlesse stay Along the shoare of silver streaming Themmes; And all the meades adornd with dainty gemmes, And crowne their Paramours Against the Brydale day, which is not long: Sweet Themmes! runne softly, till I end my Song. There, in a Meadow, by the Rivers side, And each one had a little wicker basket, In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket, |