Epithalamium on the auspicious match, betwixt the right honourable the Earl of Wigtoun and the truly vertous lasy Margaret Lindsay daughter to the right honourable the Ear of Balcarros. A. B. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03124 of text R176746 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3174D). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B03124 Wing E3174D ESTC R176746 52614663 ocm 52614663 175876 2240875373

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B03124) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175876) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2753:19) Epithalamium on the auspicious match, betwixt the right honourable the Earl of Wigtoun and the truly vertous lasy Margaret Lindsay daughter to the right honourable the Ear of Balcarros. A. B. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Edinburgh? : 1698] Caption title. Signed at end: A. B. Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland eng Ballads, Scots -- 17th century. Epithalamia -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo Epithalamium on the auspicious match, betwixt the Right Honourable. The Earl of Wigtoun and the truly vertuous Lady Margaret Lindsay daughter to the R A. B 1698 1 305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
EPITHALAMIUM On the Auspicious Match , betwixt the Right Honourable . The Earl of WIGTOUN And the truely Vertuous Lady MARGARET LINDSAY Daughter to the Right Honourable , The Earl of BALCARROS . NOW is the Time the Origin of Light , Doth equally divide our Day from Night . When the Musicians of the Air do sing Melodious Notes to welcome in the Spring When each of them do choose their proper Mate , And Bill , and Hugg , and closly Copulate , More through the Force of Love than Phoebus Heat , This is the time when Hymen choos'd to join This Worthy pair , and to make one of twain ; They 're both descended of an Ancient Race Which a long train of Noble Worthies Grace , Both in the Flower of Age , and Venus Spring , Are equally adorn'd in every thing ; He is a stately Personage and fair , Endeu'd with each Accomplishment that 's Rare , Of nature , or Refined Literature , Her very name insinuats her praise , She is a Pearl indeed , and of great Price She 's Frugal , Chast , and Beautious and Wise , Like the Wise Merchant in the Gospel Hee Hath found the Pearl and hid Treasurie , Which in true Computation is far more Then all the Riches on the Eastern shoor , And in Requital doth himself Bequeath , A greater prise then either India hath ; The Conquest 's Equal , Equal is the prise , The acquisition's a sweet Paradise On either side , it doth surpass my Skill T' express the pleasure that they both shall feel , When he and she in Hymens name shall bow , And pay to each the duty that they owe. A. B.