A POEM on the King and Queen of FAIRY.
UPon a time the Fairy Elves,
Having first arrayed themselves,
Thought it Meet to Cloath their King
In Robes most fit for Revelling.
He had a Cob-web Shirt more thin;
Then ever Spider since could Spin,
Bleach'd in the Whiteness of the Snow
When the Northern Winds do blow.
In that waste and open Air,
No Shirt half so fine or Fair.
A Rich Wast-coat they did bring
Made of the Trout-flie's Golden Wing.
Dy'd Crimson in a Maidens Blush,
And lin'd with humming Bees soft Plush,
At which his Elveship 'gan to Fret,
And Swore 'twould cast him in a Sweat.
He for his coolness needs would wear,
A Wast-coat made of Downy-Hair,
When taken from an Eunuchs Chin.
It pleas'd him well, 'twas Wond'rous thin.
His Hat was all of Ladies Love,
So passing Light that it would move,
If any Gnat or Humming fly
But beat the Air in passing by.
About it went a Wreath of Pearl
Dropt from the Eyes of some poor Girl,
Pincht because she had forgot
To leave clean Water in the Pot.
His Breaches and his Cassock were
Made of the Tinsell Garsummer,
Down its Seam there went a Lace,
Drawn by an Unctious Snail's slow pace.
On the QƲEEN.
NO sooner was their King attyr'd
As never Prince had been,
But, as in duty was requir'd,
They next Array their Queen.
Of Shinning Threed shut from the Sun
And Twisted into line,
On the light Wheel of Fortune Spun,
Was made her Smock so fine.
Her Gown was very Coloured fair,
The Rain-Bow gave the dip;
Perfumed by an Amber Air
Breath'd from a Virgins Lip.
The Stuff was of a Morning dawn
When Phaebus did but peep,
But by a Poets Pencil drawn
In Chloris lap a Sleep.
Her Vail was White and pale Fac'd by
Invented by a Maid.
When she (poor Soul) by some bad Spy
Had newly been betray'd.
Her Neck-Lace was of Subtile tye
Of Glorious Atoms set.
In the pure Black of Beautys Eye
As they had been in Jet.
Her Shoes were all of Maiden Heads
So passing Thin and Light.
That all her care was how to Trade,
A thought had burst them quite.
The Revels ended she put off,
Because her Grace was Warm,
[...] [...]th a Ladi [...] [...]
[...] [...]o H [...]rm.
MOnticolae quondam Lamiae circumdatae amictu
Corpora praetenui choreis & lusibus apto;
Talibus inde suum Regem quo{que} vestibus ornant
Quae deceant numeros{que} leves Festas{que} choreas.
Ejus araneoli scutulata subucula Filo
Rarior, eximiae quod texuit artis Arachne:
Intactae{que} nivis fuit insolata nitore,
Quam rigidus gelidâ Boreas diffundit ab Arcto.
Nec sub Hyperboreo tam pura cam [...]sia tractu
Ʋs{que} adeò tenuis tam{que} alba apparuit usquam
Proxima cura fuit tunicellam imponere Regi
Hepiali textam mire ex aurantibus alis.
Virginis eximiae roseo quae tincta rubore;
At{que} apis Hybleae duplicata est vellere molli:
Tum fremere & jurare Heros gestamine tanto
Pressus, & exili manare a Corpore sudor.
Post, refrigerij causa, subtile theristrum
Curari fecit consutum more d [...]coro,
Nuper ab eunuchi malâ & lanugine sumptum:
Hoc placuit, quia erat tenui Subtemine textum.
Ejus erat (capitis tegumentum Insigne) galerus
Ʋt Referunt, è Femineo conflatus amore;
Qui levis us{que} adeo fuit ut sine fine moveret
Aera si Cynips vel praetereundo feriret.
Ambijt hunc circum speciosa & Gemmea spirae
Ex oculis tenerae tremulis modo lapsa Puellae,
Quam malè multarunt Lemures quod linquere in oll [...]
Oblita est puras, nocturno tempore lymphas.
Deni{que} fiebant saga cum Femoralibus ejus
Lineolâ è tenui per summa cacumina campi
Extensâ, quorum suturam rara tegebat
Jnstita ducta pigri limacis tramite pingui.
In Reginam.
POstquam Rex tali fuit Insignitus amictu
Membra cui Regum nulla tulere parem
Mox etiam, veluti ratio poscebat & aequum
Reginae parili corpora veste tegunt.
Illius ex Auro clarâ de lumine solis
Emisso scite facta erat interula.
Stamina cujus erant solerti pollice ducta,
Sortis in amb [...]guae torta levi{que} rotâ.
Palla fuit qualem spectabilis induit Iris,
Quam varijs radijs pingit Apollo suis.
Talis odor qualis fragranti spirat ab ambra,
Halitus aut qualis Virginis esse solet.
Materies fuit Aurorae de lumine primo
Phoebus ubi Eois surgit Honorus aquis.
Peniculo vatis qui pingebatur amatae
Chloridis in Gremio membra quiete levans.
Candidulum{que} habuit velamen, pallidulum{que}
dextra Puellaris texuit illud opus,
Qui color idem erat ac pellucet in ore Puella
Prodita ab infausto quae modo forte Viro.
Illjus orba decens ornabat colla monile
Formosam pulchris conspicuis{que} Atomis,
Quae velut in puro nigroque nagagate suissent
Imposita miris emicuere modis.
Calceo li{que} sui perquam tenues{que} levesque
Facti de claustris Virginitatis erant.
His Igitur verita est incedere, nam{que} pusillas
Sensus amoris eos rumperet abs{que} mora.
Ludis ex [...]ctis, quoniam sudore madebat
Confestim vestes exuit ipse suas.
Et se Fem [...]eo V [...]n [...]avit scommate da [...] [...]
Nec quidquam da [...]ni pertuli [...] in [...]