A01981:496
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Actus quarti, Scena secunda.
Enter Arsace and her old baud Cibile.
Arsa. So sweet a man as thy description makes him?
Cib. Nothing inferior Madame, but beyond it; His body is a Temple stately built, Where Venus comes and offers turtle doves To gain his liking.
Cib. Nothing inferiour Madame, but beyond it; His body is a Temple stately built, Where Ʋenus comes and offers turtle doves To gaine his liking.
Arsa. Such a majesty Accompanying that sweetness too?
Arsa. Such a majesty Accompanying that sweetnesse too?