As to make this relation ? SPI. Care and utmost shifts How to fecure the Lady from furprifal, 620 625 But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; 630 The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he faid, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this foil: 635 And yet more med'cinal is it than that Moly 'Gainst all inchantments, mildew, blaft, or damp, 640 Or ghaftly furies' apparition. I purs'd it up, but little reckoning made, I knew the foul inc hanter though difguis'd, 645 Enter'd Enter'd the very lime-twigs of his spells, And yet came off : if you have this about you, (As I will give you when we go) you may Boldly affault the necromancer's hall; Where if he be, with dauntless hardihood, And brandifh'd blade, rush on him, break his glass, And thed the luscious liquor on the ground, But feife his wand; though he and his curs'd crew 650 655 1 BRO. Thyrfis, lead on apace, I'll follow thee, And fome good Angel bear a shield before us! The Scene changes to a stately palace, fet out with all manner of delicioufnefs: foft mufic, tables fpread with all dainties. Comus appears with his rabble, and the Lady fet in an inchanted chair, to whom he offers his glass, which fhe puts by, and goes about to rife. Cом. Nay, Lady, fit; if I but wave this wand, Your nerves are all chain'd up in alabaster, And you a statue, or as Daphne was Root-bound, that fled Apollo. LA. Fool, do not boast, 660 Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind COм. Why COм. Why are you vext, Lady? why do you frown? Here dwell no frowns, nor anger; from these gates Sorrow flies far: See here be all the pleasures That fancy can beget on youthful thoughts, When the fresh blood grows lively, and returns Brifk as the April buds in primrose-season. And first behold this cordial julep here, 670 That flames, and dances in his crystal bounds, Not that Nepenthes, which the wife of Thone 675 In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of fuch power to stir up joy as this, But 680 you invert the covenants of her trust, And harshly deal like an ill borrower With that which you receiv'd on other terms, 685 By which all mortal frailty must subsist, Refreshment after toil, ease after pain, That have been tir'd all day without repast, And timely reft have wanted; but, fair Virgin, This will reftore all foon. LA. 'Twill not, falfe traitor, 'Twill not restore the truth and honesty 690 That thou haft banish'd from thy tongue with lies. Thou toldst me of? What grim aspects are these, L Thefe Thefe ugly-headed monsters? Mercy guard me! 695 700 'To a well-govern'd and wife appetite. 705 COM. O foolishness of men! that lend their ears To thofe budge doctors of the Stoic fur, And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub, 710 715 That in their green shops weave the smooth-hair'd filk She hutcht th' all-worshipt ore, and precious gems : 720 Should in a pet of temperance feed on pulfe, And And we should serve him as a grudging master, And live like Nature's baftards, not her fons, 725 Who would be quite surcharg'd with her own weight, And ftrangled with her wafte fertility, Th'earth cumber'd, and the wing'd air darkt with plumes, The herds would over-multitude their lords, The fea o'erfraught would fwell, and th' unfought diamonds Would fo imblaze the forehead of the deep, 735 740 745 758 There |