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Cupid's court of salutations full of complemental dialogues, and other amorous passages, as well commodious as delightful for young-men and maids to read and exercise.
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W. B.
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1687
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Wing B207; ESTC R37046
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shall we when the Nuptial knot is ty'd Be joyful in each others company You glad in the imbracements of your Bride And I enjoy my Bridegroom lovingly For Marriages concluded by consent Of friends till death divide the knot shall last When others ' gainst their wills breeds discontent And are dispers'd by every little blast Young-man Mistris you speak my thoughts and though I have often seen what strange changes in affection the deferring of time hath bred in Love yet I cannot distrust you for I know it is as impossible that any separation should step between our hearts as it is for vertue to depart from yours where it hath had so long abode and therefore that you may see I am not over-hasty in a matter which so much concerneth both our goods I leave it to your discretion to appoint the way and work the means with an earnest protestation that you shall not find me backward in my best endeavours to effect it since I must either dye or live in your imbraces Maid Well Sir we need no greater assurance of our mutual constancy only let this hast Salutation seal the hand of our affection till it be more firmly tyed in the publick Congregation and I hope not only with the correspondence of our own desires but the assistance and liking of our Parents DIALOGUE III. To move a suit to a Father for his consent to Marry his Daughter Young-man WOrthy Sir I doubt not but your Daughter and my most intimately affected Friend hath certified you partly of what I intend more at large to request of you which is your good will and liking and that you would be pleased to esteem so well of me as to bestow your Daughter in Marriage upon me Father Sir your request is reasonable and may be accepted but blame me not if at first I seem somewhat scrupulous for it behoves a Father to regard his Childrens welfare since in their behaviour towards him both while they are under his tuition or from it and his care of their prefermet consists his Felicity or Misery therefore I must desire some respiie that I may be essured both of your estate and condition which when I have been truly certified of you shall receive an answer Young-man I know Sir you have been a Lover in your days and have felt how tedious a small time seems to them whose hearts have been combined by a Natural consent already and therefore humbly desire your spredy resolution for as I inlarge in a fervent desire lawfully to enjoy your fair daughter so shall I grow proud to be termed the Son of so grave and aged a Father Father Sir your external qualities both in Person and Behaviour shew you to be worthy of a better match than my Daughter nor if I find no other deserts shall it be long e're I strike a conclusion to your lingring expectations Till then I pray you to take a freedom of my poor house for your entertainment in your frequent visitation of my Daughter and I hope time will not only discover your perfections in deserving her equal but make my age joyful in two such obedient children and a prosperous issue from them DIALOGUE IV. An earnest Suit of a constant Lover to a Coy Maid Lover FAir Maid I have long been an earnest Suitor both by Letters and other rare expressions of my love but in my absence could never obtain the least shew of favour from you which hath made me at the last present my self and shall be happy if I may perceive the least glance of a pleasing Smile from your sweet Countenance to shine upon me Maid Sir it was not a conceit of any defect either in your person or Quality nor suspition of your descent that made me all this while conceal my affection from you though the deceit of Lovers in this age give a just cause thereof but the consideration of the misery which purfues hasty Wedlock made me for a time defer an answer lest my too hasty consent might move you and some others to imagine that it proceeded rather from a fear of wavering inconstancy than truth of perfect affection Lover Then say dear Friend you love me now and let one poor sillable breath'd from your sweet Lip receive my drooping Heart that hath thus long languished under the burden of your disdain O speake quickly or else My scarce conceived joys will dye And perish in their Infancy Maid You are too importunate yet that you may not despair know I somewhat affect you but must defer the conclusion of our Marriage longer in the mean time you may visit me and shall be kindly welcome and for this time I bid your farewel Lover My best wishes attend you but hear you fair one I have one suit more O stay a little and do not take away my heart my life my happiness all at once for with you goes all all that this world affords me But if you will needs go let this parting salutation leave some impression upon your sweet Lips to put you in some remembrance of me your impatiently afflicted servant Maid Now you are immodest and I must chide you while you protess true love which delights not in lascivious kisses I was partly willing to imbrace it but now I must recall my too forward promise Lover O be not so cruel let not a wrinkled frown obscure the brightness of that fair Sun-shine which dwells upon those smooth Cheeks be not unkind and fair for such the mighty Cupid in his doom hath vowed to be revenged on let not a cruel Sentence pronounced from those bright Rubies so soon deprive me quite of Life since you are my judge whilst I plead at the bar of Love and can at one word strike me dead or reprieve me O then let one pleasing smile from you lend me a minutes happiness Maid Mov'd as much by pitty as Affection I lend you this minutes happiness if you be constant as by your seeming passions you express you may entertain a resolution that you shall enjoy me but by a legal way I prize you as my self and would not you should miscarry either in health or sickness for a Million but must intreat your further patience till I have finisht some business which may highly concern our Marriage and make us happier when it is perform'd so take a freedom that was never granted to any a chast kiss for our pledge according to your own unspotted desire But if an unchast thought you entertain Never shall you imbrace my Love again Lover If I have been too rude or seemed the least way to abuse your chast intentions with my too bold or unmannerly behaviour where the regard of fame honour modesty and only such discourse as a kind Brother might salute his Sister with should rather have been rendered O forget it and henceforth I will always be silent to all discourses but such as shall suit to your sweet thoughts and discreet modesty Indeed I
Cupids Court OF SALUTATIONS Full of Complemental Dialogues and other amorous passages as well Commodious as delightful for Young-men and Maids to Read and Exercise This may be Printed R. P. Printed for J. Deacon and are to be Sold by R. Kell at the blew Achor in Pye-Corner near West Smithfield 1687. To the READER Courteous Reader IT is a custom that in every small Pamphler the Epistle to the Reader must fill up some room therefore I present these few Lines unto you and with them my Book which I intreat you to peruse with an impartial judgement For it is the first I ever ventured into the the World and must only commit to your censure which according to your estimation of it shall either imbolden or direct my hopes I could tire my Pen with Complements to you and praise the use of eloquent Phrases and force that fair speeches bear in expressing that passions of a Lover to his best Beloved and instruct you how to behave your self before you encounter your Mistris First in the gesture of your body and other passages either at Table or in other Company when conference will not be admitted but I know that he who is a Lover is capable enough of such behaviour and therefore not desiring to trouble your patience or burthen your Memory with too many superfluous Words I only Dedicate these few Verses to your favourable Construction of them and me He that 's a Lover must find out More ways then one and trace about In several paths he must not be Discourag'd though he daily see Strange crosses to perplex his Love But still in constant crosse move And so at length he shall aspire To the full height of his desire Three things in Love he must endure E're he the depth of Love procure First Time then Opportunity The next is patient Constancy Time Opportunity doth bring And Opportunity the thing Which he desires if Patience Can but Foundation take from hence And wait the time till it discry And find out Opportunity That man who constantly these ways can prove Let me lose mine if he get not his Love W. B. A Direction for Lovers how to chuse their Mates WHen Cupid with his Golden Dart Hath pierc'd your breast and that your heart Feels amorous flames if you intend To chuse a Mate and Bridal Friend Let them be Young or let them be Of suiting Years which may agree And equal to your chast desires Cherish you still in loves strong fires Or when your love you chance to fix Place it so firm as 't ne'r may mix With wavering thoughts but always may Be constant to your Dying day Which shall transport your Souls from Earth In Love unto a second Birth Where when pale Death hath born you hence True Love will make you recompence CUPID TO ALL HIS SCHOLLARS YOung-men Maids whose constant mind To true affection is inclin'd Whose modest thoughts yet never knew Unchast desires but still were true Unto your chosen Mates resort With boldnes unto Cupid's Court. If you want words to Wooe or Art My best of skill I here impart But from your breast you banish must All foul desires that nourish Lust For Cupid's Shafts is never us'd Where Love with Lust shall be abus'd A Complemental Dialogue Between a Young-Man and a Maid at the first Meeting DIALOGUE 1. Young-man Fair Maid e're I begin my suit I must ask your Pardon Maid Pardon Sir that 's easily granted you never offended me Young-man Nor never will yet least my rude Language and too hold intrusion into so fair a Virgins presence especially on so small acquaintance may seem offensive I crave that and freedom to speak that I might reveal a secret which will break my heart if I conceal it any longer Maid Sir modesty which is a Maidens chiefest guide almost forbids me to admit long conference with a single Man in private lest jealousie might make some suspect what our chast thoughts never intended Young-man Mistris you may vanish that fear 't is for any sensual affection as intending in the least point to stain your honour that I have presumed to utter my mind in secret to you Maid If I may be assured of this Sir that small time I have which alas is but little from my Parents sight I willingly dispence with to hear your Suit and therefore desire you that you would be brief Young-man Then know fair Maid I love you moved thereunto not upon easie grounds or a rash and hasty desire of obtaining but by the report and splendor of those rare qualities which are inherent in your vertuous mind but since I viewed your Person and those rich features which adorn it and equalize your better parts my heart is re-inflamed with a strong yet chast affection and I could wish this minute were the hour to accomplish my desires and knit our hearts in a true Lovers Knot by the lasting bond of Marriage Maid I were ingrateful Sir should I absolutely deny you and not return you thanks though I cannot upon the sudden for Marriages too hasty concluded seldom prosper resolve you fully yet time and oftner meeting I hope shall e're long confirm our affections I fear my Fathers displeasure and dare not presume too much upon it therefore I must intreat you to excuse my abrupt yet unwilling departure but yet despair not but till our next meeting which I hope shall be as sudden as our wishes let it suffice that I am yours which I will confirm by the conveyance of some private Letters and find occasion to appoint a time convenient that when we meet again we may make our selves more happy in enjoying each others presence more opportunely and a longer space So for this time wishing that all the joy and happiness of a constant Lover may still attend you I take my leave DIALOGUE II. A Dialogue between a Young-man and a Maid at their second meeting Young-man FAir Mistris for so I may now more boldly term you since I find you stedfast in your Love es in my absence you have expressed by your Letters and not wavering according to the Old Proverb Out of sight out of mind I cannot conceive whether my absence so long from you seem'd more tedious or your presence at this instant more joyful to me since every minute methought seem'd a day and every day a month and every month a year till I saw you Maid You discover so much effection to me Sir as I should shew ingratitude if I should not both accept and require it and were it not that I might be taxed of disobedience if I should too suddenly condescend to what you request of me to conclude a march without the consent of my friends this minute should give an end to all delays and consumate our felicities in the happy Vnion of Wedlock therefore I must intreat you that they who gave me birth and education in this World may be a furtherance to our further proceedings Now