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A15987 The canticles or balades of Salomon, phraselyke declared in Englysh metres, by William Baldwin; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon. English. Baldwin. Baldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563? 1549 (1549) STC 2768; ESTC S103862 49,536 114

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frankincense_n go_v will_v i_o to_o my_o spouse_n slepie_a who_o wysh_v fain_o in_o my_o presence_n to_o cum_fw-la thou_o be_v fair_a all_o whole_a o_o my_o love_n and_o no_o spot_n do_v rest_n in_o thou_o from_o thyself_o come_v cum_fw-la from_o above_o ❀_o libanus_n though_o it_o bright_o be_v cum_fw-la cum._n in_o thy_o strength_n trust_v not_o o_o my_o spouse_n but_o in_o i_o put_v all_o thy_o trust_n so_o thou_o shall_v be_v make_v gloriouse_a if_o thou_o will_v therefore_o be_v just_a cum_fw-la cum_fw-la thou_o shall_v be_v crow_v from_o the_o top_n of_o amana_n from_o the_o top_n of_o sanir_n and_o hermon_n text._n from_o the_o lion_n den_n and_o from_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o leopard_n ¶_o the_o argument_n because_o the_o church_n shall_v come_v the_o more_o speedy_o from_o all_o confidence_n in_o herself_o to_o trust_v whole_o in_o christ_n her_o belove_a show_v why_o he_o call_v she_o add_v great_a promise_n which_o if_o she_o come_v to_o he_o he_o will_v perform_v sing_v ¶_o christ_n to_o his_o spouse_n xxxi_o if_o that_o thou_o come_v from_o libanus_n to_o i_o thou_o shall_v be_v crow_v from_o *_o amana_n mount_v from_o god_n the_o high_a top_n crow_v shall_v thou_o be_v with_o truth_n who_o heygth_n all_o high_a thing_n do_v surmount_v from_o ❀_o sanirs_n top_n and_o eke_o from_o +_o hermon_n high_a the_o curse_n which_o thou_o shall_v sustain_v of_o man_n thou_o shall_v be_v crown_v from_o every_o dignity_n from_o the_o leoperdes_n mount_n and_o from_o the_o lion_n den_n thou_o have_v ravish_v my_o mind_n oh_o sister_n my_o spouse_n text_n thou_o have_v ravish_v my_o mind_n in_o one_o of_o thy_o iye_n and_o in_o one_o chain_n of_o the_o neck_n ¶_o the_o argument_n christe_n have_v promise_v to_o crown_n his_o church_n with_o truth_n for_o his_o self_n will_v be_v her_o crown_n from_o sanir_n and_o hermon_n the_o curse_n and_o trouble_n that_o she_o shall_v sustain_v for_o his_o sake_n and_o from_o the_o lion_n den_n and_o leoperdes_n mount_n which_o 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