The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607) :: Digital Renaissance Editions

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        H
        E drawes a Curtaine, discouering Truth in sad abiliments; vncrownd:
    
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        her haire di
                sheueld, & 
                sleeping on a Rock: Time (her father) attired like-
        
    
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        wise in black, and al his properties (as Sithe, Howregla
                s
                s
            e and Wings) of the
    
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            same Cullor, vsing all meanes to waken Truth, but not being able to doe it,
    
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        he 
                sits by her and mourns.   Then enter Friers, Bi
                shops, Cardinals before the
    
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        Hearse of a Queen, after it Councellors, Pentioners & Ladies, al these la
                st ha-
        
    
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        uing scarfes before their eyes, the other 
                singing in Latin. Trueth suddenly a-
        
    
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        wakens, & beholding this 
                sight, 
                shews (with her father) arguments of Ioy, and
    
 36Exeunt, returning presently: Time being 
                shifted into light Cullors, his pro-
        
    
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        perties likewise altred into 
                siluer, and Truth Crowned, (being cloathed in a
    
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        robe 
                spotted with Starres) meete the Hearse, and pulling the veiles from the
    
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        Councellers eyes, they woundring a while, and seeming a
                stoni
                shed at her
    
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        brightnes, at length embrace Truth and Time, & depart with them: leauing
    
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        the re
                st going on.
    
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        This being done, Enter Titania (the Farie Queene) attended with those
    
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        Councellors, and other persons fitting her e
                state: Time and Truth meete her,
    
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        presenting a Booke to her, which (ki
                s
                s
            ing it) 
                shee receiues, and 
                shewing it
    
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        to those about her, they drawe out their swordes, (embracing Truth,) vowing
    
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        to defend her and that booke: Truth then and Time are sent in, and returne
    
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        presently, driuing before them those Cardinals, Friers &c. (that came in be-
        
    
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        fore) with Images, Croziar 
                staues &c. They gon, certaine graue learned men,
    
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        that had beene bani
                shed, are brought in, and presented to Titania, who 
                shewes
    
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        to them the booke, which they receiue with great 
                signes of gladne
                s
                s
            e, and
    
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        Exeunt Omnes.
    