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 And of such torture as no God would grutch To live therein for ever: fry, Aye and consume, and grow again to die, And live, and in that casethe] Love the damnation of that place. 15 [8]. "To Bed, to Bed, sweet Turtles now, and write This the shortest day,† this the longest night And yet too short for you; 'tis we Who count this night as long as three, Lying alone Hearing the clock go Ten, Eleven, Twelve, One: Quickly, quickly then prepare. And let the young men and the Bridemaids share Your garters, and their joints Encircle with the Bridegroom's points. 16 [9]. "By the Bride's eyes, and by the teeming life Of her green hopes, we charge you that no strife, Further than virtue lends, gets place Among you catching at her Lace. Oh, do not fall Foul in these noble pastimes, lest you call Discord in, and so divide The gentle Bridegroom and the fragrous Bride, Which Love forefend: but spoken Be't to your praise: 'No peace was broken'.