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Rh The Torch, already bright with nuptial Fire, Shall bring you to the Bridegroom you desire; And Honour, that so long has kept in doubt, Be better pleas'd to yield, than to hold out. [Here an Entertainment of Musick and Dancing. Make Room for the Combat, make Room; Sound the Trumpet and Drum: A fairer than Venus prepares  To encounter a greater than Mars, Make Room for the Combat, make Room; Sound the Trumpet and Drum: The Gods of Desire take part in the Fray, And Love sits like Jove, to decide the great Day, For the Honour of Britain This Duel is fought! Give the Word to begin, Let the Combatants in; The Challenger enters all glorious: But Love has decreed,  Tho' Beauty may bleed,  Yet Beauty shall still be victorious; Rh