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MASK

Presented

at Ludlow-Castle,

1634. &c.


The first Scene discovers a wilde Wood.

The attendant Spirit descends or enters.
BEfore the starry threshold of Joves Court
My mansion is, where those immortal shapes
Of bright aëreal Spirits live insphear'd
In Regions milde of calm and serene Ayr,
Above the smoak and stirr of this dim spot,
Which men call Earth, and with low-thoughted care

Confin'd,