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Chapter 11
Thereatmirthgrewinthemthemoreandtheyrehearsedtohimhiscuriousriteofwedlockforthedisrobinganddefloweringofspouses,asthepriestsuseinMadagascarisland,shetobeinguiseofwhiteandsaffron,hergroominwhiteandgrain,withburningofnardandtapers,onabridebedwhileclerkssungkyriesandtheanthemUtnovetursexusomniscorporismysteriumtillshewasthereunmaided.HegavethemthenamuchadmirablehymenminimbythosedelicatepoetsMasterJohnFletcherandMasterFrancisBeaumontthatisintheirMaid’sTragedythatwaswritforaliketwiningoflovers:Tobed,tobedwastheburdenofittobeplayedwithaccompanableconcentuponthevirginals.Anexquisitedulcetepithalameofmostmollificativesuadencyforjuvenilesamatorywhomtheodoriferousflambeausoftheparanymphshaveescortedtothequadrupedalprosceniumofconnubialcommunion.Wellmettheywere,saidMasterDixon,joyed,but,harkee,youngsir,betterweretheynamedBeauMountandLecherfor,bymytroth,ofsuchaminglingmuchmightcome.YoungStephensaidindeedtohisbestremembrancetheyhadbuttheonedoxybetweenthemandsheofthestewstomakeshiftwithindelightsamorousforliferanveryhighinthosedaysandthecustomofthecountryapprovedwithit.Greaterlovethanthis,hesaid,nomanhaththatamanlaydownhiswifeforhisfriend.Gothouanddolikewise.Thus,orwordstothateffect,saithZarathustra,sometimeregiusprofessorofFrenchletterstotheuniversityofOxtailnorbreathedthereeverthatmantowhommankindwasmorebeholden.
