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Thus two one Body have, of double Sex,Which doth no sooner live,But is impregnated; this doth perplexTheir foes, who fain would driveThis tender off-spring to despair: but GodHim safely ever keepsFrom all Invasion, nor permits the rodOf them to make him weep.And tough his Garments and his Skin be foulWith blackness and with stink,He shall be purged, for both Spirit and SoulAre clean, whate’re men think.A River springs amidst a Garden fair,With Flowers many deckt,Whose drops are Crystal like, these into AirBy Central heat are checkt.This Air condenses like Pearl Orient,Which on this Body falls,Whose luster on its blackness being spent,To brightness it recalls.And both together make a Crystal Spring,Whose Streams most strangely shine;These after are condens’d, and with them bringTreasures of Silver fine.These Treasures if to rest untoucht a whileUpon the Fire are left,The stealing Azure will the white beguile,And both will be bereftOf Being by the Vert, which long will dure;The Citrine will succeed,Which will abide full long, but then be sureTo see the sparkling red.Then is the King who formerly was drown’d,Become the whole Earth’s wonder;His Wife and he are one, and both aboundWith wealth; nor they asunder148