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LEt no
lamenting cryes, nor dolefull teares,
Be heard all
night within nor yet without:
Ne let false whispers
breeding hidden feares,
Breake gentle sleepe with
misconceiued dout.
Let no deluding dreames, nor
dreadful sights
Make sudden sad affrights;
Ne
let housefyres, nor lightnings helpelesse harmes,
Ne
led the Ponke, nor other euill sprights,
Ne let
mischiuous witches with theyr charmes,
Ne let hob
Goblins, names whose sence we see not,
Fray vs with
things that be not.
Let not the shriech Oule, nor
the Storke be heard:
Nor the night Rauen that still
deadly yels,
Nor damned ghosts cald vp with mighty
spels,
Nor griefly vultures make vs once affeard:
Ne let th'unpleasant Quyre of Frogs still croking
Make vs to wish theyr choking.
Let none of these
theyr drery accents sing;
Ne let the woods them
answer, nor theyr eccho ring.
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