5 And holy water thereon sprinkled wide; 6 At which the bushy tede a groom did light,
tede > torch (made of pine or other resinous wood); hence: hymeneal torch (cf. Epithalamion 27, Muiopotmos 293)
7 And sacred lamp in secret chamber hide, 8 Where it should not be quenched day nor night, 9 For fear of evil fates, but burn ever bright.
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Then gan they sprinckle all the posts with wine,
2 And made great feast to solemnize that day;
They all perfumde with frankencense diuine,
4 And precious odours fetcht from far away,
That all the house did sweat with great aray:
6 And all the while sweete Musicke did apply
Her curious skill, the warbling notes to play,
8 To driue away the dull Melancholy;
The whiles one sung a song of loue and iollity.
1 Then gan they sprinkle all the posts with wine,
gan > did sprinkle all the posts with wine > (A Roman custom; cf. Epithalamion 253)
2 And made great feast to solemnize that day; 3 They all perfumed with frankincense divine,
all > everything
4 And precious odours fetched from far away,