IDENTILIN$$ F017B24/ BL Egerton 2421 (ff.35r-v)/TJS\mf/7-8-91/cor/GAS/o/7-26-91
017.B24.0HE An apology for an vgly /woman.
017.B24.001 Marry and loue thy fflauia for shee
017.B24.002 Hath all things wherwith others beauteous be
017.B24.003 ffor though her eyes be small her mouth is great
017.B24.004 Though her Iuory, yet hir teeth be Iet.
017.B24.005 Though hir be dimme, yet shee is light enough
017.B24.006 And though hir harsh haire fall, hir chin is rough
017.B24.007 What though hir cheekes be yellow, hir haire is red
017.B24.008 Giue hir thine, then she hath a'maiden head
017.B24.009 These things are beautyes elements; where these
017.B24.010 Meet in one; y%5t%6 must needs being p%Pfect please
017.B24.011 If white and red &->>and< each good quality
017.B24.012 Be in thy wench, ne%Uere aske where it doth ly
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017.B24.027 Loue built on beauty fades as beauty dies
017.B24.028 Choose this face chang'd by no deformitys
017.B24.029 Women are all like Angells, the faire be
017.B24.030 Like those that fell %Yfrom%Z to worse, but such as \shee
017.B24.031 Like the good Angells no thing can empaire
017.B24.032 Tis lesse griefe to be foule, y%5n%6 t'haue ben faire
017.B24.033 ffor on * nights Reuells we silke and sattin chuse
017.B24.034 But for long durance we cloth and leather /vse
017.B24.035 Beauty is barren oft good husbands say     [35v
017.B24.036 There is best land where there is foulest way
017.B24.037 O what a soueraigne plaister will shee be
017.B24.038 Is thy past sins hath taught thee Iealosy
017.B24.039 Here need noe spies noe Evnuches, hir com%Mitt
017.B24.040 Safe to thy foes, nay to thy Marmosite
017.B24.041 When Belgias seas low countreys cittyes drown
017.B24.042 the durty foulnesse gards and armes th Towne
017.B24.043 So doth hir face gard that->>her<, and secure thee
017.B24.044 who forc'd by business oft must absent bee
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017.B24.046om                                                     
017.B24.047 Hir (though 7 yeares w%5th%6in the stewes she staid)
017.B24.048 A Nunnery durst receaue and thinke a maid           
017.B24.049 And though in childbirth labo%5r%6 shee did ly      
017.B24.050 Midwiues would sweare twas but a Timpany.
017.B24.051 Who if she accuse hir selfe I credit lesse          
017.B24.052 Then witches y%5t%6 impossibles confesse.           
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017.B24.055 On like to none, & lik'd of none best geere
017.B24.056 ffor things in fassion euery one will weare. 
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017.B24.0$$ %1no ind; the handwriting gets worse as he goes; some of the 
            corrections and changes may not be scribal; GAS--I think they are.  
            All copied continuously, no indication that the scribe was picking 
            & choosing from a fuller version%2