IDENTILIN$$ File F017CJ2 /CJ2 (James 528)/pp. 92-94/GAS CJCL 4-19&20-90
017.CJ2.0HE An Elegie.
017.CJ2.001 Marry and loue thy fflauia for shee;
017.CJ2.002 hath all thinges whereby, others beauteous bee;
017.CJ2.003 for though her eyes, bee small, her mouth is greate,
017.CJ2.004 though they bee Iuorye, yet her teeth are Jett,
017.CJ2.005 though they bee dymm yet shee is light, enough:
017.CJ2.006 and though her harsh hair fall, her skine is rough;
017.CJ2.007 What though her Cheekes, bee Yellowe, her haire is redd;
017.CJ2.008 giue her thine, and shee hath a Maydenhead.
017.CJ2.009 these thinges are beauties ellements, wher they,
017.CJ2.010 meete in one, that one, as parfect please;
017.CJ2.011 if redd and whyte and each good qualitie;
017.CJ2.012 bee in the wench, nere aske, wher it doth lye;
017.CJ2.013 in buyinge thinges pe>rfum'd wee aske if there;
017.CJ2.014 bee muske and amber in it, but not where;
017.CJ2.015 though all her partes be not in the vsuall place:
017.CJ2.016 shee hath yet on Anagram, of a good face;
017.CJ2.017 if wee might, put the letters but one way:
017.CJ2.018 in the leane dearth of wordes, what could wee say:
017.CJ2.019 when by the Gamut some Musitions make;
017.CJ2.020 a perfitt songe others, will vndertake;
017.CJ2.021 by the same Gamut, chang'd to equall it:
017.CJ2.022 thinges simple good, can neuer bee vnfitt:
017.CJ2.023 shee is fayer, as any if all bee like her,
017.CJ2.024 and if none bee, then shee is Singular.x..|.
017.CJ2.025 All loue is woonder, if wee Justly dooe:
017.CJ2.026 accoumpte her wonder full, why not louely too;
017.CJ2.027 loue built one beauty, sone as beauty dyes,
017.CJ2.028 chuse this face Chang'd by noe deformities;
017.CJ2.029 Weomen are all like Angells: the faire bee;
017.CJ2.030 like those w%5ch%6 fell to worse, but such as shee;
017.CJ2.031 like to good Angells, nothinge cann impayer:
017.CJ2.032 tis lesse greefe to bee foule, then to haue bine fayer,
017.CJ2.033 for one nights Revells, silke and gould wee Chuse;
017.CJ2.034 but in longe journies, cloth and leather vse:
017.CJ2.035 beautye is barren ofte; best husbands say;
017.CJ2.036 ther is best land, wher ther is foulest way:
017.CJ2.037 oh what a soueraigne playster will shee bee;
017.CJ2.038 if thy past sinns, haue taught the Jelousye.
017.CJ2.039 heere need noe spyes, noe Eunickes, her Committ;
017.CJ2.040 safe to thy fooes: yea to a Marmosett:
017.CJ2.041 When Belgias Citties, the round Countries drowne:
017.CJ2.042 that durty foulnes guards, >& armes the towne;
017.CJ2.043 soe doth her face guard her, and soe for the;
017.CJ2.044 w%5ch%6 forc'd for busines absent, ofte must bee:
017.CJ2.045 shee whose face licke Clowdes, turnes the day to night,
017.CJ2.046 who mityear then the sea, makes moores seme Whit;
017.CJ2.047 Who though seauen Yeares, shee in the stews had layd;
017.CJ2.048 A Nunnery durst receiue, and thincke a mayd:
017.CJ2.049 and though in Childbirths labor, shee did lye:
017.CJ2.050 Midwyfes would sweare, tware but a Timpany;
017.CJ2.051 Whome if shee accuse her selfe, I Creadit lesse:
017.CJ2.052 then Witches, w%5ch%6 Impossibles Confesse.x.|.
017.CJ2.053 Whome dildoes, bedstaues & her velvet glasse:
017.CJ2.054 would be as loth to touch, as Joseph was;
017.CJ2.055 one like none, and lik'd of none fittest weare:
017.CJ2.056 for thinges in fashion; every man will weare.|.
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