IDENTILIN$$ F006006|Coryats Crudities (STC 5808)|sigs. d3-d4\MTH\fs(C)\9-20-94\P:DTB\o(ICN)\11-98\C:JSC\5-3-99.c:DRD \9=14-07. 006.006.HE1 %1Incipit Ioannes Donne.%2 006.006.001 OH to what heigth will loue of greatnesse driue 006.006.002 Thy leauened spirit, %1Sesqui-superlatiue%2? 006.006.003 Venice vast lake thou hadst seen, & would'st seeke \[than 006.006.004 Some vaster thing, and foundst a Cortizan. 006.006.005 That inland Sea hauing discouered well, 006.006.006 A Cellar-gulfe, where one might saile to hell 006.006.007 From Heydelberg, thou longdst to see; And thou 006.006.008 This Booke, greater then all, producest now. 006.006.009 Infinite worke, which doth so farre extend, 006.006.010 That none can study it to any end. 006.006.011 T'is no one thing; it is not fruite, nor roote; 006.006.012 Nor poorely limited with head or foote. 006.006.013 If man be therefore man, because he can 006.006.014 Reason, and laugh, thy booke doth halfe make man. 006.006.015 One halfe being made, thy modesty was such, 006.006.016 That thou on th'other halfe wouldst neuer touch. 006.006.017 When wilt thou be at full, great Lunatique? 006.006.018 Not till thou exceed the world? Canst thou be like 006.006.019 A prosperous nose-borne wenne, which sometime[sic] growes 006.006.020 To be farre greater then the Mother-nose? 006.006.021 Goe then; and as to thee, when thou didst goe, 006.006.022 %1Munster%2 did Townes, and %1Gesner%2 Authors show, 006.006.023 Mount now to %1Gallo-belgicus%2; Appeare 006.006.024 As deepe a States-man, as a Gazettier. 006.006.025 Homely and familiarly, when thou commest backe, 006.006.026 Talke of %1Will%2 Conqueror, and %1Prester Iacke%2. 006.006.027 Goe bashfull man, lest here thou blush to looke 006.006.028 Vpon the progresse of thy glorious booke. 006.006.029 To which both Indies sacrifices send; 006.006.030 The west sent gold, which thou didst freely spend, 006.006.031 (Meaning to see'it no more) vpon the presse. 006.006.032 The east sends hither her deliciousnesse; 006.006.033 And thy leau's must embrace what comes from thence, 006.006.034 The Myrrhe, the Pepper, and the Frankinsence. 006.006.035 This magnifies thy leau's; But if they stoope 006.006.036 To neighbour wares, when Merchants doe vnhoope 006.006.037 Voluminous barrels, if thy leau's doe then 006.006.038 Conuay these wares in parcels vnto men, 006.006.039 If for vaste Tomes of Currans, and of Figs, 006.006.040 Of Medcinall,[sic] and Aromatique twigs, 006.006.041 Thy leau's a better methode doe prouide, 006.006.042 Diuide to Pounds, and Ounces subdiuide; 006.006.043 If they stoope lower yet, and vent our wares, 006.006.044 Home-%1manufactures%2, to thicke popular faires, 006.006.045 If %1omniprae%Lgnant%2 their, vpon warme stals 006.006.046 They hatch all wares for which the buyer cals, 006.006.047 Then thus thy leau's we iustly may commend, 006.006.048 That they all kinde of matter comprehend. 006.006.049 Thus thou, by meanes which th'Ancients neuer tooke, 006.006.050 A Pandect makest, and Vniuersall Booke. 006.006.051 The brauest Heroes, for publique good 006.006.052 Scattred in diuers lands, their limmes and blood. 006.006.053 Worst malefactors, to whom men are prize, 006.006.054 Doe publique good, cut in Anatomies; 006.006.055 So will thy Booke in peeces: For a Lord 006.006.056 Which casts at Portescues, and all the board, 006.006.057 Prouide whole Books; Each leafe enough will be 006.006.058 For friends to passe time, and keepe companie. 006.006.059 Can all carouse vp thee? No: thou must fit 006.006.060 Measures; and fill out for the half-pinte wit. 006.006.061 Some shall wrap pils, and saue a friends life so, 006.006.062 Some shall stop muskets, and so kill a foe. 006.006.063 Thou shalt not ease the Critiques of next age 006.006.064 So much, at once their hunger to asswage. 006.006.065 Nor shall wit-pyrats hope to finde thee lie 006.006.066 All in one bottome, in one Librarie. 006.006.067 Some leau's may paste strings there in other books, 006.006.068 And so one may, which on another looks, 006.006.069 Pilfer, alas, a little wit from you, 006.006.070 But hardly * much; And yet, I thinke this true; 006.006.071 As %1Sybils%2 was, your booke is mysticall, 006.006.072 For euery peece is as much worth as all. 006.006.073 Therefore mine impotency I confesse; 006.006.074 The healths which my braine beares, must be farre lesse; 006.006.075 Thy Gyant-wit o'rethrowes me, I am gone, 006.006.076 And rather then reade all, I would reade none. 006.006.0SS [om; horiz. rule across page] 006.006.0$$ Even no'd lines ind c. 2 sps; "*" in l.70 refers to note in RM: "* I meane from /one page which /shall paste /strings in a /booke."; this poem & Macaron appear in section with running HE (in ital) "Panegyrike Verses vpon the Author and his booke."; text here trs from facs. of C copy (shelfmark SSS.29.17), proofed vs. ICN copy of orig. (Case/G/307/.195)