IDENTILIN$$ F008.O09/ElBrac Don. c. 54 (ff. 24v-5r)/ TJS/mf/2-26-92/cor EWS/6-29-92 008.O09.HE1 %XA gent hauinge lost a bracellet of a gentlew: being /enioyned by hir to cause an other to be made of /vi. angells. writes as followeth. 008.O09.001 Not that in colo%5r%6 it was like thy haire 008.O09.002 for armelettes of that thou maist let me weare 008.O09.003 nor that thie hand it oft embrac't and kist 008.O09.004 for soe it had that good w%5c%6h oft I mist 008.O09.005 nor for that seelie ould morallitie 008.O09.006 that as those linckes are tied our loues should be 008.O09.007 Mourne I, that I thie seauenfold chaine haue lost 008.O09.008 nor for the lacke sake but the bitter cost 008.O09.009 O shall twelue righteous angels w%5c%6h as yet 008.O09.010 no leaven of vile soder did admitt 008.O09.011 nor yet by any taint haue straid or gone 008.O09.012 from the first state of there creation 008.O09.013 Angells w%5c%6h heaven comanded to prouide 008.O09.014 all thinges to me and be my faithfull guide. 008.O09.015 to gaine newe frends to appease great enemies 008.O09.016 to comfort my soule when I lie or rise 008.O09.017 shall theis twelue innocentes by thy seuere 008.O09.018 sentence dread iudge my synnes great burthen beare 008.O09.019 shall they be damn'd and in the furnace throwne 008.O09.020 and punished for offences not their owne 008.O09.021 they %Ysawe%Z>%5see%6< not me they do not ease my paines 008.O09.022 When in that hell they are burn'd and tied in Chaines 008.O09.023 Were they but Crownes of frannce I cared not 008.O09.024 for most of them their naturall countrey rott 008.O09.025 I thinke possesseth, they come heere to vs 008.O09.026 so leane so pale, soe lame so ruinous 008.O09.027 And howso'ere french kings most Christian be 008.O09.028 their Crownes are circu%Mcised most iewishelie 008.O09.029 or were they Spanish stamps still travellinge 008.O09.030 and->>that< are become as Catholicke as there kinge 008.O09.031 Those vnlicked beare whelps vnfiled pistolettes 008.O09.032 that %Ywere%Z more then Canon shotts availe or lets 008.O09.033 w%5c%6h necligently left vnrounded looke 008.O09.034 like many angled figures in the booke 008.O09.035 of some great coniurer, w%5c%6h wold enforce %Ynature%Z 008.O09.036 nature as theis doe iustice from her course 008.O09.037 w%5c%6h as the sowle quickens head feet and hart 008.O09.038 as streames like vaines run%M through the'rths eu%5r%6y part 008.O09.039 visit all countreys and haue slilie made 008.O09.040 gorgeous frannce ragged, ruin'd and decaide. 008.O09.041 Scotland w%5c%6h knewe no state prov'd in one daye 008.O09.042 and mangled seauenteene headed belgia. 008.O09.043 Or were it such gould as that wherewithall 008.O09.044 almightie Chimicke from eache minirall 008.O09.045 having by subtile fire a soule out puld 008.O09.046 are durtlie and desperatelie gul'd 008.O09.047 I would not spitt to quench the fire they were in 008.O09.048 for they are guiltie of much heinous synnes 008.O09.049 But shall my harmeles angels perish, shall 008.O09.050 I lose my gard my food my ease my all? 008.O09.051 much hope w%5c%6h they should nourish wilbe dead 008.O09.052 much of my hable youth and lustieheade 008.O09.053 will vanish: if thou loue me, let them alone 008.O09.054 for thow wilt loue me less when they are gone 008.O09.055 Oh be content that some lowd squeaking crier 008.O09.056 well pleas'd w%5t%6h one leane thrid bare grote for hier [CW:May] 008.O09.057 Maie like a deuill roare throughe everie street 008.O09.058 and gall the finders conscience if they meete. 008.O09.059 or let me creepe to some dradd Coniurer 008.O09.060 w%5c%6h w%5t%6h fantasticke scheames fills full much paper 008.O09.061 who hath deuided heaven in tenem%5tes%6. 008.O09.062 and with whoores, theeves and murtherers stuft his rentes 008.O09.063 so full that thoughe he pass them all in sinne 008.O09.064 he leaues himselfe no rowme to enter in 008.O09.065 and if when all his time and art is spent 008.O09.066 he saie t'will ne're be founde, oh be content 008.O09.067 receiue the Doome from him vngrudginglie 008.O09.068 because he is the mouth of Destenie 008.O09.069 Thou saiest alas the gould doth still remaine 008.O09.070 thoughe it be chang'd and putt into a chaine 008.O09.071 So in those first falne angels resteth still 008.O09.072 Wisdome and knowledge, but it is turn'd to ill. 008.O09.073 As theis should doe good workes and should proude 008.O09.074 necessities, but now must nurse thie pride. 008.O09.075 And they are still bad angells, mine are non 008.O09.076 for forme giues beinge, and there forme is gone: 008.O09.077 Pittie theis angels yet their dignities 008.O09.078 pass Vertues powers and principalities. 008.O09.079 But thow art resolute thie will be done 008.O09.080 yet with such anguish as her onely sonne 008.O09.081 the mother in the hungrie graue doth laie 008.O09.082 Vnto the fire theis Martirs I betraie 008.O09.083 Good sowles for yo%5u%6 giue life to everie thinge 008.O09.084 good angells for good messadges yo%5u%6 bringe 008.O09.085 Destin'd yo%5u%6 might haue bene to such a one 008.O09.086 as wold haue lov'd and worshipt yo%5u%6 alone 008.O09.087 one who wold suffer hunger, nakednes 008.O09.088 yea deathe e're he wold make your number less 008.O09.089 But I am quiltie of your sadd decaye 008.O09.090 Maie your fewe fellowes longer with me staie 008.O09.091 But oh thow wretched finder whom I hate 008.O09.092 so much, as I almost pittie thy state 008.O09.093 Gould being y%5e%6 bravest mettall amongst all 008.O09.094 maie my most heavie curse vpon thee fall 008.O09.095 Heere fettred manacles and hang'd in chaines 008.O09.096 first maist thow be then chain'd to hellish paines 008.O09.097 or be with forren gold hir'd to betraye 008.O09.098 thy Countrey, and faile both of that and of thy paie 008.O09.099 Maie the next thinge thow stoopest to reach conteine 008.O09.100 Poison whose nimble fume rott thy moist braine 008.O09.101 or libells, or some interdicted thinge 008.O09.102 w%5c%6h necligentlie kept thie ruine bringe 008.O09.103 lust bredd diseases rott thee and dwell with thee 008.O09.104 Itchie desire and not habilitie 008.O09.105 Maie all y%5e%6 hurt w%5c%6h ever gould hath wrought 008.O09.106 all mischeefes, w%5c%6h all deuils ever thought 008.O09.107 Want after plentie, poore and gowtie age 008.O09.108 the plague of travellers, loue and marriadge 008.O09.109 afflict thee, and at thy liues last moment 008.O09.110 Maie thie swolne sinnes themselues to thee present [CW:But] 008.O09.111 But I forgiue repent thow honest man [f.25r 008.O09.112 Gold is restoratiue restore it then 008.O09.113 or if with it thow beest loth to depart 008.O09.114 Because t'is cordiall would t'were at thy hart. 008.O09.0SSom 008.O09.0$$ %1no ind; the full HE is%2 %XA gent hauinge lost a bracellet of a gentlew: being / enioyned by hir to cause an other to be made of / vi. angells: writes as followeth. %1ll. 1-56 and 57-110 in two columns on fol. 24v; in his abbreviations of "which" and "with" the scribe writes%2 w%5c%6h %1and%2 w%5t%6h