IDENTILIN$$  File F014H08 Harvard, Eng. 966.7\f 96r-v\M:GL\mf\P:DAF\o\5-12-92\C:JSC
014.H08.0HE  ELEGIE. 6%5a%6.  
014.H08.001  Till I haue peace with thee, warr other men,
014.H08.002  And when I haue peace can I leaue thee then?
014.H08.003  All other warrs are scrupulous, only thou
014.H08.004  (O faire free citty) mayst thyselfe allow
014.H08.005  To any one. In %1fflaunders%2 who can tell
014.H08.006  Whether the Maister presse or men rebell?
014.H08.007  Only wee know tht w%5ch%6 all Ideots say
014.H08.008  They beare most blowes that come to part y%5e%6 fray.
014.H08.009  %1ffrance%2 in her lunatick giddiness did hate
014.H08.010  Euer o%5r%6 men, yea & our God of late,
014.H08.011  Yet shee relyes vpon our Angells well
014.H08.012  W%5ch%6 ne're returne noe more then they w%5ch%6 fell.
014.H08.013  Sick Ireland is w%5th%6 a strange warr possest
014.H08.014  Like to an Ague, now rageing, now at rest,
014.H08.015  W%5ch%6 tyme will cure, yet it must doe her good
014.H08.016  If shee were purg'd, & her head-vayne lett blood,
014.H08.017  And %1Midas%2'ioyes o%5r%6 Spanish iorneys giue,
014.H08.018  Wee touch all gold, yet finde noe meanes to liue
014.H08.019  And I should be in that hott parching clyme
014.H08.020  To dust, & ashes turn'd before my tyme;
014.H08.021  To mew mee in a shipp, is to inthrall
014.H08.022  Mee in a prison that were like to fall;
014.H08.023  Or in a Cloister, save y%5t%6 there men dwell
014.H08.024  In a calme heauen, here in a swaggering hell. [CW:om]
014.H08.025  Long voyages are long consumptions, [96v]
014.H08.026  And Shipps are Carts for Executions,
014.H08.027  Yea they are deathe's.  Ist not all one to fly
014.H08.028  Into an other world as tis to dye?
014.H08.029  Here lett mee warr, in these armes lett mee lye,
014.H08.030  Here lett mee parley, batter, bleed & dye.
014.H08.031  Thyne armes imprison mee, & my armes thee;
014.H08.032  Thy heart thy ransome is, take myne for mee.
014.H08.033  Other men warr that they their rest may gayne
014.H08.034  But wee will rest y%5t%6 we may fight agayne.
014.H08.035  Those warrs the ignorant, these th'experienc'd loue,
014.H08.036  There wee are alwayes vnder, here aboue.
014.H08.037  There engines farr off breed a iust true feare,
014.H08.038  Neere-thrusts, Pikes, stabbs, yea bullets hurt not heere.
014.H08.039  There lyes are wrongs, here safe vprightly lye,
014.H08.040  There men kill men, wee'l make one by & by.
014.H08.041  Thou nothing, I not halfe soe much shall doe
014.H08.042  In those warrs, as they may w%5ch%6 fro%M vs two
014.H08.043  Shall springe.  Thousands we see w%5ch%6 trauaile not
014.H08.044  To warrs, but stay pikes, bills, swords, armes & shott
014.H08.045  To make at home.  And shall not I doe then
014.H08.046  More glorious seruice staying to make men?
014.H08.0SS  single fancy flourish; "I. D." follows heading.
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