IDENTLINE$$ F151O30|BoulNar|Rawlinson 31|ff. 45-6v|Original EWS 8-1-85 151.O30.0HE Elegie on mistris Boulstred: 151.O30.001 Language, thou art to narrowe, and to weake [f. 45] 151.O30.002 to ease vs nowe, greate sorrowe cannott speake 151.O30.003 yf, wee could sighe out Accents, and weepe wordes 151.O30.004 greiffe weares, and lessens, that tears, breath affordes [cw:Sadd:] 151.O30.005 Sadd hartes the lesse they seeme the more they are [f. 45v] 151.O30.006 (soe guiltyest Men, stand mutest att a Barr) 151.O30.007 Not that they knowe not, ffeele not their estate 151.O30.008 but extreame sence, hath made them desperate 151.O30.009 Sorrowe to whome wee owe all that wee bee 151.O30.010 Tyrant in the ffift, and greatest Monarchie 151.O30.011 Wa'st that shee did possesse all hartes beffore 151.O30.012 thou hast kild hir, to make thie Empire more 151.O30.013 Knew'st thou, some woulde, that knewe hir not, Lament 151.O30.014 As in a Deluge perishe th'Innocent 151.O30.015 Wa'st not enough, to haue that Pallace wonne 151.O30.016 but thou must Raze it to, that was vndone 151.O30.017 Had'st thou stay'd there, and look'd out att hir eyes 151.O30.018 All had ador'd the, that nowe ffrom the fflyes, 151.O30.019 ffor they lett out more light then they tooke in 151.O30.020 they tould not when; but did the daye begin 151.O30.021 She was to Saphyrine, and Cleare ffor thee 151.O30.022 Claye, fflynt, and Iett, nowe thie ffitt dwellinges bee 151.O30.023 Alas shee was to pure, but not to weake 151.O30.024 whoe er'e sawe Christall ord'nance but would breake 151.O30.025 And yf wee bee thie Conquest, by hir ffall 151.O30.026 thou hast lost thie end, ffor in hir perishe all 151.O30.027 Or yf wee lyve, wee lyve but to Rebell 151.O30.028 they knowe hir better nowe, that knewe hir well, 151.O30.029 Yf wee should vapor out, or pyne, %Yor%Z>and< dye 151.O30.030 since shee ffirst went, it were not misserye 151.O30.031 Shee chang'd our world, w%5th%6 hirs, nowe shee is gon%Me. [cw:mirthe/] 151.O30.032 Mirth, and prosperitye, is oppression [f. 46] 151.O30.033 ffor of all Morall virtues, shee was all, 151.O30.034 the Ethickes speake of virtues Cardynall, 151.O30.035 Hir soule was Paradyce, the Cherubine 151.O30.036 sett to keepe it, was grace, that kept out synn 151.O30.037 Shee had noe more, then lett in death ffor wee 151.O30.038 all Reape Consumption ffrom one ffruiteffull Tree 151.O30.039 God tooke hir hence, least som%Me of vs should Love 151.O30.040 hir, lyke that Plant, him, and his Lawes aboue, 151.O30.041 And when wee teares, hee Mercye shedd in this 151.O30.042 to rayse our myndes to heaven, where nowe shee is, 151.O30.043 Whoe, yf hir virtues, would haue lett hir staye 151.O30.044 wee had, had a Sainte, nowe a Holiedaye 151.O30.045 Hir hart was that strange Bush, where sacred ffyre, 151.O30.046 Religion did not consume, but inspire 151.O30.047 Such pietye, soe chast vse of gods daye 151.O30.048 that what %Yshee%Z ^wee turn'd to ffeast, shee turn'd to praye, 151.O30.049 And did prefigure hir, in devoute tast 151.O30.050 the rest of hir high Sabboth, w%5ch%6 shall last, 151.O30.051 Angells did hand hir vpp: whoe next god dwell 151.O30.052 (ffor shee was of that order whence most fell) 151.O30.053 Hir Bodye, left w%5th%6 vs, least som%Me had said 151.O30.054 shee could not dye, except they sawe hir dead, 151.O30.055 ffor ffrom lesse virtue, and lesse Beautieusnesse 151.O30.056 the gentyles fform'd them gods, and goddesses 151.O30.057 The Ravenous earth, that nowe woes hir to bee 151.O30.058 Earth too, wilbee Lemnia, and the Tree [cw:w%5ch%6] 151.O30.059 W%5ch%6 wraps that Cristall in a wooden Tombe [f. 46v] 151.O30.060 shalbee tooke Vpp, spruce ffill'd w%5th%6 Dyamone 151.O30.061 And wee hir sadd, gladd ffrindes all beare a part 151.O30.062 of greiffe, ffor all would wast a Stoicks hart./ 151.O30.0SS om 151.O30.$$ Lines 24, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, etc. indented.