IDENTILIN$$  F154CT1|Ham-Letter|Trinity College, Cambridge MS R.3.12 (Puckering MS)|pp.235-37|mf T-LP 28Jul87
154.CT1.HE2  Epistle [235]
154.CT1.HE3  S%5r%6.
154.CT1.001  I presume yo%5u%6 rather trye what you can doe in mee, /then what I can
154.CT1.002  doe in verse. you know my vttermost /when it was at the best, OM OM
154.CT1.003  OM OM OM OM when I had lest truth /for my subiect,  In this
154.CT1.004  present case there is soe /much truth, as it defeats all Poe%Utry.
154.CT1.005  Call there=/fore this paper by what name you will, and if it /bee
154.CT1.006  not worthy of him, nor of you, nor of anye; /Smother it, and bee that the
154.CT1.007  Sacrifice,  If you /had commanded mee to haue waited vpon his body 
154.CT1.008  /in to Scotland, and preach'd there, I should /haue embraced the
154.CT1.009  obligation w%5th%6 more alacritie: /But, I thanck yo%5u%6 that you would
154.CT1.010  command y%5t%6 w%5ch%6 /I was loath to doe, for euen that hath
154.CT1.011  giuen a /tincture of meritt to the obedience of
154.CT1.012  your /poore friend, and
154.CT1.013  seruant,
154.CT1.014  JD [CW:A#Hymne]
154.CT1.$$   Lines 11, 12, 13 run together.