IDENTILIN$$  154O33.LTR|Ham-Letter|MS Rawl.poet.116|f.44v|mf T-LP 15Aug87
154.O33.HE2  A friend of D%5r.%6 Dun desired him to /make a paper of verses on the death /of the Marquesse Hanbleton /w%5ch%6 he did and w%5th%6 it wrote thus.
154.O33.HE3  S%5r%6
154.O33.001  I presume you rather trie w%5t%6 you can doe in me|,| /then what I can
154.O33.002  doe in verse, you know my vtterm|ost| /when I was best, and euen                                    
154.O33.003  then I did best when I /had least truth for my subiect;  for this
154.O33.004  present cas|e| /there is so much truth as it defeats all Poetry.
154.O33.005  call ther|fore| /this paper by w%5t%6 name you will, if it be
154.O33.006  not worthy of |him| /nor of me, nor of you smother it, and let that be t|he|
154.O33.007  sacrifice,  If you had com%Manded me to haue waited on |his| /body 
154.O33.008  to Scotland and preached there, I should w%5th%6 mor|e| /alacrytie haue impraced that
154.O33.009  obligation, But I thank|e| /you that you would
154.O33.010  com%Mand me, that I was loath to doe|,| for euen that hath
154.O33.011  giuen a tincture of merrit to the /obedience of
154.O33.012  y%5r%6
154.O33.013  servant
154.O33.014  Iohn Dun.
154.O33.$$   L.1 indented 3 sp.; ll. 12-14 run together and indented 18 sp.