IDENTILIN$$ F136C09|BedfHon|Luttrell MS|ff. 58v-59v\E:GL\P:EWS\o\7-6-95\C:JSC\Sept'95;5-31-01 136.C09.0HE %XTo the Countesse of Bedford. 136.C09.001 Madame /Honour is so sublime perfection 136.C09.002 And so refin'd that when God was alone 136.C09.003 And creaturelesse, at first, himselfe had none. 136.C09.004 But, as of th'Elements, those which we tread 136.C09.005 Produce althinges with which we are ioy'd or fedd 136.C09.006 And those are barren both aboue our head [CW:>>so#from<<] 136.C09.007 So from low persons doth all honour flow. [59] 136.C09.008 kinges, whom they would haue honourd to vs show 136.C09.009 And but direct our honour, not bestow. 136.C09.010 for when from herbes y%5e%6 pure partes must be wonne 136.C09.011 from grosser, by stilling, this is better done 136.C09.012 by despisd donge then by the fire or sunne 136.C09.013 Care not then, Lady, how low your praysers bee 136.C09.014 In Labourers ballads oft more pietye 136.C09.015 God findes then in Te Deum melodye. 136.C09.016 And Ordnance raisd on Towers so many mile 136.C09.017 Send not their voyce, nor last so long a while 136.C09.018 As fires from th'Earths low vaults in Sicill Ile. 136.C09.019 Should I say I liu'd darker then is true 136.C09.020 Your radiation can all clouds subdue, 136.C09.021 But one, is best light, to contemplate you. 136.C09.022 You for whose body God made better clay 136.C09.023 Or tooke Soules Stuffe, such as shall late decay 136.C09.024 Or such as needs small change at y%5e%6 last day. 136.C09.025 This, as an Amber-droppe enwraps a Bee 136.C09.026 Couering discouers your quicke soule that wee 136.C09.027 May in your through-shine face your hearts thoughts see. 136.C09.028 You teach, though we learne not, a thing vnknowne 136.C09.029 To our late times, the vse of Specular stone 136.C09.030 Through which all thinges, within without were showne. 136.C09.031 Of such were Temples. So, & such you are 136.C09.032 Beeing & seeming is your equall care 136.C09.033 And virtues whole sum%Me is but know & dare. [CW:om] 136.C09.034 But as o%5r%6 Soules of groath, & soules of sence [59v;see_notes] 136.C09.035 Haue birthright of o%5r%6 Reasons soule, yet hence 136.C09.036 They fly not from that nor seeke %Jpresidence%K[Mvar:>%Jprecedence%K<]. 136.C09.037 Natures first lesson, so, discretion 136.C09.038 must not grudge Zeale a place, nor yet keepe none 136.C09.039 nor banish itselfe, nor Religion. 136.C09.040 Discretion is a wise mans soule, & so [1st_line_of_59v] 136.C09.041 Religion is a christians, & you know 136.C09.042 How these are one, Her yea is not her no. 136.C09.043 Nor may we hope to soader still & knitt 136.C09.044 These two, & dare to breake them, nor must witt 136.C09.045 Be Colleague to Religion, but It. 136.C09.046 In those poore Types of God, round Circles, so 136.C09.047 Religions Types, the peecelesse Centers flow 136.C09.048 And are in all the lines which alwayes goe. 136.C09.049 If either euer wrought on you alone 136.C09.050 Or principally, then Religion 136.C09.051 wrought your ends, & your wayes discretion. 136.C09.052 Goe thither still, goe y%5e%6 same way you went. 136.C09.053 who ere would change, do couett or repent. 136.C09.054 Neither can reach you, Great & Innocent. [CW:>>Madame/yo%5w%6<<] 136.C09.0SS [horiz. line] 136.C09.0$$ %1Div by horiz ll. into 3-l. sts; no ind; st comprising ll.40-42 misplaced to follow l.33; order otherwise correct; "or" precedes Mvar in l.36, but not underlined & likely not meant as text%2