IDENTILIN$$  F136DT1|Dublin ms.I|ff. 68-69|T:EWS\o\5-1-86\T&E:JSC\mf\10-24-96\P&C(hwt,mf):JMK\6-6&7-10-01;JSC\7-26-01
136.DT1.HE1  %XTo the Countess of B.|
136.DT1.001  Honour is soe sublime Perfection
136.DT1.002  And soe refin'd, y%5t%6 when God was alone
136.DT1.003  And Creatureless, at first himself had none
136.DT1.004  But as of th'Elements, these w%5ch%6 wee tread,
136.DT1.005  Produce all things w%5th%6 w%5ch%6 wee'are Ioye'd, & fed,
136.DT1.006  And those are barren both aboue our head.
136.DT1.007  Soe from lowe Persons doth all honour flowe
136.DT1.008  Kings, whom they would haue honour'd, to vs showe
136.DT1.009  And but direct our Honour, not bestowe.
136.DT1.010  ffor when from herbes y%5e%6 pure parts must bee wonn
136.DT1.011  [l.c.]from grosse by stilling, This is better done
136.DT1.012  By despis'd Dunge, then by the fire or Sun
136.DT1.013  Care not then Madame howe lowe yo%5r%6 praisers lye
136.DT1.014  In labou'rers Ballads oft more peity
136.DT1.015  God finds, then in Te Deum's melodie. [CW:And]
136.DT1.016  And Ord'nance rais'd on Towres, soe many Mile [f.68v]
136.DT1.017  Send not their voice, nor last soe long a while
136.DT1.018  As fires from th'earths Lowe vaults in Sicill.[sic] Isle
136.DT1.019  Should I say, I liu'd Darker then were true
136.DT1.020  Your Radiation, can all Clowds subdue
136.DT1.021  But one, t'is best light, to Contemplate you.
136.DT1.022  You, for whose Bodie God made better claye
136.DT1.023  Or tooke soules stuff, such as shall late decaye
136.DT1.024  Or such as needs small change at the last daye
136.DT1.025  This, as an Amber-dropp, enwrapps a Bee
136.DT1.026  Couering, discouers your gross soule, That wee
136.DT1.027  May in yo%5r%6 through-shine front, yo%5r%6 hearts thoughts see.
136.DT1.028  You teach (though wee learne not) a thing vnknowne
136.DT1.029  To our late times; the vse of specular stone
136.DT1.030  Through w%5ch%6 all things w%5th%6in, w%5th%6out were showne
136.DT1.031  Of such were Temples, soe, and of such you are
136.DT1.032  Being, & seeming is your equall Care
136.DT1.033  And Virtues whole summe is but knowe, & dare
136.DT1.034  Discretion is a wise mans soule, and soe
136.DT1.035  Religion is a Christians, and you knowe
136.DT1.036  How these are one, Her yea is not her noe
136.DT1.037  But as our Soules of Growth, & soules of Sence
136.DT1.038  Haue Birth-right of our Reasons soule; yet hence
136.DT1.039  They fly not from that, nor seeke Presidence
136.DT1.040  Natures first lesson, soe Discretion
136.DT1.041  Must not grudge Zeale a place, nor yet keepe none
136.DT1.042  Not Banish it self, nor Religion.
136.DT1.043  Nor may wee hope to soder, still, & knitt
136.DT1.044  These two, and dare to breake them; nor must witt
136.DT1.045  Bee Colleague to Religion; but bee it. [CW:In]
136.DT1.046  In those poore Tipes of God (round Circles) soe [f.69]
136.DT1.047  Religious Types, The peeceless Centers flowe
136.DT1.048  And are in all the Lines, w%5ch%6 alwayes goe
136.DT1.049  If euer either wrought in you alone
136.DT1.050  Or Principally, then Religion
136.DT1.051  [l.c.]wrought your Ends, and yo%5r%6 wayes Discretion.
136.DT1.052  Goe thither still; Goe the same way you went
136.DT1.053  Whoe soe would Chaunge, doe Couet, or Repent
136.DT1.054  Neither can reach you, Great, and Innocent.
136.DT1.0SS  ffinis.|
136.DT1.0$$  %1No ind; 18 3-l. sts separated by line-sp; ital hand%2