IDENTILIN$$  F136H06|BedfHon|O'Flahertie ms., Eng. 966.5|pp. 191-93\JSC\mf\10-6-94\P:DF\o\6-17-97\C:JGW\4-10-00; JSC 6-6-00
136.H06.HE1  To the Countesse of Bedford.
136.H06.001  Madame /Honour is so sublime perfection
136.H06.002  And so refin'd, that when God was alone
136.H06.003  And creaturelesse, at first, himselfe had none
136.H06.004  But, as of th'Elements, these w.%5ch%6 wee tread
136.H06.005  Produce all things with w.%5ch%6 wee are ioy'd or fedd
136.H06.006  And those ar barren both aboue our head.
136.H06.007  So from low persons doth all hono%5r%6 flow.
136.H06.008  Kings, whome they would haue hono%5rd%6 to vs showe
136.H06.009  And but direct our Hono%5r%6 not bestow.
136.H06.010  ffor when from herbes the pure parts must bee wonne
136.H06.011  ffrom grosse by stilling, this is better donne
136.H06.012  By despisd dongue then by the fire or Sunne.
136.H06.013  Care not then, Lady, how low your praysers bee.
136.H06.014  In labourers Ballads oft more piety
136.H06.015  God finds then in Te Deums melody.
136.H06.016  And ordnance raysd on Towers, so many mile
136.H06.017  Send not theyr voyce, nor last so long a while
136.H06.018  As fires from th' Earths low vaults in Sicil Isle.
136.H06.019  Should I say I liu'd darker then were true
136.H06.020  Yo%5r%6 radiation can all clouds subdue.
136.H06.021  But one, tis best light, to contemplate yo%5u%6.
136.H06.022  Yo%5u%6 for whose body God made better clay
136.H06.023  Or tooke Soules stuff, such as shall late decay
136.H06.024  Or such as needes small change at the last day [CW:This___]
136.H06.025  This, as an Amber dropp enwrapps a Bee, [p.192]
136.H06.026  Couering discouers yo%5r%6 quick Soule that wee
136.H06.027  May in yo%5r%6 through-shine face yo%5r%6 hearts thoughts see
136.H06.028  Yo%5u%6 teache, though wee learne not, a thing vnknowne
136.H06.029  To our late times, the vse of specular stone
136.H06.030  Through w.%5ch%6 all things within without were showne
136.H06.031  Of such were Temples. So, and such yo%5u%6 are
136.H06.032  Beeing and seeming is your ae%Lquall care
136.H06.033  And vertues whole Sum%Me is but knowe and dare
136.H06.034  But as our soules of growth and soules of sence
136.H06.035  Haue birthright of our Reasons soule, yet hence
136.H06.036  They flye not from that, nor seeke presidence
136.H06.037  Natures first Lesson; so: discretion
136.H06.038  Must not grudge zeale a place, nor yet keepe none;
136.H06.039  Nor banish it selfe, nor Religion
136.H06.040  Discretion is a wisemans soule, and so
136.H06.041  Religion is a Christians, And you knowe
136.H06.042  How these ar one, Her yea is not her No.
136.H06.043  Nor may wee hope to soader still and knitt
136.H06.044  These two, and dare to breake them; nor must witt
136.H06.045  Bee Colleague to Religion, but It.
136.H06.046  In those poore Types of God, round Circles, so
136.H06.047  Religions Types, the peecelesse Centers flow
136.H06.048  And are in all the lines w.%5ch%6 always goe
136.H06.049  If eyther ever wrought on yo%5u%6 alone
136.H06.050  Or principally, then Religion
136.H06.051  Wrought your ends, and yo%5r%6 wayes Discretion [CW:Goe___]
136.H06.052  Goe thither still, goe the same way you went [p.193]
136.H06.053  Who ere would change, do couet or repent.
136.H06.054  Neyther can reach yo%5u%6. Great, and Innocent.
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