IDENTILIN$$ F136HH1|BedfHon|MS EL6893\ff. 57-58\JPK\mf\1-9-93\P:T-LP\o\6-2-93;5-22-97\C:JGW\9-27-99;JSC\7-10-01 136.HH1.0HE To the Countess of Bedford 136.HH1.001 Honor is so sublime perfection, 136.HH1.002 & so refinde, that When God was alone 136.HH1.003 & Creatureless, at first himself had none. 136.HH1.004 But as of the Element.[sic] %Jthe%K[Mvar:>>these<<] %Jearth%K[Mvar:>>which<<] wee tread, 136.HH1.005 produce all things W%5th%6 w%5ch%6 wee are ioy'de or fedd 136.HH1.006 & those are barren both, above our heade: 136.HH1.007 So from %Ylove%Z>>lowe<<=persons doth all honor flowe 136.HH1.008 Kings, Whom they Would haue honored to vs show 136.HH1.009 & but direct our honor, %Ydoe%Z not bestowe. 136.HH1.010 For When from herbes, the pure p%Pt must be Wonne 136.HH1.011 from gross; by stilling this is better done. 136.HH1.012 by despis'd dung, then by the fyre or sunne [CW:om] 136.HH1.013 Care not then ladie howe >%Vlow< you%5r%6 prayer lye [f.57v] 136.HH1.014 In laborers ballads, oft more Pietie 136.HH1.015 God finds then in Tedeums melodie 136.HH1.016 And Ordinance, raisd on Towers, so many myle 136.HH1.017 send not their voice, nor last so long a While 136.HH1.018 as fiers from the earths low vaults in Cicill Ile 136.HH1.019 Should I saye I lyvd darker then were true, 136.HH1.020 your radiation can all clowds subdue 136.HH1.021 but one; Tis best light to contemplate you 136.HH1.022 You for whose bodie God made better clay* 136.HH1.023 or took sowles stuff, such as Will late deca** 136.HH1.024 or such as needs small change, at y%5e%6 last daye. 136.HH1.025 This, as an Amber dropp en%Ycourages%Z>>%5=wraps%6<< a Bee, 136.HH1.026 covering, discovers your quick sowle, y%5t%6 wee 136.HH1.027 may in your thorough face, yo%5r%6 hart thoughts see. 136.HH1.028 You teach, though wee learne not a thing vnknown 136.HH1.029 to our late tymes, the vse of specular stone, 136.HH1.030 thorough w%5ch%6 all things w%5th%6in; without were shown 136.HH1.031 Of such were Temples: so & such you are, 136.HH1.032 being, & seeming is your equall care; 136.HH1.033 & virtues Whole sum is; but know & dare 136.HH1.034 But as our sowles of growth, & sowles of sence [f. 58r] 136.HH1.035 haue birth right of our reason sowle, yet hence 136.HH1.036 they fly not from that, nor seek precedence. 136.HH1.037 Natures first lesson, so discretion 136.HH1.038 must not grudge zeale a place, nor yet keepe none 136.HH1.039 not banish it self, nor yet Religion. 136.HH1.040 Discretion is a wise mans sowle, & soe [f.57v] 136.HH1.041 Religion is a Christians: And you knowe 136.HH1.042 how theise are one, her yea is not, her noe. 136.HH1.043 Nor maye Wee hope to sunder still, & knitte [f.58] 136.HH1.044 theise twoe, %Ynor%Z>>%5and%6<< dare to break them, nor must witt, 136.HH1.045 but Colleague to Religion by%>>>bee<< **y%>>>it<<[see_notes] 136.HH1.046 In theise poore Tipes of God rounde Circles, so 136.HH1.047 Religious types, the peecless%>pee>>r<