IDENTILIN$$  F109O34|Storm|MS Rawl. poet. 117\ff. 26-27\GL\P:EWS\o\6-16-93;6-27-95\C:JSC\'95;7-23-01 
109.O34.0HE  Dunne his discription of a storme /Suffered in the Ilande voyage. 1597 /And sent to M%5r%6 [Chi][rho]o:%5r%6 Brooke.
109.O34.001  Thou w%5ch%6 arte I: tis nothinge to be soe
109.O34.002  Thou w%5ch%6 arte still thye selfe, by this shall knowe
109.O34.003  p%Pte of or%>>ou%5r%6< passage, and a hande or eye
109.O34.004  by %1Hilliard%2 drawne is worth a historye
109.O34.005  by a worse p%Paynter[sic] made, and w%5th%6out pride
109.O34.006  When by thy iudgement they are dignifyed
109.O34.007  My lynes are such tis the preheminence
109.O34.008  Of freindship onlye to impute excellence|
109.O34.009  %X%1The#Storme%2./England to whome we owe, what we be and haue
109.O34.010  sayd y%5t%6 hir sonnes should seeke a forrayne graue
109.O34.011  ffor fates, or fortunes no driftes, none can soothsaye
109.O34.012  Honor, and misserye, haue one face one waye
109.O34.013  ffrom out hir pregnant entrayles surged a wynde
109.O34.014  w%5ch%6 at th%Ye%Zayres middle marble roome did fynde
109.O34.015  such strange resistance, y%5t%6 it selfe it threwe
109.O34.016  Downewardes agayne, and so when that did vewe
109.O34.017  Howe in ou%5r%6 portes ou%5r%6 shippes deare tyime[sic] did lease
109.O34.018  Witheringe like prisoners w%5ch%6 lay but for fees [CW:om]
109.O34.019  Mildlye it kist ou%5r%6 sayles; and fresh, and sweet [26v]
109.O34.020  As to a stomacke starude whose insides meete
109.O34.021  meate comes, yt came, and sweld ou%5r%6 sayles * wee
109.O34.022  so ioyde, as Sara hir swellinge ioyde to see
109.O34.023  but twas but so kind as ou%5r%6 countrymen,
109.O34.024  who bringe %Yone%Z#freindes one dayes waye, & leaue them then.
109.O34.025  Then like two mightye kinges w%5ch%6 dwellinge farre
109.O34.026  a sunder mett agaynst a third to warre,
109.O34.027  The south, and westwyndes ioynede, and as they blewe
109.O34.028  Waues like a %Yw%Z rowlinge trench before them threwe
109.O34.029  Sooner then you reade this lyne, did the gale
109.O34.030  Like shott %Ynot%Z not fearde till felte, ou%5r%6 sayles, assayle
109.O34.031  And what at first was calld a gust, the same
109.O34.032  hath nowe a stormes, anone a tempestes name
109.O34.033  Ionas I pittye thee, and curse those men
109.O34.034  Who when the storme raged most, did wake thee then
109.O34.035  Sleepe is paynes easyest salue, and doth fulfill.
109.O34.036  All offices of death except to kill,
109.O34.037  But when I wakte, I sawe, y%5t%6 I sawe not
109.O34.038  I, and the sonne y%5t%6 should teach me, had forgott
109.O34.039  East, west, day night, and I could but saye
109.O34.040  If the world had lasted, nowe it had bin daye
109.O34.041  Thousands ou%5r%6 noyses weare but we mu>%Vng<st[see_notes] all
109.O34.042  Could none by his right name, but thunder call.
109.O34.043  Lightninge was all ou%5r%6 light, and it rayned more
109.O34.044  Then yf, the sunne had dranke the sea before.
109.O34.045  Some coffind in there cabbins lye equallye
109.O34.046  Greiude that they weare not dead, and yet must dye
109.O34.047  And as sinne bur'dned soules, from graue will creepe
109.O34.048  At the last day, some forth their cabbins peepe
109.O34.049  And tremblinge aske what newes?[see_notes] and doe heare soe
109.O34.050  As Ieoluuse[sic] husbandes what they would not knowe
109.O34.051  Some sittinge one the hatches whould[sic] seeme their
109.O34.052  w%5th%6 hidious gazinge to feare awaye feare [CW:om]
109.O34.053  Then noate the ships sicknes, the mast [27]
109.O34.054  Shakte w%5th%6 this wynde, the helme, & hole and wast
109.O34.055  w%5th%6 a salte[var:>>salt<<] dropsye cloggd, and all ou%5r%6 tacklinges
109.O34.056  Snappinge like two high stretch treble stringes
109.O34.057  And from ou%5r%6 tattered sayles ragges dropp downe, soe
109.O34.058  As from one hangde in chaynes a year a goe,
109.O34.059  Yea even ou%5r%6 ordinance plact for ou%5r%6 defence
109.O34.060  Striude to breake loose, and scape away from thence;
109.O34.061  Pumpinge hath tyred ou%5r%6 men, and whats ou%5r%6 gayne.
109.O34.062  Seas into Seas throwne wee sucke vp agayne;
109.O34.063  Stearinge[sic] hath deafte ou%5r%6 saylors, and yf they
109.O34.064  knowe howe to hear, theres none knowes what to saye
109.O34.065  Comparde to these stormes, death is but a qualme
109.O34.066  Hell somwhat light, and the Bermudos calme
109.O34.067  Darknesse (Earthes eldest brother) his birthright
109.O34.068  Claymes ore the world, and to heaven hath chased light
109.O34.069  All thinges are one, and that one none can bee 
109.O34.070  Since all formes, vniforme deformitye
109.O34.071  doth couer, so that wee (except god saye%Y)%Z[erased]
109.O34.072  an other fyatt) shall haue no more daye
109.O34.073  So longe those vyolent thrise[sic] furyes be
109.O34.074  That though thy absence starue me, I wish not thee.|
109.O34.0SS  Finis
109.O34.0$$  %1No ind; [Chi][rho] in HE is a Greek abbreviation (usually in monogram form) 
for "Christ" (+ o: + %5r%6 = Christo[phe]r) --JSC; caret in "mu>%Vng<st" in l.41 is really 
left of "u" but no room for it to right; nonscribal "+ Impressa." & "page 148." wr. in 2 
later inks in RM at HE--nothing on ms. p.148 (but Storm starts on p.148 in B & C); orig. 
foliation = 10, modern pencil f. = 26; "?" in l.49 has "," instead of "."%2