IDENTILIN$$  F111B40|HWNews|MS Lansdowne 740\ff. 98v-99\EWS\P:GAS\o\6-19-95\C:JSC\'95;3-9-01
111.B40.0HE  %X>>To S%5r%6 Henrie wootten.<<
111.B40.001  Heare is noe >%Vmore< newes then vertue: I may as well %Ytell%Z
111.B40.002  tell you Calis or S%5t%6 michels tale for news, as tell
111.B40.003  that vice doth heare habituallie dwell.
111.B40.004  Yett as to gett Stomackes wee walke vpp and downe,
111.B40.005  and toyle to sweeten rest, so maye god frowne.
111.B40.006  if (but to Loath both) I haunt Court or Towne.
111.B40.007  ffor hear, no one is >>%7^%8<<[LM:>>free<</>>^<<] from th' extremitie
111.B40.008  of vice, by any other reason free,
111.B40.009  But that the next to him is still worsse then hee.
111.B40.010  In this worldes warfare, they whom Rugged fate
111.B40.011  (Gods Comysarie) doth so throughlie hate,
111.B40.012  as in the Courts Squadron to Marshall their state
111.B40.013  If they stand arm'de w%5th%6 Seelie honestie
111.B40.014  w%5th%6 wishing, prayers, and neat integretie
111.B40.015  Like Indians, against%>>>'gainst<< Spanish hosts they bee. [CW:Suspitious[**perhaps** Suspitions]
111.B40.016  Suspitious boldnes to this place belongs, [f.99]
111.B40.017  and to haue as many ears, as all haue tongs
111.B40.018  Tender to know, loth to acknowledg wrongs
111.B40.019  Beleeue me Sir in my Youthes giddiest daies
111.B40.020  when to be like the Court, was a plaies praise
111.B40.021  Plaies were not soe like %1Courts%2, as courts are like plaies
111.B40.022  Then let vs at these Mimmick antique iests
111.B40.023  whose deepest proiects and Egregious gests
111.B40.024  are but dull Morralls of a %1Game%2 at Chests
111.B40.025  But now t'is incongruitie to smile
111.B40.026  therfore I end, and bid fare well a while 
111.B40.027  At Court, though from %1Court%2 were the better stile| /[scribal flourish]
111.B40.0SS  Finis /[scribal flourish]
111.B40.0$$  %1In 3-line sts; no ind;%2 >>%YIo: Roe%Z<< />>I: Donne|<< %1in LM 
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