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112.H04.HE1 %XTo S%5r%6 Henry Wootton
112.H04.001 S%5r%6 more then kisses, letters mingle soules.
112.H04.002 ffor thus ffreinds absent speake; this ease controules
112.H04.003 the tediousnesse of my life; but for theise
112.H04.004 I could Ideat' nothing w%5ch%6 could please.
112.H04.005 But I should wither in one daye, and passe
112.H04.006 t'o a bottle of hay, that am a lock of grasse.
112.H04.007 Life is a voyage, and in our lifes wayes
112.H04.008 Contryes, Courts, Townes, are Rocks, or Remoraes,
112.H04.009 They breake, or stopp all shippes: yet our state is such        
112.H04.010 That though %Ythey pitch%Z %Vthen pich they staine worse, we must touch
112.H04.011 If in the furnace of the euen line
112.H04.012 Or vnder th' adverse Icy Pole thou pine
112.H04.013 Thou knowst two temperate Regions girded in
112.H04.014 dwell there: But oh what refuge canst thou wynn
112.H04.015 Partcht in the Court, and in the Country frozen
112.H04.016 shall Citties built of both extreames be chosen?
112.H04.017 Can doung, or garlick be a perfume? or can 
112.H04.018 a Scorpion, and[var:>>or<<] Torpedo cure a man?
112.H04.019 Citties are worst of all theise[var:>>of all three<<]
112.H04.020 (o knotty riddle) each is worst, >>%Vequally<<
112.H04.021 Citties, and[var:>>are<<] Sepulchers, they whoe dwell there
112.H04.022 are Carcasses, as if noe such then[var:>>there<<] were.
112.H04.023 And Courtes are Theaters where some men play
112.H04.024 Princes, some slaves, and all to one end, & of one claye. [CW:The#Country]
112.H04.025 The Country is a Desert where noe good [f.45]
112.H04.026 is gaynd, as habitts not borne, is vnderstood:
112.H04.027 There men become beastes, and prove to men evills
112.H04.028 In Citties Blockes, and in lewd Courts Devills:
112.H04.029 As in the first Chaos confusedly
112.H04.030 Each Elements quallities were in the other three,
112.H04.031 Soe Pride, Lust; Covetise, being seuerall
112.H04.032 To theis three places, yet all are in all:
112.H04.033 And, mingled thus their issue incestuous
112.H04.034 ffalshood is Denizon>>%Vd<<, vertue is Barbarous:
112.H04.035 Let noe man saie there, vertues flinty wall
112.H04.036 shall lock vice in me; I'le doe none, but knowe all
112.H04.037 Men are sponges, w%5ch%6 to powre out receive,
112.H04.038 who knowes false playe, rather then loose deceive:
112.H04.039 ffor in best vnderstanding sinnes began
112.H04.040 Angells sinnd first, then Diuells, and then man:
112.H04.041 Onely perchance Beastes sinne not; wretchede wee
112.H04.042 Are beastes in all, but white integritie.
112.H04.043 I think, If men w%5ch%6 in theis places live
112.H04.044 durst looke for themselues, and themselues retrive
112.H04.045 They would like Strangers greete themselues; seing then
112.H04.046 vtopian youth growne ould Italian.
112.H04.047 Be then thine owne home, and in thy selfe dwell
112.H04.048 In anie where continuance maketh Hell:
112.H04.049 And seing the snayle, w%5ch%6 euerie where doth roame
112.H04.050 Carrying his owne house still, still is at home
112.H04.051 ffollowe (ffor he is eas%Yil%Zy pac'de) thy[var:>>this<<] snayle
112.H04.052 Be thine owne Pallace, or the worlds thy Iayle
112.H04.053 And in the world's Sea, doe not like cork sleepe
112.H04.054 vpon the waters face, nor in the deepe
112.H04.055 sinck like a lead w%5th%6out a lyne, But as
112.H04.056 ffishes glide, leaving noe print where they passe
112.H04.057 nor making sound, soe closely they doe goe
112.H04.058 let men dispute, whether they breathe or noe.
112.H04.059 Onely in this one thing be noe Gallenist, to make
112.H04.060 Courts hott ambition wholesome, doe not take,
112.H04.061 A dram of Countrey dullnes; doe not add [f.45v]
112.H04.062 Correctives, but as Chymiques purge the bad
112.H04.063 But S%5r%6 I advise not yo%5u%6, I rather doe
112.H04.064 Say o're theis lessons, w%5ch%6 I learnt of yo%5u%6
112.H04.065 Whom free from German Schismes, and lightnesse
112.H04.066 of ffrance, and faire Italies ffaith>>%Y<<full>>%Z<<nesse->faith>>%Vless<<nesse
112.H04.067 Hauing from theis suck't all they had of worth
112.H04.068 And brought home that faith w%5ch%6 yo%5u%6 carried forth
112.H04.069 I truly love; But if myselfe I had[var:>>have<<] wonn
112.H04.070 to knowe my rules, I haue, and yo%5u%6 ha*e donn:
112.H04.0SS Finis
112.H04.0$$ %1Ll. 7, 47 ind; ellipsis in LM at l. 1 (in lieu of usual scribal ascription)%2