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112.SN4.HE1  \>>To S%5r%6 Henry Wotton.<</ %X%1To M.%5r%6 H: W:%2|
112.SN4.001  S.%5r%6, Letters more then Kisses mingle Soules,
112.SN4.002  ffor thus ffrendes absent speake; this ease controules
112.SN4.003  The tediousnesse of my lyfe: but for these
112.SN4.004  I could %1Ideate%2 nothing w.%5ch%6 would please,
112.SN4.005  But I should wither in one day, and passe,
112.SN4.006  To a bottle of haye, that am a locke of grasse.
112.SN4.007  Lyfe is a voyage, and in our lyfes wayes,
112.SN4.008  Countryes, Courte, Townes, are Rockes or Remoraes;
112.SN4.009  They breake, or stopp all Shippes, yet our state is such,
112.SN4.010  That thoughe worse then pytche it stayne, wee must touch.
112.SN4.011  If in the furnace of the euen lyne,
112.SN4.012  Or, vnder th'adverse ycye Poole thou %Yplyne%Z>pyne,<
112.SN4.013  Thou know'st two temperate regions girded in,
112.SN4.014  Dwell theare. But oh what refuge canst thou winne,
112.SN4.015  Parch'd in the Courte, and in the Country frozen?
112.SN4.016  Shall Cittyes builte of both extreames bee chosen?
112.SN4.017  Can Dunge, and Garlicke bee a perfume? or can
112.SN4.018  A Scorpion, or Torpedo Cure a Man?
112.SN4.019  Cittyes are worste of all three; of all three?
112.SN4.020  (O knotty ryddle) eache is worste equallee.
112.SN4.021  Cittyes are Sepulchers, they who dwell theare
112.SN4.022  Are Carkasses, as if noe such theare weare.
112.SN4.023  And Courtes are Theaters wheare some Men play
112.SN4.024  Princes, some Slaues, all to one end, and of one Clay. [CW:om
112.SN4.025  The Country is a Deserte, wheare noe good [f.15v
112.SN4.026  Gain'd, as habitts, not borne is vnderstood:
112.SN4.027  Theare Men becom%Me Beastes, and prone to more evills,
112.SN4.028  In Cittyes Blockes, and in a leawde Courte Devills.
112.SN4.029  As in the first %1Chaos%2 confusedlee,
112.SN4.030  Each Elements quallity weare in the other three:
112.SN4.031  Soe Pryde, Lust, Couetise, being seuerall
112.SN4.032  To these places, yet all are in all.
112.SN4.033  And mingled thus their yssue incestuous
112.SN4.034  %1Falshood%2 is denizend; Virtue is barbarous.
112.SN4.035  Let noe Man say theare virtues flinty wall
112.SN4.036  Shall lock vice in mee, I'le doe none, but knowe all:
112.SN4.037  Men are Spunges w%5ch%6 to poure oute receaue.
112.SN4.038  Who knowe false play, rather then loose deceiue.
112.SN4.039  ffor in best vnderstandinges syn began,
112.SN4.040  Angells syn'd first, then Devills, and then Man.
112.SN4.041  Only perchaunce Beastes syn%Me not, wretched wee,
112.SN4.042  Are Beastes in all but white integritee.
112.SN4.043  I thincke if Men w%5ch%6 in these places lyue,
112.SN4.044  Durste looke for themselues, and themselues retriue,
112.SN4.045  They would like strangers greete themselues; seing than
112.SN4.046  %1Vtopyan%2 Youthe growne old %1Italyen%2.
112.SN4.047  Bee then thyne owne home, and in thyselfe dwell;
112.SN4.048  Inne any wheare, continuance maketh hell.
112.SN4.049  And seeing the Snayle w%5ch%6 euery wheare doth rome,
112.SN4.050  Caryeng his owne house still, still is at home [CW:om
112.SN4.051  ffollowe (for hee is easy pac'd) this Snayle; [f.16
112.SN4.052  Bee thyne owne Pallace, or the world is thy Iayle.
112.SN4.053  And in the worldes Sea, doe not like Corke sleepe
112.SN4.054  Vppon the Waters fface, nor in the deepe
112.SN4.055  Sincke like a Leade w%5th%6out a lyne; but as
112.SN4.056  ffishes glyde leavinge noe printe wheare they passe,
112.SN4.057  Nor making sounde: soe closely thy Course goe,
112.SN4.058  Let Men dispute wheather thou breathe or noe.
112.SN4.059  Onely in this one thinge bee noe %1Gallenist%2, to make
112.SN4.060  Coutes[sic] hott ambitions wholsome, doe not take
112.SN4.061  A dram%Me of Country dullnes, doe not add
112.SN4.062  Correctiues, but as %1Chimickes%2, purge the badd
112.SN4.063  But S.%5r%6 I aduise not you, I rather doe
112.SN4.064  Say 'ore those lessons w%5ch%6 I learn'd of you,
112.SN4.065  Whome (free from %1Germane%2 scismes, and lightnes
112.SN4.066  Of %1Fraunce%2, and fayer %1Italyes%2 faythlessenes,
112.SN4.067  Having from these suck't all they had of worthe,
112.SN4.068  And broughte home that ffaythe w%5ch%6 you caryed forthe)
112.SN4.069  I throughly loue. But if myselfe I haue wonne
112.SN4.070  To knowe my Rules, I haue, and you haue %1Donne%2.
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