IDENTILIN$$  F113H03|RWThird|Carnaby MS, Eng. 966.1\ff. 40v-41\pp. 80-81\JSC\mf\7-27-94\P:DF\o\10-4-00\C:JSC\1-2-01
113.H03.HE1  %XA Letter to M:%5r%6 Rowland /%XWoodward
113.H03.001  Like one whoe in her third widdow=hood dothe professe
113.H03.002  Her self a nun ty'd to retyrednesse
113.H03.003  Soe affect's my Muse a Chaste holinesse
113.H03.004  Since shee to few yet to too many hathe showne
113.H03.005  Howe loue sowne weeds, and Satyricke thornes haue growne
113.H03.006  Where seeds of better artes were early sowne.
113.H03.007  Thoughe to vse and loue poetry to mee
113.H03.008  Betroath'd to none arte be noe Adulterie
113.H03.009  Omissions of good as ill, as ill deeds bee
113.H03.010  For thoughe to vse it seeme but light and thinne [41]
113.H03.011  Yet in these faithfull Scales, where God throwes in
113.H03.012  Mens workes, vanity, wayes, as muche as sinne
113.H03.013  If our Soules haue stain'd our fist whites, yet wee
113.H03.014  May clothe them with faithe and deare integritie
113.H03.015  Which God imputes as natiue puritye.|
113.H03.016  There is noe vertue but Religion
113.H03.017  Wise valiant, Sober, >>[<<auncient>>]<<, Just, were names w%5c%6h none
113.H03.018  Wante, whoe want not vice couering discretion.|
113.H03.019  Seeke we then our selues, >%Vin< our selues, for as
113.H03.020  Men force the Sun%M with muche more force to passe
113.H03.021  In gatheringe >>%Vhis<< Beams within a Christall glasse,
113.H03.022  Soe wee if wee into our selues will turne
113.H03.023  Blowinge our sparkes of vertue may outburne
113.H03.024  The str*y which aboute our hartes Soiourne.|
113.H03.025  You knowe Phisitians when they would infuse
113.H03.026  Into anie oyles the Soules of simples vse
113.H03.027  Places where they may lye still warme to chuse
113.H03.028  Soe workes retirednes in vs to rome
113.H03.029  Giddily and to be euery where but at home
113.H03.030  Suche freedome dothe a Banishment become
113.H03.031  Wee are but ffarmers of our Selues, yet may
113.H03.032  If wee can Stocke our selues, and thriue >>[<<and these>>]<< vplay
113.H03.033  Muche, muche good Treasure, fo y%5e%6 great rent day.|
113.H03.034  Manure thy selfe then, and to thy self be approu'd
113.H03.035  And with vaine outward things be noe more mou'd
113.H03.036  But to knowe that I loue the, and will be loued.
113.H03.0SS  I. D.|
113.H03.0$$  %1Nine tercets; 2nd & 3rd ll. of each st ind;%2 St. Ms. 206. %1wr. 
in 2nd hand in LM at HE; accidental(?) blot on "vertue" in l. 23, but parts of 
letters still visible; added (penciled) brackets in ll. 17 & 32 are Norton's%2