IDENTILIN$$ F113H06|RWThird|Eng. 966.5 (O'Flahertie ms.)|pp. 199-200\CMR\mf\5-21-92\P:DF\o\3-23-01\C:JSC\4-23-01
113.H06.HE1 A l%Mre[sic] to Rowland Woodward
113.H06.001 Like one who in her third widdowhood doth professe
113.H06.002 Her Selfe a Nun ty'd to retyrednesse
113.H06.003 So affects my Muse now a chast %Jholynesse%K.[Mvar:>fallownesse<.]
113.H06.004 Since shee to few yet >%Vto< too many hath %Jflowne%K[Mvar:>showne<]
113.H06.005 How long loves weedes and %JSat%Kirique[var:\>Sab</irique][sic] thornes ar growne
113.H06.006 Where seedes of better Arts were early sowne?
113.H06.007 Though to vse and loue Poetry, to mee
113.H06.008 Betrothd to no one Art bee no Adultery
113.H06.009 Omissions of %Ygood#as,%Z%>>%Vgood,#%Yas%Z<, ill, as ill deedes, bee
113.H06.010 ffor though to vs it seeme but light and thinne
113.H06.011 Yet in those faythfull scales where god throwes \(in
113.H06.012 Mens workes, Vanity weighs as much as Sinne.
113.H06.013 If our soules haue staynd theyr first whites, yet wee
113.H06.014 May clothe them with fayth and deare %JIntegrity%K[var:\>Honesty<]
113.H06.015 Which God imputes as %Jnaked%K[var:\>natiue</] purity.
113.H06.016 There is noe Vertue but Religion.
113.H06.017 Wise, valiant, sober, iust, ar names w.%5ch%6 none
113.H06.018 Want, w%5ch%6 want not vice-couering discretion.
113.H06.019 Seeke wee then our selues in our Selues, for as
113.H06.020 Men force the Sunne with much more force to passe
113.H06.021 By gathering his beames with a Christall glasse
113.H06.022 So wee, (if wee into our Selues will turne)
113.H06.023 Blowing our sparkes of Vertue) may outburne
113.H06.024 The straw w.%5ch%6 doth about our harts soiourne [CW:yo%5u%6#know--]
113.H06.025 You knowe, Phisitians when they would infuse [p.200]
113.H06.026 Into an Oyle the Soule of Simples, vse
113.H06.027 Places where they >%Vmay< still lye warme, (to choose):
113.H06.028 So workes Retyrednesse in vs, to rome
113.H06.029 Giddily and bee every where but at home
113.H06.030 Such freedome doth a banishment become
113.H06.031 Wee are but farmers of our selues, yet may,
113.H06.032 If wee can stock our selues and thriue, vplay
113.H06.033 Much much good Treasure for the greate Rent day
113.H06.034 Manure thy selfe then, to thy selfe bee approoud,
113.H06.035 And with vayne outward shewes bee no more mou'd
113.H06.036 But to knowe that I loue thee and woulde bee lou'd.
113.H06.0SS [om]
113.H06.0$$ %1Nine 3-ll. sts separated by line sp & hash marks at LM; no ind; 
"l%Mre" in HE = scribe's abbreviation of "letter"--%M here = a straight l. thru 
"l" & above "re"; "P." wr. in 2nd hand above HE%2