IDENTILIN$$  F113H07|RWThird|Stephens MS\ff. 103v-04;pp. 206-07\JPK/mf/6-17-93\P:DF\o\3-23-01\C:JSC\4-19-01
113.H07.0HE  %X|.%1To M%5r%6 Rowland Woodward%2.|
113.H07.001  %5Thr%6L%+ike one who in her third wydow hood doth profes
113.H07.002  Her selfe A Nun tyde in retirednes
113.H07.003  Soe Affects my Muse now A Chast fallownes.
113.H07.004  Since she to few, yet too too many hath showne
113.H07.005  How love song weeds and Satirique thorns are growne
113.H07.006  Where seeds of Bette%5r%6 Arts were early sowne.
113.H07.007  Though to vse loue, and Poetry to mee
113.H07.008  Bethroth'd to no one Art, be no Adultery
113.H07.009  O missions of good, ill, as ill deeds bee.
113.H07.010  For though to vs it seems to be light, & thinne
113.H07.011  Yet in those faithfull Seals, when God throwes in
113.H07.012  Mens works, vanytye %Ywayes%Z>\weighs< as much as Synn.
113.H07.013  If o%5r%6 sowles haue staynd ther first whyte, yet wee
113.H07.014  May Cloth them w%5th%6 fayth & deare Integritye,
113.H07.015  W%5ch%6 God Imputes as native Purytie.
113.H07.016  There is no virtue, but Relygion
113.H07.017  Wise, Valiant, sober, Iust, are names w%5ch%6 none
113.H07.018  Want, w%5ch%6 want not Vice Covering Discretion. [CW:S%+eeke.]
113.H07.019  Seeke we then o%5r%6 selues, in o%5r%6 selues: for as, [p.207]
113.H07.020  Men force the Sunn w%5th%6 much more force to passe
113.H07.021  By drawinge his Beams, w%5th%6 A Christall Glasse;
113.H07.022  So we, if wee into o%5r%6 selues will turne
113.H07.023  Blowinge the sparks of virtue, may out burne
113.H07.024  The strawe w%5ch%6 doth about o%5r%6 harts soiourne.
113.H07.025  Yo%5w%6 know Phisityons, when they wold inf[%1faded%2]
113.H07.026  Into any oyle (the Sowle of symples [%1faded%2]
113.H07.027  Places where thay may ly still war[%1faded%2]
113.H07.028  So works retyrednes in vs to roame
113.H07.029  Giddelie; and be euery where but at home
113.H07.030  Such freedome doth a Banishm%5t%6 become
113.H07.031  But we are but Farme%5rs%6 of o%5r%6 selues, yet may
113.H07.032  If we can stock o%5r%6 selues, and thryve, vp lay
113.H07.033  Much; much deare treasure for y%5e%6 Great Rent %Yday%Z\(day
113.H07.034  Manure thy selfe then, to thy selfe be approv'd
113.H07.035  And w%5th%6 vayne outward things be no more mov'd
113.H07.036  But to know y%5t%6 I love thee, & wold be belov'd.|
113.H07.0SS  [Four flourishes]/ |.%1ffinis%2.|
113.H07.0$$  %1Twelve 3-line sts, numbered in LM & separated by line sps & hash marks at LM;%2 Car[no"."] 
ms. 80 /(Ch. ii. 12) %1in 2nd hand in LM at ll. 1 & 2; maybe the "%5Thr%6" in l.1 was an abbreviation for 
"Third," as a place holder until scribe could get back to copying??? --JSC%2