IDENTILIN$$  F113NY3|RWThird|Westmoreland MS|ff. 26v-27\GL\mf\P:TJS\o\9-21-95\C:JSC\11-27-00
113.NY3.0HE  To M.%5r%6 R. W.|[see_notes] [LM]
113.NY3.001  Like one who'in her third widowhed doth profes
113.NY3.002  Her selfe a Nun, tir'd to a retirednes
113.NY3.003  So affects my Muse now a chast fallownes.
113.NY3.004  Since She to few, yet to to[sp:sic] many hath showne
113.NY3.005  How Love song Weedes, & Satirique thornes are growne
113.NY3.006  wher seedes of better arts weare early sowne.
113.NY3.007  Though to vse & Love poetry, to mee
113.NY3.008  Betroth'd to no one art be no adulteree,
113.NY3.009  Omissions of good, ill, as ill deedes bee.
113.NY3.010  for though to vs it seeme, & be light & thin,
113.NY3.011  Yet in those faythfull Scales wher God throwes in
113.NY3.012  Mens workes, Vanity wayes as much as Sin.
113.NY3.013  If o%5r%6 Soules haue Staind their first whight, yet wee
113.NY3.014  May clothe them w%5t%6 faythe & deare honestee,
113.NY3.015  W%5ch%6 God imputes as native puritee.
113.NY3.016  Ther is no Vertu but Religione.
113.NY3.017  Wise, valiant, sober, iust, are names, w%5ch%6 none
113.NY3.018  Want, w%5ch%6 want not Vice-covring discretione.
113.NY3.019  Seeke we then o%5r%6 selues in o%5r%6 selues; for as
113.NY3.020  Men force y%5e%6 Sun w%5t%6h much more force to pas
113.NY3.021  By gathring his beams w%5th%6 a Christall glas,
113.NY3.022  So we, if we into o%5r%6 selues will turne [27]
113.NY3.023  Blowing o%5r%6 Sparks of Vertu, may out-burne
113.NY3.024  The Straw w%5ch%6 doth about o%5r%6 harts soiorne.
113.NY3.025  You know Phisitians when they would infuse
113.NY3.026  Into'any Oyle the Soule of Simples, vse
113.NY3.027  Places, wher they may ly still warme to chuse.
113.NY3.028  So works retirednes in vs; to rome
113.NY3.029  Giddily,'& be euery where but at home
113.NY3.030  Such freedome doth a banishment become.
113.NY3.031  We are but Farmers of o%5r%6 selues; yet may
113.NY3.032  If we can stock o%5r%6 selues & thrive, vplay
113.NY3.033  Much much dear treasure for y%5e%6 great rent day.
113.NY3.034  Manure thy selfe then, to thy selfe be'approv'd,
113.NY3.035  And w%5th%6 vayne outward things be no more mov'd,
113.NY3.036  But to know y%5t%6 I love thee and would be lov'd.
113.NY3.0SS  [horiz. line]
113.NY3.0$$  Twelve 3-ll. sts div by diagonal slashes at/in LM; similar slash 
under HE (in LM) recorded here as a piping symbol (consistent w/ our 
transcriptions of other poems in NY3); l. 1 ind c. 3 sps  CORRECTED 7/13/15 GAK