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113.TT1.0HEom
113.TT1.001  Like one who in her third widdowhood doth professe [f.39v]
113.TT1.002  Her selfe a Nunn tir'd to a retirednesse
113.TT1.003  So affectes my muse now a chast fallownesse
113.TT1.004  Since shee to fewe yett to too many hath showne
113.TT1.005  How loue song woordes weedes and satirique thornes are growne
113.TT1.006  Where seedes of better Artes were earlie sowne
113.TT1.007  Though to vse and loue %1Poetry%2 to mee
113.TT1.008  Bethrothd to no one Art be no Adultery
113.TT1.009  Omissions of good Ill as Ill deedes bee
113.TT1.010  ffor though to vs itt seeme and be light and thin
113.TT1.011  Yet in those faithfull skales where god throwes in
113.TT1.012  Mens woorkes vanitie waighes as much as sin
113.TT1.013  If our soules haue staind their first white yett wee
113.TT1.014  May cloath them with faith and deare honesty
113.TT1.015  W%5ch%6 god imputes as Natiue puritie
113.TT1.016  There is no vertue but Religion
113.TT1.017  Wise valiant sober iust are names w%5ch%6 none
113.TT1.018  Want w%5ch%6 want not vice=covering discretion
113.TT1.019  Seeke wee then our selues in ou%5r%6 selues for as
113.TT1.020  Men force the sunne w%5th%6 much more force to passe
113.TT1.021  By gathering his beames w%5th%6 a christall glasse
113.TT1.022  So wee if wee into our selues will turne
113.TT1.023  Blowing the sparkes of vertue may outburne
113.TT1.024  The strawe w%5ch%6 doth about our hartes soiourne
113.TT1.025  You know %1Phisicians%2 when they would enfuse
113.TT1.026  Into any oile the soule of simples vse
113.TT1.027  Places where they may lie still warme to chuse
113.TT1.028  So woorkes retirednes in vs to rome [f. 40]
113.TT1.029  Giddilie and to be eu%5er%6y where but att home
113.TT1.030  Such freedome doth a banishment become
113.TT1.031  Wee are but farmers of ou%5r%6 selues yett may
113.TT1.032  If wee can stock our selues vpp lay
113.TT1.033  Much much deare treasure for the great rent day
113.TT1.034  Manure thy selfe then to thy selfe be approued
113.TT1.035  And with vaine outward thinges bee no more mooued
113.TT1.036  But to knowe that I loue thee & would be beloued
113.TT1.0SS  %X%1Finis%2
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