IDENTILIN$$  F114H08|TWHail|Utterson MS, Eng 966.7\f. 58r-v\GL\mf\P:DF\3-16-01\C:JSC\4-17-01
114.H08.0HE  To M%5r%6. T. W.
114.H08.001  All haile sweete Poet, more full of more strange fire
114.H08.002  Then hath or shall inkindle my dull spirit;
114.H08.003  I loue w%5t%6. Nature gaue thee: But this meritt
114.H08.004  Of witt & Art, I hate not but admire.
114.H08.005  Who here before or shall write after thee
114.H08.006  Their workes, though toughly laboured, will bee
114.H08.007  Like infancy or Age to mans firme stay,
114.H08.008  Or early or late Twi-light to midday.
114.H08.009  Men say, & truly, that they better bee
114.H08.010  Which be envyed, then pittyed: therefore I
114.H08.011  Because I wish thee well doe thee envy:
114.H08.012  Oh wouldst thou by like reason pitty mee!
114.H08.013  But care not for mee: I that neuer was
114.H08.014  In fortunes, & in Natures gifts, alas!
114.H08.015  Before thy grace gott in the Muses Schoole,
114.H08.016  A monster, & a Beggar, am more a ffoole.
114.H08.017  Oh how I greiue that late-borne modesty
114.H08.018  hath gott such roote in easy waxen hearts
114.H08.019  That men may not themselues their owne good parts
114.H08.020  Extoll without suspect of Surquedry.
114.H08.021  But for thy selfe noe subiect can be found
114.H08.022  Worthy thy quill, nor any quills resound
114.H08.023  Thy worth but thyne: How good it were to see
114.H08.024  A Poem in thy praise, & writt by thee. [CW:om]
114.H08.025  Now if this songe be harsh for Ryme; yet as [58v]
114.H08.026  The Painters badd God made a good Deuill,
114.H08.027  It will be good prose, though the verse be euill;
114.H08.028  If thou forgett the Ryme as thou dost pass
114.H08.029  Then write, that I may follow, & soe bee
114.H08.030  Thy debtor, thy ffoyle, thy Eccho, thy Zanee,
114.H08.031  I shall be thought, if myne like thyne I shape
114.H08.032  All the worlds lyon, though I be thy Ape.
114.H08.0SS  All the worlds[trefoil] [quadrefoil]. [trefoil]. [diamonmdfoil]. Iohn dones /Rob.%5t%6 W.%5*%6 
114.H08.0$$  Three 8-ll. sts separated by line sp; ll. 5-8 of each st ind 5 sps; in SS the "ds" in "worlds" 
overwrites the trefoil design--curiously so, since all elements of SS appear to be scribal(JSC)