IDENTILIN$$  f114MC1|TWHail|Farmer-Chetham ms. 8012, A.4.15|pp. 98-99\T:EWS\o\6-8&9-92\T,FM:JSC\x\7-27-00\P:EWS\hwt,mf\6-22-05\C:JSC\12-20-05
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114.MC1.001  All haile sweete Poet full of more stronge fire
114.MC1.002  These hath, or shall enkindle any spirit
114.MC1.003  I loued what nature gaue the; but this merit
114.MC1.004  Of witt & art, I loue not but %Y*%Zadmire,
114.MC1.005  Who haue before, or shall write after %Y**%Z the
114.MC1.006  There%>>Their< workes, (though roughly laboured) will be
114.MC1.007  Like Infancy, or age to mans firme stay,
114.MC1.008  Or erly, or late, twylight to mid day.
114.MC1.009  Men say, & truly y%5t%6 they better be
114.MC1.010  That be envied then pitied, therfore I
114.MC1.011  Because I wish y%5e%6 best do the envye
114.MC1.012  Or wouldest thou by like reason pitty me
114.MC1.013  But care not for me, I y%5t%6 euer was
114.MC1.014  In nature, & in fortunes giftes (alas
114.MC1.015  Before thy grace got in y%5e%6 muses schole[sic]
114.MC1.016  A monster & a begger) am now a foole.
114.MC1.017  O how I grieue y%5t%6 late borne modesty
114.MC1.018  Hath got such roote in easy waxen hartes
114.MC1.019  That men may not themselues, their owne good p%Ptes [CW:om]
114.MC1.020  Extoll, w%5th%6out suspect of surquedry. [p.99]
114.MC1.021  For but thy selfe no subiect can be founde
114.MC1.022  Worthy thy quill; nor any quill resounde
114.MC1.023  Thy worth but thine. how good it were to see
114.MC1.024  A poem in thy praise, & writ by thee.
114.MC1.025  Now if this songe be to harsh for rime: yet as
114.MC1.026  The %Yba%Z painteres bad God, made a good diuell
114.MC1.027  Twill be good prose though y%5e%6 verse be euill
114.MC1.028  If thou forget y%5e%6 rime as thou dost pas
114.MC1.029  Then write, y%5t%6 I may follow & so be
114.MC1.030  Thy debtor, thy eccho, thy foyle, thy Zany.
114.MC1.031  I shall be thought if mine like thine I shape 
114.MC1.032  All y%5e%6 worldes Lyon, though I be thy ape.
114.MC1.0SS  [om]
114.MC1.0$$  No ind; no sts