IDENTILIN$$  F114NY3|TWHail|Westmoreland MS|f. [27v]\GL\mf\EWS;TJS\o\4-8-95;9-21-95\C:JGW\11-3-99;JSC\11-14-00,12-12-00
114.NY3.0HE  To M.%5r%6 T.W.|[LM]
114.NY3.001  All haile sweete Poet, more full of more strong fyre
114.NY3.002  Then hath or shall enkindle any Spiritt.
114.NY3.003  I lovd what nature gaue thee, but this meritt
114.NY3.004  Of witt & art I love not, but admyre.
114.NY3.005  Who haue before, or shall write after thee,
114.NY3.006  Ther works, though toughly Laboured, wilbee
114.NY3.007  Like infancy or Age, to Mans firme stay,
114.NY3.008  Or early & late twilights to Midday.
114.NY3.009  Men say, & truly, that they better bee
114.NY3.010  w%5ch%6 be envied then pitied, therfore I
114.NY3.011  Because I wish thee best, do thee envy,
114.NY3.012  [see_notes]%YOh%Z %Ywouldst%Z %Ythou%Z %Yby%Z %Ylike%Z %Yreason%Z %Ypity%Z %Ymee.%Z
114.NY3.013  [see_notes]%YBut%Z %Ycare%Z %Ynot%Z %Yfor%Z %Ymee:%Z I y%5t%6 euer was
114.NY3.014  In natures & in fortunes guifts alas
114.NY3.015  [see_notes]%YBefore%Z %Ythy%Z %Ygrace%Z got in the Muses schoole
114.NY3.016  A Monster & a begger, am now a foole.
114.NY3.017  Oh how I grieue y%5t%6 lateborne Modesty
114.NY3.018  Hath got such roote in easy waxen harts
114.NY3.019  That Men may not themselues ther owne good parts
114.NY3.020  Extoll, w%5t%6hout suspect of Surquedry.
114.NY3.021  for but thy selfe no Subiect can be found
114.NY3.022  Worthy thy quill, nor any quill resound
114.NY3.023  Thy worth but thyne: how good it weare to see
114.NY3.024  A poeme in thy prayse & writt by thee.
114.NY3.025  Now if this Song be to'harsh for ryme, yet as
114.NY3.026  The Painters bad God made a good deuill
114.NY3.027  t'will be good prose, although the verse be euill,
114.NY3.028  If thou forget y%5e%6 ryme as thou dost pas.
114.NY3.029  Then wryte y%5t%6 I may follow, & so bee
114.NY3.030  Thy debtor, thy'Eccho, thy foyle, thy Zanee.
114.NY3.031  I shall be thought, if myne like thyne I shape
114.NY3.032  All the Worlds Lyon though I be thy Ape.
114.NY3.0SS  [om]
114.NY3.0$$  ll. 1,4,7,8,10,11,13,14,17,20,23,24,26,27,29 ind; TJS: cancelations are nonscribal