IDENTILIN$$  F124H06|SB|O'Flahertie ms., Eng. 966.5|p. 218\JSC\mf\10-13-94\P:6-11-97\DF\C:JGW\4-10-00; JSC 6-6-00
124.H06.HE1  %XTo M.%5r%6 S. B.
124.H06.001  O Thou, w.%5ch%6 to search out the secret parts
124.H06.002  Of th'India, or rather Paradise
124.H06.003  Of knowledge, hast with courage and Aduise
124.H06.004  Lately launchd into the vast Sea of Arts
124.H06.005  disdayne not, in thy constant trauelling
124.H06.006  To doe as other voyagers, and make
124.H06.007  Some Turnes into lesse Creekes, and wisely take
124.H06.008  ffresh water at the Heliconian Spring
124.H06.009  I sing not Syren-like to tempt, for I
124.H06.010  Am harsh, nor as those Schismatiques with you
124.H06.011  W.%5ch%6 drawe all witts of good hope to theyr crue
124.H06.012  But seene in yo%5r%6 bright sparks of Poetry
124.H06.013  I, though I brought no fewell, had desire
124.H06.014  With these articulate blasts to blow the fire
124.H06.0SS  [six short horiz. lines as one "dotted" line across page]
124.H06.0$$  %1Ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 & 14 ind. 4 sp.; %2>>P.<< %1left of HE; under HE are 3 short horiz. ll. as one 
"dotted" line; for cap D, see l.4 of next poem in ms.%2