IDENTILIN$$  F127NY3|ILBlest|Westmoreland MS|f. 32\GL\mf\P:TLP;TJS\o\4-16-93;9-22-95\C:JSC\11-17-00;12-15-00
127.NY3.0HE  To M. I. L.| [LM]
127.NY3.001  Blest are your North parts, for all this long time
127.NY3.002  My Sun'is w%5t%6 you: cold & darke is o%5r%6 clime.
127.NY3.003  Heauens Sun w%5ch%6 stayd so long fro%M vs this yeare
127.NY3.004  Stayed in your North (I thinke) for she was there.
127.NY3.005  And hether by kind Nature drawne fro%M thence
127.NY3.006  Here rages, burnes, & threatens pestilence.
127.NY3.007  Yet I as long as she fro%M hence doth stay
127.NY3.008  Thinke this no South, no Som%Mer, nor no day.
127.NY3.009  w%5t%6 thee my kind & vnkind hart is run
127.NY3.010  There Sacrifice it to that bewteous Sun.
127.NY3.011  And since thou art in Paradi>c%>s<e & needst craue
127.NY3.012  No ioyes addition, helpe thy frind to saue.
127.NY3.013  So may thy pastures w%5th%6 ther flowry feasts
127.NY3.014  As sodainly as lard fatt thy leane beasts.
127.NY3.015  So may thy woods oft polld, yet ever weare
127.NY3.016  A greene and when thou wilt a golden haire.
127.NY3.017  So may all thy Sheepe bring forth twins and so
127.NY3.018  In chace & ra>s%>c<e may thy horse all out go.
127.NY3.019  So may thy love & courage nere be cold:
127.NY3.020  Thy Sonne nere Ward, thy fair Wife nere seeme old.
127.NY3.021  But may'st thou wish great things & them attaine,
127.NY3.022  As thou telst her & none but her my paine.
127.NY3.0SS  [horiz. slash]
127.NY3.0$$  No ind; "p." to right of HE is probably in a 2nd hand; sometimes  
difficult to distinguish Woodward's cap/lc initial "s" (+ l, w, n, et al.)