IDENTILIN$$  F129CT1|HWVenice|Puckering MS,R.3.12\pp. 79-80\GL\P:EWS\o\7-3-95\C:JSC\'95;7-3-01
129.CT1.0HE  %X%3To S.%5r%6 Henrie Wotton, at his%4 /%X%3going Ambassadour to Venice%4
129.CT1.001  After those reuerend Papers whose soule is
129.CT1.002  Our good, & great kings lou'd hand, & fear'd name
129.CT1.003  By w%5ch%6 to you hee deriues much of his
129.CT1.004  And (how hee may) makes you almost the same
129.CT1.005  A Taper of his Torch, A Coppie writt
129.CT1.006  ffrom his Originall; & a faire beame
129.CT1.007  Of the same warme, & dazeling sunn, thought it
129.CT1.008  Must in an other sphere his vertue streame
129.CT1.009  Affter[sic] those learned paper w%5ch%6 your hand
129.CT1.010  Hath stor'd w%5th%6 notes of vse, & pleasure too
129.CT1.011  ffrom w%5ch%6 rich treasurie you may command
129.CT1.012  ffitt matter, whether yo%5u%6 will write, or doe
129.CT1.013  After those louing papers, where friends send
129.CT1.014  W%5th%6 glad grief to yo%5r%6 Sea-ward steps, ffarewell
129.CT1.015  W%5ch%6 thicken on yo%5u%6 now, as prayers ascend
129.CT1.016  To heau'n in troops, at a good mans Passing bell. [CW:Admitt]
129.CT1.017  Admitt this honest paper, and allowe [80]
129.CT1.018  It such an audience as yo%5r%6 self would aske
129.CT1.019  What yo%5u%6 must say at Venice, this meanes nowe
129.CT1.020  And hath for nature, what you haue for taske
129.CT1.021  To sweare much Loue; not to bee chang'd before
129.CT1.022  Honour alone will to yo%5r%6 fortune fitt
129.CT1.023  Nor shall I then honour yo%5r%6 fortune more
129.CT1.024  Then I haue done yo%5r%6 noble wanting it
129.CT1.025  But tis an easier load (though both oppresse)
129.CT1.026  To want then gouerne Greatnes; for wee are
129.CT1.027  In that our owne, and onely buisiness
129.CT1.028  In this wee must for other vices care
129.CT1.029  Tis therefore well yo%5r%6 spiritts nowe are plac'd
129.CT1.030  In their last furnace, in Actiuity
129.CT1.031  W%5ch%6 fitts them (Schooles, & Courts, & warrs ore'past[gutter]
129.CT1.032  To touch and test in any best degree.
129.CT1.033  ffor mee (if there bee such a thing as I)
129.CT1.034  ffortune (if there bee such a thing as shee)
129.CT1.035  Spyes y%5t%6 I beare soe well her Tyranny
129.CT1.036  That shee thincks nothing els so fitt for mee
129.CT1.037  But though shee part vs, To heare my oft prayers
129.CT1.038  ffor yo%5r%6 encrease, God is as neare my heare
129.CT1.039  And to send you what I shall begg, his stayres
129.CT1.040  In length, & ease are alike euery where. [CW:To#S.%5r%6]
129.CT1.0SS  [whirlwind flourish]
129.CT1.0$$  %1Div into 4-line sts by line space &, below l.12 only, a scribal line; 
even no'd ll. ind 2 sp; end of l.31 deep in gutter, no visible ")" even in orig. MS%2