IDENTILIN$$  F129EU3|Laing ms. III.493|ff. 103v-104|\E:TEM\x\2-7-08\P&C:DRD\hwt[ES]\7-31-08
129.EU3.HE1  %XTo S%5r%6. He: Wotton.
129.EU3.001  After those reuerende papers, (whose soule is
129.EU3.002  Our good and great kings lou'de hand & seru'de name)
129.EU3.003  By w%5ch%6 to you he deriues much of his
129.EU3.004  & (how he may) makes you almost y%5e%6 same,
129.EU3.005  A taper of his torche, a coppy writte
129.EU3.006  from his originall, & a faire beame
129.EU3.007  Of y%5e%6 same warme & dazeling Sun, though it
129.EU3.008  Must in an other Sphere his vertue streame.
129.EU3.009  Amongst those learned papers w%5ch%6 y%5r%6 hande
129.EU3.010  Hath storde w%5th%6 notes of vse, & pleasure too:
129.EU3.011  from w%5ch%6 safe treasury, you may commaunde
129.EU3.012  fitt matter whither y%5u%6 will write or doe
129.EU3.013  Amongst those louing papers w%5ch%6 freinds sende,
129.EU3.014  w%5th%6 glad grief to yo%5r%6 sea-ward stepps farwell,
129.EU3.015  w%5ch%6 thiken on you now as prayres ascende
129.EU3.016  To heau'ne in toopes at a good mans passing bell
129.EU3.017  Accept this honest paper, and allowe
129.EU3.018  It such an audience as y%5r%6 selfe would aske:
129.EU3.019  What you would say at %1Venice%2, this meanes now,
129.EU3.020  & hath for Nature what y%5u%6 haue for taske|
129.EU3.021  To sweare much loue, not >%Vto< be chaung'de before
129.EU3.022  Honour alone will to yo%5r%6 fortune fitt,
129.EU3.023  Nor shall I then honour yo%5r%6 fortune more
129.EU3.024  Then I haue donne y%5r%6 noble wanting it- [CW: But tis an]
129.EU3.025  But tis an easyer loade, (though bothe oppresse) [f. 104]
129.EU3.026  To wante, then gouerne greatnes, for we ar
129.EU3.027  In that, our owne and only busynesse,
129.EU3.028  In this wee must for others vices care.
129.EU3.029  Tis therfore well yo%5r%6 spiritts now ar plac'ed
129.EU3.030  In their last furnace, in actiuitye|
129.EU3.031  w%5ch%6 fitts them (scooles, & courts, & warres orepast)
129.EU3.032  To touche & teste in any best degree.
129.EU3.033  for mee, (if there be such a thinge as I)
129.EU3.034  fortune (if there be such a thinge as shee)
129.EU3.035  Spyes y%5t%6 so well I beare her tyrannye
129.EU3.036  That she thinkes nothinge else so fitt for me.
129.EU3.037  But though shee parte vs, to heare my ofte prayres
129.EU3.038  for yo%5r%6 encrease, god is as neare me heere:
129.EU3.039  & to sende you what I shall begge, his stayres
129.EU3.040  In lengthe, and ease ar alike eu'ry where.|
129.EU3.0SS  I. D.
129.EU3.0$$ No indentions; written in stanzas of 4 lines each with spacing between 
		each stanza. Flourish under header. Entered from xerox of ms, but 1 page
		of our xerox is missing (parts of ll. 10-12), so filled in the missing 
		parts with Sullivan's hwt (TEM).  Sullivan's note on hwt: "edit. 1669, 
		p. 176" is in pencil (above header).