IDENTILIN$$  F129H06|HWVenice|O'Flahertie ms.|pp. 220-21\JSC\mf\10-14-94\P:DF\6-11&16-97\C:JGW\4-10-00; JSC 6-6-00
129.H06.HE1  %XTo S.%5r%6 Henry Wootton at his going /%XEmbassado%5r%6 to Venice.
129.H06.001  After those reverend papers, (whose soule is
129.H06.002  Our good and greate kings lov'd hand, and fear'd name
129.H06.003  By which to yo%5u%6 hee deriues much of his
129.H06.004  And, how hee may, makes yo%5u%6 almost the same
129.H06.005  A Taper of his Torch; a Coppy writt
129.H06.006  ffrom his Originall, and a fayre beame
129.H06.007  Of the same warme and dazeling sunn, though it
129.H06.008  Must in another spheare his vertue%>v>i<rtue streame) [CW:Aft%5r%6][miscatch]
129.H06.009  After those learned papers w.%5ch%6 yo%5r%6 hand [p.221]
129.H06.010  Hath stor'd with notes of vse and pleasure too
129.H06.011  ffrom w%5ch%6 rich Treasury yo%5u%6 may com%Mand
129.H06.012  ffitt matter, whether yo%5u%6 will write, or doe
129.H06.013  After those louing papers w.%5ch%6 frinds send
129.H06.014  With glad greefe %Jfor%K[var:>to<] yo%5r%6 Seaward steps farwell
129.H06.015  W.%5ch%6 thicken on you now, as prayers ascend
129.H06.016  To heauen in troopes at a good mans passing Bell
129.H06.017  Admitt this honest paper, and allow
129.H06.018  It such an Audience as yo%5r%6 selfe would aske.
129.H06.019  What |yo%5u%6| would say at Venice this meanes now
129.H06.020  And hath for Nature, what yo%5u%6 haue for taske.
129.H06.021  To sweare much loue, not to bee chang'd before
129.H06.022  Hono.%5r%6 alone will to yo%5r%6 fortune fitt
129.H06.023  Nor shall I then hono%5r%6 yo%5r%6 fortune more
129.H06.024  Then I haue donne your noble-wanting-witt
129.H06.025  But tis an easyer %Jboate%K[Mvar:>>load<<] (though both oppresse)
129.H06.026  To want then gouerne Greatnesse, for wee are
129.H06.027  In |that| our owne and onely businesse
129.H06.028  In |this| wee must for others vices care
129.H06.029  Tis therefore well yo%5r%6 spirits now ar plac'd
129.H06.030  In theyr last furnace, in Actiuity
129.H06.031  W.%5ch%6 fitts them (Schooles, and Courts, and Warrs or'epast)
129.H06.032  To touch and test in any best degree
129.H06.033  ffor mee (if there bee such a thing as I)
129.H06.034  ffortune (if there bee such a thing as shee)
129.H06.035  Spies that I beare so well her Tyranny
129.H06.036  That shee thinkes nothing else so fitt for mee
129.H06.037  But though shee part vs, to heare my oft pray'res
129.H06.038  f%>>ff<or your encrease, God is as neere %Ymy%Z>mee< %Yhart%Z>heere<  
129.H06.039  And, to send yo%5u%6 what I shall begg, his stayres
129.H06.040  In length and ease are alike everywhere. [CW:T'haue][miscatch]
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