IDENTILIN$$  F134B32 BedfReas|Harley 4955, f. 108r-v\GL\P:GAS\o\6-26-95\C:JSC('95 & 7-26-00)
134.B32.0HE  %3To the%4 Countesse of Bedford.
134.B32.001  Maddam[LM] /Reason ys our soules left hand, Faith her right,
134.B32.002  By these we reach Diuinitye, that's you;
134.B32.003  Theire loves, who haue the blessings of your sight,
134.B32.004  Grewe from theyre reason, Myne from farr fayth grewe.
134.B32.005  But as, Although a squint lefthandednes,
134.B32.006  Be vngratious; yett wee cannot want that hand.
134.B32.007  So wovld I not to encrease, but to expresse
134.B32.008  My fayth, as I beleeve, so vnderstand.
134.B32.009  Therefore I studye you, first in your sayntes,
134.B32.010  Those friendes, whom your Election glorifyes,
134.B32.011  Then in your Deedes, Accesses and Restrayntes.
134.B32.012  And what you reade, and what yourselfe devise [CW:om]
134.B32.013  But soone the reasons, why you are lov'd by all, [108v]
134.B32.014  Growe infinite, and soe passe reasons reach.
134.B32.015  Then backe againe to Implicitye Fayth I fall,
134.B32.016  And rest on what the Catholique voyce doth teach,
134.B32.017  That you are Good: And not one Heritique
134.B32.018  Denies yt: If he did, yett you are soe
134.B32.019  For Rockes w%5ch%6 high to sum, & deepe rooted sticke,
134.B32.020  Waues wash, not vndermine, nor overthrowe.
134.B32.021  In everye thinge there naturally growes
134.B32.022  A Balsamum to keepe it fresh, and newe,
134.B32.023  If t'were not iniur'd by Extrinsique blowes,
134.B32.024  your Birth, and Beauty are this Balme in you
134.B32.025  But you of Learning, and religion
134.B32.026  And vertue, and such Ingredients, haue made
134.B32.027  A Methydate, whose Operation
134.B32.028  Keepes of, or Cures what can be done or sayd.
134.B32.029  Yett this is not your Phisicke, but your food,
134.B32.030  A dyet fitt for you; For you are here
134.B32.031  The first good Angell, since the worlds frame stood,
134.B32.032  That ever did in womans shape appeare.
134.B32.033  Since you are then Gods Masterpeece, and soe
134.B32.034  His factor for our loves; Doe as you doe,
134.B32.035  Make your retorne home gratious; And bestowe
134.B32.036  This life on that, so make one lyfe of two.
134.B32.037  For so God helpe mee, I would not misse you there,
134.B32.038  For all the Good, w%5ch%6 you can doe mee here.
134.B32.0SS  [om]
134.B32.0$$  %1First two words of header in large Gothic letters.  Poem 
arranged in four line stanzas, except ll.37-8 separated as a couplet.%2