IDENTILIN$$  F134B46|BedfReas|MS Stowe 961\f. 18r-v\GL\P:GAS\o\6-27-95\C:JSC\'95;1-19-01
134.B46.0HE  %XTo the Countesse of /%XBedforde.[cluster of two grapes]
134.B46.001  Madame.[LM] /Reason is your Soules left hande, faith hir right
134.B46.002  By these wee reach Diuinity, that's you.
134.B46.003  Theire Loues, who haue the blessinge of your Sight
134.B46.004  Grew from theire Reason; mine, from far Faith grew.
134.B46.005  But, as althoughe a Squint=left handednes
134.B46.006  Bee vngracious: yet we cannot want y%5t%6 hand:
134.B46.007  So would I not to increase, but to expresse
134.B46.008  My faith, as I beleiue, Soe vnderstand.:[sic]
134.B46.009  Therefore I study you, first in your Saints
134.B46.010  Those frinds, whom your election glorifies
134.B46.011  Then in your deeds, accesses, and restraints
134.B46.012  And what you reade, and what your Selfe deuise
134.B46.013  But sone[sic] the Reasons, why y'are lou'd by all
134.B46.014  Growe Infinite, and So passe Reasons reach
134.B46.015  Then backe againe t'implicite faith I fall
134.B46.016  And rest on what, the Catholique voice doth teach
134.B46.017  That you are Good: And not an Heretique
134.B46.018  Denies it; If he did yet you are soe
134.B46.019  For Rocks which highe to seme,[sic] and deepe rooted stick
134.B46.020  Waues wash, not vndermine, nor ouerthrowe. [CW:om]
134.B46.021  In euery thinge there naturally Growes [18v]
134.B46.022  A Balsamum, to keepe that fresh and new:
134.B46.023  If t'were not iniurde by extrinsique Blowes
134.B46.024  your Birth and Beautie is this Balme in you.
134.B46.025  But you of Learninge, and Relligion
134.B46.026  And Virtue and Such Ingredients, haue made
134.B46.027  A Mithridate, whose operation
134.B46.028  Keepes of, or Cures, what can be don or Saide.
134.B46.029  Yet this is not your PhySicke, but your foode
134.B46.030  A Diet fit for you; for you are heere
134.B46.031  The first Good Angell, Since the worlds frame stood.
134.B46.032  That euer did in womans shape appeare. 
134.B46.033  Since you are So Gods Masterpeece: and Soe
134.B46.034  His factor for our Loues: doe as you doe
134.B46.035  Make your returne home Gratious, and bestowe
134.B46.036  This life on that; So make one life of two.
134.B46.037  [I2]For (So god helpe me) I'de not misse you there
134.B46.038  [I2]For all the Good, that you can doe me heere.|
134.B46.0SS  Finis /P[surrounded on two sides by grape clusters]
134.B46.0$$  %1Poem div. into 4-line sts except for a 6-line st (ll.33-8); ll.37-8 ind 2 sp; 
scribal p. no. "35" in upper left corner; "P" in SS is transcriber's initial%2