IDENTILIN$$  F134DT1|BedfReas|Dublin ms.I|ff. 67v-68|T:EWS\o\5-1-86\T&E:JSC\mf\10-24-96\P&C(hwt,mf):JMK\6-6&7-10-01;JSC\7-25-01
134.DT1.HE1  %XTo the Countess of B.
134.DT1.001  %XMadame, /Reason is our Soules left-hand, ffaith her Right 
134.DT1.002  By these wee reach Diuinity, that's you.
134.DT1.003  Those Loues, whoe haue y%5e%6 Blessing of yo%5r%6 sight
134.DT1.004  Grewe from their Reason, Mine, from faire ffaith grewe
134.DT1.005  But as although a squint left-handedness
134.DT1.006  bee'vngratious, yet wee cannot want that hand
134.DT1.007  Soe would I not to'encrease, but to expresse
134.DT1.008  my ffaith, as I beleiue, soe vnderstand
134.DT1.009  Therefore I study yo%5u%6, ffirst in your Saints
134.DT1.010  those friends, whom yo%5r%6 election glorifies
134.DT1.011  Then, in yo%5r%6 deeds, Accesses, & Restraints
134.DT1.012  and what yo%5u%6 reade, & what yo%5r%6 self deuise
134.DT1.013  But soone the Reasons why y'are lou'd by All
134.DT1.014  Grow infinite, and soe pass Reasons reach
134.DT1.015  Then back againe t'implicite ffaith I fall
134.DT1.016  and rest on what the Catholique voice doth teach
134.DT1.017  That you are good; and not one Heretique
134.DT1.018  Denies it: if hee did; yet you are soe:
134.DT1.019  ffor Rockes w%5ch%6 high-topp'd, & deepe rooted stick
134.DT1.020  waues wash, not vndermine, nor ouerthrowe.
134.DT1.021  In euery thing there naturally growes
134.DT1.022  A Balsamum, to keepe it fresh, & newe,
134.DT1.023  If t'were not iniur'd by extrinsique blowes
134.DT1.024  Yo%5r%6 Birth, & beauty are this Balme in you, [CW:But]
134.DT1.025  But you of Learning, and Religion [f.68]
134.DT1.026  and virtue, & such Ingredients haue made
134.DT1.027  A Methridate, whose operation
134.DT1.028  keepes off, or cures what can bee done, or saide.
134.DT1.029  Yet this is not yo%5r%6 Phisique, but your ffoode
134.DT1.030  A Diet fitt for you, for you are heare
134.DT1.031  The first good Angell, since the worlds frame stood
134.DT1.032  that euer did in womans shape appeare.
134.DT1.033  Since you are then Gods Masterpeece, & soe
134.DT1.034  his ffactor for our Loues, Doe, as you doe
134.DT1.035  Make yo%5r%6 returne home Gratious; & bestowe
134.DT1.036  this life on that, soe make one life of twoe
134.DT1.037  ffor soe God help mee, I would not miss you there
134.DT1.038  ffor all the Good, w%5ch%6 you can doe mee heere
134.DT1.0SS  [om]
134.DT1.0$$  %1Eight 4-l. sts w/even no'd ll. ind 2 sp, plus a 6-l. st w/ ll.34 & 36 ind 2 sp & ll.37-8 ind 6 sp; sts separated 
by line-sp except betw. sts 7 & 8--scribally corrected w/horiz. line at LM%2