IDENTILIN$$ F134H08|BedfReas|Utterson ms., Eng. 966.7|ff 60v-61v|KJH\mf\6-28-94\P:DF\o\3-16-01\C:JSC\4-17-01
134.H08.HE1 %XTo the Countess of Bedford. I.D.
134.H08.001 Maddam, /Reason is o%5r%6 Soules left hand, faith her right,
134.H08.002 By these we reach Diuinity, that's you;
134.H08.003 Their loues who haue their blessing fro%M yo%5r%6 sight
134.H08.004 Grew fro%M their Reason; myne fro%M faire faith grew.
134.H08.005 But as although a squint left=handedness
134.H08.006 B' vngratious, yet we cannot want y%5t%6 hand,
134.H08.007 So would I not t' increase but to express
134.H08.008 My faith, as I beleiue, soe vnderstand.
134.H08.009 Therefore I study you first in your S.%5ts%6
134.H08.010 Those freinds whom your election glorifyes,
134.H08.011 Then in your deedes, Accesses & Restraints, [f.61]
134.H08.012 And w%5t%6 you reade & w%5t%6 yourselfe devise.
134.H08.013 But soone the reasons why you are lou'de by all 
134.H08.014 Grow infinite, & soe pass reasons reach;
134.H08.015 Then back agayne t' implicite faith I fall
134.H08.016 And rest on that y%5e%6 Catholique faith doth teach,
134.H08.017 That you are good: And not one Hereticke
134.H08.018 Denyes it; if he did yet you are soe:
134.H08.019 ffor Rocks which high to Sun, & deepe-rooted stick
134.H08.020 Waues wash; not vndermyne, nor ouerthrow.
134.H08.021 In euery thinge there naturally growes
134.H08.022 A Balsamum to keepe it fresh & new,
134.H08.023 If t'were not iniur'd by extrinsick blowes
134.H08.024 Your birth & beauty are this balme in yo%5u%6.
134.H08.025 But you of learning, & Religion,
134.H08.026 And vertue, & such ingredients haue made
134.H08.027 A Mithridate whose operation
134.H08.028 Keepes off, or cures w%5t%6 can be done or sayd.
134.H08.029 Yet this is not your Phisick but your food,
134.H08.030 A dyett fitt for you, for you are here
134.H08.031 The first good Angell since the worlds frame stood
134.H08.032 That euer did in womans shape appeare.
134.H08.033 Since yo%5u%6 are then Gods Master-peice, & soe
134.H08.034 His ffactor for our loues, doe as you doe
134.H08.035 Make your returne home gratious, & bestow [f.61v]
134.H08.036 This life on that; Soe make one life of two.
134.H08.037 ffor (soe God helpe mee) i'de not miss yo%5u%6 there
134.H08.038 ffor all the good w%5ch%6 you can doe mee here.
134.H08.0SS Border to divide this poem from the next.
134.H08.0$$ %1Divided by line sp into nine 4-ll. sts, w/ 2d & 4th ll. ind 3 
sps, & one 2-ll. st w/ both ll. ind 3 sps%2