IDENTILIN$$  F134HH4|BedfReas|MS HM 198, pt. 1\p. 89\JPK\mf\8-12-92\P:T-LP\o\6-11-93\C:JGW\9-22-99;JSC\7-16-01
134.HH4.0HE  %XTo the Countes of Bedford Elegy: 17%5th%6
134.HH4.001  Maddam[LM] Reason is our soules left hand faith her right 
134.HH4.002  by theis wee reach Deuinnety, thats yow
134.HH4.003  their loues, who haue the blessing of your sight
134.HH4.004  grew from their reason, mine from fair faith grew
134.HH4.005  butt as although A Squint lefthandednes
134.HH4.006  b'ungratious, yet we cannot want that hand
134.HH4.007  soe would I not t'increas but to express
134.HH4.008  my faith as I beleue soe understand
134.HH4.009  therfore I study yow first in your saints
134.HH4.010  those frends whome your election glorefyes
134.HH4.011  then in your deeds, accesses, and restraints
134.HH4.012  and what yow read, and what your selfe deuice
134.HH4.013  but sone the reasons why yow are lou'd by all
134.HH4.014  grow infinite and soe past reasons reach
134.HH4.015  then back againe to Implicite faith I fall
134.HH4.016  and rest on that the Catholick faith doth teach
134.HH4.017  that yow are good, and no one Heretick
134.HH4.018  denyes itt, if he did, yett yow are soe,
134.HH4.019  for Rocks w:%5ch%6 hight to sunn, & deep rooted stick
134.HH4.020  waues wash, not undermine nor ouerthrowe
134.HH4.021  in euery thing theer naturally growes
134.HH4.022  A balsum to keep it fresh and new
134.HH4.023  if t'weer not iniur'd by extrinsique blowes
134.HH4.024  your birth & beauty are this Balme in yow
134.HH4.025  but yow of learning and religion
134.HH4.026  and uertue, and Ingredients, haue made
134.HH4.027  A Mithridate, whose opperation
134.HH4.028  keps of, or cures, what can be done or saide
134.HH4.029  yett this is not your phisicke, but your food
134.HH4.030  A diatt fitt for yow, for yow are heere
134.HH4.031  the first good Angell, since the worlds frame stood
134.HH4.032  that euer did in womans shape appeare
134.HH4.033  since yow are (then) Gods Master=peece and soe
134.HH4.034  his factor for our Loues, doe as yow doe
134.HH4.035  make your returne home gratious, and bestowe
134.HH4.036  this life on that, soe make one life of tow:,[sic]
134.HH4.037  for (soe God helpe mee) I wouldd not miss yow theer
134.HH4.038  for all the good that yow can doe mee heere
134.HH4.0SS  [om]
134.HH4.0$$  Even no'd ll. ind 2 sps, last two lines ind 6 sps; scribal "LC:" to left of (otherwise centered) HE; "printed" in 2nd hand in LM at l.2