IDENTILIN$$ F138DT1|BedfWrit|Dublin ms. I|ff. 70v-71v|T:EWS\o\5-2-86\T&E:JSC\mf\10-24-96\P&C(hwt,mf):JMK\6-6&7-10-01;JSC\7-26-01 138.DT1.HE1 %XTo the Countess of B: 138.DT1.001 T'haue written then when you writt, seem'd to mee 138.DT1.002 Worst of spirituall Vices, Simony 138.DT1.003 And not t'haue written then seemes little lesse 138.DT1.004 The worst of ciuill vices. Thanklesness, 138.DT1.005 In this my Debt I seem'd loath to confess 138.DT1.006 In that I seem'd to shun Beholdingnes 138.DT1.007 But t'is not soe; Nothing[sic] as I am may 138.DT1.008 pay all they haue, & yet haue all to paye 138.DT1.009 Such borrowe in their payments, & owe more 138.DT1.010 by hauing leaue to write soe, then before 138.DT1.011 Yet since ritch mines in Barren grounds are showne 138.DT1.012 May not I yeild (not Gold) but coale, or stone? 138.DT1.013 Temples were not demolished though prophane 138.DT1.014 Here Peter Ioues; the[sic] Paul >>%Vhaue<< Dian's ffane 138.DT1.015 Soe whither my Hymns you 'admitt, or chuse 138.DT1.016 In mee you haue hallowed a Pagan-Muse 138.DT1.017 And Denizend a stranger, whoe mistaught 138.DT1.018 By Blamers of the Times They Marrd, hath sought 138.DT1.019 Virtues in Corners, w%5ch%6 now brauely doe 138.DT1.020 shine in the worlds best part, or all it, you. 138.DT1.021 I haue beene told that Virtue'in Courtiers harts 138.DT1.022 suffers an Ostracisme, and departs 138.DT1.023 Profitt, Ease, ffittnes, Plentie; bid it goe 138.DT1.024 But whether only knowing you, I knowe 138.DT1.025 Your, or yo%5r%6[sic] Virtue two vast vses serues 138.DT1.026 It ransomes one Sex, & one Court preserues 138.DT1.027 There's nothing but yo%5r%6 worth, w%5ch%6 being true 138.DT1.028 Is knowne to any other, not to you, 138.DT1.029 And you can neuer knowe it; to admitt 138.DT1.030 noe knowledge of yo%5r%6 worth, is some of it. [CW:But] 138.DT1.031 But since to you yo%5r%6 Phrases Discords bee [f.71] 138.DT1.032 stoope others Ills to meditate w%5th%6 mee 138.DT1.033 Oh, to Confess, wee knowe not what wee should 138.DT1.034 Is half Excuse wee knowe not what wee would 138.DT1.035 Lightens[sic] depresses vs; Emptiness fills; 138.DT1.036 wee sweat, & faint, yet still goe downe the hills 138.DT1.037 As newe Philosophie arrests the Sun 138.DT1.038 and bidds the Passiue Earth about it runne 138.DT1.039 Soe wee haue Dull'd our Minde: It hath noe ends 138.DT1.040 only the Bodie is busie, and pretends 138.DT1.041 As dead lowe earth, ecclipses, & Controules 138.DT1.042 the Quick high Moone, soe dothe y%5e%6 Bodie soules. 138.DT1.043 In none but vs are such mixt engins found 138.DT1.044 as Hands of double office, for the Ground 138.DT1.045 Wee till w%5th%6 them, & them to Heau'en wee raise 138.DT1.046 whose prayer-less labours, or w%5th%6out this praise 138.DT1.047 Doth but one half; That's none; Hee w%5ch%6 said Plowgh 138.DT1.048 & looke not back, to looke vpp doth allowe. 138.DT1.049 Good seed degenerats, and ofte obayes 138.DT1.050 the Soiles disease, & into Cookle straies 138.DT1.051 Let the Minds thoughts bee but transplanted soe 138.DT1.052 Into the Bodie, & Bastardly they growe 138.DT1.053 what hate could hurt, or[sic] Bodies like our loue? 138.DT1.054 wee but noe forraine Tyrants could remoue 138.DT1.055 These, not ingrau'd, but in-borne Dignities. 138.DT1.056 casketts of Soules, Temples, and Pallaces 138.DT1.057 ffor Bodies shall from Death redeemed bee 138.DT1.058 soules but preseru'd not naturally free 138.DT1.059 As men to'our prisons, nowe Soules to vs are sent 138.DT1.060 w%5ch%6 learne it there, & come in Innocent 138.DT1.061 ffirst seeds of euery Creature are in vs 138.DT1.062 what ere the world hath bad, or pretious [CW:Mans] 138.DT1.063 Mans bodie can produce, hence hath it beene [f.71v] 138.DT1.064 y%5t%6 stones, wormes, ffrogs, & snakes, in man are seene. 138.DT1.065 But who ere sawe, though Nature can work soe 138.DT1.066 that Pearle, or Gold, or Corne in man did growe? 138.DT1.067 Wee'haue added to the world Virginia, and sent 138.DT1.068 two newe starrs lately to the ffirmament 138.DT1.069 Why grudg wee vs (not Heauen) the dignitie 138.DT1.070 t'increase w%5th%6 ours, those faire soules Companie 138.DT1.071 But I must end this letter; though it doe 138.DT1.072 stand on two Truthes; neither is true to you. 138.DT1.073 Virtue hath some perversnes; for >t%>s