IDENTILIN$$ F138H04|BedfWrit|Norton MS, Eng. 966.3|ff. 55v-57\KJH\mf\7-27-94\P:DF\o\11-27-00\C:JSC\1-10-01
138.H04.HE1 %XTo the Countess of: B:
138.H04.001 T' haue written then when yo%5u%6 writt seem'd to mee
138.H04.002 Worst of spirituall vices; Simonye
138.H04.003 And not to' haue written then seemes little lesse
138.H04.004 The[var:>>Than<<] worst of civill vices; Thanklessnesse [CW:In this]
138.H04.005 In this my debt, I seemd loath to confesse [f.56]
138.H04.006 In that I seemd to shunne Beholdingnes.
138.H04.007 But 'tis not soe, nothing>>s<< as I am maye
138.H04.008 pay all they haue, and yet haue all to paye
138.H04.009 Such borrowe in their payments, and owe more
138.H04.010 by hauing leave to write soe, then before.
138.H04.011 Yet since rich mynes in barren groundes are showne
138.H04.012 may not I yeild (not gould,) but coale, or Stone?
138.H04.013 Temples were not demolished though prophane
138.H04.014 Here Peter Ioues the[var:>>%Vthere<<] Paul >>hath<< Dian's ffane
138.H04.015 Soe whither my Hymnes yo%5u%6 admitt, or chuse
138.H04.016 In me yo%5u%6 haue hallowed a Pagan Muse,
138.H04.017 And Denizend a straunger who mistaught
138.H04.018 by blamers of the tymes, they marrd, hath sought
138.H04.019 vertues in corners w%5ch%6 nowe brauely doe
138.H04.020 shine in the worlds best part or all it[var:>>in<<] yo%5u%6:
138.H04.021 I haue bin tould that vertue in Courtiers heartes
138.H04.022 suffers an Ostracisme, and departs
138.H04.023 Proffitt, ease, fitnes, plentie; bid it goe
138.H04.024 but whither onely knowing yo%5u%6 I knowe
138.H04.025 yo%5r%6, or yo%5r%6 vertue two vast vses serues
138.H04.026 It ransomes one Sex, and one Court preserues
138.H04.027 There's nothing but yo%5r%6 worth w%5ch%6 being true
138.H04.028 Is knowne to any other, not to yo%5u%6.
138.H04.029 And yo%5u%6 can neuer knowe it; to admitt
138.H04.030 noe knowledge of yo%5r%6 worth is some of it.
138.H04.031 But since to yo%5u%6, yo%5r%6 Phrases discordes be
138.H04.032 stoope others ills to meditate w%5th%6 me
138.H04.033 Oh to confesse, we knowe not what we should,
138.H04.034 Is halfe excuse, we knowe not what we would
138.H04.035 Lightnes depresse vs, %Y***%Z emptines fills
138.H04.036 we sweat, and faint, yet still goe downe the hills
138.H04.037 As newe Philosophie arrests the Sun
138.H04.038 And biddes be[var:>>the<<] Passive Earth about it run: [CW:om]
138.H04.039 Soe we haue dulld our mynde. It hath noe ends [f.56v]
138.H04.040 onely the bodie is busie, and pretends 
138.H04.041 As dead lowe Earth Ecclipses, and controules
138.H04.042 the Quick high Moone, soe doth the bodie Soules;
138.H04.043 In none but vs are such mixt Engines found,
138.H04.044 as hands of double office for the ground
138.H04.045 we till w%5th%6 them; and them to heaue'n raise
138.H04.046 whose praier[#]lesse%>>>praierlesse<< labours, or w%5th%6out this praise
138.H04.047 doth doe but one halfe; That's none: Hee w%5ch%6 said Plowgh
138.H04.048 and looke not backe, to looke vp doth allowe.
138.H04.049 Good seede degenerates, and oft obayes
138.H04.050 the Soyles disease, and into Cockle straies;
138.H04.051 Let the mindes thoughts be but transplanted soe
138.H04.052 into the bodie, and Bastardly they growe
138.H04.053 What hate could hurt, or[var:>>our<<] bodies like our Love?
138.H04.054 we but noe forraigne Tirants could remove
138.H04.055 Theis not ingrav'd, but in=borne dignityes
138.H04.056 Casketts of Soules, Temples, & Pallaces.
138.H04.057 ffor bodies shall from death redeemed be
138.H04.058 soules but preserud, not naturally free
138.H04.059 As men to' our prisons, nowe Soules to vs are sent
138.H04.060 w%5ch%6 learne %Jit%K[var:>>vice<<] there, and come in Innocent
138.H04.061 ffirst seedes of euery Creature are in vs
138.H04.062 what e're the world hath bad, or precious
138.H04.063 Mans bodie can produce, hence hath it beene
138.H04.064 that stones, wormes, frogges & snakes, in man are seene.
138.H04.065 But who 'ere sawe, though nature can worke soe
138.H04.066 that Pearle, or gould, or corne in man did growe?
138.H04.067 We haue added to the world Virginia, and sent
138.H04.068 twoe newe starres lately to the firmament
138.H04.069 Why grudge we vs (not Heaue'n) the dignitie
138.H04.070 to' increase w%5th%6 ours, those faire soules companie?
138.H04.071 But I must end this letter, though it doe
138.H04.072 stand on two truthes; neither is true to yo%5u%6 [CW:Virtue]
138.H04.073 vertue hath some perversnes, ffor she will [f.57]
138.H04.074 neither belieue her good, nor others ill.
138.H04.075 Euen in yo%5u%6 vertues best Paradise
138.H04.076 vertue hath some, but wise degrees of vice.
138.H04.077 Too many vertues, or too much of one
138.H04.078 Begetts in yo%5u%6 uniust suspition;
138.H04.079 And ignnorance of vice makes vertue lesse
138.H04.080 Quenching compassion of our wretchednes
138.H04.081 But theis are Riddles: some aspersion
138.H04.082 of vice becomes well some complexion,
138.H04.083 Statesmen purge vice w%5th%6 vice, and may corrode
138.H04.084 the bad w%5th%6 bad, a Spider w%5th%6 a toade.
138.H04.085 ffor soe; Ill thralles not them, but they tame Ill
138.H04.086 and make her doe much good against her will.
138.H04.087 But in yo%5r%6 com%Mon wealth, or world in yo%5u%6
138.H04.088 vice hath noe office, nor good worke to doe
138.H04.089 Take then noe vicious purge, but be content
138.H04.090 w%5th%6 cordiall vertue, yo%5r%6 knowne nourishment.
138.H04.0SS Finis
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