IDENTILIN$$  F139DT1|BedfTwi|Dublin ms.I|ff. 72-73|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
139.DT1.HE1  %XTo the Countess of B. at Newyeares tyde.|
139.DT1.001  This Twy-light of twoe yeares, not Past, nor next
139.DT1.002  Some Embleme is of mee, or I of this
139.DT1.003  whoe Meteor-like of stuff, & forme perplext
139.DT1.004  whose what, & where in disputation is
139.DT1.005  If I should call mee any thing should misse.
139.DT1.006  I summ the yeares, & mee; & finde mee not
139.DT1.007  Debtor to tho'ld,[sic] nor Creditor to newe,
139.DT1.008  That cannot saye, my thanks I haue forgott,
139.DT1.009  Nor trust I this w%5th%6 hopes, & yet scarce true
139.DT1.010  This Brauerie is, since these times shew'd mee you
139.DT1.011  In recompence, I would shewe future tymes
139.DT1.012  what yo%5u%6 were, & teach them to vrge toward such,
139.DT1.013  Verse Embalmes Virtue; And Tombes, or Thrones of Rimes
139.DT1.014  preserues fraile transitorie ffame, as much
139.DT1.015  as spice doth Bodies from corrupt aires touch.
139.DT1.016  Mine are short-liu'd, the Tincture of your name
139.DT1.017  Creates in them, but dissipates as fast
139.DT1.018  Newe spiritts, from stronge Agents, w%5th%6 the same
139.DT1.019  fforce, that doth warme, & cherish vs, doth waste.
139.DT1.020  Kept hott w%5th%6 stronge extracts, noe Bodie lastes.
139.DT1.021  Soe my verse, built of yo%5r%6 iust praise might want
139.DT1.022  Reason, & Likelihood, the firmest Base
139.DT1.023  And made of Miracle, nowe ffaith is scant
139.DT1.024  will vanish soone, and soe possess noe place,
139.DT1.025  and you, and it, too much Grace might disgrace
139.DT1.026  When all (as Truth Commands assent) confess
139.DT1.027  all truth of yo%5u%6, yet they will doubt howe I
139.DT1.028  One Corne of one low-Ant-hills dust, and less, [CW:should][miscatch]
139.DT1.029  Should name, knowe, or express, a thing soe high [f.72v]
139.DT1.030  And not an Inch measure Infinitie.
139.DT1.031  I cannot tell them, nor my self, nor you;
139.DT1.032  But leaue, least Truth b'endangered by my praise.
139.DT1.033  And turne to God, whoe knowes I think this true,
139.DT1.034  And vseth oft, when such a Heart missayes
139.DT1.035  To make it good, for such a prayer, praise.
139.DT1.036  Hee will best teach you howe you should lay out
139.DT1.037  His stock of Beauty, Learning, ffauour, Bloud,
139.DT1.038  Hee will perplex securitie w%5th%6 doubt
139.DT1.039  and cleare those doubts; hid from yo%5u%6, & shewe yo%5u%6 good,
139.DT1.040  And soe encrease yo%5r%6 Appetite, and ffoode.
139.DT1.041  Hee will teach yo%5u%6 that Good, & Bad haue not
139.DT1.042  one Latitude, in Cloysters, and in Court,
139.DT1.043  Indifferent, there the greatest space hath gott
139.DT1.044  some pittie is not good there: some vaine Disport
139.DT1.045  On this side Sinn, w%5th%6 y%5t%6 place may Comport.
139.DT1.046  Yet hee, as hee bounds Seas, will fix yo%5r%6 houres
139.DT1.047  w%5th%6 pleasure, & delight may not ingress
139.DT1.048  And though what none els lost, bee truliest yours,
139.DT1.049  Hee will make yo%5u%6 what you did not possess
139.DT1.050  By vseing others, not vice, but weakness
139.DT1.051  Hee will make yo%5u%6 speake Truthes, & Credibly,
139.DT1.052  and make you doubt, that others doe not soe
139.DT1.053  Hee will prouide you keyes, & lockes, to spie
139.DT1.054  and scape spies to good ends, & hee will showe
139.DT1.055  what you may not acknowledg, what not knowe
139.DT1.056  ffor yo%5r%6 owne Conscience, hee giues Innocence
139.DT1.057  But for yo%5r%6 ffame, a Direct wariness
139.DT1.058  And though to scape, then to reuenge offence
139.DT1.059  Bee better, hee showes both; and to represse [CW:Ioye]
139.DT1.060  Ioye, when yo%5r%6 state swells, sadness when t'is lesse. [f.73]
139.DT1.061  ffrom Need of Teares, hee will defend your soule
139.DT1.062  Or make a Re-Baptizing of one teare
139.DT1.063  Hee cannot, that's hee will not) disenroule      [no"("]
139.DT1.064  Yo%5r%6 name: And when w%5th%6 actiue ioye wee heare
139.DT1.065  This priuate Ghospell, then t'is our newe Yeare.
139.DT1.0SS  [om]
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