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140.HH4.0HE  A letter to S:%5r%6 Edw. Herbert: 
140.HH4.001  Man is A lumpe, wher all beasts kneded bee
140.HH4.002  wisdome makes him an Arke, wheer all agree
140.HH4.003  y%5e%6 foole in whome theis Beast doe liue att Iarr
140.HH4.004  is sport to others, and A Theatar
140.HH4.005  nor scapes he soe, but is himself there%>>their< prey
140.HH4.006  all w:%5ch%6 was man in him, is eate away
140.HH4.007  and now his beasts on one another feede
140.HH4.008  yet Couple in Anger%Y,%Z & new Monsters breed
140.HH4.009  how happy he w:%5ch%6 hath dew place assign'd
140.HH4.010  to his Beast, and disforrested his mind
140.HH4.011  Empa'ld himselfe, to keep them out, not in 
140.HH4.012  can sowe, & dare trust, Corne wher they h***>%Vhaue< been
140.HH4.013  can use his horse, Goat, wolfe, & euery Beast
140.HH4.014  and is not Ass himselfe to all the rest.
140.HH4.015  els man not only is the Heard of swine
140.HH4.016  but he is those Diuels w:%5ch%6 did encline
140.HH4.017  them to A headlong rage, & made them woorse
140.HH4.018  (for Man can ad weight to Heauens heuiest Curse
140.HH4.019  as Soules (they say) by owr first touch takes in
140.HH4.020  the poisnous tincture of Originall sinne
140.HH4.021  soe to y%5e%6 punishments w:%5ch%6 God doth fling
140.HH4.022  our apprehention Contributes the sting
140.HH4.023  to us as to his Chickens he doth cast
140.HH4.024  hemlock, and wee, as Men his Hemlock tast
140.HH4.025  we doe infuse, to what he meant for meate
140.HH4.026  Corrasiues, or intensiue cold, or heate [RM:>>printed<<]
140.HH4.027  for God no such specifique poisen hath
140.HH4.028  as kils wee know not how, his feircest wrath
140.HH4.029  hath not Antipathy, but may bee good
140.HH4.030  att least for Phisick if not for our food
140.HH4.031  thus Man y%5t%6 might be his pleasure, is his Rodd
140.HH4.032  and is his Diuell, that may be his God
140.HH4.033  since then our buisnes is to rectefy
140.HH4.034  nature to what it was, w'are led awry
140.HH4.035  by them who man to us, in little, showe
140.HH4.036  greater then dew, no forme wee can bestowe
140.HH4.037  on him, for Man into himselfe can drawe
140.HH4.038  all his faith, can swallow, and can chawe
140.HH4.039  all w:%5ch%6 is fitt, and all that which doth fill
140.HH4.040  all the round world, to Man is butt A Pill,
140.HH4.041  in all itt woorkes nott, butt itt is in all,
140.HH4.042  poisnous, or Purgatiue or Cordiall
140.HH4.043  for knowledg kindles Callentures in some
140.HH4.044  and is to others Icy Opium
140.HH4.045  as bare as true is that proffession than
140.HH4.046  w:%5ch%6 you[sp:sic] doe use to make that yow know Man
140.HH4.047  this makes it Credible, yow haue dwelt upon
140.HH4.048  all worthy books, and now are such A one
140.HH4.049  Actions are Authors, & of theis in yow
140.HH4.050  your frends find eu'ry Day A Mart of new
140.HH4.0SSom  
140.HH4.0$$  Ll. 40-50 ind 4 sps; scribal "LC" in margin to left of HE