IDENTILIN$$  F142B32|Carey|British Lib. Harley 4995,ff.127v-28v  T-LP 3/19/90; BL GAS 5-5-90
142.B32.0HE  A Letter To the %3Lady Carey%4 & M%5rs%6 /Essex Rich. Amyens.| [127v]
142.B32.001  Madame /Here where by All, All sayntes invoked are,
142.B32.002  T'were too much schisme, to bee singulare,
142.B32.003  And against a Practise generall to warr.|
142.B32.004  yett turning to saynts, shold my Humilitye
142.B32.005  To other saynt then you, directed bee,
142.B32.006  That weare to make my schisme heresye.|
142.B32.007  Nor would I be a Convertite, so colde
142.B32.008  As not to tell yt; If this bee too bolde
142.B32.009  Pardons are in this Markett cheapely sold.| [128]
142.B32.010  Where because Fayth is in too lowe degree
142.B32.011  I thought it some Apostleship in Mee,
142.B32.012  To speake thinges, w%%ch%6 by fayth alone I see.|
142.B32.013  That is of you, who are a firmament
142.B32.014  Of virtues, where noe one ys growne, or spent,
142.B32.015  They are your Materialls, not your Ornament.|
142.B32.016  Others whom wee call Vertuous are not soe,
142.B32.017  In theyre whole substance, but theyre vertues growe,
142.B32.018  But in theyre humors, and at seasons showe.|
142.B32.019  For when through tastlesse flatt humilitye,
142.B32.020  In dowbaked men, some harmlesnes wee see,
142.B32.021  Tis but his Flegme, that's virtuous, and not hee.|
142.B32.022  So ys the blood sometymes, who ever ran
142.B32.023  To danger vnimportun'd he was than,
142.B32.024  Noe better then a sanguine Vertuous ma?
142.B32.025  So Cloysterall men who in pretence of feare,
142.B32.026  All Contribution to this Lyfe forbeare,
142.B32.027  Haue vertue in Melancholye, and only there.|
142.B32.028  Spirituall Cholerique Critiques, w%5ch%6 in All
142.B32.029  Religions finde falts, and forgiue noe fall,
142.B32.030  Haue through thys zeale, Virtue but in theyre Gall.
142.B32.031  We are thus but Parcell guilt, to Goulde we are growne,
142.B32.032  When Virtue is our sovles Complexion,
142.B32.033  Who knowes his virtues Name, or Place, hath none.
142.B32.034  Virtue is but Aguish, when tis severall,
142.B32.035  By Occasion waked, and Circumstantiall,
142.B32.036  True virtue ys soule, alwayes in all deedes All.|
142.B32.037  This Vertue thincking to giue dignitye,
142.B32.038  To your soule, found there noe Infirmitye,
142.B32.039  For your soule was as good vertue, as shee.|
142.B32.040  Shee therefore wrought vpon that Part of you,
142.B32.041  W%5ch%6 is scarce lesse then soule, as shee could doe,
142.B32.042  And so hath made your beautye vertue to.|
142.B32.043  Hence comes yt, that your beauty woundes not harts,
142.B32.044  As Others w%5th%6 Prophane, and sensuall darts,
142.B32.045  But as an Influence, Virtuous thoughts imparts.|
142.B32.046  But if such frendes by the honor of your sight
142.B32.047  Grow capable of this so greate a light,
142.B32.048  As to partake your vertues, and theyre Might.|
142.B32.049  What must I thincke that Influence must doe, [128v]
142.B32.050  Where yt findes sympathy and matter toe,
142.B32.051  Vertue, and Beautye of the same stuffe, as you.|
142.B32.052  W%5ch%6 ys your Noble worthy sister, shee
142.B32.053  Of whom, if what in this my Extasye,
142.B32.054  And reuelation of you both I see;
142.B32.055  I should write here, as in short Galleryes,
142.B32.056  The Master at the End large glasses tyes,
142.B32.057  So to present the roome twise to your Eyes,
142.B32.058  So I should giue this letter length and say,
142.B32.059  That w%5ch%6 I sayd of you there, ys no way,
142.B32.060  From eyther, but by the other not to stray.|
142.B32.061  May therfore this be Enough to testifye,
142.B32.062  My true devotion free from Flatterye,
142.B32.063  He that beleaues hymselfe, doth never lye.|
142.B32.0SS  om--but all pp. in this section headed "Dr: Doone:~"
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