IDENTILIN$$  F142C02|Carey|Cambridge Add.5778(Cambridge Balam),ff.44-45 T-LP 3/16/90; CUL (o) GAS 5-1-90
142.C02.0HE  A Letter to the Ladye Carey, and /M%5rs%6 Essex Riche. from Amyens. [44]
142.C02.001  Madame. /Here where by all, all Saints invoked are,
142.C02.002  T'were too much Schisme to be Singular
142.C02.003  And 'gainst a Practise generall to Warre.
142.C02.004  Yet turninge to Saynts, shoulld my Humilitye
142.C02.005  To other Saynt then yo%5w%6, directed Bee,
142.C02.006  That were to make my Schisme Heresye.
142.C02.007  Nor would I bee a Convertite soe Colld,
142.C02.008  As not to tell yt, yf thys bee to bolld
142.C02.009  Pardons are in thys Markett cheapelye solld.
142.C02.010  Where because Fayth ys in too lowe degree
142.C02.011  I thought yt some Appostleshipp in Mee
142.C02.012  To Speake Things, w%5ch%6 by Fayth alone I see.
142.C02.013  That ys of you, Who are a Firmament
142.C02.014  Of Vertues, where noe one is growne, or spent
142.C02.015  They are yo%5r%6 Materialls, not yo%5r%6 ornament.
142.C02.016  Others Whome wee call vertuous, Are not soe
142.C02.017  In theyre whole substance, but theyre vertues growe,
142.C02.018  But in theyre humors, And at Seasons Showe.
142.C02.019  For when through Tastlesse flatt humilitye
142.C02.020  In dowbak'd men, some harmelesnes wee see,
142.C02.021  Tis but hys Flegme, that's vertuous, & not Hee.
142.C02.022  Soe ys the Blood some tymes, Who ever Ran
142.C02.023  To danger vnimportun'd, hee was Than
142.C02.024  Noe better then a Sanguine vertuous Man. [CW:Soe]
142.C02.025  Soe Cloysterall Men who in pretence of Feare [44v]
142.C02.026  All Contributions to thys lyfe forbeare
142.C02.027  Haue vertue in Melancholye, and onely There,
142.C02.028  Spirituall Cholerique Critiques, w%5ch.%6 in All
142.C02.029  Religions finds fallts, and forgiue no Fall
142.C02.030  Haue through theyre Zeale, vertue but in theyre Gall.
142.C02.031  Wee are thus but Parcell Guilt, to golld wee are growne
142.C02.032  Where vertue ys our Soules Complexion
142.C02.033  Who knowes hys vertues name, or Place, hath None.
142.C02.034  Vertue ys but Anguish, when t'is Severall,
142.C02.035  By occasion waked, and Circumstantiall,
142.C02.036  True Vertue ys Soule, alwayes in all deedes All.
142.C02.037  Thys vertue thinkinge to giue dignitye
142.C02.038  To yo%5r%6 Soule, found there noe infirmitye
142.C02.039  For yo%5r%6 Soule was as good vertue, as Shee,
142.C02.040  Shee therefore wrought vpon the part of yo%5w%6
142.C02.041  W%5ch%6 ys scarce lesse then Soule, as she could doe,
142.C02.042  And soe hath made yo%5r%6 Beautye, Vertue to.
142.C02.043  Hence comes yt, y%5t%6 yo%5r%6 Beautye wounds noe harts
142.C02.044  As others, w%5ch%6->w%5th%6 profane & sensuall Darts.
142.C02.045  But as an Influence, Vertuous thoughts im=parts.
142.C02.046  But yf such freinds by the honor of yo%5r%6 Sight
142.C02.047  Growe Capable of thys soe great a light
142.C02.048  As to pertake yo%5r%6 vertues, and theyre might.
142.C02.049  What must I thinke that Influence must doe
142.C02.050  Where yt finds Sympathy and matter to
142.C02.051  Vertue, and Beautye of the same Stuffe; as you.
142.C02.052  W%5ch%6 ys yo%5r%6 worthy Noble Sister, Shee
142.C02.053  Of whome, yf that in thys my Extasye
142.C02.054  And revelation of yo%5w%6 both I see,
142.C02.055  I should write here, as in short Galleryes
142.C02.056  The M%5r%6 at the end large Glasses tyes
142.C02.057  Soe to present the Roome, twice to Yo%5r%6 eyes.
142.C02.058  Soe I should giue thys letter length, and say [45]
142.C02.059  That w%5ch%6 I sayd of yo%5w%6, There is noe way
142.C02.060  From eyther, but by the other not to stray.
142.C02.061  May therefore thys be enough to Testifye
142.C02.062  My true Devotion, free from Flatterye
142.C02.063  He that beleeves hym selfe, doth never lye.
142.C02.0SSom
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