IDENTILIN$$  F142HH1|Carey|Bridgewater ms.|ff. 37-38\T-LP\?\3-17-90\P:EWS\o\6-12-01\C:JMK\7-17-01;JSC\7-18-01
142.HH1.0HE  To the Ladie Carey
142.HH1.001  Madam /Heere, where by all, all saynts invoked are,
142.HH1.002  t'were to much schisme, to be singuler,
142.HH1.003  & gainst a practice generall, to warre.
142.HH1.004  Yet turning to saints, should my humility,
142.HH1.005  to other Saints then you, directed bee,
142.HH1.006  that were to make my schisme heresy:
142.HH1.007  Nor could I be a convertite so colde,
142.HH1.008  as not to tell it; if this bee to bolde;
142.HH1.009  pardons are in this markett cheaplie sold.
142.HH1.010  where, because faith is in to low degree,
142.HH1.011  I thought it some Apostleship in mee,
142.HH1.012  to speak things, w%5ch%6 by faith alone I see.
142.HH1.013  that is of you, whoe are a firmament
142.HH1.014  of virtues, where no one is growne >%Vn<or spent,
142.HH1.015  th'are %Ythe%Z>%Vyoure<[M:>youre<] materialls, not %Ythe%Z>youre<[M:>youre<] ornament. [CW:om]
142.HH1.016  Others whome wee call virtuous, are not soe [f.37v]
142.HH1.017  in their whole substance, but their virtues grow
142.HH1.018  but in their humors, & at seasons showe.
142.HH1.019  For when through tastless flatt humility
142.HH1.020  in doe=bak'd men, some harmlesnes wee see,
142.HH1.021  t'is but his figure is virtuous, not hee.
142.HH1.022  so is the bloud somtymes; who euer ran
142.HH1.023  to danger vnimpurtun'd, hee was than,
142.HH1.024  no better then a sanguine virtuous man.
142.HH1.025  so Cloisterall men, whoe in pretence of feare
142.HH1.026  all contribution to this life forbeare,
142.HH1.027  haue virtue in Melancholly, & only there.
142.HH1.028  Spirituall Chollerique Chri%Ys%Ztiques[M:>Crityques<], whoe in all
142.HH1.029  Religions finde falts, & forgiue no fall,
142.HH1.030  haue, through this zeale virtue but in their gall
142.HH1.031  w'are thus but parcell gylt, to gould w'are grown
142.HH1.032  when Virtue, is our sowles complexion;
142.HH1.033  whoe knowes his virtues name, or place, hath /none
142.HH1.034  Virtue is but %Y%Janguish%K%Z,[M:>aguish<(sic)] when tis' severall,
142.HH1.035  by occasion wak't, & circumstantiall
142.HH1.036  true virtue is soule, alwais, in all de>a%>e<ds all.
142.HH1.037  This virtue thinking to giue dignity
142.HH1.038  to y%5r%6 soule, found there no infirmity;
142.HH1.039  for %Ythe%Z[M:>youre<] Sowle was, as good virtue as shee [CW:om]
142.HH1.040  Shee therfore wrought, vpon that part of you [f.38]
142.HH1.041  w%5ch%6 is scarse less then Sowle, as shee could doe,
142.HH1.042  & so hath made your beawtye virtue too.
142.HH1.043  Hence comes it, that your beawty wounds not hearts
142.HH1.044  as others w%5th%6 prophane & sensuall darts,
142.HH1.045  but as an influence, virtuous thoughts imparts
142.HH1.046  But if such frends b>e%>y< t'honor of your right,
142.HH1.047  grow capable of this, to great a light,
142.HH1.048  as to partake your virtues, & their might;
142.HH1.049  what must I think, that influence must doe,
142.HH1.050  when it finds sympathy, & matter too,
142.HH1.051  virtue & beauty, of the same stuff as you.
142.HH1.052  w%5ch%6 is your noble >>%Vworthy<<[M:>>worthy<<] sister, Shee
142.HH1.053  of whom, if what in this my extasie,
142.HH1.054  & revelation of you both I see;
142.HH1.055  I should write heere as in short galleryes
142.HH1.056  the master at the ende large glasses tyes,
142.HH1.057  so to present the roome, twice to our eyes.
142.HH1.058  So I should giue the letter lengthe, & saye
142.HH1.059  that w%5ch%6 I said of yo%5u%6, there is no waye
142.HH1.060  from either, but >%Vby< th'other not to straye.
142.HH1.061  May therfore this be enough to testifie,
142.HH1.062  my true devotion, free from flattery,
142.HH1.063  Hee that believes himself, doth never Lye.|
142.HH1.0SS  [om]
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