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143.00C.OHE %X%1To the Countesse of Bedford%2. /[blank_line] /%X%1Begun in France%2, %1but never perfected%2. 
143.00C.001 T%+Hough I be %1dead%2 and buried, yet I have
143.00C.002 (Living in you) Court enough in my grave, 
143.00C.003 As oft as there I thinke my selfe to bee,
143.00C.004 So many resurrections waken mee.
143.00C.005 That thankfulnesse your favours have begot
143.00C.006 In mee, embalmes me; that I doe not rot;
143.00C.007 This season as 'tis Easter, as 'tis spring,
143.00C.008 Must both to growth and to confession bring
143.00C.009 My thoughts dispos'd unto your influence, so
143.00C.010 These verses bud, so these confessions grow;
143.00C.011 First I confesse I have to others lent
143.00C.012 Your stock, and over prodigally spent
143.00C.013 Your treasure, for since I had never knowne
143.00C.014 Vertue or beautie, but as they are growne
143.00C.015 In you, I should not thinke or say they shine,
143.00C.016 (So as I have) in any other Mine;
143.00C.017 Next I confesse this my confession,
143.00C.018 For, 'tis some fault thus much to touch upon
143.00C.019 Your praise to you, where half rights seem too much,
143.00C.020 And make your mindes sincere complexion blush.
143.00C.021 Next I confesse my'impenitence, for I
143.00C.022 Can scarce repent my first fault, since thereby
143.00C.023 Remote low Spirits, which shall ne'r reade you,
143.00C.024 May in lesse lessons finde enough to doe,
143.00C.025 By studying copies, not Originals, [CW:%1To%2]
143.00C.0SS %1Desunt Cae%Ltera%2.
143.00C.0$$ No sts; only SS ind (10 sps--not centered as HE)