IDENTILIN$$  F148H03|BedfShe|Carnaby MS, Eng. 966.1\ff. 42v-43\pp. 84-85\JSC\mf\7-28-94\P:DF\o\10-4-00\C:JSC\1-5-01
148.H03.HE1  %XAn Elegie to the Ladie /%XBedfoorde.|
148.H03.001  You that are shee, and yo%5u%6 that's double shee
148.H03.002  In her dead face halfe of yo%5r%6 self shall see[Var:>bee<].
148.H03.003  Shee was the other parte, for soe they doe
148.H03.004  Which build them freindshippes, become one of twoe
148.H03.005  Soe twoe that but themselus noe third can fitt
148.H03.006  Whiche were to be soe when they were not yet
148.H03.007  Twinnes throughe their Birthe, Casco and Musco take
148.H03.008  As diuers starres one constellation make
148.H03.009  Paired like two eyes, which haue motion soe
148.H03.010  Bothe but one meanes to see, one way to goe; [CW:Had#yo%5w%6.|]
148.H03.011  Had yo%5w%6 dyed first a Carcase had you bin [43]
148.H03.012  And we yo%5w%6 riche tombe in her face had seen
148.H03.013  She like the soule is gone, and yo%5w%6 here stay
148.H03.014  Not aliue freind but the other halfe of day
148.H03.015  And since yo%5w%6 acte that parte as men say here
148.H03.016  Lyes suche a prince when suche a parte is there
148.H03.017  And doe all honor and deuotion due
148.H03.018  vnto the whole, soe we all reuerence yo%5w%6
148.H03.019  ffor suche a freindship whoe would not adore
148.H03.020  In you whoe are all what bothe %Yyou#were%Z>was< before?
148.H03.021  Not all as if some perished by this
148.H03.022  But soe that in yo%5w%6 all contracted is
148.H03.023  As if this all thoughe many parte decay
148.H03.024  The pure which elemented you[Var:>>them<<] shall stay
148.H03.025  And thoughe diffus'd and spread in infinite
148.H03.026  Shall recollect and in one all vnite
148.H03.027  Soe Madam as her soule to heauen is fled
148.H03.028  Her flesh rests in the earthe as in a bedd
148.H03.029  Her vertues doe as to the proper Spheare
148.H03.030  Returne to dwell with yo%5w%6 of whome they weare
148.H03.031  As perfect motions are all Circulare
148.H03.032  Soe they to yo%5w%6 their Sea whence lesse %YSeas%Z>Streams< are
148.H03.033  She was all spices yo%5w%6 all mettals soe
148.H03.034  In yo%5w%6 twoe we did both riche Indies knowe
148.H03.035  And as noe fire nor ruste, can spend or waste
148.H03.036  One dram%Me of gold, but what was first shall laste
148.H03.037  Thoughe it be forc't in water, earthe, salt, aire
148.H03.038  Expainc't to infinite none will impaire
148.H03.039  Soe to yo%5r%6 self yo%5w%6 may additions take
148.H03.040  But nothinge can yo%5w%6 lesse, or changed make
148.H03.041  Seeke not in seekinge new to seeme a doubt
148.H03.042  That yo%5w%6 can matche her or not be without
148.H03.043  But let some faithfull worke[Var:>>book<<], in her roome bee
148.H03.044  Yet but of Iudith, noe such booke as shee.|
148.H03.0SS  I. D.|
148.H03.0$$  %1No ind.%2 St. Ms. 136. %1wr. in 2nd hand in LM at HE; variants 
in ll. 24 & 43 are Norton's penciled interlineations%2