IDENTILIN$$ F148H04|BedfShe|Norton MS, Eng. 966.3|ff. 30v-31\KJH\mf\7-27-94\P:DF\o\12-1-00\C:JSC\1-10-01
148.H04.HE1 %XElegie to the Ladye Bedford:
148.H04.001 Yo%5u%6 that are shee, and yo%5u%6 that's double shee,
148.H04.002 In her dead face, halfe of yo%5r%6selfe yo%5u%6 see:
148.H04.003 She was the other part; ffor soe they doe
148.H04.004 W%5ch%6 build them freindshippes, become one of twoe:
148.H04.005 Soe twoe that but themselues noe third can fitt
148.H04.006 w%5ch%6 were to be soe, when they wer not yet
148.H04.007 Twins, though their birth Cusco, and Musco take
148.H04.008 as diuers starres and Constellation make
148.H04.009 Payrd like twoe eies, haue equall motion, soe
148.H04.010 both but one meanes to see, one way to goe:
148.H04.011 Had yo%5u%6 died first, a Carcasse she had beene
148.H04.012 and we yo%5r%6 rich Tombe in her face had seene
148.H04.013 She, like the Soule is gone, and yo%5u%6 heere staie,
148.H04.014 not a liue ffreind, but th' other halfe of claye
148.H04.015 And since yo%5u%6 act that part, as men saie, heere
148.H04.016 lies such a Prince, when but one part is there;
148.H04.017 And doe all honour, and deuotion due
148.H04.018 Vnto the whole; soe we all reverence yo%5u%6 [CW:ffor such]
148.H04.019 ffor such a freindship, who would not adore [f.31]
148.H04.020 In yo%5u%6, who are all, what both was before
148.H04.021 Not all as if some perished by this
148.H04.022 But soe that in yo%5u%6, all contracted is;
148.H04.023 As of this All, though many parts decaye
148.H04.024 The pure w%5ch%6 Elemented them shall staie
148.H04.025 And though diffus'd, and spread in infinite
148.H04.026 shall recollect, and in one all vnite:
148.H04.027 Soe Maddam, as her soule to heau'en is fled
148.H04.028 Her flesh rests in the Earth, as in a bed,
148.H04.029 Her vertues doe as to their proper sphere
148.H04.030 returne to dwell w%5th%6 yo%5u%6, of whom they were
148.H04.031 As perfect motions are all circular
148.H04.032 soe they to yo%5u%6 their sea, whence lesse streames are
148.H04.033 She was all spices, yo%5u%6 all mettalls; soe
148.H04.034 in yo%5u%6 two, we did both rich Indies knowe
148.H04.035 And as noe fire, nor rust, can spend, nor wast
148.H04.036 one dram of gold, but what was first shall last
148.H04.037 Though it be forc'd in water, Earth salt, ayre
148.H04.038 Expansd in infinite none will impaire:
148.H04.039 Soe to yo%5r%6selfe yo%5u%6 may additions take
148.H04.040 but nothing can yo%5u%6 lesse, or changed make
148.H04.041 Seeke not in seeking newe to seeme to doubt
148.H04.042 that yo%5u%6 can match her, or not be w%5th%6out
148.H04.043 But let some faithfull booke in her roome be
148.H04.044 yet but of Iudith, noe such book as shee:
148.H04.0SS Finis
148.H04.0$$ Even no'd lines indented, except l.20