IDENTILIN$$  F148HH4|BedfShe|MS HM 198, pt 1\pp. 79-80\JPK\mf\8-18-92\P:T-LP\o\6-11-93\C:JGW\9-30-99;JSC\7-12-01
148.HH4.0HE  %XElegy to the Lady Bedford 
148.HH4.001  Yow that are,[sic] shee, and yow thats double shee
148.HH4.002  in her dead face halfe of your selfe shall see
148.HH4.003  she was the other part, for soe they doe
148.HH4.004  w:%5ch%6 build them freindships, become one of too%>>towe<
148.HH4.005  soe too, that, but themselues, no third can fitt
148.HH4.006  which weer to bee soe, when they weer not yett itt
148.HH4.007  twins though their bu%>>bir<th Cusco, and Mosco take
148.HH4.008  as diuers starrs one Constellation make
148.HH4.009  par'd like tow[sic] eyes, haue equall motion soe
148.HH4.010  both but one means to see, one way to goe
148.HH4.011  had yow dide first A Carkus she had beene
148.HH4.012  and wee your Rich Tombe in her face had seene
148.HH4.013  she like the soule is gone, and yow heer stay
148.HH4.014  not A life frend, but y%5e%6 other halfe of clay
148.HH4.015  and since you Act that part, as men say, heer
148.HH4.016  Lyes such A Prince, when but one part is theer
148.HH4.017  and doe all Honnour and deuotion dewe
148.HH4.018  unto the whole, soe wee all reuerence yow [CW:om]
148.HH4.019  for such A frendship who would nott adore [p.80]
148.HH4.020  in yow whoe are all what both weer before
148.HH4.021  not all, as if some perished by this
148.HH4.022  but soe, that in yow all contracted is
148.HH4.023  %Yof%ZAs of this all though manny parts decay
148.HH4.024  the pure which elemented them shall stay
148.HH4.025  and though diffus'd and spread in Infinite
148.HH4.026  shall recollect, and in one all unite,
148.HH4.027  soe Maddame as her soule to Heauen is fled
148.HH4.028  her flesh rests in the Earth, as in A bedd
148.HH4.029  her vertues doe, as to their proper spheare
148.HH4.030  returne to dwell with yow, of whome they weere
148.HH4.031  as perfect motions are all Circular
148.HH4.032  soe they to yow their sea, whence all streames are
148.HH4.033  she was all spices, you all Mettles, soe
148.HH4.034  in yow tow,[sic] wee did both rich Indias knowe
148.HH4.035  and as no fyer or rust can spend or wast
148.HH4.036  one drame of gould; but what was first shall last
148.HH4.037  though it be forst in water, Earth, sault, Ayre
148.HH4.038  exposd to Infinite, none will Impare
148.HH4.039  soe; to your selfe you[sp:sic] may additions take
148.HH4.040  but nothing can yow less or changed make
148.HH4.041  seek not in seeking new, to seeme to doubt
148.HH4.042  that you can match her, or not be with out
148.HH4.043  But lett some faithfull booke in her rome bee
148.HH4.044  yett butt of Iudeth noe such booke as she
148.HH4.0SS  [horiz rule across pg]
148.HH4.0$$  Ll. 43-44 ind 4 sps; scribal "LC" to left of HE; "printed" in 2nd hand in LM at l.1