IDENTILIN$$  F148O08|BedfShe|ms. Don.b.9|f. 56r-v\JSC\mf\10-7-94\P:EWS\o\6-27-95\C:JSC\'95;7-19-01
148.O08.HE1  %XElegie to the Lady Bedford.
148.O08.001  You that are shee, and you, thats double shee.
148.O08.002  in her dead face, halfe of youre selfe shall see
148.O08.003  Shee was the other part, for soe they doe
148.O08.004  Which build them freindshipps, become one of twoe
148.O08.005  Soe twoe that but themselues noe third can fitt
148.O08.006  Which were to bee soe, when they were not yett
148.O08.007  Twinns, though theire birth, Cusco, and Musco, take
148.O08.008  as diuers Starrs one constellation make
148.O08.009  Payr'd like twoe Eyes, haue equall motion soe
148.O08.010  both but one meanes to see, One way to goe.
148.O08.011  had you dy'd first, a Carcass shee had beene
148.O08.012  and wee youre rich Tombe, in her face had seene
148.O08.013  Shee, like the soule is gonne, and you heare stay
148.O08.014  Not aliue freind, but tho'ther halfe of claye
148.O08.015  And since you act that parte, as men say heere
148.O08.016  Lyes such a Prince, When but one part is there
148.O08.017  And doe all honoure, and Deuotion due 
148.O08.018  Vnto the whole, soe wee all reverence you
148.O08.019  ffor such a freindshipp whoe would not adore
148.O08.020  In you, whoe are all, What both was before!
148.O08.021  Not all, as if some perished by this
148.O08.022  but soe, that in you all contracted is.
148.O08.023  As of this all, though many parts decay
148.O08.024  The pure which Elemented them shall staye
148.O08.025  And though diffus'd and spread in infinite
148.O08.026  shall recollecte, and in one all vnite.
148.O08.027  Soe Madam, as her soule to heauen is fledd
148.O08.028  her flesh rests in the Earth, as in a bedd
148.O08.029  Her virtues doe as to theire propper spheare
148.O08.030  Returne to dwell w%5th%6 you of whome they were [f.56v]
148.O08.031  As perfect motions are all circular
148.O08.032  Soe they to you theire Sea, whence lesse streames are
148.O08.033  shee was all spices, you all mettalls? soe
148.O08.034  in you twoe, wee did Rich Indies knowe
148.O08.035  And as noe fire, nor rust, cann spend or wast
148.O08.036  One dramme of gold, but what was first shall last
148.O08.037  Though it be forc'd in Water, Earth, salt, ayre,
148.O08.038  Expans'd in infinite, none will impaire;
148.O08.039  Soe to youre self, you may Additions take
148.O08.040  but noething cann you lesse, or changed make
148.O08.041  Seeke not in seekeing newe, to seeme to doubt
148.O08.042  That you can match her, or not bee without
148.O08.043  but lett some faithfull booke in her roome bee
148.O08.044  yet but of Iudith, noe such booke as shee.
148.O08.0SS  Finis.
148.O08.0$$  %1No ind;%2 Donne %1penciled above & to right of HE, left of penciled foliation; SS at end of l.44%2