IDENTILIN$$  F15953a|MHMary|Walton 1670|p. 18\T:EWS\o\pre-93\P:EWS\o(CSmH;MH)\6-15-01;7-29-02\C:JMK\7-17-01;JSC\7-18-01;8-27-02
159.53a.HE1  To the Lady %1Magdalen Her-/bert%2, of St. %1Mary Magda-/len%2.
159.53a.001  H%+%1Er of your name, whose fair inheritance%2
159.53a.002  Bethina %1was%2, %1and jointure%2 Magdalo:
159.53a.003  %1An active faith so highly did advance%2,
159.53a.004  %1That she once knew%2, %1more than the Church did%2 /(%1know
159.53a.005  The%2 Resurrection; %1so much good there is
159.53a.006  Deliver'd of her%2, %1that some Fathers be
159.53a.007  Loth to believe one Woman could do this%2;
159.53a.008  %1But%2, %1think these%2 Magdalens %1were two or three%2.
159.53a.009  %1Increase their number%2, Lady, %1and their fame:
159.53a.010  To their%2 Devotion, %1add your%2 Innocence;
159.53a.011  %1Take so much of th'example%2, %1as of the name%2;
159.53a.012  %1The latter half%2; %1and in some recompence
159.53a.013  That they did harbour%2 Christ %1himself%2, %1a Guest%2,
159.53a.014  %1Harbour these%2 Hymns, %1to his dear name addrest%2.
159.53a.0SS  J. D. 
159.53a.0$$  Even no'd ll. ind 2 sps; punct roman except ":" in l.9 & "'" in l.11 --EWS; 
orig. trs from CSmH 105498 (Presentation copy to Lord Aston)--proofed vs. CSmH: 106376, 
106435, 148358, & MH: *EC H4157 W670w; JSC electronically copied EWS's text to frame file 
2-21-01 & added (7-18-01) ital./roman codes per EWS's hwt on back of proofed hard copy