IDENTILIN$$  F186A53a|Trsl., GHerb|Walton, LIVES (STC W671)|pp. 58-59\FM:JSC\e-copy, EWS disc\6-10-02\P:EWS\o\7-29-02\C:JSC\9-13-02
186A.53a.HE1 To Mr. %1George Herbert%2; sent him with one of /my Seales of the %1Anchor%2 and %1Christ%2. 
186A.53a.001 [as_HE]\(A sheaf/ of Snakes used heretofore to be          
186A.53a.002 [as_HE]\my Seal, which/ is the Crest of our poor Family.)
186A.53a.003 %1Adopted in Gods family, and so                         
186A.53a.004 My old Coat lost into new Arms I go.                   
186A.53a.005 The%2 Cross %1my seal in Baptism, spread below,          
186A.53a.006 Does by that form into an Anchor grow.                 
186A.53a.007 Crosses grow Anchors, bear as thou should'st do          
186A.53a.008 Thy Cross, and that Cross grows an Anchor too.         
186A.53a.009 But he that makes our Crosses Anchors thus               
186A.53a.010 Is%2 Christ; %1who there is crucified for us.          
186A.53a.011 Yet with this I may my first Serpents hold:              
186A.53a.012 (God gives new blessings, & yet leaves the old)        
186A.53a.013 The Serpent may as wise my pattern be;                   
186A.53a.014 My poyson, as he feeds on dust, that's me.             
186A.53a.015 And, as he rounds the earth to murder, sure              
186A.53a.016 He is my death; but on the Cross my cure.              
186A.53a.017 Crucifie nature then; and then implore                   
186A.53a.018 All grace from him, crucify'd there before.            
186A.53a.019 When all is%2 Cross, %1and that%2 Cross %1Anchor grown,  
186A.53a.020 This seales a Catechism, not a seal alone.             
186A.53a.021 Under that little seal great gifts I send,               
186A.53a.022 Both works & prayers, pawns & fruits of a friend,      
186A.53a.023 Oh may that Saint that rides on our great Seal,          
186A.53a.024 To you that bear his name large bounty deal%2.         
186A.53a.0SS J. Donne.         
186A.53a.0$$ Even no'd ll. 4-24 ind; ll. 1-2 prn. as part of HE & distributed over 3 ll. as prose (as marked above); ll. 1-3 
of GHerb (Latin; transcribed separately [F18653a] for collation) prn. btw/ HE (w/ ll.1-2) & l.3; SS aligned w/ RM; ll. 3-24 
prn. in ital. except as noted above; MH vol. proofed = *CE H4157 W670 w (lacked Donne's Life)