IDENTILIN$$ F003B40|Lansdowne MS. 740|ff. 58-59|E:mth\x\10-13-94\P:TJS\o\7-29-95\C:JSC\9-21-98 003.B40.HE1 %XA Satire 003.B40.001 Kind pitty choakes my spleene, braue scorne for bidds 003.B40.002 those teares to yssue, w%5ch%6 swell my eielidds; 003.B40.003 I must not laugh nor weepe Sin%Ms, and be wise, 003.B40.004 cann rayling then cure these worne malladyes; 003.B40.005 Is not our Mistres fair religion 003.B40.006 as worthie of all our soules devotion, 003.B40.007 as vertue was >%V%5to%6< the first blinded age? 003.B40.008 Are not %1Heuens%2 ioyes as valiant to asswage 003.B40.009 lustes as earthes honnour was to them? alasse 003.B40.010 as wee doe them in meanes, shall they surpasse 003.B40.011 vs in the end? and shall thy fathers spirett 003.B40.012 meet blind philosophers in heaven, whose merritt 003.B40.013 of strick't life may be imputed faith? and here 003.B40.014 thee whom he taught, soe easie ways and neare 003.B40.015 to follow damn'ed? o if thou darest fear this, 003.B40.016 this feare great courage, and hie valour is; 003.B40.017 Dar'st thou aide Mutinous %1Dutch%2? and darst thou lay 003.B40.018 thee in %Ywooden%Zshipps wooden Sepulchers, a pray 003.B40.019 to Leaders rage, to stormes, to shott, to dearth, 003.B40.020 Dar'st thou dive seas, and dongions of the earth; 003.B40.021 hast thou couragious fier, to thaw the yce 003.B40.022 of frosen north discoveries, and thrise 003.B40.023 coulder then Sallamanders, like Devyne 003.B40.024 children in th'oven, ffires of spayne, and the lyne, 003.B40.025 whose countries, Lymbecks to our bodies bee, 003.B40.026 can'st thou for gayne, beare? and must euery he 003.B40.027 w%5ch%6 cryes not %1Goddess%2 to thie Mistres, Draw, 003.B40.028 or eate thie poysonous wordes? courage of straw: 003.B40.029 O Desperat Coward, wilt thou seeme bould, and 003.B40.030 to thie foes, and his (who made thee to stand 003.B40.031 sentynell in his worlds garison) thus yeld, 003.B40.032 and for forbidden warrs, leaue th'appointed feyld? 003.B40.033 Know thie foes%>>foe<; the foule Divell is, whom thou 003.B40.034 strivest to please; for Hate, not loue, w>%Yh%Z(,%>)< and ioyes, w%5ch%6 flesh can tast 003.B40.041 thou lovest, And thie fair goodlie soule, w%5ch%6 doth 003.B40.042 give this flesh powre, to tast ioye, thou dost loth; 003.B40.043 Seeke true %1Religion%2; O.[sic] where? %1Mirreus%2 003.B40.044 thinking her vnhousde heare, and fled from vs, 003.B40.045 seekes her at %1Rome%2; there, because he doth know 003.B40.046 that shee was there a thousand yeares agoe; 003.B40.047 He loues the Raggs soe, as wee here obaye 003.B40.048 the State-cloth, wher the prince satt yesterdaye; 003.B40.049 %1Grants%2 to such braue loues will not be inthrald, 003.B40.050 but loues her only, who at %1Geneua%2 is cald 003.B40.051 %1Religion%2. playne, simple, %1Sollen%2. younge, 003.B40.052 contemptuous, yett vnhandsom; as amonge 003.B40.053 %1Lecherous%2 humors, theris one, that iudges 003.B40.054 noe wenches wholsom, but course country drudges; 003.B40.055 %1Grayus%2 stayes still at home heare; and because 003.B40.056 some prechers, >()< bidds[sic] him thinke, that shee 003.B40.058 w%5ch%6 Dwells w%5th%6 vs is only perfect, he 003.B40.059 embraceth her, whom his godfathers will 003.B40.060 tender to him, being tender; as wardes still 003.B40.061 take such wiues as their %1Gardeans%2 offer, or 003.B40.062 paye valewes: %1Careless Phrigius%2 doth abhorr 003.B40.063 all, because all cannot be good; as one 003.B40.064 knowing some women whores, Dares Marry none; 003.B40.065 %1Gracchus%2 loues all as one, and thinkes that soe 003.B40.066 as women Do in Diverse Countryes goe 003.B40.067 in Divers habitts, yett are still one kind, 003.B40.068 soe doth, soe is %1Religion%2; and this blind= 003.B40.069 nes, to much light breedes; but vnmov'd thou 003.B40.070 of force must one, and forc'd but one alow; 003.B40.071 and the Right, aske thie father w%5ch%6 is shee, 003.B40.072 lett him aske his, thoughe truth, and falshood bee 003.B40.073 neer twynnes, yett truth a little elder is; 003.B40.074 be buisye to seeke her, beleeue me this, [CW:he#is][miscatch] 003.B40.075 he'is not of none, nor worst, that seekes the best. [f.59] 003.B40.076 to'adore, or scoorne an Image, or protest, 003.B40.077 may all be badd; doubt wisely: in strang way 003.B40.078 to stand enquiering right, is not to stray; 003.B40.079 to sleepe, or run, wrong is: one a huge hill 003.B40.080 Cragged and steepe, truth standes; and he that will 003.B40.081 reach her, aboute must, and aboute goe, 003.B40.082 and what the hills sudde%Mnes resistes, win%Me soe; 003.B40.083 yett strive soe, that before age Deathes twilight 003.B40.084 thy soule rest, for none can worke in that night. 003.B40.085 to will implies delaye, therfore now doe 003.B40.086 hard deedes, the bodyes paynes; hard knowledg to 003.B40.087 the myndes indevoires[sic] reach; and Mysteries, 003.B40.088 are like the sonn,[sic] Dazeling, yett playne to all eyes. 003.B40.089 keepe the %1Truth%2, w%5ch%6 thou hast found: men do not stand 003.B40.090 in soe ill case >%V%5here%6< that %1God%2 hath w%5th%6 his hand 003.B40.091 Signed Kings %1Blanck=charters%2, to kill whom they hate, 003.B40.092 nor are they %1vicars%2, but %1Hangmen%2 to fate. 003.B40.093 %1Foole%2, and %1wretch%2, wilt thou lett thie soule be tyed 003.B40.094 to mans lawes, by w%5ch%6 shee shall not be tryed 003.B40.095 at the last daye? will it then boote thee 003.B40.096 to Saye, a %1Phillip%2, or a %1Gregorie%2, 003.B40.097 a %1Harry%2, or a %1Martyn%2, taught thee this? 003.B40.098 is not this excuse for meare contraries 003.B40.099 %1Equally%2 strong s%>>C