IDENTILIN$$ F008.B47/ElBrac Stowe 962/ ff. 214v-216v/ GL/cor GAS/o/8-1-92
008.B47.0HE To a Lady whose Chayne was lost [rules above and below HE]
008.B47.001 Not that in couller it was like thy hayre
008.B47.002 ffor Armeletts of that thou mayst let me weare
008.B47.003 Nor that thy hand it oft imbrac'd & kiss'd
008.B47.004 ffor soe it had that good, w%5ch%6 oft I mist
008.B47.005 Nor for that silly old Morallitie
008.B47.006 That as those links are tyed, o%5r%6 loues should be
008.B47.007 Mourne I, that I the seuenfould chayne haue lost
008.B47.008 Nor for the links sake, but the bitter Cost
008.B47.009 O that twelue righteouse Angells w%5ch%6 as yet
008.B47.010 Noe leauen of vild souder did admitt. [CW:Nor#yet#by#any#taynt]
008.B47.011 Nor yet by any taynt haue strayd or gonne [f.215r
008.B47.012 ffrom the first state of theire Creatione
008.B47.013 Angells w%5ch%6 heauen Com%Manded to p%Pvide
008.B47.014 All things for me, & be my faythfull guide
008.B47.015 To gayne new freinds, to appease greate enemies,
008.B47.016 To com%Mfort my soule where I lye or rise
008.B47.017 Shall these twe>%^a<llue innocents by thy severe
008.B47.018 Sentence (Dreade Judg) my sines greate burden beare
008.B47.019 Shall they be dam'd, & to the fornace throwne
008.B47.020 And punnisht for offences not theire owne?
008.B47.021 They saue not me, they doe not ease my paynes
008.B47.022 When in that hell they %Yb%Z are burn'd & ti'de in Chaynes
008.B47.023 Weare they but Crownes of ffrance, I car'd not
008.B47.024 ffor most of them theire naturall Country rott
008.B47.025 (I thinke) possesseth, they come here to vs
008.B47.026 Soe leane, soe pale, soe lame, soe ruinouse
008.B47.027 And howsoe're ffrench kings most C%5h%6ristiane be,
008.B47.028 There Crownes are Circumscise'd most Iewishly.
008.B47.029 Or weare they Spanish stamps still trauelinge,
008.B47.030 That are become as Catholique as theire kinge
008.B47.031 Those vnlikt beare=whelps, vnfil'd pistoletts
008.B47.032 That more then Can%Mon shott %Ya*%Zavayles, or letts.
008.B47.033 W%5ch%6 negligently left vnroundly looks,
008.B47.034 Like many angled figures in the books
008.B47.035 Of some greate Coniurer w%5ch%6 could enforce
008.B47.036 Nature, as these doe Justice, from %Yhere%Z >%5her%6< Course
008.B47.037 W%5ch%6 as the soule, quickens hands, feete, & hart
008.B47.038 As streames, like vaynes, run through th'erthes emptier p%Pt [CW:Visite#all#Countryes.]
008.B47.039 Visit all Countryes, & haue slyly made [f.215v
008.B47.040 Gorgeouse ffrance, rugged, ruin'd, & decay'de
008.B47.041 Scotland w%5ch%6 knew noe state pro>%^w<ued in one day
008.B47.042 And mangled seauenteene headed Belgia
008.B47.043 Or weare it such gold as that wherew%5th%6all
008.B47.044 Allmighty Chymicks from each mynerall
008.B47.045 Knowinge by subtill fire, a soule out pulld
008.B47.046 And durtily, and desperatly guld
008.B47.047 I would not spitt to quench the fire they are in
008.B47.048 ffor they are guilty of much haynouse sinne
008.B47.049 But shall my harmelesse Angells perish? shall
008.B47.050 I loose my guard, my foode, my ease, my all?
008.B47.051 Much hope w%5ch%6 they should nourish wilbe deade
008.B47.052 Much of my able youth & lustie heade
008.B47.053 Will vanish, if thou let them alone
008.B47.054 But thou wilt loue me lesse when they are gone
008.B47.055 O be Content that some low'd squeakinge Cryer
008.B47.056 Well pleasd w%5th%6 one leane threadbare groate for hire
008.B47.057 May like a diuell roare through euery streete
008.B47.058 And gald the finders Conscience, if they meete.
008.B47.059 Or let me Creepe to some dreade Coniurer
008.B47.060 W%5ch%6 w%5th%6 %Ymust%Z->>%5much%6< fantastique Schemes %Yfills%Z->>%5fulfills%6< much pap%P
008.B47.061 W%5ch%6 hath devided heauen in teneme%Mts
008.B47.062 And w%5th%6 whores, thei>u<%V*es, murtherers stuft his rents
008.B47.063 Soe full, that though he passe them all in sinne
008.B47.064 He leaues himselfe noe roome to enter in.
008.B47.065 And if when all his art & time is spent
008.B47.066 He say 'twill ne're be found, >%^O< be Content [CW: Retayne thye doome.]
008.B47.067 Retayne the doome from him vngrudgingly [f.216r
008.B47.068 Because he is the mouth of destanie
008.B47.069 Thou sayst alas the gold doth still remayne
008.B47.070 Though it be chayngd & putt into a Chayne
008.B47.071 Soe in those frist fallne Angells resteth still
008.B47.072 Wisdom & knowledge but tis turn'd to ill
008.B47.073 As those should doe good deeds & should p%Pvide
008.B47.074 Necessities, but now must nurse thy pride
008.B47.075om
008.B47.076 ffor forme giues beinge & theire forme is gonne
008.B47.077 Pittie those Angells, yet theire dignities
008.B47.078 Passe vertues powers, & principallities
008.B47.079 But thou art resalute, thy will be donne
008.B47.080 Yet w%5th%6 such anguish as her only sonne
008.B47.081 The mother in the hungry graue doth lay
008.B47.082 Vnto the fire these Martyres I betray
008.B47.083 Good soules for you %YI%Z giue life to euery thinge
008.B47.084 Good Angells for good messages you bringe
008.B47.085 Destin'd you might haue bene to such a one
008.B47.086 As would haue loued & worshipp you alone
008.B47.087 One w%5ch%6 would suffer hunger, nakednesse,
008.B47.088 Yea death, e're he would make yo%5r%6 nu%Mber lesse
008.B47.089 But I am guiltie of yo%5r%6 sadd decay
008.B47.090 May yo%5r%6 few fellowes longer w%5th%6 me stay.
008.B47.091 But thou O wretched finder whom I hate
008.B47.092 Soe much as I doe pittie thy estate
008.B47.093 Gold being the heauiest mettall amonge all
008.B47.094 May my most heauy Curse vppon thee fall [CW:Heare#fettred,.]
008.B47.095 Here fettred, manackled, & hang'd in Chaynes [f.216v
008.B47.096 ffirst mayst thou be, then chayned to helish paynes
008.B47.097 Or be w%5th%6 foraygne gold bribd to betray
008.B47.098 Thy Country, & fayle both of that and day
008.B47.099 May the next thinge thou stoopst to reach Contayne
008.B47.100 Poyson, whose nimble fume rott thy moyst brayne
008.B47.101 Or libells, or some Interdicted thinge
008.B47.102 W%5ch%6 negligently kept thy ruine bringe
008.B47.103 Lust bred diseases rott thee, & dwell w%5th%6 thee
008.B47.104 In thy desier and noe abilitie
008.B47.105 May all the hurt w%5ch%6 euer gold hath wrought
008.B47.106 All mischeifes w%5ch%6 diuells euer thought
008.B47.107 Want after plentie, poore & goutie age
008.B47.108 The plauges of trauellers, lame & marriage
008.B47.109 Afflict thee: At thy lifes last moment
008.B47.110 May thy swolne sinnes them selues to thee p%5r%6sent
008.B47.111 But I forgiue, repent thou honest man
008.B47.112 Gold is restoratiue, restore it than
008.B47.113 Or if w%5th%6 it thou beest loath to dep%Pt,
008.B47.114 Because 'tis Cordiall, would twere at thy hart.|
008.B47.0SSom
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