IDENTILIN$$ F012B40 Lansdowne ms. 740\f.118r-v\EWS\o\P:JSC-GAS\mf\9-28-94\C:JSC 012.B40.0HE %X%1Elegiae%L%2. 012.B40.001 Oh, lett >>%Vnot<< me serue soe, as those men serue 012.B40.002 whom Honours smokes, at once flatter, and sterue. 012.B40.003 Poorelie enrich'd w%5th%6 great mens wordes, and lookes, 012.B40.004 Nor soe wright my name in thie loueing bookes 012.B40.005 as those Idolatrous flatterers, w%5ch%6 still 012.B40.006 their Princes stiles w%5th%6 manie Relmes full fill: 012.B40.007 whence they noe tribute haue, & where noe swaye; 012.B40.008 such seruices I offer as shall paie 012.B40.009 them selues; I hate dead names: oh then lett me 012.B40.010 ffavorite in Ordinarie, or noe ffavourite bee. 012.B40.011 when my soule was in myne owne bodie sheath'd, 012.B40.012 not yett by oathes betroth'd, nor kisses breath'd 012.B40.013 into my purgatorie, (ffaythlesse thee): 012.B40.014 thie hart seem'd wax, and steele thie constancie: 012.B40.015 Soe carelesse flowers, strewed one the waters face 012.B40.016 The curled whirlepooles, suck, smacke, & imbrace; 012.B40.017 Yett drowne them; Soe the tapers beamie eye 012.B40.018 Amourouslie twinckling, beckons the giddie flie; 012.B40.019 Yett burnes his winges; And such the divell is, 012.B40.020 Scarce visiting them, whoe are intirelie his. 012.B40.021 when I behould a streme w%5ch%6 from the spring 012.B40.022 doth w%5th%6 doubtfull Melodious murmurring, 012.B40.023 Or in a speechlesse slumber calmelie ride 012.B40.024 her wedded Channells bossome, and there chide, 012.B40.025 and bend her browes, and swell if any bough 012.B40.026 doe but stoope downe to kisse her vppmost brow: 012.B40.027 Yett if her often gnawing kisses win 012.B40.028 the trayterous bancke to gape, and lett her in, 012.B40.029 shee rusheth violentlie; and doth divorce 012.B40.030 her from her natiue, and her long kept course; 012.B40.031 And roares, and braues it, and in gallent Scorne [f.118v] 012.B40.032 In flattering Eddies, promising returne 012.B40.033 She floutes her Channell; whoe thencforth is drie: 012.B40.034 Then saie I, that is shee, and this am I. 012.B40.035 Yett lett not thie deepe bitternes %J%Yso%Zbeegett%K[Mvar:>>begett<<] 012.B40.036 carelesse dispaire in me, fo%5r%6 that will whett 012.B40.037 my mynd to scorne; and (oh) Loue dulld w%5th%6 paine 012.B40.038 was neare soe wise, nor %Ysoe%Z#well arm'd as disdaine. 012.B40.039 Then w%5th%6 new eyes I shall survay thee, and spie 012.B40.040 Death in thie Cheekes, and darknes in thine eye. 012.B40.041 though hope breed faith, and Loue; thus taught I shall 012.B40.042 (As nations doo from %1Rome%2) from thie Loue fall. 012.B40.043 Myne hate shall out grow thine, and vtterlie 012.B40.044 I will renounce thie daliance, and when I 012.B40.045 **** the recusante in that resolute state 012.B40.046 what hurtes it me to be excomunicate.| 012.B40.0SS %XFinis [scribal flourish] 012.B40.0$$ %1No ind; indecipherable word beside l.45 in LM; odd "p" in gape, l.28; ff.149 and 119 wr. earlier at top right, then crossed out%2