IDENTILIN$$ F152H04|Henry|Harvard fMS Eng 966.3|ff.80-81, pp.159-61 152.H04.HE1  Elegie: Prince Henry: [80] 152.H04.001 Looke to mee, ffaith and looke to my faith: God 152.H04.002 ffor both my Centers feele this Period. 152.H04.003 Of weight one Center, one of greatnes is, 152.H04.004 And reason%Ys%Z is that Center, ffaith is this. 152.H04.005 ffor into our reason flowe, and there doe end 152.H04.006 All that this naturall world doth comprehend, 152.H04.007 Quotidian thinges, and equi=distant hence 152.H04.008 Shutt in for man in one Cyrcumference 152.H04.009 But for th'inormous greatnesses w%5ch%6 are 152.H04.010 Soe disproportiond, and soe Angular 152.H04.011 As is Gods Essence, Place, and Prouidence 152.H04.012 where, howe, when, what, Soules doe departed hence 152.H04.013 Theis thinges (Eccentrique else) on faith doe strike, 152.H04.014 yet neither All, nor vpon all alike. 152.H04.015 ffor reason put to her best extension 152.H04.016 Allmost meetes Faith, and makes both Centres, one. 152.H04.017 And nothing euer came soe neere to this 152.H04.018 As Contemplation of that Prince, we misse. 152.H04.019 ffor all that ffaith might creditt, mankind could 152.H04.020 Reason still seconded that this Prince would. 152.H04.021 If then least movinges of the Center, make 152.H04.022 More then if whole hell belch'd, the world to shake 152.H04.023 What must this doe; Centers distracted soe 152.H04.024 That we see not what to belieue, or knowe? 152.H04.025 Was it not well belieud till now, that he 152.H04.026 whose reputation was an extasie 152.H04.027 On neighbour States, w%5ch%6 knewe not why to wake 152.H04.028 Till he discovered what waies he would take [CW:ffor] 152.H04.029 ffor whom what Princes angled when they trie'd [80v] 152.H04.030 Mett a Torpedo, and were stupified 152.H04.031 And others studies howe he would be bent 152.H04.032 was his great ffathers greatest Instrument, 152.H04.033 And activst spiritt to convey and tie 152.H04.034 This Soule of peace through Christianity 152.H04.035 Was it not well beleevd that he would make 152.H04.036 This generall peace th#Eternall ouertake? 152.H04.037 And that his tymes might haue stretcht out %Yas%Z>soe farre 152.H04.038 As to touch those, of whom[var:ich] they Emblems are? 152.H04.039 ffor to confirme this iust beleife that nowe 152.H04.040 The last daies came, we sawe heauen did allowe 152.H04.041 That but from his aspect, and exercise 152.H04.042 In peacefull tymes rumours of warres doe rise 152.H04.043 But nowe this ffaith is Heresye, we must 152.H04.044 still staie, and vex o%5r%6 great#Grandmother, dust. 152.H04.045 Oh, is god Prodigall? Hath he spent his store 152.H04.046 Of plagues on vs|,| and onely nowe when more 152.H04.047 would eate[var:ease] as[var:us] much would[var:doth] he grudge miserie 152.H04.048 And >will not lett's inioy our cursse, to die? 152.H04.049 As for the Earth throwne lowest downe of all, 152.H04.050 Twere an Ambition to desire to fall 152.H04.051 Soe god in our Ambition[var:desire], to dye doth knowe 152.H04.052 our plott for ease, in being wretched soe 152.H04.053 Therefore we liue though such a life we haue 152.H04.054 As but soe many Mandrakes on his Gra*e 152.H04.055 What had his growth, and generation done 152.H04.056 when what we are, his Putrifaction 152.H04.057 Sustaines in vs|,| Earth w%5ch%6 greifes animate 152.H04.058 Nor hath our world nowe, other Soule then that 152.H04.059 And could greife yet[var:g], soe high as Heauen, that Quire 152.H04.060 fforgetting this their newe ioye would desire 152.H04.061 (w%5th%6 greife to see him) he had staid belowe|,| 152.H04.062 To rectifie our errours, they foreknowe 152.H04.063 Is th'other Center reason, faster then? 152.H04.064 where should we looke for that nowe we'#are not men? [CW:ffor#if] 152.H04.065 ffor if our Reason be our Connexion [81] 152.H04.066 Of Causes, nowe to vs, there can be none 152.H04.067 ffor as if all the substances were spent 152.H04.068 Twere madnes to inquire of Accident 152.H04.069 So is't to looke for Reason, he being gone 152.H04.070 The onely Subiect Reason wrought vpon 152.H04.071 If fate haue such a chayne whose diuers lincks 152.H04.072 Industrious man discerneth as he thinkes 152.H04.073 When miracle doth come, and soe steale in 152.H04.074 A new linck Man knowes not where to begin 152.H04.075 At a much deadder fault must Reason be 152.H04.076 Death hauing broke off such a linck as he 152.H04.077 But nowe for vs w%5th%6 busie prooffe to come 152.H04.078 That we haue noe Reason, would prove we had some 152.H04.079 Soe would iust lamentations, Therefore we 152.H04.080 may safelier saie, that we are dead then he 152.H04.081 Soe, if our greifes we doe not well declare 152.H04.082 we haue double excuse, Hee's not dead, and we are. 152.H04.083 yet I would not dye yet|;| ffor though I be 152.H04.084 too narrowe to thinke him, as he is hee. 152.H04.085 (our soules best baiting, and mid=period%Y)%Z 152.H04.086 In her long iourney of considering God) 152.H04.087 yet (noe dishonour) I may reach him thus 152.H04.088 As he imbrac'd the fires of loue w%5th%6 vs 152.H04.089 Oh may I (since I liue) but see or heare 152.H04.090 That shee Intelligence w%5ch%6 movd this Spheare. 152.H04.091 I pardon ffate my life, who e're thou be 152.H04.092 w%5ch%6 hast the noble Conscience, thou art shee 152.H04.093 I coniure thee by all the Charmes he spoke 152.H04.094 By th'othes w%5ch%6 onely yo%5w%6 two neuer broke 152.H04.095 By all the Soules yo%5w%6 sigh'd that if yo%5w%6 see 152.H04.096 Theis Lines, yo%5w%6 wish I knew yo%5r%6 Historie 152.H04.097 Soe much as yo%5w%6 two; Mutuall Heauens were heere 152.H04.098 I were an Angell, singing what yo%5w%6 were. 152.H04.SS om 152.H04.$$ Variants & one insertion in a second hand above the lines.