153.Y02.HE2  To y%5e%6 Countess of Bedforde. [316]
153.Y02.HE3  Maddam
153.Y02.001  I haue learnt by thos lawes in w%5ch%6 I am /a little conversant,
153.Y02.002  y%5t%6 he w%5ch%6 bestowes any cost /vpon y%5e%6 dead, obliges him
153.Y02.003  w%5ch%6 is dead, but not y%5e%6[CW:heire] /[317]heire: I doe not therfore send this 
153.Y02.004  pap%P vnto yo%5r%6 ladiship /y%5t%6 you should thanke me for itt, 
153.Y02.005  your fauours & benefitts /to me
153.Y02.006  are to much aboue my meritts, y%5t%6 they are euen /aboue my 
153.Y02.007  gratitude, if y%5t%6 were to be iudged by words w%5ch%6 /must express
153.Y02.008  itt: But Maddam, since your noble brothers /fortunes being yours,
153.Y02.009  y%5e%6 euedences also concerning itt are yours: /So his virtues being
153.Y02.010  yours y%5e%6 euedences concerning that /belong also to you: of w%5ch%6 by
153.Y02.011  yo%5r%6 acceptance this may /be a peice, In w%5ch%6 quallitie I humbly
153.Y02.012  present itt, and /as a testimony how intierly your familie
153.Y02.013  possesseth
153.Y02.014  your ladishipps most humble
153.Y02.015  & thankefull servant
153.Y02.016  John Donne. [CW:Obsequies]
153.Y02.0$$  L. 1 indented 6 sp.; ll. 14-15 indented 30 sp.; l. 16 indented 35 sp.; Running head: Obsequies [pp.319-36] Note in later hand at bottom of p.336: [10 lines missing]