IDENTILIN$$  F154LR1.LTR|Ham-Letter|Leicestershire DG7/Lit.2(Burley MS)|f.353r-v|EWS
154.LR1.HE2  om
154.LR1.HE3  S%5r.%6 [353]
154.LR1.001  I presume you rather try what you can do in mee, then what I /can 
154.LR1.002  do in verse.  you knew my vttermost when itt was att %Ythe%Z best: And /even 
154.LR1.003  then I did best when I had least truth for my subiect. In this 
154.LR1.004  prese%Mt /case there is so much truth as it defeats all poetry.  
154.LR1.005  Call therefore this /paper by what name you will, And if it bee 
154.LR1.006  not worthy, of him nor of y%5o%6 /nor of mee, smother itt, and bee that the 
154.LR1.007  sacrifice.  Yf you had co%Mmanded /me to haue wayt,%5d%6 on his body 
154.LR1.008  to Scotland and preached there I should /haue embraced the 
154.LR1.009  obligation with more alacrity.  but I thanke you /for y%5t%6 you would 
154.LR1.010  co%Mmand that w%5ch%6 I was loath to do for even that hath
154.LR1.011  /giue%M a tincture of meritt to the obedience of
154.LR1.012  y%5r%6 poore frend and 
154.LR1.013  servant /in Christ Iesus. 
154.LR1.014  I. D.
154.LR1.$$   HE3 & l. 1 run together; ll. 12 and part of 13 run together; ll. 13 & 14 run together; HE3 extended into left margin; ll. 12 & 13(+14) indented 35 sp.