IDENTILIN$$  F112SP1|HWKiss|St. Paul's ms. 49.B.43\ff. [40-41v]\JSC\mf\6-20-95\P:GAS\o\7-24-95\C:JSC\'95;7-23-01
112.SP1.HE1  %XTo S%5r%6 Henrie Wootton.|
112.SP1.001  S%+%5r%6, more then Kisses, letters mingle Soules
112.SP1.002  ffor thus ffrends absent, speake; This Ease controules
112.SP1.003  The tediousnes of my lyfe; But for these
112.SP1.004  I could Ideat nothing, w%5ch%6 could please. [CW: But]
112.SP1.005  But I should wither in one daye, and passe [f.(40v)]
112.SP1.006  To a Bottle of Haye, that am a locke of Grasse.
112.SP1.007  Life is a voiage, and in our lifes waies.
112.SP1.008  Countries, Courts, Townes are Rockes or Remoraes.
112.SP1.009  They breake or stopp all shippes, yet o%5r%6 state is such,
112.SP1.010  That though then Pitch they stayne, worse wee must touch.
112.SP1.011  If in the furnace of the eeven line
112.SP1.012  Or vnder the adverse Icie Pole thou pine,
112.SP1.013  Thou know'st two temperate Regions guirded in
112.SP1.014  Dwell there: But oh! what refuge canst thou win
112.SP1.015  Parch't in the Court, and in the Countrie frozen?
112.SP1.016  Shall Cities built of both extreames bee chosen?
112.SP1.017  Can Doung, and Garlick bee a Perfume? or can
112.SP1.018  A Scorpion, &%>>or< Torpedo cure a Man?
112.SP1.019  Citties are worst of all three; of all three
112.SP1.020  (o knottie riddle) Each is worst ae%Lquallie.
112.SP1.021  Citties are Sepulchers; They who dwell there
112.SP1.022  Are Carkasses, as if noe such there were.
112.SP1.023  And Courtes are Theaters, where some Men plaie
112.SP1.024  Princes, some Slaves all to one end, and of one Claie.
112.SP1.025  The Countrie is a Desert, where noe good
112.SP1.026  (Gayn'd as Habitts not borne) is vnderstood.
112.SP1.027  There Men become Beastes, and prone to meere Euilles,
112.SP1.028  In Citties blockes, and in a lewde Court, Devilles. [CW:As]
112.SP1.029  As in the first Chaos confusedlie [f.(41)]
112.SP1.030  Each Elements qualities were in the other three;
112.SP1.031  Soe Pride, Lust, Couetize being seuerall
112.SP1.032  To these three places, yet are all in all.
112.SP1.033  And mingled thus, their Issue incestuous.
112.SP1.034  ffalsehood is denisous, Vertue is barbarous.
112.SP1.035  Lett noe Man saie there, Vertues flyntie Wall
112.SP1.036  Shall locke Vice in mee, I'le doe none, but knowe all.
112.SP1.037  Men are Spunges, w%5ch%6 to poure out, receiue,
112.SP1.038  Who knowe false Plaie, rather then loose, deceiue.
112.SP1.039  ffor in best vnderstandinges Sinne began,
112.SP1.040  Angells sinn'd first, then Deuilles, and then Man.
112.SP1.041  Onelie perchance Beasts synne not; wretched wee
112.SP1.042  Are Beastes in all, but white Integritie.
112.SP1.043  I thinke if Men, which in these Places lyve
112.SP1.044  Durst looke for themselues, and themselues retryve,
112.SP1.045  They would like Strangers greete themselues, seeing then
112.SP1.046  Vtopion youth growne old Italian.
112.SP1.047  Bee then thine owne home: and in thy self dwell.
112.SP1.048  Inne anie where, Continuance maketh Hell.
112.SP1.049  And seeing the Snayle, w%5ch%6 euerie where doth rome
112.SP1.050  Carrying his owne house still, still is at home.
112.SP1.051  ffollowe (for hee is easelie pac'd) this Snaile;
112.SP1.052  Be thine owne Pallace, or the world is thy Gayle.
112.SP1.053  And in the worlds Sea, doe not like Corke sleepe [CW:Vpon]
112.SP1.054  Vpon the waters face; Nor in the Deepe [f.(41v)]
112.SP1.055  Sincke like a lead without a line; But as
112.SP1.056  ffishes glide leaving noe print when they passe,
112.SP1.057  Nor making sound; Soe closelie thy Course goe,
112.SP1.058  Lett Men dispute, whether thou breath, or noe.
112.SP1.059  Onelie in this one thing bee noe Gallenist. To make
112.SP1.060  Courts hott ambitions, wholsome; doe not take
112.SP1.061  A dramme of countrie dulnes, doe not add
112.SP1.062  Correctives, but as Chimickes purge the badd.
112.SP1.063  But S%5%6, I advise not yow, I rather doe
112.SP1.064  Saie ore those lessons, which I learn'd of yow.
112.SP1.065  Whome free from Germane Schysmes, and lightnes
112.SP1.066  O'f ffrance, and faire Italies faithlesnes,
112.SP1.067  Hauing from these suck'd all they had of worth
112.SP1.068  And brought home that faith, w%5ch%6 yow carryed forth
112.SP1.069  I throughlie loue. But if my self, I haue wonne
112.SP1.070  To knowe my rules; I haue, and yow haue /Donne.
112.SP1.0SS  [scribal flourish centered under last word]
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