IDENTILIN$$ F017B44/ BL Sloane 1792 (ff.83-84)/TJS/mf/6-24-91/cor GAS/o/7-25-92
017.B44.0HE %JI: D: To his freind.%K
017.B44.001 Marry and loue thy Flauia, for shee
017.B44.002 Hath all things where with others beauteous bee
017.B44.003 For though her eies bee smale, her mouth is great
017.B44.004 Though her lipps Iuorie yet her teeth are iet>>.<<
017.B44.005 Though they bee dimme yet she is light enough [f.83v
017.B44.006 And though her harshe haire fall her skin is rough
017.B44.007 What though her cheekes bee yellow, her haire is re>>dd.<<
017.B44.008 Giue her thine, then, shee hath a maidenhead.
017.B44.009 These things are beauties elements, where these
017.B44.010 Meet in one, that one must being perfect please.
017.B44.011 If white and redd and each good quality
017.B44.012 Bee in thy wench, nere aske where it doth lie.
017.B44.013 In buying things perfum'd wee aske if there
017.B44.014 Bee muske and amber inn->>>in<< them, but not where.
017.B44.015 Though all her parts be not in th'vsuall place,
017.B44.016 Shee hath an An%5na%6gram of a good face.
017.B44.017 %5w%6->>>If<< wee could put the letters but one way
017.B44.018 In the lean dearth of words what could wee say?
017.B44.019 When by the Gam-ut some Musitians make
017.B44.020 A perfect song, others will undertake
017.B44.021 By the same Gam-ut for to equall it:
017.B44.022 Things that are simply good are nere unfitt.
017.B44.023 Shee's fair as any, if that all bee like her,
017.B44.024 And if none bee, then shee is singular.
017.B44.025 All loue is wonder, if wee rightly do
017.B44.026 Accept her wonderfull, why not louely too?
017.B44.027 Loue bilt one beauty goes as beauty dyes,
017.B44.028 Choose this face, chang'd by no deformityes.
017.B44.029 Weomen are all lke Angells, the fair bee [f.84
017.B44.030 Like these that fell to worse, but such as shee
017.B44.031 Like to good Angells nothing can empayr->>>impayre<<
017.B44.032 Tis less greefe to be foul then t'haue bene fayr
017.B44.033 For one nights reuells, gold and silke wee choose
017.B44.034 But for long iurnies cloth and lether use>>.<<
017.B44.035 Beauty is barren oft, good husbands say
017.B44.036 There is best land where there is fowlest->>>foulest<< way.
017.B44.037 O what a sovraign playster will shee bee
017.B44.038 If thy past sinns haue taught the iealousy>>.<<
017.B44.039 Here needs noe spyes, no eunuchs, her committ
017.B44.040 Safe to thy foes nay to thy marmasett
017.B44.041 When Belgias city the low countryes drown
017.B44.042 That durty foulnes guards and armes the towne->>>town<<
017.B44.043 So doth her face guard her, and so arme thee
017.B44.044 Which forct by busines, oft must absent bee
017.B44.045 Her face that like the clouds turnes day to night
017.B44.046 And mightier then the sea make moones look white
017.B44.047 Who though 7 yeares with in a stews had layde
017.B44.048 A nunnery->>>Nunnery<< durst receiue and thinke a mayd
017.B44.049 And though in childbirth labour shee did ly
017.B44.050 Midwifes would sweare 'twere but a timpany.
017.B44.051 Who if sh'accuse her selfe, I creddit lesse
017.B44.052 Then wictches->>>witches<< which impossibles confesse.
017.B44.053 Whom dildo's, bedstaues, and her uelued glasse
017.B44.054 Would be as loth to touch as Ioseph was.
017.B44.055 %JOne like none and like of none is best geer%K
017.B44.056 %JFor things in fashion euery man will we%5a%6re.%K
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