IDENTILIN$$ F017O01 MS Add. b. 97 (ff.55v-56)/TJS/2-7-92/cor EWS/o/5-29-92
017.O01.HE1 %1In Flaviam%2. /[flourish]
017.O01.001 Marrie & love thy %1Flauia%2, for shee
017.O01.002 hath all thinges whereby others bewtious bee.
017.O01.003 ffor though her eyes be small her mouth is greate
017.O01.004 though theye be Iuorye, yet her teeth are Iett.
017.O01.005 Though they be dim%Me yet %1shee%2 is light enough
017.O01.006 & though her harshe hayre fall, her skinn is rough.
017.O01.007 W%5t%6 though her skinn be yellowe her hayre is redd,
017.O01.008 giue her thine, shee hath an Maydenheade.
017.O01.009 Theise thinges are Bewtyes %1Elements%2, where theise,
017.O01.010 meete in One, y%5t%6 One must as p%Pfect %Ybee%Z please
017.O01.011 Yf redd & white & eache good Qualitye
017.O01.012 be in thy wenche; nere aske where it doth lye.
017.O01.013 In byinge thinges p%Pfum'd, we aske, yf there
017.O01.014 be muske and amber in it, but not where.
017.O01.015 Though all her p%Ptes be not in th'usuall place
017.O01.016 she hath an %1Anagram%Me%2 of a good face.
017.O01.017 Yf we might putt the Letters but one waye
017.O01.018 in y%5t5%6 leane dearth of Words w%5t%6 could we saye?
017.O01.019 When by the %1Gam%M-vt%2 some Musitions make
017.O01.020 a p%Pfect songe, others will vnd%5r%6take,
017.O01.021 By the same %1Gam%M-vt%2 changd to equall it;
017.O01.022 Thinges simplie good can neu%5r%6 be vnfitt.
017.O01.023 Shee is fayre as anie (yf all be like her)
017.O01.024 and yf none be then is she singular.
017.O01.025 All %1Loue%2 is %1wonder%2: yf we iustly doe
017.O01.026 accoumpt her Wond%5r%6full why not lovelye too?
017.O01.027 Loue built on bewtye soone as bewtye dyes,
017.O01.028 Choose this face chang'd by no deformityes.
017.O01.029 Woemen are all like Angells, & the fayre
017.O01.030om                                                        
017.O01.031 like to good Angells, nothinge can empayre.            
017.O01.032 T'is lesse greife to be foule, then t'haue bene fayre. 
017.O01.033 ffor One nightes reuells, silkes & gold we choose,     
017.O01.034 but in longe Iorneyes, cloth & leather vse.            
017.O01.035 Bewty is barren oft: best husbands saye,               
017.O01.036 there is best lande, where is the fowlest waye.        
017.O01.037 O w%5t%6 a soueraine plaister will she bee, [f.56
017.O01.038 yf thy past sinns have taught thee Ielousie.           
017.O01.039 Heere needs no spies, n%5r%6 %1Eunuches%2, her com%Mitt    
017.O01.040 safe to thy ffoes, yea to a %1Marmosett%2.                 
017.O01.041 when %1Belgias%2 cityes the rownde countries drowne        
017.O01.042om                                                        
017.O01.043 that durtye foulnes guards her: & so for thee          
017.O01.044 w%5ch%6, forc't by busines absent off->>oft< must bee, 
017.O01.045 %1shee%2, whose fowle face like clowds turnes day to night.
017.O01.046 Who mightier then the sea, makes %1Moores%2 seeme white.   
017.O01.047 Whome though 7. yeares she in the stewes had layd       
017.O01.048 a %1Nunn'rie%2 durst receive, & thinke a mayde.           
017.O01.049 And though in Child birthe shee did lye                 
017.O01.050 Midwiues would sweare, t'were but a %1Tympanie%2.          
017.O01.051 Whome yf shee accuse her selfe, I creditt lesse        
017.O01.052 then Witches, w%5ch%6 impossibles Confesse.            
017.O01.053 whome %1Dildoes%2, %1bedstaues%2, & her %1Veluett%2 glass,         
017.O01.054 would be as lothe to touch, as %1Ioseph%2 was.             
017.O01.055 One like none, & likt of none, fittest were            
017.O01.056 ffor thinges in fashion eu%5r%6y man will weare        
017.O01.0SSom
017.O01.0$$ %1final couplet ind 5sp; cap w's and y's are judgment calls; 
            bracket at right of final couplet unites the two lines; most of 
            the recorded commas are actually very light diagonal lines 
            written at the base of each line; it appears that the odd lines, 
            through l. 27,  began with a cap letter, but after that the pattern 
            breaks down%2