IDENTILIN$$ F008B40| Lansdowne 740|ff.66-67v|M:EWS\o\6-17-83\P:GAS\o\6-17-95\C:JSC 008.B40.0HE %1Elegie%2. 1%5o%6. 008.B40.001 Not that in Couller it was like thie Hayre, 008.B40.002 for Armletts of that, thou mayst lett mee were; 008.B40.003 Nor that thie hand it ofte ymbrac'd and kiste, 008.B40.004 for soe, it had that good, w%5ch%6 ofte I miste. 008.B40.005 Nor for that Seelly old Moralitie 008.B40.006 that as those Linkes were tied, our loue should be, 008.B40.007 %1Mourne%2 I. that I thie seaven fould chayne haue lost, 008.B40.008 nor for the lucke sake, but the bigger cost. 008.B40.009 Oh, shall twelue righteous %1Angells,%2 w%5ch%6 as yett 008.B40.010 noe leaven of vile %1Soder%2, did admitt; 008.B40.011 Nor yett by any fault, have straid and gon 008.B40.012 from the first state of their %1Creation%2, 008.B40.013 %1Angells%2 w%5ch%6 heaven comaunded to provide 008.B40.008 all things to me, and be my faithfull guide 008.B40.015 to gaine new frendes, to appease great enemies, 008.B40.016 to comforte my soule when I lye or rise; 008.B40.017 shall these twelue %1Innocents%2, by thie seuere 008.B40.018 sentence, dred %1Iudg%2, my sinnes great burthen beare? 008.B40.019 shall they be damn'd and in the furnace throwne 008.B40.020 and punish'd for offences not their owne, 008.B40.021 they Save not me, they do not ease my paines, 008.B40.022 when in that %1Hell%2 they are bur%Mte and tied in chaines, 008.B40.023 were they but %1Crownes%2 of ffrance, I car'd not, 008.B40.024 for most of them their naturall country rott 008.B40.025 I thinke possesseth, they come heare to vs 008.B40.026 so leane, so pale, so lame, so Ruinous, [CW:om] 008.B40.027 And how soere %1French Kings%2 most %1Christian%2 bee, [66v] 008.B40.028 their %1Crownes%2 are circumsic'd most %1Iewishly%2, 008.B40.029 Or were they %1Spanish%2 stampes, still traveyling, 008.B40.030 that are become as %1Catholique%2 as their %1Kinge%2, 008.B40.031 those vnlick'd %1Bearwhelps%2, vnfil'd pistoletts, 008.B40.032 that More then %1Cannon%2 shott, aveyles or letts, 008.B40.033 W%5ch%6 negligentlie lefte vnrounded, looke 008.B40.034 like Many=%1Angled%2 figures in the booke 008.B40.035 of some great %1Coniurer%2, w%5ch%6 would enforce 008.B40.036 nature, as these do Iustice from her course; 008.B40.037 w%5ch%6, as the soule quickens head, feet, and hart, 008.B40.038 as stremes like vaynes, run through th'earthes euery part 008.B40.039 Visitt all countries, and haue slily made 008.B40.040 %1Gorgeus France%2 ruin'd, ragged and decay'd, 008.B40.041 %1Scottland%2 w%5ch%6 knew noe state proude in one daie, 008.B40.042 and Mangled seaventeen headed %1Belgia%2. 008.B40.043 Or were it such %1Gold%2 as that wher w%5th%6 all 008.B40.044 allmightie %1Chemicks%2 from ech %1Minerall%2 008.B40.045 having by subtile fier a soule out pull'd, 008.B40.046 are durtelye and desperatelie gull'd, 008.B40.047 I would not spett to quench the fier they were in, 008.B40.048 for they are guiltie of much haynous sin, 008.B40.049 but shall my harmelesse %1Angells%2 perrish? shall 008.B40.050 I loose my Guarde, my ease, my foode, my all? 008.B40.051 Much hope w%5ch%6 they should Nourish wilbe dead, 008.B40.052 Much of my able yough and %1Lustihead%2 008.B40.053 will vanish, if thou Loue lett them alone, 008.B40.054 for thou wilt loue me lesse, when they are gon: 008.B40.055 Oh (be content) that some low'd squeaking cryer 008.B40.056 well pleasd w%5th%6 one leane=thred bare groat for hier, 008.B40.057 maye like a divell rore through euery street, 008.B40.058 and %Yg****e%Z>%Vgate< the finders %1Concience%2 if he meet; 008.B40.059 or lett me creepe to some dred %1Coniurer%2 008.B40.060 w%5ch%6 w%5th%6 fantastique Sceames, fills full much paper, 008.B40.061 w%5ch%6 haue devided %1Heauen%2 in Tenements 008.B40.062 and w%5th%6 whores, Theues, & murtherers stuff'd his rents [CW:/so#full] 008.B40.063 soe full, that thoughe he passe them all in sinn, [67] 008.B40.064 he leaues himself noe rome to enter in, 008.B40.065 and if, when all his art and time is spent, 008.B40.066 he saye twill near be found, (oh be content 008.B40.067 receyue from him the doome vngrudgingly 008.B40.068 because his is the mouth of desteny, 008.B40.069 Thou saiest alasse, the gould doth still remayne 008.B40.070 though it be chang'd, and put into a chaine. 008.B40.071 So in the first falne %1Angells%2, resteth still 008.B40.072 Wisdome and knowledg, but t'is turnd to ill: 008.B40.073 as these should doe good workes and should provide 008.B40.074 necessities, but now must nurse thy pride, 008.B40.075 and they >%Vare< still badd angells, myne are none, 008.B40.076 for forme gives being, and their forme is gon; 008.B40.077 Pitty these %1Angells%2 yett, their dignities 008.B40.078 passe virtues, powers, and principalities, 008.B40.079 but thou arte resolute, thie wilbee don, 008.B40.080 yett w%5th%6 such anguish, as her only sonn 008.B40.081 the mother in the hungrie %1Graue%2 doth laye, 008.B40.082 vnto the ffier, these Marters I betraye, 008.B40.083 good soules, for you giue life to euery thing, 008.B40.084 good %1Angells%2 for good Messages yo%5u%6 bring, 008.B40.085 Destyn'd yo%5u%6 might have byn to such a one, 008.B40.086 as would have lov'd and worship't you alone, 008.B40.087 one w%5ch%6 would Suffer %1Hunger, Nakednes%2, 008.B40.088 yea %1Death%2 ere he would make yo%5r%6 number lesse; 008.B40.089 but I am giultie of yo%5r%6 Sadd decay, 008.B40.090 maye yo%5r%6 >%Vfew< fellowes w%5th%6 me longer stay, 008.B40.091 but oh thou wretched finder whom I hate 008.B40.092 so much, that I almost pitty thie estate, 008.B40.093 Gold being the %1Heuiest%2 mettall amongst all, 008.B40.094 may my most heavye cursse vppon thee fall, 008.B40.095 Hear fettred, Manacled, and hang'd in chaines 008.B40.096 first mayst thou be, then chayn'd to %1Hellish%2 paynes, 008.B40.097 or be w%5th%6 forreyn %1Gold%2, brib'd to betray 008.B40.098 thie country, and faile both of that and thie paye, [CW:om] 008.B40.099 May the next thing thou stoopest to reach, conteyne [67v] 008.B40.100 poyson, whose nimble fume, rott thie moyst brayne, 008.B40.101 or %1Libells%2, or some %1Interdicted%2 thing 008.B40.102 w%5ch%6 negligentlie kept, thie %1Ruine%2 bring, 008.B40.103 %1Lust,%2 breed %1Deseases%2, rott thee, and dwell w%5th%6 thee 008.B40.104 %1Itchy%2 desier, and noe %1Abiletye%2, 008.B40.105 may all the hurt that euer Gold hath wrought, 008.B40.106 all Mischifes w%5ch%6 all %1Diuells%2 euer thought, 008.B40.107 want after plenty, poore and Gouty age, 008.B40.108 the plaugues of %1Traueilers%2, Loue, and Marriage 008.B40.109 afflict thee; and at thie Liues latest moment 008.B40.110 may thie swolne sinnes themselues to thee present; 008.B40.111 But I forgiue, repent thou honest mann, 008.B40.112 gould is restorative, restore it then, 008.B40.113 or if w%5th%6 it thou beest loth to depart, 008.B40.114 because t'is %1Cordiall%2 would t'were at thie %1Hart%2| 008.B40.0SS %XFinis 008.B40.0$$ %1No ind%2