IDENTILIN$$ File F008H040 Harvard\Eng. 966.3\ff.12v-14v.\M:TLP\mf\P:TLP\o\5-7-92\C:JSC 008.H04.0HE Elegie: 008.H04.001 Not that in collour it was like thy haire 008.H04.002 for Armelets of that, thou maist let me weare, 008.H04.003 Nor that thy hand it ofte imbrac'd and kis't 008.H04.004 ffor soe it had that good, w%5ch%6 oft I mist, 008.H04.005 Nor for that sillye ould morallitye 008.H04.006 That as those linckes are tie'd, our loue should be 008.H04.007 Mourne I, that I thy 7 fold chaine haue lost 008.H04.008 Nor for the luck sake, but the bitter cost; 008.H04.009 Oh shall 12 righteous Angells w%5ch%6 as yet 008.H04.010 noe leaven of#%Y>f<%Z vilde Soder did admitt, 008.H04.011 nor yet by anie fault haue straied, and gone 008.H04.012 from the first state of their creation 008.H04.013 Angells w%5ch%6 heauen comaunded to prouide 008.H04.014 All thinges to me, and be my faithfull guide 008.H04.015 to gaine newe ffreindes to appease great Enimies 008.H04.016 to comfort my soule, when I lye, or rise, 008.H04.017 shall theis 12 Innocents by thy seuere 008.H04.018 sentence, dread Iudge, my sins great burthen beare? 008.H04.019 Shall they be damnd, and in the fornace throwne, 008.H04.020 and punishd for offences not their owne? 008.H04.021 They saue not mee, they doe >%Vnot< ease my paines 008.H04.022 When in y%5t%6 hell they are burnt, and tie'd in chaines 008.H04.023 Were they but Crownes of ffrance, I car'd not 008.H04.024 ffor most of them their naturall Countrey rott, 008.H04.025 I thinke possesseth; They come heere to vs 008.H04.026 Soe leane, soe la%Ame, soe pale, soe ruinous, 008.H04.027 And howsoer'e ffrench kinges most Christian be 008.H04.028 Their crownes are circumcisde most Iewishly. 008.H04.029 Or were they Spanish stampes still trauelling 008.H04.030 They>>var:That<< are become as Catholique as their kinge 008.H04.031 Those vn'lickt beare=whelpes, vnfilld pistoletts 008.H04.032 That more then Cannon shott availes, or letts, 008.H04.033 W%5ch%6 negligently left vnrounded, looke 008.H04.034 like many >>%Ym%Z<>var:hath<< divided heauen in tenementes 008.H04.062 And w%5th%6 whores, theeues, and murderers stuffd %Ytheir%Z>%Vher< rentes 008.H04.063 Soe full that though he passe them all in sinne 008.H04.064 He leaues himselfe noe roome to enter in 008.H04.065 And if when all his art, and tyme is spent 008.H04.066 He saye, twell ne're be found, (oh be content) 008.H04.067 receiue from him the doome vngrudginglie 008.H04.068 Because he is the mouth of destinie [CW:thou#saist:] 008.H04.069 Thou saist alas the gould doth still remaine [14] 008.H04.070 Though it be chaungd, and put into a%A chaine 008.H04.071 Soe in the first fall'ne Angells resteth still 008.H04.072 wisedome, and knowledge, but tis turnd to ill 008.H04.073 As theis should doe good workes, and should prouide 008.H04.074 necessities, %Jand%K[Mvar:>>but<<] nowe must nurse thy pride 008.H04.075 And they are still badd Angells, myne are none 008.H04.076 ffor forme giues being, and their forme is gone 008.H04.077 Pitty theis Angells yet, their dignities 008.H04.078 Passe vertues, powers, and principallities, 008.H04.079 But thou art resolute, they will be done 008.H04.080 yet w%5th%6 such >>%Y<>%Z<< anguish a%As her onely sonne 008.H04.081 the mother in the hungry graue doth laye. 008.H04.082 Vnto the fire theis Martirs I betraye 008.H04.083 good soliles->>soules<; ffor yo%5w%6 giue life to euerythinge 008.H04.084 Good Angells; ffor good messages yo%5w%6 bringe 008.H04.085 Destin'd yo%5w%6 might haue bin to such a%A one 008.H04.086 as would haue lou'd, and worship'd yo%5w%6 alone; 008.H04.087 One w%5ch%6 would suffer, hunger, nakednesse 008.H04.088 yea death, e're he would make yo%5r%6 nomber lesse; 008.H04.089 But I am guilty of yo%5r%6 sad decaie, 008.H04.090 May yo%5r%6 >>%Vfew<< fellowes w%5th%6 me longer staye 008.H04.091 But oh thou wretched finder whom I hate 008.H04.092 Soe much that I allmost pitty thy estate 008.H04.093 Gould being the heauiest mettle amongst all 008.H04.094 May my most heauie curse vpon thee fall 008.H04.095 Here fetterd, manicled, and hangd in chaines 008.H04.096 first mayst thou be, then chaind to hellish paines 008.H04.097 or be w%5th%6 forraigne gould bribde' to betray 008.H04.098 thy Countrey, and faile both of that, and thy paye, 008.H04.099 maye the next thing thou stoopst to reach conteine 008.H04.100 poison, whose nimble fume rott thy moyst braine 008.H04.101 or libells, or some interdicted thinge 008.H04.102 w%5ch%6 negligently kept thy ruine bringe [CW:om] 008.H04.103 Lustbred diseases rott thee, and dwell w%5th%6 thee. [14v] 008.H04.104 Itchie desire, and noe abillitie 008.H04.105 may all the hurt that euer gold hath wrought 008.H04.106 all mischeifes, w%5ch%6 all diuells euer thought 008.H04.107 want after plenty, poore, and gowtie age 008.H04.108 The plagues of Trauellers, loue, and marriage 008.H04.109 Afflict thee, and at thy liues latest moment 008.H04.110 maie thy swolne sins themselues to thee present 008.H04.111 But I forgiue, repent thou honest man, 008.H04.112 Gould is restorative, restore it then 008.H04.113 Or if w%5th%6 it thou beest loath to depa%Art 008.H04.114 Because tis cordiall, would twere at thy heart. 008.H04.0SS Finis 008.H04.0$$ %1HE at bottom of f. 12v.%2;I: D: %1in LM beside l. 1%2; and %1in l. 74 underlined 2nd hand%2