IDENTILIN$$ F008WN4|ElBrac NLW ms. 5390D| pp. [444v]-[442rev]| EWS\o\7-11-85\P:TJS\mf\C:TJS 008.WN4.HE1 %XD%5r%6: Down's Elegy on /%Xhis Mistresses chaine.| 008.WN4.001 Not that in collour it was like thy haire 008.WN4.002 ffor armelettes of that thou mayst lett me weare. 008.WN4.003 nor that thy hand it oft imbrac'd and kist 008.WN4.004 ffor soe it had that good, w%5ch%6 oft I wisht 008.WN4.005 nor for that silly ould morality 008.WN4.006 that as those linkes are tyde, our loues should bee. 008.WN4.007 mowrne I, that I thy seaven fould Chaine haue lost 008.WN4.008 nor for the lu>%5c%6%5angells%6< wch as yett 008.WN4.010 noe leven of vild soader did admitt 008.WN4.011 nor yett, by, any tainet haue strayd or gone 008.WN4.012 from the first state of their Creacon%M 008.WN4.013 Angells w%5ch%6 heaven Comannded to provide 008.WN4.014 All thinges for mee, and bee my faithfull guid 008.WN4.015 to gaine newe frendes, & appease greate enimies 008.WN4.016 my soule to confort, when I lye or rise, 008.WN4.017 shall theise twelue inocents by thy seuere 008.WN4.018 sentence, dread iudge, my sines greate burthen bear 008.WN4.019 shall they be damn'd and in the furnash-->>>furna%5ce%6<< throwne 008.WN4.020 and punish'd for offences not their owne. 008.WN4.021 they saue not me, they doe not rase my paines, 008.WN4.022 when in that hell thei'r burnt, and tyde in Chaines 008.WN4.023 were they%Y not%Z-->but crownes of ffraunce I cared not 008.WN4.024 for most of them their natturall countrey rott 008.WN4.025 I thinke possesseth, they come here to vs 008.WN4.026 soe leane, soe lame, soe pale, so ruinous| 008.WN4.027 that howsoeu%5er%6 ffrench kinges most Christian bee 008.WN4.028 their Crowns are circu%Mciz'd most Iewishly. 008.WN4.029 or were they spanish stampes, still trauellinge. 008.WN4.030 that are become as Catholique as their kinge. 008.WN4.031 those vnlik'd beare whealpes, vnfil'd pistolletts 008.WN4.032 that more then Can%Ton shott avayles or lettes 008.WN4.033 w%5ch%6 negligently lefst vnrownded, looke 008.WN4.034 like many angled figures in the booke.->>booke< 008.WN4.035 of some greate Coniurer that would inforce 008.WN4.036 nature as theis doo Iustice from her Course 008.WN4.037 w%5ch%6 as the soule quickens head foote and hart [p443rev] 008.WN4.038 as streames like v*ins->>veins<, run through the earthes eu%5er%6y p%Pt 008.WN4.039 visitt all Countries, & shall >>%Y<>%Z<< made 008.WN4.040 Gorgeous ffraunce ragged, ruined and decayed 008.WN4.041 Scotland wch knewe noe state proud in one day 008.WN4.042 And mangled Seaven-ten->>>Seaven-teen<< headed %1Belgia%2 008.WN4.043 or were it gould, such as that, wherewithall 008.WN4.044 Almighty Chymiques from each Minerall 008.WN4.045 havinge by Subtile fire a soule out pulled 008.WN4.046 are durtuly, desperatly gull'd 008.WN4.047 I would not spitt to quench the fire they%YW%Zwere in 008.WN4.048 for they are guilty of much heanous sin. 008.WN4.049 but shall my harmeles angells p%Pish? shall 008.WN4.050 I loose my food my ease, my guard my all. 008.WN4.051 much hope wch they would nourish willbee dead 008.WN4.052 much of my able yeouth and hasty head 008.WN4.053 will vanish if thou loue, lett them alone 008.WN4.054 for thou willt loue me lesse, when they are gone. 008.WN4.055 O be content, that some lowd squekinge Cryer 008.WN4.056 well pleased with on leane thridbare groate for hyre, 008.WN4.057 may like a devill, roare through eu%5er%6y streete- 008.WN4.058 or gaure->>>g%5rate%6<<, the finders conscience if they meete. 008.WN4.059 or lett mee creepe to some dread coniuorer 008.WN4.060 that with fantastique sences filles much papper 008.WN4.061 that hath devided heauen in Tenementes. 008.WN4.062 and with whoores theeues and Murtherers stuft his`rents 008.WN4.063 soe full that though he passes them all in sin, 008.WN4.064 hee leaues himselfe noe roome to enter in. 008.WN4.065 and if when all his art, & tyme is spent 008.WN4.066 hee say, it will neu%5er%6 bee found or be content. 008.WN4.067 receaue the Doome from him vngrudginly 008.WN4.068 because hee is the mouth of destiny. 008.WN4.069 thou sayst (alas) the gould doth still remayne 008.WN4.070 though it be changed, & putt into a Chaine-- 008.WN4.071 soe in the first fallen Angells resteth still 008.WN4.072 wisdome and knowledge but t'is turn'd to ill. 008.WN4.073 as theis should doo good woorkes and should provide [p. 442rev] 008.WN4.074 necessities but nowe must nurse thy pride: 008.WN4.075om 008.WN4.076om 008.WN4.077 pitty theis angells, yett, whose dignities. 008.WN4.078 passe vertues, powers, & principalities-- 008.WN4.079 But thou art resolute, thy will be donne 008.WN4.080 yett with such Anguish as her only sonne 008.WN4.081 the mother in the hungry graue doth lay 008.WN4.082 vnto the fire theis Angells I betray 008.WN4.083 good soules, (for you giue life to eu%5er%6y thinge 008.WN4.084 good Angells (for good Messages you bringe 008.WN4.085 destin'd yo%5w%6 might haue beene to e[ac]h->>such< a one 008.WN4.086 as would haue loved & Worshipt yo%5w%6 alone 008.WN4.087 that would haue suffered hunger, Nakednes 008.WN4.088 yea Death rather then %Yhewould%Z make you->>>your<< nomberlesse->>>nomber lesse<< 008.WN4.089 but I am guilty of yo%5r%6 Sad Decay 008.WN4.090 may yo%5r%6 few fellowes longer with me stay 008.WN4.091 but o thou wretched finder, whome I hate 008.WN4.092 soe much, I almost pitty thy estate->>>estate,<< 008.WN4.093 gould beinge the heaviest Mettall amongst all 008.WN4.094 may my most heauy course vpon thee fall->>>fall,<< 008.WN4.095 here fettered, Manacled, & hang'd in Chaines 008.WN4.096 first mayst thou bee then>>%Y<>%Z<<>>%5damnd%6<< to hellish paines 008.WN4.097om 008.WN4.098om 008.WN4.099 may the next thinge, thou stopt-->>>stoopst<< to reach contayne 008.WN4.100 poison whose nimble ffume rott thy moist braine 008.WN4.101 or libells, or some interdicted thinge 008.WN4.102 too necligently kept thy ruine bringe->>>bringe,<< 008.WN4.103 Lust breed deceases rott thee, and dwell with thee 008.WN4.104 Itchy desires without Abillitye. 008.WN4.105 may all the %Ygould%Z hurt w5ch6 eu%5er%6 gould hath wrought->>>wrought,<< 008.WN4.106 all mischiefes w5ch6 all deuilles eu%5er%6 thought->>>thought,<< 008.WN4.107 want after plenty, poore and gouty age->>>age,<< 008.WN4.108 the plagues of Travellers->>>Trauellers,<< loue and Maraidge.-- 008.WN4.109 %Yalike%Z(LM:>>oretake<<' thee, and lett thy lifes last moment 008.WN4.110 may thy swollen sinnes themselfes the->>>ther<< p%5r%6sent 008.WN4.111 but I forgiue, repent then, honest man 008.WN4.112 gould is restoratiue, restore it then->>than< 008.WN4.113 or if with >%5it%6< thou* beest loath to depart 008.WN4.114 because it is Cordiall, would it->>t< were att thy hart 008.WN4.0SS whirlwind flourish 008.WN4.0$$ %1HE by non-scribal hand which also makes corrections in text; l. 60%2 sences %1has non-scribal parallel lines above and below it; ll. 77-78 between l. 68-69; l.75-76, 97-98 om; l.11%2 fauiet %1 may begin with%2 t %1not%2 f