IDENTILIN$$  F014B40 Lansdowne MS 740, ff.84v-85\M:EWS\o\4-30-83\P:GAS\o\6-17-95\C:JSC
014.B40.0HE  %X%1Elegi%2 .5.
014.B40.001  Till I haue peace w%5th%6 thee, warr other men,
014.B40.002  And when I haue peace, can I leaue thee then?
014.B40.003  all other warrs are scrupulous, only thou
014.B40.004  O fair %YCitty%Zfree %1Citty%2, maist thie self allow
014.B40.005  to any one: In flaunders whoe can tell
014.B40.006  whether the Master >%VPresse,< or men rebell?
014.B40.007  Onlie wee know that w%5ch%6 all Iddiotts saie
014.B40.008  they beare most blowes that come to part the fraye.
014.B40.009  ffrance in hir Lunaticke giddynes did hate
014.B40.010  Euer our men, yea and our god of Late,
014.B40.011  yett shee relies vppon our Angells well,
014.B40.012  w%5ch%6 near returne, noe more then they w%5ch%6 fell.
014.B40.013  Sick %1Ireland%2, is w%5th%6 a staung warr possest
014.B40.014  Like to An Ague; now ra%Aginge, now at rest;
014.B40.015  w%5ch%6 time will cure; yett it must doe her good,
014.B40.016  if shee were purg'd, and her headvaine lett blood.
014.B40.017  And %1Midas%2 ioyes our %1Spanish%2 iorneyes giue,
014.B40.018  wee touche all gold, but finde noe food to live,
014.B40.019  [Mvar:>and<] ***->>>And<< I should be in that hott parching clime,
014.B40.020  to dust, and Ashes turnde before my time.
014.B40.021  To mewe me in a shipp, is to enthrall
014.B40.022  mee, in a prison that wear like to fall;
014.B40.023  Or in a cloyster, save that there men dwell
014.B40.024  In a%A calme heaven, heare in a swaggering hell.
014.B40.025  Long voyages, ar long Consumptions,
014.B40.026  and shipps are cartes for executions;
014.B40.027  Yea they are deathes, i'st not all one to flie
014.B40.028  into another world, as t'is to die?
014.B40.029  Hear lett me warr, in these %Yaremes%Z->>armes< lett me lie,
014.B40.030  hear lett me p%Ple, batter, bleed, and die.
014.B40.031  Thine armes imprison me, and myne armes thee,
014.B40.032  thy hart, thie Ranson is, take myne for mee.
014.B40.033  Other men Warr, that they their rest may gaine: 
014.B40.034  but wee will rest, that wee may fight againe.
014.B40.035  Those Warrs the ignorat, these th'experienc'd loue,
014.B40.036  there wee are alwaies vnder, hear aboue. [CW:/their#engins]
014.B40.037  There engins farr of, breed a iust true feare, [85]
014.B40.038  Neare thrusts, pikes, stabbs, yea[var:>>ne<<a] bulletts hurt not heare.
014.B40.039  There, Lies are wrongs>>%Y<<wrongs>>%Z<<, hear safe vprightlie lie,
014.B40.040  there men kill men, w'eele make one by and by.
014.B40.041  Thou nothing, I not halfe so much shall doe
014.B40.042  in those warrs, as those may w%5ch%6 from vs two
014.B40.043  Shall spring. >%Ybut%Z<Thousands wee see trayveile not
014.B40.044  to warrs, but stay, swordes, armes, and shott
014.B40.045  To make at home: And shall >%Vnot< I do then
014.B40.046  more glorious Service, Staying to make men?
014.B40.0SS  Finis [scribal flourish]
014.B40.0$$  %1No ind; SS aligned at RM%2; miscatch l. 36.