IDENTILIN$$  F020O34  Rawl poet 117\ff.211-209v(rev)\GL\mf\P:EWS\o\6-3-92\C:JSC; rev'd 10-13-99
020.O34.0HE  >Elegie.|< Loues Progress.
020.O34.001  Who eu%5r%6 loues, if he doe not propose
020.O34.002  The right trewe end of loue, he's one w%5ch%6 goes
020.O34.003  To sea for nothinge but to make sea%>>him< sicke,
020.O34.004  And loue is a beare-whelp borne: yf wee %You%5r%6#like%>>over#licke<%Z%>>overlick<
020.O34.005  Ou%5r%6 loue, and force it, newe strange shapes to take,
020.O34.006  wee erre, and of a lumpe, a monster make,
020.O34.007  %YWeare%Z%>>were< not a calfe a monster, y%5t%6 wear growne
020.O34.008  fac%5d%6 like a man, though better then his owne?
020.O34.009  Perfeccion, is %Ja%K[var:>in<] vnitye,%>>;< %Yw%5ch%6#of%Z%>>preferre<
020.O34.010  One woman first, and then one thinge in her,
020.O34.011  I, when I vallewe gold, may thinke vppon
020.O34.012  the Ductileness: the applicacion
020.O34.013  The wholesomness: the ingenuity
020.O34.014  ffrom rust, from soyle, from fyre eu%5r%6 free
020.O34.015  But if I loue it, tis because its made
020.O34.016  By %You%5r%6%Z%>>our< newe nature, %Yvse%Z%>>use,< the %Yfrinde%Z%>>soule< of trayde%>>trade<.
020.O34.017  All these in women wee might thinke vppon
020.O34.018  >(<If women had them,>)< %Yyit%Z%>>and< yit loue but one
020.O34.019  canne man%>>men< more iniur>y%>e< woman%>>women<, then to saye
020.O34.020  They loue them, for that >by< >w%5ch%6< thayre not they?
020.O34.021  make* vertue woman,>?< must I coole my blood
020.O34.022  Till I both be, and fynde one wise and good?
020.O34.023  maye barren Angells %Ydoe%Z%>>loue< so: but yf: wee
020.O34.024  make loue to woman: vertue is not shee,
020.O34.025  As bewtye, is not, nor wealth: he that strayes thus
020.O34.026  ffrom hir to hirs, is more adulterous
020.O34.027  Then %Jhe%K[var:>if<] %Jthat%K[var:>he<] %Jtakes%K[var:>take<] hir mayd? search euery spheare
020.O34.028  And ffirmament, our Cupid is not theare
020.O34.029  Hee's an Infernall god, and vnder grownd
020.O34.030  w%5th%6 Pluto dwells: wher gold and fyre aboundes [CW:om]
020.O34.031  men to such gods, their sacrifizinge coales [f.210v(rev)]
020.O34.032  did not %Yone%Z%>>on< Altars laye, but pitts, and hoyles,
020.O34.033  Although wee see celestiall bodyes moue
020.O34.034  Aboue the earth, the earth wee till, and %Jmoue%K[var:>loue<]
020.O34.035  so we hir %Jayres%K[var:>Ayre<] contemplate, wordes, and harte
020.O34.036  And virtues, but wee loue the Centrique parte%>>parte<;
020.O34.037  Nor is the soule, more worthye, or more fitt
020.O34.038  for loue then this:%>>;< as infinite as itt,
020.O34.039  But in attayninge this desired place
020.O34.040  Howe may they straye, that sett out at the face.|
020.O34.041  The hayre a forrest is, of ambushes
020.O34.042  of springes, snares, fetters, & manacles
020.O34.043  The browe becalmes vs, when th'tis smoth and playne
020.O34.044  And when 'tis wrinckled shipwrackes vs agayne
020.O34.045  Smot%>>Smooth,< 'tis a parradice; where we would haue
020.O34.046  Im%Mortall staye? and wrinckled tis ou%5r%6 graue,
020.O34.047  The nose like to the first meridian, runnes
020.O34.048  not twixt an%Yd%Z East, and West, but twixt two sunnes,
020.O34.049  yt leaues a cheike, a rosye hemisphere
020.O34.050  One either side and then directes vs where
020.O34.051  vpon the Ilands fortunate wee fall
020.O34.052  >(<Not faynte Canarye, but Ambrosiall,>)<
020.O34.053  Here swellinge *#lipps,: to w%5ch%6 when wee are come
020.O34.054  wee Anchor then%>>there< and thinke ou%5r%6 selues at home,
020.O34.055  ffor, they seeme all, theyre%>>there< Syren songes, and theyre%>>there<
020.O34.056  wise Delphique Oracles, do%Yth%Z fill the ayre
020.O34.057  There in a crea%Y*%Zke where chosen pearles doe swell
020.O34.058  the Remora, hir%>>hir< cleuinge%>>cleeuinge< tongue doth dwell
020.O34.059  These and the glorious promontorye hir chynne
020.O34.060  orepast and the >%Vbright< hellesponte betweene [CW:om]
020.O34.061  The %1Sestos%2, and %1Abidos%2 of hir brests [f.210(rev)]
020.O34.062  Not of two lover's, but two loues the nests;
020.O34.063  Succeds a bowndless sea, but that thyne eye
020.O34.064  some Iland moulds%>>moles<, may scattred there descrye
020.O34.065  And saylinge toward>s< hir India, >%Vin< that waye
020.O34.066  shall at hir fayre Atlantique nauill staye:
020.O34.067  Though thence the Current be, %Ywher#thou#would%5st%6#be#ymbayde%Z%>>thy#Pilote#made<
020.O34.068  yet e're thou be whear thou woudste be ymbayd
020.O34.069  Thou shalt%>>shall< vppon an other forrest sett,
020.O34.070  wher some doe shipwracke, and no further gett,
020.O34.071  when thou art ther consider, what this%>>thy< chase
020.O34.072  mispent, by thy begin%Minge at the face,
020.O34.073  Rather sett out belowe, practise my art,
020.O34.074  Some sym%Metrye the foote hath w%5th%6 that parte
020.O34.075  w%5ch%6 thou dost seeke, and is %Ja%K[var:>thy<] mappe for that
020.O34.076  louely enoughe to stopp: but not stay at
020.O34.077  least subiect to disguise, and change it is
020.O34.078  (Men say, the Devill never can change his)
020.O34.079  yt is the ymbleme y%5t%6 hath figured
020.O34.080  fyrmenesse; 'Tis the first p%Pte that comes to bedd.
020.O34.081  Civillitye[Mvar:>Civilitie,<] refyned:[Mvar:>we<] wee[Mvar:>see,<] see[Mvar:>ref.<] the[Mvar:>y%5e%6<] kisse,[Mvar:>kiss.<]
020.O34.082  >%Vwhich< At the lipp begunne, transplanted is 
020.O34.083  since to the hand, since to the %YE%Z%>>I<mperiall knee, 
020.O34.084  nowe at the papall foote delightes to bee; 
020.O34.085  Yf kinges thinke that the nearer waye, and doe 
020.O34.086  rise from the foote, lovers may doe so too 
020.O34.087  ffor as free spheares, moue faster farr then canne%>>can< 
020.O34.088  Birds whome the ayre resistes: so may that man 
020.O34.089  that goes the[var:>this<] emptye and aetheriall waye,
020.O34.090  Then if at bewtyes Elements he staye. 
020.O34.091  Rich nature hath in women wiselye made 
020.O34.092  two p%>>P<urses, and their mouthes aversly layde [CW:om] 
020.O34.093  They then that to the lower tribute owe, [209v rev] 
020.O34.094  That way w%5ch%6 that exchequer lookes, must goe 
020.O34.095  He w%5ch%6 doth not, his error is as great 
020.O34.096  As who by glister giues[var:>gaue<] the stomake meate|
020.O34.0SSom 
020.O34.0$$  L. 68 in scribal hand in LM; text altered scribally toward 
another text; original ff. 201-199rev; no ind; [JSC:]"Elegie.|" probably added 
later (scribally)--darker ink & it un-centers the HE.