IDENTILIN$$ F108HH1|Eclog|Huntington,EL6893(Bridgewater MS)|ff.49-53.|P:T-LP/mf only/11July91 108.HH1.HE1 Eclogue [49] 108.HH1.HE2om 108.HH1.HE3 Allophanes, finding Ideos->>Idios< in the Conntrey /this Christmas, 108.HH1.HE4 reprehends his absence /from Court, at the mariage 108.HH1.HE5 of the /Earle of Som%Mersett; Idios giues a /acompt 108.HH1.HE6 of his purpose therein /& his actions there 108.HH1.HE7 Allop: 108.HH1.001 Vnseasonable man, Statue of Ice 108.HH1.002 what could %Ythe%Z>%^%5to%6< cuntry solitude entice 108.HH1.003 thee, in this yeares colde & decrepit tyme, 108.HH1.004 Natures instinct, drawes to y%5e%6 warm%5r%6 clyme. 108.HH1.005 even small birds, w%5ch%6 by y%5t%6 courage dare, 108.HH1.006 in numerous fleets, seale through their sea, y%5e%6 aire 108.HH1.007 what delicacy can in feilds appeare, 108.HH1.008 whils't flora her self doth a freese ierkin weare? 108.HH1.009 Whils't windes do all the trees & hedges stripp, 108.HH1.010 of leaves, to furnish rodds enough, to whipp 108.HH1.011 thy madnes from thee; & all Springs by frost 108.HH1.012 haue taken colde, & their sweete murmur lost. 108.HH1.013 If thou thy fa%5>u<%6lts or fortunes would lament, 108.HH1.014 With iust sole|in|pnitie, do it in Lent. 108.HH1.015 At Court alreadie, y%5e%6 Spring advanced is, 108.HH1.016 the Sunne stayes longer vp; & yet not his 108.HH1.017 the glory is; farr other, other fyres, 108.HH1.018 first zeale to Prince & state, then loves desires 108.HH1.019 burne in one brest, & like Heauens 2. great lights [49v] 108.HH1.020 the first doth governe dayes, y%5e%6 other nights 108.HH1.021 And y%5t%6 early light w%5ch%6 did appeare 108.HH1.022 before the sonne & moone created were 108.HH1.023 the Princes favour is diffus'd or'e all 108.HH1.024 from w%5ch%6 all fortunes, names & natures fall 108.HH1.025 Then from those wombes of Starres, y%5e%6 Brides bright eys 108.HH1.026 at eu%5r%6ie glaunce a constellation flyes 108.HH1.027 & sowes the Courte w%5th%6 starres & doth prevent 108.HH1.028 in light & power, y%5e%6 all eyed firmament. 108.HH1.029 First, her eyes kindle, other Ladies eyes 108.HH1.030 then, from their beames their Iewells luster ryse 108.HH1.031 & from their Iewells, Torches do take fire 108.HH1.032 & all is warmthe & light & good desire; 108.HH1.033 Most other Courts, alas, are like to hell 108.HH1.034 where in dark plotts, fyre w%5th%6out light do%5th%6 dw%Yell%Z>%5ll%6< 108.HH1.035 or but like stoues; for lust & envy gett 108.HH1.036 continuall, but artificiall heate 108.HH1.037 Here zeale & love growne one all clouds digest 108.HH1.038 & make our Court an euerlasting Easte 108.HH1.039 [I3]And canst, thou be from thence? 108.HH1.039a Idios No: I am there 108.HH1.040 As heaven to men disposd is every where 108.HH1.041 So, are those Courts whose Princes animate 108.HH1.042 not onlie all their howse but all their state 108.HH1.043 let no man think, because hee's full he hath all 108.HH1.044 Kings, (as they->>theire< patterne God) are liberall 108.HH1.045 not only in fulnes but capacitie 108.HH1.046 enlarging narrow men to feele & see [50] 108.HH1.047 & comprehend the blessings they bestowe 108.HH1.048 so, reclus'd Hermytes oftentymes do knowe 108.HH1.049 more of Heavens glorie then a worldling can 108.HH1.050 [I5]As man is of the world, the hart of man 108.HH1.051 Is an Epitome of gods great booke 108.HH1.052 of creatures, & man nede no farther look 108.HH1.053 So is the Contry of Courts where swete peace doth 108.HH1.054 as their owne comon soule giue life to both 108.HH1.055 [I5]I am not then from Court 108.HH1.055a Allop: Dreamer thou art 108.HH1.056 Thinkst thou fantastique y%5t%6 thou hast a part 108.HH1.057 in the East Indian fleet, because thou hast 108.HH1.058 a little spice or amber in thie taste? 108.HH1.059 Because thou art not frozen arte thou warme? 108.HH1.060 seest thou all good because thou seest no harme? 108.HH1.061 The earth doth in her inward bowells hold 108.HH1.062 stuff well disposd & w%5ch%6 would fayne be gould 108.HH1.063 but neuer shall, except it chaunce to lye 108.HH1.064 so vpward that heaven guild it with his eye 108.HH1.065 As for divine things, Faith comes from aboue 108.HH1.066 So for best ciuill vse all tinctures moue 108.HH1.067 From higher powers; from God Religion springs, 108.HH1.068 wisdom & honor from the vse of kings. 108.HH1.069 Then vnbeguile thie selfe; & knowe with mee 108.HH1.070 that Angells, though on earth employ'ed they bee 108.HH1.071 are still in heave%M, so is he still at home, 108.HH1.072 that doth abr*ad, to honest actions come. 108.HH1.073 Chyde thy self then, O foole w%5ch%6 yesterday [50v] 108.HH1.074 mightst haue read more then all thy books bewray. 108.HH1.075 Hast thou a history w%5ch%6 doth present 108.HH1.076 a Court where all affections do assent 108.HH1.077 vnto the kings, & that y%5e%6 kings are iust 108.HH1.078 and where it is not levitie to trust? 108.HH1.079 where ther is no ambition, but t'obey 108.HH1.080 where om[|>|men|<|] need whisper nothing, & yet may. 108.HH1.081 Where the kings fauours are so plac'd y%5t%6 all 108.HH1.082 finde that the king om[|>|therin|<|] is liberall 108.HH1.083 om[|>|To|<|] om[|>|them|<|] in him, because his favors bende 108.HH1.084 to vertue, to the w%5ch%6 they all pretend. 108.HH1.085 Thou hast no such; yet here was this & more, 108.HH1.086 an earnest lover, wise then & before 108.HH1.087 Our little Cupid hath sued liu%5r%6ie 108.HH1.088 & is no more in his minoritie 108.HH1.089 hee is admitted now into that brest 108.HH1.090 where the kings Connsailes & his seacrets rest 108.HH1.091 What hast thou %Y****%Zlost (o ignorant man) 108.HH1.091a Idios I knew 108.HH1.092 all this, & onlie therfore I Withdrew 108.HH1.093 to know %Yall%Z#& feele all this, & not to haue 108.HH1.094 words to express it makes a man a graue 108.HH1.095 of his owne thoughts, I would not therfore stay 108.HH1.096 at a great feast having no grace to say 108.HH1.097 & yet I scapte not here, for being come 108.HH1.098 full of the common ioye I vttered some 108.HH1.099 Read then this nuptiall song, w%5ch%6 was not made [51] 108.HH1.100 either the Court, or mans harts to invade; 108.HH1.101 But since I am dead & buried, I could frame 108.HH1.102 no Epithath->>Epitaph< w%5ch%6 could advannce my fame, 108.HH1.103 so much as this poore song, w%5ch%6 testifies 108.HH1.104 I did vnto that daye, some Sacrifice. 108.HH1.104a %XEpithalamion 108.HH1.104b om 108.HH1.104c %XThe tyme of the mariage|.| 108.HH1.105 Thou art repriv'd old yeare; thou shalt not dye, 108.HH1.106 thouh thou vpon thy death bed Lye, 108.HH1.107 & shouldst within few->|>|five|<| dayes expire, 108.HH1.108 yet thou art rescued by a mightier fyre 108.HH1.109 than thy ould Soule. The Sunne 108.HH1.110 When he doth in his largest Circle runne, 108.HH1.111 the passage of the East or west would thaw, 108.HH1.112 & open wide their easie liquid iawe 108.HH1.113 to all our shipps; Could a Promethean Arte 108.HH1.114 either vnto the northern pole imparte 108.HH1.115 the fyre of theise inflaming eyes or of y%5is%6 louing /harte. 108.HH1.115a om 108.HH1.115b 2 %XAE%Lqualitie of persons 108.HH1.116 But vndiscerning Muse, w%5ch%6 hart, w%5ch%6 eyes, 108.HH1.117 [I8]in this new coople doest thou prise? 108.HH1.118 [I8]when his eye as inflaming %Yis%Z#is 108.HH1.119 As hers, & her hart loues as well as his 108.HH1.120 [I8]be try'd by beauty & than 108.HH1.121 the Bryde grome is a maid, & not a man [51v] 108.HH1.122 If by y%5t%6 manly courage they be try'ed 108.HH1.123 w%5ch%6 scornes vniust opinion, then y%5e%6 Bryde 108.HH1.124 becomes a man: should channce or envies art 108.HH1.125 devide theise twoe whome nature scarce did p%Pt 108.HH1.126 since both, haue both th'inflaming eyes, & both the /loving harte 108.HH1.126a om 108.HH1.126b 3 %XRaising of the Brydegrome 108.HH1.127 Though it be some divorse, to think of yo%5u%6 108.HH1.128 [NI]singlie, so much one are ye->>yo%5u%6< twoe; 108.HH1.129 [I8]Lett mee here contemplate thee 108.HH1.130 first, chierfull Bridegrome; & first lett me see 108.HH1.131 [NI]how thou prevent'st the sonne, 108.HH1.132 and his redd foaming horses, doest out=runne, 108.HH1.133 [I5]how, having laid down in thy soveraine brest 108.HH1.134 [I5]all busyness, from thence to reinvest|.| 108.HH1.135 [I5]them, when theise triumphes cease y%5u%6 forward /art 108.HH1.136 [I5]to shew to her, who doth y%5e%6 like imparte 108.HH1.137 The %Y**#**#*****%Z,%5>fyre of<%6 thy enflaming eyes, & of thy loving /heart 108.HH1.137a om 108.HH1.137b 4 %XRising of the Bride 108.HH1.138 But now to th|i|e faire bride it is some w%5r%6ong 108.HH1.139 to think#%Ythink%Z thou wert in bedd so long 108.HH1.140 since, soone thou liest downe first, tis fitt 108.HH1.141 thou in first rising shouldst alow for it. 108.HH1.142 Powder thy radian haire 108.HH1.143 W%5ch%6 if without ashes thou wouldest weare 108.HH1.144 Thou, w%5ch%6 to all which come to looke vpon 108.HH1.145 art meant for Phebus, wouldst be Phaeton. 108.HH1.146 for our ease, giue thine eyes the vnvsuall part [52] 108.HH1.147 of ioy, a teare; so quencht; thou mayest imparte 108.HH1.148 To vs that come, thy inflaming eyes, %Y& of%Z|>|%^%5to him%6|<| thy loving /harte 108.HH1.148a om 108.HH1.148b 5 %XHer apparrelling 108.HH1.149 Thus thou discend'st to our infirmytie: 108.HH1.150 [I8]whoe can the Sunne in water see. 108.HH1.151 [I8]so doest thou, when in silk & gould 108.HH1.152 thou clowd'st thy selfe, since wee w%5ch%6 do behold 108.HH1.153 [I8]are dust & Wormes; 'tis iust 108.HH1.154 our obiects bee the fruits of wormes & dust. 108.HH1.155 [I8]Lett euery Iewell be a glorious starr; 108.HH1.156 yet Starres are not so pure as their spheres are, 108.HH1.157 & though thou stoope t'appeare to vs in part, 108.HH1.158 Still in that picture thou entirelie arte 108.HH1.159 W%5ch%6 thy inflaming eyes haue made, within his loving /harte 108.HH1.159a om 108.HH1.159b 6 %XGoing to Chappell 108.HH1.160 Now from your East, you issue fourth, & wee, 108.HH1.161 as men w%5ch%6 through a Cip**s see 108.HH1.162 the rising Sunne, do think it twoe; 108.HH1.163 So as you goe to|.| Church, do think of you; 108.HH1.164 But that vaile being gone 108.HH1.165 by the Church rites, yo%5u%6 are from then%5s%6forth one. 108.HH1.166 The Church Triumphant made this match before, 108.HH1.167 & now the mylitant doth strive no more. 108.HH1.168 Then reuerend Priest, who Gods Recorder art 108.HH1.169 do, fro%M his Dictats to theise two ympart 108.HH1.170 all blessings w%5ch%6are seene, or thought, by Angells /eye or hart. 108.HH1.170a om 108.HH1.170b 7 %XThe Benediction [52v] 108.HH1.171 Blest pare of Swannes; o may yo%5u%6 inter#bring 108.HH1.172 Dailie new ioyes, & never sing, 108.HH1.173 Live till all grounds of wishes faile 108.HH1.174 Till honor, yea all wisdom grow so stale 108.HH1.175 that new great hights to trye, 108.HH1.176 it must serve your ambition to dye. 108.HH1.177 Raise heires, & may here from the worlds ende lyve 108.HH1.178 Heires from this king, to take thanks, yours to giue 108.HH1.179 nature & grace do all, & nothing arte, 108.HH1.180 may never age or error overthwart; 108.HH1.181 w%5th%6 any West, theise radiant eyes, w%5th%6 any north, /this hart 108.HH1.181a om 108.HH1.181b 8 %XFeasts & Revells 108.HH1.182 But yo%5u%6 are over blest, plenty this day 108.HH1.183 iniures; It causes tyme to staye; 108.HH1.184 The Tables groane, as though this feast 108.HH1.185 would as the floud, destroy all fowle & beast. 108.HH1.186 And were the doctrine newe 108.HH1.187 that the earth moov'd, this day would make it true. 108.HH1.188 For every part to daunce & revell goes 108.HH1.189 they tread the aire, & fall not where they rose. 108.HH1.190 though sixe howe%5r%6s since, the sunne to bed did part 108.HH1.191 the masques & Banquetts will not yett impart 108.HH1.192 a sunne=sett to theise wearie eyes, a center to /this hart 108.HH1.192a om 108.HH1.192b 9 %XThe Brydes going to Bedd 108.HH1.193 What meanst thou Bryde this company to keep 108.HH1.194 to sitt vp till thou faine wouldst sleepe, 108.HH1.195 thou mayest not when y%5u%6 art layd do soe|,| 108.HH1.196 Thy selfe must to him a new banquett grow, 108.HH1.197 and you must entertayne [53] 108.HH1.198 and do all this dayes dannces o're againe; 108.HH1.199 know y%5t%6 if Sunne & moone together doe 108.HH1.200 ryse in one poynte they do not sett soe too; 108.HH1.201 Therfore thou mayest, faire Bryde to Bedd depart 108.HH1.202 thou art not gone, being gone, where ere thou arte 108.HH1.203 thou leav'est in him thy watchfull eyes, in him thy /loving hart 108.HH1.203a om 108.HH1.203b 10 %XThe Brydegromes com%Ming 108.HH1.204 As hee that sees a Starre fall, runs a pace 108.HH1.205 & finds a Ielly in the place. 108.HH1.206 Lo doth the Bridegrome h|o|st as much, 108.HH1.207 being tould his Starre is falne, & finds her such 108.HH1.208 And as frends maye look strannge 108.HH1.209 by a new fashion, or apparrells channge; 108.HH1.210 their Soules, though long acquainted they had ben, 108.HH1.211 theise clothes, their bodies never yet had seene. 108.HH1.212 therfore, at first %Ythis%Z|>|%5shee%6|<| modestlye might start, 108.HH1.213 Butt must fourth w%5th%6, surrender euery p%Pte 108.HH1.214 as freelie as eche to eche |>|%^%5before%6|<| gaue eithe%5r%6 eye or /Harte 108.HH1.214a om 108.HH1.214b 11 %XThe good night 108.HH1.215 Now as in Tullias Tombe one lamp burnt cleer 108.HH1.216 [I8]vnchang'd for 1500 yeare 108.HH1.217 [I8]may, theise Love=lampes wee here inshrine 108.HH1.218 in warmth, light lasting, equall the devine. 108.HH1.219 [I8]fyre ever doth aspire, 108.HH1.220 and makes all like it self; Turnes all to fyer; 108.HH1.221 but endes in ashes, w%5ch%6 theise can not doe 108.HH1.222 for non of them is fewell, but fyre toe. 108.HH1.223 This is ioyes Bonfyre then, When loves strong >%^%5arts%6< 108.HH1.224 make of so noble individuall parts 108.HH1.225 one fyer in your inflaming eyes, & in your /Loving harts 108.HH1.225a om 108.HH1.226om 108.HH1.227om 108.HH1.227a om 108.HH1.228om 108.HH1.229om 108.HH1.230om 108.HH1.231om 108.HH1.232om 108.HH1.233om 108.HH1.234om 108.HH1.235om 108.HH1.0SS [three stars and a whirlwind flourish] 108.HH1.0$$ Ll.1-225 only (as the complete poem); ll.1-104: not ind except as noted; ll. 105-225: 2nd, 3rd, and 5th lines of each st ind 5sp. except as noted; sts. numbered in Arabic numerals, except 1st st. Line 149 repeated as l. 159 then deleted. Variants in a later hand(?). Still needs proofing against original.