IDENTILIN$$  F154H06|Ham-Letter|Harvard MS Eng 966.5 (O'Flahertie MS)|ff.92-93,pp.181-83|mf T-LP 25Jul87
154.H06.HE2  To S.%5r%6 Robert Carr. [92]
154.H06.HE3  S%5r%6.
154.H06.001  I p%5r%6sume yo%5u%6 rather trye what yo%5u%6 can doe in mee /then what I can
154.H06.002  doe in verse. you knewe my vttermost /when it was at best. And even                                    
154.H06.003  then I did best when I /had least Truth for my subiect.  In this
154.H06.004  p%5r%6sent case /there is so much Truth as it defeates all Poetry.
154.H06.005  /Call therefore this Paper by what name yo%5u%6 will, /and if it bee
154.H06.006  not worthy of him, nor of yo%5u%6, nor of /mee, smother it, and bee that the
154.H06.007  Sacrifice.  /If yo%5u%6 had com%Maunded mee to haue wayted vpon his /body 
154.H06.008  to Scotland, and preached there, I should haue /embraced the
154.H06.009  Obligac%Mon with more Alacrity. /But I thanke yo%5u%6 that yo%5u%6 would
154.H06.010  com%Maund that /w.%5ch%6  I was loth to doe. ffor even that hath
154.H06.011  giuen /a Tincture of merit to the obedience of.
154.H06.012  /Yo%5r%6 poore frind and
154.H06.013  s%5r%6vant 
154.H06.014  Io: Donne [CW:Wheth%5r%6]
154.H06.$$   HE3 and l. 1 run together; ll. 12 & 13 run together; l. 12(+13) indented 20 sp.; l. 14 indented 30 sp. Prf. mf, EWS, 2-21-89