IDENTILIN$$ F003O20|Dowden MS., Eng. poet. e.99|ff. 4v-6v\E:mth\x\6-10-94\P:TJS\o\7-25-95\C:JSC\9-22-98
003.O20.HE1 %XSatyr.
003.O20.001 Kind pitty choakes my Spleene; Braue Skorne forbidds
003.O20.002 These tears to issue, w%5ch%6 swell my Eyelidds.
003.O20.003 I must not Laugh, nor weepe; Sin, and be wise,
003.O20.004 May rayling then Cure these worne Malladies.
003.O20.005 Is not our M%5rs%6 fayre Religion
003.O20.006 As worthy of all our Soules Deuotion,
003.O20.007 As Vertue was to the first blind Age?
003.O20.008 Are not Heau%Y**s%Z%>>Heauens< Ioyes as valyant to asswage
003.O20.009 Lusts, as Earths honors weare to them? Alas
003.O20.010 As wee doe them, in meanes, shall they surpas [f.5]
003.O20.011 Vs in the End? And shall thy fathers Spiritt
003.O20.012 Meete blind Philosophers in Heauen, whose merritt
003.O20.013 Of strict lyfe, may bee imputed fayth, and heare
003.O20.014 Thee whom he taught, wayes easy and neere
003.O20.015 To followe, damnd? Oh, if thou darest feare thys,
003.O20.016 Thys feare, greate Courage, and high Valor is;
003.O20.017 Darst Thou ayd mutinous Dutch? darst thou lay
003.O20.018 thee in Ships, wodden Sepulchers, a Pray
003.O20.019 To Leaders rage, to Stormes, to Shot, to Dea>%V%5r%6
%Ys%Z< to be ridde, and as
003.O20.036 The worlds all Parts wither away, and pas,
003.O20.037 So the world>'s< Selfe, thy other lou'd foe, ys
003.O20.038 In her decrepitt vayne; and thou loving this
003.O20.039 Dost loue a wither'd and worne Strumpet. Last [f.5v]
003.O20.040 Flesh, (ytselfe Death) and ioyes, w%5ch%6 flesh can last%>>tast<
003.O20.041 Thou lou'st; and thy fayre Goodly Soule, w%5ch%6 doth
003.O20.042 Giue thys flesh power, to taste ioye, thou dost lothe.
003.O20.043 Seeke true Religion; oh where? Mirius
003.O20.044 Thinking her vnhous'd here, and fled from Vs,
003.O20.045 Seekes her at Rome; There, because he doth knowe
003.O20.046 That she was there a thousand a[sic] yeare agoe,
003.O20.047 Hee loues her raggs soe, as wee here obay
003.O20.048 The state Cloth, where the Prince sat yesterday.
003.O20.049 Grant to such braue loues will not be inthralld,
003.O20.050 But loues her only, who at Geneua is cald
003.O20.051 Religion, Playne, Simple, Sullen, [lc]yong,
003.O20.052 Contemptuous; yet vnhandsome. As among
003.O20.053 Letcherous humors, there ys One, w%5ch%6 Iudges
003.O20.054 No wenches wholesome, but course Country Drudges.
003.O20.055 Grugus stayes still at home here, and because
003.O20.056 Some Preachers, vile ambitious bauds, and lawes
003.O20.057 Still new, like fashions, bid him thincke, that Shee
003.O20.058 W%5ch%6 dwells w%5th%6 vs, is only perfect, hee
003.O20.059 Imbraceth her, whom hys Godfathers will
003.O20.060 Tender to him, beeing tender; As Wardes still
003.O20.061 Take such wiues, as theyre Guardians offer, or
003.O20.062 Pay values. Careles Phrigius doth abhorre
003.O20.063 All, because all cannot be good; as One
003.O20.064 Knowing some woemen whores, dares mary[sic] none.
003.O20.065 Grattus loues all as One, and thinckes, soe
003.O20.066 As woemen doe in diuers Countryes goe
003.O20.067 In diuers habitts, yett are still one kinde
003.O20.068 So doth, So is religion, and thys blinde=
003.O20.069 Nes, too much light breedes, but vnmould,[sic] Thou
003.O20.070 Thou#of%>>%YThou%Z#Of< force must One, and forc'd but One allowe; [f.6]
003.O20.071 And the right, aske thy father, w%5ch%6 is Shee;
003.O20.072 Lett him aske hys; Though truth and falshood bee
003.O20.073 Neare twinns, yett Truth a litle Elder is.
003.O20.074 Be busy to seeke her; Beleaue mee thys;
003.O20.075 Hee is not of none, nor worst, w%5ch%6 seekes the best.
003.O20.076 To adore or skorne an Image, or protest
003.O20.077 May all be bad; doubt wisely: In strange way
003.O20.078 To stand inguiring right, is not to stray.
003.O20.079 To Sleepe, or runne wrong, is. On a high hill
003.O20.080 Ragged and steepe truith dwells, and he y%5t%6 will
003.O20.081 Reach yt, about must, and about goe,
003.O20.082 And what the hills sodennes resists, win soe.
003.O20.083 Yett striue soe, that before Age (Deaths Twilight)
003.O20.084 Thy mind rest; for none can worke in the Night.
003.O20.085 To will, implyes delay, therefore now doe.
003.O20.086 Hard deedes the bodyes paynes, hard knowledge too
003.O20.087 The mindes indeauors reach; And Misteryes
003.O20.088 Are as the Sunne, dazeling, yett playne to all Eyes.
003.O20.089 Keepe the Truth that thou hast found, men doe not stand
003.O20.090 In so ill Case here, that God hath w%5th%6 hys hand
003.O20.091 Signd Kings blancke Charters, to kill whom they hate,
003.O20.092 Nor are the[sic] Vicars, but hangmen to Fate.
003.O20.093 Foole and wretch, wilt thou lett thy Soule be tyde
003.O20.094 To Mens lawes, by w%5ch%6 she shall not be tryed?
003.O20.095 At the last day? Oh will it then serue Thee
003.O20.096 To say a Phillip, or a Gregorye
003.O20.097 A Harry, or a Martin taught Thee thys?
003.O20.098 Is not this Excuse for mere Contraryes
003.O20.099 Equally true? Cannot both sides say soe?
003.O20.100 That thou mayst rightly obay Power, her boundes knowe.
003.O20.101 These past, her Nature, and name is changd, to bee [f.6v]
003.O20.102 Then, humble to her, is Idolatree.
003.O20.103 As Streames are, Power ys: Those blest flowres w%5ch%6 dwell
003.O20.104 At the rough streames calme head thriue, and proue well.
003.O20.105 But hauing left theyre rootes, and themselues giuen
003.O20.106 To the Streames Tyrannous rage, Alas, are driuen
003.O20.107 Through Mills, rockes, and woods, and at last almost
003.O20.108 Consumd in Goeing, in the Seas are lost.
003.O20.109 So perish Soules, w%5ch%6 more chuse, mens vniust
003.O20.110 Power; from God clam'd, then God hemselfe to trust.|.
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