IDENTILIN$$ F158H06 Metem|O'Flahertie MS, Eng. 966.5\pp. 89-108\MTH\mf\6-10-94\P:DF\o\Aug 99\C:JSC\10-1-99 158.H06.HE1 First Song 158.H06.HE2om 158.H06.HE3om 158.H06.HE4om 158.H06.HE5om 158.H06.001 I sing the Progresse of a death-lesse soule 158.H06.002 Whome Fate (w%5ch%6 god made, but doth not controule) 158.H06.003 Plac'd in most shapes. All times before the Lawe 158.H06.004 Yoakd vs, and then, and since, in this I sing 158.H06.005 And the greate world to his aged Evening 158.H06.006 From infant Morne through manly Noone I drawe 158.H06.007 What the Gold Chalde or siluer Persian sawe 158.H06.008 Greeke brasse, or Roman Iron is in this one 158.H06.009 A worke t'outweare Seths Pillars Brick and Stone 158.H06.010 And (holy writt excepted) made to yeeld to none. 158.H06.011 Thee (eye of heauen) this greate Soule envyes not 158.H06.012 By thy male force is all wee haue begott 158.H06.013 In the first East thou now beginnst to shine, 158.H06.014 Suckst early balme and Island Spices there, 158.H06.015 And wilt anon in thy loose-raynd Careere 158.H06.016 At Tagus, Po, Seyne, Thames, and Danow dine 158.H06.017 And see at last thy westerne land of mine 158.H06.018 Yet hast thou not more nations seene then shee 158.H06.019 That one day before thee began to bee 158.H06.020 And, thy frayle light beeing quenched, shall long, >long< outliue thee. 158.H06.021 Nor holy Ianus in whose soueraigne boate 158.H06.022 The Church and all the Monarchys did floate 158.H06.023 That swim%Ming Colledge and free Hospitall 158.H06.024 Of all Mankind, that Cage and Viuary 158.H06.025 Of fowles and beasts, in whose wombe destiny 158.H06.026 Vs and our latest Nephews did install 158.H06.027 From thence are all deriu'd that fill this All [CW:Didst--] 158.H06.028 Didst thou in that greate Stewardshipp embarke [p.92] 158.H06.029 So diuers shapes into that floting parke 158.H06.030 As haue bin mou'd and informd by this heauenly Sparke 158.H06.031 Great Destiny, the Com%Missary of God 158.H06.032 That hast markd out a path and period 158.H06.033 For every thing, Who, where wee of-spring tooke 158.H06.034 Our wayes and ends seest at one instant, Thou 158.H06.035 Knott of all causes, thou whose changelesse browe 158.H06.036 Nere smiles, nor frownes, O vouch-thou, safe to looke 158.H06.037 And shew my story in thy eternall booke 158.H06.038 That (if my prayer bee fitt) I may vnderstand 158.H06.039 So much my selfe as to knowe with what hand 158.H06.040 How scant or liberall this my lifes race is spand. 158.H06.041 To my sixe Lustres almost now out-wore 158.H06.042 Except thy booke owe mee so many more 158.H06.043 Except my Legend bee free from the letts 158.H06.044 Of steepe Ambition, sleepy pouerty 158.H06.045 Spirit quenching Sicknesse, dull Captivity 158.H06.046 Distracting businesse, and from beautyes netts 158.H06.047 And all that calls from this and to other whets 158.H06.048 O let mee not launch out, but let mee saue 158.H06.049 Th'expence of brayne and spirit, That my Graue 158.H06.050 His right and due, a whole vnwasted man may haue 158.H06.051 But if my dayes bee long and good enough 158.H06.052 In vayne this Sea shall enlarge or enrough 158.H06.053 It selfe. For I will through the waue and fome 158.H06.054 %JAnd%K %Jhold%K>>[Mvar:>>shall<<] in sadd lone wayes a liuely spright 158.H06.055 [LM]>Make< >my< >darke< >heauy< >Poem< >light,< >and< >light< 158.H06.056 For though through many straights and lands I rome 158.H06.057 I launch at Paradise and I sayle towards home [CW:The--] 158.H06.058 The course I there began shall heere bee stayd [p.93] 158.H06.059 Sayles, hoysed there, strooke heere, and Anchors layd 158.H06.060 In Thames, w.%5ch%6 were at Tygris and Euphrates wayd 158.H06.061 For that greate soule w.%5ch%6 heere amongst vs now 158.H06.062 Doth dwell, and moue that tongue, and hand, and browe 158.H06.063 W%5ch%6, as the Moone the Sea, moues vs, to heare 158.H06.064 Whose story with long patience you will long 158.H06.065 (For tis the Crowne, and last strayne of my song) 158.H06.066 This soule, to whome Luther and Mahomet were 158.H06.067 Prisons of flesh, this soule w%5ch%6 oft did teare 158.H06.068 And mend the wracks of th'Empire and late Rome 158.H06.069 And liu'd where every greate change did come 158.H06.070 Had first in Paradise a lowe but fatall roome. 158.H06.071 Yet nor lowe roome, nor %Yyet%Z>then< the greatest lesse 158.H06.072 If (as deuout and sharpe men fitly guesse) 158.H06.073 That Crosse, (our Ioye and greife, where nayles did %V\tye 158.H06.074 That all, w%5ch%6 >%Valways< was All every where 158.H06.075 Which could not sinne, and yet all sinnes did beare 158.H06.076 Which could not dye, yet could not choose but dye) 158.H06.077 Stood in the selfe same roome in Caluary 158.H06.078 Where first grewe the forbidden learned Tree 158.H06.079 For on that Tree hung in security 158.H06.080 This soule, made, by the makers will, fro%T pulling free 158.H06.081 Prince of the Orchard, fayre as dawning morne 158.H06.082 Fenc'd with the Lawe and ripe assoone[sic] as borne 158.H06.083 That Apple grewe w.%5ch%6 this Soule did %Jenliue%K [RM]x 158.H06.084 Till the, then, climing, serpent, w%5ch%6 now, creepes 158.H06.085 For that offence for w.%5ch%6 all mankind weepes 158.H06.086 Tooke it, and t'her whome the first man did wiue 158.H06.087 (Whome, and her race onely Forbiddings driue) 158.H06.088 Hee gaue it, Shee t'her husband, Both did eate 158.H06.089 So perished the Eaters and the meate 158.H06.090 And wee (for Treason taynts the bloud) thence dye and sweate [CW:10.#Man--] 158.H06.091 Man all at once was there by woman slayne [p.94] 158.H06.092 And one by one wee ar heere slayne ore agayne 158.H06.093 By them the Mother poysond the well head 158.H06.094 The daughters heere corrupt vs, %Jnothing letts%K[Mvar:>>**ulets<<] [RM]x 158.H06.095 No Smalnesse scapes, nor greatnesse breakes theyr netts 158.H06.096 Shee thrust vs out, and by them wee are >lead%>>ledd< 158.H06.097 Astray from turning from whence wee are fledd. 158.H06.098 Were Prisoners Iudges, t'would seeme rigorous 158.H06.099 Shee sinn'd, wee beare, part of our payne is, thus 158.H06.100 Them to loue whose fault to this payne full love yoakd vs 158.H06.101 So fast in vs doth this corruption growe 158.H06.102 That now wee dare aske why wee should bee so 158.H06.103 Would God (disputes the curious Rebell) make 158.H06.104 A Lawe and would not haue it kept? Or can 158.H06.105 His Creatures will crosse his? Of every man 158.H06.106 Will God (and bee iust) for one vengeance take? 158.H06.107 Who sinnd? T'was not forbidden to the snake 158.H06.108 Nor her, who was not then made nor is't writt 158.H06.109 That Adam cropt or knewe the Apple; yet 158.H06.110 The worme, and Shee and Hee and Wee endure for it. 158.H06.111 But snatch mee, Heauenly spirit, from this strayne 158.H06.112 Reckning theyr vanityes, lesse is theyr gayne 158.H06.113 Then hazard still to meditate on ill 158.H06.114 Though with good minds, theyr reasons, like those toyes 158.H06.115 Of Glassy bubbles w.%5ch%6 the gamesome boyes 158.H06.116 Stretch to so nice a thinnesse through a quill 158.H06.117 That they themselues breake, and doe themselues spill 158.H06.118 Arguing is Heretiques Game and Excercise 158.H06.119 (As wrastlers perfitt them) , not libertyes 158.H06.120 Of Speeche >%Yand%Zbut< Silence, Hands not Tongues end Heresyes [CW:13.#Iust--] 158.H06.121 Iust in that instant when the serpents gripe 158.H06.122 Broke the slight veynes and tender Conduit pipe 158.H06.123 Through w.%5ch%6 this Soule from the trees roote did draw 158.H06.124 Life and growth to this Apple, fledd away 158.H06.125 This loose Soule, old, one and another day 158.H06.126 As Lightning, w.%5ch%6 one dares scarse say hee sawe 158.H06.127 Tis so soone gon (and better proofs the Lawe 158.H06.128 Of sence then fayth requyres) swiftly shee flewe 158.H06.129 To a darke and foggy plott, her her fates threw 158.H06.130 There, through th'earths pores, and in a plant howsd her anew 158.H06.131 The plant, thus abled, to her selfe did force 158.H06.132 A place where no place was by Natures course. 158.H06.133 As Ayre from Water, Water fleets away 158.H06.134 From thicker bodyes, by this roote throngd so 158.H06.135 His spungy confines gaue him place to growe 158.H06.136 (Iust as in our streetes when the people stay 158.H06.137 To see the Prince) and so filld vp the way 158.H06.138 That weasells scarce could passe, when shee comes neere 158.H06.139 They throng and cleaue vp, and a passage cleere 158.H06.140 As if, for that time, theyr round bodyes flattned were. 158.H06.141 His right arme hee thrust out towards the East 158.H06.142 Westward his left, Th'Ends did themselues digest 158.H06.143 Into ten lesser strings, These Fingers were 158.H06.144 And as a Slumberer stretching on his bedd 158.H06.141 This way, hee this, and that way, scattered 158.H06.146 His other legg, w.%5ch%6 feete with T>*%>ov>inclos'd<<] child kickd and peckd it selfe a dore [CW:19#Out#crept--] 158.H06.181 Out crept a Sparrow this Soules mouing Inne [p.97] 158.H06.182 On whose rawe armes stiff fethers now begin 158.H06.183 As childrens teeth through Gum%Ms to breake w.%5th%6 payne 158.H06.184 His flesh is Ielly yet, and his bones threads 158.H06.185 All a new downy Mantle overspredds 158.H06.186 A mouth hee opes w.%5ch%6 would as much contayne 158.H06.187 As his late house, and the first howse%>>houre< speakes playne 158.H06.188 And chirps aloud for meate, meate fitt for men 158.H06.189 His father steales for him, and so feedes then 158.H06.190 One that within a month will beate him from his hen. 158.H06.191 In this worlds youth wise Nature did make hast 158.H06.192 Things ripned sooner and did longer last 158.H06.193 Already this hott Cock in bush and Tree 158.H06.194 In field and Tent o're flutters his next Hen 158.H06.195 Hee askes her not Who did so tast, nor when 158.H06.196 Nor if his sister or his Neece shee bee 158.H06.197 Nor doth shee pule for his Inconstancy 158.H06.198 If in her sight hee change, nor doth refuse 158.H06.199 The next that calls, both Liberty do vse 158.H06.200 Where store is of both kinds both kinds may freely chuse 158.H06.201 Men, till they tooke Lawes w%5ch%6 made freedoms lesse 158.H06.202 Theyr daughters and theyr sisters did ingresse. 158.H06.203 Till now vnlawfull, therefore ill, t'was not. 158.H06.204 So iolly that it can moue this soule is 158.H06.205 The Body, so free of his kindnesses, 158.H06.206 That selfe pr>%Yocur%Zeseru>conceiue<<] 158.H06.217 Askt not of rootes nor of Cock Sparrows leaue 158.H06.218 Yet chuseth hee, though none of these hee feares, 158.H06.219 Pleasantly |three|[sic] then staightned |twenty|[sic] yeares 158.H06.220 To liue and to encrease his race himselfe out-weares 158.H06.221 This Cole with overblowing quenchd and dead 158.H06.222 The soule %Yto#her%Z#from >%Vher too< actiue organs fledd 158.H06.223 T'a brooke%Y,%Z a%>>A< female fishes sandy Rowe 158.H06.224 With the Males Ielly newly %Jsanded%K[var:>leauened<] was 158.H06.225 (For these enter-touched as they did passe) 158.H06.226 And one of those small bodyes fitted so 158.H06.227 This soule informd, and abled it to rowe 158.H06.228 It selfe with finny oares, w.%5ch%6 shee did fitt, 158.H06.229 Her scales seemd yet of Parchm%5t%6 and as yet 158.H06.230 Perchance a fish but by no name yo%5u%6 could call it. 158.H06.231 When goodly like a shipp in her first Trim%T 158.H06.232 A Swann so white that yo%5u%6 may vnto him 158.H06.233 Compare all whitenesse, but himselfe to none 158.H06.234 Glided along, and as hee glided watcht 158.H06.235 And with his arched neck this poore fish catchd 158.H06.236 It mou'd with state, as if to looke vpon 158.H06.237 Lowe things it scornd, and yet before that one 158.H06.238 Could thinke it%Y,%Z sought it, hee had swallowd cleere 158.H06.239 This and much such, and vnblamd deuourd there 158.H06.240 All but who too swift, too Greate, or well armed were. [CW:25#Now] 158.H06.241 Now swam%M a prison in a prison put [p.99] 158.H06.242 And now this soule in double walls was shut 158.H06.243 Till melted with the Swans digestive fyre 158.H06.244 Shee left her house the fish, and vapourd forth. 158.H06.245 Fate not affoording bodyes of more worth 158.H06.246 For her as yet, bidds her agayne retyre 158.H06.247 T'another fish, to any new desire 158.H06.248 Made a new pray, for hee that can to none 158.H06.249 Resistance make nor complaynt, sure is gon. 158.H06.250 Weakenesse envites but silence feasts oppression 158.H06.251 Pace with her natiue streame this fish doth keepe 158.H06.252 And iournyes with her towards the glassy deepe 158.H06.253 But oft retarded. Once with a hidden nett 158.H06.254 Though with greate windowes, (for when neede first taught 158.H06.255 These tricks to catch foode, then they were not wrought 158.H06.256 As now with curious greedinesse to lett 158.H06.257 None scape; but fewe, and fitt for vse, to get) 158.H06.258 As in this >%Vtrapp a< rauenouous[sic] Pike was tan'e 158.H06.259 Who, though himselfe distrest would fayne haue slayne 158.H06.260 This wretch (so hardly are ill habits left agayne). 158.H06.261 Heere by her smallnesse %Jthe%K[Mvar:>>shee<<] 2 deaths or'e past 158.H06.262 Once Innocence scap'd and left th'oppresso%5rs%6 fast. 158.H06.263 The nett through swum%Me shee keepes the liquid path 158.H06.264 And whether shee leape vp sometimes to breath 158.H06.265 And suck in Ayre, or find it vnderneath 158.H06.266 Or working parts like Mills or Lymbecks hath 158.H06.267 To make the water thinn and ayre-like, fayth 158.H06.268 Cares not, but safe the place shee's come vnto 158.H06.269 Where fresh with salt waues meete, and what to doe 158.H06.270 Shee knowes not but betweene both makes a board or two. [CW:28 So far--] 158.H06.271 So far from hiding her guests water is [p.100] 158.H06.272 That shee shewes them in bigger quantityes 158.H06.273 Then they ar, and thus doubtfull of her way 158.H06.274 For game and not for hunger a Sea-pie 158.H06.275 Spy'd through this traytrous spectacle from high 158.H06.276 The silly fish where it disputing lay 158.H06.277 And t'end her doubts and her, beares her away 158.H06.278 Exalted shee is, but to th'exalters good 158.H06.279 (As ar by greate ones men w%5ch%6 lowly stood) 158.H06.280 Its raysd to bee the raysers Instrument and foode 158.H06.281 Is any kind subiect to rape like fish? 158.H06.282 Ill vnto man they neyther doe nor wishe 158.H06.283 Fishers they kill not, nor with noyse awake 158.H06.284 They doe not hunt, nor striue to make a prey 158.H06.285 Of beasts, nor theyr young sonnes to beare away 158.H06.286 Fowles they pursue not, nor doe vndertake 158.H06.287 To spoyle the nests industrious birds doe make 158.H06.288 Yet them all these vnkind kinds feede vpon 158.H06.289 To kill them is an occupation 158.H06.290 And Lawes make fasts and Lents for theyr destruction 158.H06.291 A suddayne stiff land-wind in that selfe hower 158.H06.292 To Sea ward forc'd this bird, w%5ch%6 did deuoure 158.H06.293 The fish. Hee cares not, for with ease hee flyes 158.H06.294 Fat gluttonyes best Orato%5r%6; at last 158.H06.295 So long hee hath flowne, and hath flowne so fast 158.H06.296 That leagues >%Vor'e past< at Sea, now tyrd, hee lyes 158.H06.297 And with his prey that till then languishd, dyes 158.H06.298 The Soules, no longer foes, two wayes did erre 158.H06.299 The fish I follow and keepe no Calender 158.H06.300 Of th'other; Hee liues yet in some greate Officer [CW:31#Into--] 158.H06.301 Into an Embrion fish our Soule is throwne [p.101] 158.H06.302 And in due time throwne out agayne, and growne 158.H06.303 To such vastnesse as if vnmanacled 158.H06.304 From Greece Morea were, and that, by some 158.H06.305 Earth quake vnrooted, loose Morea swum%M 158.H06.306 Or Seas from Africks body had severed 158.H06.307 And torne the hopefull promontoryes head 158.H06.308 This fish would seeme these and, when all hopes fayle 158.H06.309 A greate shipp ouersett or without sayle 158.H06.310 Hulling, might, when this was a whelpe, bee like this Whale. 158.H06.311 At every stroke his brasen finns do take [RM]* 158.H06.312 More circles in the broken sea they make 158.H06.313 Then Canons voyces when the Ayre they teare 158.H06.314 His ribbs are Pillars, and his high-archd roofe 158.H06.315 Of barke that blunts best steele is Thunder-proofe 158.H06.316 Swim in him swallowd dolphins without feare 158.H06.317 And feele no sides, as if his vast wombe were 158.H06.318 Some Inland Sea, and ever as hee went 158.H06.319 Hee spowted riuers vp, as if hee ment 158.H06.320 To ioyne our seas with seas aboue the firmam%5t%6. 158.H06.321 Hee hunts not fish, but as an Officer 158.H06.322 Stayes in his Court, as%>>at< his owne nett, and there 158.H06.323 All suiters of all sorts themselues enthrall 158.H06.324 So on %Jthe%K[Mvar:>>his<<] Backe lyes this whale wantoning 158.H06.325 And in his Gulfe-like throate sucks every thing 158.H06.326 That passeth neere, fish chaseth fish, and all 158.H06.327 Flyer and follower in this whirlepoole fall 158.H06.328 O might not States of more ae%Lquality 158.H06.329 Consist? And is it of necessity 158.H06.330 That thousand guiltlesse smalls to make one great must %V\dye? [CW:34#Now--] 158.H06.331 Now drinkes hee vp seas, and hee eates vp flocks [p.102] 158.H06.332 Hee iustles Islands, and hee shakes firme rocks 158.H06.333 Now in a roomefull house this Soule doth floate 158.H06.334 And like a Prince shee sends her facultyes 158.H06.335 To all her limbs distant as Provinces 158.H06.336 The Sunn hath 20 times both Crabb and Goate 158.H06.337 Parch'd since first launchd forth this liuing boate. 158.H06.338 Tis greatest now and to destruction 158.H06.339 Neerest. There's no pawse at perfection. 158.H06.340 Greatnesse a Period hath but hath no Station 158.H06.341 Two little fishes (whome hee never harmd 158.H06.342 Nor fedd on theyr kind two not firmly armd 158.H06.343 With hope that they could kill him, nor could doe 158.H06.344 Good to themselues by his death, they did not eate 158.H06.345 His flesh nor suck those oyles w.%5ch%6 thence out-sweate) 158.H06.346 Conspird agaynst him. And it might vndoe 158.H06.347 The plott of all that the Plotters were two, 158.H06.348 But that they fishes were and could not speake. 158.H06.349 How shall a Tyrant wise strong proiects breake? 158.H06.350 If wretches can on them the com%Mon anger wreake? 158.H06.351 The flayle-finnd Thresher and Steele-beake[no"d"] Sword fish 158.H06.352 Onely, attempt to doe what all doe wishe 158.H06.353 The Thresher backs him and to beate beginns 158.H06.354 The sluggard whale yeelds to oppression 158.H06.355 And, to hide himselfe from shame and danger, downe 158.H06.356 Beginns to sinke, The Sword-fish vpward springs%>>spinnes< 158.H06.357 And goares him with his Beake; his stafflike finns 158.H06.358 So well the one, his sword the other plyes 158.H06.359 That now a scoff and pray this tyrant dyes 158.H06.360 And (his owne dole) feedes with himselfe all companyes [CW:37#Who#will--] 158.H06.361 Who will revenge his death? or who will call [p.103] 158.H06.362 Those to account that thought and wrought his fall? 158.H06.363 Th'heyres of slayne kings wee see ar often so 158.H06.364 Transported with the ioye of what they get 158.H06.365 That they revenge and obsequyes forget 158.H06.366 Nor will agaynst such men the people goe 158.H06.367 Because hee's now dead to whome they should showe 158.H06.368 Loue in that Act, some kings by vice beeing growne 158.H06.369 So needy of Subiects loue, that of theyr owne 158.H06.370 They thinke they loose, if loue bee to the dead Prince showne 158.H06.371 This soule now freed from prison and passion 158.H06.372 Hath yet a little Indignation 158.H06.373 That so small ham%Mers should so soone downe beate 158.H06.374 So greate a castle, And hauing for her house 158.H06.375 Gott the straight cloyster of a wretched Mouse 158.H06.376 (As basest men that haue not what to eate 158.H06.377 Nor enioy ought do farr more hate the greate 158.H06.378 Then they who good reposd estates possesse) 158.H06.379 This Soule late taught that greate things might by lesse 158.H06.380 Bee slayne, to gallant mischeefe doth her selfe addresse 158.H06.381 Natures greate masterpeece, an Elephant 158.H06.382 The onely harmlesse greate thing, the Gyant 158.H06.383 [lc]of Beasts, who thought none had to make him wise 158.H06.384 But to bee iust and thankefull, lothe t'offend, 158.H06.385 (Yet Nature hath giuen him no knees to bend) 158.H06.386 Himselfe hee vp propps, on himselfe relyes 158.H06.387 And foe to none suspects no enemyes 158.H06.388 Still sleeping stood, vexd not his fantasy 158.H06.389 Black dreames, like an vnbent bowe carlesly 158.H06.390 His Sinnewy Proboscis did remissely lye [CW:40#In#w.%5ch%6] 158.H06.391 In which, as in a Gallery, this mouse [p.104] 158.H06.392 Walkd and surueyd the roomes of this vast house 158.H06.393 And to the brayne the soules bedchamber went 158.H06.394 And gnawd the life coards there; like a whole Towne 158.H06.395 Cleane vndermynd the slayne beast tumbled downe 158.H06.396 With him the murtherer dyes, whome enuy sent 158.H06.397 To kill not scape. For onely hee that ment 158.H06.398 To dye did ever kill a man of better roome 158.H06.399 And thus hee made his foe, his prey, %Jhis%K[var:>and<] Tombe 158.H06.400 Who cares not to turne back may any whither come 158.H06.401 Next housd this soule a wolfes yet vnborne whelpe 158.H06.402 Till the best Midwife Nature gaue it helpe 158.H06.403 To issue, It could kill as %Jwell%K[Mvar:>>soone<<] as goe. 158.H06.404 Abel as white and mild as his sheepe were 158.H06.405 (Who, in that Trade, of Church and kingdomes there 158.H06.406 Was the first Type) was still infested so 158.H06.407 With this wolfe that it bredd his losse and woe 158.H06.408 And yet his bitch, his Sentinell, attends 158.H06.409 The flock so neere, so well warnes and attends 158.H06.410 That the wolfe, hopelesse else, to corrupt her intends. 158.H06.411 Hee tooke a course, w%5ch%6 since sucesfully 158.H06.412 Greate men haue often taken, to espy 158.H06.413 The counsells or to breake the plotts of foes 158.H06.414 To Abels Tent hee stealeth in the darke 158.H06.415 On whose skirts the Bitch slept, ere shee could barke 158.H06.416 Attachd her with straight gripes, yet hee calld those 158.H06.417 Embracements of loue, To loves worke hee goes 158.H06.418 Where deeds moue more then words, nor doth hee showe 158.H06.419 Resistance much, nor neede hee straighten so 158.H06.420 His Prey for were shee loose shee would no>t%>r< barke nor goe [CW:43#Hee#hath] 158.H06.421 Hee hath engag'd her, his shee onely bides [p.105] 158.H06.422 Who not her owne no others secrets hides 158.H06.423 If to the flock hee come and Abel there 158.H06.424 Shee faynes hoarse barkings but shee biteth not 158.H06.425 Her fayth is quite but not hi>*%>r< loue forgot 158.H06.426 At last a Trapp, of w.%5ch%6 some every where 158.H06.427 Abel had plac'd ends both his losse and feare 158.H06.428 By the wolfes death, and now iust time it was 158.H06.429 That a quick soule should giue life to that masse 158.H06.430 Of bloud in Abels Bitch, and thither this did passe 158.H06.431 Some haue theyr wiues, theyr sisters some begot 158.H06.432 But in the liues of Emperours yo%5u%6 shall not 158.H06.433 Reade of a lust the w.%5ch%6 may ae%Lquall this 158.H06.434 This wolfe begot himselfe and finished 158.H06.435 What hee began aliue, when hee was dead 158.H06.436 Sonne to himselfe and father too hee is 158.H06.437 A riddling lust, for w%5ch%6 Schoolemen would %Jwishe%K[Mvar:>>misse<<] 158.H06.438 A proper name, The whelpe of both these lay 158.H06.439 In Abels Tent, and with soft Moaba 158.H06.440 His Sister beeing young i>s%>t< vsd to sport and play 158.H06.441 Hee soone for her too harsh and churlish grewe 158.H06.442 And Abel (the dam dead) would vse this new 158.H06.443 For the field, beeing of 2 kinds thus made 158.H06.444 Hee, as his Dam, from sheepe draue[sic] wolues away 158.H06.445 And as his Sire, hee made them his owne pray, 158.H06.446 Fiue yeares hee liu'd and cozend with his Trade, 158.H06.447 Then hopelesse that his faults were hidd, betrayd 158.H06.448 Himselfe by flight, and by all followed 158.H06.449 From doggs a wolfe from wolues a dogg hee fledd 158.H06.450 And like a spye, to both sides false, hee perished. [CW:46#It--] 158.H06.451 It quickend next a Toyefull Ape, and so [p.106] 158.H06.452 Gamesome it was that it might freely goe 158.H06.453 From Tent to Tent and with the children play 158.H06.454 His Organs now so like theyrs hee doth find 158.H06.455 That why hee cannot laugh and speake his mind 158.H06.456 Hee wonders; much withall, most hee doth stay 158.H06.457 With Adams fift daughter Syphatecia 158.H06.458 Doth gaze on her, and where shee passeth passe 158.H06.459 Gathers her fruits, and tumbles on the grasse 158.H06.460 And wisest in that kind the first true louer was 158.H06.461 Hee was the first that more desird to haue 158.H06.462 One then another, first that ere did craue 158.H06.463 Loue by mute signes and had no power to speake 158.H06.464 First that could make love faces, or could doe 158.H06.465 The Vaulters sobresalts or vsd to wooe 158.H06.466 With hoyting gamboles his owne bones to breake 158.H06.467 To make his mistresse merry, or to wreake 158.H06.468 Her Anger on him selfe, sinns agaynst kind 158.H06.469 They easily doe that can let feede theyr mind 158.H06.470 With outward beauty, beauty they in boyes and beasts do find 158.H06.471 By this misledd, too low things men haue prou'd 158.H06.472 And too high, Beasts and Angels haue bin lou'd. 158.H06.473 This Ape, though else through-vayne, in this was wise 158.H06.474 Hee reachd at things too high, but open way 158.H06.475 There was, and hee knewe not shee would say nay 158.H06.476 His Toyes prevayle not, likelyer meanes hee tryes 158.H06.477 Hee gazeth on her face with Teare-shott eyes 158.H06.478 And vplifts subtilly with his russet pawe 158.H06.479 Her kidskin apron without feare or awe 158.H06.480 Of Nature, Nature hath no Iayle though shee %Jwas%K[Mvar:>hath<] Lawe [CW:49-First--] 158.H06.481 First shee was silly' and knewe not what hee ment [p.107] 158.H06.482 That vertue by his touches chafd and spent 158.H06.483 Succeedes an itchy warmth, that melts her quite 158.H06.484 Shee knewe not first, now cares not what hee doth 158.H06.485 And willing halfe and more, more then halfe wroth 158.H06.486 Shee neyther pulls nor pushes, but outright 158.H06.487 Now cryes, and now repents, when Tethlemite 158.H06.488 Her brother enterd and a greate stone threw 158.H06.489 After the Ape, who, thus prevented, flew. 158.H06.490 This house thus batterd downe the soule possest a %V\new. 158.H06.491 And whether by this change shee loose or winne 158.H06.492 She comes out next where the' Ape would haue gon in 158.H06.493 Adam and Eue had mingled blouds, and now 158.H06.494 Like Chymicks ae%Lquall fires, her temperd womb 158.H06.495 Had stewd and formd it, and part did become 158.H06.496 A spungy lyver that did richly' allow 158.H06.497 Like a free Conduit on a high hills browe 158.H06.498 Life-keeping moysture vnto every part 158.H06.499 Part hardened it selfe to a thicker hart 158.H06.500 Whose busy fornaces liues spirits doe impart 158.H06.501 Another part became the well of sence 158.H06.502 The tender well-armd feeling brayne from whence 158.H06.503 Those sinewy strings w.%5ch%6 doe our bodyes tye 158.H06.504 Are raueld out, and fast thereby on end 158.H06.505 Did this soule Limbs, these Limbs a soule attend 158.H06.506 And now they ioynd, keeping some quality 158.H06.507 Of every past shape. Shee knew Treachery 158.H06.508 Rapine, deceit, and lust, and ills enow 158.H06.509 To bee a woman, Themech shee is now 158.H06.510 Sister and wife to Cayne, to Cayne that first did %V\plow [CW:52#Who#ere] 158.H06.511 Who ere thou beest that readst this sullen writt [p.108] 158.H06.512 Which iust so much courts thee as thou dost it 158.H06.513 Let mee arrest thy thoughts, wonder with mee 158.H06.514 Why Ploughing, Building, Ruling, and the rest 158.H06.515 Or most of those Arts whence our liues are blest 158.H06.516 By cursed Caynes race should invented bee 158.H06.517 And blest Seth vexd vs with Astronomy 158.H06.518 Theres nothing simply good nor ill alone 158.H06.519 Of every Quality Comparison 158.H06.520 The %Jseemely%K[var:>onely<] measure is, and Iudge Opinion. 158.H06.0SS [om; segmented line across page] 158.H06.0$$ %1Fifty-two 10-l. sts separated by ordinal, arabic numbers (2-52) roughly centered within a line-space; last ll. of sts 1, 8, 12, 25, 29, 30, 38-41, 43, 44, & 48-52, & 9th l. of st 45 ind (variously: c. 1-3 sp); unless otherwise noted here, nonscribal insertions are interlineated; "--" within catch word represents an undivided dash (c. 2-4 hyphen-lengths)%2