The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts
Part 18
[24 jawes: _1633_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _Q_, _S_, _TCD:_ mawes, _1635-69_, _O'F_, _P_, _Chambers_]
[29 these,] this, _L74_, _Q_, _TCD_]
[30 our _1633_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _TCD:_ a _1635-69_, _A25_, _P_]
[33 shepheards _1650-69:_ sheepheards _1633-39_]
[37 Sea-goales, (_or_ gayles _&c._) _1633_, _1669_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S_, _TCD:_ Sea-gulls, _1635-54_, _O'F_, _Chambers:_ Sea-snayles, _B_, _JC_]
[38 our Pinnaces, now _1635-54_, _B_, _O'F:_ our venices, now _1633_, _A25_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _TCD:_ with _Vinice's_, our _1669_]
[40 Or] Or, _1633-69_]
[44 and a coward _1633_, _MSS.:_ and coward _1635-69:_ a coward _P_, _S_]
[45 and all] and each _B_, _Q_, _S_]
[48 forget _1633-54_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _P_, _S:_ forgot _1669_, _A25_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _N_, _Q_, _TCD_]
[50 poles] pole _JC_, _Q_]
[52-3 he was? he was Nothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit; _1633_, _N_, _P_, _S_, _TCD_ (_but MSS. have no stop after_ Nothing): he was, he was? Nothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit; _1635-54:_ he was, he was? Nothing for us, we are for nothing fit; _1669_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _O'F_, _Q:_ _but the MSS. have not all got a mark of interrogation or other stop after second_ he was. _See note_]
To S^r _Henry Wotton_.
Sir, more then kisses, letters mingle Soules; For, thus friends absent speake. This ease controules The tediousnesse of my life: But for these I could ideate nothing, which could please, But I should wither in one day, and passe 5 To'a bottle'of Hay, that am a locke of Grasse. Life is a voyage, and in our lifes wayes Countries, Courts, Towns are Rockes, or Remoraes; They breake or stop all ships, yet our state's such, That though then pitch they staine worse, wee must touch. 10 If in the furnace of the even line, Or under th'adverse icy poles thou pine, Thou know'st two temperate Regions girded in, Dwell there: But Oh, what refuge canst thou winne Parch'd in the Court, and in the country frozen? 15 Shall cities, built of both extremes, be chosen? Can dung and garlike be'a perfume? or can A Scorpion and Torpedo cure a man? Cities are worst of all three; of all three (O knottie riddle) each is worst equally. 20 Cities are Sepulchers; they who dwell there Are carcases, as if no such there were. And Courts are Theaters, where some men play Princes, some slaves, all to one end, and of one clay. The Country is a desert, where no good, 25 Gain'd (as habits, not borne,) is understood. There men become beasts, and prone to more evils; In cities blockes, and in a lewd court, devills. As in the first Chaos confusedly Each elements qualities were in the'other three; 30 So pride, lust, covetize, being feverall To these three places, yet all are in all, And mingled thus, their issue incestuous. Falshood is denizon'd. Virtue is barbarous. Let no man say there, Virtues flintie wall 35 Shall locke vice in mee, I'll do none, but know all. Men are spunges, which to poure out, receive, Who know false play, rather then lose, deceive. For in best understandings, sinne beganne, Angels sinn'd first, then Devills, and then man. 40 Onely perchance beast sinne not; wretched wee Are beasts in all, but white integritie. I thinke if men, which in these places live Durst looke for themselves, and themselves retrive, They would like strangers greet themselves, seeing than 45 Utopian youth, growne old Italian. Be thou thine owne home, and in thy selfe dwell; Inne any where, continuance maketh hell. And seeing the snaile, which every where doth rome, Carrying his owne house still, still is at home, 50 Follow (for he is easie pac'd) this snaile, Bee thine owne Palace, or the world's thy gaile. And in the worlds sea, do not like corke sleepe Upon the waters face; nor in the deepe Sinke like a lead without a line: but as 55 Fishes glide, leaving no print where they passe, Nor making sound; so closely thy course goe, let men dispute, whether thou breathe, or no. Onely'in this one thing, be no Galenist: To make Courts hot ambitions wholesome, do not take 60 A dramme of Countries dulnesse; do not adde Correctives, but as chymiques, purge the bad. But, Sir, I advise not you, I rather doe Say o'er those lessons, which I learn'd of you: Whom, free from German schismes, and lightness 65 Of France, and faire Italies faithlesnesse, Having from these suck'd all they had of worth, And brought home that faith, which you carried forth, I throughly love. But if my selfe, I'have wonne To know my rules, I have, and you have 70 DONNE:
[To S^r Henry Wotton. _1633-69_ (Sir _1669_): _same or no title_, _A18_, _A25_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ To M^r H. W. _B_, _W_ (_B adds_ J. D.). _See note_]
[4 I could invent nothing at all to please, _1669_]
[6 bottle] botle _1633_ To a lock of hay, that am a Bottle of grass. _1669_]
[7 lifes _1633:_ lives _1635-69_]
[10 though ... worse, _in brackets 1650-69_]
[11 even _1669_, _A18_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ raging _1633-54:_ other _P:_ over _S_]
[12 poles _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _P_, _O'F_, _S_, _W:_ pole _1633-69_, _A18_, _HN_, _N_, _TC_]
[16 cities, ... extremes, _Ed:_ cities ... extremes _1633-69_]
[17 dung and garlike _1633_, _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _TC_, _W_ (dung, _1633_): dung, or garlike _1635-69_, _A25_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_ a perfume] a _om. 1635-54_, _Chambers_]
[18 Scorpion _Ed:_ Scorpion, _1633-69_
and Torpedo _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _N_, _TC_, _W:_ or Torpedo _1633-69_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _JC_, _Lec_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_. _See note_]
[19 of all three _1633:_ of all three? _1635-69_]
[22 no such _1633_, _A18_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _N_, _S_, _TC_, _W:_ none such _1635-69_, _O'F_, _P_
there were. _1635-69_, _A36_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _W:_ they were. _1633_, _Lec:_ then were _A18_, _N_, _TC_]
[24 and of one clay. _1633 and MSS. generally:_ of one clay. _1635-39:_ of one day. _1650-54:_ and at one daye. _A25:_ Princes, some slaves, and all end in one day. _1669_]
[25-6
The Country is a desert, where no good, Gain'd, as habits, not borne, is understood.
_1633_, _1669_, _A18_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _S96_, _TC_, _W_
The Country is a desert, where the good, Gain'd inhabits not, borne, is not understood.
_1635-54_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_
The Country is a desert, where noe good Gain'd doth inhabit, nor born's understood.
_A25_]
[27 more _1633_, _A25_, _W:_ meere _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _S96:_ men (_a slip for_ mere) _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ all _1635-69_. _See note_]
[33 issue incestuous, _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _TC_, _W:_ issue is incestuous. _1635-69_, _P_, _S:_ issues monsterous. _A25_]
[35 there] then _Lec_]
[44 for themselves, _A18_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ in themselves, _1633-69:_ into themselves, themselves retrive, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_]
[45 than] then _1663_]
[45-6 than ... Italian.] that ... Italianate. _Cy_, _P_]
[47 Be thou _1633_, _Lec:_ Be then _1635-69 and MSS._]
[50 home, _Ed:_ home. _1633:_ home: _1635-69_]
[52 gaile. _1635-69:_ goale; _1633_]
[57 so _D, W:_ so _1633-69_]
[58-9 breathe,] breath, _1633_
or no. Onely'in this one thing, be no Galenist: _Ed:_ or no: Onley ... Galenist. _1633_, _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _TC_, _W:_ or no: Onely in this be no Galenist. _1635-69_, _Cy_, O_'F_, _S_]
[64 you:] you. _1633_]
[65 German _1633 and all MSS.:_ Germanies _1635-69_, _Grosart and Chambers (without note)_]
To S^r _Henry Goodyere_.
Who makes the Past, a patterne for next yeare, Turnes no new leafe, but still the same things reads, Seene things, he sees againe, heard things doth heare, And makes his life, but like a paire of beads.
A Palace, when'tis that, which it should be, 5 Leaves growing, and stands such, or else decayes: But hee which dwels there, is not so; for hee Strives to urge upward, and his fortune raise;
So had your body'her morning, hath her noone, And shall not better; her next change is night: 10 But her faire larger guest, to'whom Sun and Moone Are sparkes, and short liv'd, claimes another right.
The noble Soule by age growes lustier, Her appetite, and her digestion mend, Wee must not sterve, nor hope to pamper her 15 With womens milke, and pappe unto the end.
Provide you manlyer dyet; you have seene All libraries, which are Schools, Camps, and Courts; But aske your Garners if you have not beene In harvests, too indulgent to your sports. 20
Would you redeeme it? then your selfe transplant A while from hence. Perchance outlandish ground Beares no more wit, then ours, but yet more scant Are those diversions there, which here abound.
To be a stranger hath that benefit, 25 Wee can beginnings, but not habits choke. Goe; whither? Hence; you get, if you forget; New faults, till they prescribe in us, are smoake.
Our soule, whose country'is heaven, and God her father, Into this world, corruptions sinke, is sent, 30 Yet, so much in her travaile she doth gather, That she returnes home, wiser then she went;
It payes you well, if it teach you to spare, And make you,'ashm'd, to make your hawks praise, yours, Which when herselfe she lessens in the aire, 35 You then first say, that high enough she toures.
However, keepe the lively tast you hold Of God, love him as now, but feare him more, And in your afternoones thinke what you told And promis'd him, at morning prayer before. 40
Let falshood like a discord anger you, Else be not froward. But why doe I touch Things, of which none is in your practise new, And Tables, or fruit-trenchers teach as much;
But thus I make you keepe your promise Sir, 45 Riding I had you, though you still staid there, And in these thoughts, although you never stirre, You came with mee to Micham, and are here.
[To Sir Henry Goodyere. _1633-69:_ _so with_ Goodyere _variously spelt_ _A25_, _B_, _C_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec:_ To S^r Henry Goodyere (H: G: _A18_, _N_, _TC_) moveing him to travell. _A18_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_]
[1 Past, _1633-54_, _A18_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC:_ Last _1669_, _Chambers_]
[2 reads,] read, _1650-54_]
[6 decayes:] decayes, _1633_]
[16 womens] womans _1669_]
[17 dyet; _Ed:_ dyet, _1633_ (_with a larger interval than is usually given to a comma_), _1669:_ dyet. _1635-54_]
[20 harvests, _1633-54_, _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _TC:_ harvest, _1669_, _A25_, _C_, _Cy_, _N_, _O'F_, _Chambers_]
[27 Goe; _A18_, _B_, _TC:_ Goe, _1633-69_
Hence; _A18_, _TC:_ hence; _1633:_ hence _1635-54:_ Hence. _1669_]
[28 in us, _1633_, _A18_, _A25_, _C_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _N_, _TC:_ to us, _1635-69_, _B_, _O'F_]
[34 you,'asham'd, _Ed:_ you'asham'd, _1633-69:_ you asham'd _Chambers and Grolier_. _See note_]
[37 However, _1633-39:_ However _1650-69:_ Howsoever _A18_, _B_, _D_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_]
[38 as] _om. 1639-69_]
[42 froward.] froward; _1633_]
[44 Tables _1633-54_, _Lec:_ Fables _1669_, _A18_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_]
[45 make] made _A18_, _N_, _TC_]
[48 with mee to] to mee at _A18_, _N_, _TC_]
To M^r _Rowland Woodward_.
Like one who'in her third widdowhood doth professe Her selfe a Nunne, tyed to retirednesse, So'affects my muse now, a chast fallownesse;
Since shee to few, yet to too many'hath showne How love-song weeds, and Satyrique thornes are growne 5 Where seeds of better Arts, were early sown.
Though to use, and love Poëtrie, to mee, Betroth'd to no'one Art, be no'adulterie; Omissions of good, ill, as ill deeds bee.
For though to us it seeme,'and be light and thinne, 10 Yet in those faithfull scales, where God throwes in Mens workes, vanity weighs as much as sinne.
If our Soules have stain'd their first white, yet wee May cloth them with faith, and deare honestie, Which God imputes, as native puritie. 15
There is no Vertue, but Religion: Wise, valiant, sober, just, are names, which none Want, which want not Vice-covering discretion.
Seeke wee then our selves in our selves; for as Men force the Sunne with much more force to passe, 20 By gathering his beames with a christall glasse;
So wee, If wee into our selves will turne, Blowing our sparkes of vertue, may outburne The straw, which doth about our hearts sojourne.
You know, Physitians, when they would infuse 25 Into any'oyle, the Soules of Simples, use Places, where they may lie still warme, to chuse.
So workes retirednesse in us; To rome Giddily, and be every where, but at home, Such freedome doth a banishment become. 30
Wee are but farmers of our selves, yet may, If we can stocke our selves, and thrive, uplay Much, much deare treasure for the great rent day.
Manure thy selfe then, to thy selfe be'approv'd, And with vaine outward things be no more mov'd, 35 But to know, that I love thee'and would be lov'd.
[To M^r Rowland Woodward. _1633-69:_ _similarly or without heading_, _A18_, _Cy_, _D_, _H40_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ A Letter of Doctor Dunne to one that desired some of his papers. _B:_ To M^r R. W. _W_]
[1 professe] professe, _1633_]
[2 retirednesse, _1633-69_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H40_, _H49_, _JC_, _O'F_, _P_, _S:_ a retirednesse, _A18_, _L74_, _N_, _TC_, _W_]
[3 fallownesse; _Ed:_ fallownesse. _1633-54:_ fallowness, _1669:_ holinesse _Cy_, _P_, _S96_]
[4 too] so _W_ showne _1633_, _1669:_ flowne, _1635-54_]
[5 How love-song weeds, _1633:_ How long loves weeds, _1635-54_, _O'F:_ How Love-song weeds, _1669_]
[6 sown. _1633_, _1669:_ sown? _1635-54:_ sown; _Chambers, who retains the full-stop after_ fallownesse]
[10 to us it] to use it, _Cy_, _P_, _S96_
seeme,'and be light _1633_, _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H40_, _H49_, _L74_, _N_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ seem but light _1635-69_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _and Chambers, who attributes to 1633 the reading_ seem and be but light]
[13 white] whites _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_]
[14 honestie] integritie _Cy_, _P_, _S_, _S96_]
[15 puritie.] puritie, _1633_]
[16 Religion: _1669:_ Religion, _1633:_ Religion. _1635-54_]
[23 our] the _A18_, _L74_, _N_, _TC_
sparkes _1633-54_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ spark _1669_, _A18_, _H40_, _S_, _Chambers_]
[25 infuse] infuse _1633_]
[26 Soules _1633-69_, _Cy_, _P:_ soule _B_, _D_, _H40_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W_]
[28 To _1635-69:_ to _1633_]
[29 Giddily, _1669:_ Giddily _1633-54_]
[31 farmers _1635-69_, _and all MSS., where it is generally spelt_ fermers: termers _1633_]
[33 deare _1633_, _and most MSS.:_ good _1635-69_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_]
[34 approv'd _1633-54_, _A18_, _Cy_, _D_, _H40_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ improv'd _1669_, _B_, _Chambers_]
[36 lov'd. _1633-69:_ belov'd. _A18_, _L74_, _N_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_]
To S^r _Henry Wootton_.
Here's no more newes, then vertue,'I may as well Tell you _Cales_, or S^t _Michaels_ tale for newes, as tell That vice doth here habitually dwell.
Yet, as to'get stomachs, we walke up and downe, And toyle to sweeten rest, so, may God frowne, 5 If, but to loth both, I haunt Court, or Towne.
For here no one is from the'extremitie Of vice, by any other reason free, But that the next to'him, still, is worse then hee.
In this worlds warfare, they whom rugged Fate, 10 (Gods Commissary,) doth so throughly hate, As in'the Courts Squadron to marshall their state:
If they stand arm'd with seely honesty, With wishing prayers, and neat integritie, Like Indians'gainst Spanish hosts they bee. 15
Suspitious boldnesse to this place belongs, And to'have as many eares as all have tongues; Tender to know, tough to acknowledge wrongs.
Beleeve mee Sir, in my youths giddiest dayes, When to be like the Court, was a playes praise, 20 Playes were not so like Courts, as Courts'are like playes.
Then let us at these mimicke antiques jeast, Whose deepest projects, and egregious gests Are but dull Moralls of a game at Chests.
But now'tis incongruity to smile, 25 Therefore I end; and bid farewell a while, _At Court_; though _From Court_, were the better stile.
[To S^r Henry Wootton. _1633-69:_ _do. or_ A Letter to _&c._ _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_, _S_, _S96_ (_of these Cy and S add_ From Court _and_ From y^e Court): From Court. _P:_ To M^r H. W. 20 Jul. 1598 at Court. _HN:_ To M^r H. W. 20 July 15098 (_sic_) At Court. _W:_ Jo: D: to M^r H: W: _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ Another Letter. _JC_]
[1 newes] new _1669_]
[2 Tell you _Cales_, (_Calis_, _1633_) or _S^t Michaels_ tale for newes, as tell _1633_, _A18_, _B_ (tales), _Cy_ (and S^t Michaels tales), _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _N_, _O'F_ (tales), _P_, _S_, _S96_ (tales), _TC_, _W_ (_MSS. waver in spelling--but_ Cales _Cy_, _HN_, _P:_) Tell you _Calis_, or _Saint Michaels_ tales, as tell _1635-54_, _Chambers_ (Calais): Tell _Calis_, or Saint _Michaels_ Mount, as tell _1669:_ Tell you Calais, or Saint Michaels Mount as tell _1719:_ _All modern editions read_ Calais]
[6 or] and _1669_]
[9 to'him, still, _1633:_ to him, still, _1635-69:_ to him is still _A18_, _L74_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_]
[12 state: _1635-69:_ state _1633_]
[14 wishing prayers, _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ wishing, prayers, _1669_, _HN:_ wishes, prayers, _1635-54_, _B_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _Chambers_]
[20 playes] players _1639-69_]
[21 are like _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _S96_ (are now like), _TC_, _W:_ are _om. (metri causa) 1635-69_, _B_, _Cy_, _JC_, _O'F_]
[23-4
are egregeous guests, And but dull Morals at a game of Chests.
_1669_]
[25 now'tis] 'tis an _1669_]
[27 _At Court;_ though, _From Court, &c._ _W:_ _At Court_, though from Court, _&c._ _1633-69_]
_H: W: in Hiber: belligeranti._
Went you to conquer? and have so much lost Yourself, that what in you was best and most, Respective friendship, should so quickly dye? In publique gaine my share'is not such that I Would lose your love for Ireland: better cheap 5 I pardon death (who though he do not reap Yet gleanes hee many of our frends away) Then that your waking mind should bee a prey To lethargies. Lett shott, and boggs, and skeines With bodies deale, as fate bids and restreynes; 10 Ere sicknesses attack, yong death is best, Who payes before his death doth scape arrest. Lett not your soule (at first with graces fill'd, And since, and thorough crooked lymbecks, still'd In many schools and courts, which quicken it,) 15 It self unto the Irish negligence submit. I aske not labored letters which should weare Long papers out: nor letters which should feare Dishonest carriage: or a seers art: Nor such as from the brayne come, but the hart. 20
[H: W: _&c._ _Burley MS._ (JD _in margin_) _i.e._ Henrico Wottoni in Hibernia belligeranti]
[2 that] y^t _Bur, and similarly_ y^e (the), y^r (your), w^{ch} (which), w^{th} (with) _throughout_]
[2-3 most, Respective friendship,] _no commas_, _Bur_]
[4 share'is] share is _Bur_]
[9 lethargies.] letargies. _Bur_]
[10 restreynes;] restreynes _Bur_]
[11 attack,] attack _Bur_
best,] best _Bur_]
[13 (at first] _Bur closes bracket after_ first _and again after_ 15 quicken it,]
[14 since,] since _Bur_]
[19 art:] art _Bur_]
_To the Countesse of Bedford._
MADAME,
Reason is our Soules left hand, Faith her right, By these wee reach divinity, that's you; Their loves, who have the blessings of your light, Grew from their reason, mine from faire faith grew.
But as, although a squint lefthandednesse 5 Be'ungracious, yet we cannot want that hand, So would I, not to encrease, but to expresse My faith, as I beleeve, so understand.
Therefore I study you first in your Saints, Those friends, whom your election glorifies, 10 Then in your deeds, accesses, and restraints, And what you reade, and what your selfe devize.
But soone, the reasons why you'are lov'd by all, Grow infinite, and so passe reasons reach, Then backe againe to'implicite faith I fall, 15 And rest on what the Catholique voice doth teach;
That you are good: and not one Heretique Denies it: if he did, yet you are so. For, rockes, which high top'd and deep rooted sticke, Waves wash, not undermine, nor overthrow. 20
In every thing there naturally growes A _Balsamum_ to keepe it fresh, and new, If'twere not injur'd by extrinsique blowes; Your birth and beauty are this Balme in you.
But you of learning and religion, 25 And vertue,'and such ingredients, have made A methridate, whose operation Keepes off, or cures what can be done or said.
Yet, this is not your physicke, but your food, A dyet fit for you; for you are here 30 The first good Angell, since the worlds frame stood, That ever did in womans shape appeare.
Since you are then Gods masterpeece, and so His Factor for our loves; do as you doe, Make your returne home gracious; and bestow 35 This life on that; so make one life of two. For so God helpe mee,'I would not misse you there For all the good which you can do me here.
[To the Countesse of Bedford. _1633-69:_ _do. or_ To the Countesse of B. _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_, _M_, _N_, _O'F_, _RP31_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_]
[3 blessings _1633_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec:_ blessing _1635-69_, _B_, _Cy_, _L74_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_
light, _1633-69:_ sight, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _RP31_, _S_, _TCD_]
[4 faire _1633-69_, _L74_, _N_, _TCD:_ farr _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _M_, _O'F_, _RP31_, _S_, _S96_]
[16 what] that _Chambers_
voice _1635-69_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_, _M_, _N_, _O'F_, _S96_, _TCD:_ faith _1633_, _RP31_, _S_]