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| Yett this is not yo:r phisick, but your food [f. 49v] |
| A diett fitt for yo:u; for yo:u are here |
| The first good Angell, since ye worldes frame stood |
| That ever did in womans shape appeare.| |
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| Since yo:u are then Gods masterpeece, and so |
| His factor for our loves; Doe as yo:u doe |
| Make yo:r retorne home gracious; & bestow. |
| This lief on that; so make one life of two.| |
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| For so God helpe me, I would not miss yo:u there |
| For all the good, wch yo:u can doe me here.| |
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| To ye Countesse of Bedforde |
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| (Madam. |
| Yo:u haue refinde me; And to worthiest things |
| Vertue, Art, Bewty, fortune, now I see, |
| Rarenes, or vse, not nature value brings |
| And such as they are circumstancd, they be |
| Two ills can nere perplexe vs, sinn to excuse |
| But of two good things, we may leaue & chuse.| |
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| Therefore at Court, wch is not vertues clyme |
| Where a transcendent height, (as lownes me)
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[CW: om] |