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| That thankfulnesse yor fauours haue begot [241] |
| In mee, embalmes mee, that I doe not rott. |
| This season, as tis Easter, as tis spring |
| Must both to growthe and to confession bring |
| My thoughts disposd vnto yor Influence; so |
| These verses budd, so these confessions growe. |
| ffirst I confesse I haue to others lent |
| Yor stock, and ouer-prodigally spent |
| Yor treasure. For since I had never knowne |
| Vertue or beauty, but as they are growne |
| In you, I should not thinke or say they shine |
| (So as I haue) in any other mine. |
| Next I confesse this my confession. |
| ffor tis some fault, thus much to touch vpon |
| Yor prayse to you, where halfe rights seeme too much |
| And make yor minds sincere complexion blush |
| Next I confesse my Impenitence, for I |
| Can scarse repent my first fault, since thereby |
| Remote lowe spirits w.ch shall ne're reade you |
| May in lesse lessons find enough to doe |
| By studying coppyes not originals |
| The rest wants. |
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| The rest w.ch was left out before pag |
| 233 To the Countess of Salsbury |
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| So did I humbly reverence each degree |
| Of Fayre Greate Good; but more, now I am come |
| From hauing found theyr walkes to find theyr home. |
| And as I owe my first soules thankes that they |
| ffor my last soule did fitt and mould my clay: |
| So am I debtour vnto them whose worth |
| Enabled mee to profit and take forth |
| This new greate lesson thus to study you |
| Which, none not reading others first, could doe
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