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Luke 10.

And a certaine Priest comming that way
looked on him and passed by.

Hy dost Thou wound my wounds, ô Thou that passest by
Handling & turning them with an unwounded eye?
The calm that cools thine eye does shipwrack mine, for ô !
Vnmov'd to see one wretched, is to make him so.

Luke II.

Blessed be the paps which Thou hast sucked.

Vppose he had been Tabled at thy Teates,

Hee'l have his Teat e're long (a bloody one)
The Mother then must suck the Son.

To Pontius washing his blood-stained hands.

'S murther no sin? or a sin so cheape,

IS

That thou need'st heape

A Rape upon't? till thy Adult'rous touch

Taught her these sullied cheeks this blubber'd face,
She was a Nimph, the meadowes knew none such,
Of honest Parentage of unstain'd Race,
The Daughter of a faire and well-fam'd Fountaine
As ever Silver-tipt, the side of shady mountaine.
See how she weeps, and weeps, that she appeares
Nothing but Teares;

Each drop's a Teare that weeps for her own wast;
Harke how at every Touch she does complaine her :
Harke how she bids her frighted Drops make hast,

And with sad murmurs, chides the Hands that stain her.

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Luke 10 &c.] MSS. T A3. Heading in T: To them, yt passed by at or Saviors passion. 1 by] by, 48: by? T 3 space (? intentional) between Il. 2 and 3 in A3 Heading in T: Blessed is & the

Luke 11. &c.] MSS. TA3. papps, wch thou hast suckt &c.

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To Pontius &c.] MSS. T A3. Heading in T: On Pilate washing his hands. I Is] 'S 48 2 need'st] did'st 48 4 cheeks] cheeks, 48 TA3 6 Parentage] parentage, 48 TA3 Silver-tipt,] Silver-tipt 48 TA3 11 her] its A3 14 murmurs,] Hands] hand, T: hand A3 stain] staines T A3

murmur T

Leave, leave, for shame, or else (Good judge) decree,
What water shal wash this, when this hath washed thee.
Matthew 23.

Yee build the Sepulchres of the Prophets.

THO

'Hou trim'st a Prophets Tombe, and dost bequeath The life thou took'st from him unto his Death. Vaine man! the stones that on his Tombe doe lye, Keepe but the score of them that made him dye.

Vpon the Infant Martyrs.

O see both blended in one flood

The Mothers Milke, the Childrens blood,
Makes me doubt if Heaven will gather,

Roses hence, or Lillies rather.

Joh. 16.

Verily I say unto you, yee shall weep and

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lament.

Elcome my Griefe, my Ioy; how deare's
To me my Legacy of Teares!

I'le weepe, and weepe, and will therefore
Weepe, 'cause I can weepe no more :

Thou, thou (Deare Lord) even thou alone,
Giv'st joy, even when thou givest none.

Joh. 15.

Vpon our Lords last comfortable discourse
with his Disciples.

ALL

LL Hybla's honey, all that sweetnesse can
Flowes in thy Song (ô faire, ô dying Swan !)

Yet is the joy I take in't small or none;

It is too sweet to be a long-liv'd one.

15 Leave, leave,] Oh, leave T

Matthew 23. &c.] MSS. T A3. chres &c. 4 them] him, T

Vpon the &c.] MSS. TA3 S. guishes milke and blood

distinguishes Roses and Lillies

Joh. 16. &c.] MSS. T A3 weepe, T

3

15

Heading in T: Ye build the sepul

No heading in S 2 A3 distin-
gather,] gather 48 TA3
hence] heere T

(Heading) yee] you A3

4 43

weep]

3-4 See note to heading of The Weeper', p. 79, above. 6 givest none] giv'st us none T

5 even] ô A3: oh T

Joh. 15. &c.] MSS. T A3. No heading in T

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Luke 16. Dives asking a drop.

Drop, one drop, how sweetly one faire drop

AD

Would tremble on my pearle-tipt fingers top?

My wealth is gone, ô goe it where it will,

Spare this one Iewell; I'le be Dives still.

Marke 12.

(Give to Cæsar ----)
(And to God------)

LL we have is God's, and yet

Acasar challenges a debt,

Nor hath God a thinner share,
What ever Cæsar's payments are ;
All is God's; and yet 'tis true
All wee have is Cæsar's too;
All is Cæsar's; and what ods
So long as Cæsar's selfe is Gods?

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But now they have seen, and hated.

Eene? and yet hated thee? they did not see,

They saw Thee not, that saw and hated thee:

No, no, they saw the not, ô Life, ô Love,

Who saw ought in thee, that their hate could move.

Vpon the Thornes taken downe from our
Lords head bloody.

Now'st thou this, Souldier? 'tis a much chang'd plant,

(which yet

Thy selfe did'st set,

'Tis chang'd indeed, did Autumn e're such beauties bring

To shame his Spring?

I Drop, one drop,] So Bdl. copy 2 my] thy A3

Luke 16. &c.] MSS. T A3
of 46: Drop! one drop! B.M. copy T A3
Marke 12. &c.] MSS. T A3. Heading in T:
Cæsar. Interspaced couplets in A3

But now &c.] MSS. T A3. T adds &c. to before heading 1 A distinguishes Seene

of 46 htee B.M. copy

2

Upon paying tribute to debt,] debt. T A3 heading. A3 puts Joh:

4 thee] So Bdl. copy

Vpon the Thornes &c.] MSS. TA3. Heading in 70: Upon the Crown of Thorns taken from our Blessed Lords Head all bloody. For collation with version in 48 see notes to similar version in 52, p. 290, below

this, TA3: this 46

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O! who so hard an husbandman could ever find
A soyle so kind?

Is not the soile a kind one (thinke ye) that returnes
Roses for Thornes?

Luc. 7.

She began to wash his feet with teares and
wipe them with the haires of her head.

[Er eyes flood lickes his feets faire staine,

H

Her haires flame lickes up that againe.
This flame thus quench't hath brighter beames:
This flood thus stained fairer streames.

On St. Peter cutting of Malchus his eare.

Ell Peter dost thou wield thy active sword,

WEN

Well for thy selfe (I meane) not for thy Lord.
To strike at eares, is to take heed there bee

No witnesse Peter of thy perjury.

Joh. 3.

But men loved darknesse rather then Light.

He worlds light shines, shine as it will,

TH

The world will love its Darknesse still:

I doubt though when the World's in Hell,
It will not love its Darknesse halfe so well.

5 an] a TA3

7 (thinke ye)] T substitutes commas for brackets. Luc. 7. &c.] MSS. T A3. Heading in T: Upon Mary Magdalene. Luc.] Luke 48 and catchword 46 haires] hayre A3

Heer 46

4 stained] stained, 48 A3 T

I Her]

On St. Peter &c.] MSS. A3 S (ll. 3 and 4 only and without heading). Joh. 3. &c.] MSS. TA3. Heading in T: Joh. 3. 19. Light is come into the world &c. 3 Hell,] Hell. 48

I shines,] shines. T

2 its] his TA3

4 It] Hee T A3 its] his T A3

Act. 21.

I am ready not onely to be bound but to dye.

Ome death, come bands, nor do you shrink, my eares,

Com

come nor do

At those hard words mans cowardise calls feares.

Save those of feare, no other bands feare I;

Nor other death then this; the feare to dye.

On St. Peter casting away his Nets
at our Saviours call.

Hou hast the art on't Peter; and canst tell

TH

Tu cast thy Nets on all occasions well.

To cast

When Christ calls, and thy Nets would have thee stay:
To cast them well's to cast them quite away.

To

Our Lord in his Circumcision

to his Father.

O thee these first fruits of my growing death
(For what else is my life ?) lo I bequeath.

Tast this, and as thou lik'st this lesser flood
Expect a Sea, my heart shall make it good.
Thy wrath that wades heere now, e're long shall swim
The flood-gate shall be set wide ope for him.
Then let him drinke, and drinke, and doe his worst,
To drowne the wantonnesse of his wild thirst.
Now's but the Nonage of my paines, my feares
Are yet but in their hopes, not come to yeares.
The day of my darke woes is yet but morne,
My teares but tender and my death new-borne.
Act. 21. &c.] MSS. T A3. Heading in T: Pauls resolution.
Come death, come bands] Come bonds, come death T
names, T
3 bands] bonds T
feare 48 this] that T
On St. Peter casting &c.]
On Peters casting the nett.

4 Nor] No 48

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2 words] death]

MSS. TS (no heading). Heading in T: 4 well's] well, 's T

Our Lord &c.] MSS. TA3. Our Lord Our B. Lord 48 7]

Couplets interspaced T A3. (Heading) 6 flood-gate] floodgates T

Then shall hee drinke: & drinke shall doe his worst T

9 Now's] No'ws 46 9, 10]

:

My paines are in their Nonage my young feares
Are yet but hopes; weak, as my infant yeeres, T

10 but T A3: both 46 48
A3 distinguishes death new borne.

II woes] woe 48

12 but] are T