[16 am now a foole. _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ am a foole. _1633-69_, _A18_, _B_, _N_, _TC_] [23 worth _1669_, _B_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ worke _1633-54_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_] [27 evill, _W:_ evill. _1633-69_, _Chambers_] [28 passe. _W:_ passe, _1633-69_, _Chambers_] [29 that I _1669_, _B_, _Cy_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _W:_ then I _1633-54_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_] [30 Thy debter, thy'eccho _1633-54:_ Thy eccho, thy debtor _1669_ thy zanee.] and thy Zanee. _A18_, _N_, _TC_] [31 if ... shape] _brackets_ _1635-69_] To M _T. W._ Hast thee harsh verse, as fast as thy lame measure Will give thee leave, to him, my pain and pleasure. I have given thee, and yet thou art too weake, Feete, and a reasoning soule and tongue to speake. Plead for me, and so by thine and my labour 5 I am thy Creator, thou my Saviour. Tell him, all questions, which men have defended Both of the place and paines of hell, are ended; And 'tis decreed our hell is but privation Of him, at least in this earths habitation: 10 And 'tis where I am, where in every street Infections follow, overtake, and meete: Live I or die, by you my love is sent, And you'are my pawnes, or else my Testament. [To M^r T. W.: _O'F_, _W:_ To M. T. W. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD_] [1 verse, _1669:_ verse _1633-54_] [2 to him, my pain and pleasure. _W_, _and Chambers_ (_without comma_): to him; My pain, and pleasure _1633-69:_ to him. My pain and pleasure, _Grolier_] [4 Feete, ... soule _W:_ _no comma_ _1633:_ Feete ... soule, _1635-69_] [5-6 _These lines only in W_] [9 our] that _W_] [14 And you'are _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_, _W:_ You are _1635-69_, _O'F_ pawnes] _om. with space_, _W_] To M^r _T. W._ Pregnant again with th'old twins Hope, and Feare, Oft have I askt for thee, both how and where Thou wert, and what my hopes of letters were; As in our streets sly beggers narrowly Watch motions of the givers hand and eye, 5 And evermore conceive some hope thereby. And now thy Almes is given, thy letter'is read, The body risen againe, the which was dead, And thy poore starveling bountifully fed. After this banquet my Soule doth say grace, 10 And praise thee for'it, and zealously imbrace Thy love; though I thinke thy love in this case To be as gluttons, which say 'midst their meat, They love that best of which they most do eat. [To M^r T. W. _O'F_, _W:_ To M. T. W. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD_] [5 Watch] Marke _W_ and eye, _A18_, _A23_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_, _W:_ or eye, _1633-69_] [12 love; _Ed:_ love, _1633-69_] To M^r _T. W._ At once, from hence, my lines and I depart, I to my soft still walks, they to my Heart; I to the Nurse, they to the child of Art;