Such my
religion
is of him; I hold
It iniury to have his merrit tould;
Who (like the Sunn) is righted best when wee
Doe not dispute but shew his quality.
It iniury to have his merrit tould;
Who (like the Sunn) is righted best when wee
Doe not dispute but shew his quality.
John Donne
]
[Footnote 8: The edition of 1633 contained one Latin, and
seven English, letters to Sir Henry Goodyere, with one letter
to the Countess of Bedford, a copy of which had been sent
to Goodyere. To these were added in _1635_ a letter in Latin
verse, _De libro cum mutuaretur_ (see p. 397), and four prose
letters in English, one _To the La. G. _ written from _Amyens_
in February, 1611-2, and three _To my honour'd friend G.
G. Esquier_, the first dated April 14, 1612, the two last
November 2, 1630, and January 7, 1630. ]
[Footnote 9: In the copy of the 1633 edition belonging to the
Library of Christ Church, Oxford, which has been used for the
present edition, and bears the name 'Garrard att his quarters
in ? ermyte' (_perhaps_ Donne's friend George Garrard or
Gerrard: see Gosse: _Life and Letters &c. _ i. 285), are some
lines, signed J. V. , which seem to imply that the writer had
some hand in the publication of the poems; but the reference
may be simply to his gift:
An early offer of him to yo^r sight
Was the best way to doe the Author right
My thoughts could fall on; w^ch his soule w^ch knew
The weight of a iust Prayse will think't a true.
Our commendation is suspected, when
Wee Elegyes compose on sleeping men,
The Manners of the Age prevayling so
That not our conscience wee, but witts doe show.
And 'tis an often gladnes, that men dye
Of unmatch'd names to write more easyly.
Such my religion is of him; I hold
It iniury to have his merrit tould;
Who (like the Sunn) is righted best when wee
Doe not dispute but shew his quality.
Since all the speech of light is less than it.
An eye to that is still the best of witt.
And nothing can express, for truth or haste
So happily, a sweetnes as our taste.
W^ch thought at once instructed me in this
Safe way to prayse him, and yo^r hands to kisse.
Affectionately y^rs
J. V.
tu longe sequere et vestigia
semper adora
Vaughani
The name at the foot of the Latin line, scribbled at the
bottom of the page, seems to identify J. V. with a Vaughan,
probably John Vaughan (1603-74) who was a Christ Church man.
In 1630 (_D. N. B. _) he was a barrister at the Inner Temple, and
a friend of Selden. He took an active part in politics later,
and in 1668 was created Sir John Vaughan and appointed Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas. ]
[Footnote 10: I am inclined to believe that Henry King, the
poet, and later Bishop of Chichester, assisted the printer.
[Footnote 8: The edition of 1633 contained one Latin, and
seven English, letters to Sir Henry Goodyere, with one letter
to the Countess of Bedford, a copy of which had been sent
to Goodyere. To these were added in _1635_ a letter in Latin
verse, _De libro cum mutuaretur_ (see p. 397), and four prose
letters in English, one _To the La. G. _ written from _Amyens_
in February, 1611-2, and three _To my honour'd friend G.
G. Esquier_, the first dated April 14, 1612, the two last
November 2, 1630, and January 7, 1630. ]
[Footnote 9: In the copy of the 1633 edition belonging to the
Library of Christ Church, Oxford, which has been used for the
present edition, and bears the name 'Garrard att his quarters
in ? ermyte' (_perhaps_ Donne's friend George Garrard or
Gerrard: see Gosse: _Life and Letters &c. _ i. 285), are some
lines, signed J. V. , which seem to imply that the writer had
some hand in the publication of the poems; but the reference
may be simply to his gift:
An early offer of him to yo^r sight
Was the best way to doe the Author right
My thoughts could fall on; w^ch his soule w^ch knew
The weight of a iust Prayse will think't a true.
Our commendation is suspected, when
Wee Elegyes compose on sleeping men,
The Manners of the Age prevayling so
That not our conscience wee, but witts doe show.
And 'tis an often gladnes, that men dye
Of unmatch'd names to write more easyly.
Such my religion is of him; I hold
It iniury to have his merrit tould;
Who (like the Sunn) is righted best when wee
Doe not dispute but shew his quality.
Since all the speech of light is less than it.
An eye to that is still the best of witt.
And nothing can express, for truth or haste
So happily, a sweetnes as our taste.
W^ch thought at once instructed me in this
Safe way to prayse him, and yo^r hands to kisse.
Affectionately y^rs
J. V.
tu longe sequere et vestigia
semper adora
Vaughani
The name at the foot of the Latin line, scribbled at the
bottom of the page, seems to identify J. V. with a Vaughan,
probably John Vaughan (1603-74) who was a Christ Church man.
In 1630 (_D. N. B. _) he was a barrister at the Inner Temple, and
a friend of Selden. He took an active part in politics later,
and in 1668 was created Sir John Vaughan and appointed Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas. ]
[Footnote 10: I am inclined to believe that Henry King, the
poet, and later Bishop of Chichester, assisted the printer.
