And my teares, make a heavenly Lethean flood,

And drowne in it my sinnes blacke memorie;

That thou remember them, some claime as debt,

I thinke it mercy, if thou wilt forget.

IX. 1635-69, B, O'F, S96, W: V. 1633, A18, D, &c.

1 poysonous] poysons 1639-54

and if that] or if the B, O'F, S96

2 (else immortal) 1635-69

5 or] and B, O'F, S96

6 mee] mee, 1633