153.00G.HE2  To the Countess of %1Bedford%2. [R1v]
153.00G.HE3  M#A#D#A#M,
153.00G.001  I Have learned by those laws wherein I am little conver-/sant,
153.00G.002  that he which bestows any cost upon the dead, obli-/ges him
153.00G.003  which is dead, but not his heir; I doe not there-/fore send this
153.00G.004  paper to your Ladiship, that you should thank /me for it, or
153.00G.005  think that I thank you in it; your favours and /benefits to me
153.00G.006  are so much above my merits, that they are /even above my 
153.00G.007  gratitude, if that were to be judged by words, /which must express
153.00G.008  it: But, Madam, since your noble bro-/thers fortune being yours,
153.00G.009  The evidences also concerning it /are yours: so his vertues being
153.00G.010  yours, the evidences concer-/ning that belong also to you, of which by
153.00G.011  your acceptance this[CW:may] /[R2]may be one peece, in which quality I humbly
153.00G.012  present it, and /as a testimony how intirely your family
153.00G.013  possesseth
153.00G.014  Your Ladiships most humble,
153.00G.015  and thankful servant,
153.00G.016  J#O#H#N D#O#N#N#E.
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