153.ES1.HE2  To the Countesse of Bedforde [p. 157]
153.ES1.HE3  Madame
153.ES1.001  I haue learnt by thos lawes in w%5ch%6 I am a little conuersant,
153.ES1.002  That hee /w%5ch%6 bestowes anie cost vpon the dead obliges him
153.ES1.003  w%5ch%6 is dead but not the Heire.  /I doe not therefore send this
153.ES1.004  Paper to your Ladishipp that yo%5w%6 should thanke /mee for yt, or
153.ES1.005  thinke that I thank yo%5w%6 in yt.  Your fauours and benefittes /to mee
153.ES1.006  are soe much aboue my merittes, that they are euen aboue my
153.ES1.007  gratitude /if that were to bee iudged by wordes w%5ch%6 must expresse
153.ES1.008  yt.  But Madame /since your noble brothers fortune being yours,
153.ES1.009  the Euidences concerning it are /yours, so his vertue being
153.ES1.010  yours the Euidences concerning that belong also to /yow:  of w%5ch%6 by
153.ES1.011  your acceptance this may bee one peece.  In w%5ch%6 quallitye /I humbly
153.ES1.012  present yt, and as a testimonie how entirely yo%5r%6 familie
153.ES1.013  possesseth
153.ES1.014  Your Ladiships most humble
153.ES1.015  and thankfull Seruant
153.ES1.016  Io: Donne
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