153.00A.HE2 %1To the Countesse of%2 Bedford. [T2] 153.00A.HE3 M%9ADAME%0, 153.00A.001 I Have learn'd by those lawes wherein I am a little conver-/sant, 153.00A.002 that hee which bestowes any cost upon the dead, ob-/liges him 153.00A.003 which is dead, but not the heire; I do not there-/fore send this 153.00A.004 paper to your Ladyship, that you should thanke /mee for it, or 153.00A.005 thinke that I thanke you in it; your favours /and benefits to mee 153.00A.006 are so much above my merits, that they /are even above my 153.00A.007 gratitude, if that were to be judged by /words which must expresse 153.00A.008 it: But, Madame, since your /nobles(L)noble(CtY,DFo,M,MH,MiU) brothers fortune being yours, 153.00A.009 the evidences also con-/cerning it(omL) are(omL) yours,(omL) so(omL) his(omL) vertue(omL) being(omL) 153.00A.010 yours,(omL) the(omL) evidences(omL) /concerning(omL) it,(that^L) belong also to you, of which by 153.00A.011 your acceptance /this may be one peece, in which quality I humbly 153.00A.012 present it, /and as a testimony how intirely your familie 153.00A.013 possesseth 153.00A.014 Your Ladiships most humble 153.00A.015 and thankfull servant 153.00A.016 J#%9O#H#N%0 D#%9O#N#N#E%0 153.00A.0$$ Lines 14, 15, 16 indented. Lines 1(except for first word)-13 in italics.