153.HH4.HE2  To the Countes of Bedford: [80]
153.HH4.HE3  Maddame,
153.HH4.001  I haue learned by those thawes in w.%5ch%6 I am A little /conuersant,
153.HH4.002  that he w:%5ch%6 bestowes anny cost upon the dead, obliges /him
153.HH4.003  which is dead, but not the heire, I doe not therfore send this
153.HH4.004  /paper to your La:%5p%6, y%5t%6 you should thanke mee for itt, nor
153.HH4.005  thinke y%5t%6 I /thanke yow in itt, your fauours & your benefitts to mee,
153.HH4.006  are soe much /aboue my merritts, that they are euen aboue my 
153.HH4.007  gratitude, if y%5t%6 weer /to be iudged by woords which must express
153.HH4.008  itt, butt Mad: since y:%5r%6 Noble /brothers fortune being yours,
153.HH4.009  the euidences also concerning itt are /yours, soe his uertue being
153.HH4.010  yours, the euidence concerning that /belongs also to yow, of which, (by
153.HH4.011  your acceptance) this may be one /pece, in which quallety I humbly
153.HH4.012  present itt, as A testemony how /Intirely your famely
153.HH4.013  possesseth,
153.HH4.014  your la:%5ps%6 humble deuoted
153.HH4.015  & thankfull seruant
153.HH4.016  Iohnn Doone|.|
153.HH4.0$$  HE3 and l. 1 run together; ll. 14 & 15 run together & indented 20 sp.; l. 16 indented 40 sp.