153.00D.HE2  To the Countesse of %1Bedford%2. [R2]
153.00D.HE3  M#%9A#D#A#M#E%0,
153.00D.001  I Have learned by those lawes wherein I am a /little conversant,
153.00D.002  that he which bestowes any /cost upon the dead, obliges him
153.00D.003  which is dead, but /not the heire; I doe not therefore send this
153.00D.004  paper /to your Ladiship, that you should thanke me for /it, or
153.00D.005  thinke that I thank you in it; your favours /and benefits to me
153.00D.006  are so much above my merits, /that they are even above my 
153.00D.007  gratitude, if that /were to be judged by words, which must expresse
153.00D.008  /it: But, Madame, since your noble brothers for-/tune being yours,
153.00D.009  the evidences also concerning it[CW:are] /[R2v]are yours: so his vertues being
153.00D.010  yours, the evi-/dences concerning that belong also to you, of which /by
153.00D.011  your acceptance this may be one peece, in which /qualitie I humbly
153.00D.012  present it, and as a testimony /how intirely your family
153.00D.013  possesseth
153.00D.014  Your Ladiships most humble
153.00D.015  and thankfull servant,
153.00D.016  I#%9O#H#N%0 D#%9O#N#N#E%0.
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