153.H05.HE2  To the Countesse of Bedford. [134]
153.H05.HE3  Maddam
153.H05.001  I haue learnt by those lawes, wherein I am a litle conu%5r%6=/sant,
153.H05.002  that he w%5ch%6 bestowes any cost vpon the Dead obliges him
153.H05.003  w%5ch%6 /is dead, but not the heire. I doe not therefore send this
153.H05.004  paper to /your Ladyship that you should thanke me for it, or
153.H05.005  thinke that /I thanke you in it: your favours and bnfetts to me
153.H05.006  are soe much /aboue my meritts that they are euen aboue my 
153.H05.007  gratitude yf that /were to be iudged by words w%5ch%6 must expresse
153.H05.008  it. But, Maddam, /since your Noble brothers fortune is yours,
153.H05.009  the Euidences also /concerninge that 
153.H05.010  belong also to you: of w%5ch%6, by
153.H05.011  your acceptance /this may be one peice, In w%5ch%6 quality I humbly
153.H05.012  p%Psent it, and as a /testimony howe entirely your family
153.H05.013  possesseth
153.H05.014  yo%5r%6 Ladiships most humble
153.H05.015  & thankefull Servant
153.H05.016  Io: Donne.
153.H05.0$$  HE3 & l. 1 run together; ll. 14 & 15 run together & indented 20 sp.; l. 16 indented 40 sp.