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A20892 The secretary of ladies. Or, A new collection of letters and answers, composed by moderne ladies and gentlewomen, collected by Mounsieur Du Bosque. Translated out of French by I.H.; Nouveau recueil de lettres des dames de ce temps avec leurs responses. English Du Boscq, Monsieur.; Hainhofer, Jerome.; Glover, George, b. ca. 1618, engraver. 1638 (1638) STC 7267; ESTC S109959 69,231 286

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madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n the_o xl._o letter_n she_o entreat_v he_o to_o oblige_v the_o bearer_n if_o there_o be_v need_n sir_n you_o have_v use_v to_o indebt_a your_o friend_n with_o so_o much_o affection_n you_o will_v not_o find_v it_o strange_a if_o i_o recommend_v you_o one_o of_o i_o which_o merit_v to_o have_v a_o part_n in_o your_o favour_n if_o you_o afford_v he_o any_o testimony_n of_o the_o friendship_n you_o have_v promise_v i_o albeit_o i_o pretend_v recompense_n in_o help_v you_o to_o he_o i_o shall_v always_o be_v engage_v to_o you_o for_o it_o it_o be_v of_o m._n l._n who_o shall_v present_v to_o you_o my_o letter_n to_o receive_v some_o favour_n from_o you_o which_o he_o shall_v the_o more_o easy_o obtain_v by_o his_o own_o merit_n i_o conjure_v you_o impart_v they_o ●o_o he_o and_o believe_v they_o shall_v ●e_v set_v on_o the_o score_n of_o obligation_n which_o i_o desire_v to_o acquit_v by_o my_o service_n which_o shall_v show_v you_o that_o i_o be_o sir_n y_z 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