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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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be_v madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n the_o xxxiv_o answer_n she_o assure_v she_o that_o her_o letter_n shall_v never_o be_v troublesome_a and_o express_v displeasure_n that_o she_o be_v not_o all_o receive_v madam_n you_o do_v i_o wrong_v to_o think_v i_o can_v ever_o forget_v you_o you_o must_v have_v less_o merit_n or_o i_o less_o knowledge_n of_o it_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o true_a as_o the_o assurance_n i_o give_v you_o of_o my_o remembrance_n and_o you_o shall_v have_v better_a reason_n to_o believe_v then_o desire_v it_o this_o be_v more_o true_a than_o profitable_a to_o you_o you_o be_v my_o example_n and_o my_o remedy_n i_o think_v on_o you_o always_o to_o comfort_n and_o instruct_v myself_o you_o tell_v i_o that_o i_o have_v not_o receive_v all_o your_o letter_n if_o it_o be_v so_o i_o have_v reason_n to_o complain_v with_o thanks_n and_o to_o esteem_v myself_o unfortunate_a at_o the_o same_o time_n i_o believe_v myself_o oblige_v i_o shall_v be_v less_o worthy_a of_o this_o 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believe_v that_o i_o be_o perfect_o madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n the_o xxxv_o letter_n she_o pray_v she_o to_o assist_v a_o friend_n of_o she_o in_o some_o affair_n madam_n i_o beseech_v you_o at_o the_o entrance_n of_o this_o to_o remember_v the_o command_n you_o make_v i_o when_o i_o have_v the_o honour_n to_o bid_v you_o farewell_n and_o you_o will_v find_v it_o less_o strange_a if_o i_o have_v rather_o suffer_v myself_o to_o be_v transport_v with_o fear_n to_o disobey_v you_o then_o to_o importune_v you_o by_o my_o letter_n i_o can_v write_v you_o none_o but_o ill-composed_a but_o i_o forbear_v not_o to_o hope_v you_o will_v suffer_v they_o and_o after_o have_v have_v patience_n for_o a_o bad_a conversation_n you_o will_v not_o deny_v it_o i_o for_o a_o bad_a letter_n that_o which_o yet_o make_v i_o hope_v this_o favour_n with_o more_o assurance_n especial_o in_o this_o occasion_n be_v that_o i_o write_v for_o one_o who_o have_v wisdom_n and_o virtue_n they_o be_v two_o quality_n 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from_o the_o remembrance_n of_o you_o i_o know_v that_o absent_a person_n can_v entertain_v themselves_o but_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o letter_n but_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o there_o be_v not_o much_o pleasure_n to_o speak_v so_o far_o off_o as_o we_o do_v and_o that_o the_o word_n be_v very_o cold_a we_o put_v on_o paper_n for_o myself_o i_o can_v but_o complain_v of_o it_o and_o i_o think_v i_o have_v more_o cause_n than_o any_o body_n you_o know_v it_o since_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o likelihood_n to_o see_v you_o again_o this_o necessity_n which_o comfort_v in_o other_o occasion_n do_v afflict_v i_o the_o more_o in_o this_o and_o if_o i_o have_v more_o hope_n i_o shall_v have_v less_o torment_n i_o resemble_v the_o daughter_n of_o prince_n marry_v into_o strange_a country_n which_o never_o or_o very_o seldom_o return_v if_o their_o match_n be_v but_o banishment_n so_o be_v i_o and_o though_o my_o fortune_n be_v not_o so_o glorious_a it_o be_v no_o less_o unhappy_a this_o be_v that_o 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the_o pain_n you_o take_v to_o write_v i_o can_v no_o more_o express_v my_o content_n than_o the_o affection_n i_o have_v to_o honour_v you_o i_o swear_v to_o you_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v extreme_a and_o my_o only_a displeasure_n be_v to_o have_v so_o little_a mean_n to_o show_v it_o i_o be_o barren_a of_o occasion_n to_o render_v you_o what_o i_o desire_v but_o not_o of_o desire_n to_o encounter_v those_o to_o serve_v you_o i_o hope_v if_o ever_o any_o be_v present_v to_o acquit_v myself_o in_o some_o sort_n of_o the_o obligation_n i_o owe_v you_o by_o the_o care_n i_o will_v take_v to_o make_v you_o see_v how_o i_o be_o mistress_n your_o etc._n etc._n the_o xlvi_o letter_n she_o complain_v not_o to_o have_v hear_v from_o she_o and_o express_v the_o fear_n she_o have_v to_o be_v no_o long_o in_o her_o favour_n madam_n it_o be_v so_o long_a since_o i_o receive_v any_o news_n from_o you_o i_o scarce_o dare_v demand_v it_o any_o more_o i_o have_v cause_n to_o think_v it_o 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discourse_n or_o rather_o finish_v it_o in_o the_o distrust_n i_o be_o to_o have_v no_o part_n in_o your_o favour_n i_o fear_v my_o compliment_n do_v importune_v you_o i_o end_v they_o and_o this_o which_o i_o ought_v make_v no_o long_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v you_o be_v no_o more_o in_o humour_n to_o read_v letter_n then_o to_o write_v i_o be_o so_o much_o afraid_a of_o it_o that_o i_o even_o make_v a_o scruple_n to_o finish_v this_o like_o other_o and_o i_o believe_v it_o be_v enough_o to_o be_v without_o dare_v tell_v you_o so_o madam_n your_o etc._n etc._n the_o xlvii_o letter_n she_o complain_v of_o her_o forgetfulness_n and_o assure_v she_o of_o her_o remembrance_n although_o she_o shall_v forbid_v it_o madam_n i_o beg_v your_o pardon_n for_o my_o writing_n i_o think_v it_o be_v to_o trouble_v you_o but_o to_o make_v it_o pass_v the_o least_o part_n of_o your_o time_n in_o read_v the_o offer_v of_o a_o service_n so_o little_a necessary_a as_o i_o i_o cease_v not_o however_o 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