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A10301
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A president for young pen-men. Or The letter-writer Containing letters of sundry sortes, with their seuerall answeres. Full of variety, delight, and pleasure, and most necessary for the instruction of those that can write, but haue not the guift of enditing.
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M. R., fl. 1638.
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contrarie Nature I will regard them accordingly the best is I am not the first that hath been deceiueâ—… nor shall bee the last that shall be deluded and yet though this be no excuse for my folly it shal be a warning to my discretion in the placing of my affection in which not ouer bootes though ouer shooes not gone so farre but I can come home againe I rest Yours if you were your owne N. R. Her Answer IF you look for hearts in eyes you may be out of the rule of loue and let me tell you that your crabbed writing shewes a crooked disposition for your apparel and the lining if I were acquainted with your Tayler I should the better know the measure of your meaning and yet if I mistake not your figure it goes no further then your selfe whose out side is better then your inside if you deceiue your selfe blame no body but your selfe and if you deceiue mee I will snap vp mine owne sorrow if you haue done amisse know how to excuse it or amend it and when you finde a good warning make your best vse of it In briefe howsoeuer you trouble your selfe I pray you trouble me no more for which kindnesse I shall rest in much thankefulnesse Yours as I finde cause B. T. A Letter written to a friend in time of great afliction KInde Anthony thou writest vnto me to know how I doe and though perhaps it may bee grieuous to thee to know it yet being truth to thy loue I will tell it if thou aske how I fare as hard as any man to liue if what I doe shed teares for my sinnes and pray for mercy sigh to thinke of the follies of my youth and sorrow to see the misery of mine age If how I passe my time in the passions of the mind if where I liue in the maâ—e of griefe where till I get into my graue I thinke I shall neuer get out if how I liue so neere the nature of death as if one may liue dying I dye liuing for may I not offend the heauens maiesty to speake it I think neuer course of life came neerer to the thorny Crowne about Christs head which prickt him round about so is it with me crosses abroad and crucifyings at home in body and mind puts patience to a high point Oh my torments are innumerable and almost intollerable but that his goodnes that gaue me them giues me grace to beare them for in briefe if want to supply necessities vnnaturall kindred vnfaithfull friends vnconscionable Creditors vnquiet neighbours and a most vncomfortable wife méet all together to the tryall of a heart whether it will hold or not thinke if thou canst in what perplexity is my spirit and pray in thy heart for my ease or end of it And thus assured if thou canst do me good to find it till I heare from thee and till death I rest Thine what mine owne W. 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His Answere HOnest Henry I am sorry in my heart for thy heauines and to ease thee of thy greefe could bee content to beare part of thy passions but let this comfort thee that thou art not alone in thy calamities for euery man hath his crosse carry it as well as he can and for my selfe though my shooes be finely made yet they so wring my toes that they giue me many a twing at the heart and yet I must commend my Shoomaker and conceale my paine because the fault is in my feet if wee had not our sinnes wee should not haue our punishments beleeue me Henry aflictions are the Badges of Gods blessings if they bee borne without murmurring at his will hee that keepes a house may haue many euill birdes about it but I must confesse within doores the night Rauen is the worst whose continuall croking is many times vncomfortable but haue patience it is a spirituall salue that healeth all the sores of the heart and a Tenure by which wee haue possession of our Soules which guift of grace God of his goodnes in his mercy grant mee and thee and all his seruants deliuer vs from our miseries and make the ioy of our liues in the feeling of his loue to which prayer hoping thou wilt say Amen till I see thee and alwayes I rest Thine or not mine owne R. B. A kinde of quarrelsome Letter vpon a frowne of a friend AT my last being in your company your countenance gaue me some immagination of your discontent if you be angry I would know with whom and for what if it be with your selfe you know how to mend your selfe if with me I know not why nor care I wherefore if it bee your nature I will not seeke to alter it and if but your humor I would wish you to purge it and so wishing you to satisfie me if you haue any skill in Astronomy whether wee shall haue faire weather or foule as I heare from you I rest Yours as you mine T. N. His Answere MY occasions of my countenance are secret to my selfe at which if any take exceptions I wish me out of their company your condition I know not nor desire greater to bee acquainted with for any hurt that is done the amends may bee soone made if you be desirous of quarrels you may haue your handes full of mischeefe but if you will be at peace with your selfe I know no man that meanes to trouble you soe loath to bee at cost with any Almanacks to looke into the rules of Astronomy come what weather will welcome by the Grace of God and soe I rest Yours as you mine D. T. A Letter to an Vnckle to borrow a horse MY good Vncle I haue occasion to trauell some few miles further then I feare my feet will easily carry me if therefore I may intreat you to lend me your horse for some few dayes I will trauell him easily tend him carefully and feed him sufficiently his safe returne you shall not doubt nor my thankfulnes for your kindnes so loth to vse needlesse complements till I heere from you and alwaies I rest Your very louing Nephew R. T. His Answere IF I should lend you my horse you might thinke me an asse knowing your horsemanship and his quality but let this satisfie you three thinges I will not lend nor can I spare my wife my horse nor my sword the one from my bed the other from my stable the third from my side the one for my pleasure the other for my defence and the third for my seruice but that you shall not think I will be altogether vnkind I haue sent you heerein enclosed a piece of gold to hire you a Nagge so hoping of your discretion to haue patience with my deniall I rest Your most louing Vnkle T. R. His Answere A Letter from an old man to his adopted Sonne going from the Vniuersity to trauaile MY good Sonne I find by thy writing that thou art determined to leaue the vniuersity and to looke abroad into the world