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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 51, cont. (p.159) |
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for the emptinesse of the town, hath made me, who otherwise live upon the almes of others, a houskeeper, for a moneth; and so she is my servant below stairs, and my companion above: she was at the table with me, when your Letter was brought, and I pay her a piece of her petition in do- ing her this office, to present her service to my Lady Nethersoles, and her very good sister. But that she is gone to bed two hours before I writ this, she should have signed, with such a hand as your daughter Mary did to me, that which I testifie for her, that she is as affectionate a servant to them all, as their goodnesse hath created any where. Sir, I shall recompense my tediousnesse, in closing mine eyes with a prayer for yours, as for mine own happinesse, for I am al- most in bed; if it were my last bed, and I upon my last businesse there, I should not omit to joyn you with Your very humble and very thankfull Aug. 30. 1611. servant in Christ Jesus J. Donne. [CW: To] |
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