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Sunday
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Jen: yr 24
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1692
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Wothy Cosen Dudley
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Yester night I came to my Brother
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Dudley to nunrham, whears I saw ye kinde
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exprestions in your Letter to your brother
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confarneing mee; which Imbouldens my Confidence
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to intrude Further upon your Jenrouse Goodness
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To desire you to give this 6 shillings 6 pence
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to my wife; with my true and Heathfull Loue
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to her and my pore Chilldren; I with to her Last
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worke; and derected itt to Mr Maysons house in
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marcer Street; but near had
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answer;
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I desire my wife to with to mee; and derect itt
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For my Brother; and I desire you when you
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please to write to mee; Lett ye superscription bee
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to my brother Dudley; Dearer bid my wife cheare
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upp her hart; For if shee will Conclude to
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goe downe into ye
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north with mee; I am
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sure I have a Frend yt will same
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use;
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Last weeke, by actiden I mett with a gentleman
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in Bedfordshire; whose name is Spensor her is
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a pertickerall Frend and anould a paintaner;
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and her will Lend me mony to bare our cherges
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into ye north; I desire to hear what my wife
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thinkes out; For theare iss halfe a
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Score Sharpers
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about toune which will; sware my Life away
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itt ye Can; other now or Sum other time;
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I am with my Frend in Bedfordshire; but I com
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twise a work to soe my brother; and to Lock Her Letter
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I would not For twenty pounds yt my Landlady
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or any parson should know wheare I am; but
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you and my wife; I would not know my brother
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John Milward
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know wheare I am; For her iss ass False
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as Ind as; and a man off no Fermeresotation;
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worthy Sr Ber soe kind ass to Lett me have a Letter From you;
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and be pleased to Lett me have a Full account why those parsons was not
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tride this cestions; and whether ye hand taken upp Mr. Happer and
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Mr Cole or not; For ye know nor more off ye matter then I doe
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as to ye worker; nor nor more then ye Child unburns; for good
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deliver all parson; From; For Sworne roages and Conreardly villians
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Dear Cosen to exspres how highly I am oblidged to you; I can not
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But an bound in ye bondes off gratitude to same you and
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your good Lady; as Far as my Life doth exstend, and will If
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you
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please to Command, your end oblidged kinsman and most
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humble is account wilst I am
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Franck: Milward
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