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 two hours this morning with the Queen and went down to his apartment by a back door. She rested very well last night but the gout stil remains so much that they begin to think she can't go to Windsor this summer.

��[Lady Wentworth.]

Twickenham, August i^, 17 10.

My dearist and best of children, Pray how dus your Grand Chamberlin doe, its reported hear that he is dead. Its a very sickly time hear, and at London aboundenc dyse of feavours, but the smallpox is the raening diseas. My neaphew and neic Batthurst was hear yesterday, and they say this is a very prety place, and they went to Secretary Johnsons, and my neaphew ses that is as noble a place as ever he see. I went with them and lost a pair of glovs to Mr. Batthurst for I layde that this hous was beger and measured, and that is begist ; they are covering the roof now. Mr. Batthurst is going to build up Riskins, that is crackt as this was. He ses he beleevs this has cost you 4 thoussand pd, gardens, hous and all ; but sure it has not cost you half soe much, has it, not with the mony you gave for it and all ; but I did not say soe to him

[P.S.] The Million Lottry is drawing, and som very ordenary creeture has gott 400/. a year.

August 7, 1 7 10.

My dearist and best of children, if this wintor wether con- tenews my stay well be short hear at Twitnam. I fear thees great wyndse will doe great mischif at sea. I hear thear is seven ships cast away going to Ireland, that, had they past that part of the sea but twoe howers before, they had been

safe All my designse are how to secure your lov,

which is more vallewed by me then all the ritchis of the Indees.

Its sartain if Lord Bradford had leved but one fortnight longer he had marryed Sir Thomass Skippoth's daughter.

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