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 house will cost above a hundred thousand pd. Why should you not be as fortunate as he ? ....

I hard a Strang od story the other day of Lord Bradford, you know thear is Prayers at Twitnam wensdays and frydays. Sir William Humble was Buiryed either of Satterday or Sunday and the scutyons was upon the reeding desk, and the wensday following, after prayers was up, Lord Bradford toar them down, and stampt them under his feet. Lady Humble's Aunt was thear, and told him his devotion was great that could put himself into soe unusyell a pation, without any pro- vocation ; and Mr. Lastrang told him this was what did not becom a man of his age, honor, and Ouallety. My Lord sternly askt him whoe he was, he told him he was a gentle- man. Sum say it put him in mynd of death, and that was what vext him, others say it was sumthing in the arms that offended him, thear being more in them then did belong to Sir Willyam, and others that they should not have hung there soe long. This is as Mrs. Isbell tells me. All our dums ar well, Pug and Fubs ar the pretiest of thear kynde, sure ....

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Lady Broocks dyed sudenly, my Lord is exstreemly afflickted. Thear is a young man of twenty marryed a wedoe of 80 years old ; and Lady Dellawaers mother whoe is worth twenty thoussand pd, and her daughter the kindist child in the world to her, and has don all she can to comfort her after her father's death and brought her to her own hous, whear she had a fyne apartment, and fynely furnished and all the respect immagenable paid her, and she has marryed her coachman. She had been much les to blame had she been slighted bye her Daughter, and not yoused with all this kindness.* ....

Freeman, a London merchant.
 * Lady De La Warr was Margaret, daughter and heiress of John

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