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140 your property. My behaviour to the bankers is a public inſtance; and the proceedings between Mrs. Hyde and Mrs. Sutton, for private ones, are ſuch convincing evidences, that it will be needleſs to ſay any more to’t.

I muſt now acquaint you, that, by my lord treaſurer’s advice, I made a conſiderable retrenchment upon my expences in candles and charcoal, and do not intend to ſtop there, but will, with your help, look into the late embezzlements of my dripping-pans and kitchenſtuff; of which, by the way, upon my conſcience, neither my lord treaſurer, nor my lord Lauderdale, are guilty. I tell you my opinion; but if you ſhould find them dabling in that buſineſs, I tell you plainly, I leave ’em to you; for, I would have the world to know, I am not a man to be cheated.

My Lords and GontlemenGentlemen [sic],

I deſire you to believe me as you have found me; and I do ſolemnly promiſe you, that whatſoever you give me ſhall be ſpecially managed with the ſame conduct, truſt, ſincerity, and prudence, that I have ever practiſed, ſince my happy reſtoration.’

In order to ſhew the verſification of Mr. Marvel, we ſhall add a beautiful dialogue between the reſolved ſoul, and created pleaſure. It is written with a true ſpirit of poetry, the numbers are various, and harmonious, and is one of the beſt pieces, in the ſerious way, of which he is author.