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You see my Dearest Judy I cannot omit any Op=
=portunity of conversing w^th you, I am actually
talking to you, I see you smile, you seem pleasd
& call me your own Madan -~~xxx~~ {^^{Our Guardian Angels}} are dubious
whether they wou’d seperate us or not they were
so long in dispute, that ill Fortune ~~xxxx~~{^^{determined for ym}} she first
to carry’d me away from my Dearest Ju, & then to
attended me the whole Day, our accidents were innu=
=merable, we lost our Way & straggled into a Lane,
Where, I dare say, coach never pass’d, it was so narrow
That we ~~xxx~~ were wedg’d in, we employ’d all
our inventions for above two hours before we
got out Liberty~~xxx~~ {^^{it was chiefly owing to a}} Butcher passing by, who
Lent us his assistance ~~xxxxx~~
Thompson got lame by spraining one leg, & One of
the Horses treading upon the other He has continued
an invalide ever since it was 12 before we got to
Dunstable, where I met Lady Tyrrel, to whom I made
Y^r Compliments & then went to Bed.

[f.57v]

I found Northampton in Great Joy for the
Marriage of Miss Wilmore w^th Cap^t Lancaster,
you may imagine y^t I, who am so well a Wisher
to the State, was not difficient in any ceremonie
I ~~xxx~~ waited upon them in all form, but am
Now one of their family, my Dearest Ju the more the more Women
I see, the fonder I am of you, I see imperfections in
Ever Person ~~xxxxx~~, except y^r Self when
Surely To boast her wond’rous forming Power
& nature profuse the Happy morn:
Shed her best Influence on the Hour,
In w^{ch my lovely Ju was born.

I rec^d a Letter from D^r Needham, in w^ch he says my most
Excellent Lady inform’d him of my being in Northamptonshire
& y^t He would shortly wait upon me – it is ten a Clock
& the Post going out. I am my ever Dearest Judy
Y^r affect. Husb: & sincere Freind
M: Madan

Sunday Morn: June 28^th 1724.}

You see my Dearest Judy I cannot omit any Op=
=portunity of conversing w^th you, I am actually
talking to you, I see you smile, you seem pleased
& call me your own Madan -~~xxx~~ {^^{Our Guardian Angels}} are dubious
whether they would separate us or not they were
so long in dispute, that ill Fortune ~~xxxx~~{^^{determined for ym}} she first
to carried me away from my Dearest Ju, & then to
attended me the whole Day, our accidents were innu=
=merable, we lost our Way & straggled into a Lane,
Where, I dare say, coach never passed, it was so narrow
That we ~~xxx~~ were wedged in, we employed all
our inventions for above two hours before we
got out Liberty~~xxx~~ {^^{it was chiefly owing to a}} Butcher passing by, who
Lent us his assistance ~~xxxxx~~
Thompson got lame by spraining one leg, & One of
the Horses treading upon the other He has continued
an invalid ever since it was 12 before we got to
Dunstable, where I met Lady Tyrrel, to whom I made
Y^r Compliments & then went to Bed.

[f.57v]

I found Northampton in Great Joy for the
Marriage of Miss Wilmore w^th Cap^t Lancaster,
you may imagine y^t I, who am so well a Wisher
to the State, was not deficient in any ceremony
I ~~xxx~~ waited upon them in all form, but am
Now one of their family, my Dearest Ju the more the more Women
I see, the fonder I am of you, I see imperfections in
Ever Person ~~xxxxx~~, except y^r Self when
Surely To boast her wonderous forming Power
& nature profuse the Happy morn:
Shed her best Influence on the Hour,
In w^{ch my lovely Ju was born.

I rec^d a Letter from D^r Needham, in w^ch he says my most
Excellent Lady informed him of my being in Northamptonshire
& y^t He would shortly wait upon me – it is ten a Clock
& the Post going out. I am my ever Dearest Judy
Y^r affect. Husb: & sincere Friend
M: Madan

Sunday Morn: June 28^th 1724.}

905 - Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 28 June 1724

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