How tedious & cruel was last Week, it afforded me not
One line from my Dearest Judy: my cares, my desires,
My wishes for you, were innumerable, I envied every Breathe
that probably might be wafted ‘ver the tedious Miles, & gently
fall upon y^r dear Lips, I have wish’t my self anything the
smallest Insect, to have crept o’er thy soft Bosom & there
have nourish’t endless Love – Thou Darling of my Soul
how shall I express my tenderness for you? Words, you know
were only made to express common things – pity me,
I Love & am bereft of sufficient means to show it, why
wasn’t I made more than man to deserve you? Or why
was you made so much superiour to the rest of the Creation?
only to xxx {^^humble} Man’s Vanity & make Him know how great
a distance there is between Him & Perfection –
I waited at Tocester from Fryday to Sunday Morning
in expectation of y^r Father Sunday Morn: He came but
cou’d not stay, afterwards sent me a message by two Gentle
= men to desire I would Dine with Him, I follow’d Him to
Stony Stratford, & there was inform’d of His going through the
Town, if you see Him pres^t my Duty & tell Him I was sorry
I cou’d not follow him, being oblig’d to lie at Northampton
y^t night – I cannot say my Dearest Soul when I
shall be with you, not hearing as yet where Gen.^ll Wade

[f.62v]
Wade is, but depend upon it, I will not loxse one Moment
of Happyness where in my Power, adieu my only Joy, my
best Lov’d Darling of my Soul adieu, I am entirely yours
M: Madan

Sep^t 28^th 1724 Northampton

How tedious & cruel was last Week, it afforded me not
One line from my Dearest Judy: my cares, my desires,
My wishes for you, were innumerable, I envied every Breathe
that probably might be wafted ‘over the tedious Miles, & gently
fall upon y^r dear Lips, I have wished my self anything the
smallest Insect, to have crept o’er thy soft Bosom & there
have nourished endless Love – Thou Darling of my Soul
how shall I express my tenderness for you? Words, you know
were only made to express common things – pity me,
I Love & am bereft of sufficient means to show it, why
wasn’t I made more than man to deserve you? Or why
was you made so much superior to the rest of the Creation?
only to xxx {^^humble} Man’s Vanity & make Him know how great
a distance there is between Him & Perfection –
I waited at Towcester from Friday to Sunday Morning
in expectation of y^r Father Sunday Morn: He came but
could not stay, afterwards sent me a message by two Gentle
= men to desire I would Dine with Him, I followed Him to
Stony Stratford, & there was informed of His going through the
Town, if you see Him pres^t my Duty & tell Him I was sorry
I could not follow him, being obliged to lie at Northampton
y^t night – I cannot say my Dearest Soul when I
shall be with you, not hearing as yet where Gen.^ll Wade

[f.62v]
Wade is, but depend upon it, I will not loxse one Moment
of Happiness where in my Power, adieu my only Joy, my
best Loved Darling of my Soul adieu, I am entirely yours
M: Madan

Sep^t 28^th 1724 Northampton