Dec:^br y^e 15^th 1725
I must & will conclude some Ill=
=natur’d, Envious accident Prevented y^e Pleasure
I Expected from to Days Post – I cannot fancy
you could willingly give me so great a
Disappointment – But tis Past - & Friday
will I hope make me ammends. I wish I
could as soon be convey’d to y^o as this
Paper, Insensible as it is how Quickly will
It find its way to your Hands, O that any
Impression it carries, could as easily fain
an Entrance into your Heart – How
miserable am I, if you receive my Letters
without Pleasure, & read them w^th: Indifference,
Perhaps whilst I am placing all my Joy
in your Love, & in y^e Dear witness’s of it,
your Letters – mine, which are y^e faithfull
Transcripts of my Soul, are rec^d coldly &
answer’d more from a Principle of good=

[f.78v]

=nature, & Gratitude, then from y^e only type
By w^ch I would have you mine, that of
Inclination – These fears I Hope are as
Groundless as I feel they are Tormenting –
May I Hope I am still Dear to a Heart
Whose Tenderness has so Entirely vanquish’d
mine – Dear Dearest Creature – Imagine I
Send you a thousand assurance of an Eternal
Love – a Love I am Form’d to know – But
Incapable of Expressing – when shall I be
restor’d to thee, thou only Delight of my
soul! when shall y^e Pain of absence be
no more – Believe {^^me} my own Angel! Were I
to frame a wish, is should Be – that I
might never be separated from you, I would
always have y^e Joy of seeing you, Hearing
you speak - & knowing you are well –
Adieu, Forget all my Faults, & Follies,
remember only that I am w^th y^e most
unalterable Passion
yours
M.

Dec:^br y^e 15^th 1725
I must & will conclude some Ill=
=natured, Envious accident Prevented y^e Pleasure
I Expected from to Days Post – I cannot fancy
you could willingly give me so great a
Disappointment – But tis Past - & Friday
will I hope make me ammends. I wish I
could as soon be conveyed to y^o as this
Paper, Insensible as it is how Quickly will
It find its way to your Hands, O that any
Impression it carries, could as easily fain
an Entrance into your Heart – How
miserable am I, if you receive my Letters
without Pleasure, & read them w^th: Indifference,
Perhaps whilst I am placing all my Joy
in your Love, & in y^e Dear witness’s of it,
your Letters – mine, which are y^e faithful
Transcripts of my Soul, are rec^d coldly &
answered more from a Principle of good=

[f.78v]

=nature, & Gratitude, then from y^e only type
By w^ch I would have you mine, that of
Inclination – These fears I Hope are as
Groundless as I feel they are Tormenting –
May I Hope I am still Dear to a Heart
Whose Tenderness has so Entirely vanquished
mine – Dear Dearest Creature – Imagine I
Send you a thousand assurance of an Eternal
Love – a Love I am Form’d to know – But
Incapable of Expressing – when shall I be
restored to thee, thou only Delight of my
soul! when shall y^e Pain of absence be
no more – Believe {^^me} my own Angel! Were I
to frame a wish, is should Be – that I
might never be separated from you, I would
always have y^e Joy of seeing you, Hearing
you speak - & knowing you are well –
Adieu, Forget all my Faults, & Follies,
remember only that I am w^th y^e most
unalterable Passion
yours
M.