How agreeable is it to write: wⁿ y^e Heart alone Dictates
Heedless of the Beauties & ornaments of stile, I am solicitous only y^t
you should know I Love you, & perswade my self that to a
soul such as for my Ease I Imagin y^rs, nothing can be more
pleasing then a faithfull Transcript of Mine, all my sentiments
that relate to you distinguish themselves by a superior Force &
Tenderness, & yet you are not y^e only Person in y^e World I Love &
Esteem, but upon examining my Heart, I find it is ambitious
Enough to Desire y^o may {^^be} y^t Person who, is born to Love & esteem
me, w^th an Involuntary & blind Passion, such as neither a Longer
acquaintance, nor a thousand Imperfections & failings, may ever
Weaken: Reflect on my Faults I am sure you must, but I conjure y^o
by your own goodness & Generosity to Place ‘em in y^e Best Light &
wⁿ you have y^e Idea of me, as y^o many times seen me,
sinking even to childish Folly, Imagin at that moment, my Heart
overwhelm’d by Tenderness, & press’d by a thousand soft Images –
show me one instance when you have seen me there, & could form
to your self any Forreign Reason for it, & I will submit to all the
Blame y^o shall think I deserve for a Folly, which only you can
cause, & only you, be a sufficient excuse for. I don’t mention this
that I think you are under y^e Least Obligation to me, or would
have you think so, you are certainly under none, for all I have
Done or thought for you, or ever shall, is as involuntary as y^e
motion of my Pulse, & w^sh that only will cease. yes my Dearest, my
Entirly Belov’d Soul! I dare avow every weakness you can occasion

How agreeable is it to write: wⁿ y^e Heart alone Dictates
Heedless of the Beauties & ornaments of stile, I am solicitous only y^t
you should know I Love you, & persuade my self that to a
soul such as for my Ease I Imagine y^rs, nothing can be more
pleasing then a faithful Transcript of Mine, all my sentiments
that relate to you distinguish themselves by a superior Force &
Tenderness, & yet you are not y^e only Person in y^e World I Love &
Esteem, but upon examining my Heart, I find it is ambitious
Enough to Desire y^o may {^^be} y^t Person who, is born to Love & esteem
me, w^th an Involuntary & blind Passion, such as neither a Longer
acquaintance, nor a thousand Imperfections & failings, may ever
Weaken: Reflect on my Faults I am sure you must, but I conjure y^o
by your own goodness & Generosity to Place ‘em in y^e Best Light &
wⁿ you have y^e Idea of me, as y^o many times seen me,
sinking even to childish Folly, Imagine at that moment, my Heart
overwhelmed by Tenderness, & pressed by a thousand soft Images –
show me one instance when you have seen me there, & could form
to your self any Foreign Reason for it, & I will submit to all the
Blame y^o shall think I deserve for a Folly, which only you can
cause, & only you, be a sufficient excuse for. I don’t mention this
that I think you are under y^e Least Obligation to me, or would
have you think so, you are certainly under none, for all I have
Done or thought for you, or ever shall, is as involuntary as y^e
motion of my Pulse, & w^sh that only will cease. yes my Dearest, my
Entirely Beloved Soul! I dare avow every weakness you can occasion