1727/8
Three Days are Dully
gone, & nothing has Past in them of any
consequence to a Heart Like mine – w^ch as it
only Lives for you can only Form to its self
a Happiness in w^t relates to you. Dearest
Creature! How insipid xx has my Passion
for you rendered everything Else I us’d to
mistake for Happiness – Books nay
Poetry its self, give me no pleasure if yo
are not the subject – w^t have I been able
to write since I have xxxx been, y^rs
that Has not ow’d its Birth to you? I have
Devoted to you every moment of my Life to
come. Let w^t will happen, you will ever
Find in me, a ready friend who would share
your pleasure, but if Possible Engross all
your Troubles. My Dearest Life, you have

[f.99v]

flatter’d me w^th a sort of Promise, that I
should hear from y^o I hope & depend on the
Performance of it: you never us’d to Decline
any way of conversing w^th me in y^r Power, nor
will I suffer my self to Fear you ever Can
your are too good & generous ever to make
miserable a Heart you first taught to Be
Happy - & it is y^r Tenderness & Love y^t
has been my Great support, in the Late
time of affliction – w^ch I {^^{am sensible I}} ought to Forget
or at Least, think of w^th less Regrett, since
w^t I have Lost in a Tender mother & an
Indulgent Faithfull Freind, I find continu’d
to me in my Dearest Madan! The Dear
Partner of my Heart, & only object of my
wishes – My Best Soul adieu I am
with y^e most Expressless Love y^r aff
& faithfull
J Madan

from my xxxx Little Dressing Room
March y^e 7^th 1727.8.

1727/8
Three Days are Dully
gone, & nothing has Past in them of any
consequence to a Heart Like mine – w^ch as it
only Lives for you can only Form to its self
a Happiness in w^t relates to you. Dearest
Creature! How insipid xx has my Passion
for you rendered everything Else I used to
mistake for Happiness – Books nay
Poetry its self, give me no pleasure if yo
are not the subject – w^t have I been able
to write since I have xxxx been, y^rs
that Has not owed its Birth to you? I have
Devoted to you every moment of my Life to
come. Let w^t will happen, you will ever
Find in me, a ready friend who would share
your pleasure, but if Possible Engross all
your Troubles. My Dearest Life, you have

[f.99v]

flattered me w^th a sort of Promise, that I
should hear from y^o I hope & depend on the
Performance of it: you never used to Decline
any way of conversing w^th me in y^r Power, nor
will I suffer my self to Fear you ever Can
your are too good & generous ever to make
miserable a Heart you first taught to Be
Happy - & it is y^r Tenderness & Love y^t
has been my Great support, in the Late
time of affliction – w^ch I {^^{am sensible I}} ought to Forget
or at Least, think of w^th less Regret, since
w^t I have Lost in a Tender mother & an
Indulgent Faithfull Friend, I find continued
to me in my Dearest Madan! The Dear
Partner of my Heart, & only object of my
wishes – My Best Soul adieu I am
with y^e most Expressless Love y^r affectionate
& faithful
J Madan

from my xxxx Little Dressing Room
March y^e 7^th 1727.8.