Dear Ju,
This morning has been employ’d in a painful
manner, for I have writ three Letters, & you know writing
is an exercise I detest, unless it is corresponding w^th
my own soul for so my Judy is to me thou Object of
all my wishes be sure you converse w^th me every post
day & talk to me a long while, for tho I am not happy
enough to be blest w^th the sound of thy voice, yet I know
your Look every line you write, when you tell me how
much you love me & how dear I am to you, you look
as earnest as if you were singing “ when I was a Dame of
Honour, when you tell me of some post happy minutes
you smile, as if you saw Martin playing some unlucky
trick, you see how xxx pleasing an effect every action
of your’s has on me, every turn every smile & every word
of yours I treasure up & count my Riches over w^th the
same pleasure y^t a miser counts his hoarded Gold.
I must now tell you our Review will be this week or
the beginning of next. I have writ this post for

[f.103v]

M^r Oakes to desire wou’d give me a true account of our Bride
& to be very particular w^th a promise never to divulge his relation
or his animal versions, I thought he was a proper man, for you know
he knows a little of every thing, present my Service to Sir William
& my Lady, let me know he goes on, & whether Bretby air agrees
with him I am sincerely y^rs MM

Augs^t 18^th 1728

To morrow morning I march into Northampton & stay there
till the Review is over therefore direct accordingly
Kiss Martin for me.

Dear Ju,
This morning has been employed in a painful
manner, for I have writ three Letters, & you know writing
is an exercise I detest, unless it is corresponding w^th
my own soul for so my Judy is to me thou Object of
all my wishes be sure you converse w^th me every post
day & talk to me a long while, for though I am not happy
enough to be blest w^th the sound of thy voice, yet I know
your Look every line you write, when you tell me how
much you love me & how dear I am to you, you look
as earnest as if you were singing “ when I was a Dame of
Honour, when you tell me of some post happy minutes
you smile, as if you saw Martin playing some unlucky
trick, you see how xxx pleasing an effect every action
of your’s has on me, every turn every smile & every word
of yours I treasure up & count my Riches over w^th the
same pleasure y^t a miser counts his hoarded Gold.
I must now tell you our Review will be this week or
the beginning of next. I have writ this post for

[f.103v]

M^r Oakes to desire would give me a true account of our Bride
& to be very particular w^th a promise never to divulge his relation
or his animal versions, I thought he was a proper man, for you know
he knows a little of every thing, present my Service to Sir William
& my Lady, let me know he goes on, & whether Bretby air agrees
with him I am sincerely y^rs MM

Augs^t 18^th 1728

To morrow morning I march into Northampton & stay there
till the Review is over therefore direct accordingly
Kiss Martin for me.