My Dearest Life
You very justly upbraid me for not writing oftner
to you, {^^{my neglect}} I cannot find an excuse {^^for} even w^th my self
I gen’rally find a pleasure in gratifying my Inclina=
tions, and that {^^Why} I shou’d have suffer’d Indolence and
Idleness so Long to have prevail’d is impossible to
say. Confession frequently meets w^th & creates mercy
& as mine is sincere & ingenuous to you, I’m in great
hopes of a gen’rous pardon.
I wish it was in my Power to thank thee, my souls
chiefest Happyness, for thy last delightfull, Harmonious
remembrance, nothing but thy presence can equal
the Joy I felt when I read it, how blest was I to think
the author of so much justness of Thought & so beauti=
=full expression was mine & had frequently promis’d
one to be faithfully & ever mine! Indeed Judy my
Love for thee cannot be equall’d xxx {^^nor}
end {^^but} w^th my Life, nay even marriage it self has

[f.106v]

not power to diminish it, but this I’ve told you
too often, to trouble you any more of this head.

We are now in a great hurry Lord Cobham being
here for the review, w^ch is first for Monday next,
Tuesday you may expect me at Bretby, when my
Lip design to demand the long arrear yours are indebt
to them, My Service to Sir Will^m & Lady Stanhope
& tell S^r Will: he has forgot my Venison. ab^t an
Hour since poor Cap^t Hunt died here, of this ill
fashion’d Fever after ab^t ten days illness, w^ch I pray
God to keep from you & yours I am unalterably
y^rs
M Madan

Northampton Aug^st 28^th 1728

I send to morrow by the Derby Coach a Cheese for
Lady Stanhope directed to be left at M^r Francis’s

My Dearest Life
You very justly upbraid me for not writing oftner
to you, {^^{my neglect}} I cannot find an excuse {^^for} even w^th my self
I generally find a pleasure in gratifying my Inclina=
tions, and that {^^Why} I should have suffered Indolence and
Idleness so Long to have prevailed is impossible to
say. Confession frequently meets w^th & creates mercy
& as mine is sincere & ingenuous to you, I’m in great
hopes of a generous pardon.
I wish it was in my Power to thank thee, my souls
chiefest Happiness, for thy last delightful, Harmonious
remembrance, nothing but thy presence can equal
the Joy I felt when I read it, how blest was I to think
the author of so much justness of Thought & so beauti=
=full expression was mine & had frequently promised
one to be faithfully & ever mine! Indeed Judy my
Love for thee cannot be equalled xxx {^^nor}
end {^^but} w^th my Life, nay even marriage it self has

[f.106v]

not power to diminish it, but this I’ve told you
too often, to trouble you any more of this head.

We are now in a great hurry Lord Cobham being
here for the review, w^ch is first for Monday next,
Tuesday you may expect me at Bretby, when my
Lip design to demand the long arrear yours are indebt
to them, My Service to Sir Will^m & Lady Stanhope
& tell S^r Will: he has forgot my Venison. ab^t an
Hour since poor Cap^t Hunt died here, of this ill
fashioned Fever after ab^t ten days illness, w^ch I pray
God to keep from you & yours I am unalterably
y^rs
M Madan

Northampton Aug^st 28^th 1728

I send to morrow by the Derby Coach a Cheese for
Lady Stanhope directed to be left at M^r Francis’s