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a href="target321.html">  The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 77, cont. (p.215) |
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him, Herford said, upon any who denied this. The earnestnes of both was such, as Sa- lisbury accepted it to himself, and made pro- testation before the LL. present, that he would do nothing else, tell he had hono- rably put off that lye. Within an hour after, Salisbury sent him a direct challenge, by his servant Mr Knightley; Herford required only an hours leisure of consideration (it is said, it was onely to inform himself of the espe- ciall danger, in dealing so with a Counsel- lor) but he returned his acceptance: And all circumstances were so clearly handled between them, that St James was agreed for the place, and they were both come from their severall lodgings, and upon the way to have met, when they were interrupted by such as from the King were sent to have care of it. So these two have escaped this great danger; but (by my troth) I fear ear- nestly that Mistresse Bolstrod will not escape that sicknesse in which she labours at this time. I sent this morning to aske of her passage of this night; and the return is, [CW: that] |
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