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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 51 (p.154) |
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To the Honourable Knight Sir H. Goodere. Sir, I have but one excuse for not sending you the Sermon that you do me the ho- nour to command, and I foresee, that be- fore I take my hand from this paper, I shall lose the benefit of that excuse; it is, that for more then twenty days, I have been travelled with a pain, in my right wrist, so like the Gout, as makes me unable to write. The writing of this Letter will implore a commentary for that, that I cannot write legibly; for that I cannot write much, this Letter will testifie against me. Sir, I be- seech you, at first, tell your company, that I decline not the service out of sullennesse nor lazinesse, nor that any fortune damps me so much, as that I am not sensible of the honour of their commanding it, but a meer inexperience whether I be able to write eight hours or no; but I will try next week, and either do it, for their ser- [CW: vice,] |
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