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The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 62, cont. (p.188) |
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him in that hope of seeing you on this side the water; and if you should hold that pur- pose of comming at that time, I should re- pent extremely my laying of our journies; for (if we should by miracle hold any reso- lution) we should be in England about that time, so that I might misse you both here, and there. Sir, our greatest businesse is more in our power then the least, and we may be surer to meet in heaven then in any place upon earth; and whilst we are distant here, we may meet as often as we list in Gods presence, by soliciting in our prayers for one another. I received 4 Letters from you at Spâ by long circuits. In the last, one from my L. Dorset: I, who had a consci- ence of mine own unworthinese of any fa- vour from him, could not chuse but present my thanks for the least. I do not therefore repent my forwardnesse in that office; and I beseech you not to repent your part therein. Since we came to this Town, there arrived an Extraordinary from Spain, with a recon- firmation of the D.d'Aumals Pension, which [CW: is] |
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