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  The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 91 (p.251) |
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To your selfe. Sir, Age becomes nothing better then Friendship; therefore your Letters, which are ever good effects of friendship, delight to be old before I receive them: for it is but a fortnight since those Letters which you sent by Captain Peter found me at Spâ; presently upon the receit, I adven- tured by your leave to bestow the first mi- nutes upon this Letter to your faire Noble Sister; And because I found no voice at Spâ of any Messenger, I respited my Wri- ting to you, till I came thus much nearer. Upon the way hither, another Letter from you overtooke me, which by my L. Chan- dos love to me for your sake, was sent after me to Mastricht: He came to Spâ within two houres after I went away; which I tell you to let you see, that my For- tune hath still that spitefull constancy, to bring me near my desires, and intercept me. [CW: If] |
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