Digital Donne: the Online Variorum
  The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 127, cont. (p.314) |
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dinner into my mouth.) Towards the time of the service, I aske your leave, that I may hide my selfe in your out-chamber. Or if businesse, or privatenesse, or compa- ny make that inconvenient, that you will be pleased to assigne some servant of yours to shew me the Closet, when I come to your chamber. I have no other way there, but you; which I say not, as though I had not assurance enough therein, but because you have too much trouble thereby; nor I have no other end there, then the Pulpit: you are my station, and that my exaltation; And in both, I shall ever endevour, to keep you from being sorry for having thought well of, or being ashamed of having testi- fied well for Your poor and very true Servant in Chr. Jes. J. Donne. [CW: To] |
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