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358 COUNTESS OF DEVONSHIRE TO
in his place who it is whifpertle fhall be a baren Henry Perfie
the queens vifchamberlayne I fhould rather hop this fhufHing
of cards fhould bring you in play for fome game then that you
fhould fall vpon fo fadd contemplations to haue noe thoghts
only fu6th as link you to a confinment I am confident your
Lo' will be weel adduifde erre you impos vpon your felf a ne-
fecity of fuclh a thraldome fince you haue not joynde with thes
obftinacys If you cane inioy your honor and fortune if you
ftande alone why fhould you not indeuore ftill to preferue your
freedome Certainly a new ware will hardly be atempted and
why then any fhould be compelde or drawne into ther coue-
nant I cannot forfee but I fhould rather expres my regrat that
foe hard extrems fhould be preft vpon you then my dobts or
fears that your Lo' in this fhould doe any thing contrary to
reafone or without wife and juft deliberatione it offers fmall
relief att this diftance the fhare and comunicatione of forows al-
thogh they be neuer expreft to the lif but in the fociety of frinds
filence in fome fence is the beft interpreter for could I fay mor
it weer ftill a regrat repeated therfor I will conclude with the
afurance of fufth refpetl as remayns euer with
Your humble faithfull Seruant
C. DEUONSHIRE.
Chats. 18 Aguft
To THE EIGHT HONORABLE THE EaRLE OF HEDDINGTONE.
in his place who it is whifpertle fhall be a baren Henry Perfie
the queens vifchamberlayne I fhould rather hop this fhufHing
of cards fhould bring you in play for fome game then that you
fhould fall vpon fo fadd contemplations to haue noe thoghts
only fu6th as link you to a confinment I am confident your
Lo' will be weel adduifde erre you impos vpon your felf a ne-
fecity of fuclh a thraldome fince you haue not joynde with thes
obftinacys If you cane inioy your honor and fortune if you
ftande alone why fhould you not indeuore ftill to preferue your
freedome Certainly a new ware will hardly be atempted and
why then any fhould be compelde or drawne into ther coue-
nant I cannot forfee but I fhould rather expres my regrat that
foe hard extrems fhould be preft vpon you then my dobts or
fears that your Lo' in this fhould doe any thing contrary to
reafone or without wife and juft deliberatione it offers fmall
relief att this diftance the fhare and comunicatione of forows al-
thogh they be neuer expreft to the lif but in the fociety of frinds
filence in fome fence is the beft interpreter for could I fay mor
it weer ftill a regrat repeated therfor I will conclude with the
afurance of fufth refpetl as remayns euer with
Your humble faithfull Seruant
C. DEUONSHIRE.
Chats. 18 Aguft
To THE EIGHT HONORABLE THE EaRLE OF HEDDINGTONE.
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