The secretary of ladies. Or, A new collection of letters and answers, composed by moderne ladies and gentlewomen, collected by Mounsieur Du Bosque. Translated out of French by I.H.
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The secretary of ladies. Or, A new collection of letters and answers, composed by moderne ladies and gentlewomen, collected by Mounsieur Du Bosque. Translated out of French by I.H.
Author
Du Boscq, Monsieur.
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London :: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for William Hope, and are to be sold at the signe of the Vnicorne in Cornehill neere the Royall Exchange,
1638.
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French letters -- Early works to 1800.
Women -- Early works to 1800.
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"The secretary of ladies. Or, A new collection of letters and answers, composed by moderne ladies and gentlewomen, collected by Mounsieur Du Bosque. Translated out of French by I.H." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20892.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
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The XVII. Letter.
She thankes her for her approbation,
and complaines that her Letters are
too short.
MAdam, I intend never to
present my selfe there
where you have spoken of me,
nor put my selfe in danger to
spoile my reputation, by my
presence. You delight to speak
to my advantage, and to give
me excessive praises: you will
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get no blame by this, you shall
acquire the reputation of one
that obliges, if you loose that
of speaking truth, my Letter
should end here, if I measured
him by the length of yours I
have beene no longer reading
the contents then the super∣scription.
Never feare that
yours should be trouble some
to me: make them as long as
you please, I shall alwayes e∣steeme
them too short. I speake
according to the measure of
my affection, not of my merit.
Since I have nothing worthy
of your good will, I cannot re∣ceive
so small testimonies ther∣of,
that I be not for them ex∣treamly
obliged, and that they
give me not sufficient cause to
be all my life,
Madam
Your, &c.
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