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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