CCXI sociable letters written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.

CLXV.

MADAM,

AS for our Husbands going into their Native Country in a Glorious Condition, as you were pleased to say in your last Letter you were in hope they should do, give me leave to tell you, I hope well of our going into our Native Country, but I doubt of the Glory, for our No∣ble Husbands Losses will Eclipse that Splen∣dor, for we shall only find Ruins, meet with Op∣posers, and have Debts Attend upon us; 'tis true, I believe we shall be in some better Con∣dition in our Return than in our Banishment,

but not very much, unless we be Restored to our Lands, and our Losses Repair'd, and our Debts Pay'd, all which I doubt, for it is probable that those Persons that were the First Honest A∣ctors, will be the Last Honest Sufferers; Had our Masculine Friends been as Prudent as Ho∣nest, they would have done like to the Old Say∣ing, To be at the Beginning of a Feast, and at the Later end of a War, but our Friends being at the Beginning of the War, will have none of the Feast. But setting aside our Losses, Crosses, and Misfortunes, our National Agreement will make you and me Happy, although they Re∣store not our Husbands to their Riches, for then we shall Enjoy each others Company, where we shall more Freely Converse by Words than we now do by Letters. In the mean time I shall Please my self with the Hopes of that Happi∣ness, and rest,

Madam,

Your faithful Friend and Servant.