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CLXXV.
MADAM,
IN your last Letter you Advised me to VVrite a Book of Orations, but how should I VVrite Orations, who know no Rules in Rhetorick, nor never went to School, but only Learn'd to Read and Write at Home, Taught by an Antient Decayed Gentlewo∣man whom my Mother kept for that Pur∣pose? which my Ill hand (as the Phrase is) may sufficiently Witness; yet howsoever, to follow your Advice, I did try to Write Orati∣ons, but I find I want Wit, Eloquence, and Learning for such a Work, and though I had Wit, Eloquence, and Learning, I should not find so many Subjects, to VVrite so many Ora∣tions as will Fill a Book, for Orations for the most part, are concerning VVar, Peace, and Matters of State, and Business in the Common∣wealth, all which I am not Capable of, as being a VVoman, who hath neither Knowledg, Abi∣lity, nor Capacity in State Affairs, and to Speak in VVriting of that I Understand not, will not be Acceptable to my Reading Auditors: Ne∣vertheless, to let you see how Powerful your Perswasions are with me, I will send you those two or three Orations I have Written for a Tri∣al, if you Approve of them, I will Write as