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MADAM,
YOu were pleased in your last Letter to Desire me to write to you my Contem∣plations, which, should I Express, you would Understand they were very Vain; for Solo∣mon sayes, All is Vain under the Sun, which if so, our most Pious, and Devoutest
Contemplations are Vain; but my last Contem∣plation had the full measure of Vanity, where I did imagine my self Empress of the whole World, which World was to be Governed by my Fancy, Opinion and Approvement; and first, I would have my Counsel-Ministers of State, and Magistrates, Philosophers, both Natural and Moral, and my Court-Officers and Attendants, Poets of all sorts, so should I Govern Wisely, and Live Pleasantly, by which I Imagined the World of Men would be so United in Peace, Concord, and Tranquillity, as it would be Har∣monious. But leaving these Vain Imaginations, I am really,
Madam,
Your very faithful Servant.