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MADAM,
I Am sorry to hear there is such a Difference betwixt the Lady F. O. and her Husband, as they are upon Parting, I wish their Humours and Dispositions were more Agreeable, and their
CCXI sociable letters written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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- CCXI sociable letters written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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- Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
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Froward Passions less Violent; I cannot Con∣demn Either, nor Excuse Both, for if they An∣ger each Other, they have Both cause to be An∣gry, and are Both to be Blamed for so Doing, and so Both together they ought to be Con∣demned, but Each apart to be Excused: But Marriage is a very Unhappy Life when Sympathy Joyns not the Married Couple, for otherwise it were better to be Barr'd up within the Gates of a Monastery, than to be Bound in the Bonds of Matrimony; but whenas Sym∣pathy Joyns Souls and Bodies in Marriage, then those Bonds are like Diamond-Chains to Adorn, not to Inslave them, and Heroick Ho∣nour and Chastity are the two Thrones where∣on a Married Couple is Placed, Heroick Ho∣nour is the Throne of the Husband, and Cha∣stity the Throne of the Wife, on which Love Crowns their Lives with Peace, and Inrobes or Inclothes them with Happiness, which Hap∣piness you Enjoy, which is also the Joy,
Madam,
Of Your faithful Friend and Servant.