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MADAM,
TO give you an Account, as you desire, of Mrs. H. O. who, you say, is Reported to be such a Wit; all I can say, is, that I do not per∣ceive a Superfluity; her Tongue in my Hear∣ing ran as other Women's usually doth, but a Friend of her's, who lives in the same House she doth, did tell me, that to some men she doth Railly and Sport with Words, for all her Dis∣course, or most part of it, is to Men, and to some she doth repeat several Places and Speeches out of Romances, and several Speeches and Parts of Playes, or Passionate Speeches, and if it be con∣cerning Love, then she turns up the black of her Eyes and Whines, and lifts up her Hands after the French Mode; also she is ready and quick in giving Sharp Replyes, for which she is highly Applauded by the Court-Gallants which ga∣ther about her, and whatsoever she sayes, they Cry out, I faith that is well said, and then Laugh and Railly with her; then she is Gay and Merry in Sportive Harmless Abuses, and Dan∣ces Much, although not Well, but speaks French like a Native; then she is very Learn'd in the Male and Female words, as the Learn'd term them, to wit, the Gendres of Words. As for Court-Servants she hath had Many, but now she is wholly Ingross'd by One. This is as much