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MY having received several Wounds in the late Engagement, is not a matter requiring your Condolements. I thank you however, and take it as a proof of the Affection you bear me. But so far am I from accounting such Casualties a Misfortune, (though I were within an Hairs breadth of dying upon
the Spot) that I could be well con∣tent, even before the Term that Fate hath set me, (were it never so long an one) to give up my life in the Field of War. For what greater Wish could a Generous Soul make, than to breath out his last in the Bed of Honour, and Dye fighting for Glory and Victory.