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The young IRIS to TIMANDER. (Book 27)
The Seven and Twentieth Letter. (Book 27)
SEveral Lovers I have had; but never in my Life did I see such a sincere one as you. As 'tis apparent you lov'd me for having seen me, I might well doubt, that you would not Love, when you saw me no more, and my single Idea cou'd never stand firm and good against all those gay Persons, you view every day. Never did Lover, before, confide in her, that might cause his Torment, those pleasures he meets withal elsewhere in her absence. To tell you the righteous truth of things, you re∣call back again the integrity of the first Ages: And, if you have not the constancy of those not so much