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230 L E T T E R s.
But your Lordship will, I hope, make a great Example, in-
ftead ofneedingotherthan those of your ownFamily, towhichso
much Honour, Order, and Dignity have heen very peculiar j as
well as the Consequences of them in the general Applause, and
thc particular Esteem of all those who have had the Honour to
know and observe it.
Among whom there is none more desirous to express thatln-
clination by his Services, nor that has more of it at Heart,
than,
My Lcrd,
Tour Lordßjip's moft Faithsul
and moft Humble Servant.
T—
Anfwer from the Earl 0/Northumberland.
S 1 R,
T Should be very much to blame if I did not make a more than
4- ordinary Acknowledgment of the last Letter I received from
you j wherein I find more Marks of true Friendship, than are
usually met with in this Age, where Truth is seldom spoken,
and Flattery is the only Civility. I do very fully agree with yoy,
that none of the Adtions of my Life can be of more Importance
to me than those at my first setting out, whereby I may give the
World a good or bad Exprestion of me; and which soever of the
two is at first taken up, will hardly ever be alter’d.
If I fail in this, I cannot but confess my self extream faulty,
having lived so many Years under the Example and Frecepts of
one who made it his business to inform me of the difference be-
tween Good and Evil, and who was so well able to do it j and
besides the Relation, I can truly say, that IhavelostthebestFriend
Ihad j and I hope to be believ’d when I say that I thought so.
But your Lordship will, I hope, make a great Example, in-
ftead ofneedingotherthan those of your ownFamily, towhichso
much Honour, Order, and Dignity have heen very peculiar j as
well as the Consequences of them in the general Applause, and
thc particular Esteem of all those who have had the Honour to
know and observe it.
Among whom there is none more desirous to express thatln-
clination by his Services, nor that has more of it at Heart,
than,
My Lcrd,
Tour Lordßjip's moft Faithsul
and moft Humble Servant.
T—
Anfwer from the Earl 0/Northumberland.
S 1 R,
T Should be very much to blame if I did not make a more than
4- ordinary Acknowledgment of the last Letter I received from
you j wherein I find more Marks of true Friendship, than are
usually met with in this Age, where Truth is seldom spoken,
and Flattery is the only Civility. I do very fully agree with yoy,
that none of the Adtions of my Life can be of more Importance
to me than those at my first setting out, whereby I may give the
World a good or bad Exprestion of me; and which soever of the
two is at first taken up, will hardly ever be alter’d.
If I fail in this, I cannot but confess my self extream faulty,
having lived so many Years under the Example and Frecepts of
one who made it his business to inform me of the difference be-
tween Good and Evil, and who was so well able to do it j and
besides the Relation, I can truly say, that IhavelostthebestFriend
Ihad j and I hope to be believ’d when I say that I thought so.