"if you arnot Coming thiss Summer She will be in London before thiss
Month is out and will Sleep on the Sofy As She willnot be in London
more thann two nits. and She Says she willnot truble you on anny a
kount as She Will returne the Same Day before She will plage you anny
more. but She thanks you for asking hir to London. but She says She
cannot leve the house at prassant She sayhir Survants ar to do for you
as she cannot lodge yours nor she willnot have thim in at the house
anny more to brake and destroy hir thinks and beslive hir and make up
Lies by hir and Skandel as your too did She says she mens to pay fore
2 Nits and one day, She says the Pepelwill let hir have it if you ask
thim to let hir: you Will be so good as to let hir know sun: wish She
is to do, as She says She dos not care anny thing a bout it. which way
tiss she is batter than She was and desirs hir Love to bouth bouth.
"Your aunt wises to know how the silk Clocks ar madup [how the silk
cloaks are made up] with a Cape or a wood as she is a goin to have one
madeup to rideout in in hir littel shas [chaise].
"Charles is a butty and so good.
"Mr & Mrs Newton ar quite wall & desires to be remembered to you."
I can throw no light on the meaning of the verb to "beslive." Each
letter in the MS. is so admirably formed that there can be no question
about the word being as I have given it. Nor have I been able to
discover what is referred to by the words "Charles is a butty and so
good." We shall presently meet with a Charles who "flies in the Fier,"
but that Charles appears to have been in London, whereas this one is
evidently in Kent, or wherever the aunt lived.
The next letter is from Mrs. Newton
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