I must wtwith regrate1 con-
fess to you that I account myself at ane
Exceeding great loss for the too great a
pause in the Corresponding with Such ane
agreeable And valuable Correspondent,
And indeed when I Reflect that I have the
favour of the last letter from You (thothough I
doedo not really think I’m any one in Debt) I
can Scarcely forbear chideingchiding myself for Soe long 1545 (1545)
long a Silence It’s true I cannot Say
that hitherto I was furnished with any
materiallsmaterials of it for SetingSetting your pen agoe-
ing which I hope will apologize in part
for me — What is confusedly Set furth
in the Enclosed papers take as from a
friend who wants noeno more than Ability
to doedo you a pleasure I assure you the
fault is not in the will and that
assures me of pardon from you; tho’though my
Escapes and other faults, which pro-
ceed only from weakness in the Intel-
lects &and may be many when you may
Rest Satisfied that truth is Sacredly ob-
served. I cannot indeed Say of this as
of the last That I myself was EyEye witness
to any Transaction But I have all from
very good authority that was and to
whom I give equallequal CrediteCredit as if I were
in person present who I well know wou’dwould
Assert noeno falshoodfalsehood
and Ever am with much Esteem