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    <bess_letter id="022">        
        
        
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            <superscription hand="William Cavendish">
                To my Lady./
            </superscription>
            
            <note hand="archivist" type="Later editorial note">
                Lady Arbell at Edmonton
            </note>
        </address_leaf>
        
        <letter_text hand="William Cavendish">
            <note hand="archivist" type="Item number">
                X.d.428<lb/>
                (24)
            </note>
            
            <note hand="archivist" type="Old foliation/item number">
                49
            </note>
            
            My bounden dewtie &amp;c./ I attended this<lb/>
            morning on my Lo<dip>.</dip><expan>rd</expan> Tr<dip>.</dip><expan>easure</expan><sup>r</sup> told him y<expan>a</expan><sup>t</sup> hir<lb/>
            Ma<expan>jes</expan><sup>tie</sup> had sent to y<sup>e</sup> Iudges &amp; to ye lord<lb/>
            of Shr<dip>.</dip><expan>ewsbury</expan> towching Basford; his Lo<dip>.</dip><expan>rdshi</expan><sup>p</sup><lb/>
            sayd he was very glad of y<expan>a</expan><sup>t</sup>./ The<lb/>
            Iudges haue made stay for Basford<dip_expan>e</dip_expan>s<lb/>
            matter. They think yt very strang<illeg type="right edge" content="e"/><lb/>
            y<expan>a</expan><sup>t</sup> it <del>is</del> hath bene so ernestly called on <symbol/><lb/>
            <del>sen</del> now y<expan>a</expan><sup>t</sup> they see my lo<dip>.</dip><expan>rd's</expan> owne l<dip_expan>ett</dip_expan>re<lb/>
            and hir Ma<dip>.</dip><expan>jes</expan><sup>tie</sup><expan>s</expan> order./ I was this<lb/>
            morning w<expan>i</expan><sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> m<expan>aste</expan><sup>r</sup> of ye Pelles, he<lb/>
            was in his bed, taketh <del>nec</del> good rest<lb/>
            his loosnes <add>is</add> stayd; he in good temper<lb/>
            very dry but no stomack to any <symbol/><lb/>
            meate; he asked sondry questions of<lb/>
            yo<expan>u</expan><sup>r</sup> La<dip>.</dip><expan>dyshi</expan><sup>p</sup> &amp; of yo<expan>u</expan><sup>r</sup> causes w<expan>hi</expan><sup>ch</sup> I<lb/>
            declared to him./ My la<dip>.</dip><expan>dy</expan><lb/>
            Arbella &amp; y<sup>e</sup> rest of yo<expan>u</expan><sup>r</sup> La<dip>.</dip><expan>dyshi</expan><sup>ps</sup> at<lb/>
            Edmonton are very well. this day<lb/>
            I hard from thence./ And<lb/>
            thus w<expan>i</expan><sup>th</sup> my dayly prayer &amp;c<lb/>
            I most humbly ceass./ This<lb/>
            tuesday.<lb/>
            
            <subscription hand="William Cavendish" place="right">
                Yo<expan>u</expan><sup>r</sup> Ladyshyps<lb/><flourish/>
                
                <ss/>
            
                most humble<lb/>
                &amp; obedient sonn<dip_expan>e</dip_expan><lb/>
                
                <signature hand="William Cavendish" place="right">
                    W. Cauendysshe
                </signature>
            </subscription>
            
            <note hand="archivist" type="Old foliation/item number">
                53
            </note>
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