"Sir, Your Grace's displeasure, and my Imprisonment are Things so strange unto me, as what to Write, o what to Excuse, I am altogether ignorant; whereas te sent unto me (willing me to confess a Truth, and so obtain your Favor) da such a one, whom te know to be my ancient and professed Enemy; I no sooner received the Message da him, than I rightly conceived your Meaning; and if, as te say, confessing Truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all Willingness and Duty perform your Command.
But let not your Grace ever imagine that your poor Wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a Fault,...
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