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Witness
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George Herbert.
To Sir J. D.
SIRSIR,
THough I had the beſt wit in the World, yet it
would eaſily tyre me, to find out variety of
thanks for the diverſity of your favours, if I ſought
to do ſo; but, I profeſs it not: And therefore let it
be ſufficient for me, that the ſame heart, which you
have won long ſince, is ſtill true to you, and hath
nothing elſe to answer your infinite kindneſſes, but a
conſtancy of obedience, only hereafter I will take
heed how I propoſe my deſires unto you, ſince I
find you ſo willing to yield to my requeſts; for,
ſince your favours come a Horſe-back, there is rea-
ſon, that my deſires ſhould go a-foot: neither do I
make any queſtion, but that you have performed
your kindneſs to the full, and that the Horſe is every
way fit for me, and I will ſtrive to imitate the com-
pleatneſs of your love, with being in ſome proporti-
on, and after my manner,THough I had the beſt wit in the
World,
yet it would eaſily tyre me,
to find out
variety of thanks for the di-
verſity of your fa-
vours, if I ſought to do
ſo; but, I profeſs it not:
And therefore let
it be ſufficient for me, that the
ſame heart,
which you have won long ſince, is ſtill
true
to you, and hath nothing elſe to anſwer
your infinite kindneſſes, but a conſtancy
of obe-
dience; only hereafter I will take
heed how I
propoſe my deſires unto you,
ſince I find you ſo
willing to yield to my
requeſts; for, ſince your
favours come a
Horſe-back, there is reaſon, that
my de-
ſires ſhould go a-foot: neither do I make
any queſtion, but that you have perform-
ed your
kindneſs to the full, and that the
Horſe is eve-
ry way fit for me, and I
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will ſtrive to imitate
the compleatneſs of
your love, with being in ſome
proportion,
and after my manner,
Your moſt obedient ServantYour moſt obedient Servant,would eaſily tyre me, to find out variety of
thanks for the diverſity of your favours, if I ſought
to do ſo; but, I profeſs it not: And therefore let it
be ſufficient for me, that the ſame heart, which you
have won long ſince, is ſtill true to you, and hath
nothing elſe to answer your infinite kindneſſes, but a
conſtancy of obedience, only hereafter I will take
heed how I propoſe my deſires unto you, ſince I
find you ſo willing to yield to my requeſts; for,
ſince your favours come a Horſe-back, there is rea-
ſon, that my deſires ſhould go a-foot: neither do I
make any queſtion, but that you have performed
your kindneſs to the full, and that the Horſe is every
way fit for me, and I will ſtrive to imitate the com-
pleatneſs of your love, with being in ſome proporti-
on, and after my manner,THough I had the beſt wit in the
World,
yet it would eaſily tyre me,
to find out
variety of thanks for the di-
verſity of your fa-
vours, if I ſought to do
ſo; but, I profeſs it not:
And therefore let
it be ſufficient for me, that the
ſame heart,
which you have won long ſince, is ſtill
true
to you, and hath nothing elſe to anſwer
your infinite kindneſſes, but a conſtancy
of obe-
dience; only hereafter I will take
heed how I
propoſe my deſires unto you,
ſince I find you ſo
willing to yield to my
requeſts; for, ſince your
favours come a
Horſe-back, there is reaſon, that
my de-
ſires ſhould go a-foot: neither do I make
any queſtion, but that you have perform-
ed your
kindneſs to the full, and that the
Horſe is eve-
ry way fit for me, and I
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will ſtrive to imitate
the compleatneſs of
your love, with being in ſome
proportion,
and after my manner,
George Herbert.