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The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c : with memoirs of their lives
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Earl of Rochestir. 17

imitable Don Qu ixot. My Lord was generally sicklein his Amours, and made no great Scruple of his Oaths ofFidelity. Sir George Etherece wrote Do rim ant*in Compliment to him, as drawing his Lordship's Cha-racter, and burnishing all the Foibles of it, to makethem shine like Perfections.

To conclude, his Lordship was a Man of Wit andPleasure, and spared nothing that would incieafe theone, or promote the other.

Thus, Madam, I have complied with your GracesDesire } and if I have not given you diverting Relationsenough of his Lordship, you must impute it to the Limitsof a Letter, to which I was confined > but 1 am ready atany Time to write all I know, or that can with Decencybe conveyed to your Graces View. I am, Madam,

Your GracesMost Obedient,

Humble Servant,

EVREMOND.

* Dor ima NT is the sine Gentleman in The Man ofMode : Or, Sir Fopling Flutter. A Comedj.

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