"Sir, Your Grace's displeasure, and my Imprisonment are Things so strange unto me, as what to Write, hoặc what to Excuse, I am altogether ignorant; whereas bạn sent unto me (willing me to confess a Truth, and so obtain your Favor) bởi such a one, whom bạn know to be my ancient and professed Enemy; I no sooner received the Message bởi him, than I rightly conceived your Meaning; and if, as bạn 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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