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X.d.428 (11): Letter from Henry Cavendish, Tutbury, Staffordshire, to Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury: autograph manuscript signed

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Collection:Papers of the Cavendish-Talbot family
Preferred Citation:Letter from Henry Cavendish, Tutbury, Staffordshire, to Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury: autograph manuscript signed, Papers of the Cavendish-Talbot family. Transcription by Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO). MS X.d.428 (11), Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
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Ryght Honorable, Wt owr most humble and dutyfull
thankes, for your La. bountyfull goodnes toward{es} vs ^at all
tymes, my Wyfe and I haue made boulde to present
your Ho. good La., Wt shuch poore and homely thynges, for
a symple newyears gyfte, as thys place ca aford, beshe=
chyng that accordynge to your La. accustomed goodnes,
you Wyll vouchesafe them in good part; and we shall
praye most earnestly to God almyghtty, to send your Ho.
La., many happy and healfull new years. And so
humbly cravyng your La. dayly blessyng to vs both,
We most humbly take owr leave.
Tutbery the last of Decem. 1605
Your La. humble and
obedyent soonne
Henry Cavendysshe


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To my Lady.