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ELEANOR, COUNTESS OF CUMBERLAND, TO THE SECOND EARL OF CUMBERLAND
314 FEBRUARY (1543-1547)

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4    Jhesus
5    Dere hart, after my moste hartye commendatyons, thys shalbe to
6sertify yow that sense yowr departure frome me, I have byn very
7seke & att thys present my watter ys very redd, wherby I suppos I have
8the jaundes & the aygew both, for I have none abyde to meate & I
9have suche payns in my syde & towardes my bak as I had att
10Brauham, wher ytt be gane with me furst. Wher for I desyre yow
11to help me to a physyssyon & that thys berer may brynge hym with
12hym, for now in the begynning I trust I may have gud remedy, &
13the longer ytt ys delayed the worse ytt wylbe. Also my sister Powys
14ys comyd to me & ys very desyrous to se yow, whiche I trust shalbe
15the sooner at this tyme & thus Jhesu send hus both healthe. Att my
16lodge of Carleton, the xiiij^th day of February.
17    And, dere hart, I pray yow send for Doctor Stephyns, for he knowyth
18best my complexon for such cawsys.
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