Volume the First: Diplomatic DisplayOxfordBodleian Library, MS.Don.e.7.
Her Clwardrobe1 she now saw a fatal neceſsity ofselling, both for the preservation of her Children& herself. With tears in her eyes, she parted withthese last reliques2 of her former Glory, & withthe money she got for them, bought others moreusefull, some play things for her Boys anda gold Watch for herself.
But scarcely was she providedwith the above-mentioned neceſsaries, than shebegan to find herself rather hungry, & had reasonto think, by their biting off toowo3 of her fingers,that her Children were much in the samesituation.
To remedy these unavoidable mis::fortunes, she determined to return to herold freinds, Sir George & Lady Harcourt, whose
Footnotes
- 1.
- Beginning of word written one or two letters; possibly 'Cl' [Cloathes].Back to context...
- 2.
- 'ques' in much darker ink, as if written over something else.Back to context...
- 3.
- 'wo' overwriting other letters, conjecturally 'oo' ('too').Back to context...
