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1712.1010.Ta

Victoria oct: 10

deare Pryor

I am Got so¹ far, but whither I am able
to hold out to madrid, I d'ont know, & I
am in more danger of perrishing by com­
­pliments & ceremony, then ever I was by all
the Rest of the Perrills I have ever Run in
my whole life, either by land or by water;
I disire you to send this inclosd to my Ld dart­
­mouth, & Pray let me heare from you, as often
as yr leasure Permits, & as much true news;
I must beg you to make my compliments to
Monsieur de Torcy, & tell him L'Abbé Gautier
had indeed told me I should be kindly Recived
in Spain, & that he had Given directions about
it, but what I find surpasses every thing,
& that by the Politenesse of the manner
it could come from none but him, in short
Pray make the Best compliment you can
to him for he Expects it from me, & Pray
say further, that since the Interests of our courts seems
to be pritty neare the same in this coniuncture, I shall
do all I can to cultivate a Good correspondence with
theire minister at Madrid, Pray Give me yr Pray'rs for
a Good delivirance,² & believe me ever

yrs

Lexington

I d'ont know how to send
my letters but under yr Cover
so hope you will Pardon me
& what they cost I will willingly
repay you with thanks

2.

Endorsed:³
Letter from the Ld: Lexington
to M:^r Prior; Dated the 10:
October 1712.

Notes
1.
Lexington's handwriting, while legible, is nevertheless very idiosyncratic. The long s, for example, appears frequently, perhaps exclusively, but with enough variation as to make it difficult to distinguish it from any short s he may have used as well as from the f. For the sake of consistency and readability, all instances of miniscule s, in this particular letter of Lexington's, are transcribed as the short s. Others among his letters make clearer distinctions between the long and short s and are transcribed accordingly.
2.
The second i's dot is smudged. Lexington may have been trying to erase it and correct the spelling.
3.
The endorsement appears on the verso of the first side of the letter. The adjacent recto is blank, and the rest of the letter is found on its verso, running sideways down the page starting from the upper right corner.

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