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<Q A 1750S? FN SS EMONTAGU>
<X ELIZABETH MONTAGU>
[}ELIZABETH MONTAGU TO SARAH SCOTT. BEFORE 1756. LONDON. bMS ENG 1365 (153)}]
<P1>
Hillstreet 25 Dear Sister
   If I could have given you any tolerable account of my self, or indeed had been able to [\have/] given any account at all, you should have heard from me before this time. I came to Town but saturday sennight in a very bad plight. I had every other night a spasm in my stomach, it seized me always between 2 & 3, gave me much pain & sickness, & left me weak, low, & miserable. I have now miss_d ye fit twice, & have all the marks of convalescence, but I have still a grievous nervous cough which hinders my sleeping, yet my spirits are much better than they were, & I hope soon to be as well as usual only that I shall not easily regain those pleasing hopes of health
<P2>
Which I had before this attack. D=r= Shaw has attended me twice a day ever since I came to Town, but now tells me I shall be able to take care of myself. I am not yet allowd to go out. tho if the weather was fine I should venture to take ye air in a morning. Lady Bab was so good as to call on me on monday morning. I think that her looks do credit to a milk diet. M=r= Botham has been of great comfort to me in my illness he is the best of nurses. Our Dear Captain went out of Town on sunday, he will soon set sail but is at present at Gravesend. I shall be obliged to you if you will send ye Bath [\bags\] & woollen stockings, they are (\accoutrem=ts=\) becoming an invalid. I hope soon to write you a longer letter. M=rs= Botham & M=r= Montagu desire their comp=ts=
   I am Dear Sister
   ever most affect=ly= y=rs=
   EM
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