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<Q A 1771? TC BS EMONTAGU>
<X ELIZABETH MONTAGU>
 [}ELIZABETH MONTAGU TO BENJAMIN STILLINGFLEET. MO 5133. MAY 16 1771}]
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May y=e= 16=th= Dear Sir
   M=r= Baker call_d on me last night to tell me he had not accomodation for me at his House, & he promised to engage ye House which was D=r= Morleys. I must beg of you to put him in mind of his promise, & to desire him to be careful to get the House aired. I know he will have a due attention to your commands. I dined yesterday
 at Hayes, & the weather being fine had the pleasure of seeing the place, which is so alterd, & so astonishingly improved since I lived there, that I could almost accuse L=d= Chatham of Necromancy; he is (\gran mago\) , & has call'd forth all the rural beauties from a spot which was once very unpromising. I wish you could see how sweet a pastoral scene he has made around him. I was
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glad to see his Lordship look well in the face; as to his stooping & walking lame, I think it gives a dignity to the Statesman, & his flannels like Ivy round a noble Tower, make the Edifice more venerable. I intend to send a couple of Maid Servants to the Wells on Monday to air the beds [\y=t= DELETED\] [\least/] any thing sh=d= be neglected of that importance, & hope M=r= Baker will order in some coals. I rejoyce that M=rs= Pitt & you have had such fine weather. I had intend'd to be at Tunbridge on tuesday, but shall defer my journey till thursday. My best respects attend M=r= & M=rs= Pitt. I am Dear Sir
   Your most affect=te=
   & most obliged
   EM
   No news of M=r= Stewart, so even the Month of May brings not y=e=
Zephirs.