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My Dear’s friend 31st January 1783
I shou’d have had the pleasure, of answering your kind favor, before this, only waiting to have it in my, power to send you the seven pd which I promis’d, when I had the pleasure of seeing you here, as I may say with truth, few I believe is more distress’d for money then I am, or you shou’d have it had it much soon’r, Mr John Folie, will pay it you, as I have given orders when he receives some interest due to me, he will pay you when ever you send for it. - - - it gives I can assure you I and our sisters, the great’s pleasure to hear, that you are in so good a state of health, we were in great trouble, when we heard you was so ill, we offer’d our poor prayers to the Almighty, if it was his divine will, to spear you longer to do good, and hope youlle live do a great deal more; the best works meet with the great’s
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{Left} crosses, I dont approve of your disponding so much, as I persav’d in your last letter, tho’ you nor I should not live to see it prosper in our time, yet I hope it may hereafter, and be of universale service to the kingdome, I comford myself with this thought, when I am most deject’d at the many disapointments I have meat with: we receiv’d a novice on the presentation of our bless’d Lady, we had a very fine sermon at the reception, there was only a few friends and the clergy present, as our Chaple is small, nor did I chuse it shou’d make a noise in the town: I shall give you my opinion of our novice from an nine months acquain tence nor shou’d I depend, so much on the knowledge I have of her myself, as on the character, I had of her sence her infancy, to think she is realy a chosen soul, to say the truth of her, I never saw any body in Ireland like her for zeal mortification and humility, she never is so happy as to be imploy’d in some works of mercy either spiritule, or corporal, and that she wou’d be from morning tell night I believe she wou’d not think of eating, if she was left to herself, I am building the house I spoak to you a bout for the old women which I was oblig’d to apply to the charity, of the publick, as I was not able to build it at my owne expence, she longs as much to have it finish’d as a fine Lady, would to go into a fine house.
{Right} her vocation wou’d be rather, more to be an hospitalier, only she thinks it is more meretories, to take care of the soul, then the body, she is only eighteen years old. I am in hope to get an other young Lady that is very like her as to piety who has a fortune, she is very young and her parents want to try her: I have made a pretty garden, and inclos’d all the ground back of their house, which has cost a great dale making the walls, we could not do well without it, some place to walk in as nobody, we receive will go out only to the Chaple, and to the schools, our sister beg I wou’d assure you of their most afftn complts our sister burck, has had the yellow gandis above this twelvemonth and has tried cures and nothing yet has being of any service to so we are very much afread that she, never will get bether of it: we all unite in our sincerest regards to Corbalis and be so good when you see Mr Field as to him my best respects and many thanks for the was so good as to send me the reading of that Ladies Life I wish may be means of others immetating her… Me be with the greatest esteem and frien
Dear Madam
Cork Jan 31 yr 1783