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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.

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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