ABSTRACT
Intheyear1644IconfessIwasguiltyofanactofdisobedience,forIgavewayto theaddressofapersonwhommymotheratthefirsttimethateverhehadoccasion tobeconversantwithmehadabsolutelydischarged58meevertoallowof.[Anne andThomashadknowneachotherforsixmonthswhenhedeclaredhisfeelings.] ...Andhavingneveranyopportunityofbeingalonewithmetospeakhimself,he employedayounggentleman...totellmehowmuchhehadendeavouredallthis timetosmotherhispassionwhichhesaidbeganthefirsttimethateverhesawme,
57Foraprintedtext,seeLoftis,J.(ed.)(1979),MemoirsofAnne,LadyHalkettandAnn, LadyFanshawe,Oxford:ClarendonPress.
