Volume the First: Diplomatic Display Oxford Bodleian Library, MS.Don.e.7.

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To Charles John Austen Esq^reEsquire

Sir,

Permit¹ Your generous patronage of theunfinished tale, I have already taken the Liberty of dedicating to you, encouragesme to dedicate to you a second, as unfinish::ed as the first.

I am Sir with every expreſsionof regard for you & y^ryour noble Family, your most obed:^tobedient& &. . . .

The Author

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