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the first taking as its text Lamentations 3:22 ("It is of the Lords mercy that we are not consumed, because his compassion faile not"), a poignant search for solace in the immediate aftermath of her death ("...It was of the Lords mercy that I was not consumed this day, when the comfort of my life was taken from me when her breath, went out of her Nostrills, and she grew cold, as I was holding her hands..."), 17 pages, folio, dated Cornbury, 12 April 1686, stab-stitched in paper wrappers, tears at stab-holes; the second with memories of his wife and melancholy reflections on the state of the nation under William and Mary ("...What is become even of the most glorious of all this Kings actions, since his comeing to the Throne, I mean his triumphant victory at the Boyne, by which it seemed once as if he had entirely conquer'd that Kingdome and established the rest..."), 12 numbered pages, folio, dated New Park, 12 April 1691, stab stitched in paper wrappers