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Your letter, M. D. S., came to hand safe and unbroken
in every way, and thence I have learned with a heavy heart
what shame and dishonor your husband is heaping upon
you, which it is a grievous wrong in his Majesty’s Viceroy
to behave as he behaves. Nevertheless, it behooves you not
to be hasty, my duck; for you have cause for patience in
that high position in which you have been placed, which it
were not well to wreck, but which it is fitting you should
preserve with all diligence. Even though your husband
consumes much wealth on his pleasures, yet is it of his own
he wastes, while my rogue of a husband has made away
with his and mine too. Truly it is a pity to see a man who
should guard what God hath entrusted to us instead
scattering and squandering it. If ’t were but the will of God
to part me from him, by whatever means it might be, that
would be the greatest boon to me, miserable woman, for
which I could never be sufficiently thankful; and we might
as well be parted, since we have not lived together for
upward of a year, for which may God be praised, and would
that it might last! So you see, M. D. S., that neither is my
bed decked with silk. But you must have faith that your
husband will come to his senses in time and cease to waste his
goods on wanton hussies and filthy rabble, and inasmuch
as his office gives him a large income, you must not let
your heart be troubled with his wicked wastefulness nor
by his unkindness. God will help, I firmly trust. Farewell,
my duck! I bid you a thousand good-nights.
Your faithful sister while I live,
ANNE MARIE GRUBBE.
At Vang, 6 February, 1666.
Madam Gyldenlöve, my good friend and sister, written in all loving
kindness.
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