Excerpt from Memorable Women of the Puritan Times, Vol. 2 Mary was a woman of high virtue, and of sincere, though unostentatious piety. To this she added sympathies and warm affections. Only a few of her have been preserved, but in all of them these qualities of mind are eminently conspicuous. One of them, the earliest now extant, or known to be extant, refers to some rumours, perhaps unfounded, which had reached her, bringing into suspicion the conjugal fidelity of her brother Henry. These rumours were to the effect that, to the great grief of his excellent wife, her beloved and much-respected sister-in-law,2 who was worthy of, as she was entitled to his undivided affection, he was too much under the influence of a certain woman, whom she does not choose to name. Having heard this, she cannot enjoy peace in her mind until she has written to him on this matter, which, if true, would bring shame and remorse on himself, and fill the hearts of all the rest of the family with sorrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.