FriendshipbetweenEPHELIAandARDELIA."Ephelia" is possibly Lady Frances Worsley, daughter of Viscount Weymouth,
who married Sir Robert Worsley in 1690. She was a regular correspondent of Anne's ("Ardelia").
(Reynolds [1903], xxxviii-xxxix)
Eph.WHatFriendshipis,ARDELIAshewArd.'Tistolove,asIloveYou.Eph.ThisAccount,soshort(tho'kind)SuitsnotmyenquiringMind.Thereforefarthernowrepeat;WhatisFriendshipwhencompleat?Ard.'TistoshareallJoyandGrief;'TistolendalldueReliefFromtheTongue,theHeart,theHand;'TistomortgageHouseandLand;ForaFriendbesoldaSlave;'TistodieuponaGrave,IfaFriendthereindolie.Eph.Thisindeed,tho'carry'dhigh,This,tho'morethane'erwasdoneUnderneaththerollingSun,Thishasallbeensaidbefore.CanARDELIAsaynomore?Ard.Wordsindeednomorecanshew:But'tistolove,asIloveyou.