I presume, that the diamond necklace, solitaire, and buckles, which were properly my own, presented by my mother’s uncle, Sir Josias, Brookland, will not be purchased by any one of my family, for a too obvious reason:  in this case I desire that they may be sent to the best advantage, and apply the money to the uses of my will.

In the beginning of this tedious writing, I referred to the latter part of it, the naming of the subject of the discourse which I wished might be delivered at my funeral, if permitted to be interred with my ancestors.  I think the following will be suitable to my case.  I hope the alteration of the words her and she, for him and he, may be allowable.

’Let not her that is deceived trust in vanity; for vanity shall be her recompense.  She shall be accomplished before her time; and her branch shall not be green.  She shall shake off her unripe grape as the vine, and shall cut off her flower as the olive.’*

* Job xv. 31, 32, 33.

But if I am to be interred in town, let only the usual burial-service be read over my corpse.

If my body be permitted to be carried down, I bequeath ten pounds to be given to the poor of the parish, at the discretion of the church-wardens, within a fortnight after my interment.

If any necessary matter be omitted in this my will, or if any thing appear doubtful or contradictory, as possibly may be the case; since besides my inexperience in these matters, I am now, at this time, very weak and ill, having put off the finishing hand a little too long, in hopes of obtaining the last forgiveness of my honoured friend; in which case I should have acknowledged the favour with a suitable warmth of duty, and filled up some blanks which I left to the very last,* in a more agreeable manner to myself than now I have been enabled to do—­in case of such omissions and imperfections, I desire that my cousin Morden will be so good as to join with Mr. Belford in considering them, and in comparing them with what I have more explicitly written; and if, after that, any doubt remain, that they will be pleased to apply to Miss Howe, who knows my whole heart:  and I desire that the construction of these three may be established:  and I hereby establish it, provided it be unanimous, and direct it to be put in force, as if I had so written and determined myself.

And now, O my blessed redeemer, do I, with a lively faith, humbly lay
      hold of thy meritorious death and sufferings; hoping to be washed
      clean in thy precious blood from all my sins:  in the bare hope of
      the happy consequences of which, how light do those sufferings seem
      (grievous as they were at the time) which, I confidently trust,
      will be a mean, by the grace, to work out for me a more exceeding
      and eternal weight of glory!

Clarissa Harlowe.

Signed, sealed, published, and declared, the day and year above-written,
      by the said Clarissa Harlowe, as her last will and testament;
      contained in seven sheets of paper, all written with her own hand,
      and every sheet signed and sealed by herself, in the presence of
      us,