ExtraSls from the Port-folio of a Man of Letters. [Aug. 1 , 



Di-. Joliiiron thinks fit to fpell the word 

 honbnfin j but this is an unjuitifiable cor- 

 ruption. 



CAMKLOT, OR CAMLET. 



This word is fpelJed camblet in the 

 tariffs of thecuftom-honfe, and the ccrre- 

 f|>ondence of the Eall-Indii Company. 

 Eiown of Norwich (and one may truft a 

 Noi wi;h man on the fubjefl) tells us in 

 liis Vulgar Enors that camlets were ori- 

 ginally fo called, becaufe they were fup- 

 poftd fo be made of the hair of tlie camel. 

 The firft camicts were made of moh^.ir, 

 which is the hair of a goat, but which, as 

 it comes from the Levant, inight well pafs 

 for camel's hair. At the marriage cf the 

 rivers in the Fairy queen, Sper.fer dreffes 

 the Med way in 

 _ — a veflure of unknown geare 

 AnJ uncouth faihion, that her well became, 

 That feeniM like Clver fpriiikled here and 



there, 

 With glittering fpangs, that diJ a« ft;rs ap- 

 pear. 

 And wav'd upon like ivatcr-cainelot. 



Watered camlets are often called mo- 

 reens, or mcrains. TViorfl.vzf is the French 

 name for that wool which the tanner, or 

 'currier, removes from a hide by the ap, 

 plication of quick-lime. The cosrfe thick 

 i'utTs m?cle of this refufe-vvool were the 

 ov zh zimcraltts. 



Amaig D>-. Birch's jMSS. in t'-e Mufeum, 

 Mr. Ayfcough's catalogue y 4191, is a 

 Letter from Matthew Prior, 



*' To the Re-v: Dr. Szvift, Dean of St. 

 Patrick, in Dublin, Ireland.'"' 



" IFcJh. z^th April, 1721. 



•'DEAR SIR, 



" I know very well that you can write 3 

 good letter if you have a mind to it; but 

 that is not the quelUon — a letter from you 

 fomitinies is what I defire. Rcferve j'our 

 tropes aiid perisds for thofe whom you 

 love lefs, and let nie hear how you do, in 

 whatever h'.nno'tr you are, whe her lend- 

 ing your mor.ey to the butchers, proteft- 

 ing the weavers, treating the women, or 

 conlhuing propria qua: maribus to the 

 country- curate ; you and I aiv fo eftabiiih. 

 ed aiirhors that we may write whst we 

 will without fear of cenfure, and if we 

 have not lived long enongii to prefer the 

 bagate'ile to any thing elib, v.e dcfei ved to 

 have our brains knocked out ten years ago. 



I have I'ectived the money punflually of 

 Mr. Dar.icl Hayes, have his leceipt, and 

 liereby return you all the thanks (hat your 

 friendlhip in that aiiair ought to claim, ai;d 

 your gener. fity dots contemn ; there's one 

 turn for you — good I The m:in ycu nun- 

 tioned i.i your laft, has been in tiie country 

 thefe two years, very ill in hn health, and 

 has not for many nr. ntbs been out of his 

 chamber; yet what you obfcrvtd of h.im is 

 fo true, that his ficknefs is all counted for 

 jjilicy, that he will not come up till the 

 publicdi'hailions force lbm;ho,'y or other 

 (whom God knows) who will obli;4c fomc 

 body tlfe to lend for him in open triuinph, 

 and fct \\\mflatu quo prius : that in the 

 mean time he has foreleen all that has hap. 

 pened, checkmated all the miniirry,and, to 

 divert himl'eif at his Iciluie liouis, has laid 

 all thefe lime-twigs for his neigiibour 

 Coningfty that keeps that prec otis bird 

 in the cage, out oPwhich himieli llipped fo 

 cuiinipgly and eafily. 



" Tliii gs ani the way of men's judging 

 them vary fo much here that it is impoHible 

 to give you aiiy juft account of fbme of 

 our friend's afticns, Roffcn is more than 

 ful'ptfled to have given up his party as 

 Sancho did his fubjeSs, for fo much a 

 head, I'uri portant I'autre. Kis caufe 

 theiefore, v.hich is fomething (iriginally 

 like that cf the Lutrine, is oppofed or ne- 

 glected by his ancient friends, and openly 

 fultainfd by the miiiiftry. He cannot be 

 lower in the opinion ol moft men than he 

 is ; and I wilh our friend Hai — : — ^ were 

 higher than he is. 



" Our young Harley's vice is no more 

 covetoufiiefs than plainnefs of fpeech is 

 that of his cotifin Tom. His lordlhip is 

 really amabilis, and Lady Harriet ado- 

 ran.ia. 



" I tell ycu no news, but that the whole 

 is a complication of mi'.take in policy, ard 

 of knavery in the execution of it ; cf the 

 minifters (I I'peak) for the moil part, as 

 well ecclelialtical as civil; this is all the 

 truth I can tell you, except one, «vhich I 

 am lure ycu receive very kindly, that 

 " I am, ever, your fiiend and 

 " Your fsrvt. 



" M. PillOR." 



" Friend Shelton, commonly called 

 D.^arDIck, is with me. We drink your 

 health. — Aviieu." 



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