1822.] 
which Patty will give you, and bring 
them without rumpling, or making 
them dirty, I will be obliged to you. 
Walker has had great sport this morn- 
ing; a very fine dish of fish—perch and 
gudgeons. Farewell till to-morrow. 
Your’s ever, 
D. GarRIck. 
COLMAN TO MACKLIN. 
November 18, 1773. 
Dear Sir,—I agree with you that 
there is the greatest reason to expect a 
tumult in the theatre. How far you 
have been instrumental in exciting it, 
the public alone must decide. To the 
decisions of that public the managers 
also must submit. Notwithstanding 
the spirit of the papers, the town as- 
sembled in the theatre are candid and 
benevolent; and I hope you will con- 
duct yourself in such a manner as may 
tend to manifest your regret at the 
disturbances that have already ariscn, 
without urging any thing that may 
offend any party whatever. 
J most sincerely wish you may be 
patiently heard, and well reccived. 
I am, sir, 
Your most obedient, humble, 
and very faithful servant, 
G. CoLMAN. 
Covent Garden, Wednesday. 
LETTER OF GAY THE POET. 
- Written when he was a Silk-mercer. 
London, Jan. 10, 1705. 
Coz. DENNIS,—I sent your bed away 
Jast Thursday sevennight, the carriage 
paid to Exon, directed to Mr. Atkeys, 
as you ordered. The bed comes to 
16/7. and with it L sent you an easy 
chair,* of the same as the bed, which 
wy mistress advised me, being very 
useful and fashionable: she hath made 
the best soit; it comes to 3/. I hope 
they will please you. I am at present 
much out of order. I have not heard 
as yet what the frames, that the bed 
and chair ave put up in, comes to; but 
I will not fail of giving an account. of 
every thing in a post or two, Iliave 
sent you herein the carrier’s note for 
the carriage. Pray tell coz. Richard 
Parmynter, that Mr. Rolles hath paid 
* The chair here spoken of is supposed 
to be one of the same sort, if not the very 
chair, 80 long retained by Gay’s family, 
and in the private drawer of which were 
recently found some of the poct’s manu- 
scripts, since published, under the title of 
“ Gay’s Chair,” 
Montuty Mac, No. 367. 
Stephensiana— No. VII. 
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me for his neckcioths. My service to 
all friends. ° 
I am, your loving friend, 
and humble servant, 
Joun Gay, 
To Mr. Nich. Denoys, merchant, 
in Barnstaple. 
SYCOPHANTS OF THE PRESS. 
Character of Henry the Highth, copied 
from a Publication of his Day. 
Froma rare publication, in the black 
letter of the fifteenth century, printed 
in the reign of the arbitrary Henry the 
Kighth, and which bears the following 
title :—“‘ OF THE VSE AND PROFITE OF 
HISTORIES,’—a character is given of 
that callous-hearted monarch in all the 
attractive hues of moral excellence, 
lauding, asa most faultless being, to the 
skies him of whom it has been most 
wisely and cuttingly remarked, that 
“such was the ferocity of his nature, 
that he was never known to spare woman 
in his lust, nor man in his anger,” and 
yet he is here introduced to the view 
of his subjects as the very pattern of 
immaculate virtue! After descanting 
on the wise mode of government of 
some of the ancient kings,—such as 
their “ defending their dominions from 
all outward hostilitie, and governing 
the same in true religion, welth, quiet- 
ness;” the sycophant adds, ‘in all 
whyche qualities our moste excellent, 
gracious prinee, Henry the liyght, 
hath excelled, and is an example to 
them all which shall succede, for in 
himaloneis coniested and heapedall the 
sundry good qualities of the auncient 
kynges, by which they obteined in so 
great renome,—which qualities he hath 
so practised in the gouernaunce of his 
realme, that I suppose there never was 
in any co monweale any noble prince 
and goucrnour which hath declared 
mo examples of wisdom, or shewed 
more benefites and pleasures to his 
countrey than his grace hath.” 
LETTER OF DR. MASKELYNE. 
From the Observatory on the South Side 
of Schehallien, July \8, 1774. 
Dear Sir,—I promised to write to 
you when J had got my instruments in 
order, and had weather for making 
observations. It is ‘now but a weck 
ago since I was first able to sce a star 
in the sector, (so bad has the weather 
been,) and I have yet had only one 
good day. ‘This, however, has enabled 
me to adjust the sector, and get it in 
the meridian ; and I am now ready to 
2T begin 
