6d LAW OF LAUR-iE9T0JT. Sept. 21, 



I,a Failia ch'invaajfcc a iin dnlce fuono, 



Gli fuhcrbi mort ali, e par fi bslk, 



J"^ an Echo, un Sogno, anEi d'uii Sogno 



UN OMBRA 



Cli'ad ogni vento fi dileglia e fgombra. 



The truly elegant and excellent Horace Walpole has 

 a fine pifture of Law by Rofalba ; perhaps her c/^ef 

 d'Ocuvre. It is certainly very like him whom it was 

 piiinted for ; — were the flowing wig converted into a 

 female drefs, it would be tlie exaft refemblance of his 

 daughter Lady Wallingford. I have given thefe par- 

 ticulars to affift my countrymen in writing a life of 

 Jjaw, for which they will find abundant materials iq 

 the French pamphlets of the years 1721 and 1722; ir^ 

 Sir James Steuart's Political Oeconomy, who gives 

 the moil accurate account of his fcheme -, in Jutla- 

 mond's private life and memoirs of the reign of Louis 

 Qjainze, in Monf. Anquetil'.s hiftory and memoirs of the 

 Court of France, during the reign of Louis Quatorze, 

 and in many other books of thofe times. 



I am, Sir, your humble Servant, 



ALUANICUS. 



For the Bee. 



To the learned and ejitertaiii'iiig Writer of the Travelling 

 Memorandums. 



Sir, 



1 HAVE been your companion on your travels ever 

 fmce they began to make their appearance in this Mif- 

 pcllany, and 1 cannot deny myleif the pleafure of ac- 

 knowledging the inftrucSlion and amufcment they have 

 afforded me. I am particularly pleafed with your ac- 

 count of Marfeilles, to which I beg leave to add the fol- 

 lowing ftiort notices. Monf. Groflbn, of the acade- 



