^-pl. EULOGY or THOMSON. i°5 



things to Impart to you, and through your canal, to the 

 deareft, truclt, hcartiell youth that treads ^on bcottini 



^'""^i^Tlie next letter I write you fhall be wafhed clean 

 from buHncfs \n the Caftallan- Fountain. 



" I am whipping and fpurring to finiflr a tragedy tor 

 you this winter, but am ftill at fomc diftance from the 

 LohNvhich makes me fear being diftanced. Remember 

 me to all friends, and above them all, heartily, .leartily 

 to Mr Forbes ; though my afFeftion to him is not fan- 

 ned by letters, yet it is as high as when I w^as his bro- 

 ther in the Virtu, and played at chefs with him m a 

 poft-chaife. , n r 



To Mr George Rofs, I am, dear Rofs, 



rJ the Hon. Duncan moft fincerely ^ 



Forbes his hoiife in and afFeaionatelyyour s, ^^ 



Edinburgh. James Tohmfon. 



Thomfon to Mr Rofs. 

 " Dear Sir, London, January 12, 1737- 



« Having been entirely in the country of late, iimlh- 

 ing my play, I did not receive your's till fomc days ago. 

 It was kind in you not to draw raflily upon mc, which 

 at prefent had put me into danger 5 but very foon, tha. 

 is to fay, about two months hence, I fhall nave a golden 

 buckler, and you may draw boldly. My play is re- 

 ceived in Drury-lane playhoufe, and wil! be put into 

 my Lord Chamberlain's, or his deputy s hands, to- 

 morrow. May we hope to fee you this %yinter, and to 

 have the afTiAance of your hands, in caie it is acted . 

 What will become of you If you don't come up r 1 am 

 afraid the Creepy and you will be acquainted. 



« Forbes, I hope, is chearful and in good health.— 

 Shall we never fee him ? or fliall I go to him before he 

 comes to us ? I long to fee him. In order ta play out 

 that game of chefs which we left unfiniflied. Remem- 

 ber me kindly to him, with all the zealous truth of old 



