250 Dedication. 



nal, along with the rest of the vohime, I dedicate to 

 you in testimony of my constant remembrance of the 

 many, many happy hours I have spent with you, and 

 of the numerous acts of kindness which J have re- 

 ceived at your hands. You A/ere one of those, who 

 sought acquaintance ivith me, when I was shut up in a 

 felon's jaiiybr two years for having expressed my in- 

 dignation at seeing Englishmen flogged, in the heart of 

 England, under a guard of German bayonets and 

 sabres, and Avhen i had on my head a thousand pounds 

 fine and seven years' recognizances. You, at the end 

 of the two years, took me from the prison, in your 

 carriage, home to your house. You and our kind 

 friend. Walker, are, even yet, held in bonds for my 

 good behaviour, the seven years not being expired. 

 All these things are written in the very core of my 

 heart ; and when I act as if I had forgotten any one of 

 them, may no name on earth be so much detested and 

 despised as that of 



Your faithful friend, 



And most obedient servant, 



Wm. cobbett. 



