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many years I have had so httle occasion to write 

 it that it is now very troublesome to me to at- 

 tempt it. 



" That God Almighty would grant you health 

 and long life, and bless all your endeavours for 

 the public good, is the hearty prayer of. Sir, 

 *' Your most affectionate friend, 

 ** and humble servant, 



'* Jo. Ebor *." 



About the middle of the next month, viz. 

 November 18th, he came to town, where he had 

 an opportunity of entering into measures to faci- 

 litate Dr. Jablouski's project. 



There were two persons then in London who 

 were capable of being eminently serviceable to 

 him in the furtherance of it, namely, Dr. Grabe, 

 who was perfectly well acquainted with the state 

 of the matter, with Jablouski's character, and 



* This letter was very acceptable to the Doctor, and gave him 

 great encouragement to proceed in his designs. See his an- 

 swer 7th February, 171!, N.S. Appendix. 



Extractor his letter to Mr. Ayerst, 22nd November, 1710. 

 " Proposueram heri te convenireEpistolamque GraUanam quam 

 mecum communicaveras reddere, simul vero Eboracensem, in- 

 terea ad me delatam uvn^hi^ov vice tecum communicare. Quod 

 vero ob intervenientia impedimenta destinata exequi baud potui, 

 utramque in praesens tibi mitto, ut, si ita placuerit, et Deus 

 vitam concesserit, die crastino, loco et tempore quo jusseris his 

 de rebus conferre valeamus." 



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