LETTER XII -^ 17 



Well, I have more Keasoa than ever to pray for my Mother's 

 Health : I long to see You again. Quin, Garrick & Mrs Gibber 

 are all at one House, & You may have Breakfast, Dinner, & 

 Supper at ours, tho' no Bed. You have Brothers in Tow^n, can't 

 You afford a short visit ? tho' I am in Town, methinks I grudge 

 myself a Play 'till you come. 



I am, dear Gil, Your's sincerely, 



Jn Mulso. 



Letter 12. 

 To Mr White Sunbury 



at Mr Mander's at Todenham Aug : 21, 1747. 



in Gloucestershire. 

 Dear Gil : 



I deferr'd writing to You, 'till I could satisfy that kind 

 thirst which you mention'd, a Thirst after my Uncle's Promo- 

 tion ; in which good wish I flatter myself You had an Eye to Me : 

 the Affair long remain'd doubtfull and kept us in a very uneasy 

 Situation : the Doubt was not whether He could get the See, for 

 that was at first offer'd Him, but whether He could get it upon 

 such Terms, as would least prejudice his Family in Case of 

 accidents to Himself : Yesterday He kissed ye King's Hand and 

 has chang'd his Title of Doctor Thomas for that of Bishop of 

 Peterborough. He holds St. Paul's one Year, & his Living & 

 Welsh Prebend in perpetuum. I need not tell You whom He has 

 made choice of for his Lordship's chaplain with his Curate Mr. 

 Wills. Jo : Warton desir'd to attend Him in that Capacity, but 

 He does not know how much He has to do, before He is anneal'd 

 from an indifferent character as a Clerk. However Jo has got a 

 little living from ye D : of Bolton somewhere by Hackwood, 

 which I am very glad to hear & I beleive you will be so too, tho' 

 as it lies so near ye George at Basinstoke, I beleive You will think 

 with me that it lies in a dangerous Latitude. 



I have search'd far and near for a Frank (ye Bishop not being 

 as yet Lord enougu to supply me) for I own 'tis a little hard 

 upon You as You are upon a Scheme to draw from ye Bank, but 

 You feel I can't get one ; yet I was resolv'd to write, because 

 You have now an Opportunity of paying my Devoirs to Tom 

 Mander. I presume You are popping & snapping so that a 

 Farmer can't walk his own Fields in Security for You. Tom can 

 walk farthest, but You shoot best ; I fancy I have drawn your 

 characters, tho' I may add, Tom drinks cyder longest but You 

 take ye larger Glasses at first. I thank you for your account of 

 yourself at Chalgrave ; there is no man understands a Eetreat I 

 see better than yourself: You and Whiting with your two 

 Companies put me in mind of Dryden's Flower and ye Leaf. I was 

 a little surprized to hear that Miss Lambourne was one of ye 



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