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I am glad to hear You name May for the Time of your 

 Enlargement, because by that Time the Prince will be at Kew, 

 & You & I will go over to dine wth my Uncle, thro' some of 

 the most delightfuU Eiding in England. He will be glad to see 

 You, & my Aunt will rejoyce in an Opportunity of tearing your 

 flesh for secreting the female Divinity, which she never does but 

 for those for whom She has a Value : Sr Philip has carried 

 Chardin to wait upon my Uncle, but I do not apprehend that He 

 has taken any great fancy to him, for your Story has given him 

 a very great Dislike to Him. I suppose my father could not help 

 telling You, how well my Lord likes his Employment, & how very 

 agreable it is to Him to find in his Pupills a very quick Capacity, 

 & an Eagerness of learning every thing, added to this, a great 

 Sweetness of Temper, & a particular obligingness to Him, which 

 seems to arise from their liking of Him, rather than fm Propriety 

 of Behaviour to a Preceptor. So that I hope his Favour there is 

 well established, & if it please God to spare his Life, He will be 

 a greater Man, & will endeavour to make me a happy One. 



Do not reckon among the Ingredients of my Happiness the 

 rolling in my Chariot, let me tell You that my present wish is 

 getting a good sound genteel Gelding about fourteen hands who 

 steals away wth an easy Trot, moves his Limbs smoothly, treads 

 straight, & will go upon an easy Hand Gallop half a Day. This 

 is a Treasure which I at present covet ; for tho' my own is a 

 good Creature, She is condemn'd to perpetual Lameness, & does 

 not go safe. If She was sound, I would not change Her for the 

 Horses of the Sun. Yet bad as She is, I intend to go to Town 

 upon her on Monday, tho' I have the Offer of a Corner in Sr 

 Philip's Coach. There's for You ! — I cannot say that I compose 

 on Horseback, that devihsh Hich in her Gait would cripple me 

 into Hamisticks. And tho', in travelling wth i^e Antients, I 

 now then think that Pegasus was pricked, yet to compensate an 

 occasional Lameness, He shows that He has not only Feet, but 

 wings. Alass, mine has not that advantage ! so I had as good 

 say nothing of Her, or from Her. 



I wish You Joy of your new Sister.* I called in at your 

 Brother's Shop to wish Him Joy, & there stood a confounded 

 Edition of Livy in my Way, which cost me two Pounds before I 

 could get out again. He assured me that the Ladies would be 

 glad to see me, so tho' I was as dirty as a Beast, I ventured over 

 to salute ye Bride & your invisible Sister, there I found your 

 Brother ye Apothecary! whom I have not seen a great while. 

 Neither the Bride or He knew me at first, but when She recol- 



* Benjamin White's wife, nde Ann Yalden, whose father was Vicar of 

 Newton Valence parish, adjoining Selborne, 



t Thomas White, P.R.S., who was a member of the Apothecaries' 

 Company. 



