118 LETTERS TO GILBKBT WHITE 



than I think in Justice it should. As to your Brother/-' Nothing 

 in my Talk with Sir Philip had any Reference to Him ; but to 

 the Impartiality that he had advised him to observe, as the best 

 Method of serving the College : upon which principle, if the 

 Provost observes it, your Brother may be successfull. 



I have no Time to say more at present : If Miss Prescot 

 recovers, we shall have her here for the air for some Time. If 

 change of air is good for You, and Sunbury air is agreable, we 

 will let You know when the White Bed is unoccupied. Mrs 

 Mulso ['s] afifte Compliments attend You & Your's wth mine. 



I am, dear Gil, Sincerely Your's, 



J. Mulso. 



Letter 66. 



To the Reverend Mr White, Sunbury, 



at Selboume near Alton Hants. May 12, 1757. 



Dear Gil : 



It seems to me to have been a considerable Time since 

 a Letter has pass'd between Us. Where You are at this moment 

 I do not pretend to determine, but I write at You as I can not be 

 sure of my aim. Myself and Mrs Mulso were in Town from last 

 Monday fortnight to last Fryday Ev'ning, We went to attend 

 the Visitation, & to salute the Bride. Your Papers told you of 

 the marriage of Miss Thomas who is now become Mrs Ogle. 

 You may suppose that great has been the Fuss and Parade on 

 such an Occasion & with so favourite a Child. We had likewise 

 the Opportunity of wishing my Uacle Joy of SaUsbury. But the 

 Time past rather in Family Satisfaction than in Joy. As to 

 Myself I was but poorly most part of ye Time. My own Father 

 had a Feaver & as his Paralytic Complaint gives a Force to every 

 incidental Complaint, he was more ill than a slight Feaver should 

 have made him. Poor Pressy has been in so bad a way that not 

 even my Wife could get a Sight of her while we were in Town ; 

 & is so altered, as we hear, that we should not have known her 

 had we seen her. But we hear that since we left Town, both my 

 Father & Miss Prescot are mended, & we shall soon have her to 

 nurse at Sunbury. My Father too intends to take the air at 

 Sunbury before Pressy comes down. My Sister is pretty well & 

 ask'd after Whitibus very much as did all your Friends in Town, 

 that is, all my Friends. Heck has wrote a very good Ode to 

 Miss Carter, upon her Translation of Epictetus, which is now 

 coming out by Subscription. Miss Carter is likely to be much 

 encouraged in this affair, which will be of Use to her Fortune ; 

 the Bishop of Oxford is her hearty Friend. If You chance to see 



• Henry White. 



