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it to the Provost ; or to yourself ; signifying by a civil Lr to ye 

 Provost what I have done. I sincerely wish well to ye Society ; 

 it furnish'd me with a Friend whona I continue to value, & shall 

 look upon as one of my Blessings to ye End of my Life. You 

 know less of his worth than other People, so I shall not put 

 You to ye Trouble of guessing at him. And now I shall expect 

 your advice on this Head, & act accordingly. I heartily wish 

 You Joy of having got your Brother Harry's Son into that 

 Society, as I know You had set your Heart upon it :* it is 

 indeed a fine Provision for a young Man. I hope You did not 

 signify a Willingness to resign your own, in Order to facihfcate 

 his Fellowship. Keep that eligible Bisk in yr sleeve, & cease 

 to Curatize : it is too great a Trouble for you ; — solve sene- 

 scentem — . You may do what Duty You please, but do not 

 be under the Necessity of doing it, or ye Sollicitude of getting 

 yr place supplied. This is my serious advice, & ye wish of all 

 who love You. John White fills out & is a large Man ; he did 

 not seem quite established where he is, but I hope he is in ye 

 way to it. He was so kind as to look into ye Eye of Billy 

 Knigbt, my Coachman's Son, whom I had sent for to put him 

 as outpatient in our Hospital ; he has stab'd his Eye wth a 

 Knife, which took thro' the Brow & enter'd the Ball, & has 

 sever'd the Edge of ye Pupil. He feared it would be lost. 

 Lyford gives some Hope, or at least kept him to put him cheaply 

 in a Course for lowering the Inflammation. He suffers no 

 Pain, so that we hope it will not affect the other Eye. He 

 can now only distinguish Light fm Darkness. Our poor Mrs 

 Ogle can do little more. My Son John has been very ill in 

 Northamptonshire, wth an Inflammation on his Stomach & 

 Bowells ; he is now on his Eecovery, & but little advanced as 

 yet. My Sister Mulso has a Dropsy : My Sister Chapone has 

 been very ill, & is but poorly : So we have been a Family of 

 Invalids. My Son William is with me, He rather makes a 

 Consumption than undergoes One. My Daughters are well & 

 much at your Service, & so is my Wife, which is, I think, a 

 handsome offer. 



We all join in Love & best wishes, to you & Mrs J. White. 

 I am ever, Dear Gil, Your affte friend & Servant, 



J. Mulso. 



* Samson, son of Henry White, had recently been elected a Fellow of 

 Oriel College. 



