1 86 JOHN EVELYN 



Lordship so celebrates ? I suppose they might be 

 secur'd in barrells or pack'd up, as they transport other 

 rarities from far countries. But, my L d : I detaine 

 your Excellency too long in these repetitions, & forget 

 that I am all this while doing injury to the publiq, by 

 suspending you a moment from matters of a higher orb, 

 the Interest of States, & reconciling of Kingdomes : 

 And I should think so of another, did I not know 

 withall, how universal your comprehensions are, & how 

 qualified to support it. I remain, my Lord, 

 Sayes-Court, 21 Aug. 1668. Your &c. 



To Lady Sunderland. 



Deptford 4 Aug. 1690. 



As for the * Kalendar ' your Ladyship mentions, 

 whatever assistance it may be to some Novice Gardiner, 

 sure I am his Lordship will find nothing in it worth 

 his notice but an old inclination to an innocent diversion, 

 & the acceptance it found with my deare (and while he 

 liv'd) worthy friend Mr. Cowley, upon whose reputa- 

 tion only it has survived seaven impressions, & is now 

 entering on the eighth with some considerable improve- 

 ments, more agreeable to the present curiosity. 'Tis 



