REV". HENRY MARTYN, B.D. 2^ 



about Lydia. I cannot write to her, or I should find the 

 greatest relief and pleasure even in transmitting upon paper the 

 assurances of my tenderest love. 



(My cousin T. will remember that he owes me a letter : but 

 we have done with debts and claims. He will not withold the 

 last letter he can send me in Europe. He may be assured of 

 my kindest love and constant prayers). And now I reluctantly 

 conclude, commending you both to God and the word of his 

 grace. Amen. 



f Addendum prefixed to the commencement). 



(Hand-writing a mere scrawl). 



(Cork, Aug. 15. I am now in the City, 9 miles from Cove; 

 direct to me Union, at the Cove of Cork. I rejoice in the hope 

 of really hearing from you — as it appears we are likely to stay 

 long — but do not delay. I could almost wish to write you a 

 second letter — but Grod bless you my beloved Cousin). 



Letter 6 — (First Half of a letter). 



Cove of Cork, 



Wednesday, August 28th, 1805. 



My Dearest Cousin, 



I have but a few minutes to say that we are again going to sea — 

 under convoy of five men of war. Very anxiously have I been 

 expecting to receive an answer to the letter I sent you on my arrival 

 at this port, bearing date August 1 6th ; from the manner in 

 which I had it conveyed to the post-ofiice, I begin to fear it has 

 never reached you. I have this instant received the letter you 

 wrote me the day on which we sailed from Falmouth. Every- 

 thing from you gives me the greatest pleasure, but this letter 

 has rather tended to excite sentiments of pain as well as 



Tlie words and sentences enclosed within parentheses in Letter 5, were omitted 

 from the original by Wilberforce. Two pages of the original M.S. were missing-. 



