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she makes legible marks enough sometimes with her 8 fingers upon my papers
— here now must I put by a thousand things I have in my head
(besides lice and maggots) to go on writing nonsense to you — well
I'll make an end of it.
Send me the stick, (for which many and many thanks to Burkit) by the
next conveyance, of which give me notice by letter — Take care and cover
it up with a competent proportion of his Majesty's Royal Tour (God
help him together with Paper, Packthread &c.
Last Wednesday I was at the "Arts" for the first time of my appearance
and the last of their sitting, for this season and in that room — They have
been thinking of nothing for some time past but removing.
The White Bull is in the press — almost out I hope by this time — You
will see him come down to Chatham in a week or so "like spirits bellowing
on the ground", according to the sublime and matchless of Mr
Theodoreus or Mr Varener or Mr somebody else of your magnificent
Theatre at Rochester.
As to visiting you, I cannot say any thing positive as yet — I am to
go in bout a fortnight with Mr Lind to spend a week at Colchester —
I shall go on to Horseback: I shall then see what whether that sort of exercise
will do a thing for me.
'Don't you expect petty coats some time or other in the summer in the
I thought they were to have been with you before now. If you
know beforehand of their coming, let me know — I may as well come
down to you then as any other time; provided always notwithstanding that
there is room enough in your house to hold us all without lying all one upon
o'top of t'other as the pigs do which I should not care for, unless I
was to take my choice.
The Dr has been in Town — he tells me of a Ship (that Ship you know
we saw) the 50 Gun Ship) that is to be launched next August, and
you and me down — he is got thick, he says, with the Builder of
here.
Well, here's an end of the paper and so Godd b'w'ye to you —
All well at Q.S..P. but as
certain accounts are settling,
rather steady.
Jerey Bentham
Wednesday June 9 8 1774
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