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1821. June 4.
To Carvalho

Now as to the great event, which he had
done so much towards bringing about, and, in relation to
which his sympathy with me, and the sincerity of his exultations
are above dispute. Other particulars relative to the notice
taken of me by your government, he had been kind enough
spontaneously to translate for me, and bring to me:
translations of extracts from your Letters to him:-and of the passage
in the Astro da Lusitania of April 14, speaking of what
had passed in the Cortes of the 13th. Upon the arrival of those
definitive and crowning documents, I sent, as of course, to request
the favour of a translation at his hands. He accordingly
sent me a translation of the Secretary's Letter: but when, at the
same time, he was spoken to about the Minute of the Cortes,
and the Direction given by that Assembly to the Regency, he declined
—saying, there would be no use in it. This not being
my opinion, after putting a somewhat more English dress upon
his translation, I contrived by the keep of Dictionaries and friends,
to cobble up a translation of the two other documents.

Note, that for not making or not keeping
(I forget which) an appointment, in relation to some other business,
the reason he assigned (so I am credibly informed) was-
that he should have had three or four pair of stairs to mount.
This from a man, who is, or ought to be, in the vigour of his age.
I, at 73, would, for any such business (it was none of mine personally)
have as readily mounted twice the height as have
walked the same length on plain ground. He complains of
his health: and no wonder: according to his own account to
me, he leaves not his bed before mid-day. Among a number
of men of a hundred years and more that, on some juridical
occasion or other, have been examined in this country about
their ages and habits, several had been habitual drunkards.
none but had kept early hours.

Identifier: | JB/013/185/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 13.
Date_1	1821-06-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	013	Main Headings	rid yourselves of ultramaria
Folio number	185	Info in main headings field	to carvalho
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d3 / e3
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	j whatman 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	john flowerdew colls
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public	letter 2772, vol. 10	ID Number	4634
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