proach'd me how far fhort I came of what your great friendship and delicate pen would partially describe me. You afk my confent to publifh it to what ftreights doth this reduce me? I look back indeed to thofe evenings I have usefully and pleasantly spent, with Mr. Pope, Mr. Parnelle, Dean Swift, the Doctor, &c. I fhould be glad the world knew You admitted me to your friendship and fince your affection is too hard for your judgment, I am contented to let the world know how well Mr. Pope can write upon a barren fubject. 1 return you an exact copy of the ver fes, that may keep the Original, as a teftimony of the only error you have been guilty of. I hope very fpeedily to embrace you in London, and to affure you of the particular efteem and friendship wherewith I am

Your, &c.

OXFORD.

BERLIN,

printed by GEORGE LEWIS WINTER.