TALBOT10045

Castleford
Nov. 6^th. 1816.

My Dear Mamma,

M^r. Barnes desires me to send you the enclosed, ¹ & to say that he shall not be angry if it is of no use. I am very anxious for the Holidays, so pray fix as early a day as possible. I am thoroughly tired of this place- and winter is making his approaches - Gordon was a great loss to us- This country is so clayey that when once the roads get wet, they are a long while in drying- This makes it wretched to ride- & besides I know all the places in the neighbourhood by heart-

Eheu! Fata negant nequid scripsisse viderer!
Nil?! En! Scripsisti scribere posse nihil–

Quatuor. Henricus - vulpes. Talbot Gulielmus
Nomina sunt. Qualis, scio, ego, quisque siem- ²

I have ta'en this Latin whim
ut scias quis ego sim; -
Nomen tibi dixi, iam
You know who & what I am. ³