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Lacock,

Friday May 6

My Dear Charles

There is a great deal about the Moabite stone ¹ in the Times of yesterday. All translators are substantially agreed as to its meaning, and though some parts of it are lost it seems likely that they would not, if preserved, have materially altered its meaning or enlarged its scope, though they would have supplied us with some more proper names, probably that of Ahab King of Israel ² and others – Convocation have just agreed after a long debate, to accept the new Lectionary & undertake a revised Version. The bishops were unanimous, the lower House much divided, Archdeacon Denison ³ made a foolish suggestion, that clergymen (already in orders) might use either Lectionary the old or the new. The Bishop of London ⁴ professes that he felt the deepest respect for the Archdeacon, but such a suggestion could not be adopted.

Your aff^te

Father

Weather fair here, but nights very cold – potatoes injured by frost –

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C. H. Talbot
Royal Hotel
Weston super mare