TALBOT596

Harrow ¹
Nov. 7^th 1813.

My dear Jane,

I am much obliged to you for your letter. L^d Ashley ² is son of the Earl of Shaftesbury. ³ He is a boy I like. He is about 13 I suppose. I have not had patience to apply myself to Shorthand yet. I have many things to read, before Southeys L^d Nelson. ⁴ The English of the Greek you sent me is obscure, unless one knew what preceded it. It is literally “They are deities, in the council of great Jupiter; good inhabitants of the earth, guards of mortal men”. What author is that in? The greek for dear, if applied to a woman is öéëç, that is “phile” if applied to a man, öéëïò “philos.” – The Percevals at Harrow who are not M^r P’^s sons, are Lord Arden’s. ⁵ We are to have fireworks next Saturday, on account of the glorious news. An artist from London is to come and let them off. The are paid for by subscription among the boys, who have subscribed £60. about. – I subscribed half a guinea. – They have frequent subscriptions here, for different things; A few days ago, they raised about £..120, for a monument to John Lyon;–⁶ Last year also, they got £..100, for the Russian sufferers.–⁷ I will write you an account of the fireworks.

Your Aff^te cousin
WHFTalbot.