I am, Sir, your very humble servant,
Tho. Hobbes.
Chatsworth,
Aug. the 18th, 1679.
[1636]To my much honoured frend Mr. John Aubrey, at Mr. Hooke's lodging in Gresham College, London.
v. James Wheldon to William Crooke, with enclosure to John Aubrey, and a copy of Hobbes' will.
<Wheldon's letter to Crooke is found as foll. 16 and 17 of MS. Aubr. 9; the enclosure to Aubrey, as foll. 18, 19.>
[1637]Hardwick, January the 16th, 1679[1638].
Sir,
Three days since I receaved your letter of the 9th instant together with one from Mr. Aubrey, and because they containe both the same particulars I thinke it unnecessary to repeat to you what I have written back to that gentleman.
All that I can add is onely this, that neither Mr. Halleley nor I have anything in either of our hands of Mr. Hobbes's writing, the very little of that kind that he left behind him being disposed of according to his own order before he removed from Chatsworth.
According to Mr. Aubrey's direction I have here inclosed my letter to him, which I pray you present to him with my humble service as soon as you shall see him.
I am, Sir, your most humble servant,
James Wheldon.
[1639]To my much respected frend
Mr. William Crooke
at the Green Dragon without Templebarr
In London[1640].