"For the man, 'poor and shrewd[11],'
With whom you'd conclude
A compact without more delay,
Perhaps some such pen is
Still extant in Venice;
But please, sir, to mention your pay."
LETTER 305. TO MR. MURRAY.
"Venice, January 19. 1818.
"I send you the Story[12] in three other separate covers. It won't do for your Journal, being full of political allusions. Print alone, without name; alter nothing; get a scholar to see that the Italian phrases are correctly published, (your printing, by the way, always makes me ill with its eternal blunders, which are incessant,) and God speed you. Hobhouse left Venice a fortnight ago, saving two days. I have heard nothing of or from him.
"Yours, &c.
"He has the whole of the MSS.; so put up prayers in your back shop, or in the printer's 'Chapel.'"
LETTER 306. TO MR. MURRAY.
"Venice, January 27. 1818.