John Ward.
Gresham College,
April 24, 1732.
V.
Mr. Michael Mattaire to the Earl of Oxford.
1736, Oct. 21. Orange Street.
My Lord,
After my most humble thanks for the continuation of Westminster Elections you was so kind as to give me, I must acquit myself of my promise; and therefore I herewith send your Lordship a copy transcrib'd exactly from the MS. given me by Dr. South himself of his verses upon Westminster School, with his name, and the year subscribed at bottom. They were indeed publish'd among his Opera Posthuma Latina Anon. 1717, by Curl, after his impudent way of dealing with dead authors' works; and sometimes also with those of the living.
Curl's printed copy differs from the MS. in these following places:
| Curl. | MS. | |
| Vers. 5. | Multum. | Latè |
| 16. | Et. | dum. |
| 21. | ubi regnat. | quòd regnet. |
| 23. | æmula. | æmula, but over it ardua. |
| 25. | dirigit. | digerit. |
| 26. | nitent. | micant. |
| 29. | studiosæ. | studiosa. |
| 30. | illa. | ipsa. |
| 33. | lumen. | Lucem. |