"'Viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno?'
"'Horace.
"'E. L., F.A.S., 1790.'
"A copy of the original note [to Mason] inserted in the book—
"'York Street, 3rd Feb. 1817.
"'Dear Sir—Having parted with all my books, for not one of my family could or would read them, I have retained what I send you. It is a small return for the presents you made me.
"'Small as it is, have the goodness to accept of it as a testimony of my obligations and friendship.
"'Believe me yours sincerely,
"'E. LEDWICH.'
"The work is Gough's Britannia, the Irish Part."