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Goodenough (Westminster HM 1819-1828) begs PE not to do any work on the 'Choruses,' unless he has something already worked out, but to concentrate on the proposed sermon. Robert Cockerell has 'reserved his stomach for the venison at Mr Bigge's (John Bigge OW, a near contemporary of Cockerell?). Mentions a Theban based play at the Theatre, Tottenham Street.

Has some pears for PE, to be put into a tin or tinned vessel.

Thanks PE for Heraclidae. Monk not the author of some 'silly' letters in the Gentleman's Magazine. Seeking another volume of Classical Recreations (by Barker, dedicated to Parr, printed by Valpy, publ. 1812).

Letters from Thomas Gaisford to Dr Emsley

Asks PE to abridge a speech he has delivered for publication. In attendance on the Prince and Princess of Wales

Philip Bliss (from British Museum) has found an edition of the Homelies (?) unknown to PE. Is looking for a job in Oxford.

Munich. Only 4 nights in Venice - hurried away because of the heat, and also to catch up with the Sothebys. Venice comparatively empty of visitors and natives - grass growing in St Mark's Square. Met Matthew Lewis (OW) at a comedy, who expects Byron to arrive the following day and promises to introduce PE at the Teatro San Benedetto - not keen, but doesn't want to offend an old school-fellow. They fail to show up, and PE leaves the next day, travelling via Treviso and Bassano (having come down via Padua - he is now satiated with churches and pictures). Description of journey to Trent(o). The Sothebys are 2 days ahead, but it would be a foolish to hurry through the Tyrol (like the Englishman who did not see Rome on his way to Naples because it happened to be midnight when he passed through it). Departure delayed by rain - musical mass in honour of St Aloysius Gonzago. On to Neumarkt - language changes from Italian to German - and Bolzano, where he stumbles and hurts his knee (this part of the letter written on 18th July in Innsbruck). The Verona diligence to Brixen (a private carriage exorbitantly expensive), but arrives at 3a.m., so decides to continue to Innsbruck. Steeper ascent, so the diligence needs 6 or 8 horse rather than the normal 4. At Brenner one brook leads to the Black Sea and another to the Adriatic. Description of route from Bassano to Innsbruck - Sothebys now 1 day ahead. On to Munich - at Fussen PE checked to ensure he was not bringing plague into Bavaria. Finds Sothebys - they proceed to Lake Constance, but PE remains to examine Augsburg mss (now in Munich) - will meet again in Baden. No wine, but very cheap beer. Praise for reforms of Joseph II. Amusing translation of an innkeeper's advertisement into English.

Advises circumspection on the matter to which PE alludes. The allusiveness and circumlocutions of the language may point to the Harriet Lewin affair.

Begs PE for visit to Cambridge the following weekend (Commencement). Sorry that PE has suggested some excuses for Barker (who claims that Blomfield and PE had praised him - M knows one of these claims to be false, and hopes the other is too). Two years ago Barker had tried (via an undergraduate) to have Cic De Amicitia included as one of the college lecture subjects...so he could increase the sales of one of his books. Thanks PE for 2 articles for the 2nd number of the Mus Crit. 'Professor' more normally prefixed to the name of the holder in Cambridge than in Oxford.

Invitation from John Bowring to be a steward at a public dinner to express 'public opinion and feeling in relation to Greek independence'