[From Letters of Bishop Hildesley]

Letter LXLIII

March 11, 1772

Dear Sir,—In answer to Mr Sewell's letter I have only just told him, that, if there come a hundred specimens of types, none will go down but the first and largest; but that, however, before we come to talk in earnest about the Proper Lessons, and now that we are thinking of a new impression of the small Bibles, we must consult our fund, whether we have wherewith, and must also talk with our principals in Hatton Garden. I can help you. to another secret to communicate. In a letter, from London, I am told that Sir John Thorold is premature in his intelligence, as given to you; and I am cautioned against being too frank in engagements. But this caution comes too late, for, in confidence of Sir John's news, I have answered for abundantly more than I am sure to receive. Come, however, or not come, nobody shall be disappointed whoever stands in the gap to be responsible. So be easy my best gallery (sic) friend; and believe me, yours faithfully,

Mark Sodor & Mann.