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LETTER532

CHARLESLAMBTOH.F.CARY

[Datedatend:]DatumabagroEnfeldiensi，Maiidiesexta，1831.

Assidensestmihibonasoror，Euripidenevolvens，donumvestrum，carissimeCary，proquogratiasagimus，lecturiatqueiterumlecturiidePergratusestliberambobus，nempe"SacerdotisCommiserationis，"sacrumopusateipsoHumanissimaeReligionisSacerdotedonodatuLachrymantesgavisurisumus;estubidolorfiatvoluptas;neesemperdulcemihiestridere;aliquandomutandumesthe!he!he!cumheu!heu!heu!

AMusisTragicismenonpenitusabhorruisselestissitCarmenCalamitosum，nescioquoautorelinguapriusvernaculiscriptum，etnuperrimèameipsoLatineversum，scilicet，"TomTomofIslington."Tenuistine?

"ThomasThomasdeIslington，

UxoremduxitDiequadamSolis，

Abduxitdomumsequentidie，

Emitbaculumsubsequenti，

Vapulatiliapostera，

Aegrotatsuccedenti，Mortuafitcrastina."

EtmirogaudioafficiturThomasluceposteraquodsubsequenti（nempe，Dominica）uxorsitefferenda.

"EnIliadesDomesticas!

Encirculumcalamitatum!

Planèhebdomadalemtragoedia"

InuncetconferEuripidenvestrumhisluctibus，hacmorteuxoria;conferAlcesten!Hecuben!quasnonantiquasHeroinasDolorosas.

Suffundorgenaslachrymis，tantasstragesrevolvens.QuidrestatnisiquodTecumTuamCaramsalutamusambosquevalerejubeamus，nosmetipsibenevalentes.ELIA.

[Mr.StephenGwynngivesmethefollowingtranslation:—

Sittingbymeismygoodsister，turningoverEuripides，yourgift，dearCary[apunhere，"carissimecare"]，forwhichwethankyou，andwillreadandre-readit.Mostacceptabletobothofusisthisbookof"PitysPriest，"asacredworkofyourbestowing，yourselfapriestofthemosthumaneReligion.Weshalltakeourpleasureweeping;therearetimeswhenpainturnspleasure，andIwouldnotalwaysbelaughing:sometimesthereshouldbeachange—heuheu!forhe!he!

ThatIhavenotshrunkfromtheTragicMuses，witnessthis

LamentableBallad，firstwritteninthevernacularbyIknownot

whatauthorandlatelybymyselfputintoLatinT.T.ofIslington.

Haveyouheardit?（Seetranslationofprecedingletter.）

AndThomasispossessedwithawondrousjoyonthefollowing

morning，becauseonthenextday，thatis，Sunday，hiswifemustbe

buried.

Lo，yourdomesticIliads!

Lo，thewheelofCalamities

Thetruetragedyofaweek.

Gotonow，pareyourEuripideswiththesesorrows，thisdeathof

awife!CompareAlcestis!Hecuba!orwhatnotothersorrowing

Heroinesofantiquity.

Mycheeksaretear-bedewedasIrevolvesuchslaughter.Whatmoreto

say，buttosaluteyouCaryandyourCara，andwishyouhealth，

ourselvesenjoyingit.

InMaryandCharlesLamb，1874，byW.C.Hazlitt，intheCatalogueofCharlesLambsLibrary，forsalebyBartlettandWelford，NewYork，isthisitem:—"EuripidisTragediae，interp.Lat.8vo.Oxonii，1821"."C.andM.Lamb，fromH.F.Cary，"onflyleaf.Thismustbethebookreferredto.Euripideshasbeencalledthepriestofpity.]

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