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You may suppose that the news from Lisbon
Were all my documents at hand I could go to press in a month.which is – that if his Lordships books are only to be looked at
I will not flatter him & tantalize myself by looking at them. If they are to be used, Wynn shall take me to him, & I will carry the Bishops letter. Thevet & Claude
d’Abbeville are the <French> books wanted for the first volume – probably neither of them of much value, & yet they ought to
be examined.
You did not send me Brito Freire,x for all this remaining part there will be
neither ma lack of materials, nor difficulty in arranging them. There is a difficulty in the former part – I am now
transcribing it, fitting in notes, & filling up chasms. If I can find any old historian of Paraguay the book may go to press
as in immediately on my return from town. But the mode of publishing it is worth some consideration; there is no possible
risk of loss, & it is hard to pay half the profits as interest for a nominal advance of capital to publish with.
If I can borrow the Spanish Chronicles anterior to Alonso XI,
Barlœusx Wednesday to meet the Bishop at dinner the next day. He has worked hard at Spanish &
Portugueze, & made good progress since he has been here.
Prince Joam
x I do not wonder at the expectation there is of your papers. They will surely contain much which cannot be given in a
historical form, & which will turn to equal account in some supplementary shape. I wish it were possible for you to pass the whole
summer here – But I shall see you & talk with you in February. – My affairs are going on promisingly. there is every reason to
believe that Espriellathe <my> whole time at my own disposal.