merry things, and not upon divinity; and is like the subject of the archbishop's last letter, as I told you. Can you guess whom it came from? it is not ill written; pray find it out; there is a Latin verse at the end of it all rightly spelt; yet the English, as I think, affectedly wrong in many places. My plaguing time is coming. A young fellow brought me a letter from judge Coote, with recommendation to be lieutenant of a man of war. He is the son of one Echlin, who was minister of Belfast before Tisdall, and I have got some other new customers; but I shall trouble my friends as little as possible. Saucy Stella used to jeer me for meddling with other folk's affairs: but now I am punished for it. Patrick has brought the candle, and I have no more room. Farewell, &c, &c.
Here is a full and true Account of Stella's new Spelling.
| Plaguely, | - - | Plaguily[1]. | |
| Dineing, | - - | Dining. | |
| Straingers, | - - | Strangers. | |
| Chais, | - - | Chase[2]. | |
| Waist, | - - | Wast. | |
| Houer, | - - | Hour. | |
| Immagin, | - - | Imagine. | |
| A bout. | - - | About. | |
| Intellegence, | - - | Intelligence. | |
| Aboundance, | - - | Abundance. | |
| Merrit, | - - | Merit. | |
| Secreet, | - - | Secret. | |
| Phamphlets, | - - | Pamphlets. | |
| Bussiness, | - - | Business. |
