The Forme of Cury/To Gustavus Brander, Esq.
TO
GUSTAVUS BRANDER, Eſq.
F.R.S. F.S.A. and Cur. Brit. Muſ.
SIR,
I RETURN your very curious Roll of Cookery, and I truſt with ſome Intereſt, not full I confeſs nor legal, but the utmoſt which your Debtor, from the ſcantineſs of his ability, can at preſent afford. Indeed, conſidering your reſpectable ſituation in life, and that diffuſive ſphere of knowledge and ſcience in which you are acting, it muſt be exceedingly difficult for any one, how well furniſhed ſoever, completely to anſwer your juſt, or even moſt moderate demands. I intreat the favour of you, however, to accept for once this ſhort payment in lieu of better, or at leaſt as a public teſtimony of that profound regard wherewith I am,
Sir,
Your affectionate friend,
and moſt obliged ſervant,
St. George's day,
1780.