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LETTER76

CHARLESLAMBTOWILLIAMGODWIN

Dec.14，1800.

LateoSunday.

DearSir，—Ihaveperformedmyofficeinaslovenlyway，butjudgeforme.Isatdownat6oclock，andneverleftreading（andIreadouttoMary）yourplaytill10.InthissittingInoteddownlinesastheyoccurred，exactlyasyouwillreadmyroughpaper.Donotbefrightenedatthebulkofmyremarks，fortheyarealmostalluponsinglelines，which，puttogether，donotamounttoahundred，andmanyofthemmerelyverbal.Ihadbutoneobjectinview，abridgementforpressionsake.Ihaveusedadogmaticallanguage（whichistrulyludicrouswhenthetrivialnatureofmyremarksisconsidered），and，remember，myofficewastohuntoutfaults.Youmayfairlyabridgeonehalfofthem，asafairdeductionfortheinfirmitiesofError，andasinglereading，whichleavesonlyfiftyobjections，mostofthemmerelyagainstwords，onnoshortplay.Remember，youconstitutedmeExecutioner，andahangmanhasbeenseldomseentobeashamedofhisprofessionbeforeMasterSheriff.WelltalkoftheBeauties（ofwhichIammorethaneversure）whenwemeet，—Yourstruly，C.L.

Iwillbarelyadd，asyouareontheverypointofprinting，thatinmyopinionneitherprologuenorepilogueshouldacpanytheplay.Itcanonlyservetoremindyourreadersofitsfate.Bothsupposeanaudience，and，thatjestbeinggone，mustconvertintoburlesque.NorwouldI（butthereincustomanddecorummustbealaw）printtheactorsnames.Somethingsmustbekeptoutofsight.

Ihavedone，andIhavebutafewsquareinchesofpapertofillup.Iamemboldenedbyalittlejorumofpunch（vastlygood）tosaythatnexttooneman，Iamthemosthurtatourillsuccess.ThebreastofHecuba，whereshedidsuckleHector，lookednottobemorelovelythanMarshalsforeheadwhenitspitforthsweat，atCritic-swordscontending.IremembertwohonestlinesbyMarvel，（whosepoemsbythewayIamjustgoingtopossess）

"WhereeveryMowerswholesomeheat

SmellslikeanAlexanderssweat."

["Antonio"wasperformedonDecember13，withJohnPhilipKembleinthetitle-r?le，andwasapletefailure.Lambwroteanaccountoftheunluckyeveningmanyyearslaterinthe"OldActors"seriesintheLondonMagazine（seeVol.II.ofthepresentedition）.Hespeaksthere，ashere，ofMarshalsforehead—MarshalbeingJohnMarshall，afriendoftheGodwins.

AftertheplayGodwinsuppedwithLamb，whenitwasdecidedtopublish"Antonio"atonce.LambretainedtheMS.forcriticisThepresentletterintheoriginalcontainshisments，theonlyoneofwhichthatMr.KeganPaulthoughtworthreproducingbeingthefollowing:—"Enviableisaverybadword.IalludetoEnviablerighttoblessus.Forinstance，Burns，paringtheillsofmanhoodwiththestateofinfancy，says，Oh!enviableearlydays;heretisgood，becausethepassionlayinparison.Excusemyinsultingyourjudgmentwithanillustration.IbelieveIonlywantedtobeginthenameofafavouriteBardie，oratmosttoconfirmmyownjudgment."

Lamb，itwillberemembered，hadrefusedtoletColeridgeuse"enviable"in"Lewti."BurnsspoemtowhichLamballudesis"Despondency，anOde，"Stanza5，"Oh!enviable，earlydays."

Godwinsplaywaspublishedin1801withoutLambsepilogue.]

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