𝔏𝔩𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔶𝔯 39.
At RICHARD MORRIS.
DEAR SIR,
I RECEIVED your kind Letter of the 6th inst., as also Mr. Lewis Morris of the 27th ult., both of which were very agreeable, & gave me a great dale of pleasure, you may think, at a time when my weak condition rendered me incapable of any other amusement. The conversation of a Friend (tho' only upon paper) is the best cordial for low spirits. I thank God I am now much better tho' still but weak, which, I bless God, I can bear with patience & contentment; for the worse of it (as I am free from pain) is, that it will not suffer me to apply closely to any business, but requires frequent intervals of rest. As the Duty is very great in this Parish, I am forced to stir out as soon as I am able to crawl, tho' at the hazard of my life; & that was actually the cause of my relapse. Please to make my Compliments to Mr. Llewelyn ddû & tell him, when he talks of low Spirits, he seems to take the effect for the cause; as if lowness of spirits was the cause of my illness, & not vice versa, which I can assure him is wrong in the main; for while God grant me health, it is not a little thing that can cast down my Spirits; & without Health the highest Spirits must droop & sink. I am however infinitely obliged to you both for your kind concern for me, & it gives me a very great concern to hear of the prejudicial effects of the Town the fog & Smoke have upon Mr. L. Morris's health. However I sincerely wish & hope he may be able to bear up under those inconveniences, 'till his business there is over. I have been, sometime after my illness, troubled with a shortness of Breath, & am still with a sort of involuntary sighing, which comes upon me unawares, very frequently & suddenly. I would have answered your last Letter sooner, but that I had a good part of the Cymmrodorion paper to translate, & all to write fair over, which is now done in the best manner I could do. I hope it will please the Cymmrodorion in general, & Mr. L. Morris, &
