12 July

Wedn^y. 12th. At Mus^m. from 9 till 4. It appears poor Combe‘s

head has been opened by a surgeon of the name of Babington,

and a fleshy tumor discovered ins##^ide, which pressed upon

the brain, which produced that apathy so often remarked

during Combe‘s life, & ultimately caused his death. He

is to be buried on Friday next. Mr Lee # assured me to

day (which is a curious literary fact, if true) that the

translⁿ of Milton’s theological work, although passing under

the name of Sumner, was actually written^made by Walker of

Trin. Coll. Cambr. Dined in Rupert St. as usual, &

then walked in the Green Park.