Saturday 29th. Whilst proceeding to the Museum this
morning, I met Mr Triphook, one of Wm. Conybeare’s publishers,
who told me he had directions to deliver me a copy
of the “Illustrations+“; which he would leave at the Museum.
He did so in the course of the day, & I was much
pleased in looking over its contents. It was very
civil of Wm. Conybeare, but, to say the truth, I expected it,
on account of his being obliged to me for the Collation
of Cædmon,- & from my connexion with his brother.
Wm Conybeare has done ^me the honor to mention my name,
as “the discoverer of Havelock”, so that no one in
future will venture to rob me of this fame. One
thing displeases me in Conybeare’s Vol. viz. The
excessive & reiterated praise of Mr Price,- which is
too glaring- & ####### with respect to the Edition of
Warton, quite undeserved. Even Price himself shrinks
from the onus of the errors still left unnoticed in
that work, & affirms that Taylor, the printer, was
also the principal Editor.- I am surprised Wm.
Conybeare would ^condescend to praise a man thus to
his face, (#######for #### through his hands the proofsheets ###
always passed!) but such is human nature! Manus
manum fricat! In the Vol. before me is a Collation
of Thorkelin’s text of Beowulf with the MS. as ####made
by the late Mr ^J. J. Conybeare. It is very faulty, as I
have before had occasion to prove – but I have not
got my own collated copy at hand, to point out the errors.
It is beautiful weather, & every probability of a con-
tinuance. Dear M! Could I only be with thee!
+ [“Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry by J. J. Conybeare. Edited
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