rlington 10 15 0

_4 May, 1717._
Battle of the Frogs 16 2 6

_8 Jan. 1717._
Three Hours after Marriage 43 2 6
The Mohocks, a Farce, 2_l._ 10_s._
(Sold the Mohocks to him again.[243])
Revival of the Wife of Bath 75 0 0
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L234 10 0

MR. DENNIS.

L s. d.
_Feb. 24, 1703-4._
Liberty Asserted, one half share[245] 7 3 0

_10 Nov. 1708._
Appius and Virginia 21 10 0

_25 April, 1711._
Essay on Public Spirit 2 12 6

_6 Jan. 1711._
Remarks on Pope's Essay 2 12 6

Dennis must have sold himself to criticism from ill-nature, and not
for pay. One is surprised that his two tragedies should have been
worth a great deal more than his criticism. Criticism was then worth
no more than too frequently it deserves; Dr. Sewel, for his
"Observations on the Tragedy of _Jane Shore_," received only a
guinea.

I had suggested a doubt whether Theobald attempted to translate from
the original Greek: one would suppose he did by the following entry,
which has a line drawn through it, as if the agreement had not been
executed. Perhaps Lintot submitted to pay Theobald for _not doing_ the
Odyssey when Pope undertook it.

MR. THEOBALD.

L s. d.
_23 May, 1713._
Plato's Phaedon 5 7 6
For _AEsculus's_ Trag. 1 1 6
being part of Ten Guineas.

_12 June, 1714._
La Motte's Homer 3 4 6

_April_ 21, 1714. Articles signed by Mr. Theobald, to translate
for B. Lintot the 24 books of Homer's Odyssey into English blank
verse. Also the four Tragedies of Sophocles, called OEdipus
Tyrannus, OEdipus Coloneus, Trachiniae, and Philoctetes, into
English blank verse, with Explanatory Notes to the twenty-four
Books of the Odyssey, and to the four Tragedies. To receive, for
translating every 450 Greek verses, with Explanatory Notes
thereon, the sum of 2_l._ 10_s._

To translate likewise the