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[To William Hayley]
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[4 June 1805]
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Dear Sir,
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I have fortunately, I ought to say providentially,
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discovered that I have engraved one of the plates for that ballad
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of The Horse which is omitted in the new edition; time
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enough to save the extreme loss and disappointment which I should
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have suffered had the work been completed without that ballad's
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insertion. I write to entreat that you would contrive so as that
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my plate may come into the work, as its omission would be to me a
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loss that I could not now sustain, as it would cut off ten
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guineas from my next demand on Phillips, which sum I am in
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absolute want of; as well as that I should lose all the labour I
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have been at on that plate, which I consider as one of my best; I
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know it has cost me immense labour. The way in which I
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discovered this mistake is odd enough. Mr. Phillips objects
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altogether to the insertion of my Advertisement, calling
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it an appeal to charity, and says it will hurt the sale of the
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work, and he sent to me the last sheet by the penny (that is, the
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twopenny) post, desiring that I would forward it to Mr. Seagrave.
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But I have inclosed it to you, as you ought and must see it. I
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am no judge in these matters, and leave all to your decision, as
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I know that you will do what is right on all hands. Pray accept
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my and my wife's sincerest love and gratitude.
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WILL BLAKE
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[From the Gilchrist Life]
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