BATH,October 28,1769.
MADAM:Your kind anxiety for my health and life is more than,in my opinion,they are both worth;without the former the latter is a burden;and,indeed,I am very weary of it.I think I have got some benefit by drinking these waters,and by bathing,for my old stiff,rheumatic limbs;for,I believe,I could now outcrawl a snail,or perhaps even a tortoise.
I hope the boys are well.Phil,I dare say,has been in some scrapes;but he will get triumphantly out of them,by dint of strength and resolution.I am,with great truth and esteem,your most faithful,humble servant,CHESTERFIELD.
