(seq. 43)

conducted thro 1 whole expedition at
grt regularity I spent: that he effected
an exceeding good retreat: and
that 1 failure of his attempts was
owing to the shattered condition of
1 French fleet which obliged [ym?] to
put round to Boston; & to 1 arrival
of about 6,000 as a reinforcement
to [Pigor?] from New York.

Fryday & Saturday.
Read Terence, an account of his life,
writings & a disertation upon ancient
tragedy & comedy, prefixed to
his works. This author is esteemed
one of 1 purest Latin comic writers.
He ws a Carthagenian by birth
but a Roman by education. He
is remarkable for 1 [justness?] of
his characters & purity of his diction,
but is rather an imitator of Menander
than an original pact.

Sunday.
Preached at Newton. Saw 1 officer who
married Miss Berrett. The [chh?] I heard
objected to her continuing to commune
w you because she married a British