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 Satires and Epistles of Horace into
English rhyme. For every 120 Latin lines so translated, the sum of
1_l._ 1_s._ 6_d._
These Articles to be performed, according to the time specified,
under the penalty of fifty pounds, payable by either party's
default in performance.