I have now put the little sketch of Naseby Fight, {205c} rough and ready,
into its place in the Appendix: it really does pretty well, when it is
fairly written out; had I had time for that, it might almost have gone
into the Text,--and perhaps shall, if ever I live to see another edition.
Naseby Field will then have its due honour;--only you should actually
raise a stone over that Grave that you opened (I will give you the
_shinbone_ back and keep the _teeth_): you really should, with a simple
Inscription saying merely in business English: 'Here, as proved by strict
and not too impious examination, lie the slain of the Battle of Naseby.
Dig no farther. E. FitzGerald,--1843.' By the bye, was it 1843 or 2;
when we did those Naseby feats? tell me, for I want to mark that in the
Book. And so here is your Paper again, since at any rate you wish to
keep that. I am serious about the stone!
_To W. B. Donne_.
BOULGE HALL, WOODBRIDGE.
[1846.]