A Report upon the Herculaneum Manuscripts

all the weakness, the ignorance, the jealousy, and the treachery which, from several quarters, were conducive to the purpose of impeding or counteracting the progress of my labors, the commands of your Royal Highness in this most princely work have been executed to a greater extent than could have been reasonably presumed. In truth, the facsimile copies of ninety-four manuscripts, lately transferred by your wise and munificent donation—through the hands of that most distinguished scholar and statesman, that most respectable nobleman, Lord Grenville—to the University of Oxford, will unquestionably serve to immortalize your name in every future generation, more especially among the learned.

Nor was your Royal interposition in this instance merely glorious; it was, happily, too, most seasonable. In any court where indifference prevails against the pursuits and interests of knowledge and erudition in general,