Correspondence between Granville and John Locke prepared by John Proud for publication, 1678 and n.d.
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Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. D. 849, fols. 142, 144, 146, 148, 150
Respecting recreation and the rule of conduct in life.
- (fol. 142) i. "A preface to the following papers between the dean and Dr. (sic) Locke"; by Proud. This deals chiefly with the question of the dean’s debts and pluralities, but ends with the following paragraph: — "I shall say nothing of that great and learned confident of the dean’s, Dr. Locke; his writings speak for him; but only this, that their acquaintance was before he wrote those tracts which are controverted as to strict church government or regal authority. And I have reason to beleive he was never well satisfyed with Dr. Lock’s answere, but beleived that tho’ (humane frailty considered) he could not alwayes doe what was best yet that he was alwayes bound to endeavour so to doe".
- (fol. 144) ii. "Part of Dr. Granvill's queryes, coppyed over by Mr. Lock with his owne hand". "The subjects concerning which I shall in order write and desire you to discourse are 5: 1, Recreation. 2, Businesse. 3, Conversation. 4, Study. 5, Exercise of devotion. I begin with the first ... To divert this temper [of thoughtfulness] with the ordinary recreations which some Christians and divines (nay, I must adde bishops) use, as hunting, shooting, angleing, chesse, cards, and tables, etc., is dangerous (as I finde) and often hurtfull to my spirit. I have therefor thought it the safest way to quitt these and all such recreations for many yeares togeather, nay, most of my secular businesse too (for the same reason)".
- (fol. 146) iii. Locke's first reply, headed: "As for my recreation thus I thinke". Printed from another copy in the Life of Locke by Peter lord King, second edit., 1830, vol. ii. pp. 165–9; and in H. R. Fox Bourne’s Life of Locke, 1876, vol. i. pp. 388–390. The following verbal differences in this, the original copy sent to Granville, from the latter printed text, may be noted: "divers persons"; "richly and to enjoy"; "playing at cards, for example"; God not tying us up to exact nicety of time"; "our duties"; "no body can say"; "hither you must go"; "bounds on one hand or other, which is only when by sensible effects we find our recreation, either by excess or defect"; "use it. Only with this caution"; "as visiting a friend to study".
- (fol. 148) vi. Locke's second reply; Paris, 23 March, 1678. Printed in King’s Life, pp. 204–12, and from a transcript in Brit. Mus. in Bourne’s Life, pp. 390–3. The following are the chief variations in this original from the latter printed text: "to the three papers"; "arises in a good measure"; "which in itself is absolutely best"; "a man certainly fails in his duty"; "upon occasions"; "I conceive ’tis at our choice"; "no latitude allowed us"; "one certain determinate action"; "after all, shall be in danger"; "our short sight not penetrating"; "we making our judgment"; "always of a mind"; "the presumption"; "about writing half a sheet of paper"; "the lawful desire of a friend"; "all the design of my writing"; "though on one side or other of this mediocrity there might be"; "actions in general, thus in short I think"; "encouraged to venture on two other causes which I think may be concerned also in all the cases".
- (fol. 150) v. Locke's third reply; 6 Dec. 1678. An extract in King’s Life, pp. 212–5; and, entire, in Bourne’s Life, pp. 394–7. The following are the chief variations from that text: "disquiets"; "were any ways"; "as to that point"; "occasion to disorders and insurrections or excite new disturbances"; "the great benefit of friendship, the rectifying of my mistakes"; "extempory thoughts"; "a wrong and mistaken measure"; "made that conclusion"; "this old acquaintance"; "most material of these so deserved"; "scrupule or ustedledness (sic)"; "to use all means to preserve ourselves and yet those means of preserving ourselves"; "thoughtfulness and turmoil"; "in order to attaining what we desire"; "nor in plodding"; "’tis time to release you till another season". Bourne very erroneously, at p. 397, asserts that Granville "turned papist," a thing he was very far from doing.
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- Creation: 1678 and n.d.
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MS. Rawl. D. 849, fols. 142, 144, 146, 148, 150
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