and Hopton in 1644,???of small importance now.2 I have read a little mainly in Bohn's Book (Joinville, Vinsauf)3 and the Newspapers; I am to ride over and see Helps, some 14 miles off, one of these days;4???in short I am utterly idle, and my history amounts to the ???blash [watery stuff]??? you have just now read!