[269] London, 2d May, 1778.  Dr. Johnson acknowledged that he was himself the authour of the translation above alluded to, and dictated it to me as follows:—­

     Quos laudet vates Graius Romanus et Anglus
     Tres tria temporibus secla dedere suis. 
     Sublime ingenium Graius; Romanus habebat
     Carmen grande sonans; Anglus utrumque tulit. 
     Nil majus Natura capit:  clarare priores
     Quae potuere duos tertius unus habet.  BOSWELL.

It was on May 2, 1778, that Johnson attacked Boswell with such rudeness that he kept away from him for a week. Ante, iii. 337.

[270] ’We were on both sides glad of the interview, having not seen nor perhaps thought on one another for many years; but we had no emulation, nor had either of us risen to the other’s envy, and our old kindness was easily renewed.’ Piozzi Letters, i. 117.

[271] Johnson wrote on Sept. 30:—­’Barley-broth is a constant dish, and is made well in every house.  A stranger, if he is prudent, will secure his share, for it is not certain that he will be able to eat anything else.’ Piozzi Letters, i. p. 160.

[272] See ante. p. 24.

[273] Genesis, ix. 6.

[274] My worthy, intelligent, and candid friend, Dr. Kippis, informs me, that several divines have thus explained the mediation of our Saviour.  What Dr. Johnson now delivered, was but a temporary opinion; for he afterwards was fully convinced of the propitiatory sacrifice, as I shall shew at large in my future work, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. BOSWELL.  For Dr. Kippis see ante, iii. 174, and for Johnson on the propitiatory sacrifice, iv. 124.

[275] Malachi, iv. 2.

[276] St. Luke, ii 32.

[277] ’Healing in his wings,’Malachi, iv. 2.

[278] ’He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.’ St. Mark, xvi. 16.

[279] Mr. Langton.  See ante, ii. 254, 265.

[280] Spedding’s Bacon, vii. 271.  The poem is also given in The Golden Treasury, p. 37; where, however, ‘limns the water’ is changed into ‘limns on water.’

[281] ’Addison now returned to his vocation, and began to plan literary occupations for his future life.  He purposed a tragedy on the death of Socrates...  He engaged in a nobler work, a defence of the Christian religion, of which part was published after his death.’  Johnson’s Works, vii. 441, and Addison’s Works, ed. 1856, v. 103.