"As I have just received a firman enabling {me} to proceed to Ægypt & Syria, I shall not return to England before I have visited Jerusalem & Grand Cairo."
"As I have just received a firman from the Porte enabling me to proceed to Ægypt & Syria I shall not return to England before I have seen Jerusalem & Grand Cairo."
"I have written my negative to your proposal on the subject of Newstead, by my servant Fletcher, which I presume is delivered by this time, and I write now for the purpose of repeating it. – will not sell Newstead, come what may! – – –"