MY DEAR LADY HAMILTON,
Your friend’s godson arrived
safe yesterday afternoon; and I shall, you know, always
feel too happy in obeying your commands: for,
you never ask favours, but for your friends.
In short, in every point of view,
from Ambassatrice to the duties of domestic life,
I never saw your equal!
That elegance of manners; accomplishments;
and, above all, your goodness of heart, is unparalleled:
and only believe, for ever, and beyond it, your faithful
and devoted
NELSON & BRONTE.
Victory, August 24th, 1803.