He wishes her happiness on her birthday [21 March]. He leaves Florence on Friday, passing through Bologna to Venice where he will stay four or five days and then hasten to Milan. He hopes to reach Paris in late March. He has enjoyed himself in Florence as much as is possible abroad and has dined with the Wilbraham family and Sir Robert and Lady Lawley. He describes the masks worn at the carnival, and the processions and balls. Cheslyn is in Florence on his way back to England.
Dated at: Florence.