8/11 Gay often held the pen; and Addison liked it well enough, and was not disinclined to come in to it."[7] It does not transpire whether Gay had at this time met Swift, but that soon after they were in correspondence, appears from a letter from Pope to Swift, June 18th, 1714: "I shall translate Homer by the by. Mr.Gay has acquainted you with what progress I have made in it. I cannot name Mr.Gay without all the acknowledgments which I shall owe you, on his account."[8] [Footnote 1: Hill: _Works_ (ed. 325.] [Footnote 2: Pope: _Works_ (ed. |