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O F THE 


MEMOI RS 


Written by. HznxszLr. 
4 | Wherein are | occaſionally interſperſed, 
VarIETY of Pots : 
As alſo the 
LETTERS of ſeveral PR R SONS 
of DisTInNCTION : : 


With the Concluſive Part of the Life of 


the Inimitable Dean SWIFT. 
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Flat Coronat Opus, 


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ſpring of ny beloved Mother 
70, of whom, had I Eloquence 
enough zo ſay all that is good 
and great, tbe World muſt al- 
low 'twere but barely aving 
Ju ice to his exalied 22 
To expatiate, Sir, on the va- 
rious Points in which you excel, 
would be a Task more fittly Pt 
dapted to the Accuracy 74 
Plutarch, or the Perſbicut 0% 
4 Rapin, than a Pen /o unhhall. 
= ed as mine, inevery poliſh” 4 Art. 
hi Since to diſplay your Mag 
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in the Council, fiugular Polite- 
neſs, and univerſal Benevo- 


Rhetorick and Poe. 
Det, Sir, that you are dear 
to the Soldier as his Honour; 70 
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10 all who are bleſs'd. with 4 
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I, fhould never, Sir, have Ar- 
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of S1r John Eig 0 ier. Eur that 


T retained the Sentiments from 
my Mother, whoſe Taree itwat, 
© had ſheliv'd, to have inſerts 

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1 n this Addreſs, rer 
Hir, at the ſame Time that I 
Satisfy my own Ambition, I. do 
an Action, ' grateful to the 
Manes of a departed Mother; ; 
fince, though ſhe hated Vice, 
and was bold enough to reprove 

it; Goodneſs like yours WAS 
ber darling Theme. 

I have tbe Honour, to be with 


unſpeakable _—_ 


- Sin, 


Toe our moſt devoted, 
7. Obedient, © J 


Ard naß bumble Servant, . 


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NM y Mother, b before herDeath: 
had — in a Number of gb 
ſcriptions in Ireland, and after 
her Departure fidmliige, as I was 


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Friends, Iwas obliged to purſue 

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fray the Expence of Printing; 
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Reſentment ofthoſe, whom,my 
Mother had formerly deſcrib'd, 
T was not only baſel) traduc a. 
in my Reputation, but plung d 
into a World of Calamities, 
which I may, perhaps, at 
ſome Time N relate, | 
together with the various Pal. 
ſages of my Life. However, : 
amongſt: many Accuſations, 
that fell heavy on me, 
one was, that I had defrauded 
the. Publick,, by taking Sub 
ſcriptions to a Work, which 
not only had not a Deſign of. 
Printing, but, one that never 
exiſted, except in my Imagi- 
nation; as they were kind 
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Mother never vrote ſuch a 


| nth 
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tent, to have ſtood all this Re- 
proach, and much more, nay, 
as the Subſcribers were Perſons 
of Fortune and Humanity, 
whoſe Contributions procecged 
more from a Deſire ef ſerving 
me, than a Curioſity to fee | 
the Book, J would have re- 
main L their Debtor for e ever, 
Pia than have brought 
uc an Affair over; but, that 
Having a Wiſe and Family to 
8 and finding it impoſ- 
fible to obtain from my Fa- 
th er the ſmalleſt Succour, 
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though I applied to him in the 
moſt ſubmiſſive and pathetick g 
Manner: On the contrary, 
when I found him endeavour- 
ing to hurt me in the Opini- 
on of * thoſe, with whom 1 
had ſome Intereſt; I thought | 
it but prudent, to acquit my- 
ſelf of the Charge of Diſhoneſ- 
ty, by delivering the Books to 
my Benefactors, and at the 
ſame Time, to endeavour to 
I as much as poſſible by 
To this end I came to 
. Londos laſt October, but had 
not brought the Manuſcript 
with me, which was in the 


i * Particularly the Lord Biſhop of 


Derry, | to 0 whom I am much obliged 
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Dublin. F thought it prudent, 
not being over-ſtocked witk 
Caſh,, to try how a Subſcrip-,, ; 


tion. would take in London, || 


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which was due to Powel. I. 
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communicated my Plan-to Mr. 
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land, | ofeſs' d a great Friend- 
ſhip, or me, (not without ſome 
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Permiffion, to inſert 7 in 
the Daily Advertiſer. LL 


: ToSamuel Foote Ef; an ae 


Bit Engliſhman 1 in Paris. 
When brilliane Mlerir Jjoltly 


claims Applauſe 
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Fach Bard enraptur d ſhould 


ecxalt his Lays, 

And gladly pay his riburary 

Praile ; | 1 ö 

Vet Britiſh Wits are Gilent 
when they ſee, 


4 hy laſt inimitable Comedy; ; 


In which, a Spirit lives through 


every Part, 


That charms, that ſooths, that 


__ captivates the Heart. 

Tis thine, O Foote, with * 
peculiar Eaſe, | 

At once to laſh, t inſtruc. us, 

and to pleaſe: „ l ee 

So ſweet, yet poignant, all 
your Satires flow, _ 


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Chaſtiz d by you, muſt filent- 
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| Still may Britannia, with a 
© grateful Senſe, _ 
| Thy matchleſs Labours ſtrive 
> i recompenſe; 1 
Thus we in Time, may er 1 7 
Error find, 
A Foote ſtill] prove a Mirror 
to Mankind. _—_— 


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The Gn Was pleaſed 
to honour me with the tollow- 
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Dear Sir, 


LT is impoſſible. for me to 
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as impoſſible for me, to anſwe 

the Contents of your obligin . 
Letter“; there is at preſent, 
ſuch a Conflict i in me, between 

2 and Vanity, that as 
neither can get the better; I | 
- muſt leave the Deſtination. of 
your elegant Piece, to 
own. Diſcretion. in e 


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An indifferent Perſon would 
naw- imagine, that this Gen- 
tleman Was inelinable to ſerve 
me; but whether he contracts. 
ed Inſincerity, 1 in his late Tour 
to Paris, or whether tis: Na» 
tive to him, I know not. But 
when Lwent ta him, withithe | 
Subſesiption Papers; he toak a 
Quantity of them, and deſired 
me to call in ahoud a Week z 
he then exeus d himſelf, by 
faying. he had been unwell; but 


5 Snally, when I pred. him 


hard, he wrete me the follow- 


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« XViti 

Tam ſorry the difadvantage- 
ous Light, in which ſome 

— your Countrymen have pla- 
ced you here, has put it out 
of my Power, to be as uſeful 


to you as I could wiſh, I have 
ſent you Half a Guinea, toge- 


ther with all your Subſcripti- | 


ons; you will conſider, that 
the many Calls I have of this 
Kind, (though not too much 
for my Inclination) are a little 


too 8 for . Income. . 


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SAMUEL Foors. 


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1 ſhall make no Comment 
in this Place, upon this extra- 
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| as he. lays dire 


Tibbfide ,nay Cried worſe 


the Pocket 8 low. 


| Epilogue to the Eagles in Barn 


But « on his acting the Sue 
ters of Ben the Sailor, and Buck 
in the Engliſhman in Paris one 
Night, {ome-. envious anony-= 


mous Scribbler, furniſhed out 
the following Lines; and as that 
Gentleman's tranſcendant Abi- 
lities, are ſuperior to any low 
Things of this N ature, that can 


be ſaid, I hope it will not be 


thou ght 


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But all i in vain, you were com > 
pell'd to:drap d,, 

And act the Satyr, the guffoen, 

er; 
Till wiſely pond' ring what 
compos d your Mind. 
Where you no gen rous genti- 
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vou ſaw the Einar, and to end 
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ter A B—— e. | 1 


I. am told, that the Wal 
Author of this, was not threat- 
ned with ſo flender a Re- 
venge as Teaor Coffee, but abſo- 
lute V ewgate and the Pilloryy 
which, poor Subterſuge ga ve 
bim ſo much Reaſon, | to "BY 
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his Antagoniſt, that he has 
ſince held him incorrigible, be- 
low the Notice, even of a 
Seribbler. | * 

And here I cannot help re- 
arne at the ſame Time, 
that I return my moſt finckft 
Acknowledgments | to my no- 
ble Subſcribers in England, 
that amongſt the Number of 
Perſons; whoſe Characters my 
Mother had endeavour'd to il- 
luſtrate by due Praiſe, not 
ene, except his Grace theDuke 
of Marlborough, and Sir John 
Ligonier, to whoſe ſuperlative 
Bounties I am ea in- 
debted, would aſſiſt nme. But 
as they are the greateſt and no- 
bleſt Characters, which com- 


poſe her Feng, I muſt een 
content 


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content myſelf; and tho this 


Volume is not in Octavo, which 
I at firſt propos d, but was af- 


| terwards oblig d to alter my 


Deſign, in order to make it 
match the other two, I am 
perſuaded, that as my Subſcri- 
bers are compos'd of the great- 
eſt and beſt Perſons in England, 


1 they will pardon that Befect, k 


fiance it contains the purpoſed 
Quantity*. However, any 
Perſon who imagines they have 
paid too much, ſhall have the 
Overplus return'd, on ſending 
to me. 


N. B. A Lift of Subſeribers i is omitted 
for particular Reaſons, which the Reader 


| will be better qualified 10 gueſs at after be 


bas n the enſuing * 
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Mrs. | Letiria Pilkington. 


30 Third . of Memoirs. is 
really a bold Undertaking, as * 
they are generally light, frothy, : 
and a vain; yet I have met with ſuch un- 
hop'd Succeſs, that] am quite encouraged 
to proceed; more eſpecially as my Word 
is paſs d to the Publick; and my Word 


I have ever held ſacred. I cannot, like 


2 certain Female Writer, ſay, I hope if 
1 have done nothing to pleaſe, I have 
done nothing to offend. ; for truly ] 

och Pleafure and Offence : 


Lemon and Sugar 1 is very pretty. Iſhould 
be ſorry to write a Satire which did not 
"FOE. III. „ ſting, 


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| hed nor will Lever write a n ; 
on an Undeſerver: If à Rogue ſhould . 
happen to be mine podeſt Friend, I owe _ 
him Silence; but that! is the moſt he can 
expect, | 
Many-indeed are glad to evi 
chaſers of it. Perſons whom I know nothing 
of, come and beg I may not put them 
into the Third Volume ; and they will 
ſubſcribe : ' Surely then they ſhauld knock 
at their own Hearts; and if it confeſs 4 


natural Guiltineſs, 


* it not breathe a 7. bought upon thr 

Tongue 
To my Difbonour —>— Shakeſpear: 
1 threaten not any, nor did I ever do. it; 
but Characters are my Game, who 


Eye Nature's Walks, ſhoot Pally , as it . 
And catch the Manners living as they riſe, 


I ſhould now. be glad to know how I 
could proſecute my own Hiſtory without 
 mntermingling that of others; I have not 
hved in Deſarts, where no Men abide, 
= in a my like Eceho ; therefore it 
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Mrs. PILKINGTON. 3 
is no more in my power to grant ſuch 
unreaſonable Requeſts, when a Book is 


tequir'd | of me, than it is in that of an 


hiſtorical Painter to give a good Piece, 
when he is poſitively commanded never 


to draw the Likeneſs of any en in 


Heaven or on Earth. _ 
But, Oh my dearLa Dries, why are ſh 


fo frightened? Why ſo many Supplica- 


tions to a Perſon unacquainted with you ? 
Have you all then a ſore Place, which 


you are afraid I ſhould touch? Butnow#®, 


I ſay this to you, or to the ſame Defect : 


Ladies, or moſt fair Ladies, I would re- 


queſt you. not to fear, not to tremble; 
my Life for yours, if you think I come 
as a Lion, *twere Pity of my Life: wy 
no, I am no fuch thing; Tam « Wotpiih ; 
as other Women are :*-- | 

Bur, after all, it does not a litle 4 
priſe me, that every Perſon who ſuffers 


a Panick, left their own. Reputations 


ſhould be attack'd, has not a little Som- 
paſſion for that of another: No, no! let 


* Taken from the Play "of Pyrawus and T; bribe, 


in n Shak pear” 8 Midſum mer Nights Dream. A 


B 2 them 


4 MEMOIRS ef | + 


them find a Flaw in a Brilliant, and by 
the Help of their magnifying Talents, 
they ſhall'dim it all over: If they look 
upon this as a Virtue, tis one 1 dall 
never be emulous of. ; 
I remember Doctor Swift told me, 

6 once dined at a Perſon's Houſe, ede 
the Part of the Table- Cloth, which was 
next to him, happened to have a ſmall 
Hole in it, which, ſays he, I tore as wide 
as I could; then aſked for ſome Soop, 
and fed myſelf through the Hole. The 
Dean, who was a great Friend to Houſ- 
wifery, did this to mortify the Lady of 
the Houſe; but, upon my Word, by 
the general Love of Scandal and De- 
traction in Dublin, one might reaſonably 
imagine they were all to feed themſelves 
through the Holes, which they had made d 
* the Characters of others: 155 


| But Us of 10 Gabe to me; 45 
7 reaſon and Malice now have done their 
worſt, of te PF | Shakeſpear. 


| Reputation once gone is never to be 
. The Wiſe ſay, it is as often 
gap's 


— 


Mrs. PrixinGTon. I 
gain'd without Merit, as loſt without a 
Crime; ſo 1 muſt comfort myſelf the 
beſt Ican. The Fable of Reputaticn, Fire, 
and Water, is too well known to want a 
Recital; and, to quote a Paragraph from | 
a late Letter of Mr. CISBERS to me, 


$ x3. 


in Anſwer to one of mine, wherein 1 had 


acquainted him, that a Gentleman who 


had formerly been prejudiced againſt him, 
was now his very ſincere Admirer; as his 


Lines may in ſome Meaſure be applicable 
to me, I ſhall inſert them as follows: 6 


« It is now growing too late in Life, 


6 to be much concerned about whatever 
« Good or Evil the World may think 
« it worth their while to fay of me. All 
« J have to do, is to fix a Conſciouſneſs 
« of my own Integrity, and then let the 


2 


Devil do his worſt. Truth has a 
« ſtrong Arm, and in that the weakeſt 


«a Perſon living, with an honeft Heart, 
bark may truft fort their Protection.“ 


So let this ſerve by way of Preface, 


1 while 1 proceed in my n. or, 


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1 MEMOIRS 481 
Tate the forightly Reed, - 47s * and 


Play, 
| Careleſs of what the cnfuring Worlds (wg 


ſoy. 


0 And here, before 1 oat, to give 

NMaſe to every Heart, which may poſſibly 
1 ſuffer. any Anxiety, on Account of what 
1 might be ſaid of them, I proclaim Peace 
to all, but thoſe who have directly af- 
fronted me: *Tis but a mean Piece of 
Cowardice to inſult a Woman, and as 
ſome Gentlemen have had the Courage 
to challenge me, by the known Laws of 
Chivalry, I have a right to chuſe the 
Weapons; ; a Pen is mine, let them take 
up another, and may-hap V wil meet 
their Match. | 8 12 
But Hibernian Writer are evermore 
threatened, not with the Wit of their 
Antagoniſts, but the Arm of the Fleſh; 
and truly that is ſuch a knock- down Ar- 
gument, as I, at leaſt, am iy unable 

to reſiſt. Ts 

3 my Word, were any Folly 5. 
mine to produce real Wit in another Per- 
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fon, 1 ſhouk hot be diſpleaſed to be 
pres. raltied. ©! 

I vas very el diverted. with Mr. 


odere * Coffee, and humorous 
Deſcription of me, crying, : 
Subſcribe, or ele Pl paint you ike the 
Devil.” oP a 
Though how I, o never either v was 
à dramatic Writer, or a Player, came 
to have ſuch extraordinary Marks of Diſ- 
tinction paid me from the Theatre, is 
more than I Can readily account. for. 21 
However I enjoy'd the Jeſt; and the 
worſt Mark of Reſentment I ſhew'd, was 
to ſend him a Crown for a Box Ticket, 
which he graciouſly accepted; and in Re- 
turn, got his F riend in the College to 
add ſix Couplets of Scurrility to his for- 
mer Encomium on me. 
No marvel, for 1 remember the Dean 
told me, he Paid a Man's 8 Debt on Ac- 
count of his having wrote ſomething 
| tollerabl ly. good; and the next Proof he 
Save io his Talents, as ſoon as he was 
„ , 
1 « When this Gentleman exhibited 2 at Dudiis; i in 
Oppolition to Mr. Foott's Ls 


S MEMOIRS of 
releas'd from Jail, was to write a Satire 
on his Benefactor and Deliverer, I told 
this Paſſage to Mr. Cibber, who aſſured 
me he had been Juſt ſerv'd in the. ſame 
Manner. 

Gratitude is, of all Virtues, the — N 
ſeldom practisꝰd; the Cauſe of this De- 
feft, I take to be our innate Pride; few 
Perſons can bear to be under the Weight 
of an Obligation, not 8 that, 

4 The aratifal Heart by paying. owes not, 
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many Perſons have done a juf, many; a 
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I have indeed experienced Gratitude, 
2 *Þ event to. painful Extaſy ; eſpecially, when 
you my dear, and Doncufel Lord King /- 

berough, vouchſafe to cheer. my Habita- 
"1 tion, with the Moſes, Loves, and Gra- 
. ces Lin your Train; ; with all the Virtues 
0 that adorn the Good, and every ſhining 
ih Exeellence which þ diftingulhes the Ane 
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Gentleman: So Cyrus deigned to viſit 


truly elegant, learned, and polite, 28 


deſcended to honour your poor Servant: 


their own Apollo. I am very certain they 
have all beſtow d their Favours, thougk 


And here I muſt vindicate the Learning, 


Mrs, PII K IMS ron. ” as - 


Zoroaſter, and bleſs his ſolemn Grotto. 
You have, my Lord, another Talent, 
which as Leiſure and Fortune give you 2 
Power of exerting it; I hope you will, 
and which, by the Honour you have al- 
lowed me, of being your Correſpondent, 
I have diſcovered, and, Iike a true Wo- 
man, cannot bear the Pain of keeping a 
Secret. Amongſt all the Letters I have 
yet ſeen publiſhed, I never ſaw any 1o. 


thoſe with which your, Lordſhip has con 


Invoke then, my Lord, the ſacred Nine "i 
not one of the beauteous Virgins can be 
coy to ſuch a Lover, reſembling ſo much 


you are too much the Man of Honour to 


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reveal! We 

Let Britannia boaſt her SbafieſFurys,.. 
Dorſets, Mulgreves ;, and let us tell her 
in Return, we have our Kingsberough. - 


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though it be in Oppoſition to wr: Pope's $ 
Opinion; who ſays, 


What woeful Stuff this Madrigal would 
be 
In ſome tar d Hackney Sonnet, or 
. me? 5 
But let My Tord once own the bn 
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How the Wit brightens how, the Stle 
 refines! 


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ledge, that while be is inſulting his Bet- 

ters, his Ethic Epiſtles are little more 

than Lord Sbafiſburys Rhapſody be- 

| rhym'd ; his Windſor Port ſtollen from 
Cooper 8 Hill; and is Eloiſa and Abe- 

lard, the moſt beautiful Lines in it, 

. taken from Milton's It Penſerofe ; : and if 
|, TIwrong his Merit, let the Learned Judge. 


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ty. You, my Lady of the IM and 
Lakes of Lebanon, muſt be remem- 
bered. 

And I cannot avoid ET my Acknow- 
jegements to the Vice Queen of a certain 
Village. Vice- Queen I term you, for the 

lovely Goddeſs of the Plains has as 
much Humanity and Politeneſs as you 
| want, and I cannot pay her a — 
| Compliment; though indeed it is na 
| wonder, as the is the Daugnter of an Eu- 
%% Earl, and you derive your: Pedigree 
| from-'a Storch Bedliy 3 1 wilt not ; 
Fou, becauſe you ſhall not take the Law 
8 of me, but deferibe you I will,  _ 
Pray, when I ſent. you a Bock, how 
| we it to intitle me to an Affront E and 
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Mrs. PII KIN-GTON, 13 


believe. a certain Relation of mine was 
pretty intimate with it at nne 

And do. you and. your | two Compani- 
ons take'7 a Friſk ſtill, now you are grown 
old Certainly it muſt be as ae 


5 as the Witches in Macbeth. 
3 Hecken: had 1 ſaid chat your 


| and. 1 the foul Diſeaſe 3 had I ſaid ht 
be. refus d. to ſee bis. Wife's. Cubbs, as 
he call'd. your Siſters, at the Hour af his 
Death; had I ſaid, that you hid Lady 

— bchind the Arras, to ſee 
Nothing - which you, ſaid, your little 
Tom Titmouſe of a Huſband had, you 
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All ye that Bow 1 to 2 / Luft, and Mttars 
5 raiſe,” a 1 111 EE | 


Or 15 falſe Heroes 5 151 ; give fantfick breit . 


White 1, the Clean of Hiftotiand, Mita 
ror of Poets, worthy not only the Bays 


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bat: the Laurel made: for nigbey:l Cor. 


querors, for y. final Vi Qeries; pro- 
ceed im my true Hfſtocy, Which take as 


follows,” from me the gendine Succeſſor 
of Cil' Hame?, and dannen Swirr: 


PL itt uo n this I ben : ed 
Thus wack muy ſerve by Wi of Prom ©\ 


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# I wis Tittine in my 
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| boy cen had 4 Pig in her 


which: d iſtinguiz el ber Korf“ the Vuſ⸗ 
g4#;" 60d" reading the Paper I. had 
ſtuék ups . 


in, wandt be 7 2 ng nn wane 
for her, to his Mijfty/ form 5g as 
ſhe ſaid, > er Bedon'ts 1 

wh, | aſked | 


2 Vide the 2d Vol. of theſe Memoirs, 


REAR to Writing Das 


ters and Petitions. At length ſhe came 


Mrs PrixinoTon. 1 
afked her what Title ſhe had to it? She 
ſaid, if 1 could have Patience to o hear her | 
had a very fuſt one. As1 was fond of 
Novelties, 1 aſſured her ſhe could not 
oblige me more; ſo to avoid Interrup- 
tion, I took her into the Parlour, when 
ſhe begin her Hiſtory as follows: 
0 T am; faid ſhe, Grandaughter to 
* the Marquis of Vendiſme; my Mother, 
« whoſe Name was Margare!ra dr Tia- 
66 ange, was one of the moſt celebrated 
e Beauties in the Coutt of Frunt᷑. The 
ate Electreſs of Hanover (poor Lady, 
1 though her Huſband was crown'd 
4 King of England, ſhe never was ac. 
kriowlegtd as Queen) had ſo fond an - 
Affection for her, that ſhe could not 
think of parting with her; but heft 
Abe was married, entreated ſhe would 
_ pany her 60 Hawes; their tini- 
* ted Prayers revatled on my Grand- 
«father to give his Aſſent und the 
«Elkedtrefs plac'd her in Quality of the 
6c: —_ . > her anne that 
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16 MEMOIRS * 
* ſhe Highs ever have her near her Per- 
(e ſon,---- 
4 Whatever Regret m my "Mother far 
« at the ſtrange Difference ſhe found be- 
« tween the Court of Paris and the 
« Houſe of Herenhauſen, yet being happy 
tin the Favour: of her Royal Miſtreſs, 
young and chearful, ſhe made herſelf 
<« quite caſy : and ſhe and Count' Con- 
« ningſmarł uſed to ſet their Heads to- 
ic gether, to ftudy what might be moſt 
6 amuſing to the lovely Lady. r 
But alas l while they thought only. 
« of Innocence, the Princeſs Sophia, and 
« the Dutcheſs. of Munſter, a diſcarded 
cc Miſtreſs of the Elefgor's, had other 
Schemes in their Heads, which not 
4. long after they put in Practice, to the 
Deſtruction of the Count, Diſgrace 
4 of the Electreſs, and the Baniſnment 
« of every Perſon, whom the e eee | 
with her Confidence. 
24195 I haye frequently heard my Mo- 3H 
4 ther declare, that ſhe: heliev'd there 
« was not in the World a more virtuous 
| «, Perſon than the Electreſs, and in- 
r deed 


Mrs. P1L XING TON. 17 
« deed her Conduct from the Time of 
56 her Separation from the late King, to 
e the Hour of her. Death, ſufficiently 
4 convinced the World of ben _— 
4,Puricg: 415: e 4974 Loh | 
Well, in the cad Ruin h my 
« Mother, as her firſt Favourite, was in- 
Gy. 1 involv'd: She was order' d 
<. to return home to France; and/as ſhe 
5 „ Woman of Quality, a Man of 
« War was fitted out for that Purpoſe.” 


I could not here avoid interrupting” 
heb to fay I wonder'd chat the Princeſs 
Sophia ſhould enter into any Scheme' 
which might in the leaſt reflect on the 
Honour of her own illuſtrious Family; ; 
ſhe anſwer'd, the Princeſs Tov'd' nothing 
ſo well as Dominion, and as the Ladies 
of Frante had a natural Turn to Politicks, 
ſhe was afraid the Electreſs might inter- 

fere, ſo as to injure ber Power, which 
was almoſt abſolute. Oh! Ambition! 
by what crue! Means doft thou compaſs 
thy Ends? I deſired her to Proceed, 
which ſhe did as follows. !? eee 


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My Mather /return'd home ſafe, 
4 thaugh anuch dejected at à Scpara- 
tion from her Miſtrefs, : with whom 
< + had ſhe. been. permitted, ſhe would 
« willingly have embraced an Exile from 
« the gay World. But as Time infen- 


26-4 D. wears off Afflictien, and leſſens 
, the Ohject, by removing it to a greater 
<<, Diſtance, -ſo:ſhe began to reſume her 
native Chearfulneſs, and once more 
« ſhaneat Court. Don za 160 ** 
3 The firſt Night eee 
" an Engliſh Nobleman,. for. as ſuch he 
% paſs'd himſelf, (neither | did his good 
00 Mien or. Politeneſs, in the leaſt; con- 
« tradict this generally received Qpipi- | 
2 uon) paid his Addreſſes to her., Gal- 
ee lantry and Complaiſance are ſo much 
e the Mode at Paris, that my Mother 
1 took all he ſaid of his Paſſion, and ber 
» Charms, meerly. as Words of Courſe, 
« and told him ſo 3, he anſwered that he 
« * found the was unacquainted with the 
« Temper of the 'Enpliſo, who, above a 
* other People, particularly valued | 
« * themſelves on *Sincerity, and ſcorned 
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Veceit or H ypoc 0 riſy even to the Fair, | 
to whom moſt Men praftife it. She 


anſwer' d, the Ladies in his Country 


muſt certainly be very happy; he faid, 
the moſt convincing Proof he could 


give of the Reality of his Paſſion, was, 
that, provided her Heart and Hand 


were diſengaged, he would uſe his 
utmoſt Endeavours to merit both. She 
aſſured him ſne was intirely at her 


Father's Diſpoſal, and that if he was 
ſerious in his Declaration, he mult ax 


ply to the Marquis of Vendoſme. Ac- 


* cordingly, next Day he paid the Mar- 
„quis a Viſit, and brought ſuch Cre- 
dentials, of his being a Man of F or- 
tune and Quality! in England, thar the 


Marquis had but one Objection, Which 


was an Unwillingneſs to part with my 
Mother; however, my F ather pro- 
miſed they would once a Y ear pay the 


Marquis a Viſit: So all Things being 


agreed on, the Marriage was celebra- 
brated with great Pomp ald Fel- 


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747.00 No ſooner were the Rejoicings end- 
« ed, than it was whiſper'd my Father 
« was not a Man of Quality, but. an 
* Impoſtor. This greatly afflicted both 
„ the Marquis and my Mother they 
& mentioned it to my Father, who aſ- 
« ſured, them it was a malicious Fal- 
44 ſhood, rais/d by ſome Perſons who en- 
« yy'd his Happineſs. As it was too 
late to retract what was done, they 
« could only hope the beſt, Shortly 
« after, my Father urg d a Neceſſity of 
e his returning to London, to which the 
« Marquis reluctantly conſented, | —- 
At Dover my F ather' 8 Chariot met 
them, carried them to a very handſome 
« Houſe, where there were a Number of 
« Servants in rich Liveries, waiting the 
a Commands of the Bride and Bride- 
|. groom. 5 
Tu But after al, not to | hold you 6 
«in Suſpenſe, r my Father was a Limner . 
* but ſo excellent in his Art, that he 
could well afford to keep his Wife 
« like a Man of Quality. However, as 
8 there! is no Country where Perfons ſet 
* a 


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2 higher Value on noble Blood than 
France; my Mother was cruelly mor- 
« tified to find herſelf impoſed upon, 
« andfell1 into a deep Melancholy, which 
* preying on the very Pith of Life, ſhe 
„ languiſh'd in a Conſumption for three 
« Years and died, leaving me and another 
60 Daughter deſolate Orphans. ö 


After this Loſs, which I was too 


om” young to regret, my Father brought | 


« ina Woman, whom it ſeems he had 4 
« ſome Time kept asa Miſtreſs, to order | 


„ his Houſhold, and take care of us, 
e which ſhe did ſo well, that at n 
e my Father married her. 
Here happened a moſt ſtrange Re- 
« verſe of Fortune to us: For no ſooner 
« did this Woman attain her Ends, than 
& ſhe altered her Conduct, and from a 
40 fawning Servant, turned a haughty 
« and deſpotick IT) yrant. My Father 
«© was oblig d to turn off all his old Ser- 
e yants, becauſe they did not pay Reſ- 
ci pet enough to her Ladyſhip, for he 
ec had the Honour of Knighthood con- 


00 * ferred on him by King William. 
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6s « endeavour'd to ſet my Father againſt 
«< us; till at length, wearied out with In- 
e juries, hired myſelf as a Servant to 
00 the Governor's Lady of St. Chriſtopbers; 
« and the being informed who I was, 
6 treated me with the utmoſt Kindneſs. 

« This unhealthful Climate ſoon- de- 
& prived me of her, who with her dying 
« Breath, recommended me to the Care 
of the Governor; he called me up, 
told me her Requeſt, and kindly ſaid, 
<«<, Oer was dear to her, it ſhould be 
5 his particular Care to protect, even for 
8 her Sake. 
1 *] kneeted down by the Bedöde, 1 
bleſs them both for their Goodneſs, 
my Miſtreſs took my Hand, graſſ Ao 
it very hard, and inſtantly expir'd. - 
I fainted away, and my Maſter, as 
I was afterwards informed, quitted the 
e Chamber, bidding the Serra, take 8 
* eare of the poor Child. | 

ee, When the Funkral was over, Gn) 
«that che firſt Tranſports of my Maſtet's 


© Sorrow were abated, he defired to ſce 
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Mrs. PIL EIN GTO. 23 
* me, and renew 'd his kind Aſſurances | 
ol Protection and Favdut to me. He | 
4 made me dine at his Table, ſaying, 
that my innocent Prattle diverted his 
„ Melancholly ; and I, ſtudious to pleaſe 
« him, did ĩt ſo effectually, that inſtead 
« of my being his Servanit, he became 
OS mine; and as He was too humane and 
« generous, td entertain a diſhonourable 
" Thought, he propoſed Matrimony to 
* me, ' ati Offer too Cofifiderable for me 
« to reject. 
„The Evening befor the Day a ape. 
pee for our Nuptials, my dear, 
« Maſter, Friend, and Lover, was taken 
« very ill, on which they were deferred. 
« But his Illnefs inereaſing, he thought 
6 proper to have the Marriage Ceremo- 
« ny performed, made his Will, and as 
« he had no Children, left me all his 
* Fortune, and died” the next Day. 
„Though 1 cannot ſay J was in Love 
4 with this Gentleman, yet Gtatitude 
« made me a fincerelyſ ſorrowful Widow; 
though I was young, rich, and, us che 
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7 708 When my Year of Mourning ex- 
0 pired, I had ſeveral Matches propoſed 
* to me, of which I made Choice of the 
« worſt, He was an Engliſhman, but 
« to ſay the Truth had nothing but his 
« Perſon to recommend him. He was 
« addicted to every Vice, and conſe- 
quently ſoon ſquandered the n | 
« Fortune I had brought him. 

« And at laſt, one Day when I was 
« abroad, he robbed the Houſe of every 
« thing it contained that was valuable, 
« and he, with a Negro Woman Ser- 
« yantT had, got · on board a Veſſel bound 
« for England. 

«© I was now plung'd into o not only t the 


2 — 


« Extremity of Sorrow, but alſo. of 


6e Want. However, being very expert 


at my Needle, particularly in Em- 


<« broidery, and alſo very curious in Shell 
« Work; I ſet up a School, and in- 
« ſtructed young Ladies. Money is 
« very eaſy to be got there, and ſo it 
« ought, for the Ifland is productive of 


60 « nothing for the Service of Life, nei- 
« ther 


Mrs. PII. KING'TON, 25 
* ther F ruit nor Herbage, and conſe- 
«quently: there are no Cattle, but what 
+ they have either from the Continent, 
e or ſalted from England. 5 


«© Well; bad as the Ploce: was, I lived- 


« there thirty Years after the Departure 
„of my ſecond ' Huſband, tolerably: 


« eaſy; till at length I received, from an 
« Engliſh Captain of a Ship, a Letter 


«© from the Siſter I have mentioned, who 


«© as extremely. well married in- Lon- 


« don, and gave me a kind Invitation to 
come and paſs tho Remajnder;pf mp 
"2M with her. 

_« Accordingly. I ah the firſt | 
Opportunity of returning to my dear 


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c ed me to ſtay, but finding me deter- 


„ mined to the contrary, they gave me 
&« ſignal. Marks of their Favour: Each 
e making me a Preſent, and aſſuring me: - 
e that if ever I Wr I ſhould be af- 


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C77 
© The Goods wete thrown over Boards 
ſo that I l6ſt'all my Cloaths 5; and a 


which ſer us almoſt beſide ourſelves, 


few Minutes after, we ſtruck upon a 
Rock, but by-God's Providence, not 
a Soul periſhed. All that I ſaved was 
a Baſket of Curioſities, erg Iſtand 


afforded. 


&« But not to detain you-with eckvint 


Circumſtances, I got to Landon, and 
vent to my Siſter's Houfe, which I 


found hung with black, ſhe in her 


Coffin, and the Hearſe ready to con- 


vey her to the Grave 
« This was a dreadful Diſappointenent 


to me, for I was quite a Stranger, 


moneyleſs, and could not reafonably 


hope for much Favour from a Bro- 


ther-in-law, whom 1 had never ſeen, 
eſpecially as the Link of the Chain 
which united us, was now diſſolv'd. 


«- The next Day I went to him; and, 
upon telling him the Circumſtances of 


my Life, exactly as my Siſter had 


done, he had the Goodnels to give me 
her 


| 


Mrs, PILKINGTON. 27 


: her Cloathes; a ſeaſonable Relief, as 


my own were loſt. . 
« The following Day 1 went into a 
Broker's Shop, to know if the Perſon 


who kept it would buy ſome of my 


Merchandize : He deſired me to come 


in, and ſeemed ſurpris'd at the Variety 


and Beauty of my Collection; and 


perceiving me very faint, for indeed 


I was all almoſt famiſh'd, he offered 


me a Dram; which I refus*d,. as I 


was ſenſible it muſt have got the better 


of one ſo weak as I was. 


6 However, 1 accepted of ſome Toaſt 


on 


and Ale, which, I really think, faved 


my Life: After this Act of Civility 


1 told my Diſtreſs to him, and he 
c kindly gave me a Lodging, d re- 
commended me to you.“ 


7 1 wrote a Petition for this W 
Stranger; which had no manner of Ef- 


fe& on his Majeſty; I afterwards wrote 


to her Brother-in- law; who gave her Five 


Guineas, with which Sum ſhe again: ſet 


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wards learne, the Ship, with all the Paſ- 


ſergers, were loſt. | 
I think this poor Lady' 8. SF was s but : 


a continual Scene of Storms and Misfor- 


er. as $ if Heaven had 


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Bard Jo Boſom to the 7, pontoon - 


Bin 7; ENTISET- 


But alas! "how! all we poor Reptiles 


preſume to judge the Ways of Pro- 
vidence; all things are ordered with Har- 
mony and Beauty; ; though, like a Fly, 


our feeble Ray ſees but an Indh around, 
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Reader, have Patience with my Philo- 


ſophick Whimſies, which I muſt ſome- 


times indulge : Tis frequent, in Con- 


verſation, to ſay, of thoſe that are drown'd, 
That they are gone to the Bottom of the: 
Sea; but, with due Deference to better 
Judges, I cannot conceive the Ocean to 
have any Bottom, except near the Shore: 
J have obſerved every ſingle Drop. of | 
Water to be an intire Globe ; put an- 
other to it, they · unitè by Adheſton r 
Parts, like Quickſilver, to form a larger: : 
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bulous Chryfolites, to form that won- 
drous Maſs of Waters, which we ter 

the Ocean,' and -which, no Doubt, g br 
quite through the Center of the Earth, 


without any middle Way to ſtop i it. 


I know it may be here objected, that 
a Ship loſt on one Side ought, by this 


Rule, to riſe at the oppoſite Place: Not 
at all; the Preſſure of the Atmoſphere is 
every-where equal, nor is there any ſuch 
thing as up or down in Nature: As many 
Stars beſpread the Firmament beneath us, 


as above us: As Travellers, ſuch as have 


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ſailed round the World, ſufficiently evi- 
dence z and did not the ſtrong Laws of 


Gravitation hold all in firm Union, the 


Sea, no Doubt, would tumble on our 
Heads. | 

Oh! thou rever'd Spirit of Nie rote 
who couldft take the Dimenſion of each 
Planet in our Solar Syſtem, and then de- 
1+ to us, 


Fw ather Planets circle other Sur. 


Giving us thereby the moſt auguſt 
View of that Being, who pour'd forth 
new Worlds to all Eternity, and peopled, 
the Infinity of Space: If I have err'd,. 


through Pride, in endeavouring to ſearch 


into the Secrets of Nature, wherein I may. 
very poſlibly err; let thy honour d 
Manes vouchſafe to ſet me right, Is 


For 1 þ much a Catbolick will br, | 
As for this once, great Saint, fo pray 4 
| thee, ER 1. Cowley. 


1 chinle 1 * l ever read * 
better Lines than Mr. Por z's Epitaph 
—} on 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 3r 
on this Prince of Philoſophers, which, to 
prove my regard to him as a Poet, I will 
inſert : 


Iam 


| Nature, and Nature's Laws lay my in 
Aa .. e 
G oD ſaid, Let Newton be, and all was 
| Light! 


His Inſcription on Sir 1 Kneller's 
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Huli by Hr n, and not a Maſter, 

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| Living ; SreatNature fear'd he might out- 
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Dignity, or Grace. 20 Heiictrialt 


I always find in my fel 2 lirong Incli- 
nation to Criticiſm, and, if I live to fniſh 


this Volume, I ſhall certainly indulge it: 
For my Part, let the World' ſay what 


they pleafe of Criticks, I'eftten them 


as very uſeful Members of tlic "Comttion- 


wealth of Learning. Whatever 18 well 
written will ſtand the Teſt of ſtriẽt Exa- 


mination, ay, and of Ridicule too; and 


urhen that is paſt; the Work'ippears -tike 
Gold from the Furnace, with" ten-fold 
Luſtre: Therefore I” fairly "invice' the 
whole Body of Criticks to canvas m 
| Writings ; if they Point olr an Etror 

all eteem them as Friends, and en- 
deavour to àmend: Tf they make an in- 


8 1 judicious 


| Mrs. P 1LKINGTON. 33 
judicious: Criticiſm, for ſome ſuch I have 
ſeen publiſh'd againſt me, they prove 
their own Ignorance, and cannot give 
me a greater Triumph: I only wiſh 1 
may have a On not a Aan © 
judge me., 

Well now, Mrs. Pilkington, Gam per- 
1 my Reader, What, in zhe Name 
of Wonder have we to do with all this? 
Why, truly, no more, I think, than 
with a Buff Jerkin, or mine Hoſteſs at 
St. ' Albans; but I am no Methodiſt 
either in Writing or Religion; ſometimes 
Irregularities pleaſe; ſhapeleſs K ock, 
or hangipg Precipice, preſent to the poe- 
tick Imagination more inſpiring Dreamg 
than could the elt Garden: Where 


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34 "MEMOIRS of © 
But however, conſidering it was a Hiſ. 
tory of myſelf, I promiſed to the World, 


J now proceed in it thus: 


Two vety fine young Gentlemen, . 
1 did not know, came to buy ſome 
Prints, and obſerving a large Book in 
Manuſcript, open before me, one of 
them demanded, Was that my Account- 
Book ? Iaſſured the Gentlemen, my Re- 
venue was cafily caſt-up, and that I was 
but a bad Arithmetician, though I fre- 
quently dealt in Figures and Numbers. 

This Gentleman, whom 1 preſently 
after found was an Earl, by his Com- 
panions calling him by his Title, in- 
:ſiſted on ſeeing the Subject of my 
Amuſement. This was che Firſt Vo- 
lume of my Work, which when once 
e had began, he went quite through 
with, and gave it more Applauſe than 
ever an Author's dear Partiality to their 
own Offspring could poſſibly make me 
believe 1 it. deſerved. 

However, his -Lordſhip male · a juſt 


Remark, That I was very fond of intro- 


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Mrs, P1LKINGTON. 35 
: ducing the Sun by way of Simile, in all 
my Poems; and ſaid, he had a Mind to 
eut ĩt out where · over he met it. 
1 told his Lordſhip, he would then 
ase my Book in the Land of os 
1 and the Shadow of Death. 8 
The Earl then aſked me, if Lintend- 
294 to print it? I ſaid I would, if I could 
get Subſcribers to it, otherwiſe it muſt, 
like many other valuable things, be bu-- 
- Hed-in'Oblivion,' He gave me a Sub- 
ſcription, - and, as it was Dinner>tune,, 
took his Leave, with a Promiſe of drink- 
ing Coffee with me the next Evening; 
When, as it was Sunday, I ſhould be diſ- 
engaged from Buſinefs ; which Eromiſe, 
however, he did not fulfil; and having 
-vainly expected him till Eight, I then: 
wont up Stairs, to ſit with the Counteſs of 
Nurmout his Ste ward's Wife; and, on my 
Return, found my Shop broke open, 
and every Article of my Wearing Ap- 
Paxel taken away: This was a dreadful 
Mortifieation, and a ſad Loſs! All my: 
Comfort was, that the-Thieves had taken: 
nothing but what belonged to me. 
1 N This 


36 MEMOTRS.of | 
This Robbery quite ruind me, asl 
< was. obliged to lay out my Money for 
Neceſſaries to appear decent; my Land- 
lord ſeiz d for a Quarter's Rent, though 
- he was my Countryman, and: e 
great Friendſhip for me. Sil n 501 
I. was once more in Qoleful Plight; 5 
e J got a read an Loog- 
ing, juſt tolerable, 
One Evening, when 1. came Home 
from a Friend's, my Landlady told me, 
there was a young: Woman to viſit me, 
who wept ſadly that I, was abroad, I 
aſk'd her what ſort of a Perſon ſhe was ? 
reſembled: me, and that ſne would; be 
- with me early in the Morning: Aecord- 
ingly ſne came, and I knew her, at firſt 
Sight, to be my Daughter: The Sur- 
70 Prize made me faint away; not but I way 
very glad to ſee hers hut Joy. is over- 
coming as Grief; and When I conſider d 
how little it was in my Power to; help 
her, it quite ſunk my Spirits. She was in a 
Garb which beſpoke Poverty, and gave me 
a ; J ile 160 £01500 


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Mrs. PIL MIN GTO N. 37 
la long Account of her Father's Inhuma- 
" to her, and his youngeſt Son. 
A few Days after her Arrival came the 
Yon Thie now with me, from on board 
a Privateer, as ragged as a Prodigal re- 
turn'd from keeping Swine; hüt poor 
Child, I wonder how he ſubliſted at all, 
conſidering the Hardſhips he had 
: ſuffer'd, - and what to do with them 
both I could:not tell? Mr. Richardſon * 
Vas ſo kind to give my Sen a new Suit 
of Clothes, which put him in a Capaci 
of going amongſt my Friends, from 
_ - whom I received'a tranſient Relief, 
nt kengtli the Girl} finding how Mar 
vers were; went to wait oh a Lady, and 
Captain Maude too my Son with him on 
board à Man of War, with which a Num- 
| ew of Tranfports, and others; then went 
on a feeret Expedition, büt were te- 
Seen in their Deſigh, 'by having their 
" Intentions betray d to che Flac. 
Well, this was a little Reſpite to me: | 
1 heard Wor fdale was in London, and wrote 
"HO but receivꝰd nd Anfwer; 4 Day 


D Author of Clariga. 


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38 MEMOIRS of | 
or two after, as I was going through = 


Spring- Ganden, pretty early in the Morn- 


ing, who ſhsuld I ſee hut che very iden- 


Tical Mans Ain at a — 


Poor! 16 


A top'd, and Jook'd. A 4 tim hs 


immedinely recolkeQed; me, and ſeenmid 


oyer-joy'd to ſne me: He invited mae 10 


Breakfaſt, and told ne, he Was upon his 


' Keeping s iſs. chat he bad been obligad | 
- £9 Quit, a pretty ready: furniſtril Hauſe, 


he hadjn Jount-Stratt,'! Berkley Square, 


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and leave it 40 the Careaf a Sm, 50 


retire to this Priyileg d Plase. 
Aer Breakfaſt be dee 1 old 


hrite a Ttetter for him to the Bavarian 
Ambaſſador, and:40ibyp gatbers, wham 


I have now forgot, to beg Their Fro- 


tection z/ which aer divgly he Ohtain d. 
though, ngt flireRly. - He made me dioe 
With. high: anf N ‘d? 40 arwand we 


when he ſhould ;he at iibeuty:to/punſie 
his Works and, in the mean time, he 


ſald, U. ſnould be welcome 0 his Houle 
f eee Often ychich Aae 


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Mrs. PI LK TNSTO x. 39 
accepted, as well for the fine Air, as be- 
ing Rent - free: 

He allow d me a Shilling a Day to live 
on, which I could very: well do: But he 
came every Morning to know how much 
I had wrote. He would give me Fifteen 
Subjects at once, and expected 1 ſhould 
compoſe ſomething excellent on every 
one of them: In ſhort, there was no 
End to my Labour, nor any Relaxation 
from it, except ſometimes a kind of 
troubled Sleep; for, amongſt other Miſ- 
fortunes, I was not able to make my 
Bed, nor light the Fire; and the old 
Woman, his Houſe-keeper, proud, 18 
norant, and inſolent beyond Imagina- 
tion, afk'd me, Where the Devil I was 
| bred, that T could not ſweep Rooms, 
light Fires, -and make Beds, as well as 
other Servants z and that truly Mr. Nur f 
dale was a Fool to hire me, who did. no- 
thing but write all Day long. 

Though I conceiv'd a good deal of In- 
dignation at being thought the Servant of 
W Son, "wp I could not 


forbear 


40 MEMOIRS « of 
forbear ee at the Ideas of this God 
Creature. - 

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; tary. Life than poor Lætitia; for Worſ- 
dale had poſitively order'd the old Wo- 
man not to Jet. any human Creature 
come near me; ; and ſhe punctually obey'd 
him, more out 10 Malice than Inte- 

r 

In this i. from, * World 
I wrote three Ballad Operas, one of, them 
plan d on the Story of the old Song, 
if Pennyworth of Wit; where I have ſo 
; exalted the Wife over the Harlot, that 
at laſt, as Warſdale i is a profeſt Libertine, 
1. began to think it was quite neceſſary t to 
apologize for his writing any thing to tbe 
Honour of Virtue, or expoling of Vice; 4 
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Wy, Jures, So 4 ven the Heart of J ew, 
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Mell, after all his railing thus at Harlots, 
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Studious the Worthy and the 0 06d to 


pleaſe, 
I ſuch with Aru croum bis 


Lays, + 
Our happy Author ſeeks no aches Praiſe 


1 am ſorry l have not the Opera, but 
Vorſdale was too cunning for me, and 
fez d it, Sheet by | Sheet, as faſt as L 
wrote it: And having now Liberty, by 
means of the Protection, and a good deal 
of Work beſpoke'in the City, he took 2 
Floor near the Royal. Erebange, in allargs 
old-faſhion'd Houſe, with very antique 
Furniture; and there he gave me alittle 
Room to myſelf; but, as it uns within 
ſide of his Painting-room, I was a Pri» 
ſoner all the Morning; and might. faſt 
and write till Three o Clock in the Day; 
then I was called to Dinner, of Beef. 
ſteaks, or Mutton-chops, eook*d by him- 
ſelf: The manner of a 1 muſt 
deſcribe. ws © 

We had four Play-bills haid for e 
Table-cl&h, Knives, Forks, © or Plates, 


- we none 3 no matter for chat - 
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5 hat muſt they do? betake then Velvet 10 
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J. ſoew = matcbleſi See 2 fend, 
And cure the roving a s of Man 


T4 Gwe. mY Fairs. the. Herken ds may be 


fy artful IM let. bo Kali "the ee ; 
Tet Virtue ſpall, at laſt, triumphant prove, 


And Hushands . the 7% of. faithful 
Love. 
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Studious the Worthy and ibe Good to 
pleaſe, 

Hf ſuch with Approbatio on crown. bis 


Lays, © 
Our happy. Author ſeeks #0: ki „ Praiſe, J 


Jam ſorry L have not the Opera, but 
Vorſdalt was too cunning for me, and 
feiz d it, Sheet by Skeet, as faſt as ET 
wrote it: And having now Liberty, by 
means of the Protection, and a good deal 
of Work beſpoke in the City, he took 4 
Floor near the Royal Exchange, in alarge 
old-faſhion*'d Houſe, with very antique 
Furniture; and there he gave me alittle 
Room to myſelf ; but, as it-was, within; 
fide of his Painting-room, I was a Pris 
ſoner all the Morning; and might. faſt 
and awrie till Three o Clock in the Day; 
then I was called to Dinner, of Beef. 
ſteaks, or Mutton-chops, eook*d by him- 
ſelf: The manner of ung 1 muſt 
deſcribe. We 

We had four Play-bitls had for 2 
Table-cleth, Knives, Forks, or Plates, 
had we none 3 no matter for that 


1 


+ MEMOIRS of / 


* 2 1 And * * \\ ; 81 1 FF 12 SE HOER, 
7 bad a Blade. 


With which ny tuneful Pens were made- — 
Aad, fo to make my Dinner _— 
FT for a Fork * 4 Skewer. 5 Wy 91) 


The Butter; when we had any, was de- 
poſited n the cool and fragrant Receſs 
of an old Shoe, a! Coffee- pot of mine 
ferved for as manyUſes as ever Scrub had, 
for ſometimes it boil'd Coffee, ſometimes 
Tea, it biouglit ſmall Beer, ſtrong Beer, 
and I am more than half afraid it has 
beęn applied to leſs, noble Uſes ; but be 
that as in may, ye done the Man ſome 
Service, and he nn er wh: more 
1— | tt 1 At 2 

Hie happened to W . told me, 
the young Cheralier!s. Picture, at Man- 
cheſtir. As he went to Richmon he left : 
all his Pictures in my Care, when, one 
Morning, a very beautiful young Lady, 
of about Sixteen, and her Brother, a fine 
young Gentleman, came to the Houſe: 
Las called down, and they walk'd up 

Stairs, When, after. a. little Haſitation, 
1 the 


MM. PrL&1N@TON. 43 
the Lady aſk'd me, could ſhe. ſee the 
Picture of. the Highlander? I anſwered, 
yes, and brought it to her: She kiſs'd 
the Face, Feet, and every Bit of it; and 
judging from this that ſhe was a Roman 
Catholick, a Religion that * Patrick Sar/- 
feeld's Neice can never hate, let who. will 
take Offence at it; for he was generous, 
noble, and humane; and, in God's Name, 
let every one of his Creatures be as up- 
right and juſt as he, (and no Doubt but 
he will look down well pleas'd, and 
bleſs the fair Variety). 1 11 41 
The young Lady repeated two Lins 
of a Poem of. Lady Mary Wortley Mon- 
Hague, on ſeeing this Picture: 


In ev'ry. Linament of © which we trace 
The injur'd Saint, and Mary's s 
| Face, Sta 


Theis Curioſity being ſatisfied, the 8 
would have given me ſome Money: 1 
told her, I was not a Servant, but that, 
as I lodged in the Houſe, Mr. Worſdale 
left * Pictures in my Care; Madam, 

T 
C Lent 3 eldeſt Son to 2 Earl of Kl. 


malack. 


46 MEMOIRS Of 
ſays ſhe, I beg Pardon; but how can I 
make youa Recompence for your Trau- 
ble? By giving me, Madam, the Re- 
mainder of the Poem: She repeated. it; 
and, finding I had ſomething like Taſte, 
ſhe kindly embraced, me, giving me a 
Direction: where to wait on her; and we 
parted, I believe, delighted with; each 
other; but I only ſpeak for myſelf, —— 
Morſdale came to Town, and called 
on this Lady, and Gentleman: They 
were dſo kind te praiſe me highly, and 
aſk him, who I was? He declared he 
did not know; he left, he ſaid, an old 
Chairwoman to 0 after his — 
perhaps it was ſne. | 
This. Anſwer did not « Gurisfy 0 they 
were ſo unreaſonable as to inſiſt on it, 
that I was a Gentlewoman, that. they 
knew it by my Speech, and Hands, by 
my refuſing Money, and begging Poetry: 
But or ſdale renounced me more heartily 
than ever he did the Devil, whoſe Jer 


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vant he is.— 
He came home very angry, abuſed 


me at an unmerciful rate, and told me, I 
mould 


| Mrs. PILKINGTON. 47 
mould not Ray in his. Houſe, to ſhew my 
Wit and Breeding, forſooth, when I had 
neither 3 and boaſt of my Family, when 
it would have been better for me to have 
been the Daughter of a Cobler. As this 
Fellow always boaſted of his being Sir 
Godfrey. Knolltr's Baſtard, I could not 
avoid telling him, that ſome People. were 
ſo fond of Family, that, to keep it up, 
they would Prove themſelves Sous: of 
Whores. 3 
The Hour of my D * 
this worſe than Egyptian Bondage, naw 
approach ds a young Woman, for whom 
I had wrote ſeveral Love-Letters to a 


Gentleman who had, . it ſeems, kept. her 
till he married, and then forſook her, a6 


indeed he ought, found me out. | 
The scheme was to perſuade him, that 
at the Time he diſmiſſed her, ſhe was 
with Child by him, though ſhe in Reality 
_ confeſt ſhe was never in that. Circum- 
ſtance in her Life: But, Bite the Biter 
was fair enough 3 ; if he cheated her out of 
Innocence (a Loſs never to be retriev'd) 
I think ſhe had a juſt Title to fame of 
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neglect his Buſineſs, and turn Secretary 
for the Whores. I was really ſurpri- 

ſed, that he of all Men, ſhould fall fo 
hard on kind Females; and as their Mo- 
ney was. honeſtly earn'd by me, and they 
are generally liberal, I never thought I 
did any thing amiſs, in helping them out . 
with a ſoft Epiſtle: He ſtorm'd at me, | 
ſhe: heard him, and ' finding his Wrath 


was raiſed on her "Account, was very 


much "troubled," and ſlipping a Guinea 
into my Hand ſoftly, whiſpered me to 


come to her Houſe in Golden-ſquare, 
and ſhe would make me full amends for 
my Vexation. Of all Men Lever ſaw, 
N. c has the ſtrongeſt Appearance of 
: Charity and "Compaſſion, and the leaſt of 
| it in reality. He would take any curious 


Artiſt 


on terms of becoming his Slave. 
often reflected with Wonder, on the 


ſpring of Beggars, Vagrants, Sc. by de- 
priving themſelves of the Enjoyments of 


Mrs. PILX INS TON. 49 


| Artiſt out of trouble, provided their 


Work, which he appropriated to himſelf, 


x would yield him ten-fold Intereſt. Love, 


Favour, or even common Decency, no 
Perſon ever met with from him, except 


I have 


vaſt Propenſity that appears in, Perſons of 
Quality, to provide for the ſ purious Off- 


Life, to amaſs vaſt Treaſure, and when 
that tremendous Hour arrives, in which 
all earthly Glories, Honours, Wealth, 


; 2 Titles, cannot give a Moment's Eaſe, 


r prolong frail Life, the Queſtion is, 


5. 45 How ſhall I diſpoſe of this, to appeaſe 


E that God, at whoſe Tribunal I ex pect 


© ſhortly to appear? Oh! Fl leave it all 
to the Poor.“ - As if the Omnipo- | 
tent could not ſee through the ſhallow 
, Device, or that his eternal Kingdom 
was to be purchaſed with their Leavings. 


I have obſerved, that moſt of thoſe, 


who. have choſen to be publick ſpirited | 


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dime been meer uphoſpitable narrow 

| hearted Souls; „and if i Perſon of Birth 
and polite Education, had by any Mis- 
fortune fallen into Diſtreſs, and made an 
Application to them, ſuch would not 
fail of meeting with an Affront, and 
having their Letter ſent back open, with 
the Civil Meſſage, that truly my Lord 
or my Lady did not know any Thing of 
it, and had Dependants enough = theix 

own to provide ſor. * 

And pray now let us enquire, ith are 

theſe Poor, that the publick and private 

are eternally providing for; are there not 
Collections daily in Churches, beſides the 

vaſt Legacies left to Pariſhes, Hoſpitals, 
ccc. and yet to er e no "Soul the 
better. : „ | 

Are not the Streets WAITER with Beg. 5 

gars of all Denominations? and in the 
Houſes, Objects that would raiſe Com- 
paſſion in any hamave, "Web judging 


Ferſan! „5 £0, 01 
Here we ſhall find a Peor Witch, 
lor a few Shillings a Week, llaving to. 
I opport a Wife and Children, and perhaps 

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of Wantz Cold arid Nakedneſß. 2799 
And where ſhall they apply for Relief? 
If to the Pariſh, perhaps they may ob- 
tain a few Half. Lis but no real Suc- 
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to employ her diſtreſſed Countrymen'; 

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The never ſaw the Naked, but ſhe cloath- 
ed them; nor the Sick, but ſhe viſited 
them; nor the Hungry or Thirſty but ſhe 
relieved them, whilſt the Rich ſhe ſent 
empty away. In which charitable Opi- 
nion of her on Virtues, ſhe expects to 
go directly to Heaven; but now hear the 
Opinion of Impartiality. 15 
Indeed ſhe never ſaw her F en Crea- 
tures in Diſtreſs, but ſhe being of a com- 
- paſſionate Temper, found it neceſſary for 
her own Quiet, to relieve them; there- 
fore, ſhe always choſe a back Room to 
t in, that ſhe; might not view ſuch diſ- 
agreeable Objects; and in order to ſave 
her Money for ſame great. laſt: Stroke, 
if Per ſons of Rank dine or ſup with her, 
they muſt take ſuch as the Houſe affords, 
by which Means the Rich: are en n 
empty away: 

If no body 0 "YR Pidture, 1 
out writing the Name under it, I; will 
confeſs myſelf to be as 1 a Painter 25 

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The Dean could not abide the at” 
of being like other Mortals, forgot as 
ſoon as his venerable Duſt was convey'd 
to the Earth; and therefore he always 
endeavour'd to render himſeſf worthy 9 
a grateful Remembrance i in the Hearts of 
the People; yet how true are his own, 


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Mrs 2, P TL KEING TON 55 3 
not ſo much for the Vanity of an 8 
as the Pleaſure I feel at ſeeing ſo 1 a 
Reſpect paid to his Memory. Aa 
1 believe, the Dean, on his firſt- coming 
to Treland, was very melancholy, and 
indeed it was not to be wonder'd at, as 
he was then ſeparated from thoſe mi. , 
he lov'd, Mr. Pope, Lord Bolingbrake, 
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the Pretender in my Hand, and place. 
10 «, him on the Throne.“ os cr. ; 
I remember a worthy. erde seie wth ; 
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collect, came to a Reſolution to hive a 
Feaſt once a Vear, in imitation of the 
Saturnalia, which, in heathen Rome, was 
held about the Time we keep our Chrift- 
mas, whereat the Servants perſonated 
their Maſters, and the Maſters waited as 
Servants. - 
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in Practice, was at the Deanery Houſe 
When all the Servants were ſeated, and 
every Gentleman placed behind his own 
Man, the Dean' 8 Servant took an Op- 
portunity of finding Fault with ſome Meat 
that was not done to his Taſte, and tak 
ing it up in his Hand, he threw it in his 
Maſter's Face, and mimick'd him n 
every other Foible which he had ever 
diſcover'd in him 
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beat the F ellow, and put every Thing into 
ſuch Diforder, that the Servants affriglit. 
ed, fled the Room ; and here ended the 
Feaſt of Saturnalia. PEERLESS 
1 Stella, whom he has fo beautifully 
1 2 5 tough his Writings, was actu- 
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» "Mrs. Juul. ſaid t to be his own Siſter, 


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| ally his Wife, though they never, I am 
convinced, taſted even the chaſte J oys 
which Hymen allows. 

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other, a moſt tender Love; and though 
they did not indulge the Deſires of tha 
Body, yet their Souls were united by the 

| ſtricteſt Bonds of divine and fog} Fur. 
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e to acknowledge her as the Partner 
of his Heart; but ſhe wiſely declin'd it, 
knowing that while ſhe continued only as 
a Viſitor, he would: treat her: with Ref: 
pet which would ceaſe, as his Temper. 
was unpaſſive, if ſhe lived intirely with 
| him; and every Fault. of his Servants, 
would be attributed. to her. Iam certain 
he muſt have tenderly loved that Lady, 
as I have been a Witneſs, that the bare 
mention of her Name has drawn Tears 
from him, which it was not 4, to ele 
fecrt. : ATT 
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ing very early, to Breakfaſt ; and as 1 
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to have — one of theſe . but 
after he had detained me two Hours, Uit- 
courſing on his Houſhold Oeconomy, 
and other Matters, amongſt which one 
was, that a Piece of his Garden Wall 
Had fallen down and * ſo ſaid he, 
* one of my Fellows forſooth, wut 
* needs get a Frowel and Mortar, and 
y 4 undertake to mend the Brea. 
" oe happened, continued the Dean» 
«4 to ſpy him out of my Window at 
« this Employment, and calld to him 
to know why he did that © he told me 
„e he had been bred a Bricklayer, and 
« that his doing it, would ſave me Mo- 
« ney; ſo J let him finiſh it, which he 
« did very compleatly in about an Hour's 
time. I gave him a Moidore ; and 
10 Pox take me, but the Fellow inttead 
«« of going as he ought, to the Aleheuſe 
40 or a Whore, went and bought Silver 
0 Buckles, and is grown vety proyd 
8 upon it 

F think, Sir, aid J. che Man made Aa. 


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«- faſt, I know you were once Bermudas 
« mad; now l' give you ſome of that 
C3 Country Cheer; open that Drawer and 
reach me a flat Bottle you'll find there.” 
1 ran to obey him, and as' the Drawer 
Was low, kneeled down to it. + pk 
I no ſooner attempted to lock the 
Drawer, but he flew at me and beat me 
moſt immoderately; I again made an 
Effort, and ſtill he beat me, crying, 
« Pox take you, open the Drawer.“ AA 
once more tried, and he ſtruck me ſo 
hard, that 1 burſt into Tears, and Laid 
LOS Sir, what muſt 1 do? | 5 44 

Pox take you for a slut, ſaid bez 
al would you ſpoil my Lock, and break 
* my Key?” Why, Sir the Pratt 
1s loc d. Oh! beg Pardon, faid be, 
] thought you” were going to pull it 
out by the Key; well, Les or it and 0 
& what T bid you. T 

I did fo, and found the Bottle: PEO 
« ſaid he, you muſt know T always 
break faſt between my own He uſe and 
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r in my Pocket, upon this he . 


out a Piece of Gingerbread, and offered 
me ſome. 1 ; 

As I was cerribly afflicted with the | 
Heart-burn, the very thoughts of any 
thing fe fo dry, made me ten times worſe, 
which I told bim, ,and begged he would 
excuſe me. He poſitively inſiſted on my 


eating a Piece of it, which I was, on 
Penalty of another n W to 
comply with. 


1 6 Now, ſaid he, you 3 * a Sup 
7 out of my Bottle. I juſt held it ta 
my: Mouth, and found it ſo ſtrong, that 
1 intreated he would not afk me to taſte 
1: He endeavoured to perſuade me; but 
Bading that would not avail, he threw 
me down, forced the Bottle into my 
Mouth, and pour'd. ſome of the Liquor 
down my Throat, which I thought would 

have fet my very Stomach on Fire. He 

hen gravely went to Prayers, and I re- 


turned home, not greatly delighted, but, 


however, glad to come off no worſe. 
1 went. the enſying Evening to pay a Vi- 
fit, to. ; MF. Kinſman Doctor Se. 
then 


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then lately conſecrated Lord Bp 
of“ * * ®, This Gentleman, and his 
F amily, were extremely fond of my Fa- 
ther, and always pleaſed when I did my- 
ſelf the Honour to call on them; and 
received me with that Eaſe and Polite- 
neſs, peculiar to well · bred People. I con- 
gratulated the Biſhop on his Preferment : - 
He modeſtly told me, that his Honours 
did not fit eaſy on him, and that he 
would willingly diſpence with his Friends 
not ſaluting him by his Title of Lord, 
as it always made him uneaſy. He then 
aſked me, as he ſaw my Father's Cha- 
riot at the Door, where I intended to go? 
I told him, to the Dean. Well, faid he, 
I beg you'll give my Compliments: ts 
him, and tell him, That, as *tis to his 
Recommendation I owe my preſent Hap- 
pineſs, I am ſurpriſed I never had the 
Pleaſure of ſeeing him fince he con- 
ferred fo great a Favouron me: While 1 
was plain Doctor S- ge, continued he, the 
Dean uſed to fend his Wine and: Bread 
before him, and frequently take a Dinner 
with me 3 but now, I believe, he. i 18 
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62 MEMOIRS of 


hand to on me: Pray ſpeak to him, 
and let me know his Anſwer. 1 0 
miſed I would, and then departed. 

I found the Dean at home, and alone, 
which gave me an a Opportu- 
nity of delivering the B- -p's Meſ- 
fage. He liſten tb me very y attntively, 
and then ſaid, Oh, I remember ſome- 
s thing of it: L——d C———t ap- 
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« Living of N. — 1 85 for *. 
I recommended 8 ge to the 
++. Biſhoprick, with an Aſſurance, that he 
would anſwer his Excellency's Pur- 
«;poſe;z and Pox take me if I ever 
thought him worth my Contempt. till 
44J had: made a Biſhop of him.“ 
The Dean then told me, that as he 
had no Company, and did not know how 
to diſpoſe of his time, I ſhould have 
the Honour to ſu up with him; and, ſaid 
he, I will give 155200 a moſt kingly En- 
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Taccordingly waited, in Expectation of 
dme extraordinary: Repaſt, till about 
Nine o' Clock, in which Interval, my 
Readers may be aſſured, I Wanted not 
Amuſements for the Mind: However, 
at length, the Cloth was laid on a'ſmall 
Table, and, to my great Surprize, the 


Servant brought up four blue Eggs, on a 


China” Plate : 4 Here, Huſſey, ſaid he, 
“is a Plover* s Egg; King William uſed 


«to give Crowns apiece for them, and 


* thought it Prophanation in a Subject 
«to eat one of them; as he was, amongſt 
„ his other immortal Perfections, ai 
wo Epicure, a Glutton, and 2 —r5—ß—— 
« Hold, ſaid he; I had like to have 
+6. ſpoken” Treaſon: But how do you like 
« the Eggs? Sir, Lhave eat none yet. 
* Well, eat like a Monarch then, and 
tell me your Opinion. *I dicꝭ eat, and 
told him, I had not that elevated Notion 
of his Banquet, which he might poſſibly 
have, from ſo great a Precedent «Wet; 
« faid he, theſe: Eggs coſt me Six pence 
« apiece; which" 18 a little extravagant, 


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64 MEMOIRS of 

ec ; Halfpenpy but I never exceed two; 

« and this is the only Article, in which [ 

« am luxurious.” of ABT IP | 
I muſt here again 8 to my 

38 for my frequent Digreſſions, in 

which, however, tis poſſible, they will 


find more <p than a ſimple 
Narrative will afford. 1 


I believe there never was any Set af 


People ſo happy in ſincere and uninter- 
rupied Friendſhip, as the Dean, Doctor 


Delany, Mr. Pilkington, and myſelf; nor 
can I reflect, at this Hour, on any thing 
with more Pleaſure, than thoſe happy 
Moments we have enjoyed | 1 *Tis for this 
Reafon I am fond of mentioning Matters; 


which bring the pleaſing Ideas to my 
Mind. I have obſerved, that the Scent. 


of a Flower, or the Tang of a Song, al- 
ways conveys to Remembrance the exact 
Image of the Place in which they were 
firſt noticed. Well, there fore, in the 


Relation of 2 Sc, where one Circum- 


ſtance. inſenſibly b rings on another, may 


2. Wiriter, who ſcorns to deal in Romance, 


be led, like me, to ag. „ 4 
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Mrs. Barber, whoſe Name, at her earneſt 
Requeſt} I-omitted' in my firſt Volume, 
and who was the Lady I mentioned to 
have been with me, at my firft Interview 
with the Dean 'at Dr, Delany's Seat, was 
at this time writing a Volume of Poems, 
ſome of which I fanſy might, at this Day, | 
be ſeen in the Cheeſemongers, Chandlers, 
Paſtry- cooks, and Second-hand Book- 
ſellers Shops: However, dull as they 

were, they certainly would have been 
much worſe, but that Doctor Delam fre- 
evi held what he called a *Cenatus 
Conſultum, to correct theſe undigeſted 
Materials; at which were preſent ſome- 
times the Dean, (in the Chair) but al- 
ways Mrs. Grierfan, Mr. Pilkington, the 

Doctor, and myſelf.” One Day that he 
had appointed for this Purpoſe, we re- 
ceived from him the following Lines, 
which, as they contain a Compliment to, 
me, from fo eminent a Hand, T muſt! | 
inſert: Take notice, that as we were both 
diminutive in Size, Mr. Piltington was 
25 ed 7. homas Then, and 1 bis Lady 5 

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To conſult for e ſo come one and 
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Quit Books, and. gut Babe. your, 
Cure and your Care, n 
For; 2 Jong, wingin ng Walk, 999.4 a. ſhort 

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We oͤbeyed the Summons, and had a 
very elegant Entertainment; and after- 
wa ds proceeded to. bur Bufineſs, which 
we completed t to the Satisfaction of all 
Farties 

- Of all the Gentlemen Be ever Rowe,” 
this I muſt ſay, that Doctor Delanmy ex 
cels in one Point particularly; which 48, 
in giving an elegant Entertainment, with 
Eaſe," Chearfulneſs, "and. an Hoſpitalicy,: 
which makes the Company Bappy- 

Lord Carteret, in his Lieutenancy, be- 
ing very fond of this Gentleman, Ho is 
indeed worthy of univerſal Eſteem, came 
one Day, quite unattended, and told the 
Doctor he was come to dine with him. 
He thank'd his 'Excellency | for the Honour 
he! conferd on ihim, and invited Him to 
walk into his (bęautiful) Gardens; which 
his Excellency did, with great good Fu- 
mour.” They took a Turn ör two, when: 
the Servant came to inform them, that 
| Diner was on the Table. The Doctor 
had generally ſomething nice} zn the Sca- 
ſon, for hiniſelf and his Mother, to whom 


he behaved: with- true Hilial Tene 21 
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and Ref x for which, no Doubt, his 
Days will be Jongi in the 2 whic he: 


Lord hath given him. 

The Doctor made the old Ads 5 
the Honours of his Table; for which, 
nor for the Entertainment, he never made 


the keene ae 


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To Stomacks cloy'd with coltly rue, 
enen alone eee. aten e e 


This De . 9530 was inbeuely : 
agreeable cats, Co———f, who, tho” 

a Courtier, hated Ceremony when he 
ſought Pleaſure, which is indeed incon- 
ſiſtent with ity And hat Reſpect ſo- 
ever our Nobility may think is owing to 
the French Mode of cringing and eom- 
plimenting,, I.muſt confeſs I-never ſee it 
practiſed, without a peculiar Pain, which 
L cas compare to nothing but the Appre- 

henſions 1 am under at the. Sight of 
Tumblers, Rope - dancers, Ce ſuck as, 
I believe, all rational Creatures ſhare, at 

ing Men deform their Viſages by 2 
thouſand 


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Bodies like jointed Babies, only becauſe 
it is Alamode Francoife': Neither do we 
often ſee any but the moſt illicerate Cox- 
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His. Excellency; after the Cloth! was 


taken. away and the Bottle introduced, 

(hen conſequenily, the. Lady departed) 
told the Doctor, “ that he always be- 
6 heved him ar moſt well -Bred Gentle- 
man, but never had ſo clear 4. Demon - 
* ſtration of it, as he had: this Day ſeen. 


<. Qthers,. ſaid he, whom I have tried 
<<. the fame Experiment on, have met me 


in as much Confuſion as if I came to 
e arreſt them for High- Treaſon; nay, 
— nad not give me a Moment of 
<<; their: Converſation ; which, and not 
«, their Dioner, I ſought, but hurry! from 
% mez-and then, if I had any Appetite, 
« deprive me of it by their fulſome Apa- 
*< logies fur DefeQs:;.This, ſaid; his Ex- 
«<; zellencysis like a Story I heard the Dean 
1% "INOS of a Lady, who: had given him 


an Invitation to Dinger: As ſhe : heard 
40 e was not eaſily pleaſed, ſhe bad tar 


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5 could be purchaſed, the Lady had 
prepared, even to Profuſion, (which 


#7 gp know Swift hated.) However, 


* tbec Dean was ſcaree ſeated, when ſhe 


began to make a ceremonious Ha- 
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+] ſhe was ſincerely. ſorry ſhe had; hot: a 
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ell Ven $6 Homecand' d . Hering. 
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460 Jaſtly corifuſed at her Folly, hich had 
re ſpoilt alk the Pains and Expenes ſhe 
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Ard here, if it wil tot; bc thought im. 
Pe in” me, tel Efttutle Intb>fuch 
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Mrs. PiruxnNo TON. 271 


A certain Engli/h Nobleman, cho had 
the Honour to be ſent Embaſſador i 


France, was ſaid to be one of the moſt 


Polite accompliſhed fine Gentlemen in 
_ Europe. This reached the Ears of the 
. French: King, who thought ſuch! a Cha- 
racter due to none but himſelf; but as 

every thing is proved by Trial, his Ma- 

jeſty took this Merhod of, informing his 
Curioſity, One Morning that the Ambaſ- 
ſador had a private Audience, the King 
told hjm;he: ſhould be-glad of his Excel- 
. lency?s Company, to take an airing with 


him; the Ambaſſador did not heſitate on 
accepting the Offer ; but told his Majeſty, 


he was ready to Wait on him; the King's 


a Chariot was at che Poor, which he very 


.careleſsly. deſired the. Nobleman to ſtep 
into: No, Sir, replied. the Ambaſſador, 


not befere your Majeſty; at which the King 


burſt ont à Laughing, and ſaid, No, 
„% no, my Lord, you are not chef 


„ bred Man in the World 5: other. 


.* you would have done What I Aokns, 
s ſince you might well know, that if, it 


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And indeed T re heard thoſe who 
| — to be the beſt Judges of Manners, 
e that in Company with Superiors, 
to act implicitly according to their Direc- 
a tions, is the moſt effectual Method of 
being always acceptable; which leads 
me to another little CORD: related 
by Mrs. Percival. 
This Lady, with a Ovtriphny: of very 
: ee Perſons, reſolved in the Sum- 
mer- time to take a Trip to the Hague; 
they accordingly ſet out, and landed at 
ſome Place in Holland, the Name of 
* which I have now forgot: However, on 
their firſt Day 84 ourney, they ſtopp'd : at 
an Inn to dine, and enquired what they 
could have to eat; they were told there 
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called 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 73 


ealled a. Bill, and amongſt ather Articleg 
of Extortion, they were charged for 


Meat One Pound Four Skillings, which 
was ſo palpable an Impoſition, that tho? 
each of the Company had Fortune and 
Liberality enough, yet they called for the 


Man, and-told him they abſolutely would 


not pay ſo extravagant a Price; ſooner 
than which, as they came meerly for 


Pleafure, they would ſtay a Month and 


ſpend a hundred Pounds a Piece in Law; 
the Booriſh F ellow told them that it was 
the common Price in this Place; which 


1 they doubted, he was willing to ap · 
peal.. to the Magiſtrate. This they rear 


dily agreed to, and were all preparing for 
a, ſerious Trial of the. Matter, when 


Minheer told them, in an ironical Toney 


that he was himſelf the Ruling- Officer 
and Diſpenſer of Law. and Juſtice in that 
Place. Finding this to be the Fact, and 


that the Defendant muſt be, the Judge in 


this Cauſe, the Plaintiffs ehqught Proper 


to ſubmit, and pay'd him. 
If the Reader thinks this little Narra- - 


tive is not quite in Point; which, now 
it is related, I begin to find out myſelf, 
Vor. III. 3 he 


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he may blot it out of his Book if he 
pleaſes, but he ſhall not blot it out of 

my Manuſcript, for that would be to de- 

prive me of a Page, that is worth a Crown 

to me: Nay, and as it is Truth, who 
knows but it may prove worth two 
Crowns to the Reader, if he ſhould hap 

pen to make the ſame Tour. 

My dear Mr. Cibber, to whom, for 

his Amuſement, I uſed to relate ſuch 
little Incidents, would frequently admire 

what a Fund of Matter for Entertainment 
my Brain contained, and he bad me 

write it all; ſince, if it pleaſed him, it 

might poſſibly have the ſame Effect on 
others. This Gentleman's frequent Con. 
verſation with the Great, gave him a bet= 
ter Opportunity of knowing their Diſpo- - 
fition (as he had infinite Penetration) 
than moſt others: In Conſequence of 
which, he adviſed me, when I ever had 
Occaſion to ſollicit a Fevvur from any 
Perſons of Diſtinction, to take Care to 
Time it properly; for Inſtance, ſaid he, 
Never write to him or her, of a dark 
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to One, they are out of Temper; nor 
though you ſend at any Time, and even 
received an unmannerly Anſwer, do not 


let a raſh Pride drive you to return the 


Affront, ſince it is impoſſible for you to 
know what at that Inſtant had chagrin'd 

their Temper. He who will not be your 
Friend at one Time, may at another ; 
and tho? you never can bring him to do 


you any Service, yet do not provoke 
him to be your Enemy; a Man may 


have had ill Succeſs at Play, miſſed an 
Appointment with a fine Woman, or 
twenty ſuch Accidents; which may for 
the preſent ſour his Diſpoſition; whereas 
if you continue your Aſſiduities, in Pro- 


ceſs of Time he might do you more 


Service than you could hope. Theſe are 
Truths which I have ſince experienced, 


and I ſhould be wanting in Gratitude as 


| well as Sincerity, if I did not make it 
publick. Here follows an Inſtance, 


Nicholas Loftus Hume, Eſqz whom 1 
5 mentioned in my ſecond Volume, that 


came to ſee me in London, but declined 
ſubſcribing to me, becauſe he was going 


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76 MEMOIRS of 

Gince my being in this Kingdom, been 
kind enough to ſend me Five Guineas as 
a Subſcription ; for which I reſt his moſt 
obliged Servant. 

I remark'd to Mr. Cibber, upon this 
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- which was not obſcured by a monſtrous 
high Wall, that inticely intercepted the 
' Proſpect, and took much from the Mag- 
nificence the Streets might poſſibly have. 
He told me, it was the Method in Tach, 
from whence our Peers, and others, tranſ- 
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-their abominable Pollutions ; but as we 
enjoy a mild and temperate Region, and 
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theſe Gates, a moſt avaricious Cerberus, 
who, ſhould a Stranger happen to ſtand 
and gaze at any occaſion of the Gates 
being opened, would very judiciouſly 


lap it in their Faces, as if our Eyes, like 


the Sphynx of Egypt, could penetrate 


Stone Walls. If you have the ſmalleſt 


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will be as dull of Apprehenſion as the 


Mock Doctor, till you tip him the Symp- 


toms z which when you have given him, 


he prevails on the Valet to deliver it, 
which muſt alſo be accompanied by -a 


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75 MEMOIRS of 


Theſe Obſervations I thought proper to 
communicate, as I am perſuaded ſome 
of the Nobility of England, will be cu- 
rious enough to read this Work, and 1 
do aſſure them, nothing ſo much dims 
their Luſtre, as the Arrogance and Pe- 
nury of their Vaſſals; which, when they 
know, perhaps they may reclaim. Dean 
Swift diſcharged a Servant only for 
tejecting the Petition of a poor old Wo- 
man; ſhe was very ancient, and on a cold 
Morning, fat at the Deanery Steps a con” 


ſiderable Time, during which the Dean 


faw her through a Window, and no 
doubt commiſetated her deſolate Condi- 
tion. His Footman happened to come 
to the Door, and the poor Creature be- 
ſought him in a piteous Tone, to give 
that Paper to his Reverence. The Ser- 


vant read it, and told her with infinite 


Scorn, his Maſter had ſomething elſe to 
mind than her Petition. What's that 


you ſay, Fellow, ſaid the Dean, look - 
ing out at the Window, come up here.? 


The 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 79 
The Man trembling obey*d him: he alſo 
deſired the poor Woman to come before 
him, made her fit down, and ordered her 
fome Bread and Wine; after which he 
turned to the Man, and ſaid, At what 
time, Sir, did I order you to open: 
« a Paper directed to me? or to refuſe 
a Letter from any one? Hark ye, 
« Sirrah, you have been admoniſh'd by 
me for Drunkenneſs, idling, and ether 
« Faults, but ſince I have diſcovered 
& your inhuman Diſpoſition, I muſt diſ- 
« miſs you from my Service: So pull 
« off my Cloaths, take your Wages, 
and let me hear no more of you.. 


The Fellow did ſo, and having vainlx 


follicited a Diſcharge, was compelled to 


go to Sea, where he continued five Years; 


at the end of which time, finding that 
Life far different from. the Eaſe and 


| Luxury of his former Occupation, he re- 
turned, and humbly confeſſing, in a Pe- 


tition to the Dean, his former manifold 


Crimes; he affured him of: his ſincere 
On, which the Dangers he had 


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8 MEMOIRS of 
undergone at Sea, had happily wrought, 
and begg*d the Dean would give him 
ſome Sort of Difcharge, ſince the Ho- 
nour of having liv'd with him, would 
certainly procure him a Place. Accord- 
ingly, the Dean call'd for Pen, Ink an@ 
Paper, and gave him a Diſmiſſion, with 
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for London. dy 
Among others he i to me, who 
lad known bim atihis-late Maſter's, and 
produc'd his Certificate; which for its 
Singularity, I tranſcribed, and believe ie 
may not be diſpleaſing to the Reader. 
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< me the Space of one Tear, during 
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4 kard, I then diſcharged him as ſuch; but 
« how far his having been five Years at 
« Sea, may have mended his Manners, I 
c leave to the Penetration of thoſe who 
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Mrs. P1LK1NGTON. 81 

I. adviſed him to go to Mr. Pope, 
who, on ſeeing the Dean's Hand-writing, 
which he well knew, told the Man, if 
he could produce any credible Perſon, who 
would atteſt, that he was the Servant 
that the Dean meant, he would hire him, 
On this Occaſion he applied to me, and 
I gave him a Letter to Mr. Pope, aſſuring 
him, that I knew the Man to have been 
Footman to the Dean. Upon this Mr. 


Pope took him into his Service, in which 


he continued till the Death of his Maſter. 
*Tis now, I think, full time for me to 
take up my Clue, and go on with my 
Memoirs; previous to which it is, how- 
ever, I think, it incumbent on me, to in- 
treat my Readers Forgiveneſs for my ſo 
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unluckily interwoven in my Hiſtory, that 
it is as impoſſible for me to eradicate 
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3&2 MEMOIRS of 

a. Fub, to ſtrip, his Coat of its Foppe- 

ries, without viſibly defacing the whole.. 
 Worſdale went abroad, and I; took an 

Opportunity to make my Eſcape, to viſit 


Mr. Cibber, and met, according to Cu- 
ſtom, a very kind Reception: For his 


Friendſhip to me was inviolable. He was 
writing the Character and Conduct of 
CieEgRo conſider'd; and did me the 
Honour to read it to me: I was infinitelx 
pleaſed to find, by, the many lively Sal- 


lies of Wit in it, that the good Gentle- 
man's Spirits were undepreſs'd with Vears; 


— Long may they continue ſo, This 


gave me an Opportunity of writing 2 


Poem to him, which J — e had the 
Confidence to aſk from me; but I did 


not chuſe to compliment him with it: 


[The Editor has applied to Mr. Cibber for 

a Copy ofthis Poem, but he having diſpoſed 

of them all, we are obliged to omit it], 
Mr. Cibber was exceeding well pleas'd 


when I waited on him with it, and ſaid, 
he would give it a Place, but that it 


wanted Correction, which he promiſed to 


being 


Mrs, P1LKINGTON. 83 
being convinced. his Judgment far ſur - 
paſſed mine. . 

I waited on him next Morning, and. 
found he had greatly improved my Work! 
Ithank'd him for his obliging Pains, but 


remarked his Modeſty in having ſtruck- 


out ſome Lines, in which he was mott. 


praiſed. 
Well, Madam, faid he, there are two: 
Guineas for your Flattery, and one more 


for the Liberty I took, I bleſſed my 


Benefactor ſincerely, from my Soul; he 
ſmiled benevolent: Come, ſaid he, . 
* have more good News for you; Mr. 
% Stanhope alter*d a Line, for which-he 
4 deſires you will accept of a Guinea: 
“ Mr. Hervey alſo pays you the ſame: 
_«« Compliment, for changing one Mo- 
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Truth, I only wiſhed every Gentleman at 
White's had, on the fame Terms, takem 

the ſame Liberty, till my Work, like: 
Admiral Drake's Ship, had been ſo often: 
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Here, in nice Balance, Truth with Gold 
1 ſhe weighs, | 
Rowe ſolid n n em pry Praiſe, 

1 1 an no more chan beftet ſomel 
Joyful Tears) to aſſure Mr, Cibber, that 
neither his own Favours to me, nor thoſe 
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had any Exiſtence. . 

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Reflections how do they wander? Who 
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| Mis PirxinGTox. 85 
but the Almighty can account for them? 
J went, when in London, to be electrified, 
when finding the Motion given to a glaſs 
Globe not only made Sparks of Fire come 
dut of my Arm, but alſo ſer a Bowl of 
Sand under it a boiling, I could not help 
thinking, that the Earth revolving each 
Day on its own Axis, muſt of courſe 
take Fire, as J have ſeen a Chariot-wheel 
do: Our Globe may then become a 
Comet, and the Inhabitants of others 
gaze on it with Surprize and Admiration. 
I think no Philoſopher has yet been able 
to tell us, by all their mathematical 
Rules, what Comets are. I have been 
told many Stars, which once adorn'd the 
blue etherial Space, have diſappear'd; 

Worlds perhaps loſt in a Conflagration, 
Which no more fill the wide Expanſe. 

But how I ramble out of my Sphere, 
in a vain 1 to 1000 above It, 


For while Mad 2 a 
on grofy cloſe me . 7 cannot do it. 
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Tlong to liſten to the young ey'd Che- 
rubims, and am weary of the World; but 
what of that, I gave not Life to myſelf, 
nor dare I attempt to abridge it. 

Reader, excuſe me; if you are a Man 
of Senſe I am certain you will, and from 
the Ladies I yet hope Compaſſion; . tho” 
rarely met with from one Woman to an- 
r 

Had I ſtray'd from the Paths of Vir=- 
tue, when turn'd out deſolate, to the wide. 
World, forſaken by. all. my once 'dear 
ſeeming Friends, and tender Relatives, 1. 
might at leaſt have hoped for Pity, and 
given. Neceſſity as a Plea for Error: 
This has made me fo, circumſtantial in 
every. Particular of my. nine Years living. 
in London, where I am certain I have. 
many Friends, and thoſe ſuch as would 
be an Honour to any Perſon to gain. 


And 1 really was 


| Rank'd with their F riends, notr num 
ber'd with their Train: Popes | 


My dear and honour'd Lady Codring- 


fon, thou lovely. Epitome of every female: 
Virtues. 


> 
” 


Mrs. PrL Kk ING TON. 87 
Virtue, whoſe Ear is ſhut to Scandal, 
-whoſe Hand is liberal, whoſe Chaſtity 
immaculate, whoſe Zeal to ſerve the diſ- 
ſtreſs'd unwearied, whoſe Friendſhip I 
experienced when you kindly pleaded in 
my behalf to her Grace the late Dutcheſs 
of Marlboroug b; to the royal Offspring 
of our auguſt Monarch, and whoſe Polite- 
| neſs is as conſpicuous as your every other 
amiable Virtueʒ 

Pardon me, Abſtra& of all Goodneſs; 
that I dare to whiſper your immortal 
| Name; but your ſweet Epiſtle, when you 
told me it was neceſſary for me to write 
a Ketter of Acknowlegement to her Grace, 
which Letter, I ſubmitted to your Lady- 
ſhip's ſuperior Judgment to corre where 
there was any thing, defective 3 | pardon. 
my Vanity, 1 muſt inſert : 


To Mrs. Meade. 


Madam, 
- Have obſerved that ſuperior Senden 
have ever more a Diffidence of them 
ſelves; you pay me a very high Com- 
pliment in believing me capable of mend- 
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38 MEMOIRS of 
ing what comes from you: I wiſh it may 
have the Effect I deſire, of a farther 
Bounty from her Grace: I am, | 
Madam, 
your real Friend, and 
mioſt obedient Servant, 
aui reel. Elixa. ps 
As 1 had wrote my Letter to her Grace 
in a very ſmall Hand, a Fault we Scrib- 
blers are apt to run into, whence ariſe 


numerous Miſtakes, I aſked Lady Co- 


drington, whether her Grace, who was 
now declin'd into the Vale of Years, 
could ſee to read it ? She aſſured me, ſhe 
could, as well as I : This put me in 
mind of ſome very fine Lines, wrote on 
this illuſtrious Lady, in the Kit-cat Toaſts, 
which cannot but be acceptable to my 
Readers. 


On the Dutcheſs Dowager ef Marborough: : 


Let others Youth eſteem, this Glaſs ſhall 
boaſt, 


A greats immortal, undecaying Toaſt, 


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Mrs. Pitx1inGTion 89 
In the quick Luſtre of whoſe radiant Eye, 
Still lives the beauteous Spark of Liberty, 
Whoſe Spirit nnn by f 
Den: 

Except for ooh Roth Safery knows no 
-; Fears; 

N whom . of road, and Pas 
©: .., . }triots eme, 

England ſhall pledge me, when [ Ma” 

% BRO; name. : 
| To: all this noble: Family my Reſpect 
and Gratitude are due; *tis a Bleſſing to 
our Iſland, that ſome of their Deſcenz 
dants, equal in Wiſdom and Virtue to their 
Anceſtors, vouchſafe to reſide in it, 
where may they flouriſh like the Cedars 
of Libanus. ; 

But to return: I was now able to quit 
my Confinement ; for Worſdale made his 
Houſe a ſevere one to me: Oh how I 
rejoiced at my Deliverance, and took a 
little decent Lodging ; but my Joys were 
_ periſhable as the baſeleſs Fabrick of a 
Viſion: Captain Meade, with whom I 
| mentioned wy: Sous: goirg'on.the ſecret 

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Expedition, came to tell me, that the 


Boy and he landed the Day before; that 
my Son was ſeized with'all the Symptoms 
of a violent Fever, and wanted to ſee me. 
| I went to the Captain's Lodgings, in 
 Scotland-Yard, and found my poor Wan- 
derer quite light-headed. The Captain 
ſent a Phyſician and a Surgeon to him, 
with Orders to the Miſtreſs of the Hauſe 
to provide for him whatever was neceſ- 
ſary, and he would anſwer the Expence. 
For many Days we deſpair'd of his Life, 
till at length God's Mercy reſtor'd him 
to my Prayers and Tears. When he came 
perfectly to himſelf he told me, they 
had been in a violent Tempeſt, where; 
the Waves rolling Mountains high, he was 
wet to his Skin, and the Ship in imminent 
Danger of being loſt: Captain Meade, 
he ſaid, begged' of God, that he might 
Juſt ſee his Wife and Children, and then 
he ſhould die without the ſmalleſt Re- 
luctance; his. Prayer was heard, the 
Storm abated, and all got ſafe on Shore. 
As he was impatient to ſee his Family, 
he had left Directions for my Son to fol» 
low- 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 91 
low him to Teddington, if it pleaſed God 
he recover d. As I knew nothing could 
be a greater Reſtorative, after a Fit of 
Sickneſs, than a pure Air, I recommend» 
ed that ſovereign Elixir to him: He 
went the Moment he was able, and ſent 
me the next wy the following Letter. 


Ty Dear Mamme, | 
Have return'd to what I had Soft left; 
. Sickneſs: The Captain is in a malig- 
nant Fever, beyond any thing Lever ſaw; 
he knows nobody, nor has he any. Phy- 
fieian z I don't believe he can outlive to- 
morrow Night: IT am really greatly 
_ griev'd, as I am ſure he lov'd me, and 
on account of his poor Wife, who is al- 
moſt diſtracted : The four little Girls, I 
fear, will be quite unprovided for: All 
| things here are in Confuſion + Adieu, my 
dear Mother, Heaven preſerve you. to 
Your affectionate and dutiful Son, 


Neadington, Friday 
Morning. Jobn Carteret Pilkington. 


of . 


o2 MEMOIRS of 
My Son's. Prognoſtick happened to 
prove true, the Captain expir'd about 
four the next Morning, of which the 
Boy was firſt inform'd by the diſmal Out- 
cry of the Widow and Children. This 
Woman's Character has ſomething in it 
ſo far ſurpaſſing any thing J have yet met 
with, that I hope it may at once divert 
and inſtruct my Readenhs; the Story 18 
genuine. 5 
She was che Daughter of Mr, 5 —. 
Z Feld, of Canterbury, an ancient and 
honourable: Family, many of whom 
had Seats in Parliament; but it ſeems 
he had ſtray'd from the Wiſdom and 
Virtue of his Anceſtors, and devoted 
himſelf ' intirely to Belial. Women and 
ö Wine were all his Joy, till he broke his 
i Lady's Heart: And, Oh ſtrange to hear, 
/  Thocking to human Nature! had the 
| the Cruelty to attempt his Virgin Daugh- 
ters! one of whom, to protect herſelf 
from ſuch devilliſh Solicitations, ran away 


with his Coachman. 
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Mrs. PiL&1NGToON. 93 


She thought it neither Shame nor Sin, 


For J ohn was come 0 honeſt Kin. 
Swift. 


The Heroine of our Story, being left 
alone, was ſo tormented by his inceſtu- 
ous infernal Fire, that ſhe fled to her 


younger Brother, who was an Apothe- 


cary, and lived at }/---d---r. 
As he was a Batchelor, he was very 


glad of her, to over-ſee his domeſtick Af- 


fairs, which, I dare ſay, ſhe did very well, 
as ſhe was a good Houſewife, eſpecially 
in the frugal Part of Management: It 
happened another Apothecary fell in love 
with her, but nothing could prevail on 
her t accept of him as a Huſband, tho- 
her Brother tried every Art he could to 


perſuade her to it. 


Things were in this Situation when 


Capi Mead was commanded on Duty 
to W---d---r, and as he had often been 


there, was well acquainted with the 
Town, and as well eſteem'd: Miſs vb. 
F. d and her Brother, with ſome young 


Ladies, were walking on the Terraſs, 


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when Captain Meade accoſted them. They 
fell into Chat, and Mr. Wb. -f. Id invited 
the Captain to Supper; after which the 


young Lady retir'd. 
Mr. }/b---f---1d then acquainted the 


Captain with his Siſter's obſtinate Refuſal 


of an advantageous Match. © She has, 


ſaid he, ſeem'd to pay a particular 
% Deference to every Word you ſpoke 
« to-night, and, I am certain, if you 
i undertake the Lover's Cauſe, you will 
6c « bring my Siſter to Reaſon.” 

The Captain faid it would be too 
abrupt to pretend to adviſe a Lady he 
had never ſeen before, in ſo delicate a 


Point as that of Matrimony, wherein 


many Circumſtances ought to be eon- 


ſidered, in order to a Union firm and 


laſting. It may be, ſaid he, the young 
Lady's Heart is pre-engaged; in that 
Caſe, how cruel would it be to force her 


Into a hateful Wedlock, the Conſequence 
of which is Miſery ? 


Mr. Vb-F. d then aſſured him, he had 


no ſuch Intention, all he aimed at was 


her Happineſs: 1 Coltivate, added hes 
ee a 


Mrs. PILXINGTON. 95 
< 2 Friendſhip with her; you may eaſily 
„ do it, and diſcover the true Cauſe of 
c her Averſion toward an honeſt good 
“ Man, who loves her, and is in Cir- 


cc curnſtances to maintain her in Eaſe and 


„ Plenty.“ 
Captain Mead promiſed all in his Plain 
and when, by frequenting the Houſe, he 


had got into a little Intimacy with her, 


he in a paternal Stile, when they were 
alone, expoſtulated with her, to no pur- 
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« ſom, how bleſt ſhould I think my⸗ 
« ſelf?** And are you, ſaid ſhe, in a 

fault*ring Voice, are you in earneſt, or do 
you only trifle with a Weakneſs, which 
your Penetration muſt have obſerved, 
even from the firſt — I beheld 
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-Altho” this Declaration was ; very plain, 


yet it was ſo unexpected, that the Cap- 


tain was for ſome Moments at a Loſs 
how to make a ſuitable Return: But, 
recovering himſelf, he told her, Joy had 
made him ſpeechleſs, but from that 
Hour he was intirely devoted to her for 
Life. 75 = 
He then aſk'd her in Marriage of her 


Brother, who. abſolutely refuſed her to 
him, on account of his being in the 
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But as the 3 Was willing © to be he 
kind Companion of his Flight, he hired 
a Chariot and Six, and took her with 
him. 

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| before her : Nor did ſhe in the leaſt at- 


WE: to yy it; but ſaid, ſhe had 
gain'd 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 97 
gain'd a good Huſband by her * | 
rity. 

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ſeemed to.me perfect Patterns of conju- 
gal Love; but her Fondneſs ſeem'd to 
ſurpaſs all things, for ſhe would kiſs her 
Husband's Linen, ſaying, they ſmelt of 
Violets and Roſes; but truly, though I 
lov'd my dear Relation very well, I was 
grown ſo delicace I did not like a dirty 
Shirt (for that was ſometimes the Caſey 
to be offered to me as a Noſegay. 

Her Piety was ſo great, that /bitſunday' 
Morning, when we were going to Church, 
which was near half a Mile from Captain 
Mea de's Houſe, a young Lady called to 
us, to know, did the Bell ring? Mrs. 
Meade anſwered, yes, but finding even 
the Church-yard Door not open'd, ſhe- 
ſaid, ſhe would not receive the Sacrament 
that Morning: I aſked her, why ſhe 
ſhould not ? Becauſe, ſaid ſhe, I have 
told a Lye, in ſaying the Bell rang: 1 
told her Scruple to Doctor Hals; who 
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Fears, by affuring her, an innocent MiR 
take could gever be deemed a Lye. 
Upon this we both ventured to receive 
the: bleſſed Enchariſt, adminiſtered to us 
by a truly holy Hand; for, affuredly, 
Doctor Hales, yours is. fuch. Aud: let 
mo Perſon ſay, I do not reverence: the 
Clergy, for I really do; but not any one 
of thera, who does not, as near as Hu- 
manity can go, aim at the Perfection of 
their Maker and Redeemer. 
As I have already related the Baar 
A Cagtain Shlaade's Drath, let us fee how 
is pious. Widow behaw' herſelf on che 


Oncaſtonz alter Having ye li :dianckł ſoreamed 


to: ſave. Appearances, fhe lock d up his 
Body, and had: him nexe Day buriech. 
She deſired my, Sen, who remained 
iſtonſolate in the Houſe; re go: to the 
Power, and: bring home whatever of the 
Captain's was there; but he being ap- 
prehen five: that, perhaps, on Account off: 


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wick him, they might be refuſed: to him; 
bagg'd.of mi to accompany him; which 


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Service 


Mrs. PrUKINGTON. 99 


Service I could to his Family, I readily 
did. When we arrived at his A part- 

ment there, for the Officers keep 6ne in 
Every Place where they are obliged to be 
on Guard, and told the Miſtreſs of the 
Houſe my melancholly Errand, the 
gave me the Keys of his Buread, Port. 
manteau, Trunk, Se. 


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Saſh, and many other things dppertain- 


ing to him, in which I had fo ofren fee 


him array 'd, I could not refrain burſting 
into Tears, to think the dear Wearer of 
them was now no more. Amongſt other 
thing s we found two Guineas, which was 
a Cafonable Relief to the Widow. Phe 


Soldiers. on Duty wept like Children at 


his Death's ſad Story. My. Son covey? 4 
all things ſafe; but the Sight of fie} 
did not take the ſame Effect on bis Re- 


lic that they had done on me; for ffis 


only ſaid, ſhe was very t to get 


chem. 
My Boy, who colours Prints eabtb 


fally, was employed by Mr. Millas; ſo 


that he was innocently and elegantly em- 
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| Quite undiſturbed, which it was impoſT- 
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ſons coming for Letters, Petitions, Sc. 
he took a Lodging for himſelf. I was 
one Day exceedingly ſurpriſed when the 
Penny-poſt brought a Letter, directed to 
my Son; as it was marked Teddington I 
open'd it, judging it was ſome Buſineſs 
that Mrs. Meade wanted to have tranſ- 
acted when, O ſhameful! it Was a 
Love- letter to the Child, who was but 
ſixteen Years of Age, and ſhe is four 
1 Years older than Jam, with a Direction 
10 him to meet her at a Coffee-houſe in 
118 L.oncon, and an Offer of Marriage to 
| I really could ſcarce believe the true 
li and credible Avouchment of my own 
1 Eyes. Bleſs me ! ſhe amaz'd me! yet, 
thinking this might be a Counterfeit, 1 
mſew'd it to the Boy, and deſired he 
Vi would go, and ſee into this Matter, nei- 
ther of us being acquainted with her 
Hand, which was à deſperate bad one. 
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Tidings of her; ſo Lconceived this Let- 
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on a Wild- gooſe Chaſe.. „ 80 

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to the Penſion, and produced a Certifi- 
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in that time, have aſſerted her juſt Rights. 
But this is not all, the Officers have made 


a Collection for the Lady he acknow- 
ledg'd, and the Children: But there is a 


Report ſpread, that ſhe is married to a 


Boy, young enough to be her Son, who 
was A Helper in the Captain? s Stable. 
This has damped the Charity of thoſe 
who, had ſhe even been deceived by the 
Caprain, would have affiſted her, 

I told him 1 had often heard the Cap- 
tain relate thar, 1 in his younger Days, he 
got in a League with one Mrs. Meadows» 
who, after having been divorced - from 
her Huſband, fet up a Coffee-houfe, 
where he boarded and lodg'd: He found 


her in every Reſpect ſo unfaithful to him, 


that he quitted her. Not long after ſhe 
broke; and, being in Diſtreſs, applied 


to Captain Meade, who, in Conſideration 


of former Friendſhip, agreed to give 
her annually 20 J. provided the en 


which ſhe agreed to. 


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H you will be ſo kind to inquire into it, 
that thefe Reports may be confuted, ic 
will be of: che utmoſt Conſequence to- 
wards the future Welfare of the Widow 
and Orphans of your deceaſed Relation. 
F ſhall pay my Reſpects to you again in 
two or three Days. The Gentleman left. 
me, and, after a good deal of: Search 


amongſt: Mrs: Meade's Acquaintance, 1 


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ferent Lodging; the Children were in 
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to doat on, even to Extravagance, is cold 
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cold enough, and rotten too, by this 
time. May be you made him ſo before 
Death. Why ſhould yon think ſo? Be- 
cauſe you ſtem to have thrown of com- 
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ſpe& you pay to ſo good a Huſband ? In 
anſwer to this, and to my great Surprize, 
ſhe aſſured me, ſhe never was married te to | 
the Captain in her Life. 
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. who 'ſcapes all but the picrcing Eye of 
Gor) in its utmoſt Perfection; if one 
may make uſe of ſuch an Epithet to ſuch, 
a a deviliſh Sin, To live in Fornication, 
yet go to the Communion without the 
leaſt Purpoſe of Amendment of Life, 
and to pretend ſuch ſtrong Affection to a. 
Man, whoſe very Memory ſhe ſhewed ſhe, 
hated ; I ſhall ever after this ſuſpe& the, 
Sircerity of ſuch an over- acted Fond- 
neſs. | 
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really ſorry ſhe had put it: out of my. 
Power to vindicate her Conduct; which, 1 
out of Regard to the poor Children, I. 
would gladly have done. She told me, 
Doctor Hales approyed of her Proceed- 
ing; and ſo ſhe did not care what I 
thought. Though I am certain this.muſt- 
have been falſe, 5 the Doctor had ſuch, 
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he was true to the Aſbes of his Spouſe? 
whom he loſt when he was but a very: 
young Man, and having an agreeable: 
_ Perſon, a ſweet Temper, and unbounded: 
Learning, might no Doubt have raiſed: 
his Fortune by a ſecond Marriage. 

Amongſt other Inſtances of her Hypo- 
efiſy,! this Woman uſed to pretend, that 


even ſmall Beer got into her Head, and 


would: leyerely; cenſure: any. Lady. who » 
drank à Glaſs of Wine.; yet now, though 
it was but nine o' Clock in the Morning; 
ſhe called for a Dram, drank it off, and 


would have had me fellow her Example, 


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faſt; Beſides, having no other Eſtate but 
my; Head, on which were. hourly. De-- 
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lated this to my Son, the Boy laughed 
exceſſively; and, as he then had no man- 
ner of Reſpect for her, he told me, he-: 
had gone to her according to her Ap-- 
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kim hard to marry her: Indeed I re- 
member, when he came home, I ſaw he 


had been drinking, but he faid ſome 
young Gentlemen of Ireland, whom he 


. mer, gave him a Bottle of Wine. 


However, ſome time after, ſhe made 


| him pay ſor his Liquor, for ſhe opened 


a Punch-houſe, which I believe ſhe till 
keeps, at leaſt ſhe did when J left Los- 
aon; ſhe wrote a Letter to my Son, © 
defire to fee him; accordingly he went; 


and Madam Temperance carried him in- 
to the Dining-room, and ordered her 
Husband, who ferved in Quality of 


Waiter, to bring up a Bowl of Arrack- 
Punch, - and half a Dozen Glaſſes of 
Jelly, The Boy was well pleaſed with 


this ſumptuous Fare; but when the good 


Chear was ended, ſhe demanded Pay- 
ment, and he was obhged to part with 
his Week's Earning, which he had juſt 
received. What could the moſt mer- 
cenary Proftitute have done worſe? 
But I believe ſhe is ſufficiently pu- 
viftr d, for 1 was Pats aſſured the Groom 
Vs took 


Mrs: PILERINS Tom loy” 
took the Liberty of correcting hers and 
no-body pitied her. 

I chink the Philofopher was in . 
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human Breaſt; how miſerable muſt we - 
have been, when we beheld thoſe whom 
we eſteem*d Friends, under ſpecious Ap- 
pearance, .plotting our. Deſtruction; the 
Object of our Love, even in the midſt - 
of well feign d. Rapture, wiſhing them 
felves in the Arms of another: The Son 
who bows his. Knee in filial Reverence to 
his hoary Sire; curſing the Gout, Pitargo, , 
and the Nheum, for: ending him no 
ſooner. In ſhort, the Scenes would be 
too ſhocking ; 3 they would * imbite 
Life. 

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have ſearched into the Secrets of Na- 
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many things, which known, would make - -| 
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ics MEMOIRS of 


They have farther obſerved, that were 
eur Perceptions ſtronger than they are, 
the Senſes, which convey Pleaſure to us, 
wovld become the Inſtruments of intoler- 
rable Pain. 


The 8 if tremblingly alive all o'er, 


Would ſmart and agonize at ev'ry Pore. 
Or quick Effluvia darted to the Brain, 
Die of a Roſe, in aromatic Pain. ; 
Shou'd Nature thunder in our open d 
Ears, 5 


And ſtun us with the Muſic of the 


Spheres, ; 
: Pee Eday on Man. 


How terrible muſt be our Condition? 


Moſt married Perſons, even in the 
happieſt Wedlock, which is, at beſt, but 
tolerable, look back with ſecret Regret 
on the ſweet Hours of Freedom, 


when no Anxiety reign'd, ſuch as the 


Care of a Family, the Sickneſs, or Diſ- 
obedience of Children, the total Loſs of 
them, and a thouſand Troubles which 
perplex the married Life; and yet no 

looner 


ſooner are they ſingle, but they run into 
the ſame Toils again, hardly affording 
time for a decent Mourning : Strar.ge In- 
fatuation! In which, I think, the Ladies 
more excuſable than the Men, ſince their 
Weakneſs may; make them want a Pro- 
tector; yet they who can have Reſolution 
enough to know no ſecond: Bride-bed 


but the Grave, certainly claim a higher 


Degree of Reſpect and Veneration. 
Ins this aimable Light ſhines the preſent 
Lady Dowager Meade; who, tho”. left a 
Widow, in the Bloom of her Youth and 
Beauty, the Widow of a Gentleman old 
enough to be her Father, who loſt her 
ſole Guardian to their Offſpring, turn'd 


all her Thoughts to the Improvement 


of her Childrens Minds, and Fortunes, 
in both of which Heaven crown'd her 


Goodnefs with Succeſs, and the World 


with Honour. 


1 could mention another great 1 


not unallied to her, who though ſhe has 
many Virtues, as I have acknowledged 
in my firſt Volume, being left exactly in 


the lame Situation, was ſo faithful 4 


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4310 MEMOIRS of 


- Hm for her Son, that with his Rents, 
which ſhe received during his Minority, 
me purchaſed an Eftate for herſelf; a 
"8 thouſand Pounds a Year Jointure not * 
7} ing fufficient for her, neither would ſhe- 
ever come to any Aceount with him for - 
the Produce of his Eſtate. The Gentle- 
man had too high a Senſe of filial Piety 
to commence any Suit in Law againſt his 
Mother, though ſhe was married to a 
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111 am furs, Mr. Pilkington, I pray 
heartily for your Life, left I ſhould ever 
be ſuch a Fool as to engage in new Scenes 
# of Trouble; for if I could not keep 
4 Four Heart, properly due to me, at a 
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A fecond Husband"s Love engage ; 


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And now, to convince you, that I 


an authentic Truth, true as the Goſpel ; 
for one Truth is, even by mathematical 
Demonſtration, adequate to another. 


I was, ſince I eame to Dublin, invited 


to a Widewer's Houſe to Dinner: Ay 

his Buſineſs called him our, he had left 
Orders for my Reception; your youngeſt 
Son was with me, and we were ſhewn 
into. a Parlour, where a Gentleman ſat 
reading my firft Volume. I did not in- 
terrupt him, as he ſeem'd to be deeply 
engaged. The Maſter of the Houſe com- 
ing in, and ſaying, Mrs. Pilkington, 
* Law N glad to fee you, and your 
4% Son z' made the Gentleman Jook at 


us attentively: After Dinner, he told us, 


he * a own and J entered on 


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dear no Malice to you, I will tell you 


ME M 0 RS of 
it 3 you, at the Suit of- Mr. Clark, . 
the Brewer ;. that hitherto he had been 
compaſſionate, ſuppoſing us to be ſuch 
Ci eatures as your Imagination had painted 
us out to the World to be: But, ſaidthe, 
now I am convinced of my Error, I ſhall 
ſhew him ro farther Mercy : My Boy. 
ſtarting up, cry'd, What do you mean 
to do to my F acher? Nothing, ſaid: Mr. 
Edwards, only to try;how he will brook . 
Impri ſonment; tis full as fit for him as 
for your Mother z, for my own part I 
was weak enough to burſt into Tears 
and your Son ſwore. a. good privateer 
Oath, that he. would ſhoot. any Man who , 
Thou! d offer to diſtreſs his Father. 
Mr. Edward ſeem'd ſurpriſed, as judg- 
ing, no doubt, we ſhould have rer 
joiced in your Calamity, as you had 
done in ours; yet being of a generous, 
humane Diſpoſition, he was touch'd with 
our Sorrows, and. granted that Liberty 
you now enjoy to our Interceſſion : Lou 
know the Perſon, and, if I ſet down a 
4 Falſhood, let him diſprore : 8 
if . 0 i bas bool - IPO: 


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Mrs. PII KINGSTON 113 
Upon my Word, I muſt contradict 
the witty Mr. Congreve, who ſays, 


f Heaven has 0 Rage, like rene to Har, ed: 


turn'd, | ) 


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For 1 do not hate you: T am in an 


Apathy, a cool, Suſpence from Pleaſure, | 


and from. Pain, both: of which. I muſt 
acknowledge L received from you; but 
that was. when you wrote in my 
Praiſe; 3. and, at the very ſame time, ſaid 
every thing diſagreeable to me: Was not 
this done to deceive the World? © I 
© will make. them believe I love her; 
« and, as ſhe has too much. Pride and 
& «© Decency to complain of me, I will in: 
6 dulge my Pleaſure abroad, with Miſs 
6H NN S— 4; or the Widows 
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F ather owed a. Favour to. Mr. Pilling tony 


who- kindly taking Compaſſion on. his 


Neceſſities, when his Lady was not ſa- 
tisfied with his keeping a Miſtreſs; in the 


His preſent Wife, Houle- 


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Houſe with ben, and infiſteet on ber be- 
ing diſmiſs' d:: Mr. N., ever hu. 
mane,. receiyed her; to his Habitation 
with open Arms, gave the old Gentle- 
man free Ingreſs and Egreſs, for which. 
he gratefully permitted the Parſon to go 
to bed to his Daughter; indeed I ſhould: 


| have pitied her, had the been deeecived 


duty ſpread, into Marriage; but ſhe had 
* under my own Hand, that I was living, . 


wr I did che Creature the Honour, S—-t. 


as the is, to wre to her, in order to 
Prevent her being impoſed on. think 
che Form of Matrimony really wants an 
Explanation, if we go according to the 
frict Letter of the Law. What a happy 


State muſt a young Woman imagine her- 
elf entering into, where the is to be 
jovd, honour'd, cheriſh'd, nay, even 
; worſhipped; ſhe has. a Protector till the 


Hour of Death, who is to forſake all, 


even his Parents, for her, if it be re- 
chired, who endows her with. his For- 
tune, and promiſes. all a. Ry at. | 


: Ge Aker, .. 


Then: 


Mrs. PILK TNS TON. 115 

Then follow the Words, Thofe whom 

Gop hath Joined let Yo Man put 455 
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No let us ſee ha this is really to be 
interpreted, at feaſt how. far this: Cove- 


nant is uſually kept. 
No fooner is the Honey- moon expir 0 


Si the fawning Servant turns a haughty 
Lord: : Inſtead of honouring his Wife, | 


is Odds if he treats her with common 
Eivitiy ;- he ſhall tell her, to her Face, 
ke wiſhes: her Death, in order to marry 
another. The Cuſtom authorizes: this 
free way of fpeaking 3 yet I never knew 
it agreeable to any Wife, nor did I ever 


doubt but the Hufband ſpoke i in the ow | 


Yup of his Heart. 


As for our being a with the 5 


worldly Goods of our Husbands, tit 
known they are ſo little apt to e 
with us, that it has always been found 
neceſſary, in a Marriage- Settlement, to 
ſtipulate for Pin- money, a very uſeful 
 Elauſe even to the Husband, and it is 
much better his Wife ſhould have a Share 


| ad ws F ortune; than be obliged. to a 
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Gallant for a Trifle, which Gratitude 
may make her repay in too tender a 
manner. b 
Indeed the laſt Article . eee 
ment, I intirely diſapprove. of and am 
glad it has ſeem'd good. to the Wiſdom 
of the Church to act in direct Contra- 
diction to it: This. has made Numbers 
eaſy, and, as they tell us, 'tis not lawful 
to ſeparate on . any. . Cauſe, ſave. that of 
Adultery. , A Woman of. Spi: it, who | 18 
married. to.a ſordid diſagrecable Wretch, 
has nothing to do but to make him a 
Cuckold. z. and then welcome thrice dear 
Liberty: Let methirl= the Hus bands 
ſhould, in Juſtice, return to their, Wiy: 8 
when they abandon tliem, the Dowry 
they brought with them: Now, leſt 
my worthy Husband ſhouid ſay by this 
Rule, I ſhould have nothing,, who had 
not. a Portion regularly Paid, and yer 
was a perpetual Fortune to uw, In tell, 
him a Story. 117 
The Counteſs of Eelontine, one 95 the. 


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Cauſe: 


Mrs. PILEKINGTON. 117 


* Cauſe but having brought him ſeven 
Daughters, all charming as this fair 
Northern Laſs, and never a Son: On this 
his Lordfhip aſſured her, he was deter- 
mined to ſue for a Divorce. The Lady 
told him, ſhe would readily, agree to a 
Separation, provided he gave her back 
what he had with her. He, ſuppoſing 
lhe meant pecuniary Affairs, affured her 


ſhe ſhould have ber Fortune to the laſt 


Penny. Nay, nay, my Lord, ſaid ſhe, 
that winna do; return me my Youth, 
« Beauty, and Virgintty, and diſmiſs 
“ me as ſoon as you pleaſe :** His Lord- 
ſhip being unable to anſwer this Demand, 
fpoke no more of parting with his Ladyy 


and, e*c&r the Year expired, ſhe made 


him the' glad Father of a lovely Boy, 


whoſe Birth reſtored Love and Harmony: 


to his noble Parents. This was related; 

to me by the late Lord Primroſe z and: 

therefore I believe it. 21. rw" 
But now, Mr. F — tho I pre- 


ſented you with this Piece, don't think 


I meant you ſhould take a Hint, and 
endeavour to end our matrimonial War- 


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fare in the ſame minner * No, no, the? 


you linger about the Door in an Evening 
in your long Cloke, and Slops:; and that 
I do believe thee” to be my Spouſe, by 
tlie amorous Glances darted rhro* _ 
Spy-glaſe, at the Window of my facred 
and ſequeſtred Bower, where no profane 
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ter, I am reſolved to remain obdurate: 
Sooner ſhall Lambs mak ee to Lambs, 
Tygers to Tygers; and every Creature 
couple with its Foe, as * Poet wittily 
eupreſſes it, than I unife with thee. 

Vet verily thou doft manifeſt fone 
Tokens of Grace, inaſmuch as thou dareſt 
not to contradicł the Fruth I fancy when 
thy Pen-u/inp Talents pefiſhd, thy Pen- 


waking ones ſhot forth»; which have been 
for-forcunate as to rechm mend thee more 


oßfectually to ai certam 's Favours 
than could: ten hundred thoufand Folios, 
ſprung from thy ſhallo Brain! 11 
- And truly this is an uſeful Accom- 


pliſhinents I wiſh ] poſſeſſed it, would 
ſhave me ſome Pence in the Vear; but 


there are different Taleſts beftow'd on 
different 


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Afferent People; I mult even reſt en- 
tented with Auctt ay 1. have; 


Auck ſoetter will IJ wear 


My Plectrum to che Stump in uſing of it, 


Nay, 
Not Blacker Tabe; nor of a-thorter Sins, 
Simoaks Cambrio-Briton- vergd in Fedi- 
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High over. ſhadowing rides. 
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Proof againſt the Fotce off ſuch unitecb 
Virtues? For your-great Men whe have 
tos · much Honour te pay a · juſt Dee 


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Vices; and it may be, ſome odd Knack 

recommends them, here thoſe baſer 

Appliances are not required. On which 

I have thought of a Story not quite fo- 

reign to the preſent Purpoſe. 5 
A Man who had a ſpent a good Part 


of his Lite in driving Pins into a Wall; 


on the Point of each he would with infi- 
nite Dexterity throw a Pea; his Fame 
ſpread even to the Emperor, who deſired 
to ſee this matchleſs Son of Science; over- 


joyed he came, ſhewed his Trick to the 


infinite Pleaſure of the Spectators; the 


Emperor highly applauded him, and as 


he ſuppoſed this muſt be a Work of long 
Practice co arrive at ſuch a Proficiency in 
it, demanded of him how many Years he 
had ſpent in attaining it; the Fellow being 
willing to inhance his own Merit, aſſured 
the Monarch he had ſpent thirty Years in 


itz on which the Emperor ordered him 


thirty Baſtinadoes on the Soals of his Feet, 


for having ſo much ee Time. 
And, my dear Huſband; if you have 


your Deſert, you merit juſt ſuch a Re. | 


ward for mulapplying Time in Trifles. 
Writing 


4 


Mrs. Prix Gro NV. 121 

. Writing one good Sermon, or . uſeful 
Book, both of which when I knew: you, 
you were as capable of as moſt young 
Men, would have tended more to your 
Reputation, than romp grerely n 
Atte n lad 

But in ſhort, 1 aten pity you, wa 
if ever you want a Shilling, let me but 


knowit, and if T have the good Fortune 
to have a Guinea Subſcription, for Gen- 


tlemen ſeldom ſend me any te 8 
you ſhall not go without one. 4b 


The dignified Clergy Müden se ben 


N to me. Yet not againſt them 
alli doch bring this Aceuſation, many of 
them have even a bleeding Humanity for 
the Diſtreſſes of their Fellow Creatures; 
and have not only pitied, but aſſiſted me:; 
and while I can in that noble Liſt inroll 
the ſacred Names of Berkley and "Delany, 
Patterns of Virtue in their Lives, really 
apoſtolick in their Doctrine, winning 
ſtraying Souls with Goodneſs and Humi- 
lity, learned as far as Humanity can ſoar; 
ſurely no other of the Clergy need ſend 


me LA _ they ſubſcribe, not to 
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' divulge ſo terrible a Secret: I always 

n this Caſe judge: there is more Fear than 
Charity in their Contributions. But here 
I muſt remember a certain eroſs Dean, to 


hom, as my, Father was Phyſician, 1 


took the Liberty of applying: My Son 


L went with N _ 5 Os z he came out, 


and cried, Boy. opening Lb his 
ponderous ver -toorhieſs Jaws, what do 
o want? An Anſwer, Sir, ſaid he; 
hx, then my Anſwer is, I won't. My 
Son proteſted he was quite ſtartled at his 


Aerocious Features and ſtentorian Voice. 


FTet, after all, we laughed —_— In- 


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and never: enough to be admired Grimace. 
Theatre would ſuit his Genius; a 
Puppet one I mean, where Wurſovs 
Husch himſelf muſt yield the Prize: 

I remember once to have ſeen this Re. 
— Hare Flamen, in his Iengthened Dreſs, 
aſcend St, Andrew's Ac ere, 
collecting 


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Mrs. PILKINGTON, 123 


collecting the enormous Iniquities of the 
Congregation, he of ſudden gave ſo fu- 
. rious a Toſs to his Head, like a metal- 
ſome Horſe hard rein'd, that back fell his 
Wig and down flew his Sermon; which 
not being well ſecured, flattered in nume- 
rous Leaves about the Church, ſcattered 
| like the Ungodly, as Chaff before the 
Wind; the Sleepers awoke, the old Men 
who dream'd Dreams, and the Virgins 
| who ſawViſions, ſtarted from their dow- 
ny Trance; and he, willing at leaſt, to 
give us his Benediction, cried aloud, 
Depart ye curſed into everlaſting Fire, 
* which that ye may on 13 Se. &c, 
4 ny. aeg 
The late Lady Rawden, not long after 
ſhe became a Widow, invited the Dean as 
her Pariſh Miniſter, to Dinner; the 
Lady went to take the Air, and Sir Fob, 
then a Child, was in the Parlour; the 
Dean fell into Chat with the ſweet Boy, 
and amongſt other Queſtions ſaid, do 
you know me? No, Sir; why lam Dean 
C, your Pariſh Miniſter,” Poor 
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cried out, O indeed, I heard my Mam- 

ma ſay, you were the worſt Preacher 
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hereupon ſo rais*d, that he failed not to 

reproach the Lady, who, to pacify hirn, 
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Auditors, and which I from henceforth 
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bold to mine; and from the golden 
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the humbly Dray appeared a Coach, 


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Mrs. PILKINGTON. 125 
Oceafions, they by their State give us 
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Condition to which he reduced his firſt : 
Wife, who died of his Love, as did alſo 
his Child, the Nurſe it was given to, and 
her Huſband. Noble Atchievements 
worthy of your Uoftrious Birth and 
Lineage. For, Sky | 


Tis you can taint the ſweeteſt Joy, 
And in the Shape of Love deftroy. 


However, I ſhould have paſs'd you over 
in Silence, but that you told a Nobleman 
here, I had been quite compliant to your 
Deſire: Why then you prove yourſelf a 
generous Lover, in ſending me Five Bri- 
iſh Shillings for a Book. A wondrous. 
Bounty really; why your Neighbour the 
B.— always pays a Moidore Commu- 
tation for Adultery z and ſure you ought 
to'give more than a Man, who by the 
Power committed to him from above, is 

entitled to give himſelf Abſolution. 
Four hoary canting Sire was 2a 
Votary to Venus, even in old Age. When 
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ter ene at „ a young Gen- 
tleman 


Mis. P11 K1nGoT o, 125 


tleman who was much enamoured of the 
younger Dame, uſed to viſit her every” 
Evening; as he did not care to have it 


known, he went in thro? a low Window 50 


to Miſsꝰs Bedchamber: It happened that 


Miſs being abroad, the E Pair 
made Choice of that Place, to indulge 
the gentler Paſſions: The young Gentle- 
man came. according to Cuſtom, and 


without Ceremony threw up the Saſh, 


flew in, and unfortunately. ſtarted from 
their downy Couch the reverend TINT | 


and the chaſte Matron. 


Miſs following her Mother's E Exam A I 
refigned her Virgin Charms to you, and 
loſt at once her! r Heelth and Reputa- 


tion. 


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Perſon into any Peril. 


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ber, how this prating old Woman, who 
certainly never had any Temptation, 
Dope of Chaſtity: Ay, tis no Matter, 1 

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have had ſo many amorous Epiſtles; 
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Lyricks, and Pindaricks, in Praiſe of 
my Mind and Perſon too, ſent: to: me 
ſince 1 came to Ireland: 3 that I believe 


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And * time or —— as 1 and it. is 


the Made i in London, for the Ladies to- 


publiſh the Triumphs of their Eyes, and 
how many Men fell a Prey to 1 Lux- 
ury; r as Hs: 7 g af. rote le 


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Though 1 cannot indeed produce ſuch ' 
dreadful Proofs of my Beauty as ſome of 


them; nor chuſe I to have my Print ex- 


hibited before my Work, but Teſtimo- 
nies of Authors with Regard to it, I 
hope I may be allowed. The fame Va- 
nity Mr. Pope ſhews in the Vindication 
of his Wit, Learning and Humanity 
may be pardoned in a Female, in the Vin- . 
dication of that far nobler Part, external 


Lovelineſs; for a Mind in a Woman is 


of little Conſequence. Dr. Young ſeems . 


of a different Mind ; but great Authors 
ſometimes vary: As it is now my Inte- 
reſt to be of his Side the Queſtion, I 


hall give his Opinion, and who knows 


if it ſhould chance to be true, but my 
Admirers _ be real ones. 


What? s Penne Beauty but an Ai | 

divine, | 

Thro* which the Mind's all gentle Graces E 
- ſhine; 

T hey: like the Sun aden all Meese 


The Body charms, 3 the Soul is 
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Hence ſome we ſee are Captives of . | 


Face, | 
They know not why, of no peculiar 
Grace. 


And 6 much for what I never r had, ex- 
| cept according to his Judgment. There 


as a Proof of i my Humility, I put in my 
Claim, and will, like * Socrates, diſpute | 


the Prize even with Alcibiades. : 


Now 1 have mentioned this ſmall but 
imimitable well wrote Book, which was 
recommended to me by Dr. Swift, and 
which I in return commend to all ſuch of 
my fair Readers as have a Taſte for real 
Wit, in which the divine Socrates as con- 
ſpicuouſly ſhone, as he did in Purity of 


Liſe and Conſtaney in Martyrdom; that 


they perufe it with Care, as it will refine 
their Ideas and im prove their] udgments, 


poliſh their Stile, ſhew them true Beauty, 


and lead them genely and did to we 


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Mrs. P1LKINGTON:. 131 


prime Origin and Source; 3 her ce ther will. 
| find 


Divine Philoſophy, 
| Noe 8 harſh apd rugged | as we m 
__. ."2:think; : 
But mu fical a as is + hall $ 1 ; | 
And a perpetual Feaſt of nectar'd Sweets, 
Where no crude S reigne, : 1 „ 
Milken. | 
I muft here obſerve in my tracing Au- 
thors thro* each other, Zenephon' and 
Plato borrowed from Socrates, . whole _ 
Diſciples. they were. Zenophon. acknow. * 
+ ledges it as freely as I do the Inſtructions 
I received from Dr. Swift. Lord Sha 
bury's Search after Beauty, is copied from 
Socrates; Mr. Pope's Ethics ſtolen from 
both; and the learned Mr. Hutcheſon's. | 
Beauty and Harmony, an Imitation of... Il 
the great - Philoſophers and excelleng!.! il 
Moraliſts firſt mentioned, ; Mi 
Had Mr. Huicheſon ſtopꝰd at thisB et 4 
by which he had acquired ſome Degree of i | 
Repunatiens. both as a Writer, a Divine, t 
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132 MEMOIRS of 


and-a Mathematician, he had done oily 3 
but O!] his Eſſay on the Paſſions over- 
turned his ſcarce eſtabliſhed Praiſe; if it 


has any Meaning, it is like dark veil'd 


Cotyfo, in her Ebon Chair, cloſe curtained 
round, impenetrably obſcure, or hou his | 


Flames... 


N: 0 Light, but 1. ws vi- 


ſible. 


I ceally thought it was the Defect of my 
Head that made me not comprehend this 


Piece, till I heard the preſent Lord Biſhop 


of Elphin, whoſe Learning or Judgment 


were never yet doubted, declare he did 
not underſtand it. After all, whether the 


' Wollafton's Religion of Nature deli- 


p let 


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neated, tho' frequently intermingled with _ 


Mathematical Proofs, is yet ſo plain, 
that it demonſtrates the Author's 
Thoughts clearly ; which whoever does, 


can never fail to write with equal Per- 


* But Learning ſeems encum 
14 * bered 


Mrs.” Pri VGA. 133 
bered with Words or technical Terms ſig- 
nifying nothing; and our Schoolmaſters, 
leſt our Children ſhould attain it too ſoon 
if they ſhould lead them to the Fountain 
from whence the Streams of Knowledge | 
flow copious to quench or rather to in- 
_ creaſe that Deſire of it which we obſerve. 
from their firſt prattling Infancy, chuſe 
rather to make them begin atthe Bottom 

of ſome Rivulet, from whence, with in- 
finite Difficulty, when they have waded 
about half Way, they are obliged to re- 
tire by the Command of another, then 
begin at another, till wearied they give 
over, and hate the fruitleſs, endleſs, un- 
profitable Toil. I believe that formerly 
they had a better Method of inſtructing 
than what is now pratiſed. I judge this 
by the Eloquence ſhewn by the Youth of 
thoſe Ages, and the beautiful Pieces of 
Poetry ſtill extant, ſome of them ſtiled 
the minor Poets; perhaps to diſtinguiſn 
them from the venerable Antients, or on 
Aecount of the Juvenile TALE of” the 
Amen 5 : 
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Perhaps Nature in her prime Creation 
was productive of more Strength and 
Beauty even in the Mind, than at this 
Time, when Luxury and Exceſs pull 
down our ros'd-cheek*d Youth, emaciate 
their Bodies, and enervate their Under- 
ſtandings; for Mind and Body are 
ſo cloſely united, that whatever affects | 
the one, muſt of Conſequence affect the 
other. | | 
1 hope my Renter will . my Re- 
flections on the Works of thoſe valuable 
Writers I have mentioned, for 1 mean no 
Diſreſpect to their ſacred Memories; but 
as I am accuſed of being a Plagiary my- 
felf, which I own I am ; my Intention is 
to prove all Writers to be Thieves as well 
as their humble Servant, Shakeſpear wlone 
excepted. ; 

Some of my en Chama denn 
ſend me Word 1 do not write theſe my 
own Memoirs; why I fancy were Ito 
publiſh their Epiſtles, the World would 
not believe that any of them were my Afſ- 


ſſtants 3 but their Modeſty makes them 
conceal 


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Mrs. PILK ING TON. 135 
conceal their Names, and J have no Cu- 
* to diſcover tgem. | 


With ſuch all Authors ſal their Works 


or buy, - BY 
Garth did not write bir o | Die 


But Authors are a little too fond of 
Fane to let any one run away with it. - 
from them, or a' tolerable Performance | 
paſs for the Work of another; I ſpeak - 
from Experience; have wrote for Num 
bers, and do ſtill, but no Human Crea- 
ture ever helped me out with a 
ſingle Line; if they did let it appear a- 
gainſt me, and my Writings be torn to 
Fragments, or condemned to F lames. ws 
And talking of burning, puts me in 
mind of dear Lord Kingsborough, who 
| becauſe he ſaw that I endeavour d to do 
but barely. Juſtice to his inimitable Pen, 
bid me burn all his Letters, upon which 
in a Paſſion, I ſnatch'd up my Pen, even 
before his Face, and ſcribbled the follow- | . 
ing Lines. 5 1 5 


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136 MEMOIRS of 


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To the Rigby How. the Lind 1165 


BOROUGH, 


* How as > my dear Lord make me 
ſuch a Requeſt? | 
1 flatter myſelf, you are only in 
Jeſt; 
Thoſe Epiſtles which all my ſoft * 
tures inſpire, 


Do you think I could bear to commit. to 


the Fire z 
Like Mutius, 1'd put i my own Hand in 
- the Flame, 


* . 


For the Elements us'd to compoſe jour 


lov'd Name: 


Should I promiſe Gear 1 ſurely 


ſhould lye, 
Give me a more gentle Command, Pl 
- comply ; 


4 * 


© For the Benefitof the RAT to A theſe 


Lines may appear as obſcure as ſome in Perfius 


let them read the Works of Livy and Pythagoras, 


and may-hap they may gueſs at the meaning; if 


they cannot, their Time atleaſt will be jnnocent- 
ly employ'd, till they can come at the Grand Ar- 


cana of the T or diſcover the Lon- 


ute, e. 


Bur 


Mrs. PILK IU G TON 137 
But here I ſhould baffle the beſt of ry” 
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| His Lordſhip was fo map as not 
to inſiſt on my Obedience; and now my 
Lord, I tell you publickly, that, not the 


grim Tyrant Death ffiall divorce me 5 


trom the ineſtimable Treaſure 1 poſſets, \ 
they ſhall reſt, with me in the Fs next 


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me, when he brought your Lordſhip in- 


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dren, and conſequently my Brother, for 


I muſt prove a Kindred: to you, though 

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Lordſhip's Bounty, have acquired a a kind 
of ſecond Birth, 
G Brother claim. 
Aud 8 zo thine inmortalize ' my Name. 


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| Paxton: my ee if Iam \ too had: 


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You muſt excuſe a Nymph of Leiters,” , 
Thus Poets often treat their Betters. . 
But I think I muſt ſpeak in the Superla- 
tive Mood, and call you . beſt of Men; 


for what Day of your Life paſſes, with- 
out a worthy Deed to crown it * Tour 


Virtue would ſigh to loſe onee. 
Indeed, my Lord, I love you, and 1 
us are too . to 1 ant .f. 


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Mrs, PILKINGTON. 
But Oh! I am Sick of n Gries, 


And this frail Tenement of Clay, 


Nut 3 ey quick N 6 80 55 8 


10 pibhape all chings are 2 for : 
the beſt, on which Hope, I _ e f 


1 know to be Truth. 


A Captain of a Man of War teck 2 
Fancy to deſpiſe his Wife, and engage 


with another Woman: The Wife took 


it patiently, till at laſt he had the Impu- 
dence. to tell her, he would either bring 
his Harlot to live with her, or ſne and 
his three Children ſnould turn out: The 
Lady was confounded at ſo ſtrange a 
Propoſal, and begg'd three Days time 
fo conſider of itz and then ſhe would, 


give him a determinate Anſwer : He 


agreed: She told her  Afﬀflition to oe 


Friend, and begg'd her Advice; 


which they reſol ved to conſult Docdor 5 
Potter, late Lord Archbiſhop of Canter- 
bury : Accordingly they took. a Boat. 
and went to Lambeth: The good Prelate 
propoſed an Invocation to the Almighty. 


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140 MEMOIRS & 

to direct their Counſels: After Prayers 
he deſired the Lady not, by any means, 

to quit her Houſe, but to acquieſce in her 


Husband's Deſire, and let him bring = - 


Woman home; and, depend on it, ſaid 
he, God will aſſiſt: you, and what at 
preſent appears an Evil, will turn out a 
Bleſſing to you: So, giving them. his Be- 
nediction, they N full of Hope 4 - 
an happy Iflue. 7”. 

The Husbard; who Hatter'd himſelf 
that the Wife would quit the Houſe, was 
not a little aſtoniſh'd to find her quite 
| ſubmiſſive to his Commands, and conſent- 
ing to live with his Miſtreſs, 

Accordingly he ordered his Clarice, 


bade his Wife prepare Dinner, and went 


for his Harlot, whom he brought home 
triumphant, and handed into the Dining- 
room; the. Wife received her with a Ci- 
vility that confounded and enraged. her; 
ſne brought her a Glaſs of Lisbon Wine, 
and then left her with the Captain, who, 
in a few Minutes came down, and ſeeing 
all things ready for Dinner, ordered his 
Wie to go and bring the Lady down: 
: She 


Mrs. P1t1kxI1NGToN.. 141 


She obey' d, but Madam called her a 
hundred Names, flew at the Captain, 
beat him, and put herſelf in ſuch a Rage, 
that ſhe fell into Fits, was ſeiz d with a 
Fever, and died. 

After this Cataſtrophe, the n 
ſeriouſly reflecting on the Submiſſion and 
Virtue of his Wife, thus addreſs'd her: 

My Dear, if I thought there was a 
Poſſibility of your pardoning my paſt 
Errors, and never reproaching me with 
them, I do aſſure you, I wou'd never fall in- 
to them again, but make a faithful tender 
Huſband to you. The Lady burſt into 
joyful Tears at this happy Change, and 
kindly aſſured him, ſhe would never even 
think of what was paſt : She told him it 
was by the Archbiſhop's Advice ſhe 
had acted with the Moderation ſhe now 
found to be ſo happy in the Event; and 
they both went to thank the venerable 
Prelate, who truly partook in their, Joy. 
The Captain died about a Lear after, and 
left his whole Fortune to his Lady, who 
lives an honourable Wa at Green- 


wich, 2 off 
| Thus 


Thus we may ſee, if we perſevere in 
our Duty, the Almighty is not flow to 
H hear, nor reward; | 


But, when we fuk n a 1 1 


eie. | 
7 boys unforeſeen ae bring Relief. 


5 was told a pretty Circumſtance of 
| this Grace, when he was at Weſtminſter 
School: It ſeems he ſtood terribly in 
awe of the Rod, and having committed 
ſome Miſtake that deſerved Chaſtiſement, 
which Doctor Busby was very liberal in 
- beſtowing, he was ready to die with the 
| Apprehenſion of it; when a good bold- 

ſpirited Lad, taking Compaſſion on him, 
-own'd the Fault, and took the Whip- 
ing; for which his timid Friend pro- 
miſed to be grateful, if ever it came in 
his way to ſerve him: They both took 
holy Orders, but met not till many Tears 
after, when his Grace was an Archbiſhop, 
his Friend remained a Curate; but Time, 
| which brings all things det, ſo ord er d 


; * that the Archbiſnop and the Curate 


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met at a Nobleman's Houſe: His Grace, 
hearing him named, recollected both che 
Gentleman, the Whipping, and his own 
Promiſe of Gratitude; and finding the | 
-Curate had no Preferment, he gave him 
a very good Living. 
I hope theſe Incidents will not be diſ- 
agrecable to my Readers, as I-really ſet 
down nothing but what I. know to be 
Truth, which is more than moſt-of our 
\ modern Memorialiſts can ſay, who preſent 
us with Heaps of Improbabilities, and. ex- 
-;pect implicit Faith from us; and if what 
zſome of them have told us be genuine, 
though it may redound to their Profit, it 
never can to their Honour; for their 
Actions are neither worthy being record- k 
ed, nor theirWritings of being read 3 the | 
true End of Writing being to give In- | 
Kruckion with Pleaſure, which, whoever q 
is ſo happy to do, may juſtly hope for 
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A Sprig of Bays in Fifty Years, 
Let every Fool his Claim alleges, | 
As if it grew in common Hedges. 


 Swift's Roapfody. 


And having once more quoted our un- 
rivalled Dean, and being well aſſured no 
Part of my Work can be half ſo agree- 
able or entertaining to the Publick, as 
that which relates to him, I ſhall, as far 
as in my Power, preſent them with, his 
- hvely Portraiture. The _ moſt. minute 
. Circumſtances relating to ſo great a Ma 

cannot, I hope, be deem d trixial; ſince 
we find by Experience, that the Night- 


Scene, ſo beautifully drawn by Shekeſpear, 
between Brutus and his Domeſticks, 


. Heeping in his Tent, the little Incident 
of his taking the Lute out of the Boy's 
| Hand; and ns, widen he fell aſteep, 


This is 4 @ ſleepy Ti une: ——— 0 murthereus 
Sleep, cart ffi bing 
Log thou iby 1 . Hate 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 145 
7 "as: [#95 thee Muſick? Gentle Lene 
good Night : 8 
1 will not do thee ſo much b Wrong to wake 
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if thou drſt nod, thou break 'ſt thy 2 
1 ment, 

Pl take it from thee, and, good By, goed 
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Do we not love him 1 more in chis ami- 
able View of him, than in all his Con- 
queſts; or that ſad Act whereby he 


thought to give his Country Liberty? 
The World are ſufficiently acquainted 


with the Dean's publick Character, be it 


then my Taſk to trace him in private 
Life; for there only it is we can frame 
⁊ true Judgment of any Perſon, the reſt 


is frequently mere Outſide. 
When the Dean was at Bellcamp, at at 
the Houſe of the Reverend Doctor Grat- 


ton, he wrote to Doctor Delany, to come 


and dine with him, mighty Thomas 
Thumb, and her ſerene Highneſs of Lill 


put, meaning my Husband and me: Ac- 
cordingly we went; the Dean came out 


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146 MEMOTRS of 
to meet us, and I, by Agreement, hiding 
my Face, Mr. Pilkington told him they 
had picked up a Girl on the Road, and 
defired to know whether they might 
bring her in? He, gueſſing who it was, 
ſaid, let her ſhew her Face, and if ſne 
be likely, we'll admit her. On this I 
took down my Fan, and ſaid, O, in- 
| deed, Sir, Iam: Well then, ſaid he, 
give me your Hand, He led me into a 
Parlour, where there were twelve Clergy- 
men, and ſaid, thoſe Fellows coming in 
had brought a Wench with them; but, 


added he, we'll give her a Dinner, poor 
Devil! and keep the Secret of our Bre- 
thren As moſt of the Gentlemen 
knew me, we were very merry on | this 
odd Introduction. 
Pox on you, you Slut, ſaid the Dean, 
you gave me a Hint for my polite Con- 
verſation, which I have purſued : You 
faid, it would be better to throw it into 
Dialogue; and ſuppoſe it to paſs amongſt 
the Great; I have improved by you: O 
dear Sir, ſaid I, tis impoſſible you ſhould 


do otherwiſe. Matchleſs Saucineſs ! re- 
turn'd. 


5 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. M7 


turn*d he: Well, but Pl read you the 


Work ; which he did with infinite Hu- 
mour, to our high Entertainment. 

It was Chriſtmas time, and froze very 
hard: The Dean, meditating Revenge, 
ſet the Wine before a great Fi ire, the 
Corks of the Wine being ſecured with 
Pitch and Roſin; which began, in a little 
while, to melt: No ſooner did the Dean 
perceive they were fit for his Purpoſe, 
but he flyly rubbed his Fingers on them, 
and daubed my Face all over. Inſtead 
of being vexed, as he expected I would, 
I told him he did me great Honour in 
ſealing me for his own. Plague on her, 
faid he, I can't put her out of Temper ; 


yet he ſeemed determined to do it, if 


poſſible, for he aſked the Company, if 
they had ever ſeen ſuch a Dwarf? and 


inſiſted, that I ſhould pull off my Shoes 


till he meaſured me: To this I had no 


Inclination to ſubmit, but he was an ab- 
ſolute Prince, -and Reſiſtance would have 
little availed me; ſo when I obey'd, he 


ſaid, Why, I ſuſpected you had either 
H 2 broken 


Are ** — ad ala fat 
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9 . — ae cate SC oe I 


148 MEMOIRS of 

broken Stockings, or foul Toes, and in 
either Caſe ſhould have delighted to have 
expoſed you. 

He then made me ſtand up againſt the 
Wainſcot, leaned his Hand as blary as 
he could upon my Head, till I ſhrunk 
under the Weight, to almoſt half my 
Proportion; then making a Mark with 
his Pencil, he affirmed, I was but three 
Foot two Inches high. 

Dinner was brought up, and I being, 
Hike Mrs. Qualmſick the Curate's Wife, 
always a breeding, could not eat any; 
the Gentlemen gueſſing at my Circum- 
ſttances, by my decreaſing Face, and in- 
creaſing Waſte, were ſo over- obliging to 
know what I liked beſt; that at laſt I 
told the Dean, I wiſh'd J was a Man, 
that 1 might be treated with leſs Cere- 
mony: Why, faid the Dean, it may be 
you are: I wiſh, Sir, ſaid I, you would 
put the Queſtion to the Company, and 
- accordingly to their Votes, let my Sex 
be determined. I will, ſaid he; Pil. 
Eington, what ſay you? A Man, Sir. 
ang all took his Word ; and, in Spite 
of 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 149 
of Petticoats, I was made a Man of at- 
ter Dinner: I was obliged to put a To- 
bacco-pipe in my Mouth ; but they ſo 

far indulged me, as to let it be an empty 
| one, as were the Dean's, Doctor Delany 8 
and my Husband's. 

Fhe Dean aſked me, could 1 play Crib- 
; bidge ? ? I ſaid, 1 could: Upon which be 
called for Cards; but, upon Recollection, 
ſaid, he would not play with a Beggar, 
for he ſhould ſtand no Chance; for if he 
won, he would not take the Money, and 
if he loſt, he muſt i in Honour pay. But 
why a Beggar, Mr. Dean, ſaid Doctor 
Delany? A married Curate muſt of Con- 
ſequence be a Beggar, return'd he, and 
vou are another ; and Pox on me, if I 
can ever get acquainted with apy Perſons 
but Beggars; and I don't think but this 
Woman, or Man here, is in the way of 
producing another. Then, Sir, 1 hope 
you will be ſo kind to ſtand Godfather, 
which will ſecure it from ſo hard a Fate. 
So! ſaid he, more Demands upon me r 

Well, A it be a Boy, I don! t much care: 

bh 3, 1 


150 MEMOIRS of 

if Ido; but if it be a little Bitch Tl! 
never anſwer for her. 

T Day 6r two after this hs Dean 
came to Town, and ſummoning a S:na- 
tus Conſultum, as he callecthoſe fewFriends 
whom he peculiarly regarded; he placed us 
round a great Table, where he told us, 
we were an empannell'd Jury; and 
he placed himſelf at the Head of it, 
where he ſat as Judge. He then told us, 
the Reaſon why we were ſummoned, Mr. 
Gratton's favourite Hen was put to Death 
by an unlucky Stroke of a Whip, by 
one of my Fellows, as I ſuppoſe: I 
accuſed them, and they denied the Fact; 

but as Murder always will come to light, 
I found the Hen's Head and Neck in the 
Seat of my Chaiſe-box ; and now I want 
to convict the Criminal: Accordingly he 
ordered his three Men Servants to come 
before us, and related the following Story 
to them: When Doctor Donne, after- 
wards Dean of Sr. Paul's, London, took 
' Poſſeſſion of the firſt Living he ever had, 
being a ſpeculative Man, he took a Walk 


into the Church-yard, where the Sexton 
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Mrs. P1LK1NG Fox. 151 


Was digging a Grave, and throwing up 
a Skull, the Doctor took it up, to con- 
template thereon; and found a ſmall 
Sprig, or headleſs. Nail ſticking in the 
Temple, which he drew out ſecretly, and 
wrapt it up in the Corner of his Hand- 
kerchief; he then demanded of the Grave- 
digger, whether he knew whoſe Skull that 
was? He ſaid he did, very well; declar- 
ing it was a Man's who kept a Brandy- 
ſhop, an honeſt drunken Fellow, who 
one Night taking two Quarts of that 
comfortable Creature, was found dead in 
his Bed the next Morning: Had he a 
Wife, faid the Doctor? Yes, Sir: Is 
ſhe living? Yes: What Character doe, 
ſhe bear? a very good one; only indeed 


- the Neighbours reflected on her, becauſe 


ſhe married the Day aſter her Husband. 
was buried; though, to be ſure, ſhe had 
no great Reaſon to grieve after him, This 
was enough for the Doctor, who under 
Pretence of viſiting all his Pariſhioners, 
ealled on her; he aſked her ſeveral Que. 
tions, and amongſt others, What Sick- - 
| rel her firſt Husband died of ? She giv. 
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152 MEMO IRS of * 
ing him the ſame Account he had be- 
fore received, he ſuddenly opened the 


 Handkerchief, and cried, in an authori- 


tative Voice, Woman, do you know this 
Nail? che was ſtruck with Horror at 
the unexpected Demand, and inſtantly 
owned the Fact: And ſo, Fellow, ſaid 


Dean Swift, do you know this Head ? 
The Criminal confeſſed his Fault, and the 


Jury brought him in guilty of Hen- 
ſlaughter, in his own Defence, for he 
declared he was hungry, and did eat it, 


: having no. Malice prepenſe to it, but ra- 


ther Love. On Account of his Sincerity, 
and our Interceſfion, the Dean . 
him. 

Mr. Graiten. had 8 the Doak 
with a ſmall Caſk of fine Ale, of which 
he was very choice; good Malt- Liquor 


not being eaſily purchaſed even in re- 


land. On Sunday Evening the Dean's 
Set of Intimates came as ufual, to paſs it 
with him, and he being in high good 


Humour, ſaid, he would, treat us with 
a. Pot of this Ale. I had the Honour of 


being intruſted with the Key of the Cel- 
—_— - = lars, 


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Ne. P 1-LEING-TON. ISP. 
Hr, with a particular Order to hold the 
Candle in ſuch a Poſition, that it might 
drop into the Tankard; as alſo not to- 
put the Spiggot faſt in,. but let the Drink 
run about. After receiving his Com- 
mands, which. I promiſed punctually to- 
obey, I went down, but had ſcarce open'd: 
the Door, when Doctor Delany and Doc-- 
tor Sheridan were with me. O'Breach: 
of. Truſt, unpardonable! We fat down 
on a Bench, and each of us drank ; bur: 
we laughed ſo heartily at cheating the- 
Denn that he ſtole down, having ſome: 
Suſpicion, that where there was a Wo- 
man, and two Clergymen, there might- 
be a Plot, and ſurpriſed us: I, in Imita-- 
tion of his Servant, told him, the Par- 
ſons ſeduced me, and I did drink: Pox: 
choke you all, ſaid he. 
In vain did TI, with all the moving: f 
Eloquence of a female Orator, plead for- 
Pardon: The Key was taken from me. 
and Mr. Rockford was, before my. Face,, 
inveſted with my Honours ;., and. I, Oh: 
fatal Sentence! .condemn?d to be Soek-- - 


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waſher to the blackguard Boy, who wait- 


ed on the under Butler's under Butler. 


I would have perſuaded Mr. Rechford 
to plead in my Behalf, but he was obdu. 
Tate as Adamant; eſpecially as by my 
Diſgrace he roſe. However, not long 
after, I preſented him with an humble 
Petition, wherein 1 failed not to extol 
the Neatneſs of the Boy's Feet, ſince 
they came into my Hands, inſomuch 


——— that not the niceft Ne 
Cou'd, in the Dog-days, ſmell H Toes. 


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And, as a Reward, I was 4 In- 


ſpectoreſs- general of all the drinking Veſ- 
Tels ; but no more intruſted with the Key 


of the Cellar : To fay the Truth, I could 
not well vindicate my Conduct in that 1 im- 
portant Point. 

The Dean had twenty * thoſe agree- 
able Whims, which kept us all chearful, 
as was his Intent; for I ſuppoſe my 


Readers will believe, that neither he nor 
we valued the Ale, but for the Jeſt's. 
Alke. 1 


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Mrs. PI Lx 1NGTON. 155 


No Man living told a Story to more 
Advantage than the Dean; there never 
was a Word too little or too much in it, 
it was always apt, full, clear, and conciſe, 
truly epigrammaticc. 

It would be well for their Readers, if 
ſome of our Writers had learn'd this 
happy Art; but they draw out their 
Tales to a tireſome Length, dwelling on 

every trivial Circumſtance, and omitting 
things of greater Conſequence, and when 

they would . wiſe, * grow obſcure. 


Thus the ſmall Skate fins | her 

| {ſlender Store, et | 

Aud labours uy ſhe clouds herſelf all 0 er. 
Pope. 


The Den: told n me, » did remember 
that he had not laugh'd above twice in 
his Life; once at ſome Trick a Moun- | 
tebank's Merry- Andrew play'd ; and the 
other time was at the Circumſtance of 
Tom Thumb's killing the Ghoſt; and, I 
can aſſure Mr. Fielding, the Dean had 
a Ws Opinion of his Wit, which muſt 

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be. a Pleaſure to him, as no Man was 


ever better qualified to Judge, ne 
it ſo eminentiy himſelf. 
Tet was he ſo free Jan any vain ot. 
ſtentation of it, that he could ſuit his 
Converſe to the Talents of his Company; 
inſomuch that, I 2 had they pro- 
poſed to play Puſn- pin, or talk Non- 
ſenſe, he would have complied even with 
the latter, if it had been in his Power. 
1 have known him fill up — 
given after the manner of the French, 
though he had found it true muſical 


Nbythm, ſo eſteem'd by the Aintients; 


nay, he could deal in the 


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Which ſome book learned Blockheads, 
for ſuch I have ſeen, with each a Store 


of Lumber, crude and undigeſted 1 in their 
Brains, would no doubt Baye ſcorn'd: 


But, as Horace obſerves, there | is a Sweet- 


neſs in ſometimes mingling Folly with 
Wiſdom ; and T am well convinced no 


Perſon, without a good Underſtanding, x 
can even play the Fool end. 


: Ti riflers þ 


Mrs, PILKEINGT 6 v. 157 
Triflers * even in „ — 5 
For only ſolid Bodies poliſh well. Young, 


One Night, that I had the Honour 
to be in as. polite a Set of Company as 
ever Europe bred, they took a Fa ancy 
that each of them would imitate the Voice 
= different Animal, either Bird or 

Beaſt, each having fixed on what ſuited 
their Inclination ; they began the Con- 
ſort at once: Would not any one, who 
had refuſed to join in the Frolick, have 
ſeem'd ridiculous? Tis true, indeed, this 
: was, attended. with one mortifying Cox - 
ſequence ; - for the Servants, ſcar'd at the 
Hidequs Yelling, and concluding we were 
all fighting, ran haſtily in to part us; 
but finding all. was right, they left us; 
however, we heard them land. heartily 
at our Entertainment. | 

.As I have often mentioned the Dear? "0 
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MEMOIRS of 

He obſerved a Woman, whoſe whole 
Eſtate was a Sieve of Fruit, which the 
had in a Stall, where the fat. footing 
worn-out Stockings. Seeing the Woman 
very decent, and always at work, he 
Judged her to be a proper 'Perſon for 
him to aſſiſt; eſpecially as, by the Re- 
port of her Neighbours, ſhe was a very 
honeſt Woman. The Dean aſked her, 
why ſhe did not try to borrow twenty 
Pounds,” and ſet up a handfome Fruit- 
Thop. Alas-a-day, Sir, faid the, who 
would truſt a poor Creature hke me 
with ſuch a Sum ? Why, Taid he, if. J 
thought you would improve it, I would 
lend it you. The Woman promiſed fair 
and the Dean lent her the Money; and, 
at the ſame time, wrote down the parti- 
cular kinds of Fruit he would have her 
furniſh herſelf with. She was to let him 
know when ſhe was ftock'd, and he pro- 


miſed to recommend Her to Cuſtomers. 


The Woman, overjoy'd at her good 
F ortune, went about five Clock ner 


Morning to a Gardener's, produced her 


Ap- 


Mrs. PILKXiNGTON. 159 
Appearance ſhe could not pay for ſuch a 
Cargo, laugh'd at her. This provok'd the 
Pride of the new-rais'd Beggar; who, to 
convince them of her Wealth, producedirx 
to their aſtomiſh'd View; upon which they 
-alter*d their Note, and as it was a cold 
Morning, ſaid, I hat Bargains were 
« never made with dry Lips.” They 
drew in the poor Woman to drink plen- 
tifully of Hotpot, which ſoon left her 
ſtupid in the Ale-houſe;; but not till they 
had firſt done her the Favour to rob 
Ae. 
When ſhe came a little to herſelf, the 
Woman of the Houſe demanded Pay. 
ment; the Fellows being gone. She 
was going to pay the Reckoning, but 
alas | her Money was gone too: It was in 
vain for her to enquire for it, every-· body 
diſavowed the Fact; but the Gardener, out 
of his great Charity, gave her a Baſket of 
Windfalls, with which ſhe was obliged, 
ſeeing no Remedy, to return to her * 
nal Poverty. 
The Dean vainly look'd for che Pro- 
duct of his Charity; he could neither 


9 Brandy and Ale mixt. 


that all the Neighbours knew ſhe was a 


160 MEM OIRS of ' 

ſee Shop, nor Woman, for ſhe kept out 
of his way; at length he happened in 
Church to be ſeiz'd with the Cholick, 

and went out in the middle of Service ; 
and who ſtood at the Church-door, but 
the very Perſon ? He ſtopp'd, and de- 


manded, why he had not heard from her, 
and how ſhe proceeded ? Upon this the 
Woman flew into a Rage, abuſed him 


all the Way to his own Houſe, told him, 
that his curſed Money had bewitch'd her; 


modeſt, virtuous, ſober Woman, and that 


he had made her turn Whore: and 


Drunkard ;- the Dean ran in, clap'd the 
the Door upon her, and begged the 


Protection of his Domeſticks guns ws 
mad Woman. 


And here I. muſt obſerve, that as the 


Dean was: very juſtly ſatirical on the 
Voices of human Kind, yet when he fell 


on Infirmities, he ſeem'd to have done a 


diſpleaſing Act to Heaven, inaſmuch as 


he was puniſhed with them all in a re- 


markable manner; z he * to be a 


 Siruld- 


Mrs. PPLKINGTOoN 161 
Struldbrugg, helpleſs ahi a Child, and un- 
able to aſſiſt himſelf. „ 3 ett 

+. I fay not this as any | RefleRion to ay 
4 Memory, Heaven forbid I ſhould; 

but with all the Reverence I have for the 
Dean, I really think he ſometimes choſe 
Subjects unworthy of his Muſe, - and 
which could ſerve for no other End ex- 
cept that of turning the Reader's Sto- 
mach, as it did my Mother's, who, upon 
reading the Lady's Dreſſi OY in- 
_—_ threw up her Dinner. 

Here I digreſs, oddly nah; on 4 
which fical Circumſtance. Having once 
had the Honour of being known to 
Lady *****® F took the Liberty of 
applying to her for a Subſcription ; her 
Neice came out, and miſtaking the Per- 
fon who brought the Letter for me, ſaid, - 
Her Lady wondered at my Impu- 
denee, to apply to her, when I knew 
4 how T had uſed Sir '* ** ##'# , ** But 
if ever I uſed him, or he me, then am. I 
no two-legged: Creature; for, to my 
Knowledge, I never even faw him if 
the Man did dare to contradict me, I 
224 wou'd 


162 MEMOIRS ef 

1 vwou' d make him eat a Piece of my pen: 
i But how uſed him? not unlawfully, I 
i hope. Did your Ladyſhip ever ſee me 
Us: lewdly lolling on a Love-bed with him? 
i No, if we ever met, he was ſupported 
5 by two reverend Prelates, proper Sup- 
Porters for a Chriſttan Hero; but I never 
heard that the Gentleman was addicted to 
Women; ſo that I hope I may reſt un- 
cenſured by him, and alſo by ge Lo 
emma ak 

I do this, Madam; i in weer to che 
Gentleman's Character, for my own is of 
no Conſequence. 


A *Tis Bare-bit, and knawn by Treafor's 
Canker- Tooth. os "OO. 


And pray now, Sir 8 bor to 
"i thee I call, but with no friendly Voice- 
* What time? what Day? what Hour did 
J ever diſoblige — the Injuries you 
maden me, I freely ee * „ 


Wl 3 - a you pleaſe, ix 
M N Will honour you with e Lays. 


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Mrs. P11 XING TON. 163 
But then take notice you muſt come 
down handſomely; you are not Lord 
King aboroug h, nor will my Verſe flow 

ſpontaneous. : BS 


His Virtues might the punt Bards in- 


| ſpire, 
And- „ their Beſoms with poetic Fire. 


So no = for ever — for ever 88 
Brutus] if we do meet again, why we 
ſhall laugh, if not, why ſurely we ſhall 
never weep; a more inſpiring Theme 
demands my Attention: So, Sir Knight 
of the' Oracle, adieu, if thou dyeſt be- 
fore me, as you ſhould, fince you ſtepe 
into the World thirty Years &er my 
dim Speck of Entity was animated ; I 
have wrote your Epitaph, which I beg 
you may have engrav*d on your. Tomb- 
ſtone; left you ſhould not, I will raiſe 
Hou a Monument more laſting than | 


raſs. 
I preſuine, by the Information of your 


Boots, you have read Horace, take your 
Bncomium, 


- Here 


lere lies che greateſt Man that e*er was 


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All! Womankind fincerely did he 
6 
And kept the good old Proverb. i in bis 
Mind, | 
He that won't go before— muſt 80 be- 
ind. | 


And if my Printer ſhould dare to put a 
daſh or blank in your illuſtrious Name, 
1 will in Capitals inſert it, and you knows 


When! in bold Capitals expreſs'd, 

+ Fhe dulleſt Reader jokes the 1 eſt. 
; T his, Sir, Le give 1 you as a farther Proof | 
of my Impudence, in which I own your 
Family to have far the Superiority to 
mine; for though ſome of them did Ex- 
ecution in the well-fought F ield, yet 
none of them were condemn'd te ſuffer 
N one: So read this, and then to Breakfaſt. 
A Vith what Appetite you may. | 


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Mn. PILKINGTON, 165 


But after all I have ſaid, I bear you no 
III-will; but you began with me this 
Tennis-game, and I have match'd my 
Racquet to the Balls; and, depend .on't, 
whoever begins with me, 1 bear the 
Motto of the Thiſtle : 


Nemo me impune laceſſit. 


The Hour now came, when the Dean's 
' Promiſe was to be claim'd; as 1 brought 
forth a Son, I wrote to him, but he was 
in the Country, and in five Days the Boy 
died: The Dean did not return till I was 
a Fortnight brought to Bead. ; 
He came directly to viſit me: Mr. | 
Pilkington open'd the Door for him, and 
brought him up to me. After wiſhing 
me Joy, he aſked, where was his God- 
ſon elect? I told him in Heaven : The 
Lord be praiſed, ſaid he, I thought there 
was ſome good News in the way, your 
Husband look'd ſo briſk : Pox take me, 
but I was in Hopes you were dead your- 
elf; but tis pretty well as it 2 1 have 
tay" a | 


166 MEMOIRS Of 
ſav'd by it, and I thould have got no- 
thing by ycu. 

He drank a little Caudle with me, and 
then went away; about an Hour after 
his Servant brought me a Letter, and a 
great Bundle of brown Paper, ſealed wich 
the utmoſt Care, and twiſted round with 
I know not how many Yards of Pack- 
thread; my Curioſity led me to read the 
Letter before I examined the Contents of 
the Paper, which, to the wow of _ 
Knowledge, was: s this: 2” 


Madan 
Send you a Piece of Plumb- cake, | 


which I did intend ſhould be- ſpent 
at your Chriſtening; if you have any 
 Obje&ion to the Plumbs, or do not like 
to eat them, you may return them to, 


Madam, 
900 ſincere Friend and 8 g 


7 Sroift, 


| I now examined the Ge the 
Paper, in which I found a Piece of Gin- 
ger-bread, in which were ſtuck four 
Guineas, 


Mre. P I LKjI'NG TON, 167 
Guineas, wrapt in white Paper, on the 
Outſide of each was wrote Plumb. 

Il ſent the Dean a real Piece of Pumbz 
cake, * this Anſwer: 2 5 


Si | | 
Have heard. thaiOftridges could digeſt 
Iron, but you give me a harder Taſk, 
when you bid me eat Gold; but ſuppoſe 
I thould, like the rich Streams: of the 
Tagus, flow potable Gold, the Interpreta- 
tion of which is, that I mean to drink your 
Health this Minute, in a Glaſs of Sack; 

and am, with the utmoſt Reſpect, Sir, 

FTuoour ever devoted Servant, 

1 Pi\kingion, 


bs - oft Shen he had fwd Mr. Pilkington 
to. be Chaplain to Alderman Barber, the 
Dean received from Spain, from one Mr, 
Mogan, a green Velvet Bag, in which 
was contained the Adventures of ZEuge. 
uius; as alſo. an Account of the Court- 


ſkip. and. Marriage of the Chevalier, to 


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ſents himſelf to have been a principal Ne- 
gotiator. It was wrote in the Novel Stile, 


bot a little heavily : There was alſo ſome 


of the Pſalms of David, paraphras'd in 
Miltonick Verſe, and a Letter to the 
Dean, . with Remarks on the Beggar's 
Opera; in which he ſays he believes the” 
People of England and Ireland had quite 
loſt all Remains of Elegance and Taſte, 
fince-their top Entertainments were com- 
poſed, of Scenes of Highwaymen, and 
Proſtitutes, who all remain unpuniſh'd 
and triumphant in their Crimes: He 


concluded with paying the Dean the 
Compliment of a ν,ilñ to eee 


the Work. 5 
The Dean laid, he did not care to 
be troubled with it, and bid Mr. Pilking- 


ton take it to London, and look it over x 


at his Leiſure, ch "gy he 


did. oN 


He was ide gone, PITS (the: Dean 
came to me for the Bag; I told him 
my Huſband had, according to 1 
mands, taken 1 it with him. ZHE prot 
he never gave him any ſuch — 3 


tht 


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Mrs. PII KINGTO VN. 169 


that I was impudent to ſay it, and my 
Husband more ſo to do it the Conclu- 
ſion of which was; that he ordered me 


to write to him to return it immedi- 


ately; and, leaſt I ſhould forget it, he 
gave me a very good Beating. Well; I 
writ Mr. Pilkington an Account of the 
Dean's Wrath, and he ſent me the fatal 
Bag by a Clergyman : I directly carried 


it to the Dean, and hoped he would 


be” pleaſed, by my punctual and ready 
Obedience to his Will; but far otherwiſe” 


it fell out, for the Dean flew into a Paſ- 
ſion, for my daring to preſume to write 


for it, and gave me another Beating. 


But did not this more reſemble the 


Actions of a Lunatick than of a Gentle. 


man of ſuperior Wit and Knowledge? 
Indeed, I believe too much Learning 


had turn'd his Head, or too deep a 


Search into the Secrets of Nature; as 
nothing could eſcape his Obſervation. 


And this wrong Turn in his Brain, I 


fancy had poſſeſſed him a long tine be- 


fore it was taken notice of, as number- 


leſs Proofs might be produced; and even 
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170 MEMOIRS of © 

amongſt the Facts that I have related 
there are ſome ſtrong Inſtances of it; had 
he been leſs witty, it would ſooner have 
been taken notice of; but as the Poet 


obſerves, 


Great Wit to Madneſs ſure is near r allied, c 
And thin Partitions do their Bounds di- | 
vide. 2 


The firſt Proof he gave of his Incivility 
was affronting the Lord Lieutenant, at 
the Lord Mayor's Table; who, becauſe 
he had not paid his Compliments tohimin 
due Form, he very civilly accoſted, by the 
extraordinary Title of, you, Fellow with 
the blue String. Some little time after 
this, he invited two Clergymen to take 
the Air with him, and when he got them 
into aCoaeb, he did ſo belabour them and 
knock their Heads together, that they 
were obliged to cry out for Aſſiſtance. 

From this he fell into a deep Melan. 
cholly, and knew no body; I was told 
the laſt ſenſible Words he uttered, were 
on this Occaſion: Mr. Handel, when 


Mrs Prt K N 4 Os, 17 


about to quit Jreland, went to take his 
leave of him: The Servant was a con- M 
ſiderable Time, e' er he could make the 
Dean underſtand him; which, when he 
did, he cry'd O! A German, and a 
Genius! A Prodigy! admit him.“ 
The Servant did ſo, juſt to let Mr. Han- 
4:1 behold the Ruins of the greateſt Wit 
that ever liv'd along the Tide of Time, | 
where all at length are loſt. 
If ought elſe relating to. kim, ſhould 
occur to my Remembrance, TI will faich” 
fully relate it; as I am certain it cannot. 
but be acceptable to the Public, whoſe 
Intereſt he had evermore at Heart, and 
whoſe Liberties on all Occaſions, he v warm- 
ly and nobly l 1 
*Tis mine, O honoured Shade, t to cole. 
brate thy Goodneſs, without extenuating - 


thy Faults; I deal impartially, which is 
the true Taſk of an Hiſtorian, and 1 


would inſcribe thy Tomb- Stone, were 1 
permitted; but without Characters, Fame 
lives long. Thine will laſt, while Wit 
or Genius are admired i in this ſublunary 


Globe. | 
1? However 


72 MEMOIRS of | 


However difagreeable i it may be to me, 
T find I muſt proſecute my own Hiſtory, 
till my leaving London, to which Metro- 
polis I never intend to return, as has been 
inſinuated, in order to hurt my Subſcrip- 
tion: While ever I can find Means of 
ſubſiſting in my native Country, where I 
have received more Favour, than I could 
reaſonably hope for, I ſhould eſteem my. 
ſelf not only ungrateful, but unjuſt to 
raife Contributions on the Public, and 
carry the Money from this poor Iſland, 
to ſpend it in a rich and opulent City, 
_ - Beſides my Days of Vanity are over, 
Thie Woods, Groves; Fountains, ſacred 
Receſſes, dear to the Muſes, would be my 
Choice, even had I a Fortune to entitle 
me fo enjoy the Splendor of a Court in its 
utmoſt Magniffcence. 0 how languiſh 
for Retirement; even as the Heart pant» 
eth after the Water Brooks, ſo longeth my 
Soul after it; where I might fit upon 
| ſunleſs Side of ſome Romantic Moun- 
tain, Foreſt crown'd, I wiſh my beſt and 
deareſt Frierid, would take this into Con- 
ſideration, and in ſome Part of his wide 


extended 


Mrs. PILKINGTON. 173 
extended Domains, afford his oe an 
humble Hermitage. | 

1 ſhould not then be diſtrated wich 
Fears of an imperious Landlord's Threats. 

Noz your happy Tenant would pay her 
Debt in Weeds, which, when 1 once 
told your Lordſhip, you very politely 
anſwered, that ſuch Verſes as mine 'were 
the fineſt Flowers in the Garden of the 

Murs. -- 

l muſt here relate to your Lordſhip, a 
little Circumſtance which happened to me 
lately. I took a Lodging in Drum- 
condra- lane; the two Ladies, (Siſters). 
wWho keep the Houſe, kindly invited me 
to Dinner; it was very natural for me to 
enguire what Perſons af Diſtinction hved 
in our Neighbourhood; they told me 

Lord Kingsborough had lately purchaſed 
a Houſe in it, a moſt worthy' fine Gen- 
:tleman. I happened to expreſs ſo much 
Peleaſure, at hearing this agreeable piece 
* (ef News, and ati the fame time ſo warm- 

1 joined in their Sentiments, that on. of 
the Ladies ſaid: Well, Madam, though 
TR have made a Myſtery of yous Name, 

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194 MEMOIRS of 
I am certain you are Mrs. Pilkington 1 


am ſure you are the Perſon; becauſe you 


peak of his Lordſhip, in the very ſame 


Stile you have wrote of him. 1 have the 


two Volumes. : 


As 1 found they were prepoſſeſſed. in 
Mrs. Pilkington's Favour, I confeſs'd they 
had gueſs' d right. But whenever I want 
Concealment,. if your Lordſhip is men- 


tioned, I will take Care to be ſilent. 


| Otherwiſe I ſhall ſoon betray myſelf, as 
out of the Abundance of the Heart, the 


Mouth ſpeaketh. Though 1 am afraid, 


that like holy Dayid, it would be Grief, 
and Pain to me, and while I fat mufing 
the Fire would: kindle ; the Sacred Fire 

of Friendfhip and Gratitude, "would ut 
Jock my Tongue and give me Utterance, 


even though 1 had been born dumb. ok. 


Why, my dear Lord, were but à few 


Perſons of Diſtinction, in your Way of 


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thinking, Earth itſelf. would become a 


Paradiſe : no more would the ſorrow ful 


Sighing of the Priſoner, nor the Voice of 
Lamentation be heard in our Streets, and 
'tis with infinite Pleaſure, I ſee cur long 


my 


\ , ſtain'd 


Mrs. P1tx1NGToON, 175 


 ftain'd Nobility, who were only fa- 


mous for undoing, and built their 
Characters on Rapes and Ruin, now al- 
| moſt to a Man, not only juſt; but bene- 
ficent; not only learned themſelves, but 
Encouragers of Science in others, If a- 
mongſt our Country's Worthies, I name 
you Lord Molefworth,. who have diſtin- 
guiſhed yourſelf in Fields and Senates, -in 
the Seats of the Muſes, and Academic 
Groves; whoſe well try'd Valour has ap- 
proved itſelf; not in Raſhnefs; but 'k 
noble Intrepidity and Scorn of Death, 
whenever your God, your King, or Coun- 
try, requir'd your Service z I hope it wil 
not offend you, to ſay, may your God, your 
King, and Country, make you as happy, 
as my much obliged, and moſt truly 
grateful Heart ſincerely wiſhes, ſhall eyor 
de my ardent Prayer, 
Tour Lordſhip has kindly. viſited: he | 
Virtues of my Father on his Daughter. I 
am ſure I had no other Claim, to the Fa- 


vours or Honours for which I am indebt- 


ed to your Lordſhip, and for which I reſt 
5 your. faithful Senn . 


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176 MEMOIRS of 
At length, through ſtrange Viciſſitudes, 
and Variety of Misfortunes, finding 1 
could get no Relief from Treland, I de- 
termined, with mySon, to reviſit it; and 
though late in Life, try my Fortune in 
Hiber nia. But how to compaſs a Journey 


and a Voyage without Money, was really 


a difficult Taſk ; to this End I ſet my 
Wits to Work, to find out whether any 
Perſons of my own Country were in Lan- 
don, from whom, by revealing my Diſ- 


treſs, I could hope for Relief. At length 
I learned, that Dr. Delany was there, 


who never rejected the Petition of the al- 
flicted, even though they had no other 
Merit to recommend them, but that of 
Anguiſh. My Suit was granted in the 
moſt compaſſionate and obliging Manner; 
accompanied by his Tears for my Mis- 
fortunes, and Prayers for the Preſerva- 


tion of my Soul and Body. And ſure 


the. Oraiſons of one ſo good, mult have 


uncommon Efficacy in them, to turn the 


Sinner, and confirm the Juſt in well doing, 


while his own Example Rrengthens all his 
Precepts. | 5 


| How 


Mrs. Prin S rox. 177 


How different was the Reception I met 
with, at the Hands of this worthy 
| Man, from the rough Retyrn made 

to my Sollicitations, for a Subſeription 

from Lady * who, © wondered at 

* my Impudence 1 in applying to her.“ 

Ladies, let me entreat you will drop 
that naſty paw Word impudent, at leaſt 
don't annex it to my Name, who never 
yet had the Afſurance to appear in any 
publick Place, ſince I came laſt to this 

Kingdom; nor ever to apply in Perſon 

tor a Favour. But a Woman who has 

ſuffered | in Reputation, knows not what 
to do; *tis all Impddence, though her 

Betters have more; for that in the Cap- 

tain is bur a. Choleric Word, which in 

the Soldier is flat Blaſphemy. 5 

Upon my Word, if inſtead of the z 

pudence I am charged with; you would 

call me a deſolate afflicted Wretch, you 
would ſpeak the Truth; for poor Letitis 
is become the Foot-ball of Fortune; but 
why ſhould I complain? when the Son of 
 Mavſays, that the Faxes had Holes, and 

n n had Do Place to lay his Head 

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178 MEMO IRS of. 
ink | Anſwer me ſome of ye great, 

learned, and Pious Divines; why is our 

Bleſſed Redecmer ſtiled the Son of Man ? 

When we ate told, that a Virgin ſhould 

"conceive; that the Power of the higheſt 

ſhould over-ſhadow her! How was he 

then the Son of Man ? We : are all order- 

ed to apply to our Heavenly Father, and 

therefore may ſtile ourſelves the Children 

of God; Why then 1 is there any Excep- 
tion made 1 in this Caſe? JR 

* hardly « dare allow myſelfr the Liberty 


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H, and Wan be my Diſcaſe; 75 and yer 
T believe it was given me to follow and 
ſearch after Truth; where then ſhall 1 
| find it? not on Earth, no more than 
Peace or Juſtice, who are long fled from 
theſe lower Regions. Boldly then let i me 
7 them, even to the high Place, 
Trom whence they ſprung; the Seat of 
Calms and 'Eafe, the Manfions of the 
Bleſt, where holy Hope and conftant 
Faith, ſhall be loft in Fraition of thar 
Happinefs, which hath not yet entered 


into d the 155 of Man to conceive. 


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Mr. Woolaſton's Religion of Nature 


delineated, ſnews us powerfully, how much 
Aye muſt offend the Creator; as I am 
tax' d with numerous Quotations, which 
are tedious (as ſome of my Readers tell 
me) I ſhall not borrow one from him, 
but refer the Learned to his inimitable 


Work; though.I am perſuaded, no Per- 
ſon who has not a clear Head, can taſte 


his Beauties: And truly, I have paid 


myſelf no ſmall Compliment here; but, 


as it is written, &en let it a. 


5 And here, Mr. Blake * permit I | 


tell you, though no Perſon can more re- 


vere your every amiable Quality than 1 
do, yet as the Objection you ſtarted to 
my Philoſophic Doctrine, of the Ocean's 


having no Bottom, has deprived me of 


| Reſt ever ſince, I could find in my Heart 


to be angry with you; You aſked me 
then, how I-could account for Iſlands 


which muſt have a Foundation? I am hor 7 


ſure of that, perhaps they float like Delos: 
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Purified by running through the Veins of 
the Earth, and arife to us in freſh Foun- 
tains, mineral Streams, or milky Currents, 
ſuch as Mallow affords. Our Foundation 
we know is on Waves, dur Build- 
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a World to inhabit, the Fragments of 
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they both ſincerely attend your: And 
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for no other Cauſe, but that you excel in 
Courage, and Learning; accept of my 
Thanks, for the many fine Encomiums 
you have beſtowed on me; think of me as 
one incapable of purſuing the Advice you 
gave me, of forſaking a Friend in the 
Hour of Calamity. Sute *tis then our 
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'But, ſays my Reader, what have I to ſay 

to your Philoſophy, or particular Attach- 
ments? proceed in your Story; inform 
us how you got to Ireland? Well, now 
you have reminded me of it, I think I 


will. To confeſs the Truth, I had like to 


have forgotten myſelf ; my Thoughts are 
aps to wander through Eternity, and 


Like. Pompey 2 tranſported « to Regions 
of Day, +: ; 
—— to be ** to a Manſion of Clay- 


„ Aſter receiving the worthy Doctor Dela- 
ny's Bounty, which was ſufficient to pay 


every Debt I ow'd in London; which, as I 


was cautious in contracting any, a Sum, 
though leſs, would have paid. But I had 
not a Sufficiency to anſwer the Expence 


of travelling Charges, for two Perſons, 


The Parliament was diſſolved, the Nobi- 
lity |gone to enjoy the Sweets of Spring, 
April having deck'd all Things in freſh. 
and fragrant Bloom; all, but wretched 
Humankind, from whom, whence part - 


1 ed, it no more returns, to bluſh or beau- 


tify 


Mrs. P11 K 1 NG TON. 183 
tify the Cheek again. But let us not Sor- 
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Hepe beyond this Life 3 if, we can £0 
unſtain'd through this World, which *tis 
"almoſt impoſſible to do, or ſeeing the Er- 
rors of our Ways, forſake them; we have 
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don; 1 ſent the Letter by the de of 
a diſſenting Clergyman, of whoſe Ho- 
nour and Virtue T was confident. ; He re- 
ceived her civilly, read over my Letter, 
and declared he did not know me; but as 
he had ſome ſlight Knowledge of my Fa- 
mily, there was a Guinea for me. Thi, 
But yet he gave me 


and he would think of ſomething for my 
Service: Accordingly, in a Week's 
Time ſhe went again, and again till at 


length his Lordſhip vouchſafed to ſend 


out a very rough Anſwer, not in the leaſt 
befitting his Function or Dignity; eſpe- 

cially to one whom he knew from her 

Infancy, to be a Woman of ou Birch, 
and Education. 

But 1 reſolving to be as chuffy as hes 
fent him in reality another Epiſtle, not 
over-courteous I own; yet it wrought a 
better Effect, than my complaining one 


produced, for his Gentleman came to me 
early next Morning, with a very civil 


Letter; and produced ten Guineas, to my 


. unſpeakable Joy; but there was a Draw- 


back. 


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Mrs, P1Tx1INGtTon 185 


back on my Happineſs, for I wias obli- 
ged to return ten Shillings Change, which 
I very reluctantly complied h. 

Wich this Sum my Son and J quitted 


London, and being on the ſaving Scheme» 


took Places in che Waggon. A moſt tire- 
ſome Way of travelling! May Morning 
we ſet ſorth, our Slow-pac*d Cattle were 
adorned with Ribbands and Flowers, and 
till then, I never underſtood the meaning 


of the vulgar Expreſſion, of being as fine 


as 4 Horſe, for it ſeems it is cuſtomary 
on this Month, to preſent the Waggoners 


with a Ribband, at every Inn; till our 


Flea-bitten Nags, were almoſt blind- 
ed by the tawdry party- coloured flow- 
ing Honours of their Heads. I was 


really almoſt fatigued to Death, for I was 


called up at three o' Clock in the Morn- 
ing, though perhaps you don't ſet out till 


5 five. Tea or Coffee, none to be had, 


unleſs in ſome of the Towns: Indeed, 
f Fr: I could, like our Driver, have eat a 
Breakfaſt of Salt Beef and Cabbage · at 


that ſqueamiſh Hour, it was laid there 


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might have an Appetite by Evening, but 
it happened notſo to me, The Heat and 
Duſt quite depriv d me of any Inclina- 
ion to Food, and ee to the rough 
| F are provided. 
My chief Delight was Iiſtening to the 
Nightingale, who then warbled forth her 
love · laboured Song, to indulge the 
Pleaſure of hearing the ſoft Warbler, 
pour forth her plaintive and harmonious 
Lay: I uſed when we were near our 
reſting Place, to alight and walk through 
the flower-enamell'd Meads, filled with 
Covwſlips, Primroſes, and wild Violets, 
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Heads; we ſeated ourſelves under the 
wide Fpreading Shade, liſtening with De- 
light to thoſe wild Muſicians. Suddenly 
the Boy cry'd out, O Mamma what ſhall 
I do? What is the Matter, Child? 
Look at my Leg: I did fo, and behold 
a Stake had twiſted up it; I, though 
heartily ſtartled, had Preſence of Mind 
ſufficient, to beg he would not ſtrike it; 
he took my Advice, though indeed both 
he and I were ready to faint, and the evil 
Worm crawled away, without doing him 
any Prejudice. But not beitig well aſſured 
that all the Serpent Race, ſworn Foe to 
Man n, might be ſo complaiſant, 1 was 
ne ver after temptecd to tit down in Albion! 8 

2 *froaitfot Fields. eee, 
W Jodged this Night's at a rale I | 
Village, Whole Name I have forgot; 1 
believe the Inn had formerly been a Con- 
vent, by the numerous little Cells and 
*Cloyfters, fmail Windows, almoſt dar- 
g kened with Jeſſamine aud Vines ; it had 
2 moſt romantic melaticholy Air, fit for 
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Wine. The next Day being Sunday, a 
Day of Reſt, we took up our Quarters 
at another Inn, where we got a Chicken 
and a Pint of Wine, and lived ſumptu- 
ouſly. 5 

We then walk'd out to ſee what kind 
of Curioſity this Place afforded, worth 
Remark; but finding none, we ſtrayed 
out on a Common, when the firſt Object 
which ſtruck my Sight, was that of a Man 
ſuſpended high in the Air, hanging in 
Chains on a Gibbet; ſhocking as it was, 
it engaged my Attention; I concluded 
he muſt have been a moſt undutiful Son, 
when the Birds of Prey had devoured 
him, and the Ravens picked out his Eyes. 
Suddenly I was ſurprized with the Voice 
of a Man, who cried, O my dear Coſhen 
Paddy, I wiſh thoſe who put you there 
for noting, were there themſelves, I look- 
ed about, and ſaw fifteen os twenty Men 
and Women lying in a dry Ditch; 1 
would have fled, but conſidering chat 
might not be fake, 1 rather choſe to walk 
at an eaſy Pace: : One of the Fellows 
made f to us, and aſked where we were 


7 going, 


| Mrs PruxING TON. 189 


going; I told him to our Country, Ire. 
land, Arah, ſaid he, are you a Catolie? 
I ſaid I was! Upon I which he ſaid, Faith 
poor Paddy Lawler, who hangs there 
was a good one. And what, Sir, brought 
him to ſo, unfortunate an End? Why, 


ſaid he, he was in Love with a proud 


ſcornful Huſſey, and ſhe ſlighted him, ſo 


he met her 1 in this Plaiſh, and becauſe ſhe 


| would not accept of his Shivility, he lent 
her a Nock on the Head, and: ſo he get 


his Will of her. She died the next Day, 
after ſhe had given Information againſt. 
him; to be ſure her Skull was broke, 


but he did not deſhine that. 


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While he was telling me this Story, 8. 
ttembled, but madethe beſt Speed I could to 


the Village, being infinitely more frightened 
_ at-him, than I had been at the Snake. He 


accompanied us there, for which I return- 


ed him Thanks; how ſincerely my Readers 
may judge. But I made a Virtue of Ne- 


ceſſity, and gave him fair Words. Nom 
faid he, are not all theſe Heretics damn'd- 
Rogues] ? Ay. laid * and I hope our 

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190 MEMOIRS" of 
true King will put all Villains to Death. = 
Arrah, give me your Fiſt for that; I was 
obliged to comply. When I got to the 
Inn 1 told him, 1 ſhould be glad of his { 
Company, but that I had a jealous Huſ- 
band, who would: certainly kill me, if he 
found any Man in my Company. Damn l 
the Rogue, ſaid he, if I -was'as you; J 
would make him a Cuckold in a ek 
I defired he would pleaſe to accept of a 
Pot of Drink, which he did, and making 
a Leg, walk*d off leaving us unmoleſt- 
ed, and I bleſt God I had para Life 
at ſo cheap a Rate. ; 
That ſoft Anſwers. turn away Wrath, 
is moſt aſſured; for I remember ſome 
Tears ago, when the Cavan Rabble were 
up in Arms, my Mother, Siſter, and I, 
went to pay aViſit at Rathfarnam, to the 
Lady of our excellent Recorder. On 
our return home, we were ſurrounded by. 
a Pack of theſe Wretches, who ordered 
my Father's Coachman to pull off his Hat 
to them, which he refuſing, and they be- 


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Mrs. PILKINGTON. 191 
ing all armed with ſhort thick Oak Tree 
Clubs, they ſwore we ſhould not ride in 
a Coach, and they walk; my Mother, 
with ſurprizing Preſence of Mind, ſaid 
Gentlemen, you are very welcome to the 
Coach, my Daughter and I will walk, to. 
oblige you with it; which, Villains, Ruf- 
fians, and Murtherers as they were, they 
would not permit, but only deſired we 
might Huzza for them, this notwith- 

ſtanding our Terror, we chearfully did: 
and my Mother ſaid, Gentlemen per- 
haps you are dry, and gave them a Crown, 
with which they were ſo well pleaſed, that 
they huzza'd for us, offering to guard us 
ſafe to Town; but ſhe alledging that 
would be too much trouble, they left us 
with a kind Aſſurance, that they would 
drink our Healths, and fight for us any 
Time we ſtood in need of their . 6 
tection. . . 
Nothing materikl happened to us til! 
we got to Cheſter; we took a Survey of 
the Cathedral Church, which had nothing 
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192 MEMOIRS. f 
than the old black Walls which environ 
Part of the City. _ E 
Next Day we ſet out for Pothatr,y 
which was crowded: with Nobility and. 
Gentry, waiting for a fair Wind; here we 
were ſo long detained, that my Purſe was 
quite exhauſted, even my laſt Shilling 
gone; this was a ſad Situation, we were 
fixed to a) Point without any Power of 
Moving one way or anether, wanting 
- The neceſſary Agent Money. There was 
but one Way left, which was even to apply 
to Lady Kildare, who was there; but 
being aſhamed to do it in my Name, 1 
e'en did it in my Son's, who waited on 
her Ladyſhip with it, met a favourable 


Reception, and brought home a Guinea. 
The Wind ſprung up fair and we embar- 


ked on board the Race Horſe. As Jam 
always deadly Sick at Sea, I choſe to keep. 
on Deck, as long as I poſſibly could. My 
Son being well inured to-the wat'ry Ele. 
ment, ſkipped about, and ſung Marine 
Songs. Moſt of the Paſſengers went to 
their Cabbins, when Mr. Hudſon, the 
Clergyman, ſceing my Boy ſpeak to me, 

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= - 6 SO OWNS Foo — er —3>* — Ax: TY" * 1 * * SE > * 
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aſked me, was not that youpgLad's Name 
Pilkington? I ſaid Ves! I thought ſo 


ſaid he, for he is very like Mr. Pilking- 


ton the Clergyman; he has ſome Cauſe 
to be ſo, Sir, for he is his Son. HoWean 


a you anſwer for that, Madam? Why in- 


deed, Sir, Thaveſome Cauſe of Knowledge 
of it, for I am that worthy Divine? sWife, 
and the Boy's Mother. The Gentleman 

confelled, the Force of my. Plea, and ex- 
Tn great Compaſſjon & for us both; and 
I do veril E elieve, had he known our 
* mſtances, he would have added Re- 
lief to Pity. 


eſeemed to be a learned Sq von 6, 


Gentleman, which I had the better Op- 


portunity of diſcovering, as he, my Son, 
myſelf, and a Gentleman whom I did 
not know, ſat all Night in Lady Kildare's 
Coach, which was laſh'd upon Deck. 
We there were becalm'd, and amongſt. 
other things, Mr. A 
had he ever been ſo unfe to tak 
common Woman, and ſhe had brought 
forth a Son ſo like him, as mine was to 
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With Mr Pilkington in Tela n . 
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of the Perſons who kept the next x 


who were the new Lodgers they had got; 
ne er her bur more inqualitive, 


a che Nam ne 


behind the Bed Curtain, Ane Mn Jef 
her to come up; Iaſked her, did he ws 
me; ſhe ſaid no indeed] but "The, had 
© lived with one Mr. Pilkington in, Ireland, 
who had turn'd his Wife, out of Doors; 
and that he Ned on Laxer's Hill. And 
at ſaid 1 weng the Names of the Chil- 
dren? Why, returned ſhe, there was 
Maſter Billy. Miſs Betty, and Maſter 
Jack! And how came you to leave him? 


Why, indeed heggyas beating Miſs and 


Maſter fadly, and I aſked him why he did 


mw — ſaid becauſe they re. none of his! 
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fire Maſter Jack is yours, 

ot he is your ons Picture, Ay, ſaid he, 
he Mother was thinking of me when he 
Was got. In trothz 

_ Houbr that, for I believe you were the 
5 t Perſon to her; for which Offence, 


2 directly diſmiſſed: And could he 


| Hah: found Matter againſt her Life, he 


would have proſecuted her. 
. W e C h ild re E knew her, and whateyer 
FR ours ſhe Stealth done for 


PE urn to ber. 
loſt 2 OY 
At length the tes braid and dif 


cos us my native Earth; I hail'd the 


Mother Land which gave me Birth, but 
knowinghow little Money. had, did not 
chuſe to and at Dunlary, which muſt be 
es with more Expence, than I had 
any Poſſibility of anſwering: The other 


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Paſſengers all went aſhore ; "Twas abour 
three O'Clock, and my Boy and I waited 
In the Ship, not doubting but we ſhould 
be ſoon at Ringſend; but it happened 

KK 2 - otherwiſe, 


Sir, faid ſhe, I don't 


$ y utmoſt to re- 
of Benefit is ſeldom 


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otherwiſe, for we were bed m'd; ve 
re e took our Seats in i the Coac 


755 I wrapt,, * 

In the Night 1 2 ke by the terrib -1] 
Curſes of the Captain « of the Shig, who” 
ſwore dreadfully we ſhould be that Ie: 
ment loſt, I dropt the Glaſs, and aſked 


Lg him what was the Matter; he ſaid h Bad 


Fallen aſleep, an St 
who had dire thrown us on the Nerd 
Bull. And 12 we then to be loſt? I ſega 
no Remedy, we ſhall ftrike j in a Minutce © 
J pulled my Son, who laughed at my 
Fears, which really were very great. The 
Ship ſtruck upon a Sand- Bank, with ſuch 


Force, that it rebounded on aaother, and 
beat i it almoſt*to Pieces. Hoy ven 


* Strand, 10 that hour Expence or if 
ficulty, we walked'to \Ringſend., — 


we he 


Here we took a little decent Lodging, 


and 


£ P I 11 K 1 ING Fs. 197 
nd. I. immediately diſpatched my Son» 
with a Letter to a Nobleman whom 1 


had formerly ſeen at my 4 e $3; who 
n ſent me a : Guingy T his e en- 


put our 1 is, ems d to an 
Apartment he had taken for me at a ſmall 


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# Here you wik 
bs 2 the e of a Gentleman ſo 


— "Ender al elteeme daS Doctor Van Lein-. 

: whul, after ſo long an Exile, "Have r 
ly found ſome Friend. OL 

I wrote a very mannerly Epiſtle to my 
beloved Spouſe, in which I ſlightly men- 

tioned | his 


his mercileſs Treatment of me, 
his poor Children ; and told him, 
that if he would pay me the Sixty five 
Pounds, for which I had his Bond in 
Counſellor Smith's Hands, 1 would not 
only forego the Intereſt, which amounted" 
to a conſiderable Som, but al alſo. 
ately leave the Kingdom; provided allo, 
he would give me Aſſurance, that he 
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e or not this of God fair SY 
And ! moſt ſolemnly proteſt t to rg 
God, that 1 had no other ntention, - 


; Pages of my Fir Vetime wrote; how- 


ever he ſcorned to ſend me an Anſwer, of 


his Reverence as ſilent as the Grave. X 

ET — confels a little incenſed me; and 
firſt determined 4me in the Deſign, of 
FPodhek 7 vindicating m khocence, and 


lay ing open, for univerſal Benefit, his 


unparallel'd Character; in which, 1 


have err'd, 'tis through ane as 
— Actions. 72 : „ - 


x poet mm — iy 
Call Virtue Hyporrine, *; Wok 
Plock the fair Roſe Tom: a young inno- 


N cent Love, | * 03 . 


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. 1 wrote to 7 Counſchor Smith, * told | 
þ 8 him how Mr. Pilkington had treated me, 


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> rt 6 rox. 199 
ed him, that if he had 
too much ee. to ſue him for my law- ; 


ful Right, I inſiſted on his delivering me 
the Bond, that 1 might put it in Force, 
— the Relief of myſelf and my Child. 


The Counſellor was at a Loſs: how: to 


FLY in ſo critical a Point. He knew. Mr. 
Pillington's Talent, of traducing every 
Perſon, who did not act in Compliance to 
his Inclination; and, on the other Hand, 


Juſtice compell'd him to think I had a 


Right to be paid, what had ſo: long and 
ſo unlawfully been withheld from me; and 


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ties in London. 


by which T Fas Noe, to fuck Fa ta 
He cherefore wrote to him} 4 1 ape 
poſe acquainted him, how much it was 
out of his Power, as an honeſt Man, to 
defend him from the Conſequences of that 


Bond. Mr. Pilting ton finding all his 
Policy of no Effect in this particular Af. 
fair, condeſcended to honour the Coun- 


ſellor with a moſt ſtupid Epiſtle, | in which 
he infinuated, . that his Motive for giv. 


ing that Bond, was) in onfar: to make 


66 me live virtuoully f. for thefuture, which | 
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rove I had not 
done.. [Produce your Evidence Mr- 
Parſon.] “ That if he was allow'd only 
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00 ftances vould not allow, he. would try 
4 what Remedy he could obein from a 


2 Court of Equity, when a full Stare of 


«© the Cafe was laid before them.“ Theſe 
are pretty near the Words; I wiſh you. 


had my dear Spouſe, as it muſt. have gi- 


ven Pleaſure to any Court; to ſee you cok 

Consc1encx-in the Face. 
But not to be tediou s, aſter much Trou- 

bie and Vexation of Spitz J procured 


from him twenty Pounds at one Pay ment, 


wich which I took a inthe: rural Haditation 


near Bor- Bridge.. V. Ihn Aar 
| Nic, 


I wroic a Let eee e iends 
Mr. Cibber, and told him, that however 


Improbable it might ſeem to him, I had 


3 


ine Pounds in my Pocket; 
nen Thad Ds $4, 584 1421 ERS. 61 
{31 2 N 115 UY 1 + Ae 8 4: * e 


4 dun Room ws bun a Friend, 16303 


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Gariverſ ation, to bes of my- Situation com- 
pleatly agreeane. I believe Mr, Cibber 


had not till then heard of my Expedition, 
= _ my Letter muſt have ſurpriz*d 
1 . return of the Poſt, 1 re- 


To de Luis „lis 25 
THOU frolickſome- Fate of For- 
I Þne: What! is there then ano- 
ther Act to como 
you had ſome Time ago, made your final 
Exit. Well, but without Wit or Com- 
pliment, I am glad to hear you are ſo 
tolerably alive: I havg v our agree 
Narrative fro Dublin be 
mall, as you defire, anſwer every Para- 
— jm its Turn, without | 
the fire Place, 75 47 1 dare for er wa 
: Ya ars been the kind Preſerve, of your 
Life. In this; I itiink' 1 have no. gfeat 
Merit, as you ſeemed to ſet c Artie Ya. 
lo on ſt yourſelf, otherwiſe you would 


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you yet? I thought h 


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ore me, and 


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202 MEMOIRS of | 
have conſidered *that Poverty was the 
moſt helpleſs Handmaid, that ever wait J 
ed on a high ſpirited Lady. You ſeem 
to have a Glim pſe of a new World before 

you; think a little how. you are to ſqueeze 
through the Crowd, with ſuch a Bundle 

at your Back, and de > ngt ſuppoſe i it poſ- 
ſible, you can. have a Grain of Wit, till 

you have tw Pounds clear in your, 
Pocket; h half eater | 
Sinner chan vou, ma 
the Face. E Eo 2 
Few People of ; ſe will turn their 
Backs on a Woman of Wit, that does 


not look as if ſhe came to borra 50 w Money , 


Wit's End, | every y Fool vil have Wit 
— to abe her. „ © ot 

I am not ſure your Spouſe's 9 ta- 
ken another Wife, before you came over, 
might not have proved Me only Means, of 
of his becoming a better Huſband to 2 you; 
0 for hag. he pick'd up a Fortune? 
Hush 6f your Prior Claim to bi, 
might have been worth a better e 


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Mrs. Prius ING TON. 203 


| Maintenance, han what yt 
= ly to get out of him. 1 JO Rp 
„As to my Health and Spirits, the leg are 
as uſual, and full as ſtrong, as, any body's 
that has epjoy'd SPY he ſame. RENT 
of Years, L216 11 Ne 3 


| any. Credit. in e own n Cot intr | 
1 ſtretch 1 it as far a8 s you think e 


Mis fortune I — ſee your 

Mk Me. _ like a loft Jewel. I have 
no greater. Pleaſure. than in placing my 
Eſteem on thoſe,” who can feel and value 
Tad you been born to a large For- 

tune, your ſhininę # Qualities might have 


e 


put half the reſt of your Sex out of Coun- 


tenance. If any of them are uncharitable 


enough to call this Flattery, tell; them 
What a poor Devil you are, and Jet chat 
g ſilence them. Sp ; inf 
* ci hope Ion. 
your Works in the Preſs, becat ſe if ĩt 
meets With any Succeſs, I believe I could 


give you ſome n Hints, Which, in 


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204 ME M-O RS of 


: deal enliven 1 it. 


by depreciating the natural Bleſſings/ on 
your Side the Water: * Pray what have 


vuinments of ſocial _ * not their _ 


1 pray what Gela Life be wonh 
8. + them Dear ſoft Souls, for now 
| laviſh of Favours, which m 


ming £ 3 Ie A 
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* een — for: ſuch 2 
if Som or Packet can bring or ſend, to 
0 Jour real Friend and, Servant. 
e! a C. Cibber. 


13 


Abe eaſy Dreſs of your men might 2 _ 


Tou pay your Eels Jul to ne, | 


we to boaſt off, — . winks: but 


dot chene wie for a crete Enter- 


: "pt Youth, — would 8 wemtieg 5 


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Eid, Kr ever of ! =o 
' who-were infinitely delighted with it, ag 
they were with —— , which I had 
from Mr. Cg er, 3 and which would con- 
airs 


8 ve ener Jo ned my Work» 
. "he "rs oreune to loſe chem, 


Produ Korf if own 1 ran. 
PF Mr. Viktor, whom Eh e 
25 n'my Second Volume, and 
Treat urer of the Theatre Royalin Smock- 
Alley, came to Vilit me ſeveral Times, 
"and frequent] y ſy favoured us With an Order 
i ſee the Play, as'we were upon a very 
fr endiy and familiar Footing. My Son 
"ale; when he had an Tnclination, to call 
? iend for a Paſs; one N ight he 
or twite for that Purpoſe, when 
the Gentleman was zr oad? What does 
" the giddy Creature do, but aukwardly Sig 1 
counterfeits bis Hand in an Order for 
tu He told me of it, and bad he was 
r ſure 


+ x33 > FAROE 
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| ought to haye had a little more Reſpe 


"ey his, Father, (whom , | the . Dean entertained 
Fe more as a Buffoon, than a F riend or Com- 
auen, and his Mother, 1 had TY 9 4 


with Ando 1 laugh'd — 4 
Reflection of the Jeſt, when it came to 
be known, as Mr. Vattor. has 

"Boy. in RAP Arms; when, an. 1n 


er nA e If te ed, — Abs 
up, of Company, tapt my 
þ ith on =  ShoMer. I did not ap her 


183 by” 


from —— 3 was — de by the 
Sollicitations of Mr. Viltor. This greatly 
aſtoniſhed me, as I thought Mr. SD- Un 


F {+ FP Mrs. PILKINGTON, P07 
. of furniſhing the World with ſome nec- 
| dates. which were hitherto unreyealed . 
| Scheme of letting my Son eſcape 2 
* 9 not any Lenity in him, but a Bait to 
catch. megoing out, whom they imagined 
they ſhould e by the * z but it 
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Aſſurance to tell my 8 
after, that Mr. 
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We... 


Mrs. 72 Vitior mY 7 & 
be forwarded to bis M ghtinefs, * 


But finds it . to trace, T5 1 5 
The Vices of thy motly Race; 9 * 
Whether thy loſolence and pride, TN 


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IF ather's Side. 
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* WP :Go uld i in his paultry School command, 


Of hom 1 heatd oo” 7 * "OY 


The: beſt would merit to be gibbeted. 


That 8 


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And undernea his cruel: Tone 


ns f grace the Noble Parrot Line: 


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* vi ice b were her 1 


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Her Crimes thro” al "diftribut 


Thy Father he applauded wor, ==, 
Studying a Wench more than a Text; 


Who zving got of Money ſtorgy 


Laviſhing all upon a Whore, Bo 
Was ſent to Het}, his lateſt Journey, 
By her baſe Brother an Attorney; 
Such be thy Fate, tho Wretch accurg'd,, 
Or elſe with Splecn and” Envy burſts... = 
Or with thine Und, brave M *Fads | 


„ $ + © 


Mee n the - ſuffering Sa and Nation; 
Be doom'd, ke him to Tranſportation, : 
ho thy Deſtiny can Alter? I, 
Thy. veryZEooks, prelage a Halter. 13 


Oh may T live to hail the Day, * 


When the glad Players fall e * 


Their Tyrant fripe of all Command, | 
High on the well fixt Ladder ſtand. 
$*® taking thence, one glorious Swings, 


How, will they ſpooky! od fave 1 
King? . 
Then ſhall thole Cloats,, _ which 


* diſguiſe, | 


be ou'd ſeem a Lord'to WM 12 = 


Did not thy baſe and abject Mien, fi 2 U ho 


Be by thy Kinſman Hangman mol...” 
And fill 4 Scoundrel Thief adory., 


This, Sr, I molt hamtiy beg your, A8 


ceptance of, as tis indeed the only. thiog, 
which I l vithour, 1 . 


of you. 


rh | TM! qt 
1 Was old , 1 chat this worthy Gentleman 


-in a Letter to the inimitable Mr. Garrick, 


Jud, * We thine like Caftor and Pin 
| . | Ty you, 


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his matchleſs Ignorance, could have dias 


ber t 


ſeeing Mr. Garrick perform, it was the 
Character of King Lear; I Was in one of the 
Boxes, and when he came to the mad 
Scene, I was ſo much affected at it, that 


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210 by EMOIRS of * 
*. you Adern Great Britain, while T iu⸗ 
„ minate Hibernia. 8 Not ing ſure, b but 


ſo difpgoporcioua e a Parralle 771 remem.. 
firſt time I had the Pleaſure of 


1 got up inſenſibly, and was going out, 


till J was wak'd, like one from a Trance, 
by the Lady who accompanied me, pull. 
ing ine by the Sede, and demanding 


where 1 Boing? rr to uy the 


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: Helis i the Matte vit too me 


concei wing. 3 "Mi 1 1 Tow. 


2 am certain no Perſon was ever Peadeble | 
of making the Audience feel apart, which 


they did not ſincerely do themſelves; 


nnd I'm convinced, Mr. Gqrrick never 
play d a Part, wherein he did not, through 
the Whole performance, believe _ 


the Man; whereas Pollux, as Sh- 
" modeſt 


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' modeſtly Niles himſelf, is no other than 


Tom S 
| and Perriyig 


twenty 21M 
18. indeed, I, Semper Eadem, wo wor /e 
worſe, as my Countryman ir 


This brings to my Memory, a 805 | 
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Mes PiA KA NGT oN. 219 
zdering due Praiſe to all mx Benefactor. 
Tet what could my beloved Lord ima- 

gine, but that he had beſtow'd all his Fa- 
vours on an un worthy Perſon? 
I did not believe that after all the An- | 
| gik of .Mind I had ſuſtained through 
my Life, any thing could move my Phi- 
loſophy, (which had made me determine 
never to be overjoyed or ſurprized, 
at any Advancement in Life, nor deject- 
ed or caſt down at any Adverſity on this 
= Fururity):ſo much as this. 
+. Downy Repoſe was a Stranger to my 
Pillow, and I fell a Prey to the greateſt 
Languor and Heavineſs of Soul. How - 
ever as I knew his Lordſhip was filled 
with the Milk of human Pity, I ima- 
gined, by apologizing for the raſh Act, 
I ſhould be deft with his forgiveneſs, and 
a Renewal of his Friendſhip to me, to 
which End 1 wrote the following Lines: . 


5 cho-Right Hon. ther Lord . 


; 5 | b.rough. 37,08 
> # No more my Lord with Pleaſure I PARRY 
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a -MEMO1IRS: of i” 
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Volume publiſhed. It is the only Legacy 


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Am extremely honoured, 72 wi 
11 Eſteem and Friendſhip. which. you” 


— *. for me in your really fine Copy of 
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1 once al myſelf I was poſſcſſed of; 
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1 have to 0 ave wy * Boy, who, I tear, 
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Mrs, PRI N. G TON. 223 
will meet with many = Biemtich! on ac” 
count of my Writings, when it will de 
out of my Power to protect him. But 


Oh ye Good and Great, to you and 


the Almighty 1 commend him; and hope 
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paſſionate my Woes, will incline you to 
aſſiſt him. Believe me, my dear Lord 
King ſborough, no Gn living holds 
your Lordſhip in higher Eſteem than 
he; and, as you told me in one of your 
| Letters, your Inclinations were, and En- 

deavours ſhould be, to ſerve him, let 
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is Flemited in my y Propoſal for print- 
| "ng this Volume by Subſcription, to 
give the Readers a Key to the firſt, 
fecond, and third Volumes, in this Place; 
but having been adviſed by ſome judici- 
ous F 3 that ſuch a thing would only 
tend to create ill Blood, and excite a Re- 
ſentment too powerful to mala hg by 
ſo inconſidera leaP rk s myfelf, it has 
| exped 41 furniſh them 
with 3 an Accouss f oer s Death; 
which I am the more capable of doing, as 
I remained with her to her laſt Moments. 
She had been a long time in a declin- 
| ing State of Health, having an extreme 
bad Stomach, and Digeſtion : Nor did 
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ſhe i imagine e cou ha held, 
out as long as it did, Toi blo 
She never ſeemed in — hoo; * 
at the Knowledge of. her approaching 
End]; often declaring, that if ſhe could 
take me with her to Felicity, ſhe would, 
leave this World. without Reluctance. 174 
And indeed, I am not ſurprized, that 
her maternal Love extended ſo far, as 
ſhe ev*n then foreſaw the Calamities which 
I have ſince ſuſtained; and knew, that if 
the World, at her firſt ſetting out as 
a Writer, with her extraordinary Tar 
lents, ſcarce afforded her Bread, my Fate 
muſt be even harder, except I met 
the Patronage of ſome illuſtrious Per- 
fon. Tan 55 1365 08" 1 WE 
130 And Providence N inchactly to 
comply with her Wiſh ; for, in the lat- 
ter End of June, 17 51, I. was ſeized with 
a moſt violent Pleuretic, Fever, which 1 
got by an extreme Cold, 1 ſent for Doctor 
Fergus, a moſt eminent Phyſician, and 
worthy: Gentleman ; 25 Mother Was ha 


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heard the Spinpeeme of y Diſorder! he 
told me I was a dead Man; that I Mould 
have applied ſome Days ſooner, ſince he 
was now of Opinion it had got too far the 
Aſcendency over me for any Cure to be 
effected: However, he ordered me to 
be blooded four times that Day, and then | 
weht up to my Mother's Apartment. 
© She aſked him his Advice upon her 
own Caſe and mine; and he told her a 
 Hittle too frankly, that Nature might do 
ſomething for my Recovery, but that her 
Death was inevitable; ſhe ſmiling, faid 
to him, That the Worms would have but 
A poor ry 15 its ſhe N n worn 
away. 
Well, I was blooded according to | bis 
Order, and the Fever abated conſiderably, 
| T had the next Night an exceſſive Perſpi-. 
| ration, whic h carried off all the Symp- 
roms except a little Weakneſs, © 
In the Morning a young Lady, who 
honour'd me with a particular Regard, 
came to ſee me. She was ſo exceſſively 
delighted at my ſpeedy and unexpected 
Recovery, that ſhe reſolved to ſpend the 
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APPENDIX. 227 


Day with me; and my poor Mother, 
ever willing to contribute to my Satisfac- 
tion, told the Nurſe · keeper that ſhe found 
herſelf much better, and deſired ſhe might 
be brought to my Apartment; accord- 
--ingly ſhe lifted my dear Mother like a 
Child, in her Arms, and placed her in an 
Elbow- chair by my Bed- ſide: She affect 
- ed, in order to pleaſe me, to be extremely 
chearful; and the young Lady kneeled 
down, and aſked her Bleſſing; telling her 
ſhe wanted to have a Wedding in the 
Houſe inſtead of a Burying from it: My 
Mother, who retained her Spirits and 
good Humour to the laſt, gave us both 
her Bleſſing very devoutly, and her ſin- 
cere Permiſſion to marry. I had a ſmall 
Chicken areſſed for my Dinner, of which 
my Mother partook, but her Stomach 
was too weak to keep it, or a Glaſs of 
Wine, which ſhe drank after it; fo ſhe 
vas obliged to be carried to Bed. 

After her Departure, as the Weather 
was vaſtly warm, I ordered the Maid to 
open the Saſn- window; and, in the mean 
time, comes the Doctor; we were juſt 

L 6 going 


228 APPENDIX. 
going to drink Tea: This Gentleman is 
a little near · ſighted; but ſeeing the Saſh 
up, and Company in the Room, What, 
ſaid he, this poor Boy's gone; I thought 
fol And was going out: No, Sir, ſaid 
1. I am ſtill alive: Alive l ſaid he, And 
what are all cheſe People doiog here? He 
immediately went and darkened the Win- 
dow, taking the Company by the Shoul- 
dero, and turning them out ; he then 
charged the Nurſe · keeper, not to open 
»the; Window, fas: *. any; :Porlon: tals. to 
mie far a Weck. 
thought this Poaſcaiaion: 4 htl 
hand, as I imagined myſelf quite well: 
Aceordingly the next Morning 1 ſent 
the Nurſe out, got up, dreſſed my- 
ſelf, and went to my poor Mother; 
ſne was agrecably ſurprized to ſee me, 
but upon opening the Curtains, I found 
ſhe had a great Caſt in her Eyes, which 
ſhocked me extremely, and ſhe told me, 
that every thing appeared double to her; 
L did not give her to underſtand, that I 
perceived it, but told her, ſhe looked 
better than by had known her do a long 
Time. 


_A'PPENDIN, 229 
Time. She faid the Doctor had given 
her over: Why ſo he did me, Madam, 
and yet you ſee I am alive; and if you 
will take my Preſcription, I ae ſay you 
Will make a-Fibber of him”. 7 


+ Shen laid ſaid ſhe would, and 1 Wed 
that my Spouſe as Tealbd Miſi Cm, and 
ſhe, and I, ſhould the next Morning go 
to Chapel. 120d, ' a Place about three 
Miles from Dublin, and ſpend the Day. 
She ſeemed quite pleaſed with my Re- 
queſt, and ſent to nb E 
for that Purpoſe. 2 Urs Of WHY | 
. the Morning ſhe was up, as drefled 
before me, and was as ſprightly as I had 
ever ſeen her, tho? quite weak, inſo- 
much that ſhe was obliged to be carried 
into the Machine and out again. 
We ſet out before Breakfaſt, and went 
thro?. the Phenin Park, it was a fine 
Day, and we had the Landau opened, 
ther freſh Air vaſtly. revived her, and ſhe 
repeated a good many Lines of the Poem 
on Wind ſor-Foreſt; ſhe even complained 
of being hungry. When we came to the 
Tame * Le ſome Tea; and to 
my 


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20 APPENDIX. 

my infinite Surprize; my Mother called 

for 2 Plate of Ham, and ſome Oil and 

Vinegar, eat very e ee ann two 

Glaſſes of White- wine. Dv 
The Readers may judge br 1 mas 


| brerjoyed at ſeeing ſo fait a Proſpect of 
her: Recovery; the after made a Shift to 
walk down mito the Flower - Gärden, and 
ſeemed to enjoy the balmy Fragrance with 
great inward Satisfaction. I then went 
min, and beſpoke Dinyet, which was young 
Ducks; and Green Peaſe ; my Mother 
lay down and flept *till *twas ready, at 
which Hour ſhe roſe, and eat very 
hearty : There happened to be a Couple 
of Gentlemen in the Houſe of our Ac- 
quaintance, who after Dinner joined Com- 
pany with us; and my Mother told them 
that the Doctor had given her over, but 
ſhe was reſolved to outlive- the whole 
Faculty. In ſhort, the related twenty 
agreeable. ee to our eee * 
tertainment. 20011 VOTE: | 
Little did I pn 0 our e 
Jeu only the Prologue to the Grief 
I too ſoon after received. We did not 
leave Chapel Izad till Ten at Night, 
W Nen 


APPENDIX. 23 
when we all ſet out ia the Landau; 1 
know not whether the Air might not have 
been very fatal to her, for no ſooner were 
wel got à hundred Fards, but ſhe began 
2a:codgh, and ceminued ſo all that Night, 
during which I fat up with herr. 
1 We lodged at this Fime inithe Houſe 
of onc Sheil, in Phraper- Lane, Dublin: 
We had 4 firſt and ſecond Floor, for 
which we conſtantiy paid Ten Shillings 
and Sixpence” a Week; the Man 
of the "Houſe had been a Pariſh- Clerk, 
and had held that Dignity under my 
Father for ſome Years ; he afterwards | 
turned Farrier, 'or Haile Doctor, in 
which meeting with no Succeſs, he came 
to Daub in, took a Houſe which he let to 
Lodgers, except the Parlours and Kit- 

chen, and commenced a famous Quack; 
I queſtion whither the moſt eminent of 
that Profeſſion in London, which I take 
to be RE, ever tried more falarary 
Methods t deſtroy the human Species, 
than this profound Eſtalapius had done, 
nor with! more Succeſs; hom we ſhall 
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hereakier. 1 aiſtiogsith.. by the Title, of 
Doctor Sbeil : 126: ond 
This Wretch, who! was ignorant be- 


ad Conception, as a Compound of 
Pragmataeiſm and Hypectiſy, his Eyes 
were eternally bent o Heayen, with the 


£ While 


moſt; ſalemn and auſtere: 


his Heart was perpetrating the Deſtrue- 
tion of all who had the Mylortyne to be 


thrown into his Houſe. Ach gr idee 
The firſt, Inſtance 8 ee me 
of ; it, MBs, * 3 the light Burr were 


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ſcarcely: accept "them on any Account 


This Doctor was very particular every 
Saturday to call for his Money; being 
the moſt avaricious Mortal I had ſeen, 
It happened one Eyening, that we had 
no Money in the Houſe but theſe Gui- 
neas, one of which was very remarkable 


255 wanted Six Shillings. This I gave 


and allowed him the Deficiency. 


| rg a few Days after, every. light Guinea 
which, my Mother had, ſhe ſold, and 


took current Guineas for them, She had 
exattly five Weight ones in her Purſe. 


One 


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One Morning that I went out, the” Teft | 
her Pocket e on a Chair; ; as; 1 ie 


4 & ® Þ 


t but e 12 Guinea I had ſome Day pi 


me; I aſked af 'Sheil had been in ; the 
Room, ſhe faid no, nor any Perſon, be- 
ſides Nurſe ; ; this Nurſe, under che Roſe, 
was. much addicted to Liquor, I calle 
her, and examined her cloſely about the 
Matter, ſhe ſtrenuouſſy d denied her Know- 
ing any thing of it; at length; by Threats 
and Entreaties; ſhe confeſſed. that Shefl 
had given her Half a Pint of Rum to 
change them in her Pocket, h he afuring 
her it was the fame Thing. 2 
I now beſought my Mothers Sad 
| fron to lay the old canting RI in 
Newgate, but ſhe begged, that I would 
let her die in Peace, and not cauſe her laſt 
Moments to be diſturbed with Contention 
ſhe farther conjured me not to mention 


it till ſhe was either dead, of or in ſome 
— 3 other 


234 APPENDIX. 
other Lodging. In Compliance to Ar 
Requeſt, I dropt the Affair. 
But notwithſtanding her Deſire of 
Quictnels, this Blood-hound, for ſuch 


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bc her Exit; for the next Day watching 
3» his, Opportunity, when 1 was out, he 
came up, and with an auſtere Countenance 
demanded three Weeks Rent, which was 
that Day due to him; ſhe told him in a 
Faint Voice, that I was gone for Money, 
and would pay him at my Return; but 
he ſwore he would not be trifled with 
any longer ; and if ſhe did not inſtantly 
pay him, he would turn her into dhe 
a. | 
Imagine. what a Shock this Behaviour N 
muſt be to one in her feeble Condition; 
ſhe could make no Anſwer, -but barſt 
into Tears. Come, Madam, ' ſaid the 
inhuman. Cannibal, theſe Arts won't paſs 
on me; give me either my Money; or 
Value for it, or by G——d vou ml 
go out of this Lodging. 
.- . She gave him the Keys of her Draw: 
ers, and deſired him to take any Move- 
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at me, and laid my dear Child, that 
Villain heil has been the Death of 
Four Mother; I knew T had not long 
to exiſt, but ſure it was cruel to 1958 
at Half a an Hour of my frail Life: 

a * could ſcarce contain the various Pre 
flows riſing in my Breaſt ; Love, Pity, 
Ho rot, 4h and Reſentment,” reciprocally 
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I RE; her to; take x little mull 

Wine after Which the went to Bed; and 
I ound on the Fable łheſe Eines, Ir 
were the laſt ſhe ever wrote; . os 167 eh” 


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My Lord, my: Saviour; and my Ga, 
I'bow to thy correcting Rod p-/: gol 


Nor will I murmur or complain, G0 71 


Tho”'ewry Limb be fill'd with Pain; 


Pho my weak Tongue its Aid deniey, , Ty 


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1 fat up. rick her all this Night, during 
Which ſhe ſlept little for the heavy Covgh 


ſo well, that ſne ententained me with many 
Stories; and repeated Hart of 2 fem 
written on Mrs. Waller. I believe, Ma- 


dam, ſaid I, ſhe's a Subſcriber to you, 


Ves, Haig, ſhe, ſh: Paid, the Money my 
Father. e. found br an egin to 
grow, defectives. wh jc h. gave t th he 5 welt 
piereing Anguiſh to en had ever 


She doz'd a üttle * | bore Cl vy. 


told 


APPENDIX. 5 


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f to her ina A Coach and Sixz an 
told her he was very angry ſhe had been 
ſo long ill, and yet never ſent for him 
whom ſhe knew) Was always ready to aſſiſt 
. Jam come, continued he, to bring 
ou out. of, all your T roubles; 5 and with 
4 1 took her in his Arms, like : a Child, 
and- cantied her away 1n the Coich. 
My boding Heart readily interpreted 
this *, 420g as indeed did her 4 own; my 
Dear, ſaid ſhe, vou know the. Uſage 1 
have received from jour Father, together 
with the Knowledge I have that there are 
but few good Clergymen to be found, 
have ever made me declare that 1 would 
Pt Amit none bf & them to viſit me in my 
Taft Hours, except dear Doctor Delasy 
However, fince hé is from Town, and 
the World would add Implety to all 
9 have "ſat a of me, if I. dop- K have 
e one of them, 2 ſend for the Cu- 
rate of this Pariſh accbrdingty did, | 
and we all joined io Prayers after which' 


the fell] into a a good deal * min with 
- him, 


38 APPENDIX. 


him, anc they drank a Glaſs of Wine to- 
ether: He aſked her if ſhe forgave my 
Father; and ſhe related the eme 
Story to him. 95 
There was an honeſt Fi Papiſt, on 


his Death- bed, and when the: Ptieſt was 
going to 'give him Abſofution, he aſked 


the ſick Man, If he freely forgave all his 


Enemies, otherwiſe he could not admil 
niſter that Sacrament to him: che Man 
replied, Arah faith, Father, I do forgive 


every one, only Teddy Brenan, that poun- 
ded my Cow. N⸗ ay, but, faid. 'the Prieſt, 


you mult forgive, hin alfo, or I cannot 
abſolve you: Well, ſaid he, F ather, if 
1 die, I will forgive him; but if T live, 
* never can. Will that do, ſaid the ſick | 
Man? Arab faith, fad the Prieſt, if it 


won't don it muſt do; z and. c gly 
proceeded. | 8 1 


Ini; is Sir, ſaid the,” 10 I die I as forgive 
him; and I wiſh the God w * whom be has 
offended may, do Mate Fa] butif 1 live. 
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* The elcpane qephiees/a and boi 
an Hour's time came a great long Letter, 
written, I ſuppoſe, at the Deſire of Doctor 
Sheil, by ſome of the enthuſiaſtical Me- 
thodiſts, of which Dublin is now the 
chief Receptacle in bis Majeſty's  Domi- 
| nions; ; it was written in their whining 
Stile, declaring that ſhe, my Mother, was 
damned beyond Redemption; that ſhe 
was now on the Brink of Hell; and that 
not the Blood of _ Lamb un inter- 
bow _ 
We both laughed at this fantaſtic Con- 
-trivance, and me only wiſhed for Strength 
to be able to anſwer it Properly ; but alas, 
: " ſhe never had. 
This Day ſhe retained her Senſes to- 
bi till Evening, when ſhe began to) 
talk incoherently. 1 ſat up till Four in 
the Morning, at which time I grew very 
heavy : What, ſaid ſhe, can't you watch 
and pray a Moment, till this bitter Cup 
paſſes from me; a Moment, and 1 ſhall 
be no more: Come, ſaid ſhe, kneel down, 
and take my Bleſfing, and the laſt Adieu. 


Wich a Heart rent in twain, I complied, © 
and 


240 KP P E NI x. 
and ſhe laid her Hand on my Head, and 
ſaid, very devoutly, the God of Abra. 
bam, Tſaac, and Facob, bleſs you; the 
Father, the Son, and Holy Ghoſt, pro- 
tect and guard you, and bring you ſafe 
to everlaſting Peace, where I go a little 
before you; for, ſurely, my dear Child, 
1 believe, through Chriſt, I a be happy 
hereafter. 1 
The Words made * So an W : 
| Kon on my Soul, that I could not help 
repeating them; and I do it more par- 
ticularly, b becauſe ſome People have been 
cruel e 0 * he MAT Atheiſt; 


* 4 


cere Believer in che Dadwines of Chriſt- 
Janity, as taught: by the Church of Eng- 
land; the perpetual Benefit of which 1 
hope ſhe now enjoys. I remember in che 
Beginning of her Illneſs, ſhe called me to 
her; and ſaid, I have a thing to requeſt, 
and you muſt by no means deny me, but 
Promiſe « on your Life, your Honour, and 
your Soul, to perform it; I told her, as 


1 had not often diſobeyed ber, ſhe reed 
| not b 


APPENDIX. aft 
not be ſo particular in charging me; tis 
this, faid ſhe, in a few Days you'll loſe 
Four poor little Mother; and as you 
know I have no Money, your Father un- 
doubtedly will bury me, and, perhaps, 
may propoſe putting my Remains in his 
Family Burial Place; but if you ſuffer 
that, you have my heavy Curſe; nay, if 
it's poſſible, I will come from the Grave 
to reſent it. Lay me by my dear Father, 
and let our kindred Aſhes mingle: tage- 
ther; for, were J put in the Sn 
with your Father, | 
The Miracle of 7. hebes wou'd * 19: 
new'd, 5 
And the dividing Flames burn diffe- 

| rent Ways. -- 
| Theſe were her very Words: Now, ſaid 
ſhe, if ever you grow rich, erect a little 
ſquare Marble Stone over me; and Ar 
this Infeription be gn it; 


Here lyeth, near the Body of ber te- 
P Father, John Vanlewen, M. D. 


the Mortal Part of 1 py 
Mrs. LEATITIA Pe CS 


She and her Father are buried in Sr. = * 
Church ; Daww/on-fireet, 


242 APPENDIX 
Whoſe: Spirit hopes for that Peace, thre? 
tbe infinite Merit of CHRIST, which a 
eruel and wercileſs World never afforded 
Ber. 

I ſincerely promiſed to obey her "i 
junction. But to return: Between Five 
and Six her Breath grew ſhort, and her 
"Eye-Sight failed her, I went, and em- 
| bracing her Hand, which was now almoſt 
lifeleſs, aſked her if ſhe knew me : Yes, 
ſaid ſhe, you are my eldeſt Son, come 
from the College for my Bleſſing ; you 
might have called before, but God bleſs 
you. It ſeemed as if her not being per- 
mitted to ſee him diſturbed her laſt Mo- 
-ments. She- then defired me to kneel 
down and pray by her, which J did, ſtill 
keeping her Hand in mine, 155 it 
grow cold, and heavy, and looking up 
juſt ſaw her expire with a Sigh. 

I now beheld the moſt tender and en- 
dearing Mother departed from me: My 
only Prop and Succour gone: While! 
ſaw myſelf ready to be expoſed to all the 
Malice of Fortune. I too well before ex. 


0 perienced the obdurate Temper of my 
F aher, 


APPENDIX. 243 
Father, to hope any Favour from him, 
However, ſummoning up all my Phi- 
loſophy, and repoſing my intire Confi- 
dence in divine Providence, I left. that 
Scene of Sorrow and Lamentation, and 
retired to take a little Repoſe. 
I had ſome few Days before this * 
cured all my Mother's Manuſcripts in 
the Hands of a Friend, which was very 
fortunate for me, ſince the Moment old 
Seil heard ſhe was dead, he ran into 
the Dining-Room, and ſecured every 
Thing he could lay Hands on; after 
which he went to inform my Father of 
the long wiſhed and joyful News. He 
could ſcarce credit it at firſt; but when 
the pious. Mr. Sheil aſſured him on the 
Word of a Chriſtian, that he ſpoke Truth, 
my Father, with great Compoſure, ſaid 
Mt had been well for her, to have died 
ſome Years ago; old Sbeil aſſured him, 
that he believed ſhe would not have died 
this Bout, but for the Fright he gave her 
in her Sickneſs; for which kind Office 
my Father could not but thank him. 
M 5 He 


244 APPENDIS. 
He gave immediate Orders for her 
Funeral, which you may depend on it 
was not profuſe ; he allowed her, how- 
ever a decent Oak Coffin and Shrowd, 
and the Nurſe-keeper told me, that Seil 
was ſo unparalleled a Wretch, that ſhe 
could ſcarce keep him out of the Room 
while ſhe ſtripped the Corpſe, which the 
Moment ſhe had done, and put her 
Shrowd on, he came and took the Linen 
in Which ſhe died, and ſecured that 
=. - 
When I aroſe in the Morning, the 
old Hypocrite aſked me to Breakfaſt 
with him, and endeavoured to com fort 
me, by ſaying my Father was too good 

'a Chriſtian to let me want; and that as 
the Cauſe of his Anger to me was now 
removed, by the Death of my Mother, 
the Effect would undoubtedly ceaſe, 

1 told him I expected nothing from | 
him, nor ſhould I, tho? infivicely di> . | 

ſtreſſed, make any Application to him; 
that Nature inſtructed me to love and 
protect my Mother, whoſe Cauſe my 


Duty prompted me to eſpouſe, of which 
| 1 


| APPENDIX. 245 
J could not be aſhamed, ſince I would 
do it, were it to be done again, 

He faid I ought to ſubmit to my Fa- 


1 ther, and write to him; and, ſaid 


he, thoſe Papers and Letters you have, 
ſend them to him, which will prove 
your Reſpect, and J vill engage to me- 
diate Matters ſo well between you, that 
he ſhall allow paw Twenty” Pounds a 
| Year, tho' he won't ſee you. 

As J am too apt to be credulous, had 
any Perſon, but this Man, - whom my 
Soul abhorred, made ſuch Overtures, I 
ſhould have thought there was ſomething 
in it; but if the Harmony of Angels 
proceeded from his Lips, whom I looked 
on as the Murderer of my dear Mother, 
it would to me be haet as the Hiſſing 
of Serpents. 

Hqwever, I liſtened to him, and an- 
fwered that thoſe Papers would certainly 
obtain. Money for me, and Promiſes 
were often broke ; that as to Twenty 
Pounds a Fear, my Father would as 
Won give Twenty of his Teeth ; but if 
| A officious Mr. Sheil would prevail 
1 M 3 on 


246 APPENDIX. 
on my Father to give me Fifty Pounds, 
I would not only reſign them, but would 
go to ſome Part of the World, where he 
ſhould never hear of me, 

The latter Part of this my Father 
would readily agree to, nay have given 
me his Bleſſing at my Departure, ut not 
a Word of the Nine and Firty Pieces. 
Indeed another picus Divine offered me 
a Sum of Money to go to America, 
which becauſe I did not conſent to, he 
has fince utterly rejected me; but a little 
Time will ſhew the World his Motives: 
for that, and open a very unexpeFed Scene 
o the Publick ; and tho? I: have not kept 
my Promiſe to him in making the Affair 
known before now, yet I take this Op- 
portunity of informing his Reverence 
that: I have not forgot him. 

In tort, the Doctor (Sheil 1 ma) 
went to my Father, and told my Con- 
ditions; but he only laughed, and ſaid 
I had not my Mother's Genius, and 
muſt quickly fall into Contempt, there- 
* Fore he very fairly ſet me at Defiance; 
and. ſhould 1 dare to print any Thing 
2 5 E * 


APPENDIX. 247 
againſt him, he had Intereſt enough to 
ſend me over the Water, I am ſorry for 


the diſagreeable Neceſlity I am under of 


ſpeaking or writing any Thing to diſpleaſe 
him, but Facts may be related, I dap 
without Offence. 


The next Day Mr. Fontan inſerted 
the following Paragraph in his Paper. 
Yeſterday Morning died Mrs, Letitia 
Pilkington. And the Author of Pubs Oc- 
currences, one of the worſt Papers pub» 
liſhed there, (I ſuppoſe by my Father's 

Direction) inſerted a very falſe and ſcan- 
dalous Paragraph; while Mr. Eſdall, who 
is a Gentleman of known Worth and In- 
tegrity publiſhed | a neh n 
. -on ber. * 
A few Days after I wrote the following 
little Piece, which, as it was almoſt my 
Srſt Attempt in Rhyme, and on ſo par- 
ticular a Subject, I hope the Readers 
will pardon me for introducing it here. 


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248 APPENDIX, 


On the DEATH of my Brrovew 
MOTHER. 


And ſhall no mournful-elegiac Lay, 
Thy matchleſs Worth and Excellence dif- 
play ? 
From me, at leaſt, "tis but a poor Amends, 
Thou tendereſt Mother, and thou beſt of 
Friends; | 
While, from my Eyes, the Areawing 
Sorrows run, 

. this Tribute from ay darling. 
FF, 
Who, taught by thee, in * Num- 
| bers tells. 

Whar agonizing Pain his Boſom ſwells; $- 
What dreadful Anguiſh preys _ his 
5 Mind, 
Thad thou art fled, ang he remains hes 
| hind: 
Pleas'd if wich you he might a on the 
Sky, 18 0 ai 10 
To the bright Regions of F lakes; 5 
But here no Joy, no Comfort, no De- 
„flight, | 
Can charm his F ancy, or difert his Sight: 
Wilt 


APPENDIX. 249 
| Wilt thou from pever-fuding Bliſs de- 
ſcend 
Me from the Storms of Fortune to de- 
fend? 
Midſt the rude Strokes of adverfe F ate 
r 
Or in ſweet Viſions all my Ways direct: 
Alas! too many Bleſſings wait on thee, 
To know one anxious, tender Pang for 
me. 
Yet ſure the pure celeſtial Joys above, 
Cannot extirpate thy maternal Love; 
Which, with a Care, Deſeription that {Urs 
= - 
Defended me from each untimely Blaſt;. 
Rais'd me to Knowledge 1 in each * 
A 
Refin'd my Manners, and improv'd my 


| Heart 3 
Taught me from pleaſing, | ſacred Truths 
to know, 
The Source from whence perpetual Mer- 
_ cies flow: 


Then, to the Throne of never-dying 


Worth, | 
M 5 z Taught 


250 A P P r N D IX. 
* aught me to pour my Supptcaion 
"Torch. 
May that tranſcendant Pow'r, which call*d 
© You hence, | 
Be ſtill my Shield, my Refuge and De- 
fence; | 
Till the grim Tyrant kindly ends my 
8 
And we, emapün U meet in Heav" n 


"again. 3 5 8 


J never communicated theſe Lines to 
any one; and now tranſcribe n wy 
from my Memory. e 

Since, by writing this little Account, | 

1 have obtained the Honour of ſpeaking 
to the Public, it gives me an Opportu- 
nity of ſaying ſomething in Favour of my- 
elf, who J am convinced have been miſ- 
repreſented to them, and for which, I 

hope, I ſhall be excuſed, as Self- -preſer- 
vation is the firſt Law of Nature. There 

are many Perſons of ſome Note in Life, 
who have, on hearing me mentioned, 
cried, Oh, horrid Dog, ſhocking Fellow, 

&c. Pray, Gentlemen and Ladies, for 

what? 


APPENDIX. 251 


what? Where are my Accuſers; let them 


name the particular Crimes for which I 
deſerve thoſe Epithets, or elle not men- 
tion me at all. | 
My Lord Stafford, 1 think, is the only 
Inſtance which Engliþ Hiſtory furniſhes 
us with, of a Perſon being condemn'd 
for accumulated Treaſon 4 nay, even he 
had a fair Hearing for his Life : But theſe 
People are for condemning me unheard, 
for no particular Fault, only that ſuch 
and ſuch People ſay ſo and ſo. 
A Conſciouſneſs of this has made me 
reſolve to write my own Life, by 
which means only I ſhall have a Power 
of ſetting Things in a clear Light, and 
of adjuſting many preſent Ambiguities'z 
and, though I confeſs the Public are bur- 
thened with Things of this kind already, 


many of which have no Tendency to re- 


form the Manners of the Age, but rather 
vitiate them; yet I flatter myſelf, among 
the Variety of real Incidents, and whimſical 
Revolutions I have met with, they may 
find as well Entertainment, as f Matter, to 


moralize on. re 5” 
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252 APPENDIX. 
As I do by no means aſſume the Name 
of a Writer, fo the Public may be aſ- 
ſured I fhall never attempt Satyr; if my 
Betters have Faults, that's no Affair of 
mine; I am to putſue my own Story. 
A Man who can't put up with a Tweak by 
the Noſe, and a Foot in the Rump, is 

not fit to live in this faſhionable World; 
I therefore affure the Public, before hand, 
that I will be quite paſſive; and tho' I name 
the Error, not the Man; by which man- 
ner of Proceeding, tis not improbable 
that by the time I am fourſcore, I may 
have an Annuity of forty Pounds a Fear; 
vpon the Hopes of which I may reaſo- 
nably ſubſiſt and keep up my Spirits. 
And in this I ſtrictly follow the Advice of 

2 certain great Man in Ireland, whoſe 
Place of Abode is not remote from the. 
Phenix-Park ; and whoſe Acquirements 
have juſtly raiſed him from Obſcurity to 
Opulence; his extenſive Plans in Build- 
ing have excited an univerſal Admiration 
of his Taſte in Architecture. This worthy 
Perſon I applied to, after the Death of 
my Mother; and informed him, that 1 
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APPENDYSX, 20 
was poſſeſſed of ſome Letters, which he 
had in her Life-time been pleaſed to ho- 
nour her with; and that as her Papers 
would, undoubtedly, fall into the Hands 
of a Printer, I thought proper, leſt the 
Publication of them might be offenſive 
to him, tb give him this Information, 

He ſent his Compliments by the Meſ- 
ſenger, and deſired to ſee me the next 
Morning; I accordingly waited on him 
and tho* my Circumſtances were not in 
the flow, yet, in order to convince him 
that I had no lucrative Motive in addreſ- 
ſing him, 1 put theLetters under a 1 
and ſent them in before me. 

I was then introduced to his Preſence; 
he received me with the utmoſt good 
Manners, defiring me to fit: Young 

Man, faid he, J have had a Letter from 
you lately, concerning ſome Writings of 
mine to your Mother ; ſhe was a Lady 
whom I regarded, on account of her Fa- 
ther and Family, whom I well knew 
and therefore I correſponded with, and 
aſhſted her, my Letters you have | 
| here ent me; * young Man, 1 


keep 


254 APPENDIX 


keep them; and will give you a Piece of 
Advice better than Gold, if you'll follow 
K. : e ee 
There has been lately at my Houſe 
his G ce the P a 
ſeveral other Perſons of the moſt eminent 
Stations in this Kingdom, and diſcour- 
ſing of your Mother's Writings, intro- 
duced you; and it vas ſaid, that you 
had taken the Liberty to write to ſeveral 
great Men, very much in the Stile ef 
your Mother; they imagined, when ſhe 
was dead, they ſhould have heard no 
more of the Matter; but you ſeem'd to 
keep her Spirit alive. Now, young Man, 
ſaid he, conſider you are not a Woman, 
from whom ev'n a Blow cannot hurt Ho- 
nour: We tollerated thoſe Things in 
her, which, in you, would be culpable 
in the higheſt degree; in ſhort, if you 
have any Talents, as I am told you have, 
apply them to make Friends, inſtead of 
troubling your Head about the Follies 
of Mankind ; find out their Virtues, and 
make that your Theme. Indeed, Sir, 
that, ſaid I, will be a difficult Matter. 
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In ſhort, Sir, continued he, if you do 


not apply your Genius, according to the 


Will of your Superiors, Care will be 


taken to ſend you out of the Kingdom 


before you are aware of it. 
I thanked him ſincerely for his Admo- 


tid, which I determined from that Mo- 
ment to eſtabliſh as my Principle; and, 


on my Return thro? the Park, upon ex- 
amining the Affair, found it more ratio- 
nal to ſuppoſe, that I ſhould live by writ- 
ing Panygerie than Satyr, I reſolved to 


try the Experiment, and, at the ſame time, 


determined to beſtow random Praiſe, no 


matter to me tho? the Perſon I addreſſed 


was tainted with the moſt diabolical 


Vices, I was to form the ſuppoſed Vir- 


tues and Graces from my own copious 
Idea. The firſt I exerted my Talent on, 
was the Son of a Bahaw, then reſident 
in theſe Dominions z and one whoſe wiſe 
Inter poſition in the & te Matters of 


that Kingdom, have made him ſo much 
the Darling of the grateful! People, and 
ſo far raiſed Envy on this Side the Wa- 
| ter, that on his Return, inſtead of Ac- 
43 08 8 | clamations, 


25:6 APPENDIX. 
clamations he is accoſted with Sneers 
and Hiſſes, where-ever he appears; 1 
while he, conſcious of his innate Worth, 
ſheds a contemptuous Smile on the ſenſe- 
leſs Idiots, who are weak enough to cen- 
ſure his ſupefior Abilities, 
I remembered to have heard him re- 
ceive the Applauſe of the Senate-houſe, 
for telling Mr S r, that as the Sea- 
ſon was far advanced, and the Gentlemen 
deſirous of returning to their Seats, he 
thought it beſt to p ge the — 


till April enſuing. 
This ſublime Piece of Elocution was 


Matter enough for me, who, from my 
preſent Syſtem, you'll allow was a pro- 
feſs'd Sycophant; I accordingly wrote 
ſome Lines on the Occaſion, which were 
not of Coriſequence enough to ſubſiſt till 
this time; therefore cannot be here re- 
cited. I waited on his I. — p, and 
put them into his Hand as he ſtept into 
his Chariot; he received them, and drove 
off; the next Morning I waited at the 
ſame Place, till he was going out, and 


+ had the Honour of a gracious Smile; 
Ei upon 


APPEN PIX. 257 
upon which, I liv'd elegantly that Day. 
The ſueceeding Morning I receiv*d, 
What? a familiar Nod | Upon which E 
fubſiſted tollerably, till five that After- 
_ Noon, At that Time indeed, ſome extras 
ordinary Emotion in my Stomach, gave 
me to underſtand; that Nods and Smiles 
though conferr'd by the Sons of PRE 
willi nor fill the Belly. 1 

The indifferent Sueceſs of my eſt Eft 
terprize made me almoſt determine, 
never to attempt any Thing more in that 
Way; though an Affair of like Nature, 
which happened fome Time before; 
might, if I had common Senfe, havebeen 
ſufficient to deter me. 

As I was walking one Day, penfive and 
pennyleſs through Henry - freet, I faw 
ſome Footmen and Chairmen with 
White Gloves and Cockades z and on en- 
quiring the Occaſion, was told that L—d 
H 7b, was that Day married to Miſs 
Kg I immediately ran to a Coffee- 
Houſe, call'd for Pen, Ink, and Papers 
and wrote a flaming Epithalamium, which 
1 as ſuddenly diſpatch'd, reſolving to 
| have 


as APPENDIX. 
have the Start of all Grub-freet. His 
L—— dſhip came out and told the Meſ- 
ſenger, that when Mr. Pilkington wrote 
better Verſes, he would 1 him a Re- 
ward. 5 85 
I was at this Time in a Window op- 
poſite to his Lordſhip, who ſaw the Man 
come over and deliver me the Anſwer; 
1 took a Pen, and before his Face, wrote | 

—_— the followin S Truth: 


To the Right Hon, the Lord H—th.. 


In a Coffee-Houſe hurried, and preſt by 
my Fate, 

I wrote a few Lines to get ſomething to 
5552 FW 1 72 
Perhaps, though the sahen, a Dunce 
might-inſpire, 

The want of Sublaſtence has hene my 
| Fire; 
But if your kind Lordltp, 6 * Want 
will ſupply, _ J 
N o Man ſhall write faſter, nor better 
75 than „ T | 63 
Eo. Ed His 


APPENDIX. 259 


| "ok Lordſhip ſent Word it was very 


well: Ir may be ſo, thought I, but Faith 
I found it very ill. 


I could not avoid repeating the Story, i in 
ſome Companies J after fell into, and 
whether they reſented the Reception J 
met, or had ſome former Pique to that 
Nn, I ſhall not pretend to ſay, 
but ſhortly after, the following Epigram 
Was handed about:; 5 


When in proper N we Dulneſs 
would cloath, 

We ſay you'r as dull as the Hill that's s in 
17 | 
But would you give Dulneſs the Force 
„ „ Necord, 3 
Say that every T Thing ſtupid reſembles 
my. d. 


1 ſhould be ſorry, by producing theſe 
Pieces, to be thought to harbour the 


| leaſt Reſentment, for the Fate of my 
 Mar- 


„ "Ts ns in Dublin, to —_ you are as ſtu- 
pid as me Hill of Heath. 


#$o EPFENDIY 
Marriage Poem ; the J udgment of a 
Pr muſt ever be Superior to that 
of the Inſect, called a Scribbler, whoſe 
Views extend no farther than a Dinner, 
or a Shilling; and I only relate theſe 
little Anecdotes, to ſhew that F am quite 
ineapable of reſenting any Thing my Su- 
| 1 pleas*d to do. 

As this is the firſt Time I have been 
bleſſed with an Opportunity, of addreſ. 
fing the polite World, I find myſelf 
much inclin'd to prate, though I already 
begin to fear I ſhall be cenſur'd for this 
impertinent Intruſion, where I am an en- 
tire Stranger; yet as I have got ſo far, 
and my Publiſher, who is a Man of real 
Taſte, and diſtinguiſhed Abilities, neither 
of which, my Printer is deſtitute of; as 
they I ſay, have not yet rejected any Part 
of this Appendix as Nonſenſe, I have a 
ftrange Inclication to venture upon a Page 
or two more, | 

I remember to have feen amongſt my- 
Mother's Papers, an Advertiſement 
which ſhe intended to have publiſhed 1 in 
_ z and as it contains ſome Hu- 


mour, 


APPENDIX. 801 
mour, 1 here recite it as well as I can 
recollect. 

„Since it is become cuſtomary wich 
< every Perſon, to advertiſe the Talents, 
* they either in Reality or Imagination 
_« poſſeſs; I have been told I have 
7 Stock on my Hands, which is of 
no manner of uſe to me, and having 
* ſold every Thing, but the Gift of God 
© to me, if any Simon will purchaſe I 
will diſpoſe of it as follows: | 

„If any illiterate Divine, from Cam- 
0 bridge or Oxford, has a Mind to ſhew 
« his Parts in a London Pulpit, let him 
« repair to me, and he ſhall have a Ser.. 
* mon, not ſtolen from Barrow, Tillot- 
« /on, or other eminent Preachers, as is 
« frequently the Practice, with thoſe _ 
„ who have Senſe enough to do it; but 

% Fire- new from the Mint. If any 
„ Painter has a Mind to commence Bard 
4 without Wit, and join the . 8 
« alſo will aſſiſt him. If any Author 
=. wants a Copy of Commendatory Ver- 
6 ſes, to prefix to his Work, or a flat 


« « tering Dedication, to a worthleſs Great 
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262 APPENDIX 


« Man; any poor Perſon, a Memorial 


4 or Petition, properly calculated to diſ- 


« ſolve the Walls of Stone and Flint 


4 which invir n the Hearts of rich Men, 
« P tes in particular; any Print- 


ſell:r, Lines to put under his humor- 


« ous, comic, or ſerious Repreſentati- 
© ons; any Player an ed Pro- 


e logue or Epilogue; any Beau a hand- 
« ſome Billetdoux, from a fair Incog- 
ce nita; any old Maid, 2 Copy of Ver- | 


44 ſes in her Praiſ- z any Lady, of high 


4 Dreſs, and low Quality, ſuch as are 
cc gencrally the Ladics of the Town, 


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„ an amorous melting delicate Epiſtle; 


* any Projector a Paragraph in Praiſe 


„ of his Scheme; any extravagant Pro- 


« dipal, a Letter of Recantation ro his 


we api Father; any Miniſter of 


te St——te, an Apology for his Conduct, 
which thoſe Gentlemen frequently 
de want; any Undertaker a Funeral 
« Elegy; or any Stone- Cutter an Epi- 

« taph; or in ſhort, any Thing in the 
« Poetical Way; ſhall be diſpatched in 


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mn the moſt. private, eaſy, and genteel 


« Manner, 


. APPEND 
40 Manner by applying to me, and that 
at the moſt reaſonable Kates, 25 


1 think this Advertiſement may ſeri- 
ouſly now ſerve for me, fince I find I 
have no Means of ſubſiſting, but by a 
| ſmall Smattering of Wit, which is ſome- 
how inherent to me, to whica I do aſſure 
the Readers, nothing but Neceſſity could 


make me have Recourſe. I too well 


know, that the greateſt Genius's in that 
Way, have been ſcarce able to keep a 
Coat to their Backs; therefore if ſome 

- generous, noble, or humane Perſon, 
would beſtow on me a ſmall Annuity, 
which might barely ſet me above Want, 
I would reſign all Pretenſions to the Pen, 
into the Hands of thoſe, who by Educa- 
tion, and native Endowments, are better 
qualified to uſe it. Some Perſons of Rank 
who are inclined to banter, tell me they 
would by no Means deprive the World 
of their Entertainment, by giving me a 
Proviſion ; bur if they will pleaſe to con- 
ſider, that one leiſure-well-finiſhed Line, 
is of more Importance, than Volumes 
| | written 


64 APPENDIX. 


written ina Hurry, they will be of another 
Mind. If the great Mr. Dryden had 
been poſſeſſed of an eaſy affluent For- 
tune, his Works, which are now almoſt 
buried in Oblivion, would have been had 
in much greater Eſteem than they are; 
fince tis impoſſible to think, but a 
Perſon of ſo extenſive a Capacity, muſt 
at one Time or other have ! | 
ſomething excellent. 

And ſince J have kd ſo much, one 
Thing more, Truth, Gratitude, and Ho- 
nour, compels me to ſay, which is in re- 
lation to Mr. James Worſdale, ſo often 
mentioned in theſe Memoirs. I'm ſorry 
I'm oblig' d to confeſs, that I think my 
Mother carried her Reſentment too far, 
in deſcribing the Character of this Gen- 
-tleman ; but all Perſons who have any 
ſuperior Qualification, have generally 


ſome Imperfection adequare to ir, which 
is done by Providence, to ſhew us, that 


none are perfect on Earth. Thus we ſee, 
an Apollo in Mufick, a Swine in his Ap- 
Petite: Thus Swift, unrival'd in Wit, 

Was a Slave to * and ill Tem- 
Pen 


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warf and 17 Morher, wh8 
— a breuy Vader ef Wi 8. wat 
apt to fall 000 hard, on thoſe whom Ke 
imagined kerfelf injured by, 
"However, I'm convinced Mr vf 
dale never did, nor intended Injury ro 
her, 'or a any other Perſon, as he is good» 
varur'd- to a Fault, and a8 or has Kid 
himſelf, 5 of OT 


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e, £738 
AMP Fla ta ev* 11 eee but "him: — 

ſelf. F 7 1 
And this is a Truth ther I can affert, 
having livd ſome Tears in his Hoùſe, 
which was truly hoſpitable to every in- 
digent Perſon that fell in his Knowledge, 
but n e mast as hock 1 * 
ſions to Merit. | 

What my Mother Bas did of Mm 
proceeded from ſome little Pique, and 
therefore I hope People who read it, will 
only laugh at her Humour, but not ſeri- 

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ty, which will ou more * Fully in 5 n N y f 
— to demonſtrate, in the little 
1 — + intend to give: of my oun 
Ge Biband on bil, 14 W 
And though N the ſmall 
Lifhits I am preſcrib'd, to apologize to 
every particular Perſon, pointed at in 
this Volume, yet ] hope they will be hu. 


mane enough, to harbour no Reſentment 


againſt me, for any Thing it contains, 
Kace:I have before fpecified the Necefſiry. 5 
I was under of publiſhing it; and as 
many Characters are there, 5 which 1 
am really ignorant; ſo it would be im- 


Poſſible to break in upon the Connection 


of one Part with another, by making. Al- 


terations, or leaving any Part. out. 
There were ſome Petſons, 8 my E 


Mother was highly obliged to, and to 


whom, had ſhe lived to campleat this 
Work, ſhe would have returned her Ace; 


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polite Epiſtle: which. I. have now the 

Honour to poſſeſs, in which his Lord., 
ſhiß promiſed ſhortly to favour her with 
a: Viſit, and in ſome Time he came. 
After having ſat about half an Hour 

chatting, he told her, be had promiſed 
to ſubſcribe to her Works, but that he 
imagined. a Poem in her Praiſe, written 
by bimſelf, would be of infinitely 
more Service to her; upon which he de- 

livered her a Sheet of Paper, and ſhe 
really believing him ſerious, was about 
to open it. Pardon me, Madam, ſaid 
my Lord, you muſt not read my Verſes 
while lam preſent, or you'll offend my 
Modeſty. She laid the Paper down, and 
| ſHortly aftor my Lord took jus Leave. 
When ha opened it, ſne found a Draſt 
on Dillon *aqd Company for twenty 
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