8 Here follow some obliterated words.

9 Barber (see Letter 12, note 6).

10 “The editors supposed Zinkerman (which they printed in capitals) to mean some outlandish or foreign distinction; but it is the little language for ‘gentleman’” (Forster).

11 The Hon. Charles Butler, second son of Thomas, Earl of Ossory, eldest son of James, Duke of Ormond, was elevated to the peerage of Ireland in 1693 as Earl of Arran, and was also created a peer of England, as Baron Butler.  He held various offices under William iii. and Queen Anne, and died without issue in 1759.

12 “They” (Ms.).

13 See Letter 31, Jan. 12, 1711-12 and Letter 3, note 22.

14 See Letter 11, note 13.

15 Sir William Wyndham, Bart., of Orchard Wyndham, married Lady Catherine Seymour, daughter of the sixth Duke of Somerset (see Letter 25, note 1).  Their eldest son, Charles, succeeded his uncle, the Duke of Somerset, as Earl of Egremont; and the second son, Percy, was afterwards created Earl of Thomond.  The Wyndhams’ house was in Albemarle Street; the loss was over 20,000 pounds; but they were “much more concerned for their servants than for all the other losses” (Wentworth Papers, 274).  The Duke of Ormond “worked as hard as any of the ordinary men, and gave many guineas about to encourage the men to work hard.”  The Queen gave the Wyndhams temporary lodgings in “St. James’s house.”

16 See Letter 3, note 31.

17 What.

18 Devil’s.

19 “To” (Ms.).

20 See Letter 35, note 25.

21 See Letter 41, note 34.

22 See Letter 12, Jan. 1, 1710-11.

23 Peregrine Hyde Osborne, Earl of Danby, afterwards Marquis of Caermarthen and third Duke of Leeds (see Letter 56, note 6).  His sister Mary was married to the Duke of Beaufort (see Letter 39, note 7).

24 See Letter 9, note 17.

25 Several undecipherable words.  Forster reads, “Pidy Pdfr, deelest Sollahs.”

26 “K” (Ms.).  It should, of course, be “Queen’s.”

27 See Letter 22, note 18.

Letter 43.

1 Addressed “To Mrs. Johnson, at her lodgings over against St. Mary’s Church, near Capel Street, Dublin, Ireland.”  Endorsed “Mar. 30.”

2 See Letter 9, note 1.

3 The Mohocks succeeded the Scowrers of William iii.’s reign.  Gay (Trivia, iii. 325) says
     “Who has not heard the Scowrers’ midnight fame? 
      Who has not trembled at the Mohocks’ name?”
Lady Wentworth (Wentworth Papers, 277) says:  “They put an old woman into a hogshead, and rolled her down a hill; they cut off some noses, others’ hands, and several barbarous tricks, without any provocation.  They are said to be young gentlemen; they never take any money from any.”  See also the Spectator, Nos. 324, 332, and 347 (where Budgell alludes to “the