12 Earl Poulett (see Letter 20, note 7).

13 “Say” (Ms.).

14 Dr. Pratt.

15 See Letter 13, Jan. 6, 1710-11.

16 This sentence is partially obliterated.

17 See Letter 31, note 10 and, in the same letter, Oct. 5, 1711.

18 Cf. the account of Beatrix’s feelings on the death of the Duke in “Esmond”, book iii. chaps. 6 and 7.

19 See Letter 21, note 3.

20 “Her Majesty is all goodness and tenderness to her people and her Allies.  She has now prorogued the best Parliament that ever assembled in her reign and respited her own glory, and the wishes, prayers, and wants of her people, only to give some of her Allies an opportunity to think of the returns they owe her, and try if there be such a thing as gratitude, justice, or humanity in Europe.  The conduct of Her Majesty is without parallel.  Never was so great a condescension made to the unreasonable clamours of an insolent faction now dwindled to the most contemptible circumstances.”—­Examiner, Jan. 12-16, 1712[-13].

21 Mr. Collins’s “Discourse of Freethinking, put into plain English by way of Abstract, for the use of the Poor,” an ironical pamphlet on Arthur Collins’s Discourse of Freethinking, 1713.

22 The History of the Peace of Utrecht.

23 A line here has been erased.  Forster imagined that he read, “Nite dear MD, drowsy drowsy dear.”

24 Hereford.

25 Very well.

26 Sentence obliterated.  Forster professes to read, “Pay can oo walk oftener--oftener still?”

27 See Letter 57, note 15.

28 Dr. Bisse, translated from St. David’s.

29 See Letter 58, note 7 and Letter 19, note 1.

Letter 59.

1 To “Mrs. Dingley,” etc.  Endorsed “Febr. 26.”

2 See Letter 58, note 21.

3 See Letter 28, note 11.

4 See Letter 55, note 9.

5 A result of confusion between Erasmus Lewis and Henry Lewis, a Hamburg merchant.  See Swift’s paper in the Examiner of Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, reprinted in his Works under the title, “A Complete Refutation of the Falsehoods alleged against Erasmus Lewis, Esq.”

6 Lord Dupplin (see Letter 5, note 34) had been created Baron Hay in December 1711.

7 A composition of inflammable materials.

8 Assessors.

9 See Letter 6, note 12.

10 See Letter 59, note 5.

11 See Letter 46, note 11.

12 See Letter 3, notes 21 and 22, Letter 39, Jan. 12, 1711-12 and Letter 42, Mar. 1, 1711-12.

13 Dr. Bisse.

14 See Letter 33, note 10.

15 Forster reads, “something.”

16 Hardly legible.

17 See Letter 7, note 31.

18 Stella’s brother-in-law (See Letter 53, note 13, Letter 5, note 16 and Letter 55, Nov. 18, 1712).

19 Forster guesses, “Oo are so ’recise; not to oor health.”