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should be removed to the church, and opened in the presence of 
the clergyman of the parish, who could vouch for its containing 
what he assured them was within :—accordingly the proposal was 
yielded to, and the body conveyed to the appointed place, when, 
upon opening the chest, the attending minister recognised, in the 
features of the deceased, his own nife! and communicated the un- 
welcome discovery to his lordship on the spot. It appeared, 
upon further conversation, that Lady D had been married 
against her inclination to this person, and, determining to separate 
entirely from him, had gone he knew not whither, and under an 
assumed name and character had become the wife of Lord D . 
The two husbands followed her remains to the grave the next 
day; and on the same evening Lord D in great distress 
of mind, attended by one servant, came to his friend’s house in 
Norwich for consolation. It was winter, and about six o’clock 
when he arrived. Mr. Kinderley was called out to speak to a 
stranger, and returning to his wife, desired her to leave them 
together, pretending that a stranger from Scotland was arrived 
on particular business. Lord D sat up with Mr. Kin- 
derley the whole night, to unbosom his affliction and extraordi- 
nary fate to his friend, and at day-break, in order to avoid any 
interview with his host’s family, for which his spirits were un- 
equal, he departed. 
The following affecting letter, given to Mr. Kinderley by the 
Rev. Thomas Pyle of Lynn, although it contains nothing relative 
to the family, yet being written by so celebrated a man as Dean 
Swift, may be found not void of interest, and has not before ap- 
peared in print. 
The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Snift to the Rev. Thomas Pyle, Lynn, 
Norfolk. 
atts ttyl London, Dec. 26, 1711. 
“That you may not be surprised with a letter from a person 
utterly unknown to you, I will immediately tell you the occasion 
of it. The lady who lived near two years in your neighbour- 
hood, and whom you were so kind sometimes to visit, under the 
name of Mrs. Smyth, was Mrs. Ann Long, sister to Sir James 
Long, and niece of Colonel Strangways. She was of as good a 
private family as most in England, and had every valuable qua- 
