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written in ancient style, and pretending to have been found in a 
grave at Windsor. Swift’s offensive sarcasm was not lessened by 
his allusion to the colour of her Ladyship’s hair, which happened 
to be red. After a few introductory lines the “ Prophecy” pro- 
ceeded thus: 
“ And, dear England, if ought I understand, 
Beware of carrots from Northumberland. 
Carrots sown Thynn a deep root may get, 
If so they be in Somer-set: 
Their Cunnings—mark thou: for I have been told, 
They assassin when young, and poison when old.” 
These lines were never forgiven or forgotten, as Swift found to 
his cost. The Bishoprick of Hereford becoming vacant, his friends 
made every effort for him. The Duchess of Somerset flew to Court; 
and down upon her knees in an agony of tears, prayed the Queen 
to refuse. The Dean remained at St. Patrick’s. 
On Mr. Thynne’s monument in the South aisle of the Choir of 
Westminster Abbey Church, there is a bas relief in white marble, 
representing the murder. It is engraved in Dart’s history of 
Westminster Abbey.!. The monument was erected by Mr. Thynne’s 
brother-in-law and executor, Thomas Hall, Esq., of Bradford.? 
Mr. Thynne having died without children, Longleat passed (in 
1682) to his second cousin, Thomas Thynne, of Kempsford, in 
1 Vol II. pp. 84 and 245, 
2 The marriage of Mr. Thynne with the Lady Ogle has been questioned by 
some writers, who imagined that a Contract for a marriage only existed at the 
time of his death. The marriage, however, did take place, as is proved by 
reference to a curious legal report of the case in Parliament: Thomas Hall, of 
Bradford, and others, Executors of Mr. Thynne, against Mrs. Jane Potter. It 
appears that Mrs. Potter had been instrumental in promoting the marriage, and 
that during the courtship, Mr. Thynne had given her a bond, under penalty of 
£1000, to pay her £500 within ten days after his marriage with the Lady Ogle. 
Six years after Mr. Thynne’s death, the Potters brought their action against the 
Exeecutors, and, having proved the marriage, obtained a verdict for the £1000 
penalty. However, after being carried about by lawyers from one court to 
another, the original verdict was set aside, on the ground that the bond had been 
for an unlawful consideration. (See ‘Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica,” 
vol. VI., p. 282. Cases in Parliament, Shower, fol. 76.) The history of the 
Lady Elizabeth Percy is given at considerable length in Craik’s ‘‘ Romance of 
the Peerage,” vol, IV., p. 327, from which some of the above particulars have 
been taken, 
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