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. I, Margery Caron, do willingly 
promise to my foresaid husband, 
Joseph Caron, that upon condition 
that he perform faithfully what he 
hath promised, [ will from this day 
forward forbear to inquire into any 
thing that hathin time passed occa- 
sioned jealousy in me towards my 
husband ; and in particular do ac- 
quit Mrs. Colmer, by these presents, 
from any guilt of dishonesty with 
my husband, being now persuaded 
of his innocency therein, whatsoever 
Ihave formerly said to the con- 
trary ; and do promise, for the time 
to come, the premises being duly 
performed on my husbaid’s part, to 
carry myself towards him in all 
things as becometh a loving and 
faithful wife: In witness whereof I 
_do subscribe my name the day and 
year above written. 
Marcery Caron. 
a 
Account of Canons, the celebrated 
Seat of the Duke of Chandos, in 
the Parish of Stanmore Parva; 
Srom the same. 
HE magnificent mansicn, built 
4 upon this estate, about the 
year 1712, by Mr. Brydges, after- 
wards duke of Chandos, has been 
frequently celebrated in verse and. 
prose.* It stood at the end ofa 
spacious avenue, being placed dia- 
gonally so as to shew two sides of 
the building, which at a distance 
* Samuel Humphreys’ wrote a poem 
“of Greenwich 
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gave the appearance of a front of 
prodigious extent. Vertue-describes 
it as a noble square pile all of store; 
the four sides almost alike, with sta- 
tues on the front: within was a 
small square of brick, not handsome; 
the out-offices of brick and stone, 
very convenient and well «isposed. 
The hall richly adorned with marble 
Statues, busts, &c, The ceiling of 
the staircase by Thornhill. ‘The 
grand apartmeats finely adorned 
with paintings sculpture and furni- 
ture.t The columns which sup- 
ported the building were all of 
marble, as was the great staircase, 
each step of which was made of an 
entire block, above twenty fect in 
length.t The whole expence. of 
the building and furniture is said to 
have amounted to 200,0001.§ James 
was the architect. 
Dr. Aléxander Blackwell, author of 
a trealise on agriculture, was em- 
ployed to superintend the works 
without doors; and it is probable 
that he laid out the gardens and 
pleasure-grounds, which abounded 
with vistas, lakes, canals, and sta- 
tues, in the taste then prevalent. 
Phe duke’s manner of living cor- 
responded with the magnificence of 
his mansion, and fell hirtle short of 
the state of a sovereign prince. 
When Pope’s- well known satire 
ayainst false taste came out, it was 
immediately supposed to have been 
directed against Canons and its noble 
owner, there chavracterized under 
upon Canons, addressed to the duke of 
Chandos, folio 1728, “It speaks of the place in terms of general pancyyric, but 
contains little of description. 
Yhere is another poem on Canons by Gildon, 
+ MS. in the earl of Orford’s collection at Strawberry-Fill. 
} Defoe’s Tour through England. 
§ Hawkins’s history of music, vol. v. p. 1798. 
q Gentleman’s Magazine, September 1747. 
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