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a thing perfectly against my sense; and as a 

 thing that was very hard upon the Queen, and 

 seemed designed on purpose to pique her. But 

 he insisted upon the reasonableness of it in case 

 that we really meant the House of Hanover should 

 succeed after the Queen's death. For in that 

 case it was necessary the heir should be here 

 on the spoty otherwise it would be a mighty ad- 

 vantage to the Prince of Wales, who could pre- 

 sently land here with a French force. I opposed 

 this reasoning as well as I could ; and after- 

 wards went to the House, where the Queen 

 made her speech," &c. 



Monday, November 12. " This morning the 

 Queen sent for me to come to her about eleven 



o'clock It was, that she had heard the 



business of the heir of Hanover would be moved 

 in both Houses, and therefore [she desired me 

 to take occasion, if I was talked to about it, to 

 tell every body my sense of it." 



Thursday, November 15. ** Then I went to 

 the House, where we staid till five o'clock at 

 night. The Queen was there. The debate was 

 about an address to the Queen, to call over the 

 Princess Sophia, or, as it was worded, the pre- 

 presumptive heir to the crown. After many 

 speeches, it was carried in the negative by a 

 great majority. All the bishops voted against 

 this address, except the Bishop of London (who 



