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me with on that subject, gave me many valuable Notices, which 

 were of great use to me in clearing up those difficulties, and which I 

 have occasionally availed myself of in many parts of my work. It 

 is likely Mrs. Carte may have found copies of those letters, some of 

 which were very long. But as Mr. Carte first sent them to me 

 professedly with design that I should make what use of them I 

 thought proper, I leave Mrs. Carte to consider, whether her finding 

 such copies of letters in her late husband s own handwriting will 

 give her a claim to any part of my work which you have printed. 

 If Mrs. Carte shall choose to write to me on this affair, I shall be 

 glad to receive a letter from her directed under cover to you. 



I am, yours &c., 



The Author of The Case of the Eoyal Alartyr, fyc.&quot; 

 July 25th, 1754. 



(It has no direction, and the writing is evidently not that of the 

 Rev. J. Boswell, of Taunton.) 



Dr. Birch was at variance with Mr. Carte on historical points 

 relating to Charles the First and the Earl of Glamorgan ; but in his 

 &quot; Inquiry,&quot; 1750, he never touches on the subject of this pretended 

 forgery of commissions. The charge is every way discreditable to 

 Carte, being a mere theory of his own to give colour to the King s 

 representations made in public, although well known to have had no 

 effect to alienate old friendship between the King and the Earl. 



3. Fanslwwe s story of 8,000. raised in Ireland. Lady Fan- 

 ehawe s Memoirs, 1665, written by herself, were printed in London, 

 1829. In an introductory memoir we are informed : 



&quot; On receiving orders from his Majesty [Charles II. ] to deliver the 

 seals to Lord Inchiquin, Mr. Fanshawe proceeded on his mission, 

 and embarked with his wife at Gralway, in February, 1650, on board 

 a Dutch ship for Malaga. Their entry into Galway, (which had been 

 devastated by the plague), is deserving of attention, and an anecdote, 

 which is related of the conduct of the Marquis of Worcester to the 

 merchants of that town, if true, reflects equal disgrace on the cause 

 which he espoused and on his memory.&quot; 



Writing in Ireland, about 1650, as appears from the context, Lady 

 Fanshawe says : &quot; Our house was very clean, only one maid in it 

 besides the master ; we had a very good supper provided and being 

 very weary went early to bed. The owner of this house entertained 

 us with the story of the last Marquis of Worcester, who had been 

 there sometime the year before : he had of his own and other friends 

 jewels to the value of 8,000, which some merchants had lent upon 



