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that the king may be in danger" (perhaps this was the 

 Pretender, for whom Mary's entreaties had won from 

 Louis the title of James III., " seul reste de tant de 

 grandeur." Some words of James to Mary before his 

 death were treasured: "Songez, Madame, que je vais 

 etre heureux a jamais"). " I am glad to hear you are so 

 well as to have no ailement but the goutte, which is a 

 diseas i cannot pitty you for at your age, but wish you 

 may have it som years yett, and no others. M.R." 



The sturdy old Sussex gentleman* nursed his goutt 

 to the age of eighty-six, having outlived his royal master, 

 James II., by nine years. Like that master he had 

 ceased to have any possession in England since 1695, 

 and was under the ban as an outlaw to the time of his 

 death. He continued to live at St. Germains, and 

 subsequently in 'Paris, where he died, Sep. 4, 1711, 

 eighty-six years from the time that he first drew 

 breath at Harting Place. He was buried near his 

 master, James II., in the church of the English 

 Dominicans at Paris of which he was a benefactor. 

 He died a rich man, leaving ,18,000 in cash be- 

 sides estates to his nephew, the squire of Lady Holt, 

 his heir. No doubt James's proverbial kindness to 

 old servants enriched him. In reward for this last 

 good deed of the Secretary's life, Pope wrote the 

 Secretary's epitaph, the first six lines of which he 

 afterwards fitted up for Sir Wm. Trumbull, and the 

 whole of which he re-cast, as a similarly clever under- 

 taker's job, for the Countess of Bridgewater. The 

 suit, however, may be supposed to fit its original figure 

 best, and therefore may be quoted here at length. 



Epitaph on John, Titular Lord Caryll, 1711. 



" A manly form : a bold, yet modest mind ; 

 Sincere, though prudent ; constant, yet resigned. 

 Honour unchanged : a principle profes't : 

 Fix'd to one side, but mod'rate to the rest. 



* " Old Mr. Caryll of Sussex," as Kennet styles him. 



