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the foreman's hands, who suggested that the re- 

 cipient should prevail on his friend at Wilkes's to 

 secure proofs of the other sheets; indeed, went so 

 far as to give money wherewith to bribe the man 

 if necessary. These wiles having succeeded, a com- 

 plete copy was put by Faden into the hands of 



the Rev. Kidgell, to whom Faden seems to 



have mentioned his find, and who, probably, 

 suggested the plan, and supplied the means for its 

 execution. 



So far, I have not shown how this matter concerns 

 the Earl of March and Ruglen. The following will 

 make that clear. The Earl added to his other 

 luxuries a chaplain, and the office was filled by 



the divine just mentioned, ' the Rev. Kidgell, 



A.M., Rector of Heme, Surrey, preacher of Berkeley 

 Chapel, and Chaplain to the Earl of March and 

 Ruglen ' ; his own statement of fact is so described 

 in an essay on the libellous tract of Wilkes written 

 by him. He says therein that his patron, ' my Lord 

 March, was extremely offended ' at the obnoxious 

 essay, and promised his assistance to discountenance 

 so shameful a production. This he accomplished 

 by placing the copy in the hands of one of the 

 Secretaries of State. Lord March then informed 

 his zealous chaplain that proper steps would be 



