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lad of bright parts, and that he had a 
great thirft forlearning. The gentleman, 
being defirous of encouraging him in the 
purfuit thereof, bought out his time, and 
placed him in a feminary of education, 
and afterwards fent him to the Univerfity 
of Glafgow. His progrefs there was 
amazingly rapid, and on his return from 
thence he was put on the Prefbyterian 
fund; but that being a flender pittance, 
and his aunt, who now chiefly fupported 
him (his old patron being dead), thinking 
fuch fupport rather a hardfhip on her, 
Madox conformed to the Church, as the 
moft probable means of preferment. He 
was, however, for dome time difappointed 
in his expeétations, and began to defpair 
of fuccefs, till one day he told his aunta 
lucky thought had come into his head, 
which was, for her to make application 
to a Mr. Raper, an acquaintance of her’s, 
and well known to Sir Robert Walpole, 
to {peak to Sir Robert to provide for him, 
She accordingly {poke to Mr. Raper, who 
mentioned it to Sir Robert: but Sir Ro- 
bert, though willing to oblige Mr. Raper, 
and relieve indigent merit, told him that he 
had fo many court-retainers to feed, that 
be could do nothing for him. This Mr. 
Raper communicated to Mr. Madox’s 
aunt; and fhe fhortly after, with a me- 
lancholy countenance, told her nephew, 
who, fo far from receiving the intelligence 
difpiritedly, as the aunt expected, told 
her, ‘¢ That if Sir Robert had been fpoken 
to that was enough.’’ He the very next 
day attended Sir Robert’s levee, and con- 
tinued fo to do regularly for above three 
months, without being taken the leaft no- 
tice of by Sir Robert. His perfeverance 
at laft produced a fortunate event: for 
one day Dr. Waddington, Bifhop of Chi- 
chefter, being there, afked Sir Robert who 
that young clergyman, whom. he had 
often feen there (pointing to Mr.Madox), 
was? Sir Robert declared he did not know; 
but beckoning to Mr. Madox, he en- 
_ quired of him his name, and the occafion 
of his attending there? and on his inform- 
mg Sir Robert, he was much enraged, 
and told him, he thought he had a great 
fund of affurance to attend there after Mr. 
Raper had been apprized of his inability 
to ferve him. Mr. Madox was much 
confufed, which the Bifhup of Chichefter 
taking notice of, and having compaffion 
for him, gave him an invitation to his 
houfe, and made him his chaplain. Mr. 
Madox’s affairs now took a favourable 
turn; he continved here fome time with- 
out further preferment ; but one afternoon 
the Bithop of London came to the Bithop 
Memoirs of aac Madox, Bifbop of Worcefter. 
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of Chichefter, to acquaint him, that the 
Clerk of the Clofet to Queen Caroline was 
dead, and how much at a lofs he was to 
recommend a proper perfon, who might 
be auf{picious to their (the Whigs) party, 
to fill up the vacancy. The Bithop of 
Chichefter ftrongly recommended Madox, 
fayine, ** He has got the knack to pleafe 
my wife, and I doubt not he will be no 
lefs fuccefsful with the Queen.” The 
Bifhop of London, after fome little con- 
verfation, found Mr. Madox a proper 
perfon, {poke to the Queen in his favour, 
and he was appointed Clerk of the Clofet 
to Queen Caroline. Here his blandith- 
‘ments fucceeded with the Queen, and he 
foon found himfelf a favourite, and am. 
bition now took full pofleffion of him. 
His firft ftep was to fet on foot an enquiry 
into the ftate of health and age of the fe- 
veral deans, and having found that eafe 
and luxury had made the greateft depre- 
dations on the conftitution of the then 
Dean of Bath and Wells, and that he 
(among them all) was moft likely foon to 
fleep with his fathers, he placed a perfon 
near the Dean’s to watch the event of his 
death, with direétions to bring the earliet 
intelligence of it. Death foon took pof- 
feffion of the Dean, and the meflenger 
with the fpeed of Mercury flew to Mr. 
Madox. At the time Madox received 
the intelligence, the Queen was walking 
alone in the privy garden, indulging her- 
felf in-contemplation, which fhe ufually 
did at a certain time every day, and in 
which retirement it was almoft treafon to 
difturb her. However, Madox knocked 
at the door of the garden. The Queen 
opened it. Madox made many apologies 
for his intrufion, told her the preffing cir- 
cumftances of the cafe, and deSred the 
Queen to fpeak to the King in his behalf. 
‘<1 don’t know, Madox, whether I thallor 
no,”’ faid the Queen angrily, and fhut the 
door againft him. The regard fhe had 
for Madox got the better of her refent- 
ment, and fhe immediately went to the 
King and procured the royal fiat. She 
had fcarce got it before the Bithop of 
London (on whofe recommendation Madox 
had been made Clerk of the Clofet) came in 
and acquainting his Majefty of the late 
Dean of Bath and Wells’s death, inter. 
ceded on behalf of a friend of his, The 
Queen told him the Deanry was already 
dilfpofed of. He enquired to whom? and 
on being informed, he exprefied his won- 
der how Madox could get fuch early in- 
telligence, adding, That Madox is 4 
farpriimg man.’? He had not been lone: 
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