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more warning had been neceffary ; but he 
told me they were furprized, for the Queen 
expected to go a fortnight longer ; where- 
upon I anfvered, that, if his Majefty had 
_ given me three or four months warning as 
formerly, I would not have left the town, 
without their Majeity’s knowledge and 
leave. The king told me further, that 
Dr. Brady, one of his phyficians, and 
Phyfic Profeffor in Cambridge, had in- 
formed him that no woman exceeded 38 
weeks with child, to which, witha mo- 
deft {mile, I replied it might be true, tho’ 
¥ could not. guefs how he, I, or any 
‘other, could know it to be fo, without 
having been guardian to a feraglio. I 
-coniefs I was not a little piqued, that, be- 
fides former flights, neither the King nor 
“Queen themfelves had fpoken to me to at- 
-tend ; indeed Lady Sophia Buckley told 
e, in her Majeity’s prefence, fome weeks 
“before, that fhortly there would be occa 
fion for me, but Idid not take that for 
fufficient orders. At another time, Lady 
Jeffrics afking whether I] had commands 
to attend her Majefty, I brifkiy aufwered 
i thought I fhould, unlefs the brains were 
in duorder. A third material cireum- 
ftance may be admitted, that during my 
areude nae en the child, by his Majefty’s 
directions, T had frequent difcourfe with 
the neceflary woman, who being in mighty © 
dread of Papery, and confiding in my re- 
puted Whiggifm,would often complain of 
the buly pragmaticalnefs of the Jefuits, 
who placed and difplaced whom they 
pleafed; and for her part the alfo expected 
a fpeedy remove, for the Jefuits would 
endure none but their own party :—Such 
was our common entertainment ; but about 
a fortnight after the child was born, a 
rumour being fpread through the city 
that the child was fuppofititious, fhe cryed : 
<< Alas! will they not Jet the poor infant 
alone ? I am certain no fuch thing as 
bringing a ftrange child in a warming- 
pan could be praétifed without my feeing 
it, attending conftantly in and about all 
the avenues to the chambcr.”? 
I am always,with profound refpe&, 
Your Highnefls’s mcft devoted St. 
Hucu CHAMBERLAIN. 
LORD HALIFAX to ihe PRINCESS 
SOPHIA. 
MapDamM, 6-17 Fuly, 1708. 
Tam not willing to trouble your Royal 
Hichnefs upon many occafions, but I can- 
not forbear congratulating your R.. H. 
upon the glorious victory in Flanders and 
the biave part the Electoral Prince had in 
Letters never before publifhed. 
1 O84, 
jt. We know not all the particulars of 
that great aétion yet, but Lord Stair, 
who brought the news, is very full of the 
praifes of the Electoral Prince, and the 
‘bravery he fhliewed at the head of the 
Eleétor’s troops. It is with the utmolt 
joy and fatisfaétion that we talk of this 
here, and make a comparifow between the 
behavioer of his Highnefs and the Princes 
of France and the Pretender, who, as we 
hear, never came into danger, but were 
fpectators of their own difgrace at a dif- 
tance. I hope this laft ftroke will finith 
the work, and help us to a good. peace, 
and a firm fettlement of the Proteftant 
fucceffion, in a little time; and I hope 
the defeat of this army will oblige the 
French to make fuch great detachments 
from the Rhine, that his Electoral High- 
nefs may make a glorious campaign... 
We were hereunder great uneafinefs upon 
the taking of Ghent and Bruges, but the 
French have paid very dear for thofe 
towns. Since we are fuccefsful abroad, 
we have nothing to apprehend at home; for 
the new Parliament, is intirely well ine 
clined to the intereft of the Allies and the 
Proteftant fucceffion. 
I am with the utmoft regard, Madam, 
Your R. H’s mot humble . - 
And mof obedient fervant, 
by HaLirax, 
MR. @flerwards LORD LYTTLETON /@ 
LORD BOLINGBROKE. 
MY LORD, Loudon, Fuly 30th 1740, 
It is no fmall addition to the grief I 
feel for the lofs af Sir William Wynd- 
ham, that I know it muf be an inconfo. 
lable one to your Lorcfhip, and that it 
comes upon you when your f{pirit has been 
weakened by a great fit of illnefs,as E 
hear fiom Mr. Pope, whom I faw yelter. 
day at my return out of Worcefterthire.’ 
Indeed you wili have need of all your phi- 
lofophy to fupport fuch a blow, which falls 
as heavy upon the public as it does upon - 
you; fo that you have the affliction of 
your country to bear as well as your 
ewn. Nordo I fee any comfort to either, 
but refignation to Providence; for the lofs 
is irreparable. 5; 
Befides his abilities and integrity there 
were fome peculiar circumftances in Sir 
William Wyndham’s fituation, which 
made him of the utmoft importance to his 
country in the prefent conjunéture.. He 
was the centre of unicn to the honeft men 
of all parties.’ His gedit in Parliament 
was the only check to the corrupt part 
of the Whig oppofition, and his influence 
; with 
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