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 preach noe more, but ordred Pasmore to make a tabcrnakle in the church yard, which al has and must contrebute to. Soe he preached thear and exhorted al to giv thancks for thear great deleverenc for the church not falling when they wear in it, it being then standing. The people all laughed at him, and in a week's time it fel down to the grownd, soe all the parrish contrebutse to the building of it. I hear Sir Jamse Ash has geven a hundred pd, his daughter that is but fowerteen has geven three scoar, his blind sister a hundred, Mrs. Windom fifty, Lady Tufton fift>', and her son fifty, Lady Humble fifty, Mr. Boucher forty. This I harde by a Twitnam body att Whithall church.

��[Lord Berkeley of Stratton.]

J/ty 12, 1713.

Tho' it looks ridiculous to make excuses for not writing, unless my letters afforded more diversion, yet I must say thus much that I was truly vex'd that I could not last Friday let your Lordship see some part of the sence I have of your Lordship's goodness, soe visible in your letters. The very haste you seem'd to be in, is an argument of the place I possess in your heart, which I find noe business, noe nor your favourite passion, ambition, is able to jostle me out of.

Pardon this last word, which the freedoms you us'd to allow me have made me too cautious in choosing. I thank your Lordship for the treaty you sent me. It hath since been lay'd before both houses, and the house of commons is not in very good humour concerning the trade, and make some difficulties of taking off the duty upon Wine, but they say it will all blow over. They think they will be up by midsummer.

The D. d'Aumont will be broke here if he goes on with his entertainments, which exceed anything we have been us'd to here, and exceeded himself the day that the peace was pro- claim'd, and had a fine ball and masquerade. That day the mob was very unruly in breaking the windows of those houses that were not illuminated. I scap'd by living in a street

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