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 pd.* My sister Skinner is just come, this was to goe by the Waterman, but now by her man. She tells me great news, I wish it was treble as much. She ses thear is ten thous- sand pd coming from Ireland to be put into the Bank of England. I sopose you are assured of the safty of it or elc you would not place it thear. I told her the sencear truith- that I did know nothing of it. Pray tell me if I may wish you joy or not of being Embassedor, your Brother Peter asures me it is soe. If you be yourself cannot be half soe much rejoysed at it as I am, my joy is upon what you thinck not of, for myne is cheefly upon your being out of danger, and I trust in God the wars will be ended before your time will be out I hear my neaphew Batthurst has carryed his election

[P.S.] Fubs is fonder of my neic Hanburer than

ever she was of you. She can not move out of one room to a nother, with out her following ; and is very still tell the water is put upon the table, then she jumps up and drincks out of a glas. She will bight her friend Betty if she offers to medle with my neic, and I coiild fill a hole sheet of paper, should I tell you all her suttle tricks.

Twickenham, //<f«^ 12, 1705. .... In my last I told you Sir John Stanly brought Secretary Hedgis to se your lodginsf and if he had lyked them he had been to have had them. I writt to my sister Battherst, whoe was soe very oblidging that she writt emed- getly to the Dutchis, and urged that I had not my health in the country in the winter : and yesterday she sent the Dutchis letter in answear to it, which was that it was to be feared that I could not keep my lodgins long, for sooner or later I must exspect to loos them, for it was but resonable that the Queen's own famely should be provyded for before strangers.

Duke of Beaufort in February, 1706, carrying with her, according to Luttrell, a fortune of 60,000/.
 * This lady, a daughter of Lord Gainsborough, was married to the

t At the Cockpit, Whitehall, occupied by Lady Wentworth when not at Twickenham.

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