King's Kerfwell, was never complained of to me. If there be any body ready to give evidence against him, Mr. Lye shall take care to prosecute him effectually and speedily. I will write to him about it, as your Lordfhip directs.

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My patent paffed the broad feal on Tuefday last; but I beg your Lordship to believe, that I neither do nor fhall ever value myself upon any title fo much as that of being your Lordship's moft obliged and most devoted fervant, FR. ATTERBURY.

Sir Robert Cotton hath endeavoured to do me right in the complaint I made to him about the letter. The fault is laid upon the poor penny-poftman, who is in danger to be turned out, unless I intercede for him. The true caufe is not to be come at.

*As Dean of Carlisle.

See above, pp. 219. 229.

LETTER LXXXIII.

To Bp. TREĻAWN Y. N

July 22, 1704.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP,:

INCE I wrote my letter, I have been

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at the Secretary's office, and find that the point is determined to your Lordship's fatisfaction, and a warrant ordered for Mr. Cook, which will be figned to-morrow, but with his furname only, for his Christian name is wanting. I fuppofe Secretary Harley gives you an account of it this poft, if he did not the laft. Mr. Tucker is mightily concerned, left your Lordship fhould apprehend that he was any ways backward to do your Lordship right in this matter, and defired me to give his humble fervice and refpects to your Lordfhip, with affurance that your Lordship shall find him faithful to your intereft on all occafions. And fince he hath promifed (as he did early) to ftop every thing that was applied for in his office (if it lay within your Lord

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Lordship's diocefe) till your Lordship had notice of it, I hope your Lordship will command me to fay fomething to him, that will thew him your Lordship is not diffatisfied with him. Jack Ellis hath been very heartily for your Lordship from the beginning to the end of this matter.

*

This fecond baffle to the new Bishop will fit fo fore upon him, that I believe Dr. Hudfon's flattering dedication of his Dionyfius Halicarnaffenfis + (now ready to come out) will hardly make him easy for this disappoint

ment.

I am, my Lord, your most dutiful humble fervant, FR. ATTERBURY.

* Dr. John Hudson, a learned critic, originally of Queen's college, Oxford, where he became M. A. and afterwards (1686) fellow of Univerfity college, where he was a confiderable tutor, and diftinguifhed himself by feveral valuable publications. He was elected Keeper of the Bodleian Library in 1701, and in 1712 appointed Principal of St. Mary Hall, through the folicitation of Dr. Radcliffe, with whom he had fo much intereft as to obtain for the Univerfity the Doctor's noble benefactions. A ftudious and fedentary life occafioning a dropfy, Dr. Hudfon died Nov. 27, 1719. A lift of his Works may be feen in the "Biographical Dictionary."

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t Dionyfii Halicarnaffenfis Opera omnia, ་ 1704," 2 vols. folio, a beautiful and valuable

edition,

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LETTER LXXXIV.

To Bp, TRELAWNY.

Chelfea, July 25, 1704,

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP,

FIND now they talk of putting Elford into Broadhempfon; by which, I suppose, he was the man for whom the Bishops of London and Wells had begged that living before, but fufpended claiming their promise the likelihood of Bovey-Tracy's being void, which is a better living,

upon

The Bishop of Bath and Wells came to town this day, on purpofe to folicit for Elford; and found, I fuppofe, that the warrant for Cook was figned yesterday, to his great pleasure. Though the point be turned for your Lordship, and confequently there be no neceffity of tranfmitting my Lord Nottingham's letter, yet he mightily defires to fee it;

edition, enriched with the various readings of an ancient copy in the Vatican library, and of fevetal MSS. in France. The learned editor has fubjoined to his own notes feveral of Sylburgius, Portus, Stephens, Cafaubon, and Valefius.

for he is piqued a little at the thought of their doubting his veracity; which resentment was of use to me, and by it I got him to ftir fo earnestly in it. So, if your Lordship pleases to let me have it from Trelawn, I will, after I have shewed it Lord Nottingham, return it.

In one thing I muft vary the account I gave your Lordfhip of Mr. Hele's charity. The Mafter* thinks himself obliged to put in Sir Francis Drake, as Recorder of Plymouth. He hath pitched upon Dr. Edifbury for the Master of Chancery to whom it is referred, who is to have fecret inftructions what trustees to name; and I heard the Master give him particular order for the Major-general+. The Mafter plainly perceived that the drift of the Lord Stamford and others, who fued in Chancery for the management of this charity, was, by the influence of it, to turn the election at Plymouth; and that made him refolve to take it out of their hands; for the fame reason, to place it, as far as he could, in your Lordship's. Mr. Hele of Fleet, Mr.

Of the Rolls, Sir John Trevor.

Trelawny, the Bishop's brother; fee p. 196.
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