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Footnotes:
[132] 'The Duellist:' the North Briton had fiercely assailed Mr Martin, M.P. for Camelford, who, on the first day of the next session of Parliament, complained of it; Mr Wilkes owned himself the author, and the result was a duel in Hyde Park, in which Wilkes was severely wounded. He always owned that Martin acted honourably in the rencontre, but not so thought Churchill.
[133] 'Hanging friends:' See note on v. 140 of the Epistle to William
Hogarth.
[134] 'Earl Talbot:' Lord Steward of the King's Household from 1761 to
1782, an economical Reformer.
[135] 'Temple:' the British Constitution.
[136] 'Flitcrofts:' Henry Flitcroft, an architect of some eminence.
[137] 'Brief:' alluding to the practice of obtaining contributions for the repair of churches, &c., by reading briefs in church.
[138] 'Resign'd:' the Dukes of Newcastle and Devonshire, Lord Temple, &c. who resigned their offices in 1762. Their successors pretended to economy, but it was a mere pretence.
[139] 'Leach:' Dryden Leach, an expert and tasteful printer in Crane Court, Fleet street, was unjustly imprisoned on account of Wilkes.