[513c] William Bromley, second son of Bromley the Speaker (see p. [76]), was a boy of fourteen at this time. In 1727 he was elected M.P. for Warwick, and he died in 1737, shortly after being elected Member for Oxford University.
[513e] Sometimes “list” means to border or edge; at others, to sew together, so as to make a variegated display, or to form a border. Probably it here means the curling of the bottom of the wig.
[513f] The last eight words have been much obliterated, and the reading is doubtful.
[514a] Lady Henrietta Hyde, second daughter of Laurence Hyde, first Earl of Rochester (see p. [60]), married James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, son of the Duke of Monmouth. Lord Dalkeith died in 1705, leaving a son, who succeeded his grandmother (Monmouth’s widow) as second Duke of Buccleuch. Lady Catherine Hyde (see p. [293]) was a younger sister of Lady Dalkeith.
[514b] Swift first wrote “I frequent.”
[515b] D’Estrées.
[515c] Little (almost illegible).
[516a] Addressed to “Mrs. Dingley,” etc. Endorsed “Mar. 27.”