[516c] Formerly Lady Rialton (see p. [392]).
[517c] Pun on “gambol.”
[518b] “Upon Tuesday last, the house where His Grace the late Duke of Hamilton and Brandon lived was hired for that day, where there was a fine ball and entertainment; and it is reported in town, that a great lady, lately gone to travel, left one hundred guineas, with orders that it should be spent in that manner, and in that house” (Postboy, Feb. 26–28, 1712–13). The “great lady” was, presumably, the Duchess of Marlborough.
[518d] Trinity College, Dublin.