[241]. This marriage, unhappily for the Duke, was childless, thus disappointing his hopes of being able proudly to deduce the origin of his posterity from the great Marlborough.—Coxe Papers, vol. xlvi. p. 148.

[242]. This letter, together with the rest of this curious correspondence, is to be seen in the Appendix.

[243]. Coxe MSS.

[244]. Coxe MSS., vol. xlvi. p. 148.

[245]. Ibid. p. 145.

[246]. See Swift’s Letters.

[247]. Ibid. vol. xiv. p. 131.

[248]. Swift’s Letters, vol. xiv. p. 90.

[249]. Coxe, vol. vi. quarto, p. 615.

[250]. See Cunningham and others.