[698] Annals of George I., pp. 43, 44. Patten, p. 156. Rae, p. 234.

[699] “Buxton’s sermon gave mighty encouragement to the hearers, being full of exhortations, flourishing arguments, and cunning insinuations, to be hearty and zealous in the cause; for he was a man of a very comely personage, and could humour his discourse to induce his hearers to believe what he preached, having very good natural parts, and being pretty well read.”—Patten, p. 29.

[700] Patten, pp. 31, 32.—Annals of George I., pp. 74, 75.—Rae, pp. 241, 242.

[701] Rae, pp. 243–245.

[702] Rae. Faithful Register of the late Rebellion. London, 1718.

[703] Annals of George I., pp. 89–91. Patten, pp. 8, 9.

[704] Rae.

[705] Rae, p. 263.

[706] Letter to Mr. Forster, 21st October, 1715.

[707] Annals of George I., p. 98. Patten, p. 18. Rae, p. 265.