"This change at once removes all doubts,

"That did mankind perplex;

"Your character will now appear,

"As clearly as your sex.

"For I am sure the Privy Seal

"Could have no weight with thee;

Since those who have, or have it not,

"In the same vote agree.

"This was a glorious turn, indeed,

"Made in your nature's spite;

"For tho' you know you're in the wrong, "I think you're in the right.

"Your head and heart, were form'd for courts,

"But since you're thence rejected;

"You ought to like the part you act, "Because it is affected.

* Lord Gower.-W.

"Oh, think how popular you'll be,

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Enjoy thy new-born fame;

"All men shall sing thy praises forth,

"And children lisp thy name.

"Soon Common-sense* convinced, shall all

"His former works deny;

"The Craftsman,* too, repentant turn,

"And give himself the lie.

"Remember when 'gainst Gin you spoke,

"That on your magic tongue,

"Beyond the force or pow'r of gold,

"Such strong persuasion hung.

Bishops who never hearken'd yet,
"Were with attention warm'd;

"Nor like deaf adders, turn'd their ears,
"When you so sweetly charm'd.

* The two weekly Journals under these titles in which Lord Hervey had often been abused.-W.

"Jacob for keeping Laban's sheep ; "With Laban did agree,

That ev'ry party-colour'd lamb,

"Should be the shepherd's fee.

"Thus was the bench your labour's price, "Not one behind remain'd;

"And as your speeches' just reward, "The whole py'd herd you gain'd.

""Twas you made cunning Secker* preach, Against this cursed bill;

""Twas you made Sherlock† pow'r oppose, "Tho' York continues ill.

* Secker, Bishop of Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury.

Secker had been bred a Presbyterian and man-midwife, which sect and profession he had dropt for a season, while he was president of a Free-thinking club; he was converted to the established church by Bishop Talbot, whose relation he had married; and his faith settled by the good Bishop making him Prebend of Durham, from whence he was transplanted by the recommendation of Dr. Bland, and the Queen, who had no aversion to a medley of religions; he succeeded Dr. Clark in the Rectorship of St. James's, afterwards to the Dioceses of Bristol and Oxford: his discourses

"These conquests your own hands have made, "Pursue these glorious ends;

"You've no affections to mislead, "No party, and no friends.

from the pulpit was a kind of moral essays, clear from quotations of Scripture, but what they wanted in Gospel was made up by a tone of fanaticism: he had been thrust on the king by the Earl of Hardwicke, for a marriage Secker had contrived between the Chancellor's son, and the grand-daughter and heiress of the Duke of Kent, Lady Arabella Grey. He succeeded to the see of Canterbury, 1758. Ob. 1768.-W.

[See references to the following notes in the preceding page.] + Sherlock, Bishop of Salisbury, and afterwards of London. Sherlock, Dr. Thomas, Bishop of London, was at Eton with Sir Robert Walpole; when he and some other boys went to bathe in the Thames, they stood shivering, Sherlock plunged in over head; and this induced Pope in his Dunciad to call him the plunging Bishop; however, Sherlock was always at the head of his class: his learning was extensive; God had given him a great, and an understanding, mind, a quick comprehension, and a solid judgment. These advantages of nature he improved by much industry and application. Ob. 1760.

Dr. Blackbourn, Archbishop of York.

Blackbourn, the jolly old Archbishop of York, had all the manners of a man of quality, though he had been a Buccaneer, and was a clergyman; he retained nothing of his first profession, except the Seraglio. Hayter, Bishop

"I lov'd my country when on earth, "Her freedom strove to save;

"Those cares that waited on my life, "Attend me in the grave.

"Since death all worldly views destroys, "You may my words believe;

"Attend then to the last advice, "That ever I shall give.

"Sometimes with Tories give a vote, "Sometimes with Whigs agree;

"So shall you live like me esteem'd, "And die bemoan'd like me."

of Norwich, preceptor to Prince George, was his natural son; he, one day talking with Queen Caroline about Sir Robert Walpole, said, “Madam, I am glad you like the king's new mistress, Lady Yarmouth; it shews you are a sensible woman, your Majesty having no objection for your husband to divert himself.-W. Ob. 1743, after enjoying the see of York 20 years.