will allege in her new manifestoes:  her mother, who sold her, is dead; the all-powerful minister, who bought her, is dead! whom will she charge with dragging her. to the bed of this second tyrant, from whom she has been forced to fly—­On her son’s account, I am really sorry for this second `equip`ee:  I can’t even help pitying her! at her age nobody can take such steps, without being sensible of their ridicule, and what snakes must such passions be, as can hurry one over such reflections?  Her original story was certainly very unhappy; and the forcing so very young a creature against her inclinations, unjustifiable:  but I much question whether any choice of her own could have tied down her inclinations to -any temper—­at least, I am sure she had pitched upon a Hercules then, who of all men living was the least proper to encounter such labours, my Lord Chesterfield!

I have sent your letter to Mr. Chute, who is at his own Vine; he had written to you of his own accord, and I trust your friendship will be re-established as strongly as ever, especially as there was no essential fault on either side, and as you will now be prepared not to mind his aversion to writing.  Thank Dr. Cocchi for the book(497) he is so good as to intend for me; I value any thing from him, though I scarce understand any thing less than Greek and physic; the little I knew of the first I have almost forgot, and the other, thank God!  I never had any occasion to know.  I shall duly deliver the other copies.

The French are encroaching extremely upon us in all the distant parts of the world, especially in Virginia, from whence their attempts occasion great uneasiness here.  For my own part, I think we are very lucky, when they will be so good as to begin with us at the farther end.  The revocation of the Parliament of Paris, which is done or doing, is thought very bad for us:  I don’t know but it may:  in any other time I should have thought not, as it is a concession or yielding from the throne, and would naturally spirit up the Parliament to struggle on for power; but no other age is a precedent for this.  As no oppression would, I believe, have driven them into rebellion, no concession will tempt them to be more assuming.  The King of France will govern his Parliament by temporizing; the Parliament of Ireland is governed by being treated like a French one.  Adieu!

(497) An edition of some of the Greek physicians.

215 Letter 107
To The Hon. H. S. Conway. 
Strawberry Hill, Saturday, July 6, 1754.

Your letter certainly stopped to drink somewhere by the way, I suppose with the hearty hostess at the Windmill; for, though written on Wednesday, it arrived here but this morning:  it could not have travelled more deliberately in the Speaker’s body-coach.  I am concerned, because, your fishmonger not being arrived, I fear you have stayed for my answer.  The fish(498) are apprised that they are to ride over to Park-place, and are ready booted and spurred;