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e moidore was reduced to _L_1 9_s_. 3_d_. [T.S.]] [Footnote 6: "A Letter," etc., referred to in note on preceding page, has: "They consider not the dead weight upon every beneficial branch of our trade; that half our revenues are annually sent to England; with many other grievances peculiar to this unhappy kingdom; which keep us," etc. [T.S.]] [Footnote 7: The 1736 edition of "A Letter," etc., has "is so urging." [T.S.]] [Footnote 8: The 1736 edition of "A Letter," etc., has "tamely." [T.S.]] [Footnote 9: John Carteret (1690-1763) succeeded his father as second Baron Carteret in 1695, and his mother as Earl Granville in 1744. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1724 to 1730. See Swift's "Vindication of ... Lord Carteret" in vol. vi. of present edition. [T.S.]] [Footnote 10: "A Letter," etc. (1736 edition), has "being made easy upon this article." [T.S.]] [Footnote 11: On December 22nd, 1717, the price of the guinea was reduced, by a proclamation, from 21_s_. 6_d_. to 21_s_. [T.S.]] [Footnote 12: See vol. vii. of present edition of Swift's Works, dealing with the Drapier Letters. [T.S.]] [Footnote 13: Astraea withdrew from the earth at the close of the Golden Age. [T.S.]] [Footnote 14: Sir Ambrose Crowley (or Crawley), Liveryman of the Drapers' Company and Alderman for Dowgate Ward, sat in Parliament for Andover in 1713. He was satirized in "The Spectator" (No. 299, February 12th, 1711/2) as Sir John Enville, and in "The Tatler" (No. 73, September 27th, 1709) as Sir Arthur de Bradley. [T.S.]] [Footnote 15: "A Letter," etc. (1736), has "could never." [T.S.]] [Footnote 16: The reprint of 1730, and "A Letter," etc. (1736), have "who come." [T.S.]] [Footnote 17: "A Letter," etc. (1736), has: "The governing people in those plantations, have also wisely provided," etc. [T.S.]] INDEX. ALMANZA, battle of Anne, Queen, her change of ministry in 1710; and the Church; establishment of Queen Anne's bounty; letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Aretino, Pietro. Army, essays on the. Asgill, John. Astell, Mrs. Mary. Atterbury, Bishop, his character in "The Tatler"; contributes to "The Examiner"; his influence in Convocation. Avarice, essay on. Bank, the, in the Whig interest. "Banks, Sir Jacob, Letter to". Bickerstaff, Isaac, Steele's pseudonym. Birth, value of. Boyer, Abel. Boyle, Henry. Bromley, Clobery. Bromley, William, speaker; "Congratulatory Speech of". Buck
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