.

14 Part of this sentence has been obliterated.

15 See Letter 43, note 39. I have not been able to find a copy of the
paper containing Swift's paragraph.

16 This sentence is partially obliterated.

17 See Letter 12, note 2.

18 Apparently Humphrey Griffith, who was one of the Commissioners of
Salt; but Swift gives the name as "Griffin" throughout.

19 See Letter 53, note 13 and Letter 5, note 16.

20 For these shorter letters Swift folded the folio sheet before
writing.

LETTER 56.

1 Addressed to "Mrs. Dingley," etc. Endorsed "Decr. 18."

2 Vengeance.

3 Charles Connor, scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, who took his B.A.
degree in the same year as Swift (1686), and his M.A. degree in 1691.

4 The History of the Peace of Utrecht.

5 See Letter 55, note 7.

6 Lord Oxford's daughter Elizabeth married, on Dec. 16, 1712, Peregrine
Hyde, Marquis of Caermarthen, afterwards third Duke of Leeds (see Letter
42, note 23 and Letter 24, note 5). She died on Nov. 20, 1713, a few
days after the birth of a son. Swift called her "a friend I extremely
loved."

7 "Is" (MS.).

8 Disorders.

9 See Letter 34, note 10.

10 John Francis, Rector of St. Mary's, Dublin, was made Dean of Leighlin
in 1705.

11 See Letter 9, note 7.

12 Possibly "have."

13 See Letter 55, notes 9, 10, 11.

14 This clause is omitted by Mr. Ryland.

15 See Letter 31, note 6.

16 See Letter 54, Oct. 30, 1712.

17 Thomas Jones, Esq., was M.P. for Trim in the Parliament of 1713-4.

18 A Dutch agent employed in the negotiations with Lewis XIV.

19 When I come home.

LETTER 57.

1 Addressed to "Mrs. Dingley," etc. Endorsed "Jan. 13."

2 "Ay, marry, this is something like." The earlier editions give,
"How agreeable it is in a morning." The words in the MS. are partially
obliterated.

3 In this letter (Dec. 20, 1712) Swift paid many compliments to the
Duchess of Ormond (see Letter 17, note 5): "All the accomplishments of
your mind and person are so deeply printed in the heart, and represent
you so lively to my imagination, that I should take it for a high
affront if you believed it in the power of colours to refresh my
memory."

4 Tisdall's Conduct of the Dissenters in Ireland (see Letter 61, note
7).

5 See Letter 9, note 20 and Letter 20, Apr. 13, 1711.

6 Monteleon.

7 See Letter 5, note 8 and Letter 3, note 3.

8 Utrecht, North and South Holland, and West Frieseland.

9 See Letter 46, note 11.

10