and pay the produce thereof, half-yearly, to the said Mrs. Martha Blount, during her natural life: and, after her decease, I give the sum of one thousand pounds to Mrs. Magdalen Racket, and her sons Robert, Henry, and John, to be divided equally among them, or to the survivors or survivor of them; and after the decease of the said Mrs. Martha Blount, I give the sum of two hundred pounds to the abovesaid Gilbert West: two hundred to Mr. George Arbuthnot; two hundred to his sister, Mrs. Anne Arbuthnot; and one hundred to my servant, John Searle, to which soever of these shall be then living: And all the residue and remainder to be considered as undisposed of, and go to my next of kin.

This is my last will and testament, written with my own hand, and sealed with my seal, this twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-three.

Signed, sealed, and declared by the

testator, as his last will and testa

ment, in presence of us,

RADNOR.

STEPHEN HALES, Minister of Teddington.

ALEX. POPE.

JOSEPH SPENCE, Professor of History in the University of Oxford.

INDEX TO THE LIFE.

A.

ADDISON, Joseph, acquaintance with Swift, 44. A member of the Kit-
Kat club, 46. Swift's account of him, 47. His remarks on Pope's Essay
on Criticism, 55. His first acquaintance with Pope, 59. His tragedy
of Cato performed, 73. Encourages Pope to translate the Iliad, 91.
Dissensions between him and Pope, 110. Reconciliation, 116. Pope
addresses an Epistle to him on his Dialogues on Medals, ib. His opinion
of Tickell's translation of the Iliad, 123. His quarrel with Pope, 126.
Interview between him and Pope, 133. Characterized by Pope under
the name of Atticus, 135, 136. Commends Pope's Iliad in the Free-
holder, 137. Eulogy on his writings by Pope, 142. Appointed
Secretary of State, 159. His character of Rowe, 197.
Alcander, a poem, suppressed by Pope, 17.
Allen, Ralph, Pope visits him at Bath, 395.
Prior Park, 402. Breach between him and
416.

Anne (Queen), her death, 98.

Lines from it preserved, ib.
Description of his house at
Pope, 412. Reconciliation,

Arbuthnot (Dr.) a member of the October Club, 46. Writes to Swift
at Upper Letcombe, 100. Letter to Pope on the publication of the
Iliad, 123. Celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 190. One of the
authors of Martinus Scriblerus, 259. Admonishes Pope on his Satires,

337.

Atterbury, Dr., Bishop of Rochester, attempts to convert Pope to the
Church of England, 165. Correspondence with Pope, 198. Arrested
on a charge of high treason, 207. Bill of Pains and Penalties against
him, 209. Banished, 211. Vindicated against the charge of infidelity,
213. Correspondence with Pope, 215.

Ayres, celebrated as a friend of Pope, 193.

Banister, Mr. Pope's first tutor, 9.

B.

Bathurst, Allen, Lord, 46. 188. 384. 387. 391. Pope addresses to him
his Epistle on the Use of Riches, 301.

Bellenden, two Misses, celebrated as friends of Pope, 188.

Bembo, Cardinal, 54.

Berkley, Dean, writes to Pope on the publication of his Iliad, 124.

Bethel, his character, 242. Pope addresses to him his Second Satire
of the Second Book of Horace, 341. Original letter from Pope to him,

434.

Bickford, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 192.

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Lord, a member of the October Club, 46.
His dissensions with Lord Oxford, 98. Escapes to France, ib. Cele-
brated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 189. Returns to England, 215.
Corresponds with Swift, 219. His account of Pope's writing the Essay
on Man, 313. Commencement of his philosophical writings, 315.
Account of his mode of life in France, 385. Accuses Pope after his
death of a breach of faith, 437.

Boulter, Archbishop, patronises Ambrose Philips, 83.

Blackstone, Sir William, his observations on the quarrel between Pope and
Addison, 138.

Blount, Edward, Esq., invites Pope to emigrate with him, 146. Celebrated
by Gay as a friend of Pope, 190. His death, 240.

Martha and Teresa, their first acquaintance with Pope, 85.
Celebrated by Gay as friends of Pope, 187.

Martha, Epistle from Pope to her, 85. Letter to her on the
death of his father, 163. She quarrels with Mr. and Mrs. Allen, 412.
Her conduct on Pope's death, 436. Defended against the imputations
on her character, 454.

Broome, Rev. Mr., a coadjutor of Pope in the Iliad, 106. In the
Odyssey, 222.

Browne, Sir George, the Sir Plume of the Rape of the Lock, 58.
Bruce, Mr., celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 189.

Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, commends Pope's Iliad, 183.
Celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 188.

Burlington, Lord, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 189. Pope ad-
dresses to him his Epistle on Taste, 297.

Burnet, Thomas, abuses Pope, 261.

C.

Caldwell, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 193.

Carlton, Lord, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 190.

Caroline (Queen), satirized by Pope, 381.

Caryl, Mr., requests Pope to write the Rape of the Lock, 59. Celebrated
by Gay as a friend of Pope, 190.

Centlivre, Mrs., abuses Pope, 261.

Chandos, Duke of, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 190. Said to
be satirized by him, 298. Commended by him, 301.
Cheney, Dr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 191.
Cheselden, Mr., acquaintance with Pope, 374.
Original letter to him, 375.

Praised by him, ib.

Chesterfield, Lord, his anecdote respecting Atterbury, 213. A friend of
Pope, 392.

Cibber, Colley, engages Pope in a ridiculous adventure, 149. Publishes a
vindictive letter to Pope, 404. Is substituted as the hero of the
Dunciad, 409. Publishes a second letter to Pope, ib.

Clarke, Dr., of Oxford, interview between him and Pope, 154.
Classical literature, remarks on its revival, 54.

Cobham, Lord, Pope addresses to him his Epistle on the Ruling Passion,
325. Visits him, 387. Continues on terms of friendship with him,

391.

Congreve, Mr., a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46. Celebrated by Gay as
a friend of Pope, 189. Admired by the Duchess of Marlborough,

327.

Cooke, Thomas, abuses Pope, 261.

Cowper, Lord, satirized by Swift, 45.

Craggs, Right Hon. James, corresponds with Pope, 51. Interests himself
on behalf of an Unfortunate Lady, 70. Celebrated by Gay as a friend of
Pope, 189. Inscription for a medal of him, 117.

Cromwell, Henry, corresponds with Pope, 31. Account of him, 35. Con-
fidential letters, 36. Promises to write an Elegy on Pope, 49. Publi-
cation of his correspondence with Pope, 353.

Curll, Edmund, pirates Pope and Swift's works, 252. Publishes the
Correspondence between Pope and Cromwell, 353. Publishes a sur-
reptitious edition of Pope's letters, 356. Summoned before the House
of Lords, 358. His narrative in answer to Pope, 360. Publishes
Swift's correspondence, 372.

D.

Darteneuf, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 191.
Dennis, John, quarrels with Pope, 52.

Criticises his Essay on Criticism,

ib. Criticises the Rape of the Lock, 61. Receives a letter from Pope,
ib. Criticises Addison's Cato, 74. Narrative of his Frenzy, ib. Pope
writes a prologue for him, 273.

Devonshire, Duke of, a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46.

Digby, Hon. Robert, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 192. His
correspondence with Pope, 197-199. Visits Pope at Twickenham, 220.
His death, 240.

Disney, Colonel, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 186.

Dodsley, Robert, committed to custody by the House of Lords, 384.
Present at first meeting of Pope and Warburton, 396.

Doncastles, Messrs., celebrated by Gay as friends of Pope, 192.
Dorset, Earl of, a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46.

Ducket, abuses Pope, 261.

E.

Eckershall, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 192.

Essex, Lord, countenances Dodsley when committed by the House of
Lords, 384.

Evans, Dr., celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 192.

F.

Fenton, Elijah, a coadjutor of Pope in translating Homer, 222. Celebrated
by Gay as a friend of Pope, 193.

Fortescue, Hon. W., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 192. Pope inscribes
to him his First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, 330. Pope
writes to him respecting Sir Robert Walpole, 392.

Fox, Mr., attacks Pope in the House of Commons, 391.

Frederick, Prince of Wales, presents Pope with urns or vases for his
garden, 174. Distinguishes Pope, 386.

G.

Garth, Sir Samuel, distinguished as a writer, 48. Approves of the addi-
tions to the Rape of the Lock, 58. His death, 195.

Gay, John, account of him, 77. Writes his What d'ye call it, and Three
Hours after Marriage, 104. Writes to Pope on the publication of the
Iliad, 123. His poem on Pope's supposed Return from Greece, 185.
Writes his Beggar's Opera, 232. His Fables published, 239. His death,
287. His epitaph, 291.

George I. (King), his death, 249.

II. (King), the Dunciad presented to him by Sir Robert Walpole,
270. Pope addresses to him his Imitation of the First Epistle of the
Second Book of Horace under the name of Augustus, 377.

Gildon abuses Pope, 261.

Godolphin, Lord, his character, 43.

Grafton, Duke of, a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46.
Graham, Mr., celebrated as a friend of Pope, 193.
Grammont, Memoirs of, 55.

Granville, Lord, an early friend of Pope, 38.
when committed by the House of Lords, 384.
Guardian published, 49.

H.

Countenances Dodsley

Halifax, Lord, his patriotism, 43. Takes the part of Pope against Philips,
81. Patronises Pope, 95. Criticises the Iliad, 107. Commended by
Pope, 109. Character of Bufo not intended for him, 110.

Hamilton, Count Anthony, translates the Essay on Criticism into French,
55. Pope's approbation of it, ib.

Hamilton, family of, celebrated by Gay as friends of Pope, 188.

Hanmer, Sir Thomas, celebrated as a friend of Pope, 190.

Harcourt, Lord, celebrated by Gay as a friend of Pope, 189.
Harcourt, Hon. Simon, a friend of Pope, 189.

Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, a member of the October Club, 46. His
dissensions with Bolingbroke, 98.
brated as a friend of Pope, 189.
Parnelle's poems, 200.

Haywood, Mrs., abuses Pope, 261.

Committed to the Tower, ib. Cele-
Pope dedicates to him his edition of

Hervey, Lord, attacks Pope, 6. Satirizes him in an Epistle to Dr. Sher-
win, 332. Pope's letter to him, 333.
Hervey, Lady, commended by Pope, 6.

187.

Celebrated as a friend of Pope,

Hill, Aaron, account of, 276. Quarrel and correspondence between him
and Pope, 278. Satirical verses on Pope, 279. Their reconciliation,
282. His verses on Mrs. Butler erroneously attributed to Pope, 286.
Homer's Iliad, translation of, 90.

Howard, Hon. Mrs., account of, 234.

Hurd, Bishop, his observations on the quarrel between Pope and Addison,
127. Remarks thereon, 131.

I.

Jervas, Mr., gives Pope instructions in painting, 83.

Endeavours to

reconcile Pope and Addison, 111. Visits Ireland, and allows Pope to
reside in his house in London, 150. Celebrated by Gay as a friend of
Pope, 191. Account of his travels, 385.

Jortin, Dr., assists Pope in his notes on the Iliad, 106.

K.

Kennet, Bishop, extract from his Diary, 93.

Kingston, Earl of, a member of the Kit-Kat club, 46.

Kit-Kat club founded, 45.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, paints the portraits of the members of the Kit-Kat
club for Tonson, 46 (note). Paints the portrait of Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu, 178. Pope's lines upon it, ib. Celebrated by Gay as a friend
of Pope, 190.

Kyrle, Mr. John, the Man of Ross, account of, 382.