and brought upon him such a settled melancholy, that he was in a state of despair, and bid him not to be surprised if he should hear that he had lain violent hands upon himself.

When I had resolved upon quitting Dublin, I sent a letter to my husband to take a house for me at Chester. Soon after he sent me an answer, and let me know he had taken a very convenient one for me in that town, and desired me to make all possible haste to get thither. On the receipt of this, I went to take my leave of lord C- -t, who, to divert himself, would needs see the ceremony of a camp marriage, so led colonel P——t and me into the garden, where, laying two swords across, the colonel first and I next, jumped over them, his lordship performing the function of the priest, pronouncing the following words, Jump Rogue,-Follow Whore. After the ceremony was over, my lord gave us a treat, and dismissing me, I went on board the yacht.

I met colonel M- -y and several land officers who were going to England in the same vessel. They asked if I had a pass, and I showed it them; but the captain of the yacht (whose surly temper and behaviour, and turning several poor people ashore who could not pay their passage, gave me a distaste) coming to me in a gruff manner, said, Dye where's your pass? I answered him in as rough a style, and refused to let him see it. On this, he threatened to send me back, and I threatened to beat him, which was no small diversion to the officers, who egged me on to box him, but the captain had more wit. When we arrived at Chester, I showed him my pass, and, at the same time told him, I would acquaint his majesty that he stole milliners' apprentices and made a bawdy-house of the king's vessel, which was true enough.

I lived three years in Chester, and then returned to Chelsea, where I have remained ever since, without anything happening worth notice. I got my husband

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into the College, where he is a sergeant, and have been hitherto subsisted by the benevolence of the quality and gentry of the court, whither I go twice a week; but the expense of coach hire, as both my lameness and age increase, for I cannot walk ten yards without help, is a terrible tax upon their charity, and at the same time, many of my friends going no longer to court, my former subsistence is greatly diminished from what it was.

END OF THE MEMOIRS OF MRS. CHRISTIAN DAVIES.

THE END.

OXFORD: PRINTED BY D. A. TALBOYS.