350 THE WENTWORTH PAPERS.
Sir William Wyndham to be Chancellour of the Exchequer, and Mr. Gwyn Secretary of War. I hear nothing of what you have been told concerning Lord Bolingbroke, which may not be less likely notwithstanding, nor of the Master of the horse, nor Ordnance. I should wish you joy of your star, tho' a story hath gone about that you have wore that these three moneths, which I have always contradicted as if I had seen you. The Duchess of Newcastle and her daughter's parting makes a great noise. They say she will marry My Lord Harley, and that she hath chose his father and uncle for her guardians. I beg pardon for inclosing a letter to Mr. Ayerst. I should be very glad to have it in my power to serve him, but would be unwilling to raise his hopes too much, for fear I should be as little lucky to him as I have been to some others.
��[Peter Wentworth.]
London, Septe7nber i^ 1713- Dear Brother,
Yesterday I received with an enclosed copy of your Letter to Mr. Lewis, a letter from you, by wch I find you persist in your opinion that you ought to come home, wch I can't help saying I am sorry for. They say the business will be over in a fortnight or three weeks time, and 'tis pitty you shou'd not have the finishing of what you have taken so much pains in, and what some may envy you in. The manner of their letting you know the Expedient is not very hand- some, nor with much regard to you, but if I cou'd comply with the expedient, I wou'd take no notice of that yet. I find 'tis thought what people do abroad is no Example to us, and what is under the Great Seal of England must be com- ply 'd with by all her Majesty's subjects.
I find people in London talk that you shou'd either not have gone so far with them, or to have gone quite thro' with them, and not to leave them now for a Pas, wch here in England is look't upon as a thing of no consequence, but a
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