conceive to be as loyal a body of men to the present king and family as any in the nation: and, by the great providence of God, it is so ordered, that if the clergy be fairly dealt with, whatever increases their maintenance will more largely increase the estates of the landed men, and the profits of their farmers.
I desire you, Mr. Faulkner, to print the treatise in a fair letter and a good paper. I am
Your faithful friend and servant,
TO DR. CLANCY.
SOME friend of mine lent me a comedy[1], which I am told was written by you: I read it carefully, with much pleasure, on account both of the characters and the moral. I have no interest with the people of the playhouse, else I should gladly recommend it to them. I send you a small present[2], in
- ↑ The Sharper, the principal character of which performance was designed to represent colonel Chartres.
- ↑ This packet contained five pounds in small pieces of gold of different kinds, of which the largest did not exceed the value of five shillings. A little time after (says Dr. Clancy) I sent him a parcel of tickets: he kept but one, which he said he had paid for, and afterward sent me two four pound pieces for more. See Clancy's Memoirs, vol. II, page 56.
