had written by the same post the necessary instructions. Nothing
could exceed the gladness which the news gave to the whole parish,
and none said more in behalf of his lordship's bounty and liberality
than the heritors; especially those gentry who grudged the
undertaking, when it was thought that it would have to come out of
their own pock-nook.

In the course of the summer, just as the roof was closing in of the
school-house, my lord came to the castle with a great company, and
was not there a day till he sent for me to come over, on the next
Sunday, to dine with him; but I sent him word that I could not do
so, for it would be a transgression of the Sabbath, which made him
send his own gentleman, to make his apology for having taken so
great a liberty with me, and to beg me to come on the Monday, which
I accordingly did, and nothing could be better than the discretion
with which I was used. There was a vast company of English ladies
and gentlemen, and his lordship, in a most jocose manner, told them
all how he had fallen on the midden, and how I had clad him in my
clothes, and there was a wonder of laughing and diversion; but the
most particular thing in the company, was a large, round-faced man,
with a wig, that was a dignitary in some great Episcopalian church
in London, who was extraordinary condescending towards me, drinking
wine with me at the table, and saying weighty sentences, in a fine
style of language, about the becoming grace of simplicity and
innocence of heart, in the clergy of all denominations of
Christians, which I was pleased to hear; for really he had a proud
red countenance, and I could not have thought he was so mortified to
humility within, had I not heard with what sincerity he delivered
himself, and seen how much reverence and attention was paid to him
by all present, particularly by my lord's chaplain, who was a pious