CHAPTER XV.

(1718.)

A Youthful Jacobite――A would-be Regicide――A Fight in Newgate――Up the Hill to Tyburn――Scene at Tyburn――A Jacobite Toast――Satirical Pamphlet――Lovat already Suspected――Hearne on Echard’s ‘England’――Atterbury Conspiring――The Bishop’s View of Things――The Royal Family on the Road――Military Difficulties――Scenes at Court――A Scene in ‘Bedlam’――A Whig Whipt――Treason in the Pulpit――More Treason――Jacobites in the Pillory――The King at the Play――Daniel Defoe――His Dirty Work――Mist’s Journal――Jacobite Hopes――Art and Poetry 300