CHAPTER XVII.

(1720-’21-’22.)

Atterbury’s Hopes――Death of Laurence Howell――In Hyde Park――At Bartholomew Fair――Stopping the King’s Expresses――Cibber’s ‘Refusal’――In State to the Pillory――Birth of the ‘Young Chevalier’――Government and the Jacobites――Treasonable Wit――Recruiting for the Chevalier――Epigrammatic Epitaph――Arrest of Jacobites――Atterbury’s Correspondence――Jacobite Trysting Places――The Officers in Camp――A Cavalry Bishop――The Ladies in Camp――Whig Susceptibility――More Arrests――Atterbury to Pope 347