Tenison, and part of the letter to De Foe's Review, post, p. 25.*
The notes in the Appendix A. are from the pen of the Editor.
The ensuing particulars of the elder Melmoth come from the Books of the Society of Lincoln's Inn:-Admitted a member, 25th April, 1699; Called to the Bench, 17th June, 1719; Treasurer for the year 1730; Buried in the Cloister, under the Chapel, 14th April, 1743.+
The portrait of Melmoth is prefixed to the first edition of The great Importance of a Religious Life considered, 1711, and also to the Memoirs of 1796. The former is engraved by Richardson; § the latter is engraved by Schiavonetti, and has subjoined to it these verses,
Ars utinam Mores Animumque effingere possit:
Pulchrior in terris nulla Tabella foret.
12, NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN,
20th August, 1849.
In the Memoirs of 1796, the first mentioned anonymous letter, the correspondence with the Rev. Mr. Norris, the anonymous letter to Archbishop Tenison, and part of the letter to De Foe's Review, fill forty pages.
See App. B, post, pp. 163-191. Remarkable Persons buried in the Cloister under Lincoln's Inn Chapel.