Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges. William Makepeace Thackeray

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      Isabelle Vicomptesse d'Esmond.

      Marchioness of Esmond this lady sometimes called herself, in virtue of that patent which had been given by the late King James to Harry Esmond's father; and in this state she had her train carried by a knight's wife, a cup and cover of assay to drink from, and fringed cloth.

      He who was of the same age as little Francis, whom we [pg 183] shall henceforth call Viscount Castlewood here, was H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, born in the same year and month with Frank, and just proclaimed at St. Germains, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland.