ian succession, 307;
sees the cabals of his native country reflected in the Court of
Hanover, 307;
returns to England shortly after the death of Queen Anne, 308;
witnesses the triumph of the Whigs on their return to power at the
accession of George I., 308;
reproached by the Duchess for no longer taking an active part in
public affairs, 308;
attacked with paralysis which deprives him of speech and
recollection, 308;
his death (in 1722), 308;
his gentleness and devotion towards his wife and children, 309;
how he governed his imperious consort, 309;
the testimony of respect shown to his memory by the Duchess refusing
offers of marriage from Lord Coningsby and the Duke of
Somerset, 309.

MASHAM, Mrs. (afterwards Lady), her origin, related to the Duchess of
Marlborough and Harley, 221;
appointed bed-chamber woman to the Queen, 221;
married to Masham when Abigail Hill, 221;
her lowly, supple, artful character, 222;
her servile, humble, gentle and pliant manner towards the
Queen, 224;
coincides with Anne in political and religious opinions, 224;
strives to sap the power and credit of the Whigs and to displace
Marlborough, 225;
after an altercation with the Duchess, the Queen gives her entire
confidence to Mrs. Masham, 226;
ever on the watch to turn such disagreements to skilful
account, 227;
gradually worms herself into the Queen's affections and undermines
the Mistress of the Robes, 227;
the petty and ungrateful conduct of the bed-chamber woman, 227;
mean and paltry instances of treachery to her benefactress, 227;
the upstart favourite exhibits all the scorn and insolence of her
nature, 229;
an instance of Mrs. Masham's stinging impertinence towards the
Duchess, 230;
the influence of the favourite, 233.

MAZARIN, Cardinal, his exclamation on hearing that Mademoiselle de
Montpensier had fired upon the king's troops, 10;
quits France once more to facilitate a reconciliation with the
Frondeurs, 13;
received on his return by the Parisians with demonstrations of
delight, 15;
his triumph over the Fronde, the result of his prudent line of
conduct, 16;
his reception at the Louvre by Anne of Austria and the Court, 17;
the heads of the two powerful families of Vendome and Bouillon
become the fir