COWPER--Now, my lord, if your lordship please, I proceed to
shew you, that I went not so much voluntarily as pressed by her
to come to this house, and for that I will produce one letter
from her to myself; and, my lord, I must a little inform you of
the nature of this letter. It is on the outside directed to
Mrs. Jane Ellen, to be left for her at Mr. Hargrave's
coffee-house. For her to direct for me at a coffee-house, might
make the servants wonder and the post-man might suspect, and
for that reason she directed it in that manner. There was Mr.
Marshall by whom I received it, and I can prove the hand by Mr.
Beale.
MR. MARSHALL--My lord, I verily believe I was by, and that Mr.
Cowper shewed me this letter immediately on receipt of it, as
he had done several others from the same hand.
CLERK OF ARRAIGNS--This is directed for Mrs. Jane Ellen. It is
dated March the 5th, without any year.
_'March the 5th._