La Valetta, Malta.
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Minor Notes.
_Whipping a Lady._--The following is from a MS. Diary of the Rev. John
Lewis, Rector of Chalfield and Curate of Tilbury:
"August, 1719. Sir Christopher Hales being jilted by a lady who
promised him marriage, and put him off on the day set for their
marriage, gave her a good whipping at parting. Remember the story."
Is there any corroboration of this?