...frequent attacks of gout. Maccartney was forc'd to keep up his patron's courage with wine, till within a few hours of their meeting in the field. And the mortal wound which the Duke receiv'd, after his adversary was run thro' the heart, as it is probably conjectured, could not be...

...Cook's testimony. 1 Ibid., Chabiner's testimony. 3 Swift [?] charged that Maccartney was "forced to keep up his Patron's Courage with Wine, till within very few Hours of their meeting in the Field" (Examiner, November 13-20, 1712). 4 Burke places the duel on Sunday, November 1 5 (Peerage, ed. 1921,...