These, though examined separately, without having the least
previous intimation of what the claimant had reported, agreed in
their accounts with him, as well as with one another, and mentioned
many other people as acquainted with the same facts, to whom Mr.
M-- had recourse, and still met with the same unvaried information.
By these means, he made such progress in his inquiries, that,
in less than two months, no fewer than one hundred persons, from
different quarters of the kingdom, either personally, or by letters,
communicated their knowledge of the claimant, in declarations
consonant with one another, as well as with the accounts he gave of
himself. Several servants who had lived with his father, and been
deceived with the story of his death, so industriously propagated
by his uncle, no sooner heard of his being in Dublin, than they
came from different parts of the country to see him; and though
great pains were taken to deceive them, they, nevertheless, knew
him at first sight; some of them fell upon their knees to thank
for his preservation, embraced his legs, and shed tears of joy for
his return.
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