He had quarrelled, though the quarrel had been made up, with the generous Allen, for some cause not ascertainable, except that it arose from the mutual displeasure of Mrs.Allen and Miss Blount.

It is pleasant to notice that, in the course of the quarrel, Pope mentioned Warburton, in a letter to Miss Blount, as a sneaking parson; but Warburton was not aware of the flash of sarcasm.

Pope, as Johnson puts it, "polluted his will with female resentment." He left a legacy of 150_l._ to Allen, being, as he added, the amount received from his friend--for himself or for charitable purposes; and requested Allen, if he should refuse the legacy for himself, to pay it to the Bath Hospital.

Allen adopted this suggestion, saying quietly that Pope had always been a bad accountant, and would have come nearer the truth if he had added a cypher to the figures.
Another fact came to light, which produced a fiercer outburst.

Pope, it was found, had printed a whole edition (1500 copies) of the _Patriot King_, Bolingbroke's most polished work.