Sentence:  he used to be pretending to be laid up with a sick voice doing his highness to make himself interesting for that old <WSD>faggot</WSD> Mrs Riordan that he thought he had a great leg of and she never left us a farthing all for masses for herself and her soul greatest miser ever was actually afraid to lay out 4d for her methylated spirit ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A shrewish woman.