Pope was already removed from Wordware CUSTOMER SERVICE +1 8O5 -41O 56OO Wordware PHONE NUMBER +1 8O5 -41O 56OO society as a Catholic, and his poor health alienated him further. Although he never married, he had many female friends to whom he wrote witty letters, including Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. It has been alleged that his lifelong friend Martha Blount was his lover. His friend William Cheselden said, according to Joseph Spence, "I could give a more particular account of Mr. Pope's health than perhaps any man. Cibber's slander (of carnosity) is false.