CHARLES, LORD HALIFAX [AFTERWARDS EARL OF HALIFAX].

Macky.  He is a great encourager of learning and learned men, is the patron of the muses, of very agreeable conversation, a short fair man, not 40 years old.—­Swift.  His encouragements were only good words and dinners; I never heard him say one good thing, or seem to taste what was said by another.

CHARLES, EARL OF DORSET.

Macky.  One of the finest gentlemen, in England, in the reign of King Charles II.; of great learning [Swift. small, or none], extremely witty, and hath been the author of some of the finest poems in the English language, especially satire....  One of the pleasantest companions in the world [Swift. not of late years, but a very dull one], when he likes his company.

RICHARD, EARL RIVERS.

Macky.  He was one of the greatest rakes in England in his younger days, but always a lover of the constitution of his country; is a gentleman of very good sense, and very cunning.—­Swift.  An arrant knave in common dealings, and very prostitute.

ARNOLD, EARL OF ALBEMARLE.

Macky.  He was King William’s constant companion in all his diversions and pleasures.—­Swift.  Very infamous pleasures.

ALGERNON, EARL OF ESSEX.

Macky.  Is son to that earl whose throat was cut in the Tower.—­Swift.  Cut his own throat.

WILLIAM, EARL OF PORTLAND.

Macky.  He is supposed to be the richest subject in Europe, very profuse in gardening, birds, and household furniture, but mighty frugal and parsimonious in everything else; of a very lofty mien, and yet not proud; of no deep understanding.—­Swift.  As great a dunce as ever I knew.

JAMES, EARL OF DERBY.

Macky.  On his brothers death he came to the House of Peers, where he never will make any great figure, the sword being more his profession; he is a fair-complexioned man, well shaped, taller than the ordinary size, and a man of honour.—­Swift.  As arrant a scoundrel as his brothers.

CHARLES, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH.

Macky.  He affects popularity, and loves to preach in coffee-houses, and public places; is an open enemy to revealed religion; brave in his person; hath a good estate; does not seem expensive, yet always in debt, and very poor.—­Swift.  This character is for the most part true.

CHARLES, EARL OF SUNDERLAND.

Macky.  This gentleman is endued with a great deal of learning, virtue [Swift, no], and good sense.

THOMAS, EARL OF STAMFORD.

Macky.  Is one of the first branches of the Greys, a noble family in England....  He doth not want sense; but by reason of a defect in his speech, wants elocution.—­Swift.  He looked and talked like a very weak man; but it was said he spoke well at council.