THOMAS [TUFTON], EARL OF THANET.

Macky.  He is a good country gentleman, a great assertor of the prerogatives of the monarchy and the Church.—­Swift.  Of great piety and charity.

EDWARD [MONTAGU], EARL OF SANDWICH.

Macky.  Of very ordinary parts; married the witty Lord Rochester’s daughter, who makes him very expensive.—­Swift.  As much a puppy as ever I saw; very ugly, and a fop.

ROBERT, LORD LUCAS.

Macky.  He is every way a plain man, yet took a great deal of pains to seem knowing and wise; everybody pitied him when the Queen turned him out, for his seeming good nature, and real poverty.—­Swift.  A good plain humdrum.

CHARLES, EARL OF WINCHILSEA.

Macky.  He hath neither genius nor gusto for business,... and is zealous for the monarchy and Church to the highest degree.  He loves jests and puns, [Swift.  I never observed it,] and that sort of low wit.—­Swift.  Being very poor, he complied too much with the party he hated.

JOHN, LORD POULETT OF HINTON [AFTERWARDS EARL POULETT].

Macky.  He is certainly one of the hopefullest gentlemen in England; is very learned, virtuous, and a man of honour; much esteemed in the country, for his generous way of living with the gentry, and his charity to the poorest sort.—­Swift.  This character is fair enough.

CHARLES, LORD [VISCOUNT] TOWNSHEND.

Macky.  Is a gentleman of great learning, attended with a sweet disposition; a lover of the constitution of his country; is beloved by everybody that knows him.—­Swift.  I except one.

WILLIAM, LORD DARTMOUTH [AFTERWARDS EARL OF DARTMOUTH].

Macky.  He sets up for a critic in conversation, makes jests, and loves to laugh at them; takes a great deal of pains in his office, and is in a fair way of rising at court.—­Swift.  This is right enough, but he has little sincerity.

THOMAS, LORD WHARTON [AFTERWARDS EARL OF WHARTON].

Macky.  One of the completest gentlemen in England, hath a very clear understanding, and manly expressions, with abundance of wit.  He is brave in his person, much of a libertine, of a middle stature, fair complexion, and 50 years old.—­Swift.  The most universal villain I ever knew.

CHARLES, LORD MOHUN.

Macky.  He is brave in his person, bold in his expressions, and rectifies, as fast as he can, the slips of his youth by acts of honesty; which he now glories in more, than he was formerly extravagant.—­Swift.  He was little better than a conceited talker in company.

HENRY, EARL OF KENT.[2]

[Footnote 2:  Afterwards Duke of Kent.]

Macky.  Is the first branch of the ancient family of Grey.  The present gentleman was much esteemed, when Lord Ruthen; was always very moderate, has good sense, and a good estate; which, with his quality, must make him always bear a considerable figure in the nation.—­Swift.  He seems a good-natured man, but of very little consequence.