P. 175. [par. 189.] Clarendon, on the letter from the King to his son, concerning the treaty.—­Swift.  The whole letter is a most excellent performance.

P. 176. [par. 189.] Clarendon.  The major part of both Houses of Parliament was, at that time, so far from desiring the execution of all those concessions, that, if they had been able to have resisted the wild fury of the army, they would have been themselves suitors to have declined the greatest part of them.—­Swift.  Diabolical villains.

P. 177. [par. 193.] Clarendon.  It cannot be imagined how wonderfully fearful some persons in France were that he [the King] should have made his escape, and the dread they had of his coming thither.—­Swift.  French villains.

P. 180. [par. 198.] Clarendon, the Commons sent to Winchester:—­their well tried Serjeant Wild, to be the sole judge of that circuit.—­Swift.  An infernal dog.

Ibid. [par. 200.] Clarendon.  Young Sir Harry Vane had begun the debate [upon the treaty] with the highest insolence, and provocation.—­Swift.  A cursed insolent villain, worse than even a Scot, or his own father.

P. 183. [par. 206.] Clarendon, on the seizure of many Members entering into the House, by the soldiers.—­Swift.  Damnable proceeding.

P. 184. [ditto.] Clarendon, the remaining Members vote the contrary to their former votes:—­that the answer the King had given to their propositions was not satisfactory.—­Swift.  Cursed rogues.

P. 189. [par. 221.] Clarendon.  Harrison was the son of a butcher.—­Swift.  The fitter for that office.

P. 195. [par. 233.] Clarendon, Trial of the King:—­The King ... told them, “he would first know of them, by what authority they presumed by force to bring him before them, and who gave them power to judge of his actions, for which he was accountable to none but God.”—­Swift.  Very weak.

P. 198. [par. 241] Clarendon. [The King] was always a great lover of the Scottish nation.—­Swift.  There I differ from him.

Ibid. [ditto.] Clarendon.  Having not only been born there, but educated by that people, and besieged by them always.—­Swift.  Who were the cause of his destruction, like abominable Scotch dogs.

P. 199. [par. 244] Clarendon.  In that very hour when he was thus wickedly murdered in the sight of the sun, he had as great a share in the hearts and affections of his subjects ... as any of his predecessors.—­Swift.  Only common pity for his death, and the manner of it.

P. 208. [par. 261] Clarendon, Lord Capel’s trial:—­Cromwell, who had known him very well, spoke so much good of him, and professed to have so much kindness and respect for him, that all men thought he was now safe.—­Swift.  Cursed dog.