P. 87. Burnet, speaking of the Restoration:—­Of all this Monk had both the praise and the reward, though I have been told a very small share of it belonged to him.—­Swift. Malice.

BOOK II.

P. 92. Burnet. I will therefore enlarge ... on the affairs of Scotland; both out of the inbred love that all men have for their native country, etc.—­Swift. Could not he keep his inbred love to himself?

Ibid. Burnet. Sharp, who was employed by the resolutioners ... stuck neither at solemn protestations, ... nor at appeals to God of his sincerity in acting for the presbytery both in prayers and on other occasions, etc.—­Swift. Sure there was some secret personal cause of all this malice against Sharp.

P. 93. Burnet, speaking of Charles II. says:—­He was affable and easy, and loved to be made so by all about him.  The great art of keeping him long was, the being easy, and the making everything easy to him.—­Swift. Eloquence.

P. 99. Burnet says of Bennet, afterwards Earl of Arlington:—­His parts were solid, but not quick.—­Swift. They were very quick.

P. 100. Burnet says of the Duke of Buckingham:—­Pleasure, frolic, or extravagant diversion was all that he laid to heart.  He was true to nothing, for he was not true to himself.—­Swift. No consequence. Burnet. He had no steadiness nor conduct:  He could keep no secret, nor execute any design without spoiling it.—­Swift. Nonsense.

P. 117. Burnet. It was visible that neither the late King nor the present were under any force when they passed ... those Acts [bringing in Presbyterian government].—­Swift. Both Kings were under a force.

P. 118. Burnet. To annul a Parliament was a terrible precedent, which destroyed the whole security of government.—­Swift. Wrong arguing.

Ibid. Burnet. Distress on his affairs was really equivalent to a force on his person.—­Swift. It was so.

P. 119. Burnet. We went into it, he said, as knaves, and therefore no wonder if we miscarried in it as fools.—­Swift. True.

Ibid. Burnet. No government was so well established, as not to be liable to a revolution.  This [the Rescissory Act] would cut off all hopes of peace and submission, if any disorder should happen at any time thereafter.—­Swift. Wrong weak reasoning.

P. 120. Burnet. Such care was taken that no public application should be made in favour of Presbytery.  Any attempt that was made on the other hand met with great encouragement.—­Swift. Does the man write like a bishop?

P. 126. Burnet, speaking of the execution of the Marquess of Argyle:—­After some time spent in his private devotions he was beheaded.—­Swift. He was the greatest villain of his age.