P. 688. Burnet. Nor were the clergy more diligent in their labours among their people, in which respect it must be confessed that the English clergy are the most remiss of any.—­Swift. Civil that.

P. 690. Burnet, speaking of King William’s character, says:—­he had no vice, but of one sort, in which he was very cautious and secret.—­Swift. It was of two sorts—­male and female—­in the former he was neither cautious nor secret.

P. 691. Burnet, in a conversation with the Prince of Orange at The Hague, (1686):—­When he found I was in my opinion for toleration, he said, that was all he would ever desire to bring us to, for quieting our contentions at home.—­Swift. It seems the Prince even then thought of being King.

P. 692. Burnet, the advice I gave the Princess of Orange, when she should be Queen of England, was, to:—­endeavour effectually to get it [the real authority] to be legally vested in him [the Prince] during life:  This would lay the greatest obligation on him possible, and lay the foundation of a perfect union between them, which had been of late a little embroiled.—­Swift. By Mrs. Villiers, now Lady Orkney; but he proved a d——­d husband for all that.[6]

[Footnote 6:  Lady Orkney was a favourite of Swift, as appears from several passages in the Journal. [S.]]

P. 693. Burnet, having told the Princess of Orange that her succession to the throne would not make her husband king, and given her the advice just quoted, says:—­she in a very frank manner told him, that she did not know that the laws of England were so contrary to the laws of God, as I had informed her:  she did not think that the husband was ever to be obedient to the wife.—­Swift. Foolish.

P. 693. Burnet. [Penn, the Quaker,] was a talking vain man, who had been long in the King’s favour, he being the vice-admiral’s son. ...  He had a tedious luscious way, that was not apt to overcome a man’s reason, though it might tire his patience.—­Swift. He spoke very agreeably, and with much spirit.

P. 695. Burnet. Cartwright was promoted to Chester.  He was a man of good capacity, and had made some progress in learning.  He was ambitious and servile, cruel and boisterous:  And, by the great liberties he allowed himself, he fell under much scandal of the worst sort.—­Swift. Only sodomy.

P. 696. Burnet. [Cartwright] was looked on as a man that would more effectually advance the design of Popery, than if he should turn over to it.  And indeed, bad as he was, he never made that step, even in the most desperate state of his affairs.—­Swift. He went to Ireland with King James, and there died neglected and poor.

P. 697. Burnet. In all nations the privileges of colleges and universities are esteemed such sacred things, that few will venture to dispute these, much less to disturb them.—­Swift. Yet in King George’s reign, Oxford was bridled and insulted with troops, for no manner of cause but their steadiness to the Church.