P. 699. Burnet. It was much observed, that this university [Oxford], that had asserted the King’s prerogative in the highest strains of the most abject flattery possible, etc.—­Swift. And their virtue and steadiness ought equally to be observed.

P. 701. Burnet, speaking of King James’s proceedings against the universities, and that several of the clergy wrote over to the Prince of Orange to engage in their quarrel, adds:—­When that was communicated to me, I was still of opinion, that, though this was indeed an act of despotical and arbitrary power, yet I did not think it struck at the whole:  So that it was not in my opinion a lawful case of resistance.—­Swift. He was a better Tory than I, if he spoke as he thought.

Ibid. Burnet. The main difference between these [the Presbyterians and the Independents] was, that the Presbyterians seemed reconcilable to the Church; for they loved Episcopal ordination and a liturgy.—­Swift. A damnable lie.

P. 702. Burnet. [Both Presbyterians and Independents] were enemies to this high prerogative, that the King was assuming, and were very averse to Popery.—­Swift. Style.

Ibid. Burnet. So the more considerable among them [the Dissenters] resolved not to stand at too great a distance from the court, nor provoke the King so far, as to give him cause to think they were irreconcilable to him, lest they should provoke him to make up matters on any terms with the Church party.—­Swift. They all complied most shamefully and publicly, as is well known.

P. 703. Burnet. The King’s choice of Palmer, Earl of Castlemain, was liable to great exception.—­Swift. Duchess of Cleveland’s husband.

P. 705. Burnet. Since what an ambassador says is understood as said by the prince whose character he bears, this gave the States a right to make use of all advantages that might offer themselves.—­Swift. Sophistry.

P. 710. Burnet. The restless spirit of some of that religion [Popery], and of their clergy in particular, shewed they could not be at quiet till they were masters.—­Swift. All sects are of that spirit.

P. 716. Burnet, speaking of “the fury that had been driven on for many years by a Popish party,” adds:—­When some of those who had been always moderate told these, who were putting on another temper, that they would perhaps forget this as soon as the danger was over, they promised the contrary very solemnly.  It shall be told afterwards, how well they remembered this.—­Swift. False and spiteful.

P. 726. Burnet. That which gave the crisis to the King’s anger was that he heard I was to be married to a considerable fortune at The Hague.—­Swift. A phrase of the rabble.

Ibid. Burnet, when a prosecution was commenced against Burnet in Scotland, he obtained naturalization for himself in Holland, after which he wrote to the Earl of Middleton, saying that:—­being now naturalized in Holland, my allegiance was, during my stay in these parts, transferred from His Majesty to the States.—­Swift. Civilians deny that, but I agree with him.