P. 782. Burnet, three days before the Prince of Orange embarked, he visited the States General, and:—­took God to witness, he went to England with no other intentions, but those he had set out in his Declaration.—­Swift.  Then he was perjured; for he designed to get the crown, which he denied in the Declaration.

P. 783. Burnet, after describing the storm which put back the Prince of Orange’s fleet, observes:—­In France and England ... they triumphed not a little, as if God had fought against us, and defeated the whole design.  We on our part, who found our selves delivered out of so great a storm and so vast a danger, looked on it as a mark of God’s great care of us, Who, ... had preserved us.—­Swift.  Then still it must be a miracle.

P. 785. Burnet, when matters were coming to a crisis at the Revolution, an order was:—­sent to the Bishop of Winchester, to put the President of Magdalen College again in possession, ... [But when the court heard] the Prince and his fleet were blown back, it was countermanded; which plainly shewed what it was that drove the court into so much compliance, and how long it was like to last.—­Swift.  The Bishop of Winchester assured me otherwise.

Ibid.  Burnet.  The court thought it necessary, now in an after-game to offer some satisfaction in that point [of the legitimacy of the Prince of Wales].—­Swift.  And this was the proper time.

P. 786. Burnet.  Princess Anne was not present [at the Queen’s delivery].  She indeed excused herself.  She thought she was breeding:  And all motion was forbidden her.  None believed that to be the true reason....  So it was looked on as a colour that shewed she did not believe the thing, and that therefore she would not by her being present seem to give any credit to it.—­Swift.  I have reason to believe this to be true of the Princess Anne.

P. 790. Burnet. [The Prince of Orange’s army] stayed a week at Exeter, before any of the gentlemen of the country about came in to the Prince.  Every day some person of condition came from other parts.  The first were the Lord Colchester the eldest son of the Earl of Rivers, and the Lord Wharton.—­Swift. Famous for his cowardice in the rebellion of 1642.

P. 791. Burnet.  Soon after that.  Prince George, the Duke of Ormonde, and the Lord Dramlanrig, the Duke of Queensberry’s eldest son, left him [King James], and came over to the Prince.—­Swift.  Yet how has he been since used? [referring to the Duke of Ormonde.]

P. 792. Burnet.  In a little while a small army was formed about her [Princess Anne], who chose to be commanded by the Bishop of London; of which he too easily accepted.—­Swift, And why should he not?

Ibid.  Burnet.  A foolish ballad was made at that time, treating the Papists, and chiefly the Irish, in a very ridiculous manner, which had a burden, said to be Irish words, “Lero, Lero, Lilibulero,” that made an impression on the army, that cannot be well imagined by those who saw it not.—­Swift.  They are not Irish words, but better than Scotch.