P. 795. Burnet.  The Queen took up a sudden resolution of going to France with the child.  The midwife, together with all who were assisting at the birth, were also carried over, or so disposed of, that it could never be learned what became of them afterwards.—­Swift That is strange and incredible.

P. 796. Burnet, speaking of King James’s first attempt to leave the kingdom, says:—­With this his reign ended:  For this was a plain deserting his people, and the exposing the nation to the pillage of an army, which he had ordered the Earl of Feversham to disband.—­Swift.  Abominable assertion, and false consequence.

P. 797. Burnet, the incident of the King’s being retaken at Feversham, and the subsequent stragglings, gave rise to the party of Jacobites:—–­For, if he had got clear away, by all that could be judged, he would not have had a party left:  All would have agreed, that here was a desertion, and that therefore the nation was free, and at liberty to secure itself.  But what followed upon this gave them a colour to say, that he was forced away, and driven out.—­Swift.  So he certainly was, both now and afterwards.

Ibid.  Burnet.  None were killed, no houses burnt, nor were any robberies committed.—­Swift.  Don Pedro de Ronquillo’s house was plundered and pulled down; he was Spanish ambassador.

Ibid.  Burnet.  Jeffreys, finding the King was gone, saw what reason he had to look to himself:  And, apprehending that he was now exposed to the rage of the people, whom he had provoked with so particular a brutality, he had disguised himself to make his escape.  But he fell into the hands of some who knew him.  He was insulted by them with as much scorn and rudeness as they could invent.  And, after many hours tossing him about, he was carried to the Lord Mayor; whom they charged to commit him to the Tower.—­Swift.  He soon after died in the Tower by drinking strong liquors.

P. 798. Burnet, when the Prince heard of King James’s flight:—­he sent to Oxford, to excuse his not coming thither, and to offer the association to them, which was signed by almost all the heads, and the chief men of the University; even by those, who, being disappointed in the preferments they aspired to, became afterwards his most implacable enemies.—­Swift.  Malice.

P. 799. Burnet, when I heard of King James’s flight and capture:—­I was affected with this dismal reverse of the fortune of a great prince, more than I think fit to express.—­Swift.  Or than I will believe.

P. 800. Burnet, after relating that King James “sent the Earl of Feversham to Windsor, without demanding any passport,” describes his reception, and adds:—­Since the Earl of Feversham, who had commanded the army against the Prince, was come without a passport, he was for some days put in arrest.—­Swift. Base and villainous.