Ibid. [par. 165.] Clarendon. Wise
men knew that that which looked like pride in some,
would, etc. [Swift places a condemnatory pencil
mark beneath “that.”]
P. 75. [par. 201.] Clarendon. A book so
full of good learning,[3] [i e., Bp. John
Williams (of Lincoln) against Innovations in Religion].—Swift.
Is that book to be bought or borrowed?
[Footnote 3: Again referred to on p. 271. See
Scott’s note in loco (p. 297). [T.S.]]
P. 88. [par. 18.] Clarendon. There was
so little curiosity either in the court, or the country,
to know anything of Scotland, or what was done there,
that when the whole nation was solicitous to know what
passed weekly in Germany, and Poland, and all other
parts of Europe, no man ever enquired what was doing
in Scotland, nor had that kingdom a place or mention
in one page of any gazette.—Swift.
Should Bridewell news be in any gazette?
P.88. [par 18.] Clarendon. The people
[the Scotch] after they had once begun, pursued the
business vigorously, and with all imaginable contempt
of the government.—Swift. Scottish
scoundrels!
P. 94. [par. 38.] Clarendon in the address
of the Scots to the King:—Lamenting “their
ill fortune that their enemies had so great credit
with the King, as to persuade him to believe that they
were or could be disobedient to him, a thing that
could never enter into their loyal hearts.”—Swift.
Scotch dogs!
Ibid. [par. 39.] Clarendon. Into
Scotland ... as far as a place called Dunce.—Swift.
“Dunce” underlined.
P. 95. [par. 42.] Clarendon. The Covenanters
... were very reasonably exalted with this success,
[the retreat of the Earl of Holland from Dunse,] and
scattered their letters abroad amongst the noblemen
at court, according to the humours of the men to whom
they writ.—Swift. Cursed Scots
for ever!
P. 96. [par. 46.] Clarendon, speaking of the
Marquess of Hamilton.—Swift.
A cursed true Scot!
P. 100. [par. 55] Clarendon The Scots got so
much benefit and advantage by it [the treaty of pacification],
that they brought all their other mischievous devices
to pass, with ease.—Swift. Confounded
Scots!
P. 101. [par. 58.] Marginal note to Clarendon:
The Earl of Argyle joins with the Covenanters, notwithstanding
his great obligations to the King.—Swift.
All Argyles, cursed Scottish hell-hounds for ever!
P. 103. [par. 60.] Clarendon, on the letter
from the Scotch nobility to the French King, which
was intercepted, and upon Lord Lowden, in his examination:—refusing
to give any other answer, than that it was writ before
the agreement ... and never sent; that if he had committed
any offence, he ought to be questioned for it in Scotland,
and not in England.—Swift.
Scottish traitors!
