P. 382. [par. 60.] Clarendon. Colonel
Ashburnham, then governor of Weymouth, was made choice
of for that command; ...and, to make way for him,
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper had been, the year before,
removed from that charge; and was thereby so much
disobliged, that he quitted the King’s party,
and gave himself up, body and soul, to the service
of the Parliament, with an implacable animosity against
the royal interest.—Swift.
A rogue all his life.
P. 385. [par. 66.] Clarendon, at Cropredy-bridge:—the
[parliamentary] general of their ordnance [was] taken
prisoner. This man, one Weemes, a Scotchman,
had been as much obliged by the King, as a man of his
condition could be, and in a manner very unpopular:
for he was made master-gunner of England,... and having
never done the King the least service, he took the
first opportunity to disserve him.—Swift.
A cursed, hellish Scot! Why was not the rogue
hanged?
P-387. [par. 69.] Clarendon, Message from the
King to the parliamentary army:—It was
agreed, that Sir Edward Walker (who was both Garter
king at arms, and secretary to the council of war)
should be sent to publish that, his Majesty’s
grace.—Swift. A very mean author.
P. 388. [par. 74.] Clarendon, Battle of Marston-moor:—That
party of the King’s horse which charged the
Scots, so totally routed and defeated their whole
army, that they fled all ways for many miles together.—Swift.
I am glad of that.
P. 420. [par. 153.] Clarendon. Colonel
Hurry, a Scotchman, who had formerly served the Parliament,
and is well mentioned, in the transactions of the
last year, for having quitted them, and performed
some signal service to the King,... desired a pass
to go beyond the seas, and so quitted the service:
but instead of embarking himself, made haste to London;
and put himself now into the Earl of Manchester’s
army, and made a discovery of all he knew of the King’s
army.—Swift. Mentioned before,
and then I was deceived by him; but now I find him
a cursed true Scot.
P. 427. [par. 167.] Clarendon. After the
battle of York, the Scots returned to reduce Newcastle;
which they had already done; and all other garrisons
which had held out for the King.—Swift.
Most damnable Scots.
Ibid. [par. 168.] Clarendon. The
King’s army was less united than ever; the old
general was set aside, and Prince Rupert put into the
command, which was no popular change.—Swift.
Too fond of his nephews.
Ibid. [par. 169.] Clarendon. Wilmot
loved debauchery.—Swift. Character
of Wilmot and Goring.
P. 453. [par. 233.] Clarendon, Treaty at Uxbridge:
Debates about the militia. They insisted:—upon
having the whole command of the militia by sea, and
land, and all the forts, and ships of the kingdom at
their disposal; without which they looked upon themselves
as lost, and at the King’s mercy; not considering
that he must be at theirs, if such a power was committed
to them.—Swift. The case seems
doubtful. The point should be undecided.
