P. 585. [par. 199.] Clarendon, Letter to the fleet:—­“Which gives us great encouragement and hope, that God Almighty will heal the wounds by the same plaster that made the flesh raw.”—­Swift.  A very low comparison.

P. 586. [par. 201.] Clarendon, Letter to the city of London:—­“Their affections to us in the city of London; which hath exceedingly raised our spirits, and which, no doubt, hath proceeded from the Spirit of God, and His extraordinary mercy to the nation; which hath been encouraged by you, and your good example ... to discountenance the imaginations of those who would subject our subjects to a government they have not yet devised.”—­Swift.  Cacofonia.

P. 595. [par. 222.] Clarendon, Proclamation of the King, May 8, by the Parliament, Lord Mayor, etc.:—­“We ... acknowledge, ... that ... he [Charles II.] is of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, the most potent, mighty, and undoubted King; and thereunto we most humbly and faithfully do submit, and oblige ourselves, our heirs, and posterity for ever.”—­Swift.  Can they oblige their posterity 10,000 years to come?

P. 596. [par. 225]. Clarendon, The case of Colonel Ingoldsby:  After he had refused to sign the death-warrant of the King:—­Cromwell, and others, held him by violence; and Cromwell, with a loud laughter, taking his hand in his, and putting the pen between his fingers, with his own hand writ Richard Ingoldsby he making all the resistance he could.—­Swift.  A mistake; for it was his own hand-writ, without any restraint.

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REMARKS ON

“BISHOP BURNET’S HISTORY OF [’SCOTLAND

IN’—­SWIFT] HIS OWN TIME,”

FOLIO EDITION, 1724-34.

FROM THE ORIGINAL, IN THE LIBRARY of THE LATE

MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE.

NOTE.

The standard edition of Burnet’s interesting “History” is that by Dr. Routh, first issued in 1823 and revised in a second edition in 1833.  Mr. Osmund Airy is at present engaged on a new edition for the Clarendon Press, but so far only two volumes have been published.  It was in Dr. Routh’s edition that almost all of Swift’s notes first appeared.  In the Preface to the issue of 1823, the learned editor informs us that Swift’s notes were taken “from his own copy of the history, which had come into the possession of the first Marquis of Lansdowne.”  A note in the edition of 1833 corrects a statement made in the previous edition that Swift’s copy had been burnt.  It was not Swift’s own copy, but a copy containing a transcript of Swift’s notes that was burnt.

In the preparation of the present text every available reference has been searched.  Sir Walter Scott’s reprint of Swift’s “Notes” was sadly inadequate.  Not only did he misquote the references to Burnet’s work, but he could not have consulted the Lansdowne copy, since fully a third of the “notes” were altogether ignored by him.  It is believed that the text here given contains every note accurately placed to its proper account in Burnet’s “History.”  The references are to the edition in folio issued in 1724-1734.