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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“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.
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.
