P. 87. Burnet, speaking of the Restoration:—Of
all this Monk had both the praise and the reward,
though I have been told a very small share of it belonged
to him.—Swift. Malice.
P. 92. Burnet. I will therefore enlarge ...
on the affairs of Scotland; both out of the inbred
love that all men have for their native country, etc.—Swift.
Could not he keep his inbred love to himself?
Ibid. Burnet. Sharp, who was employed by the
resolutioners ... stuck neither at solemn protestations,
... nor at appeals to God of his sincerity in acting
for the presbytery both in prayers and on other occasions,
etc.—Swift. Sure there was some
secret personal cause of all this malice against Sharp.
P. 93. Burnet, speaking of Charles II. says:—He
was affable and easy, and loved to be made so by all
about him. The great art of keeping him long
was, the being easy, and the making everything easy
to him.—Swift. Eloquence.
P. 99. Burnet says of Bennet, afterwards Earl
of Arlington:—His parts were solid, but
not quick.—Swift. They were very
quick.
P. 100. Burnet says of the Duke of Buckingham:—Pleasure,
frolic, or extravagant diversion was all that he laid
to heart. He was true to nothing, for he was
not true to himself.—Swift. No consequence.
Burnet. He had no steadiness nor conduct:
He could keep no secret, nor execute any design without
spoiling it.—Swift. Nonsense.
P. 117. Burnet. It was visible that neither
the late King nor the present were under any force
when they passed ... those Acts [bringing in Presbyterian
government].—Swift. Both Kings were
under a force.
P. 118. Burnet. To annul a Parliament was a
terrible precedent, which destroyed the whole security
of government.—Swift. Wrong arguing.
Ibid. Burnet. Distress on his affairs was really
equivalent to a force on his person.—Swift.
It was so.
P. 119. Burnet. We went into it, he said, as
knaves, and therefore no wonder if we miscarried in
it as fools.—Swift. True.
Ibid. Burnet. No government was so well established,
as not to be liable to a revolution. This [the
Rescissory Act] would cut off all hopes of peace and
submission, if any disorder should happen at any time
thereafter.—Swift. Wrong weak reasoning.
P. 120. Burnet. Such care was taken that no
public application should be made in favour of Presbytery.
Any attempt that was made on the other hand met with
great encouragement.—Swift. Does
the man write like a bishop?
P. 126. Burnet, speaking of the execution of
the Marquess of Argyle:—After some time
spent in his private devotions he was beheaded.—Swift.
He was the greatest villain of his age.
