BOOK III.

P. 346. Burnet.  It was believed, if the design had succeeded, he [Lord Clifford] had agreed with his wife to take orders, and to aspire to a cardinal’s hat.—­Swift.  Was he or she to take orders?

P. 362. Burnet.  I told him, what afterwards happened, that most of these would make their own terms, and leave him in the lurch.—­Swift.  True sublime.

P. 370. Burnet.  I was ever of Nazianzen’s opinion, who never wished to see any more synods of the clergy.—­Swift.  Dog!

P. 372. Burnet, when he was struck out of the list of chaplains, says:—­The King said, he was afraid I had been too busy; and wished me to go home to Scotland, and be more quiet.—­Swift.  The King knew him right.

Ibid.  Burnet.  I preached in many of the churches of London; and was so well received, that it was probable I might be accepted of in any that was to be disposed of by a popular election.—­Swift.  Much to his honour.

P. 373. Burnet.  This violent and groundless prosecution lasted some months.  And during that time I said to some, that Duke Lauderdale had gone so far in opening some wicked designs to me, that I perceived he could not be satisfied, unless I was undone.  So I told what was mentioned before of the discourses that passed between him and me.—­Swift.  Scotch dog!

P. 374. Burnet.  He [Lord Howard] went over in the beginning of the war, and offered to serve De Witt.  But he told me, he found him a dry man.—­Swift.  Who told who?  I guess Howard told Burnet.

P. 378. Burnet.  At least he [Sir William Temple] thought religion was fit only for the mob.—­Swift.  A word of dignity for an historian. Burnet. He was a corrupter of all that came near him.  And he delivered himself up wholly to study, ease, and pleasure.—­Swift.  Sir William Temple was a man of virtue, to which Burnet was a stranger.

P. 380. Burnet, speaking of his being pressed, before Parliament, to reveal what passed between him and the Duke of Lauderdale in private; and the Parliament, in case of refusal, threatening him, says:—­Upon this I yielded, and gave an account of the discourse formerly mentioned.—­Swift.  Treacherous villain.

Ibid.  Burnet.  My love to my country, and my private friendships carried me perhaps too far.—­Swift.  Right.

P. 382. Burnet. [Sir Harbottle Grimstone] had always a tenderness to the Dissenters.—­Swift.  Burnet’s test of all virtues.

Ibid.  Burnet. [Lady Grimstone] was the humblest, the devoutest, and best tempered person I ever knew of that sort [having high notions for Church and Crown].—­Swift.  Rogue.

P. 384. Burnet, the country party maintained that:—­if a Parliament thought any law inconvenient for the good of the whole, they must be supposed still free to alter it:  And no previous limitation could bind up their legislature.—­Swift. Wrong arguing.