FN 61 A list of all the pieces which I have read relating to Sherlock’s apostasy would fatigue the reader.  I will mention a few of different kinds.  Parkinson’s Examination of Dr. Sherlock’s Case of Allegiance, 1691; Answer to Dr. Sherlock’s Case of Allegiance, by a London Apprentice, 1691; the Reasons of the New Converts taking the Oaths to the present Government, 1691; Utrum horum? or God’s ways of disposing of Kingdoms and some Clergymen’s ways of disposing of them, 1691; Sherlock and Xanthippe 1691; Saint Paul’s Triumph in his Sufferings for Christ, by Matthew Bryan, LL.D., dedicated Ecclesim sub cruce gementi; A Word to a wavering Levite; The Trimming Court Divine; Proteus Ecclesiasticus, or observations on Dr. Sh—­’s late Case of Allegiance; the Weasil Uncased; A Whip for the Weasil; the Anti-Weasils.  Numerous allusions to Sherlock and his wife will be found in the ribald writings of Tom Brown, Tom Durfey, and Ned Ward.  See Life of James, ii. 318.  Several curious letters about Sherlock’s apostasy are among the Tanner MSS.  I will give two or three specimens of the rhymes which the Case of Allegiance called forth

“when Eve the fruit had tasted, She to her husband hasted, And chuck’d him on the chin-a.  Dear Bud, quoth she, come taste this fruit; ’Twill finly with your palate suit, To eat it is no sin-a.”

 “As moody Job, in shirtless ease,
 With collyflowers all o’er his face,
 Did on the dunghill languish,
 His spouse thus whispers in his ear,
 Swear, husband, as you love me, swear,
 ’Twill ease you of your anguish.”

 “At first he had doubt, and therefore did pray
 That heaven would instruct him in the right way,
 Whether Jemmy or William he ought to obey,
 Which nobody can deny,

 “The pass at the Boyne determin’d that case;
 And precept to Providence then did give place;
 To change his opinion he thought no disgrace;
 Which nobody can deny.

 “But this with the Scripture can never agree,
 As by Hosea the eighth and the fourth you may see;
 ‘They have set up kings, but yet not by me,’
 Which nobody can deny.”

FN 62 The chief authority for this part of my history is the Life of James, particularly the highly important and interesting passage which begins at page 444. and ends at page 450. of the second volume.

FN 63 Russell to William, May 10 1691, in Dalrymple’s Appendix, Part ii.  Book vii.  See also the Memoirs of Sir John Leake.

FN 64 Commons’ Journals, Mar. 21. 24. 1679; Grey’s Debates; Observator.

FN 65 London Gazette, July 21. 1690.

FN 66 Life of James, ii. 449.

FN 67 Shadwell’s Volunteers.

FN 68 Story’s Continuation; Proclamation of February 21. 1690/1; the London Gazette of March 12.

FN 69 Story’s Continuation.

FN 70 Story’s Impartial History; London Gazette, Nov. 17. 1690.

FN 71 Story’s Impartial History.  The year 1684 had been considered as a time of remarkable prosperity, and the revenue from the Customs had been unusually large.  But the receipt from all the ports of Ireland, during the whole year, was only a hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds.  See Clarendon’s Memoirs.