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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X.

BOOK I
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BOOK I.
P.6.

_Burnet._ That king saw that those who were most in his interests were likewise jealous of his authority, and apt to encroach upon it .-- _Swift._ Nonsense.
P.10._Burnet_ says that competent provision to those who served the cure:--was afterwards in his son's time raised to about fifty pounds a year .-- _Swift._ Scotch pounds, I suppose.
P.11.

_Burnet._ Colonel Titus assured me that he had from King Charles the First's own mouth, that he was well assured he [Prince Henry] was poisoned by the Earl of Somerset's means .-- _Swift._ Titus was the greatest rogue in England.
P.18._Burnet_ says that Gowry's conspiracy against King James was confirmed to him by his father .-- _Swift._ Melvil makes nothing of it.
P.20.

_Burnet._ I turn now to the affairs of Scotland, which are but little known .-- _Swift._ Not worth knowing.
P.23.

_Burnet,_ Archbishop Spotswood began:--his journey as he often did on a Sunday, which was a very odious thing in that country .-- _Swift._ Poor malice.
P.24.


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