_Burnet._ Upon the King's death the Scots proclaimed his son King, and sent over Sir George Wincam, _that married my great-aunt_, to treat with him while he was in the Isle of Jersey .-- _Swift._ Was that the reason he was sent?
P.53.

_Burnet._ I remember in one fast-day there were six sermons preached without intermission.

I was there myself, and not a little weary of so tedious a service .-- _Swift._ Burnet was not then eight years old.
P.61.

_Burnet,_ speaking of the period of the usurpation in Scotland:--Cromwell built three citadels, at Leith, Ayr, and Inverness, besides many little forts.

There was good justice done, and vice was suppressed and punished; so that we always reckon those eight years of usurpation a time of great peace and prosperity .-- _Swift._ No doubt you do.
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