17/72 _Burnet._ Many were undone by it [religious persecution], and went over to the Scots in Ulster, where they were well received, and had all manner of liberty as to their way of religion .-- _Swift._ The more the pity. _Burnet._ The blame of all this was cast upon Sharp..... And the Lord Lauderdale, to complete his disgrace with the King, got many of his letters ... and laid these before the King; So that the King looked on him as one of the worst of men .-- _Swift._ Surely there was some secret cause for this perpetual malice against Sharp. _Burnet._ Pensionary De Witt had the notions of a commonwealth from the Greeks and Romans. |