18/72 And from them he came to fancy, that an army commanded by officers of their own country was both more in their own power, and would serve them with the more zeal, since they themselves had such an interest in their success .-- _Swift._ He ought to have judged the contrary. _Burnet,_ speaking of the slight rebellion in the west of Scotland, 1666, says:--The rest [of the rebels] were favoured by the darkness of the night, and the weariness of the King's troops that were not in case to pursue them. ... For they were a poor harmless company of men, become mad by oppression .-- _Swift._ A fair historian! P.237. _Burnet._ They might all have saved their lives, if they would have renounced the Covenant: So they were really a sort of martyrs for it .-- _Swift._ Decent term. |