3/72 _Burnet._ It was visible that neither the late King nor the present were under any force when they passed ... those Acts [bringing in Presbyterian government] .-- _Swift._ Both Kings were under a force. _Burnet._ To annul a Parliament was a terrible precedent, which destroyed the whole security of government .-- _Swift._ Wrong arguing. _Burnet._ Distress on his affairs was really equivalent to a force on his person .-- _Swift._ It was so. _Burnet._ We went into it, he said, as knaves, and therefore no wonder if we miscarried in it as fools .-- _Swift._ True. |