Prior had been taken a boy, out of a tavern, by the Earl of Dorset, who accidentally found him reading Horace; and he, being very generous, gave him an education in literature .-- _Swift_.

Malice.
P.581._Burnet_.

Many mercenary pens were set on work, to justify our proceedings, and to defame our allies, more particularly the Dutch; this was done with much art, but _with no regard to truth_, in a pamphlet entitled "The Conduct of the Allies, and of the late Ministry."-- _Swift It was all true_.
_Ibid.Burnet_.The Jacobites did, with the greater joy entertain this prospect of peace, because the Dauphin had, in a visit to St.Germains, congratulated that court upon it; which made them conclude, that it was to have a happy effect, with relation to the Pretender's affairs .-- _Swift_.

The Queen hated and despised the Pretender, to my knowledge.
P.583._Burnet_, in a conference I had with the Queen on the subject of peace .-- she hoped bishops would not be against peace: I said, a good peace was what we prayed daily for, but ...

any treaty by which Spain and the West Indies were left to King Philip, must in a little while deliver up all Europe into the hands of France; and, if any such peace should be made, she was betrayed, and we were all ruined; in less than three years' time, she would be murdered, and the fires would be again raised in Smithfield .-- _Swift_.