CHAPTER VII.
DIFFICULTIES IN RE-CHANGING SIDES.
Defoe's unwearied zeal in the service of Harley had excited the bitterest resentment among his old allies, the Whigs.

He often complained of it, more in sorrow than in anger.

He had no right to look for any other treatment; it was a just punishment upon him for seeking the good of his country without respect of parties.

An author that wrote from principle had a very hard task in those dangerous times.

If he ventured on the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, he must expect martyrdom from both sides.