Note 365 — Chapter XII
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It would look as if the conduct of William in reference to patronage did not please some of the Bishops. Patrick says, “We cannot serve His Majesty unless he will countenance those whom we commend to him, purely because they have deserved well of him, and have no friends to make their worth known but we alone.” Patrick’s Works, ix. 621. The date is misprinted 1731; I take it for 1701.