Note 436 — NOTES ON ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL. PART II.
Reading edition
North's Examen, p. 96.—It does not appear, that the Tories welcomed the return of their lost sheep. It is talked lightly of in their ballads and libels. For instance, we have these two lines in "The Poet's Address to King James II., surnamed the Just:"
Character Settle, if you please to hate, Who, Judas-like, repented when too late.