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382 Preface to the two first Volumes of his Letters, 351; to the third Part of his Miscellanea, 355; and to the third Volume of his Letters, 357. Verses on his Illness and Recovery, xviii. 415. Takes Swift under his patronage, i. 12. xi. 9. Sends him to king William, to explain the nature of a bill to limit the duration of parliaments, i. 527. Not so zealous in promoting Dr. Swift's interest, as might have been expected, xi. 5. 7. A principal person in the treaty of Nimeguen, xvi. 346. Burned one part of his memoirs, 347. The English tongue advanced by him to very great perfection, 352. Swift's letter to him requesting a certificate of his behaviour, xix. 1.

{{hi|Test Act. Tracts relating to it, iv. 419. v. 291, 313, 325, 333. x. 212. xix. 180. The design of the whigs to abolish it, and how that hopeful project miscarried, iii. 78, 79. Proposed to be taken off in Ireland first, v. 291. Presbyterians joined with the papists in getting it repealed under James II, 299. The repeal of it proposed to put an end to all distinction, except that of papists and protestants, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 5/The Presbyterians Plea of Merit. The project for repealing it, and yet leaving the name of an establishment to the present national church, inconsistent and of bad consequence, 316. Queries relating to it, 325. Great numbers of catholicks employed in offices till the test took place under king Charles the Second, 339. Fable relating to it, vii. 142. The taking off the test in Ireland, a means to have it taken off in England, xi. 45. The necessity of imposing a test, x. 209. When the act passed, an inconsiderable number refused to qualify themselves, 210. Were the act repealed, every subdivision of sects would pretend to have their share of employments, 212.}}

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