I shall at present only quote one Passage, which I accidentally light on at the first opening his Book, whereby one may easily guess at the greatness of his presumption; in a short time, _My Lord_, I shall give you occasion to observe many others. _The Negotiations_, saith he, _that I managed and transacted at the_ Hague, _at_ Brussels, _at_ Aix la Chapelle, _which saved_ Flanders _from the_ French _Churches, in 68. made People believe I had some Credit and Reputation amongst the_ Spaniards, _as well as in_ Holland. 'Twas a Piece of strange Ingratitude of the _Hollanders_ and _Spaniards_, as well as of his own dear Country-men, so much concern'd for the preservation of _Flanders_, not to rear him a Statue, which, he saith, somewhere else, Mr. _Godolphin_ had promised him. Could Sir. _W. T._ have done any thing to deserve it more; or was there any thing more worthy of Triumph than to have preserved _Flanders_, a Country so important to the _Spaniard_, and the only Bulwark of _Holland_ and _England_? But Sir _W._ was apt to believe he could not find any one who was better able to hammer out his own Glory than himself; and he flattered himself with the Opinion that he should erect himself as many Statues, as there are places in his Memoirs, crouded with intolerable and ridiculous Vain-glory. It was not the Negotiations, my Lord, that Sir _W._ tells us he managed at the _Hague_, _Brussels_, and at _Aix la Chappelle_, which saved _Flanders_ from the hands of the _French_, in 1668. The _French_ published that they were beholding to the most Christian Kings Moderation for that Peace; who was willing to put a stop to the progress and course of his victorious Arms. But the truth of it is, they most justly ascribed all the Merit, and all the Glory of the Peace, and of the Triple League, to the generous resolution and stedfastness of the States-General. They made use, upon this occasion, of a Minister of State far beyond Sir _W._ in Prudence, Experience, and Capacity, one, who was in the Opinion even of his Enemies, the most able Manager of Affairs of his Age. I shall not undertake, my Lord, in this place, strictly to examine Sir _W. Temple_'s _Memoirs_: I will do it shortly if God spare me with Life; nay, and I promise you a Volume of Remarks, at least, as large as his Book.