_Macky_. Of a creditable family, in the city of Worcester.--_Swift_. Very mean; his father was a noted rogue.--_Macky_. He is believed to be the best chancellor that ever sat in the chair.--_Swift_. I allow him to have possessed all excellent qualifications except virtue. He had violent passions, and hardly subdued them by his great prudence. CHARLES, LORD HALIFAX [AFTERWARDS EARL OF HALIFAX]. _Macky_. He is a great encourager of learning and learned men, is the patron of the muses, of very agreeable conversation, a short fair man, not 40 years old.--_Swift_. His encouragements were only good words and dinners; I never heard him say one good thing, or seem to taste what was said by another. CHARLES, EARL OF DORSET. _Macky_. One of the finest gentlemen, in England, in the reign of King Charles II.; of great learning [_Swift_. small, or none], extremely witty, and hath been the author of some of the finest poems in the English language, especially satire.... One of the pleasantest companions in the world [_Swift_. not of late years, but a very dull one], when he likes his company. RICHARD, EARL RIVERS. _Macky_. He was one of the greatest rakes in England in his younger days, but always a lover of the constitution of his country; is a gentleman of very good sense, and very cunning.--_Swift_. An arrant knave in common dealings, and very prostitute. ARNOLD, EARL OF ALBEMARLE. _Macky_. He was King William's constant companion in all his diversions and pleasures.--_Swift_. Very infamous pleasures. ALGERNON, EARL OF ESSEX. _Macky_. Is son to that earl whose throat was cut in the Tower.--_Swift_. Cut his own throat. WILLIAM, EARL OF PORTLAND. _Macky_. He is supposed to be the richest subject in Europe, very profuse in gardening, birds, and household furniture, but mighty frugal and parsimonious in everything else; of a very lofty mien, and yet not proud; of no deep understanding.--_Swift_. As great a dunce as ever I knew. JAMES, EARL OF DERBY. _Macky_. On his brothers death he came to the House of Peers, where he never will make any great figure, the sword being more his profession; he is a fair-complexioned man, well shaped, taller than the ordinary size, and a man of honour.--_Swift_. As arrant a scoundrel as his brothers. CHARLES, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH. _Macky_. He affects popularity, and loves to preach in coffee-houses, and public places; is an open enemy to revealed religion; brave in his person; hath a good estate; does not seem expensive, yet always in debt, and very poor.--_Swift_. This character is for the most part true. CHARLES, EARL OF SUNDERLAND. _Macky_. This gentleman is endued with a great deal of learning, virtue [_Swift_, no], and good sense. THOMAS, EARL OF STAMFORD.