Anſwer was not ſo ſincere as that which a Dutch Ambaſſador made, who, when the ſame Monarch complain'd that his Maſters paid leſs Regard to him than they had done to Cromwell; Ah Sir! ſays the Ambaſſador, Oliver was quite another Man 'Tis not my Intent to give a Commentary on Waller's Character, nor on that of any other Perſon; for I conſider Men after their Death in no other Light than as they were Writers, and wholly diſregard every Thing elſe. I ſhall only obſerve, that Waller, tho' born in a Court, and to an Eſtate of five or fix thouſand Pounds Sterling a Year, was never ſo proud or ſo indolent as to lay aſide the happy Talent which Nature had indulg'd him. The Earls of Dorſet and Roſcommon, the two Dukes of Buckingham, the Lord Halifax and ſo many other Noblemen, did not think the Reputation they obtain'd of very great Poets and illuſtrious Writers, any way derogatory to their Quality. They are more glorious for their Works than for
