VIII.
A
PARALLEL
OF THE
CHARACTERS
OF
Mr. POPE and Mr. DRYDEN.
As drawn by certain of their Contemporaries.
Mr. POPE.
His Politics, Religion, Morals.
Mr. Pope is an open and mortal enemy to his country, and the commonwealth of learning[1]. Some call him a popish whig, which is directly inconsistent[2]. Pope, as a papist, must be a tory and high flyer[3]. He is both a whig and tory[4].
He hath made it his custom to cackle to more than one party in their own sentiments[5].
In his Miscellanies, the Persons abused are, The King, the Queen, His late Majesty, both Houses of Parliament, the Privy-Council, the Bench of Bishops, the Establish'd Church, the present Ministry, &c. To make Sense of some passages, they must be construed into Royal Scandal[6].
