210 HUME. 



an answer to it ; and about as elegantly feeble as might 

 be expected from that moderate prelate, unless that 

 some part of it came from the more haughty and 

 vigorous pen of his patron "Warburton, and redeemed 

 the tract from the imputation of candour, toleration, and 

 temper. The second volume of the 'Stuarts' "hap- 

 pened to give less offence to the Whigs than the first," he 

 says, " and being therefore somewhat better received, 

 helped to buoy up its unfortunate brother." Three years 

 after he published the ' House of Tudor,' which con- 

 taining his account of ecclesiastical matters in Eliza- 

 beth's reign, and of Queen Mary's conduct, revived the 

 clamour raised against the first volume, and, like that, 

 was soon neglected and forgotten. In 1761 he 

 finished the work by publishing the two volumes con- 

 taining the earlier history : " they had," he says, " tole- 

 rable, and but tolerable, success." It is, however, also 

 stated by him, as an indication of growing popularity, 

 that all the clamour and all the neglect did not prevent 

 the booksellers from giving him more money when 

 they purchased the copyrights than had ever before 

 been paid in England ; so that, with his sober habits 

 and moderate desires, he was become not only inde- 

 pendent, but opulent. It is to be observed that, for his 

 ' History of Scotland/ Dr. Robertson had only received 

 600/., the publishers having cleared 6000/. For 

 ' Charles V.' he received 3,600/., and for ' America' 

 2,400/. (being in the same proportion), while, no 

 doubt, 50,000/. at the least must have been realised by 

 those works. 



In considering the merits of the 'History of Eng- 

 land/ we must first of all observe upon the great 



