Nicolas Boileau, Sieur Despreaux (1635-1711), is named by Swift with as little sarcastic intention as is aimed at Cowley. Boileau's work was, indeed, all on the side for which Swift was fighting; and he not only ridiculed the pretension, put forward on his behalf, of being superior to Horace, but strove consistently for all those principles of criticism which the ancient models have inspired.