This was Swift's own Character of the Earl of Wharton. Archbishop King, in his correspondence with Swift, and perhaps guessing the author, attacks in strong terms the licence of writing which the author allows himself. Probably no one provoked Swift's detestation more than Wharton. 'The most universal villain I ever knew' are the words which Swift adds to his Character in Macky. The pamphlet now referred to is one of the bitterest Swift ever wrote.