In an entry which follows, we have the first mention of Pope in the Journal in a single line: 'Mr. Pope has published a fine poem called Windsor Forest.' The description of Swift in Bishop Kennet's diary at this time tells us how
'he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe; for, says he, the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.'