critics agree that this is not the case. Besides, Gulliver states that Bolgolam's hatred arose "without any provocation."9 There is, though, evidence to support both of these identifications. Nottingham was also an enemy of Oxford because, for one reason, Oxford had succeeded him to office in 1704.10 Moreover, while the Earl never proposed anything resembling a set of conditions on which Swift might be allowed liberty, in 1711 he did execute a political maneuver which could be interpreted in these terms with regards to Oxford. When Oxford rose to power as Chancellor of the Exchequer (in effect Prime Minister), Nottingham proposed an amendment to the royal address in the House of Lords which stipulated that peace with France should not leave Spain and the Indies in the possession of the House of Bourbon.11 This act was an open attempt to restrict the powers of the new Tory administration and to embarrass them by the implication that they could not be trusted to safeguard the interests of England.12 Oxford and Bolingbroke felt it wise not to oppose this amendmen
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