The  troubles  then  breaking  out,  lie  went  to  his  mother,
who  lived  in  Leicester;  and  after  continuing  there  some
mouths,  he  was  received  by  Sir  William  Temple,  whose  sirwuiiam
father  had  been  a  greal  friend  to  the  family,  and  who  was  TemPle-
now  retired  to  his  house  called  Moor  Park,  near  Karuliani
in  Surrey;  when'  he  continued  for  ahout  two  years.  For
he  happened  before  twenty  years  old,  by  a  surfeil  of  fruit
to  contract  a  giddiness  and  coldness  of  stomach,  that  almost
brought  him  to  his  grave;  and  this  disorder  pursued  him
with  intermissions  of  two  or  three  years  to  the  end  of  his
life.  Upon  this  occasion  he  returned  to  Ireland,  "in
L690,"(4)  by  advice  of  physicians,  who  weakly  imagined
that  his  native  air  might  be  of  some  use  to  recover  his
health  :  but  growing  worse,  he  soon  went  back  to  Sir  AVil-
liam  Temple;  with  whom  growing  into  some  confidence,
he  was  often  trusted  with  matters  of  great  importance.
King  William  bad  a  hisrh  esteem  for  Sir  William  Tem-
pie,  by  a  long  acquaintance,  while  that  gentleman  was  am-
bassador and  mediator  of  a  general  peace  at  Nimeguen.
("iThe  King,  soon  after  bis  expedition  to  England,  visited  King
his  old  friend  often  at  Sheen,  and  took  his  advice  in  affairs  WlUiam-
of  greatest  consequence.  But  Sir  William  Temple,  weary
of  living  so  near  London,  and  resolving  to  retire  to  a  more
private  scene,  bought  an  estate  near  Farnham  in  Surrey,
of  ahout  £100  a  year,  where  Mr.  Swift  accompanied  him.
