Who told who?
I guess Howard told Burnet.
P.378._Burnet_.

At least he [Sir William Temple] thought religion was fit only for the mob .-- _Swift_.

A word of dignity for an historian.
_Burnet._ He was a corrupter of all that came near him.

And he delivered himself up wholly to study, ease, and pleasure .-- _Swift_.

Sir William Temple was a man of virtue, to which Burnet was a stranger.
P.380._Burnet_, speaking of his being pressed, before Parliament, to reveal what passed between him and the Duke of Lauderdale _in private_; and the Parliament, in case of refusal, threatening him, says:--Upon this I yielded, and gave an account of the discourse formerly mentioned .-- _Swift_.