Roger Lestrange (1616-1704), who was knighted in 1685, was a voluminous writer of the time, who was suspected of having attempted to gain the favour of Cromwell, although he afterwards claimed rewards from the Court, and became a keen Tory. He appears as Sheva in Absalom and Achitophel (Part II. 1.1025), and the praise accorded to him in a poem which appeared under Dryden's name was enough to make him the butt of Swift's satire. Here again we see the bent of Swift's political feeling at this date.