He was removed from public office for refusing to support the religious policy of James II, but was restored by William III.
By the favour of Sir John Ernley, then chancellor of the exchequer, he was allowed to buy at the price of 1,700l.
In the reign of James II he was removed from the commission of the peace for Middlesex for refusing to support the king's religious policy, but was restored again by William III.
Two verse translations appeared anonymously: the passage on Sleep from the Silvae of Statius (v. 4) in Nahum Tate's miscellany,[8] and an ode of Horace (ii.
[9][1] Nichols, in his Select Collection of Poems,[10] prints Potenger's version of Horace, and adds in a note two letters from Dr. South praising his other compositions.