Arbuthnot, Dr., was a warm partisan of Handel. He wrote several anthems, among which the words of one, "As pants the Hart," are in a collection printed in 1712, without a name, but made by Dr. Croft, who wrote a preface to the book. He wrote also several burlesque poems, and what he calls "Manifestoes," en the subject of theatrical affairs, always espousing the cause of Handel.