lous concerning Oliver, not unlike what Proculus did of Romulus. 224 False Heaven, &c.] After the Restoration, Oliver's body was dug up, and his head set at the farther end of Westminster-hall, near which place there is an house of entertainment, which is commonly known by the name of Heaven. 227 P So Romulus, &c.] A Roman Senator, whose name was Proculus, and much beloved by Romulus, made oath before the Senate, that this prince appeared to him after his death, and predicted the future grandeur of that city, promising to be protector of it; and expressly charged him, that he should be adored there under the name of Quirinus; and he had his temple on Mount Quirinale. 231 9 Next his Son, &c.] Oliver's eldest son Richard was, by him before his death, declared his successor; and, by order of privy-council, proclaimed Lord Protector, and received the compliments of congratulation and condolence, at the same time, from the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen: and addresses were presented to him from all parts of the nation, promising to stand by him with their lives and fortunes. He summoned a Parliament to meet at Westminster, which recognized him Lord Protector: yet, notwithstanding, Fleetwood, Desborough, and their partizans, managed affairs so, that he was obliged to resign. 245 To edify upon the Ruins, &c.] John of Leyden, whose name was Buckhold, was a butcher of the same place, but a crafty, eloquent, and seditious fellow, and one of those called Anabaptists. He went and set up at Munster, where, with Knipperdoling, and others of the same faction, they spread their abominable errors, and run about the streets in enthusiastical raptures, crying, Repent and be baptized, pronouncing dismal woes against all those that would not embrace their tenets. About the year 1533 they broke out into an open insurrection, and seized the palace and magazines, and grew so formi dable that it was very dangerous for those who were not of their persuasion to dwell in Munster; but at length he and his associates being subdued and taken, he was executed at Munster, had his flesh pulled off by two exccutioners, with red-hot pincers for the space of an hour, and then run through with a sword. 351 'Mong these there was a Politician, &c.] This was the famous E. of S. who was endued with a par ticular faculty of undermining and subverting all' sorts of government. 409 t And better than by Napier's Bones, &c.] The famous Lord Napier, of Scotland, the first inventor of logarithms, contrived also a set of square pieces, with numbers on them, made generally of ivory, (which perform arithmetical and geometrical calcu lations,) and are commonly called Napier's Bones. 421 n To match this Saint, &c.] The great colonel John Lilbourn, whose trial is so remarkable, and well known at this time. 475 The Trojan Mare, &c.] After the Grecians had spent ten years in the siege of Troy, without the least prospect of success, they bethought of a stratagem, and made a wooden horse capable of containing a considerable uumber of armed men: this they filled with the choicest of their army, and then pretended to raise the siege; upon which the credulous Trojans made a breach in the walls of the city to bring in this fatal plunder; but when it was brought in, the inclosed heroes soon appeared, and surprizing the city, the rest entered in at the breach. 520x (I mean Margaret's Fast) &c.] That Parliament used to have publick fasts kept in St. Margaret's church, Westminster, as is done to this present time. 605 y To hang like Mahomet, &c.] It is reported of Mahomet the great impostor, that having built a mosque, the roof whereof was of loadstone, and ordering his corpse, when he was dead, to be put into an iron coffin, and brought into that place, the load. stone soon attracted it near the top, where it still hangs in the air. No less fabulous is what the legend says of Ignatius Loyola, that his zeal and devotion transported him so, that at his prayers he has been seen to be raised from the ground for some considerable time together. 650z As easy as Serpents, &c.] Naturalists report, that Snakes, Serpents, &c. cast their skins every year. 655 a As Barnacles turn Soland Geese, &c.] It is said that in the Islands of the Orcades, in Scotland, there are trees which bear tifose barnacles, which dropping off into the water, receive life, and become those birds called soland geese. 663 b So he that keeps the Gate of Hell, &c.] The poets feign the dog Cerberus, that is the porter of hell, to have three heads. 685 The Gibellines, &c.] Two great factions in Italy, distinguished by those names, which miserably distracted and wasted it about the year 1130. 841d When three Saints Ears, &c.] Burton, Prynn, and Bastwick, three notorious ringleaders of the fac tions, just at the beginning of the late horrid rebellion. 894 But Fisher's Folly, &c.] Fisher's Folly, was where Devonshire-square now stands, and was a great place of consultation in those days. 907 f Cut out more work, &c.] Plato's year, or the grand revolution of the intire machine of the world, was accounted 4000 years. 1200 87" your great Croysado General, &c.] General Fairfax, who was soon laid aside after he had done some of their drudgery for them. 1241 h To pass for deep and learned Scholars, &c.] Two ridiculous scribblers, that were often pestering the world with nonsense.. 1250 i Like Sir Pride, &c.] The one a brewer, the other a shoemaker, and both colonels in the rebels' army. 1505k The beastly Rabble that came down, &c.] This is an accurate description of the mob's burning rumps upon the admission of the secluded Members, in contempt of the Rump-Parliament. 1534 Be ready listed under Dou.] The hangman's name at that time was Don. 1550 m They've roasted Cook already and Pride in.] Cook acted as solicitor-general against King Charles the First at his trial; and afterwards receiv ed his just reward for the same. Pride, a colonel in the Parliament's army. 1564 n Their Founder was a blown up Soldier.] Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the society of the Jesuits, was a gentleman of Biscay, in Spain, and bred a soldier; was at Pampelune when it was besieged by the French in the year 1521; and was so very lame in both feet, by the damage he sustained there, that he was forced to keep his bed. 1585 And from their Coptick Priests, Kircherus.] Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit, hath wrote largely on the Egyptian mystical learning. 1587 p For, as the Egyptians us'd by Bees, &c.] The Egyptians represented their kings, (many of whose names were Ptolemy) under the hieroglyphick of a bee, dispensing honey to the good and virtuous, and having a sting for the wicked and dissolute. NOTES TO PART III. CANTO III. 89 Than Hags with all their Imps and Teats.] Alluding to the vulgar opinion, that witches have their imps, or familiar spirits, that are employed in their diabolical practices, and suck private teats they have about them. 15 As Rosi-crucian Virtuosos, &c.] The Rosicrusians were a sect that appeared in Germany in the beginning of the XVIIth age. They are also called the Enlightened, Immortal, and Invisible. They are a very enthusiastical sort of men, and hold many wild and extravagant opinions. 36 From Marshall Legion's Regiment.] He used to preach, as if they might expect legions to drop down from heaven, for the propagation of the good Old Cause. 145 More plainly than the Reverend Writer, &c.] A most Reverend Prelate, A. B. of Y. who sided with the disaffected party. 261 " If th' Ancients crown'd their bravest Men, &c.] The Romans highly honoured, and nobly rewarded, those persons that were instrumental in the preservation of the lives of their citizens, either in battle or otherwise. 305 Or else their Sultan Populaces, &c.] The Author compares the arbitrary actings of the ungo. vernable mob to the Sultan or Grand Signior, who very seldom fails to sacrifice any of his chief commanders, called Bassas, if they prove unsuccessful in battle. 350 As th' ancient Mice attack'd the Frogs.] Homer wrote a poem of the War between the Mice and the Frogs. 383 y And stout Rinaldo gain'd his Bride, &c.] A story in Tasso, an Italian Poet, of a hero that gained his mistress by conquering her party. 577 z An old dull Sot, who told the Clock, &c.] Prideaux, a justice of peace, a very pragmatical busy |