Mr. Boswell tells us, that when he remarked to Dr. Johnson, that there was an awkward repetition of the word spreads in this passage, he altered it to "Burns from the strong contagion of the gown;" but this expression, it appears, was only resumed from the reading in the first edition. [o] There is a tradition, that the study of friar Bacon, built on an arch over the bridge, will fall, when a man greater than Bacon shall pass under it. To prevent so shocking an accident, it was pulled down many years since. [p] And sloth's _bland_ opiates _shed_ their fumes in vain. [q] The _garret_ and the gaol. [r] See Gent. Mag. vol. lxviii. p. 951, 1027. [s] This was first written, "See, when the vulgar scap_ed_;" but, as the rest of the paragraph was in the present tense, he altered it to scape_s_; but again recollecting that the word _vulgar_ is never used as a singular substantive, he adopted the reading of the text. [t] Ver. 133--146. [u] Ver. 147--167. [Transcriber's note: There is no Footnote [v] or Footnote [w]] [x] O'er love or _force_. [y] Ver. 168--187. [z] _And_ all the sons. [aa] Ver. 188--288. [bb] And _yield_. [cc] An age that melts _in_. [dd] _Could_ wish its end. [ee] Ver. 289-345. [ff] Ver. 346-366. [gg] Yet, _with_ the sense of sacred presence _press'd_, _When_ strong devotion _fills thy glowing breast_. [hh] _Thinks_ death. PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, AT THE OPENING OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY LANE, 1747.