Sir Walter Scott observes, with reference to the essay _Of dramatick poesie_, "The contrast of Ben. Jonson and Shakspere is peculiarly and strikingly felicitous." He could have said no less--whatever he might have said as to its authorship--had he seen the _Prologue to Julius Cæsar_. BOLTON CORNEY. * * * * * PARTY SIMILES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY:--NO. I. "FOXES AND FIREBRANDS." NO. II. "THE TROJAN HORSE." (_Continued from_ Vol. viii., p. 488.) The following works I omitted to mention in my last Note from want of room. The first is by that _amiable_ Nimrod, John Bale, Bishop of Ossory: "Yet a Course at the Romyshe Foxe, &c. Compyled by Johan Harrison. Zurich. 1543. 4to." The four following are by William Turner, M.D., who also wrote under an assumed name: "The Huntyng of the Romishe Foxe, &c. By William Wraughton. Basil. 1543." "The Rescuynge of the Romishe Foxe, &c. Winchester. 1545. 8vo." "The Huntyng of the Romyshe Wolfe. 8vo. 1554(?)." "The Huntyng of the Foxe and Wolfe, &c. 8vo." The next is the most important work, and I give the title in full: "The Hunting of the Romish Fox, and the Quenching of Sectarian _Firebrands_. Being a Specimen of Popery and Separation. Collected by the Honourable Sir James Ware, Knight, out of the Memorials of Eminent Men, both in Church and State: A. B. Cranmer, A. B. Usher, A. B. Parker, Sir Henry Sidney, A. B. Abbot, Lord Cecil, A. B. Laud, and others. And now published for the Public Good. By Robert Ware, Gent. Dublin. 1683. 12mo. pp. 248." The work concludes with this paragraph: "Now he that hath given us all our hearts, give unto His Majesties subjects of these nations _an heart of unity_, to quash division and separation; _of obedience_, to quench the fury of rebellious firebrands: and _a heart of constancy_ to the Reformed Church of England, the better to expel Popery, and to confound dissention. _Amen._" The last work, with reference to the first simile of my note, which I shall mention, is that by Zephaniah Smith, one of the leaders of the English Antinomians: "The Doome of Heretiques; or a Discovery of Subtle Foxes who wer tyed Tayle to Tayle, and crept into the Church to doe Mischiefe, &c. Lond. 1648."[1] {97} With regard to the second simile, see-- "The Trojan Horse, or the Presbyterian Government Unbowelled. London. 1646. 4to. By Henry Parker of Lincoln's Inn." "Comprehension and Toleration Considered, in a Sermon on Gal. ii. 5. By Dr. South." "Remarks on a Bill of Comprehension. London. 1684. By Dr. Hickes." "The New Distemper, or The Dissenters' Usual Pleas for Comprehension, Toleration, and the Renouncing the Covenant, Considered and Discussed. Non Quis sed Quid. London. 1680. 12mo. Second Edition. Pp. 184. (With a figurative frontispiece, representing the 'Ecclesia Anglicana.')"