[36] Steele always maintained in his own political career the honest independent attitude here recommended. [37] Daniel Purcell, brother of the great musician, Henry Purcell, was appointed organist of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1686, and of St. Andrew's, Holborn, in 1713. He composed the music for an opera by George Powell, and died in 1717. [38] "To have known these things is safety to the young." [39] James, second Duke of Ormond, was in command of the expedition against Spain in 1702, when there were successes at Cadiz, Vigo, etc.; great booty was taken, and many galleons were sunk. Steele alludes below to this "wealth of the Indies." On February 4, 1703, the Duke was made Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. [40] James Butler, first Duke of Ormond. Steele's uncle and guardian, Henry Gascoigne, was the Duke's secretary, and had obtained, through his employer, a place upon the foundation of the Charterhouse for Steele. Four years later (1688) the Duke died, and was succeeded by his grandson. [41] On the 13th of January, 1704, one week before the publication of this play, the Queen issued an Order for the regulation of the playhouses, prohibiting them from acting anything contrary to religion and good manners (Salmon's _Chronological Historian_). [42] This line is repeated from Steele's _Procession_, 1695. [43] _Cliton._ Qu'a de propre la guerre à montrer votre flamme? _Dorante._ O le beau compliment à charmer une dame, De lui dire d'abord: "J'apporte à vos beautés Un cœur nouveau-venu des universités; Si vous avez besoin de lois et de rubriques, Je sais le Code entier avec les Authentiques, Le Digeste nouveau, le vieux, l'Infortiat, Ce qu'en a dit Jason, Balde, Accurse, Alciat!" Qu'un si riche discours nous rend considerables! Qu'on amollit par là de cœurs inexorables! Qu'un homme à paragraphe est un joli galant! On s'introduit bien mieux à titre de vaillant: Tout le secret ne gît qu'en un peu de grimace, A mentir à propos, jurer de bonne grâce, Étaler force mots qu'elles n'entendent pas; Faire sonner Lamboy, Jean de Vert, et Galas; Nommer quelques châteaux de qui les noms barbares, Plus ils blessent l'oreille, et plus leur semblent rares; Avoir toujours en bouche angles, lignes, fossés, Vedette, contrescarpe, et travaux avancés: Sans ordre et sans raison, n'importe, on les étonne; On leur fait admirer les baies qu'on leur donne: Et tel à la faveur d'un semblable débit, Passe pour homme illustre, et se met en crédit. _Le Menteur_, Act I. Scene VI. [44] This dialogue, down to the exit of Latine, is based upon _Le Menteur,_ I. i. [45] The four following speeches are a free translation from _Le Menteur_, I. ii. [46] From _Le Menteur_, I. ii. [47] The general idea of the ensuing dialogue, down to the exit of the ladies, is taken from _Le Menteur_, I. iii.