[78] When this dedication was written, Addison had recently (December, 1704) published his successful poem, _The Campaign_, and was preparing his _Remarks on Italy_ for the press. [79] Wilks was Captain Clerimont. [80] "The next place of resort wherein the servile world are let loose, is at the entrance of Hyde Park, where the gentry are at the Ring" (_Spectator_, No. 88). This favourite drive and promenade was partly destroyed when the Serpentine was formed. The servants gathered round the gate, while their masters and mistresses stared at or ogled each other in the Ring. [81] White's Chocolate-house, on the west side of St. James's Street, was founded about 1698, and the original building was burnt down in 1733. In the first number of the _Tatler_, Steele announced that "all accounts of gallantry, pleasure, and entertainment, shall be under the article of White's Chocolate-house." See, too, _Spectator_, No. 88, and Hogarth's _Rake's Progress_, Pt. IV. There was much gambling at White's, and Swift calls it "the common rendezvous of infamous sharpers and noble cullies." [82] _Astræa_ was a French romance by Honoré d'Urfé, translated for the second time in 1657. _Clelia_ was by Madame de Scudery, who lived until 1701. _Cassandra_, by Gautier de Costes, Seigneur de la Calprenède, was translated in 1652. These translations were all in folio; and they are all in the list of a lady's library given by Addison in the _Spectator_, No. 37, together with Steele's _Christian Hero_. Oroondates, in _Cassandra_, was the only son of a Scythian king. [83] This and another reference to the battle of Blenheim, fought in August, 1704, ought to have been sufficient to prevent writers constantly repeating the statement that the _Tender Husband_ was produced in 1703. [84] "The _corant_ is a melody or air consisting of three crotchets in a bar, but moving by quavers, in the measure of ¾, with two strains or reprises, each beginning with an odd quaver. Of dance tunes it is said to be the most solemn." "The _bouree_ is supposed to come from Auvergne, in France; it seldom occurs but in compositions of French masters." (Hawkins's _History of Music_, IV. 387-8, 390). [85] Tony Lumpkin, like Humphry, "boggled a little" at marrying his cousin. See _She Stoops to Conquer,_ Act I., Scene II.:-- "_Tony._ What do you follow me for, cousin Con? I wonder you're not ashamed to be so very engaging. "_Miss Neville._ I hope, cousin, one may speak to one's own relations, and not be to blame. "_Tony._ Ay, but I know what sort of a relation you want to make me, though; but it won't do. I tell you, cousin Con, it won't do; so I beg you'll keep your distance; I want no nearer relationship."