[109] "Played admirably well." (MS.) [110] "Some great critics." (MS.) [111] Wags in the newspapers of the day pointed out that these words might be read as meaning that Steele was surprised at finding to be true anything that Cibber said. [112] "The imitation of Pamphilus." (MS.) [113] "By him." (MS.) [114] Leonard Welsted, a protégé of Steele's, wrote also the Epilogue. He was a clerk in the office of one of the Secretaries of State, and wrote a play and various poems, some of which were addressed to Steele. Pope gave him a place in the _Dunciad_, and Swift attacked him in his _On Poetry: a Rhapsody_. [115] Pinkethman. [116] The reference is to Bartholomew Fair, which was held in Smithfield. [117] Here and throughout this dialogue Steele closely follows the conversation of Simo and Sosia in Terence's _Andria_, Act I. scene i. [118] This and the two following speeches by Sir John Bevil are borrowed from Terence. [119] In the old Royal Palace at Westminster, the House of Lords was formed out of the ancient Court of Requests, and the old Painted Chamber separated the Lords from the Commons. Steele has described (_Spectator_, No. 88) how servants, waiting for their masters at an alehouse at Westminster, debated upon public affairs, addressing each other by their employers' names. [120] At the ridotto there was music, followed by dancing, the company passing, when the music was over, from the pit to the stage. Burney says that this Italian entertainment was first introduced into England in 1722, the year in which Steele produced _The Conscious Lovers_. [121] Belsize House was the forerunner of Ranelagh and Vauxhall. There were gardens, in which refreshments could be obtained, and hunting, races, &c., were provided to amuse the visitors, for whose protection twelve stout men, well armed, patrolled the road to London. A poetical satire, _Belsize House_, appeared in 1722, the year of this play. In the same year unlawful gaming at Belsize was forbidden (Park's _Hampstead_, 246-9).