p. 333 _the Poet Sternhold._ Thomas Sternhold (_ob._ 1549), was the author with John Hopkins (_ob._ 1570), of a metrical version of the Psalms, which became a bye-word for doggerel. Sir Morgan is, of course, alluding to some pious rhymes groaned on the way to the triple tree. cf. Shadwell, _The Miser_ (1672), I, i, ‘She would be more welcome to thee than a reprieve would, if thou wert just now trolling out Hopkins and Sternhold upon a ladder.’ p. 333 _Billmen in Flannel._ Bills were the common weapon of the watch. cf. _The Coxcomb_ (folio 1647), Act I, where Ricardo says to the constable of the watch, ‘Give me the bill, for I’ll be the sergeant.’ Doctor Johnson tells us that the Lichfield watchmen carried bills as late as 1778. p. 333 _Wills’ Coffee-house._ _vide_ Vol. III, Preface, _The Lucky Chance_, p. 187, and note on that passage (p. 484). p. 334 _his Third Day._ _vide_ Vol. III, Preface, _The Lucky Chance_, p. 187, and note on that passage (p. 484). p. 334 _old Adam._ _vide_ Vol. I, _The Rover_, Part II, p. 133, and note on that passage (p. 446). p. 334 _The Country Justice’s Calling._ _vide supra_, _The Widow Ranter_, p. 265. _Dalton’s Country Justice_, and note on that passage. +ACT II: Scene i+ p. 341 _by Inch of Candle._ An auction where bids are taken so long as an inch of candle burns, the last bid before the flame expires obtaining the lot. p. 342 _a Termer._ Originally a frequenter of the law courts, and as many came up from the country to London during term time on legal business, it occasionally (as here) signified an unsophisticated stranger. In Dryden’s _Sir Martin Mar-All_ (1667), I, Mrs. Millicent, newly arrived from Canterbury, replies to Lady Dupe’s greeting, ‘I came up, Madam, as we country-gentlewomen use at an Easter term, to the destruction of tarts and cheese cakes, to see a new play, buy a new gown, take a turn in the Park, and so down again to sleep with my forefathers.’ In Mountford’s farce, _Dr. Faustus_ (4to 1697, but produced at the Theatre Royal November-December, 1685, or very early in 1686), we have Scaramouch asking what practice the Doctor has, and Harlequin replies: ‘Why his Business is to patch up rotten Whores against the Term for Country Lawyers and Attorneys Clerks; and against _Christmas_, _Easter_, and _Whitsun_ Holidays, for City Apprentices.’ cf. Southerne’s _Oroonoko_ (1696), I, i, when Charlot Welldon says to her sister Lucia, ‘Nay, the young Inns-of-Court beaus, of but one Term’s standing in the fashion, who knew nobody but as they were shown ‘em by the orange-women, had nicknames for us.’ More often a Termer meant ‘A person, whether male or female, who resorted to London in term time only, for the sake of tricks to be practised, or intrigues to be carried on at that period.’ --(Nares.) +ACT II: Scene ii+