[Footnote 228: Cromwell.] [Footnote 229: Richard Cromwell.] [Footnote 230: Charles II.] [Footnote 231: Here, Flanders or Holland; afterwards Scotland.] [Footnote 232: London.] [Footnote 233: Roman Catholics.] [Footnote 234: First edit. _and_.] [Footnote 235: Note VI.] [Footnote 236: A sneer at the doctrine of transubstantiation, which our author afterwards attempted to defend.] [Footnote 237: Note VII.] [Footnote 238: Shaftesbury. See note VIII.] [Footnote 239: Note IX.] [Footnote 240: Note X.] [Footnote 241: First edit. _A patron's_. The next twelve lines were added after the first edition. See Introduction.] [Footnote 242: Note XI.] [Footnote 243: Note XII.] [Footnote 244: First edit. _Shuts up_.] [Footnote 245: The land of exile, more particularly Brussels, where Charles long resided.] [Footnote 246: Dover.] [Footnote 247: King of France.] [Footnote 248: France.] [Footnote 249: Note XIII.] [Footnote 250: James Duke of York, whose exclusion, as a Catholic, was warmly urged in the House of Commons.] [Footnote 251: Note XIV.] [Footnote 252: The allusion is to the Republic, who acknowleged God alone for their king, but were dispossessed by Cromwell, here, as formerly, called Saul.] [Footnote 253: First edit. _'Tis_.] [Footnote 254: Note XV.] [Footnote 255: First edit. _Prevail_.] [Footnote 256: Note XVI.] [Footnote 257: A thrifty and frugal doctrine, not forgotten by the reformers of our own day.] [Footnote 258: Note XVII.] [Footnote 259: The dissenting clergymen, expelled by the Act of Conformity.] [Footnote 260: The Duke of Buckingham. See note XVIII.] [Footnote 261: Balaam, the earl of Huntingdon; Caleb, lord Gray of Wark; Nadab, lord Howard of Escrick. Note XIX. XX. XXI.] [Footnote 262: Sir William Jones. See note XXII.] [Footnote 263: Slingsby Bethel, one of the sheriffs of London. See note XXIII.] [Footnote 264: Note XXIV.] [Footnote 265: He wrote a treatise on the Interest of Princes.] [Footnote 266: Titus Oates. See note XXV.] [Footnote 267: Note XXVI.] [Footnote 268: Oates pretended to have taken his degree of doctor at Salamanca. See note XXVII. Also vol. VII. p. 164.] [Footnote 269: Sir Edmondbury Godfrey. See Note XXVIII.] [Footnote 270: First edit.--Dissembling joy.] [Footnote 271: France and Holland.] [Footnote 272: Duchess of Portsmouth, mistress to Charles II.] [Footnote 273: Note XXIX.] [Footnote 274: Thomas Thynne, Esq. See note XXX.] [Footnote 275: Note XXXI.] [Footnote 276: The Duke of Ormond. See note XXXII.] [Footnote 277: In Ireland.] [Footnote 278: The Earl of Ossory. See note XXXIII.] [Footnote 279: Alluding to Lord Ossory's services in the Dutch war against the French.] [Footnote 280: First edit, _birth_.] [Footnote 281: First edit, _worth_.] [Footnote 282: Note XXXIV.] [Footnote 283: Note XXXV.] [Footnote 284: Note XXXVI.] [Footnote 285: Note XXXVII.] [Footnote 286: Note XXXVIII.] [Footnote 287: Note XXXIX.] [Footnote 288: Note XL.]