Metaphysical poet, what, i, 10 poetry favoured by the public till the beginning of the civil wars, i, 12 poets, Cowley the most ingenious of, i, 16 neglected harmony of numbers, ib. 17 Mexico, Conquest of, a tragedy, ii, 257 Middleton, Earl of, Etherege’s Epistle to, xi, 40 Milbourne, Luke, account of, i, 394 letter of, and verses to Mr Tonson on Amphitryon, viii, 5 attack on Dryden, xi, 158 dispute of with Dryden, i, 394 an admirer of Dryden, i, 395 translation of Virgil by, character of, i, 397 criticism by, of Dryden’s Virgil, specimen of, i, 397 Military chiefs of the city, attached to the loyal cause, ix, 451 Milled money, not struck in England before 1663, ib. 451 Milton, John, character of, xiii, 19 difference between the taste of Dryden and, i, 168 not swayed by the conceits of his time, i, 16 inscription under picture of, xi, 160 Miracles of St Francis Xavier, xvi, 83, 89, 91, 99, 111, 113, 131, 155, 163, &c. Miscellany, first, of Dryden, appearance of, i, 294 second, ib. 340 third, ib. 378 fourth, ib. 382 Missionaries, Catholic, diligence of, in converting the Heathen, x, 192 St Francis Xavier’s instructions to, xvi, 228 Mistake of Dryden concerning the tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex, ii, 118 The Mistakes, prologue to, x, 408 Mistake concerning the dedication of Orpheus Britannicus, xi, 146 Mithridates, epilogue to, x, 341, 354 Mock Astrologer, a comedy, iii, 207 Moderate divines, what, x, 242 Modern satire, definition of, xiii, 105 Moliere, Psyche, an opera, imitated from, x, 448 Money, milled, not struck in England before 1663, ix, 451 Monmouth and Buccleuch, Duchess of, account of, ii, 250, ix, 256 dedication to, ii, 259 Monmouth, Duke of, account of, ix, 250 epistle dedicatory to, in, 346 reception of, in an excursion through England, ix, 288 partizans of, designs of, x, 364 and Duke of Guise, no parallel intended between, vii, 144 Montague, Hon. Charles, letter of Dryden to, xviii, 159 Montague and Prior, parody of the Hind and Panther of, x, 91 Montfort, Mrs, character of, iv, 233 Monument in the church at Tichmarsh, xviii, 215 Moor, Sir John, account of, ix, 402 Moral not intended by Homer in the Iliad, xiv, 134 of the Æneid, ib. 150 disputed by Heyne, ib. 150 Mordaunt, Charles, vide Earl of Peterborough Morley, Dr George, account of, xvii, 182 Motteux, Peter Anthony, poetical epistle to, xi, 69 remarks on, ib. 67 account of, ib. 67 Motteux’s account of St Cecilia’s Festival, xi, 166 Mountfort the comedian, character of, x, 412 Moveable scenes introduced on the stage, i, 79 Moyle, Walter, account of, xviii, 76 Mozambique, description of, xvi, 63 Mulgrave, Earl of, account of, v, 174 character of, ib. 175 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 174 vide Buckingham, Duke of