men of science. Will's Coffee-House was the resort of wits and men
of letters.

{65a} Viz., about moving the earth.--S.

{65b} "Virtuoso experiments and modern comedies."--S.

{67a} He lived a thousand.--S.

{67b} Viz., in the year 1697.--S. Dryden died in 1700, and the
publication of the "Tale of a Tub," written in 1697, was not until
1704.

{69a} The title-page in the original was so torn that it was not
possible to recover several titles which the author here speaks of.-
-S.

{69b} See Virgil translated, &c.--S.

{70} Peter, the Church of Rome; Martin, the Reformed Church as
established by authority in England; Jack, the dissenters from the
English Church Establishment. Martin, named probably from Martin
Luther; Jack, from John Calvin. The coats are the coats of
righteousness, in which all servants of God should be clothed; alike
in love and duty, however they may differ in opinion.

{71} Covetousness, ambition, and pride, which were the three great
vices that the ancient fathers inveighed against as the first
corruptions of Christianity.--W. Wotton.